Patents Issued in January 18, 2024
  • Publication number: 20240017423
    Abstract: A device (1) for handling of conveyed goods (2) within a barrier system (3), comprising a manipulator (4) arranged in the barrier system (3) and having a magnetic actuator (5) for applying a magnetic force (6) to the conveyed goods (2), having a design-dependent magnetic acting direction (6) of the magnetic force (7), wherein the manipulator (4) is arranged inside the barrier system (3) and is adapted to coupling the conveyed goods (2) with the magnetic force (7) to the manipulator (4) and moving them with the manipulator (4) within the barrier system (3).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2023
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Inventors: Stefan Nagler, Ulrich Krauß, Markus Ilgenfritz, Samuel Stegmeier
  • Publication number: 20240017424
    Abstract: A pull force based robotic end effector with an integrated mechanical stop is disclosed. In various embodiments, the end effector includes an end effector body having a top side and an operative side opposite the top side; a pull force gripper disposed on the operative side of the end effector body; and an integrated mechanical stop positioned on the operative side of the end effector body adjacent to the suction gripper, the mechanical stop extending from the operative side to an extent that allows the suction gripper to be operatively engaged with an object to be grasped.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2023
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Inventors: Kunal Vikas Shinde, Robert Moreno, Salvador Perez, Andrew Lovett, Robert Holmberg
  • Publication number: 20240017425
    Abstract: A sucking apparatus for a sheet having adhesiveness includes a first member including a first surface that sucks the sheet, and a second member including a second surface that surrounds an outer periphery of the first surface and is in contact with the sheet. The first surface includes a plurality of holes opened, and the first surface is subjected to surface treatment to allow the sheet to be less likely to stick to the first surface than to the second surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2023
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Inventors: Takuma YABUTA, Kazunori KOUNO, Yoshinari MATSUYAMA, Tomohiro NAKATANI, Tomoyo ARITA
  • Publication number: 20240017426
    Abstract: Systems and methods for multiple object transferring using robotics. A system includes a robotic hand with a base and fingers capable of grasping objects. A robotic arm is coupled to the robotic hand and is capable of moving the robotic hand. One or more circuits are configured to operate the robotic hand and the robotic arm by identifying a pre-grasp configuration for the robotic hand and executing a transfer routine based on a Markov decision process model to operate the robotic hand and the robotic arm such that they move multiple objects from a first location to a second location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2023
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Inventors: Yu Sun, Adheesh Shenoy, Tianze Chen, Francis Tsow
  • Publication number: 20240017427
    Abstract: Systems and methods for designing, testing, and validating a robotic system for space are provided. A system includes: a robotic manipulator; a dynamic system emulator configured to simulate a motion behaviour response of a first space robotic system based on forces and moments measured by the first robotic manipulator during physical interaction of the first robotic manipulator with a second robotic manipulator emulating motion behaviour of a second space robotic system; an arm controller configured to generate a manipulator tip reference trajectory command based on the motion behaviour response simulated by the dynamic system emulator and provide the manipulator tip reference trajectory command to the robotic manipulator; and an arm mechanism in the robotic manipulator configured to track a trajectory based on the manipulator tip reference trajectory command, such that the robotic manipulator emulates motion behaviour of the first space robotic system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2021
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Inventors: Michael Hiltz, Edoardo Serpelloni, Robert Lucas, Bart Verzijlenberg
  • Publication number: 20240017428
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to robotic systems and, in particular, to their structural elements, more specifically to frames of robotic systems. A frame of a robotic system configured as a modular one, comprising: at least two support modules made in the form of columns with a cavity, wherein each support module is provided with holes at least in its upper part, and outputs for utilities are disposed within the cavity; and at least one hollow beam-like module provided with end holes and configured such that the processing equipment may be mounted thereon, wherein the utility lines equipped with outputs are laid inside the beam-like module; wherein the support modules are connected to each other by means of a beam-like module such that at least a part of the holes in the support modules is aligned with the end holes in the beam-like module, and such that the utility lines of the beam-like module may be connected to the outputs of the support modules.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2023
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Inventor: Sergei Andreevich BELAVSKII
  • Publication number: 20240017429
    Abstract: A securing structure of a folding knife includes a blade and a handle. The blade is pivotally connected to the handle and has a pivotal connection end provided with a first engaging groove and a second engaging groove. The handle has two opposite sides each provided with a first guide hole. A stop block is provided in the handle and has a stop surface for abutting against an abutting surface of the blade. The stop block also has an inclined guide surface. The inclined guide surface is adjacent to the first guide holes and is inclined in a direction from the upper handle edges toward the front handle ends. A pin extends through the two first guide holes and can be engaged in either one of the first and the second engaging grooves and thereby clamped between a wall portion of the engaging groove and the inclined guide surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2022
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Applicant: CUTTWAY PRODUCTS CO.,LTD.
    Inventors: Race Wu, Jonathan Chang
  • Publication number: 20240017430
    Abstract: A knife holder adapted to be connected to a blade is provided. The knife holder includes a first and second handle. The first handle has a positioning portion formed on a first inner side surface of the first handle, and the blade is disposed on the first inner side surface of the first handle and adjustably engaged with the positioning portion. The second handle is detachably disposed on the first handle and has at least one accommodating groove formed on a second inner side surface of the second handle. The blade is clamped by the first handle and the second handle and the positioning portion is stored in the at least one accommodating groove. In the use state, the blade is partially protruded beyond the first handle and the second handle. In a storage state, the blade is completely concealed between the first handle and the second handle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2022
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Inventors: Patrick Yeh, Tzu-Shuo Yeh
  • Publication number: 20240017431
    Abstract: A cutting tool has a base. A blade opening is formed through the base. The blade opening includes a front edge and a back edge oriented in parallel to the front edge. A plurality of interchangeable blade holders is configured to be installed into the blade opening. Each of the interchangeable blade holders includes a front flange configured to sit on the front edge of the blade opening and a back flange configured to sit on the back edge of the blade opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2022
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Applicant: DC Tool Group, LLC
    Inventors: Brandon Breneman, Marc Faris, Mark Veilleux
  • Publication number: 20240017432
    Abstract: The present invention provides a folding knife containing a blade replacement structure, including a handle body (1), a blade holder (2), a blade (3), and a connection pin (4). The blade holder (2) includes a first clamp plate (21), a second clamp plate (22), a spacer (23), and an elastic member (221). The first clamp plate (21), the second clamp plate (22), and the spacer (23) together enclose an embedding slot that allows the blade to be inserted. When the folding knife is completely opened, a first slot (31) on the blade (3) fits with a first locking protrusion (231) on the spacer (23), and a second slot (32) on the blade (3) fits with a second locking protrusion on the elastic member (221). The blade holder (2) and the blade (3) can rotate around the connection pin (4) to be accommodated in the handle body (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2022
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Inventor: Huan Zhang
  • Publication number: 20240017433
    Abstract: A safety cutter knife of the present disclosure includes a blade part that includes a blade, a guard attached to one end of the blade, and a head on which the blade is fixed and that has a cutting edge of the blade being exposed between the guard and the head, and a grip part that detachably holds the head in the state where the cutting edge of the blade and the guard in the blade part protrude.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2021
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Inventor: Yosuke TAKASHIMA
  • Publication number: 20240017434
    Abstract: A razor includes a blade cartridge with multiple blades that removably and pivotally attaches to a handle. The blade cartridge and handle include electronic processing elements for collecting, receiving, processing, storing and transferring data before, during and after use of the razor for shaving. A charging base allows for charging a rechargeable power source in the handle and is further adapted to communicate with a smartphone, computer or other electronic device via wired and/or wireless communication. The processing elements in the blade cartridge and the handle bidirectionally communicate with each other and the charging base including sending and receiving the data therebetween.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2023
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Inventor: Louis D. Tomassetti
  • Publication number: 20240017435
    Abstract: In a transport system, a gripper includes long-side grippers aligned in a long-side direction of a workpiece which is cut, by machining/cutting, into a product and a skeleton including an outer frame with an overall rectangular shape and a crossbar inside the outer frame, so that both ends thereof are connected to two shorter sides facing each other, and extending in the long-side direction, the long-side grippers gripping longer sides of the outer frame of the skeleton, and short-side grippers aligned in a short-side direction with respect to the workpiece and that grip shorter sides of the outer frame. At least one of the short-side grippers moves in the short-side direction and grips the shorter sides of the outer frame. A lifter lifts or lowers the gripper gripping the outer frame and the product to separate the outer frame and the crossbar from the product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2021
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Inventors: Takahiro OGAWA, Yasuhiro KATO
  • Publication number: 20240017436
    Abstract: A perforating apparatus and method includes a longitudinal cylinder axis about which a cylinder rotates. At least one shaped anvil bead is disposed on the cylinder. The cylinder including an anvil block and an anvil bead form a cavity. The cavity may be used to control the debris produced during the perforating process. A blade is disposed on a support to cooperate in contacting relationship with the anvil bead. A web is perforated as the web passes between the rotating cylinder and the support and the blade operatively engages with the anvil bead. The debris may be controlled by being drawn into the cavity prior to the point where the blade engages the anvil and, subsequently, being expelled after the point where the blade engages the anvil bead.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2023
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Inventors: Katie Kristine Glass, Zachary Aaron Freije, Matthew Travis Brightman, Nicholas Raymond Tenhundfeld
  • Publication number: 20240017437
    Abstract: A notching mold for molding a non-coated portion of an electrode base material, wherein the non-coated portion, is formed on each of two ends of a coated portion, includes: a main mold having an upper mold and a lower mold, parallel to each other, and are slidable close to or away from each other. A first auxiliary mold having auxiliary upper and lower molds coupled to the upper and lower molds, respectively, is configured so that the non-coated portion on one end of the electrode base material is disposed at a processible position. A second auxiliary mold having auxiliary upper and lower molds coupled to the upper and lower molds, respectively, is configured so that, when the electrode base material is input into the main mold, the non-coated portion on the other end of the electrode base material is disposed at a processible position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2021
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Applicant: LG Energy Solution, Ltd.
    Inventors: Sung Chul Park, Sang Wook Kim, Sin Young Park, Dong Hyeuk Park
  • Publication number: 20240017438
    Abstract: A system for treatment of wood poles that includes a container placed at the top of wooden poles with a drip or wick valve system to enable preservatives that extend the life of wooden poles to be applied to the pole. Embodiments may also include electrically insulating containers that can also function as insulators for high voltage electric lines, ground wires on power poles, electric fencing and the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2022
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Inventor: Louis D. Jeffrey
  • Publication number: 20240017439
    Abstract: A powered log splitter includes a support structure configured to support a log, a ram that is operable to engage and split the log, a hydraulic drive unit to actuate the ram, and a stand-alone motor unit to power the hydraulic drive unit. The stand-alone motor unit includes a housing, an electric motor located within the housing, and a battery pack removably coupled to the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2023
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Inventors: Evan M. Glanzer, Travis S. Mergener, Ian C. Richards, Joseph W. Miller
  • Publication number: 20240017440
    Abstract: A method for producing wood chips for the production of chipboards includes a material supply unit in at least one first carrying structure, a first mechanical sorting unit for the material to be comminuted in at least one second carrying structure, a material comminuting unit in at least one third carrying structure, a second mechanical sorting unit for the comminuted material in at least one fourth carrying structure, and wherein the first, second, third, and fourth carrying structures are each arranged to be semi-mobile on a foundation and/or on a supporting structure and interconnected, wherein the supplied material is conveyed from the material supply unit through a first material-carrying line to the first mechanical sorting unit and is sorted from the first mechanical sorting unit through a second material-carrying line to the material comminution unit and is comminuted to form wood chips, and is supplied through a third material-carrying line to the second mechanical sorting unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2021
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Applicant: SWISS KRONO TEC AG
    Inventor: Martin Langhardt
  • Publication number: 20240017441
    Abstract: An injection processes for obtaining spray nozzles, more particularly, a process for injecting ceramics (ceramic inserts) for manufacturing spray nozzles through the use of so-called water stop, with high dimensional accuracy and complex internal geometries by dividing the process into main steps such as: injection of the water stop in polymeric material, overinjecting of ceramics using the polymeric core and removing the core through chemical dissolution; and secondary steps such as: chemical debinding or water debinding, thermal debinding and sintering.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2023
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Inventor: Edson Francelin Ribeiro Da Rocha
  • Publication number: 20240017442
    Abstract: A reinforced structural panel and a method of making said reinforced structural panel is described herein. The reinforced structural panel having an insulating layer, an outer layer adjacent a first lateral surface of the insulating layer, and a plurality of reinforcement structures fixed between the insulating layer and the outer layer. The reinforcement structures may be wood or a cementitious material, such as magnesium oxide. The outer layer of the reinforced structural panel may be any wood board or cementitious board, such as magnesium oxide or gypsum. The plurality of reinforcement structures may run parallel with the length or width of the structural panel. The plurality of reinforcement structures may be attached, at least partially, to the outer layer with an adhesive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2023
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Inventors: JARRETT B. DAVIS, RANDAL HOFFNER
  • Publication number: 20240017443
    Abstract: A device can be used for the degassing of a two-component multiphase polymer-monomer material. A corresponding degassing extruder contains the degassing device. The device for degassing contains at least one nozzle part having a convergent geometry, at least one constant part, and at least one diffusor part having a divergent geometry. The diffusor part contains at least three zones each having a divergent geometry, and the opening angles of the zones are specifically adapted in order to improve the separation of components of the polymer material. A process for degassing a polymer material uses the degassing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2021
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Applicant: Röhm GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Wick, Jan Müller, Olaf Pickenäcker
  • Publication number: 20240017444
    Abstract: A molding material contains a reinforcing fiber bundle (A) and a polyphenylene sulfide (B), wherein the melting point of the polyphenylene sulfide is 270° C. or less; and a molded article containing a reinforcing fiber and a polyphenylene sulfide, wherein the weight average fiber length of the reinforcing fiber is 0.3 mm or more and 3.0 mm or less, and the melting point of the polyphenylene sulfide is 270° C. or less, or the crystallization temperature during cooling of the polyphenylene sulfide is 190° C. or less. Because generation of gas derived from the reinforcing fiber bundle or a sizing agent during a molding process can be reduced, and the surface roughening of a molded article due to the gas can be suppressed, a molding material achieving both of surface smoothness and mechanical properties of the molded article can be obtained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2021
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Inventors: Shin Hirata, Takafumi Suzuki, Mitsushige Hamaguchi
  • Publication number: 20240017445
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an extrusion process for preparing a low molecular weight PTFE micropowder, comprising the steps of: introducing a PTFE composition into a extruder; applying heat treatment to the extruder; extruding the PTFE composition in an extruder to reduce molecular weight through heat and shear force; cooling and pelletizing in a pelletizer to form granules of PTFE; and reducing the particle size of PTFE granules by milling method to form low molecular weight PTFE micropowder. The present invention also relates to an extrusion process for degradation of high molecular weight PTFE to produce low molecular weight Polytetrafluoroethylene micropowder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2020
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Inventors: Rajeev CHAUHAN, Deepak KAPOOR, Sanjay BHAN, Navin SONI, Amol PAWAR
  • Publication number: 20240017446
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a filter device with enhancements to ensure the continuity of the function of the flexible scraper element (23), which separates plastic and waste (pollution, foreign matter) from each other, presses on the filtering element to be used in recycling systems for the recovery of plastic materials, to enable the scraper to sharpen itself, to prevent permanent damage on the filtering element (9) due to the melt pressure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2021
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Inventor: Emrah ATES
  • Publication number: 20240017447
    Abstract: A wind turbine blade mold structure includes reinforcing structures separately mounted on outer surfaces of a lower mold and an upper mold, and conformal support structures or support structures, each with one end fixed on the ground and the other end resisting the reinforcing structures; the conformal support structures or the support structures are adjustable in horizontal heights; the structure improves the flexural rigidity, thus greatly improving the anti-deformation capacity of a shell to simplify the support structures, accelerating the manufacturing and mounting process, reducing the dimensions of the structure, reducing the overall weight of a mechanism, facilitating the transportation, and reducing the energy consumption and pollution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2023
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Inventors: Kangsheng SHI, Jialin LU, Binjiang CHEN
  • Publication number: 20240017448
    Abstract: A forming assembly configured to form a wick is disclosed. The forming assembly includes an expandable tube and a forming shell assembly. The expandable tube is hydraulically expandable to an expanded configuration. A wick mesh is configured to be wrapped about the expandable tube. The forming shell assembly includes a first forming shell comprising a first recess defined therein and a second forming shell comprising a second recess defined therein. The first recess and the second recess cooperate to define an outer diameter of the wick. The expandable tube and the wick mesh are positionable between the first recess and the second recess. The expandable tube and the forming shell assembly are configured to deform the wick mesh and form the wick based on the expandable tube hydraulically expanding towards the expanded configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2023
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Applicant: Westinghouse Electric Company LLC
    Inventors: John LOJEK, III, Matthew M. SWARTZ, William A. BYERS
  • Publication number: 20240017449
    Abstract: The invention relates to manufacturing method for components of a fuel cell stack from a mixture of plastic and at least one electrically conductive filler by means of a double belt press (1, 14). The manufacturing method according to the invention is characterized in that an uncured or incompletely cured strip-shaped blank (2) comprising the mixture is fed into an isochoric double belt press (1) having individual segments (4), wherein each of the individual segments (4) has a shaping structure for shaping the blank into the component as the blank passes through the double belt press (1), wherein the individual segments (4) on the two belts (3) of the double belt press (1) position themselves relative to one another during the pressing process by means of corresponding locking elements (13).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2021
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Inventors: Philipp HAUSMANN, Hubertus REHERMANN
  • Publication number: 20240017450
    Abstract: A male element (100) of a mould (10) for the compression moulding of a parison comprises a die (110) and a ducting system (117), located inside the die (110) to allow a cooling fluid to flow in the male element (100), wherein the die (110) comprises: a body (112); a liner (116) fitted round the body (112) and having an outside surface, acting in conjunction with a female element (200) of the mould (10) to delimit a forming cavity (20), and an inside surface in contact with the outside surface of the body (112), wherein the ducting system (117) is formed between the body (112) and the liner (116).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2021
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Inventors: Davide BALDISSERRI, Stefano BERGAMI, Marcello ZAMA
  • Publication number: 20240017451
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing a laminate, wherein the laminate is obtained by integrally laminating an expanded beads molded article (a) composed of expanded beads A and having interconnected voids and an expanded beads molded article (b) composed of expanded particles B and having interconnected voids, the difference [Pb?Pa] between the voidage (Pa) of the expanded beads molded article (a) and the voidage (Pb) of the expanded beads molded article (b) is 5% or more, and the expanded beads A and the expanded beads B satisfy the following (1) to (3): (1) a difference [dB?dA] between an average hole diameter (dA) of the through-holes of the expanded beads (A) and an average hole diameter (dB) of the through-holes of the expanded beads (B) is 0.3 mm or more and 2 mm or less; (2) the expanded beads (B) have an average outer diameter DB of 3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2021
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Inventors: Katsunori HISAMATSU, Keiichi HASHIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20240017452
    Abstract: An injection device (2) of an injection molding machine (1) includes a heating cylinder (18) having a gas introduction port (30) and a screw (19), and a gas supply device (5) is connected to the gas introduction port (30). The gas supply device (5) includes a gas supply source (33) and a gas pressure regulating unit (34). The gas pressure regulating unit (34) regulates a gas pressure and supplies the gas when a gas from the gas supply source (33) is introduced into the gas introduction port (30). Specifically, the gas pressure is caused to change in a molding cycle and is increased to a high pressure in a metering process (61). That is, a pressure increasing period (71) in which the gas pressure increases at least partially overlaps with the metering process (61).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2021
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Applicant: THE JAPAN STEEL WORKS, LTD.
    Inventors: Akihiro NAITO, Takuya YUFU
  • Publication number: 20240017453
    Abstract: An injection moldable composite material includes a polymer matrix, glass microspheres, a conductive network of linked nanostructures, and a plurality of additives. The polymer matrix includes a polypropylene impact copolymer. The plurality of additives includes a polymer adhesive configured to adhere the conductive network of linked nanostructures to the polymer matrix.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2022
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Deborah Frances Mielewski, Paul Kenneth Dellock, Alper Kiziltas, LaRon Michelle Brown, Stuart C. Salter
  • Publication number: 20240017454
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing an antibacterial copper nanofiber by injection molding includes the following steps: raw material mixing operation: mixing dry copper nanopowder having an averaged particle size of not more than 48 nm with a fiber raw material to form a mixed raw material; and injection molding operation, including plasticization, filling, pressurization, cooling, ejection, and product injection. Finally, an antibacterial copper nanofiber injection product is obtained. Or in the raw material mixing operation, after mixing a dry copper nanopowder having an averaged particle size of not more than 48 nm with a fiber raw material to form a mixed raw material, mixing and granulating operation can be added, including heating, blending, extruding and granulating the mixed raw material through a mixer, and then melting to form a plurality of antibacterial copper nano-masterbatches; and then injection molding operation is performed to obtain an antibacterial copper nanofiber injection product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2023
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Inventor: Hsing Hsun LEE
  • Publication number: 20240017455
    Abstract: A method of forming a fin configured for use with a water sports board. The method includes providing a mold having a mold cavity and a first insert pre-preg sheet each including structural strands bonded by a first resin material. The method further includes placing the first insert pre-preg sheet within the mold cavity. The method further includes injecting a third resin material under pressure into the mold cavity. The method further includes injecting a core substance only in the form of a gaseous material into the third resin material to form a unitary hollow volume within the third resin material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2023
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Inventors: Vince Longo, Tony Longo, John Griffin
  • Publication number: 20240017456
    Abstract: An injection molding system and method are disclosed. The injection molding system includes a molding device and injector. The molding device defines a mold cavity and includes an inlet portion in communication with the mold cavity. The injector includes a discharging channel. An end portion of the inlet portion and an end portion of the discharging channel have non-planar end surfaces respectively, which are engageable with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2022
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Inventors: CHING-HAO CHEN, LIANG-HUI YEH
  • Publication number: 20240017457
    Abstract: A novel mold and slide apparatus system comprises at least a first mold member and a second mold member that together define an internal cavitation. A slide apparatus is mounted on the first mold member for moving an insert member into and out of an internal cavitation in the first mold member. The slide apparatus comprises a main body having a drive cylinder defining a drive-cylinder axis and a carrier cylinder defining a carrier-cylinder axis. A drive piston is disposed in sealed sliding relation in the drive cylinder for movement along the drive-cylinder axis between a start position and a fluid displacement position. a carrier piston is disposed in sealed sliding relation in the carrier cylinder for movement along the carrier-cylinder axis between a retracted position and an extended position. The insert member is connected to the carrier piston for movement therewith for engaging the internal cavitation when the carrier piston is in the extended position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2019
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Inventor: Marc Lecours
  • Publication number: 20240017458
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing an embossing device or injection mold including the steps of providing a hard coated embossing roller having a cylindrically-shaped core and a hard-coating layer, the hard-coating layer having a thickness of equal or less than 30 ?m, and performing laser ablation to the hard-coated cylinder to remove material from the hard-coating layer to form opening, a surface of the opening forming a structural feature into the hard-coating layer, to form a structured hard-coated cylinder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2021
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Inventors: Charles BOEGLI, Gabriel DUMITRU
  • Publication number: 20240017459
    Abstract: An injection device comprises: a plunger provided inside a barrel and a nozzle; a seal provided rearward of an injection inlet for the nozzle to prevent a molding material from flowing rearward; and a seal case that holds the seal. The seal case is fixed by the barrel and the nozzle, and has a first inner radial surface that forms a first inner radial hollow section for the plunger to penetrate, and a second inner radial surface that forms a second inner radial hollow section into which the seal is fitted. At least a portion of the first inner radial surface has a female thread section formed thereon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2021
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Applicant: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kyousuke NAKAMURA, Akira OOMORI
  • Publication number: 20240017460
    Abstract: An air ring has a main body including a plenum through which pressurized air enters the air ring, the main body including a generally circular interior that is unobstructed vertically above the main body. A generally circular forming-cone assembly is received in the generally circular interior of the main body, and includes at least one annular lip defining a passage through which pressurized air from the plenum exits the air ring for impingement upon the polymer tube. A plurality of fasteners secure the forming-cone assembly in the interior of the main body, the fasteners and forming-cone assembly being unobstructed vertically above the air ring, wherein the fasteners are accessible from vertically above the air ring and the forming-cone assembly is removable from the main body by vertical lifting without removal of other components from the air ring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2023
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Inventor: Daniel R. JOSEPH
  • Publication number: 20240017461
    Abstract: An extrusion die has first and second die bodies that define an extrusion cavity therebetween. The extrusion cavity has an inlet, a primary manifold that extends from the inlet along a flow direction, and an outlet that defines an elongate slot. In some examples, cavity has an intermediate chamber that extends from the primary manifold along the flow direction, the intermediate chamber having a back line and a front line that taper away from one another as they extend outwards towards opposing ends of the die. The primary manifold has a front end portion that is defined between opposing inner surfaces, at least one of inner surface tapering towards the other as it extends along the flow direction. In some examples, the inner surface has first and second curved portions that curve to provide a smoother transition from the primary manifold to a downstream chamber of the extrusion cavity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2021
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Applicant: NORDSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Salvatore Giovanni Iuliano, Michael Kenneth Truscott, Brandon James Schultz, Gerrit Van de Rostyne, Cathy Gomez, Günther Lambrecht
  • Publication number: 20240017462
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method and an extruder for making carbon blocks using poly (vinylidene fluoride) (PVDF) as binder and absorbents such as activated carbon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2021
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Inventors: Jialing LIU, Azaz A. VAHORA
  • Publication number: 20240017463
    Abstract: An extruder includes a cylinder and a screw that is accommodated in the cylinder, in which an inner peripheral surface of the cylinder includes first and second groove formed regions each of which has a groove formed therein, in the first groove formed region, a height of a mountain portion forming the groove is constant, and a presence range of the second groove formed region in an axial direction at least partially overlaps a presence range of a material feed port in the axial direction, and a height of a mountain portion forming the groove in the second groove formed region is lower than the height of the mountain portion of the first groove formed region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2023
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Inventor: Shoichi ISHIDA
  • Publication number: 20240017464
    Abstract: An extrudate cooling tank having cooling water chambers adapted for running passage of extrudate serially therethrough at a preselected regulated variable pressures with water in the chambers being at different temperatures, and a wheel-servo motor combination hingedly connected to the chamber and being movable with respect thereto between a first position with the wheel engaging running extrudate and a second position with the wheel remote from engagement with the extrudate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2023
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Applicant: Novatec, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard VESTER, Steven GILLMEISTER, Thomas Trevor BLUDIS, Robert H. BESSEMER
  • Publication number: 20240017465
    Abstract: A 3D drawing arrangement includes a feeding passage, a heater, a filament moving system, and a controller which includes a control circuit and a finger detector electrically connected to the control circuit, wherein when the finger detector detects a presence of a finger of a user which is aligned with the finger detector, the control circuit starts operation of the filament moving system to feed a filament to the heater along the feeding passage, so that the filament is heated and melted by the heater to produce the melted material flow.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2023
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Inventor: Honghui Wei
  • Publication number: 20240017466
    Abstract: Apparatus for forming plastic preforms into plastic containers has a transport device having a rotatable transport carrier on which a large number of forming stations are arranged. The forming stations each have blow molding devices, within which the plastic preforms can be formed into the plastic containers by applying a flowable medium, and the forming stations each have application devices for applying the flowable medium to the plastic preforms. The apparatus has a clean room within which the plastic preforms are expanded to form the plastic containers, and such clean room is delimited from a non-sterile environment by at least one wall. The apparatus also has an exchange device for exchanging blow molding devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2023
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Inventors: Martin SCHLAGENHAUFER, Florian GELTINGER
  • Publication number: 20240017467
    Abstract: An apparatus for forming plastic preforms into plastic containers, having a transport device which transports the plastic preforms along a predetermined transport path. The transport device has a movable and in particular rotatable transport carrier on which a plurality of forming stations is arranged. The forming stations each having blow molding devices with at least two blow mold side parts and a bottom part which form a hollow space inside which the plastic preforms are formed into the plastic containers by applying a flowable medium. The forming stations each having application devices for applying the flowable medium to the plastic preforms. A diameter of the transport carrier is smaller than 2 m, and 4-16 forming stations are arranged on the transport carrier or a diameter of the transport carrier is smaller than 3 m, and 17 to 35 forming stations are arranged on the transport carrier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2023
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Inventors: Florian GELTINGER, Norbert KINDL, Martin SCHLAGENHAUFER
  • Publication number: 20240017468
    Abstract: An apparatus for treating plastic containers includes a transport device which transports the plastic containers along a predetermined transport path, a blow module which has a blow molding machine for shaping plastic preforms into plastic containers, and a filler module which has a filling device for filling plastic containers with an, in particular, liquid product. The blow module and the filler module are arranged directly adjacent to one another, wherein the blow module has a transport starwheel on the outlet side, which transport starwheel is designed as a pitch varying starwheel and the plastic containers can be transferred directly from the pitch varying starwheel of the blow module to the filler module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2023
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Inventors: Max BRIKMANN, Florian GELTINGER, Juergen SOELLNER
  • Publication number: 20240017469
    Abstract: An apparatus for forming plastic preforms into plastic containers has a rotatable transport carrier on which a plurality of forming stations is arranged. The forming stations each have blow molding devices within which the plastic preforms are formed by application of a flowable medium into the plastic containers. The apparatus has a clean room, within which the plastic preforms are expanded into the plastic containers, a feed device to feed plastic preforms to be formed, and a discharge device for discharging formed containers from the transport device. The apparatus also has an ejection device for ejecting plastic preforms or plastic containers from the transport path, being arranged between the discharge device and the feed device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2023
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Inventors: Juergen SOELLNER, Norbert KINDL, Florian GELTINGER, Waldemar SUPPES, Christian WITTMANN, Daniel THEEN, Florian GERNGROSS
  • Publication number: 20240017470
    Abstract: An apparatus for forming plastic preforms into plastic containers includes a rotatable transport carrier on which a plurality of forming stations is arranged, and forming stations each having blow molding devices within which the plastic preforms can be formed into the plastic containers by applying a flowable medium. The forming stations each have stretching devices having at least one stretching rod which can be moved in the longitudinal direction of the plastic preforms and introduced into the plastic preforms. The apparatus also has a clean room within which the plastic preforms are expanded to form the plastic containers. The stretching devices and the forming stations are each arranged on a mold carrier holder and are held thereby, so that the mold carrier holder is designed as a carrying device of the apparatus and walls of the clean room to delimit the apparatus from a non-sterile environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2023
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Inventors: Daniel THEEN, Florian GELTINGER, Florian GERNGROSS, Waldemar SUPPES, Juergen SOELLNER, Christian WITTMANN
  • Publication number: 20240017471
    Abstract: A system for molding includes: right and left upper mold portions; and a lower mold portion, such that the right and left upper mold portions are positionable side by side and the lower mold portion is positionable between lower ends of the right and left upper mold portions to form an entire molding cavity for blow molding a connectable beverage bottle, such that the lower mold portion is vertically downward removable and the right and left upper mold portions are laterally removable after blow molding of the connectable beverage bottle. Also disclosed is a method of molding, including: preparing blow pin, assembling mold components, performing blow molding, removing blow pin, disassembling mold components, and extracting the connectable beverage bottle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2023
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Inventor: Alaa Mohamed Hattab
  • Publication number: 20240017472
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a resin container includes: injection molding a preform made of a resin and having a body portion and a bottom portion; adjusting a temperature of the preform manufactured in the injection molding; and a blow molding step of blow-molding the preform having the adjusted temperature to manufacture a resin container. In the injection molding, the preform is injection-molded using an injection mold in which a thickness of the bottom portion is 0.7 to 0.85 relative to a thickness of the body portion. Further, in the adjusting the temperature, a coolant is introduced into the preform to cool the bottom portion of the preform.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2021
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Applicant: NISSEI ASB MACHINE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomokazu KOMIYAMA, Atsushi NAGASAKI