Patents Issued in December 9, 2021
  • Publication number: 20210380257
    Abstract: A protective hood for air travel including a plurality of deformable partitions coupled to each other defining an inner cavity, wherein in a folded position the inner cavity is collapsed to a negligible size and in an unfolded position the inner cavity is configured to comfortably confine an human head, wherein one of the partitions includes a deformable opening configured to be stretched and fit over a head, and at least one coupling mechanism configured to attach one of the deformable partitions to an aircraft seat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2021
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Applicant: Koninklijke Fabriek Inventum B.V.
    Inventor: Hans Huijsing
  • Publication number: 20210380258
    Abstract: A wheelchair securement system includes a first anchoring mechanism and a second anchoring mechanism. The first anchoring mechanism includes a first bar, a first set of seat track anchors, and a first set of adjustable strap anchors. The first bar extends between the first set of seat track anchors and is secured thereto. The first set of adjustable strap anchors is secured to the first bar, and the first set of adjustable strap anchors is configured to be securable to a wheelchair. The second anchoring mechanism includes a second bar, a second set of seat track anchors, and a second set of adjustable strap anchors. The second bar extends between the second set of seat track anchors and is secured thereto. The second set of adjustable strap anchors is secured to the second bar, and the second set of adjustable strap anchors is configured to be securable to the wheelchair.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2020
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Applicant: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Glen Elliott, Gentry Bingham Stephens
  • Publication number: 20210380259
    Abstract: A system includes a concentration sensor, a flow sensor, and a controller. The concentration sensor is configured to measure a concentration of a contaminant in a cabin of an aircraft. The flow sensor is configured to measure a flow rate of air into the cabin. The controller is configured to determine whether a concentration measurement of the contaminant in the cabin exceeds a first concentration threshold. The controller is configured to, in response to determining that the concentration measurement does not exceed the first concentration threshold, control the flow rate of air into the cabin based on a flow rate setpoint. The controller is configured to, in response to determining that the concentration measurement exceeds the first concentration threshold, control the flow rate of air into the cabin based on a flow rate setpoint and a correction factor that is based on a flow sensor tolerance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2020
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Inventors: Christopher James White, Jan Ludvik
  • Publication number: 20210380260
    Abstract: An engine driven environmental control system (ECS) air circuit includes a gas turbine engine having a compressor section. The compressor section includes a plurality of compressor bleeds. A selection valve selectively connects each of said bleeds to an input of an intercooler. A second valve is configured to selectively connect an output of said intercooler to at least one auxiliary compressor. The output of each of the at least one auxiliary compressors is connected to an ECS air input.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2021
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Inventors: Gabriel L. Suciu, Brian Merry, Stephen H. Taylor, Charles E. Lents
  • Publication number: 20210380261
    Abstract: A selectively deployable heated propulsor system which may be integrated into vehicles, airplanes, or any other machinery configured for flight. The system includes a structural feature that includes a mounted propulsor including a rotor and a motor mechanically coupled to the rotor allowing the rotor to rotate when in an activated mode. The mounted propulsor includes a chamber configured to support a first configuration where the propulsor and the rotor are stowed and heated in an enclosed environment, and a second configuration where the rotor is deployed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2021
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Applicant: BETA AIR, LLC
    Inventors: Kyle B. Clark, Martine Rothblatt, Riley Griffin, Augustus Brightman, Steven Arms, Herman Wiegman
  • Publication number: 20210380262
    Abstract: A shock absorber assembly, particularly for attenuating shocks transmitted to a person's body, especially to reduce shock to a paratrooper's body during a tethered cargo tandem jump. Specialized elastic absorber units are disposed between two connectors, such as carabiners, with a connector secured to a respective end of each absorber unit. Each absorber unit has a rupture length corresponding to its length when it is stretched to its maximum immediately before rupturing under tensile loading. A limiter strap also is secured between the connectors, with a connector on each end of the limiter strap. The limiter strap prevents the absorber units from breaking by preventing their stretch to their breaking point. A flap or bands are provided for temporarily maintaining the limiter strap folded in a compact bale until needed. In use, the complete shock absorber assembly is deployed between a cargo tether and a cargo harness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2021
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Inventor: Ishmael L. Antonio
  • Publication number: 20210380263
    Abstract: A turboelectric distributed propulsion based on brushless doubly-fed machines (BDFMs) is provided, which minimizes power conversion, enhances mechanical reliability, and strengthens fault-tolerance capability of a DC-based propulsion system. A turboelectric distributed propulsion (TeDP) architecture using BDFMs for aviation applications, and a designed BDFM, inverter, and controller are provided. Simulations and systems are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2021
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Inventors: Julia Zhang, Longya Xu, Peng Peng
  • Publication number: 20210380264
    Abstract: An aircraft propelled by at least one turbojet engine on which power can be bled or injected via a high-pressure and/or low-pressure turbine shaft and including at least one gas turbine to provide power transients, having a system for converting and transporting electrical energy wherein each of the high-pressure and/or low-pressure turbine shafts is connected to a first doubly-fed asynchronous machine delivering, a first three-phase AC voltage over an AC distribution grid and a second polyphase AC voltage for a first AC/DC bidirectional converter supplying a DC voltage over a DC distribution grid, at least one second DC/AC bidirectional converter connected to the DC distribution grid converting this DC voltage into a third polyphase AC voltage supplying at least one second doubly-fed asynchronous machine engaged with a rotation shaft of the gas turbine, the second doubly-fed asynchronous machine further delivering a fourth polyphase AC voltage over the AC distribution grid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2019
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Applicant: SAFRAN
    Inventors: Jean-Philippe Hervé SALANNE, Stéphane PETIBON, Florent ROUGIER, René MEUNIER, Meriem ABDELLATIF
  • Publication number: 20210380265
    Abstract: The invention concerns a suspension system (7) for a turbomachine, comprising a beam (10) intended to be attached to a pylon of an aircraft, and a cylindrical part (15) articulated on a ball joint housing, the ball joint housing comprising a body (11), and a ball joint nut (16) articulated on the body (11), the cylindrical part (15) being mounted so as to pivot about its axis in the ball joint nut, characterized in that the cylindrical part (15) is intended to be integral with a fixed part (8) of the turbomachine (1), the body (11) of the ball joint housing being integral with the beam (10).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2019
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Inventors: Quentin Matthias Emmanuel GARNAUD, Antoine Elie HELLEGOUARCH
  • Publication number: 20210380266
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods and systems for fault detection for a speed sensing system of a multi-engine rotorcraft. A shaft speed for a first engine and a rotor speed for at least one rotor of the multi-engine rotorcraft are obtained. The shaft speed is compared to the rotor speed. When the shaft speed is greater than the rotor speed, a first fault in the speed sensing system is detected and a first speed sensing system fault signal is issued. When the shaft speed is less than the rotor speed, a determination is made regarding whether the first engine is coupled the at least one rotor based on a fuel flow to the first engine. A second fault in the speed sensing system is detected and a second speed sensing system fault signal is issued responsive to determining that the first engine is coupled to the at least one rotor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2020
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Inventors: Sarah THERIAULT, Poi Loon TANG, Sean MCCARTHY
  • Publication number: 20210380267
    Abstract: A method for controlling a vertical take-off and landing multirotor aircraft and a multirotor aircraft using the controller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2020
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Inventors: Felix Arnold, Martin Tomenendal
  • Publication number: 20210380268
    Abstract: A device is provided for supplying electric power to electric and/electronic components of a power converter. The device includes at least one power module, at least one capacitor, at least one heat sink between the power module and the capacitor, a first DC conductor element having a first potential, and at least one additional, second DC conductor element having a second potential. The first and second DC conductor elements are configured to supply electric power to the power module and the capacitor. The first and second DC conductor elements extend coaxially to each other by the heat sink. The disclosure also relates to a power converter and an aircraft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2019
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Inventors: Swen Ruppert, Uwe Waltrich
  • Publication number: 20210380269
    Abstract: A fuel tank inerting system includes a cabin air source, a conduit, a heat exchanger, and a pressurized air source. In embodiments, the pressurized air source is configured to provide pressurized air to the heat exchanger, and the conduit is configured to provide cabin air from the cabin air source to the heat exchanger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2021
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Inventor: Stephen E. Sipprell
  • Publication number: 20210380270
    Abstract: A power generation controller of an aircraft includes a low-temperature start-up control section and a power generation control section. When it is determined that an oil temperature of a hydraulic actuator configured to change an operation position of a speed change element of a hydraulic transmission satisfies a predetermined low-temperature condition when starting up an aircraft engine, the low-temperature start-up control section sets a power generator to a power non-generating state and controls the hydraulic actuator such that the speed change element is positioned at an acceleration side of a median in a speed change range. When it is determined that the oil temperature satisfies a predetermined low-temperature start-up completion condition, the power generation control section sets the power generator to a power generating state and controls the hydraulic actuator in accordance with a rotational frequency of the aircraft engine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2019
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Applicant: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kenichi NAKASHIMA, Satoshi OOTSUKI, Shuma KOBAYASHI, Kippei MATSUDA
  • Publication number: 20210380271
    Abstract: Systems and methods for transferring electric power to an aircraft during flight. Power transfer to the receiver aircraft is effected by means of a donor aircraft using a wired electrical connection. The method for transferring electric power includes: establishing an electrical connection between a receiver aircraft and a donor aircraft during flight; and transferring electric power from the donor aircraft to the receiver aircraft via the electrical connection. In one embodiment, electric power is transferred by way of a power cable deployed by the donor aircraft, a drogue attached to a trailing end of the power cable, and a probe mounted to the fuselage of the receiver aircraft, The probe and drogue are configured to form an electrical connection when fully engaged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2021
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Applicant: The Boeing Company
    Inventor: Brian J. Tillotson
  • Publication number: 20210380272
    Abstract: A method for calibrating a target gas sensor inside a drone comprises receiving air flow at the target sensor due to least one of diverted propeller air flow or diverted air flow caused by drone flight, measuring a concentration of the target gas, receiving equivalent air flow at a sensor of at least one reference gas having known atmospheric concentration positioned in or on the drone, measuring a concentration of the at least one reference gas, and calibrating the measured concentration of the target gas based on the measured concentration of the at least one reference gas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2020
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Inventors: Brian Parrott, Fadl Abdellatif
  • Publication number: 20210380273
    Abstract: A portable shelter for an aircraft having an exterior contoured form includes a flexible enclosure configured to substantially enclose the aircraft within an interior of the flexible enclosure; an air maintenance unit in fluid communication with the interior of the flexible enclosure; wherein the air maintenance unit further comprises a blower and a temperature control unit in fluid communication with the blower; and wherein the air maintenance unit is configured to provide conditioned air to the interior of the flexible enclosure. An associated method for sheltering an aircraft is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2019
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Inventor: Stephen Tillery
  • Publication number: 20210380274
    Abstract: An easy extention of a telescopic rod. The telescopic rod extends in the axial direction by a gas forcibly fed to the inside and is provided with a posture control means.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2018
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Inventor: Yoichi Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20210380275
    Abstract: A control device includes: a control signal transmitter transmitting a signal to a controlled device; a control signal receiver receiving a signal from the controlled device; a control signal generator generating a control signal of 2 bytes or more in one transmission cycle, in which an address is assigned to each byte, is ON/OFF switchable, and includes a main signal address and a collation signal address; and a control signal controller that, when the main and collation signal addresses are the same address, turns the collation signal address ON when the main signal address is ON and turns the collation signal address OFF when the main signal address is OFF, and when the main and collation signal addresses are inverted, turns the collation signal address OFF when the main signal address is ON and turns the collation signal address ON when the main signal address is OFF.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2019
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Applicant: HotaluX, Ltd.
    Inventor: Norimasa MIZOBE
  • Publication number: 20210380276
    Abstract: A tow bar fitting for towing an aircraft is disclosed. The tow bar fitting includes a mount, a pin support, and a tow pin. The mount includes an upper attachment and a lower attachment for affixing the tow bar fitting to a landing gear of the aircraft. The pin support extends from the mount away from the landing gear. The tow pin is positioned in the pin support such that a tow pin plane that horizontally bisects the tow pin is lower than a mount plane that horizontally bisects the upper attachment and the lower attachment when the aircraft is right-side-up on the ground.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2020
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Inventors: Navid Daneshvaran, Takao Suzuki, Nicholas J. Moffitt, Nicholas Toon, Michael Lewis McGillivray
  • Publication number: 20210380277
    Abstract: A landing pad receives and stores packages delivered from an aerial vehicle are awaiting pickup from an aerial vehicle. The landing pad can be placed outside of a window and can contain a transmitter for sending out an identification signal via radio frequency to aid aerial vehicles in finding the landing pad. The landing pad contains a landing platform with a trapdoor that leads to a storage compartment. The trapdoor can be configured to only open when it receives a signal from an authorized aerial vehicle. The storage compartment can be accessed via a storage compartment door which can contain a locking mechanism. The storage compartment can be climate controlled. The landing pad can also have a transmitter that emits sounds to discourage animals from nesting on or near the landing pad. The landing pad can also include a solar power generator as a source of electrical energy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2021
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Inventors: Ryan Walsh, Alex J. Falesch
  • Publication number: 20210380278
    Abstract: Examples for the baggage weight prediction system are provided. The system may create a baggage prediction model in response to a carrier baggage weight prediction requirement requesting a total baggage weight to be carried in a future transportation operation by a carrier. The baggage prediction model may be used to determine a predicted baggage to be carried by a plurality of future passengers associated with a future transportation operation. The system may determine a predicted weight for the predicted baggage. The system may sort the predicted baggage into checked baggage and a carry-on baggage. The system may determine a carry-on baggage weight associated with the carry-on baggage based on the baggage prediction model. The system may determine a baggage weight ratio associated with the predicted baggage. The system may generate a baggage prediction result for performing a baggage management action.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2020
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Applicant: Accenture Global Solutions Limited
    Inventors: Anshul Gupta, Meeta Lal Budhrani, Akshay Tutika, Vipin Anilkumar Bhasin, Bolaka Mukherjee, Ankur Garg, Pallav Chourey, Richa Sahrawat Malik
  • Publication number: 20210380279
    Abstract: Methods of performing assembly or maintenance on an aircraft, systems for performing desired assembly or maintenance on an aircraft, and mobile work stations useful for such systems and methods, where the mobile work stations include a work platform, including an accessway providing access to the work platform; and a moveable base supporting the work platform with one or more platform jacks that can adjustably raise and lower the work platform.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2020
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Applicant: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Matthew Lee Prendergast, Nicholas J. Brimlow, Arthur Eugene Whitson, JR., Charles Michael Richards, William Scott Ballantine, James T. Johnstone
  • Publication number: 20210380280
    Abstract: A system for automated de-icing or contamination removal of an aircraft. The system includes a mobile platform, the mobile platform including a set of wheels and a swerve drive for controlling movement of the set of wheels along with a contamination removal apparatus mounted to the mobile platform for delivering contamination removal treatment to the aircraft. The system also includes a processor for receiving instructions associated with the contamination removal treatment from an external party and for controlling the mobile platform and contamination apparatus to deliver the contamination removal treatment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2019
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Inventor: Jeffery Paul CAMPBELL
  • Publication number: 20210380281
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods and apparatus for disinfecting an interior space in a vehicle such as an aircraft. A method includes determining critical levels of heated air in the interior space of the vehicle required to neutralize effects of at least one predetermined pathogen, providing an apparatus for supplying heated air and positioning the apparatus in the interior space, activating the apparatus to supply the heated air to achieve the determined critical levels of the heated air in the interior space of the vehicle, maintaining the achieved critical levels of the heated air in the interior space for a determined critical time period, and optionally cooling the interior space following completion of the disinfecting process. A disinfecting apparatus may include a heated air generator, blower, controller and optional humidity generator, and may be implemented as a cart for traversing an aisle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2021
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Inventor: Mark R. Gurvich
  • Publication number: 20210380282
    Abstract: This invention relates to both process and tooling for machining exemplary Hamilton Sundstrand 7111 and 7121 aircraft propeller blade taper bores, or equivalent to comply with government and or industry standards or specifications for such refurbishment. The tooling and process invented are an Improvement over previous and current taper bore machining methods in improved repeatability and cost effectiveness, as this machining method can quickly and repeatedly machine propeller blades to meet fit, form, and function requirements. The process makes use of a specially constructed horizontal mill, specially constructed blade-holding fixture, specially constructed probing system, specially constructed reamers, and specially constructed air gauges. A blade holding fixture assembly including a base plate, a blade holding fixture and a blade alignment fixture hold an aircraft propeller blade in a horizontal milling machine for refurbishment of the taper bores.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2021
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Applicant: Pacific Propeller International, LLC
    Inventors: Timothy Guy Gellerson, Clinton Edward Motley, Jeremy Daniel Hall, Leah Johanna Graff, Roger Allen Eckenroth, Brian Wilford Riffle
  • Publication number: 20210380283
    Abstract: A vehicle comprising a structure, a plurality of heating sources, and a transport mechanism. The structure is comprised of multiple materials, a composite such that some of the material constituents can be extracted leaving behind others via application of energy (such as de-alloying). The extracted material or materials are configured to be re-purposed into a propellant. The plurality of heating elements surrounds or is embedded within the structure configured to convert the material into the propellant. The transport mechanism is configured to transport the propellant from the structure to a reservoir or to the propulsion system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2020
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Inventors: Horatiu C. DRAGNEA, Henry HELVAJIAN, Kushal PATEL
  • Publication number: 20210380284
    Abstract: The technology described herein generally relates to particular form of folded package. The package packages loose particles into a conical container and secures the filling with a folded distal end. More specifically, loose plant matter, such as crumbled dried leaves, are supplied as filling and the package may further be provided with a fluid core.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2021
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Applicant: MPI, LLC
    Inventors: Mark W. Holderman, Gregory A. Russell
  • Publication number: 20210380285
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for producing, filling and sealing a medicament container. The method includes a blow-fill seal process includinginflating a parison within a mold to form the medicament container, filling a medicament into the medicament container, and sealing a distal end of a neck of the medicament container, wherein the mold is dimensioned such that the neck is formed with an internal radius small enough to allow for a capillary effect of the medicament so that an air bubble remaining in the neck after filling and sealing the medicament container is fixed within the neck (by capillary forces. The present disclosure also relates to a medicament container produced by said method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2021
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Inventor: Christian Rehbein
  • Publication number: 20210380286
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a content charging device for a container apparatus in which a liquid is stored, and a content charging method using the same. In the content charging device of the preset disclosure, the container apparatus includes an external container in which a storage space is formed and which includes a container-side opening communicating with the storage space; and a pouch assembly installed on the external container. The pouch assembly includes a pouch unit which is formed of an elastic material and has a charging space formed to be charged with a liquid, wherein the pouch unit is partly inserted into the storage space through the container-side opening. The content charging device includes a charging means that is inserted into the charging space of the pouch unit, has flow holes which are formed on one side thereof and through which air or a content is caused to flow, and is slidable toward an end of the pouch unit from a pouch-side opening of the pouch unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2021
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Applicant: INNERBOTTLE CO.,LTD.
    Inventors: Sea Il OH, Yo Kyung JANG
  • Publication number: 20210380287
    Abstract: An apparatus (100) for manufacturing supports (6) and/or packages (80) comprising a supplying station (1) presenting a roll support (1a) configured to receive a feed roll (2) and to rotate it around a respective unwinding axis (A) to unroll consecutive portions of plastic film (3); and a cutting station (10) configured for carrying out a cutting procedure comprising separating, from an unrolled portion of plastic film (3) coming from the feed roll (2), either a strip (4) or a plurality of distinct film sheets (5) obtained from a same strip shaped portion (400). The strip (4) or the strip shaped portion (400) have a width, measured parallel to the unwinding axis (A), and a length, measured perpendicular to the unwinding axis (A), wherein the width of said strip shaped portion (400) is larger than the length of the same strip shaped portion (400).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2019
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Inventors: Giovanni Candida, Giulio Benedetti
  • Publication number: 20210380288
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a container comprising a plurality of portion packets of a product for oral use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2021
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Inventors: Patrik SÖDERSTRÖM, Daniel HAFSTAD
  • Publication number: 20210380289
    Abstract: A packaging system for sealing a medicine container having a filling opening with a stopper includes a container tray having a container cell for receiving and stabilizing the medicine container. A shuttle has an exterior surface and an interior surface. The interior surface is configured for releasably securing the stopper. The shuttle is configured to release the stopper into the fill opening upon application of a releasing force to the exterior surface of the shuttle. A shuttle tray has a shuttle cell. The shuttle cell forms a body with a proximal opening, an interior space, a bottom inner surface opposite the proximal opening, and a side inner surface. The shuttle cell releasably secures the shuttle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2021
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Inventors: John DINKA, Eric CLAUDE, Robert A. CARLTON, Lynessa ERLER, Kathleen MCHUGH, Maria PASCALE
  • Publication number: 20210380290
    Abstract: A sealing tool for forming a joint in a seal positioned on overlying courses of strap includes a body, a motor and drive train housed, at least in part, in the body, a power supply and a sealing assembly mounted to the body. The sealing assembly is operably coupled to the motor. The sealing assembly includes at least one jaw having a pair of opposing jaw elements. Each jaw element has two edges for cutting into the seal and the courses of strap and forming a bent tab. The jaw element edges are configured to cut into the seal and the courses of strap material at different distances into a width of the seal and strap material. A method for forming seal and a seal formed by the tool and method are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2021
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Inventors: Jason R. Nasiatka, Janusz Figiel
  • Publication number: 20210380291
    Abstract: A vacuum packing apparatus includes a box, a lid, a solenoid, a vacuum pump, a pressure gauge, a time relay, a thermal sealer and a controller. The box includes a chamber. The lid is connected to the box. The thermal sealer is located in the chamber. The controller is electrically connected to the vacuum pump, the solenoid, the thermal sealer and the time relay. The panel is electrically connected to the controller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2021
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Inventor: Jhih-Jhan Dai
  • Publication number: 20210380292
    Abstract: A device for collating and loading articles includes a container which is open along its upper wall and has a front wall which is adjacent to two side walls and a lower wall. One of these walls is movable and designed for loading the articles into a case. A variable-geometry means is provided for collating articles in the direction of a reference point zero (0), in the plane of the lower wall, in the orthonormal directions 0X and 0Y. The articles are intended to change and amend their trajectories in the orthonormal directions OX and OY towards the reference point (0), depending on the amount of space they occupy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2019
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Inventor: Jacky Peterlini
  • Publication number: 20210380293
    Abstract: The apparatus (100) for introducing deformable products (B), such as blister packs and informative sheets (F), internally of relative packs (A) comprises first pusher elements (11), mounted on a first looped conveyor organ (1), and first movement means (3), associated to the first conveyor organ (1) for moving the first pusher elements (11), transversally to the advancement direction (V1) thereof, so that they can abut the products (B) and push the products (B) internally of relative packs (A). The apparatus (100) comprises second pusher elements (21) mounted on a second looped conveyor organ (2) which is arranged with respect to the first conveyor organ (1) such that the second pusher elements (21) are arranged above the corresponding first pusher elements (11).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2021
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Inventor: Giuseppe MONTI
  • Publication number: 20210380294
    Abstract: A method and apparatus are represented and described for gripping and holding dispensing elements, having a flange and a screw cap, for subsequent application onto packages, wherein the dispensing elements are linearly supplied to the apparatus in an aligned position and wherein each dispensing element is gripped individually by gripper jaws of a gripping device and is applied by means of its flange onto a package.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2018
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Inventors: Joachim Bührer, Martin Rüegg, Daniel Weber
  • Publication number: 20210380295
    Abstract: A support plate (100, 150) for supporting a package (200) during filling with a foot product is disclosed. The support plate (100, 150) comprises a wall (104, 154) defining a cavity (112, 162) for receiving a top portion (212, 216) of the package (200). The wall (104, 154) has a slanted interior surface (108, 158) that is complementary to the top portion (212, 216) of the package (200). The support plate (100, 150) also comprises a support projection (116, 166) extending in a parallel direction to and away from the wall (104, 154), the support projection (116, 166) being complementary to and for abutting the top portion comprising a concave top surface (216) and a concave surface (208) of the package (200). A system (320) comprising the support plate (100, 150) for use in a filling machine (400) and a filling machine (400) comprising a plurality of the systems (320) are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2017
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Inventor: Joel Jönsson
  • Publication number: 20210380296
    Abstract: A method is described of filling and/or sealing a packaging container (10) comprising a packaging laminate and having a top portion (16) and a lower portion (14) including one or more side walls (69) and an open base, the method comprising: —supporting the packaging container (10) with open base uppermost on a support (42) comprising an upstanding portion (50), wherein the support (42) engages the top portion (16) of the packaging container (10) and engages part of the one or more side walls (69) of the packaging container (10) via the upstanding portion (50) of the support (42); and —filling the packaging container (10) via its open base and/or sealing the open base of the packaging container (10), wherein the support (42) ensures dimensional stability of the packaging container (10) during the filling and/or sealing step. A related apparatus, support and packaging container are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2017
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Inventor: Joel Jönsson
  • Publication number: 20210380297
    Abstract: A system for manufacturing tamper evident packaging, for example a bag with a tamper evident seal, includes a noncontact sealing device, a manufacturing conveyor, and in some implementations, a tensioning device and a closure device. The manufacturing conveyor conveys the bag to opposing pairs of in-feed belts of the non-contact sealing device, wherein the belts hold opposing sides of the bag together and a laser with an outlet positioned between a first pair of the belts spot welds the bag along a specified line to fuse the opposing sides of the bag together proximate an opening of the bag. In implementations including the tensioning device and the closure device, the tensioning device draws the opposing sides of the bag together prior to the bag entering the noncontact sealing device, and the closure device applies a removably coupleable closure to the bag after the bag exits the non-contact sealing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2019
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Inventors: Roger Keith Hart, Jose Victor Mora, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20210380298
    Abstract: A vertical flow-wrapper, which produces packages, with a frame/housing, at which a form-fill-tube, a longitudinal-sealing means and a cross-sealing means and a cutting means. A method to produce a package from a plane film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2019
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Inventors: Peter Wilhelmus Henricus Rietjens, Rudy Van Gulik
  • Publication number: 20210380299
    Abstract: An automatic packaging machine for enclosing packages in a pliable film includes a conveyor for moving a package through the packaging machine, an end seal bar configured to cut and/or seal a pliable film transversely to a longitudinal axis of the pliable film, and first and second side sealers disposed on opposite sides of the conveyor and configured to cut the pliable film along the longitudinal axis of the pliable film. The side sealers are automatically moved in a vertical direction to align the side sealers with a centerline of the package. The side sealers are also automatically moved in a horizontal direction to approximate a known width of the package.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2020
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Inventor: Mustafa KASAPOGLU
  • Publication number: 20210380300
    Abstract: There is described an outfeed device for a packaging assembly configured to form and seal a plurality of packages containing a pourable product; the outfeed device comprises an input station, at which it receives, in use, the packages, and an output station, at which the packages exit, in use, from the outfeed device; the outfeed device comprises at least one selectively operable cart element cyclically movable along an endless path, comprising a receiving portion defining a receiving seat for picking one single package at a time at input station, housing at least part of the package, and being configured to bring the package from the input station to the output station.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2019
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Applicant: TETRA LAVAL HOLDINGS & FINANCE S.A.
    Inventors: Giorgio MATTIOLI, Massimiliano BARBI, Dino NERI, Massimo FRATTI, Richard John PEDRETTI
  • Publication number: 20210380301
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to a packaging apparatus and method for packaging an article with a tubular film to be pulled over the article. The packaging apparatus has a machine frame on which a film supply apparatus and a film covering apparatus are mounted. The packaging apparatus includes a releasable drive coupling usable to operatively couple a drive with either the film covering apparatus or the film supply apparatus (or a subcomponent of the film supply apparatus). Once coupled, the drive can move the film covering apparatus or the film supply apparatus relative to the frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2021
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Inventor: Carsten Fenn
  • Publication number: 20210380302
    Abstract: Unwind assembly fixtures herein are useful in improved methods for application of polymeric film or laminate to at least a portion of a surface of an article. In an exemplary embodiment, such a method comprises: providing an unwind assembly fixture comprising an anti-static device; securing the roll of multi-layer sheet in the fixture; unwinding the multi-layer sheet from the roll; removing the release liner from the multi-layer sheet after it is unwound from the roll; capturing and re-rolling the removed release liner on another roll positioned in the fixture; and applying the polymeric film laminate to the surface of the article.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2019
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Applicant: entrotech, inc.
    Inventor: James E. McGUIRE, JR.
  • Publication number: 20210380303
    Abstract: A vacuum drum for container labeling includes vacuum holders for holding a label. Each holder has a bistable rotational switch that switches between operating positions as a result of its switch actuator interacting with stationary switches during the drum's rotation. In one operating position, a label receives glue from a glue station. In the other, the holders avoid engagement with the glue station.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2019
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Inventors: Patrick Niehoff, Gerhard Klöpper, Lutz Deckert, Daniel Schleweis
  • Publication number: 20210380304
    Abstract: An apparatus for forming a box or bag that is made of a substrate strip which includes a winder having a mandrel and posts that extend from the mandrel in a direction parallel to a winding and translation axis that rotate together as a unit around the translation axis. The apparatus also has a feeder that includes precursors and a gathering head used for forming the precursors into the strip and feeding the strip to the winder. A motor adjusts the feeder's angle relative to the winder in response to instructions from the controller based on the dimensions of the box or bag. This causes controlled overlap between adjacent windings of the strip on the posts. As the mandrel rotates, the posts draw the strip and wind the strip along a spiral having a length in excess of the depth. Zero waste of precursors is made possible by cutting the substrate perpendicular to its length and folding over the box or bag ends to form an angled seam with respect to the sides of the box.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2021
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Inventors: Alexander Slocum, Debra Thurston-Slocum
  • Publication number: 20210380305
    Abstract: A leak proof container and a method of forming the container from a blank. The blank includes a bottom panel, first and second side panels connected to the bottom panel at opposing lateral edges, and first and second end portions located at opposing longitudinal ends of the blank. Each end portion includes an inner end panel connected to the bottom panel, an outer end panel connected to the inner end panel, and first and second corner panels forming gussets connected to a respective one of the first and second side panels and connected to the inner end panel. An adhesive area is located on one side of the blank and comprises at least a portion on each of the outer end panel and the inner end panel. The adhesive area adheres the gussets to the inner end panel and to the outer end panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2021
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Inventors: MARK ANTHONY WISECARVER, JAMES WILLIAM SLOAN, II, KENNETH CALVIN HYATT
  • Publication number: 20210380306
    Abstract: A leak proof container and a method of forming the container from a blank. The blank includes a bottom panel, first and second side panels connected to the bottom panel at opposing lateral edges, and first and second end portions located at opposing longitudinal ends of the blank. Each end portion includes an inner end panel connected to the bottom panel, an outer end panel connected to the inner end panel, and first and second corner panels forming gussets connected to a respective one of the first and second side panels and connected to the inner end panel. An adhesive area is located on one side of the blank and comprises at least a portion on each of the outer end panel and the inner end panel. The adhesive area adheres the gussets to the inner end panel and to the outer end panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2021
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Inventors: MARK ANTHONY WISECARVER, JAMES WILLIAM SLOAN, II, KENNETH CALVIN HYATT