Patents Issued in March 9, 2021
  • Patent number: 10940978
    Abstract: A tearing guide strip 23 is integrated with a base part 21a or 21b of at least one of a male member 2a and a female member 2b constituting a zipper 2 in a peelable manner to improve the tearing unsealing ability of a zipper-equipped bag provided with an interlocking type zipper enabling resealing and unsealing after the bag is unsealed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: IDEMITSU UNITECH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshinori Nanba, Kenichi Tanaka
  • Patent number: 10940979
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a lid for use on a drinking container. The lid is capable of being releasably sealably engaged with a top end of the container. The lid can be secured to the container in a manner to resist displacement of the lid if the container is dropped or tipped. The lid includes a tab portion, which is capable of being depressed by a user's mouth, tongue or lip so as to provide an opening in the lid. The tab portion is also biased so as to return to a closed position to close the opening upon removal of pressure against the tab portion. The tab portion can have a perimeter larger in at least one dimension than the opening to resist fluid discharge when in the closed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: GETCO, Inc.
    Inventor: Thomas Gillespie
  • Patent number: 10940980
    Abstract: A two-part disposable, stackable and recloseable lid for a container holding a beverage. The lid has a dome configuration for higher volume beverages. The lid has a drinking aperture and an a moveable arm with a plug to seal the drinking aperture. The lid has a recess for storing the plug end of the arm when the drinking aperture is being used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: Lidworks, Co
    Inventors: Robert Schaefer, Ugo Mazzarolo
  • Patent number: 10940981
    Abstract: A package having a tray and a lockable lid is disclosed herein. The lid may be removed by applying a user input so that, for example, the package is child resistant. The lid is movable between a closed position and an open position. The package may include grinders to grind contents in the package.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: Berry Global, Inc.
    Inventors: Jordan Robert French, Seth Tempel
  • Patent number: 10940982
    Abstract: A container with a security lock is provided. The container may have a lid (or “top”) portion and a bottom portion. The lid portion may have an exterior cover and a bottom ring which are separated by a compression spring. Once extended protrusions on both the exterior cover and bottom ring of the lid are vertically aligned, a specific pressing and then twisting motion must be used to separate the lid from the bottom portion to gain access to the interior of the container. The bottom portion may receive contents such as medication which may be securely stored and protected from children who might otherwise access an unprotected and unsecured container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: Dongguan LK Tin Packaging Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jing Lei
  • Patent number: 10940983
    Abstract: A closure capsule for closing a container, comprising: —a cap (2) to be associated with a container and comprising a frangible mouth (20); —a cutter (3) comprising a cutting edge (30) designed to open said frangible mouth (20); at least the cap (2) and the cutter (3) in combination defining a reservoir (8) for containing a substance to be dropped into the container when the frangible mouth (20) is opened; —a protective covering (4) for the cap (2) and the cutter (3), separate from the cutter (3) and, in turn, comprising: i) a lateral wall (40) that encloses a zone (402) for at least partially housing the cutter (3); ii) a base (41) from which said lateral wall (40) extends; —transmitting means (5) for transmitting an opening torque, from the covering to the cutter, for opening the frangible mouth (20), said transmitting means (5) comprising a first and a second portion (51, 52) incorporated in the covering (4) and in the cutter (3), respectively; said first portion (51) being incorporated in the base (41).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: BORMIOLI PHARMA S.P.A.
    Inventor: Valerio Paganuzzi
  • Patent number: 10940984
    Abstract: Battery powered, keyless locking container cap configured securing a bayonet filler neck or threaded filler neck remaining unlocked after attachment. A timer circuit powers off placing the invention into an energy saving, mode; a compression spring forces a coupler into engagement. While engaged, the cap can be removed and replaced. Cap rotation by an unauthorized user, locks the cap. A backup, rotary pin coded lock is in the interior inaccessible. Cap rotation enters a pin code to unlock or lock the cap. The invention supplied is with a transmitter configured as a key fob or a cigarette lighter power plug. the transmitter signals the cap not to lock thereby providing removal. rotational Comprising rotary frictional slippage prevents unauthorized removal by limiting both speed and the rotational force to a level insufficient to override the attachment torque.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Inventor: Robert Joseph Ponticelli, Sr.
  • Patent number: 10940985
    Abstract: There is provided a wrapping web (11) having transverse tape assemblies (12) released from a double sided release film (13) and cut to length. The tape assemblies (12) comprise a double sided adhesive tape portion (14) adhered to the baling web (11) and an adhesive tape laminate portion (15) having a release surface overlying the double sided adhesive tape portion (14). The exposed adhesive layer (17) of the adhesive tape (15) permanently adheres to the back surface (24) of the web (11) as it is rolled up. The wrapping web assembly (10) is deployed by unwinding from an accumulator spool into a baling assembly. As the web (11) unspools from the accumulator spool, peel forces are applied to the tape assembly (12) causing separation of the adhesive (14) and double sided adhesive (15) tape portions. This presents an exposed adhesive layer (20) whereby the web (11) can be closed over itself to close the wrapping of a product such as cotton.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Inventor: Samuel Lance Allen
  • Patent number: 10940986
    Abstract: The invention concerns a biodegradable container (1) for single dose or multi-dose administration of beverages by injecting a fluid solution, under pressure through a preparation, said biodegradable container (1) comprising: a body (2) having a base (21), a side wall (22) and an opening (23) opposite to said base (21), said body (2) forming a chamber for containing said preparation; and an upper part (3) coupled to said body (2) in such a way as to obstruct said opening (23) and prevent the escape of said preparation, said biodegradable container (1) being characterized by comprising reinforcement means (4) associated with said side wall (22), and configured to oppose resistance to pressure acting on said biodegradable container (1) during the injection of said fluid solution under pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Inventor: Matteo Rossomando
  • Patent number: 10940987
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a carry bag, the carry bag includes a body having sidewalls and at least one handle disposed on the body. The body is hollow and dimensioned to receive one or more objects that are to be kept either cooler or warmer than the ambient temperature surrounding the body. The sidewalls of the body are constructed from an outer layer that corresponds to an exterior side wall of the body, a heat reflective layer that corresponds with an interior side wall of the body, and an insulative and pliable foam filling disposed between the outer layer and the heat reflective layer. The at least one handle is adapted to swing out of the way when not in use, so that the opening of the bag is unobstructed, thereby allowing the easy placement or removal of items to/from the bag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Inventor: Suzanne Joan Carroll
  • Patent number: 10940989
    Abstract: A package includes a container formed to include an interior product-storage region and a closure. The closure is coupled to the container selectively to allow access to the product stored in the interior product-storage region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: Berry Plastics Corporation
    Inventors: Jordan French, Jason A. Rowe
  • Patent number: 10940990
    Abstract: A spray foam canister adapter provides a means to attach a convenient trigger assembly to a commercially-available aerosol can containing a spray foam insulating material, for efficient spraying of the insulating material into tight or hard to reach spaces. The canister adapter also provides alternate nozzles and a ninety degree (90°) extension for specific insulation spraying applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Inventor: Henry W. Musterman, IV
  • Patent number: 10940991
    Abstract: A knitting needle storage/display device includes a display flap, and a main flap, which is foldable at first and second fold regions, to form a first end flap portion, a middle flap portion, and a second end flap portion. A strap, being intermittently secured to the display flap, releasably supports a knitting needle between adjacent pairs of intermittently secured locations. The display flap, being secured to the main flap, can be folded between its first and second ends into a display position, and be releasably secured thereat using hook and loop fastening materials. The folded display flap in the display position exposes the ends of the needles. Snap members releasably secure the first and the second end flap portions together, when respectively folded at the first and second fold regions, in either a closed position, or an open position while the display flap is in the display position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: Knitting Fever, Inc.
    Inventor: Sion Elalouf
  • Patent number: 10940992
    Abstract: A plant transportation apparatus enables the shipment of multiple plants such as flowers in a single container. The plants are held in place by a cap. It is contemplated that the apparatus could move small or large quantities of plants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Inventor: Matthew Evans
  • Patent number: 10940993
    Abstract: A condiment container that includes a hollow lower sidewall having a bottom with an inwardly projecting shelf. The lower sidewall defines a lower cavity and a false bottom is captured within the lower sidewall. An upper portion extends from the lower sidewall to define an upper cavity. That upper portion includes an upper front wall with a first height, a higher upper rear wall, a first side neck wall, a second side neck wall, and a top wall. A condiment pack and a toothed track are located within the lower cavity. Moving the false bottom toward the top wall causes the toothed track to rupture the condiment pack. The top wall has a slot for condiment in the ruptured pack to leave the container. At least one serrated edge is disposed along the slot to enable spreading the released condiment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Inventors: Gina Serkasevich, Caden Serkasevich Calkins
  • Patent number: 10940994
    Abstract: A beverage preparation capsule comprising a capsule body having a beverage preparation ingredient hermetically sealed therein, wherein a beverage outlet region of said capsule comprises: front and back sheets of air- and water-impermeable flexible film material arranged in face-to-face relationship along an edge; a folded strip of flexible film material in the form of a gusset extending inwardly from said edge, wherein at least a central region of said strip is provided with a plurality of perforations or a zone of weakness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: Lavazza Professional North America LLC
    Inventor: David Wicks
  • Patent number: 10940995
    Abstract: A capsule containing a substance for the preparation of a beverage by supplying a fluid under pressure into the capsule. The capsule has an aluminum capsule body with an outwardly extending flange and a cover sheet attached to the flange and hermetically closing off the capsule. A deformable sealing ring portion of the flange projects axially from base portions of the flange, to which said cover is attached. The deformable sealing ring portion has an inner wall portion extending from and contiguous with an inner base portion of the flange, an outer wall portion extending from and contiguous with an outer base portion of said flange and a bridge portion interconnecting the inner wall portion and the outer wall portion. The bridge portion is located axially spaced from the base portions of the flange. A support member is arranged between the inner and outer wall portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: Koninklijke Douwe Egberts B.V.
    Inventors: Hielke Dijkstra, Arend Hendrik Groothornte, Erik Pieter van Gaasbeek, Marc Henrikus Joseph Ottenschot, Ralf Kamerbeek, Armin Sjoerd Eijsackers, John Henri Flamand
  • Patent number: 10940996
    Abstract: Implementations of a waste receptacle are provided. The waste receptacle is an outdoor container configured to temporarily store dog waste, in particular, disposable plastic bags containing dog waste. In some implementations, the waste receptacle is configured to hold a trash bag so that it can be easily filled with dog waste and/or other refuse. In some implementations, the waste receptacle comprises a body, a trash chute member having a hinged cover that provides selective access to the interior of the body, a lid configured to cover the trash chute member, and a keeper configured to secure the mouth of a trash bag about a conduit extending from the bottom side of the trash chute member. In some implementations, the waste receptacle may further comprise a foot pedal that is operably coupled to the lid. In this way, the lid can be opened by stepping on the foot pedal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Inventor: Jennifer O'Rear
  • Patent number: 10940997
    Abstract: A movement path management system includes location information acquiring means configured to automatically acquire location information of object-attached radio communication tags attached to each of a plurality of objects and location information of an operator's radio communication tag attached to an operator; determining means configured to determine a work status using the location information of each of the object-attached radio communication tags and the location information of the operator's radio communication tag acquired by the location information acquiring means; and processing means configured to store time-series data of the location information of the operator's radio communication tag in a memory medium along with information indicating the work status determined by the determining means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: SATO HOLDINGS KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Yoshiyuki Ueda
  • Patent number: 10940998
    Abstract: A method and apparatus are provided for storing or retrieving items to/from a plurality of destinations areas. The items are loaded onto one of a plurality of independently controlled delivery vehicles. The delivery vehicles follow a path to/from the destination areas that are positioned along the path. The destination areas are configured such that the destination areas have a depth to accommodate a plurality of containers in a horizontal line one behind another. The containers may be releasable interconnected so that retrieving one of the interconnected containers displaces one or more connected containers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: OPEX Corporation
    Inventors: Joseph Valinsky, Robert R. DeWitt, Alexander Stevens, Dhruva Kumar
  • Patent number: 10940999
    Abstract: A mobile manipulator robot for retrieving inventory items from a storage system. The robot includes a body, a wheel assembly, a sensor to locate a position of the robot within the storage system, an interface configured to send processor readable data to a remote processor and to an operator interface, and receive processor executable instructions from the remote processor and from the operator interface, an imaging device to capture images of the inventory items, a picking manipulator, first and second pneumatic gripping elements for grasping the inventory items, and a coupler configured to mate with a valve to access a pneumatic supply for operating at least one of the first or second pneumatic gripping elements. The robot is configured to transition the valve from a closed condition to an open condition and selectively place one of the first or the second pneumatic gripping elements in communication with the pneumatic supply.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: Nimble Robotics, Inc.
    Inventor: Simon Kalouche
  • Patent number: 10941000
    Abstract: A method of processing objects using a programmable motion device is disclosed. The method includes the steps of perceiving identifying indicia representative of an identity of a plurality of objects and directing the plurality of objects toward an input area from at least one input conveyance system, acquiring an object from the plurality of objects at the input area using an end effector of the programmable motion device, and moving the acquired object toward an identified processing location using the programmable motion device. The identified processing location is associated with the identifying indicia and the identified processing location is provided as one of a plurality of processing locations along a first direction. The step of moving the acquired object includes moving the programmable motion device along a second direction that is substantially parallel with the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: Berkshire Grey, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Wagner, Kevin Ahearn, John Richard Amend, Jr., Benjamin Cohen, Michael Dawson-Haggerty, William Hartman Fort, Christopher Geyer, Victoria Hinchey, Jennifer Eileen King, Thomas Koletschka, Michael Cap Koval, Kyle Maroney, Matthew T. Mason, William Chu-Hyon McMahan, Gene Temple Price, Joseph Romano, Daniel Smith, Siddhartha Srinivasa, Prasanna Velagapudi, Thomas Allen
  • Patent number: 10941001
    Abstract: A grain facility has a grain receiving station and a grain transport line with a grain elevator, a distributor with at least one input spout, and at least one grain bin. The grain transport line moves grain from the grain receiving station to one of the at least one grain bins and the distributor directs the grain to a selected bin of the at least one grain bin. The grain facility further includes an optical sensing system having at least one optical sensor positioned in the grain transport line at or before the distributor, wherein the optical sensing system senses the type of grain in the grain transport line. A control system determines if the grain passing through the grain transport line is suitable for the selected grain bin and produces an alarm if the grain in the grain transport line is not suitable for the selected grain bin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: INTELLIGENT AGRICULTURAL SOLUTIONS, LLC
    Inventors: David Batcheller, Joshua Gelinske, Garrett Mauer, Roger Price, Adam Weiss, Jaden C. Young, Jesse Scott Trana
  • Patent number: 10941002
    Abstract: A telescopic conveyor includes a conveyor boom having two or more conveyor sections adapted to be extended and retracted with respect to one another in telescopic fashion to adjust the length of the boom, wherein the two or more conveyor sections are each curved about a common axis of curvature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: Telestack Limited
    Inventor: Philip Edwards
  • Patent number: 10941003
    Abstract: A catenary idler comprises a cable, a plurality of bearing surfaces disposed along a length of the cable, and a plurality of rollers disposed over the plurality of bearing surfaces. The plurality of bearing surfaces are fixed to the cable. The plurality of bearing surfaces may be a plurality of clamps. The plurality of rollers are rotatably supported upon the plurality of bearing surfaces. The cable may be rotatably supported at its ends. The catenary idler may include a first compression spring at a first end of the cable and a second compression spring at a second end of the cable. The rollers may be formed of an oil filled nylon. A conveyor belt impact bed includes a frame, a plurality of catenary idlers supported upon the frame, and a conveyor belt supported upon the plurality of catenary idlers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: Loram Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Joshua A. Graham, Charles W. Aaron
  • Patent number: 10941004
    Abstract: Enclosed herein are embodiments of a product transfer module and product transfer systems. In one embodiment, a product transfer module comprises a first shuttle, the first shuttle including a plurality of rollers, wherein the plurality of rollers are connected by one or more belts and includes a plurality of driven rollers and at least one driving roller; a second shuttle, the second shuttle including a plurality of rows of pulleys and a pulley drive positioned beneath the plurality of pulleys; and a cam system for raising and lowering the first and second shuttles; wherein the first shuttle directs product flow along a first flow path and the second shuttle directs product flow in a second flow direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: Cornerstone Automation Systems, LLC
    Inventors: Tom Karol, Ikram Khan, Darian Carr, Richard Steele
  • Patent number: 10941005
    Abstract: In a first step of a method for bundling conveying streams on a material handling element including a number of incoming conveyor segments, at least one coupling to an outgoing conveyor segment, on which the incoming conveyor segments converge, and a number of holding devices for holding a conveying stream on the incoming conveyor segments, target arrival times, at which the objects arrive as planned at a destination, are calculated for the conveyed objects. A conveyed object is released at a release time which substantially corresponds to the target arrival time minus the target pass-through time required for the conveyed object to be transported as planned from a current position to the destination. A material handling element carries out the method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: TGW LOGISTICS GROUP GMBH
    Inventors: Christian Ahammer, Harald Johannes Schroepf
  • Patent number: 10941006
    Abstract: The invention relates to a vertical diverter for a conveyor system having a lower conveyor track and an upper conveyor track, wherein the vertical diverter is provided and designed for vertically connecting the two conveyor tracks, and the vertical diverter has a lower diverter track and an upper diverter track. The vertical diverter is characterized in that the lower diverter track is shorter than the upper diverter track, that the lower diverter track is provided and designed to be lowered at least at one end in order to make room for the connection of the end of the upper diverter track to be lowered, and that the upper diverter track is provided and designed to be lowered at least at one end, and that the lowered end of the upper diverter track rests where the unlowered end of the lower diverter track previously rested.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: TRANSNORM SYSTEM GMBH
    Inventors: Kai-Ulrich Ventz, Rene Schaellig
  • Patent number: 10941007
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a pick-and-place device constructed for picking and placing multiple objects simultaneously, the pick-and-place device comprising: a base frame, a coupling device, a support unit which is connected to the base frame via the coupling device, wherein the support unit supports a plurality of arms, wherein the support unit is movable relative to the base frame, wherein the support unit comprises: support unit base, at least one cam track body which is connected to the support unit base, wherein multiple cam tracks are defined in the at least one cam track body, wherein the at least one cam track body is rotatable relative to the support unit base, wherein the coupling device couples the rotation of the at least one cam track body relative to the support unit base to the movement of the support unit relative to the base frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: Sluis Cigar Machinery B.V.
    Inventor: Oscar Slurink
  • Patent number: 10941008
    Abstract: A pneumatic distribution system for an agricultural machine includes an air source having an outlet, an assembly configured to receive agricultural material from a material source, and a plurality of conduits. Each conduit is configured to receive an air stream from the outlet for conveying a portion of the agricultural material to at least one device associated with the agricultural machine. A first one of conduits corresponds to a first distribution line and is positioned such that the first conduit receives a first air stream from a first area of the outlet, a second one of the conduits corresponds to a second distribution line and is positioned such that the second conduit receives a second air stream from a second area of the outlet having a lower air pressure than the first area, and the first distribution line has a higher pressure drop than the second distribution line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: Deere & Company
    Inventor: Stanley R. Borkgren
  • Patent number: 10941009
    Abstract: A stacking ring for a chair base may be disposable between a first and second chair base such that the stacking ring generally prevents lateral movement of the first chair base relative to the second chair base. The stacking ring may be integrally formed to the chair base, or separate and disposable between at least two chair bases. The stacking ring may substantially prevent rotation of a first chair base relative to a second chair base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: Medway Plastics Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas A. Hutchinson, Jr., Richard E. Hutchinson, Gerald A. Hutchinson
  • Patent number: 10941010
    Abstract: An insert construction or formation is attachable to a basic lid construction for outfitting a hot beverage or liquid container assembly for enabling a user to enhance heat transfer from a relatively hot assembly-contained beverage or liquid prior to consumption. The insert construction or formation provides a damming structure located in adjacency to the primary liquid outlet of the basic lid construction for selectively transferring liquid intermediate a liquid-containing compartment and at least one beverage-cooling channel made part of the damming structure. Each beverage-cooling channel or formation directs liquid therethrough and transfers heat therefrom before the liquid exits the primary liquid outlet. The primary dam structure or insert construction thereby enables the user to redirect liquid movement via the basic lid construction for delaying liquid delivery via the primary beverage outlet and transferring heat therefrom prior to liquid consumption.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Inventor: Pavel Savenok
  • Patent number: 10941011
    Abstract: An exposure machine includes a base portion, a port portion, and a conveying structure. The base portion includes a work table and a bearing frame. The bearing frame is disposed on the work table and is configured to carry a tray. The port portion is configured to serve as a feed port and a discharge port of the exposure machine. The conveying structure includes at least one upper arm, at least one lower arm, and a movable tray guide. The movable tray guide is connected to the base portion and the port portion. The at least one lower arm is provided with a hook configured to hook the tray and move the tray to the port portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Inventor: Wei Wang
  • Patent number: 10941012
    Abstract: The method provides for detecting a temporary stop request by a machine of the line, for example to replace a member subject to wear or a consumable. In view of this stop, the speed of the line is modulated so as to increase, for example, the level of filling of an accumulator, and makes sure that the subsequent temporary stop has a minimum effect on the overall productivity of the line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: Fabio Perini S.p.A.
    Inventors: Luca Paganelli, Davide Ghiselli, Luca Frasnetti
  • Patent number: 10941013
    Abstract: A paper sheet post-processing device includes a processing tray, an aligning member that aligns paper sheets on the processing tray, a swingable holder that supports the aligning member, a swinging mechanism that causes the holder to swing, and a control unit that controls the swinging mechanism. The swinging mechanism includes a rotation shaft inserted into a shaft insertion portion of the holder with play in a rotation direction. The control unit controls the rotation shaft to rotate and stop at a predetermined rotation angle position corresponding to a stack height of the sheets stacked on the processing tray, so that the holder is disposed at a contact position. At the contact position, the holder is allowed to swing in a retracting direction with respect to the rotation shaft within a predetermined play range. The play range is set to be larger in proportion to the stack height of the sheets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
    Inventor: Keisuke Egawa
  • Patent number: 10941014
    Abstract: A cap to be used with a plastic cable spool, said cap including a back side adapted to be arranged towards a barrel of a plastic cable spool and a front side adapted to be directed away from a barrel of a plastic cable spool, wherein said cap has a through-hole adapted to be aligned with a center axis of a cable spool, wherein said through-hole is at least partly surrounded by an inner wall on the back side of said cap, wherein said cap is provided with an outer wall extending around at least a part of said outer circumference of said cap, on the back side of said cap, and wherein said back side of said cap is provided with at least four reinforcement ribs extending between said outer wall and said inner wall. A cable spool being provided with such a cap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: AXJO PLASTIC AKTIEBOLAG
    Inventor: Jacob Nilsson
  • Patent number: 10941015
    Abstract: A reel system that includes a drum that receives a coil of flexible pipe. A first flange that removably couples to a first side of the drum. A second flange that removably couples to a second side of the drum. The first flange and the second flange secure the coil of flexible pipe to the drum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: Trinity Bay Equipment Holdings, LLC
    Inventors: Nader N. Matari, Alexander Lee Winn
  • Patent number: 10941016
    Abstract: A cable reel apparatus that includes a bag, a first frame that is configured to be received inside the bag, a first flange that is configured to be removably engaged with the first frame, a second frame that is configured to be received inside the bag, a second flange that is configured to be removably engaged with said second frame, and a hub member that is configured to releasably couple the first flange with the second flange, and the hub member is configured to support a coil of cable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: Amphenol Corporation
    Inventors: Rakesh Thakare, Caichun Song, Phillip S. Bowen, Marvin Bryant, Paul R. Boucher, Barry Holt
  • Patent number: 10941017
    Abstract: Disclosed are a cash box and a banknote processing device using the same. The cash box includes: a guiding plate, configured to guide a banknote to enter a banknote storage chamber; a pickup roller, configured to output the banknote; and a sensor, configured to detect a position of the guiding plate and a position of the pickup roller. When the guiding plate is in a banknote feeding position or the pickup roller is in a banknote pickup position, the sensor outputs a first signal. When the guiding plate deviates from the banknote feeding position and the pickup roller deviates from the banknote pickup position, the sensor outputs a second signal, wherein the first signal is different from the second signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: Shandong New Beiyang Information Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ping Qu, Zhenxing Zhao, Jiabo Xu, Chuntao Wang
  • Patent number: 10941018
    Abstract: An elevator system is described. Aspects include an elevator shaft, an elevator car, and at least one camera, wherein the camera is operated by a controller. The controller configured to receive a maintenance request associated with the elevator system. The maintenance request is analyzed to determine an operational mode for the elevator car. The operational mode is enabled for the elevator car. The camera captures media associated with the elevator system responsive to enabling the operational mode for the elevator car.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY
    Inventor: Sally Day Mahoney
  • Patent number: 10941019
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a user detection system includes a camera, a boundary detector, a user detector and a controller. The camera is installed in a peripheral region of a door, and captures a running region when opening or closing the door and a region near the door. The boundary detector detects a boundary between a first structure and a second structure in the region near the door based on an image captured by the camera. The user detector detects whether there is a user in the running region based on a result detected by the boundary detector. The controller controls an open/close operation of the door based on a result detected by the user detector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: TOSHIBA ELEVATOR KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shuhei Noda, Kentaro Yokoi, Satoshi Tamura, Sayumi Kimura
  • Patent number: 10941020
    Abstract: A deflector sheave mounting bracket for mounting a plurality of individual deflector sheaves of an elevator system includes a top plate, a bottom plate, and a plurality of support plates connected at a first end to the top plate and connected at a second, opposite end to the bottom plate. A plurality of openings for receiving the plurality of deflector sheaves is defined between pairs of adjacent support plates of the plurality of support plates. At least one opening of the plurality of openings is vertically offset and horizontally offset from another of the plurality of openings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY
    Inventors: Bruce St. Pierre, Bruce P. Swaybill
  • Patent number: 10941021
    Abstract: A belt and sheave assembly for an elevator system includes a sheave having a plurality of tracking grooves laterally spaced across a sheave width, and a debris channel located in a tracking groove of the plurality of tracking grooves defining a radially inwardmost extent of the tracking groove. The assembly further includes a belt having a plurality of tension members arranged along a belt width and extending longitudinally along a length of the belt, a jacket at least partially enclosing the tension members, the jacket defining a side of the belt configured to interface with the sheave, and a plurality of tracking features extending from the side of the belt. The tracking features are laterally spaced across the belt width. Each tracking feature is configured to be received in a tracking groove, and each tension member is laterally offset from each of the tracking features.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY
    Inventors: Wenping Zhao, Daniel A. Mosher, Walter Thomas Schmidt
  • Patent number: 10941022
    Abstract: A grabbing device having a plurality of jaws which can be moved between an open position and a closed position to enable the device to grasp an object(s). The technology finds particular application in the forestry industry and moving logs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Inventor: Darrin Charles Hawkes
  • Patent number: 10941023
    Abstract: A wave-induced motion compensation crane and corresponding vessel and method are disclosed. The crane includes a motion compensation device at a tip end portion of the boom structure to compensate for X-Y wave-induced motion and a heave compensation device for Z-motion. The motion compensation device includes a moveable jib beam that extends in a substantially horizontal direction. The jib beam is slewable about a substantially vertical slew axis and translatable in a longitudinal direction of the jib beam. Preferably, the jib beam can be levelled based on the angular orientation of the boom structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: ITREC B.V.
    Inventors: David Roodenburg, Cornelis Martinus Van Veluw, Bart Otto Fredrik Wieck, Wouter Jacob Willem Den Boer
  • Patent number: 10941024
    Abstract: A system and apparatus for controlling a mobile platform via cables is disclosed. Each of the set of cables are connected at one end to the platform at a second end to a cable controlling mechanism, the cable controlling mechanism including a motor to control a length and tension of the cable. At least two of the cables form a constraint, such as a kinematic constraint to the apparatus in order to limit the movement of the platform in certain degrees of freedom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Inventor: Amir Khajepour
  • Patent number: 10941025
    Abstract: An elongated pull element (14), in particular for an element of an expandable heavy equipment (1) comprises a bundle of load bearing fibers/fibres (41) extending along the length of the elongated pull element (14), and stiffening means (54) comprising an exoskeleton for increasing the bending stiffness of the elongated pull element (14), compared to the bending stiffness of the load bearing fibers/fibres (41).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: Cabin Air Group B.V.
    Inventor: Rinze Jan Van Der Schuit
  • Patent number: 10941026
    Abstract: An autonomous industrial truck, in particular an order-picking industrial truck, including an undercarriage to support the industrial truck on a roadway. The undercarriage is located on an undercarriage chassis and the industrial truck has a supporting chassis that is provided with supporting means. The supporting chassis can be adjusted relative to the undercarriage chassis between a raised position in which the supporting means are raised from the roadway and a lowered position in which the supporting means are lowered onto the roadway.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignees: Linde Material Handling GmbH, STILL GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Wirth, Caspar Tügel, Peter Krumbholz, Dennis Hieke, Udo Herrmann
  • Patent number: 10941027
    Abstract: A lifting device for an industrial truck comprises a lift frame with a moveably guided load carrier and at least one moveably guided mast stage. A free lift cylinder is configured to actuate the load carrier and at least one mast lift cylinder is configured to actuate the at least one mast stage. A hydraulic assembly supplies the free lift cylinder and the at least one mast lift cylinder with hydraulic fluid and further comprises at least one delivery valve and at least one recirculating valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: Jungheinrich Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Thomas Stolten
  • Patent number: 10941028
    Abstract: A safety system for an elevating machine has a base part and an elevating part. The safety system includes sensor assemblies for sensing an electric or magnetic field, which are mounted on different parts of the elevating machine. A data processor is connected to receive sensor signals from the sensor assemblies. A memory stores data relating to numerous patterns of sensor signals associated with the interaction between the elevating machine and an electric or magnetic field. The data processor compares the received sensor signals with the stored data and identifies the positional relationship between the elevating machine and a source of the sensed field.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: NIFTYLIFT LIMITED
    Inventors: Thomas Cousins, Steven Redding, Matthew Newman, Charles Cooke, David Tegerdine, Ed Bean