Patents Issued in February 8, 2024
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Publication number: 20240042642Abstract: A portable belt cutting device comprises a cutting head and cutting blade movably arranged on the cutting head. The cutting head has a drive mechanism to move the blade from a retracted position to an extended position, such that the blade severs the belt. The drive mechanism may be coupled to the blade such that the blade is actively driven in both directions between the retracted position and the extended position. In some embodiments, the drive mechanism may comprise a drive spindle which may engage a thread formed in the cutting head. The spindle may be bi-directionally movable and comprise a torque input geometry. In another embodiment the drive spindle and blade comprise connecting elements that form a positive connection when engaged.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 22, 2023Publication date: February 8, 2024Applicant: SafeWorks, LLCInventors: Frank Lülfing, Viatcheslav Maik Seibel
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Publication number: 20240042643Abstract: A tool clamping assembly (38) for clamping a blanking tool (40) intended to be used in a blanking station of a sheet processing machine has a frame (46) to which the blanking tool (40) is to be clamped and at least one clamping element (48). The frame (46) has an aligning mechanism adapted for aligning the blanking tool (40) in a first direction. Further, the frame (40) has at least one support surface (60) oriented to support the blanking tool (40) in a second direction which is perpendicular to the first direction, and at least one abutment surface (62) oriented to support the blanking tool (40) in a third direction which is perpendicular to the first and second directions. The clamping element (48) is displaceable between an open position and a clamping position, the clamping element (48) being adapted for clamping the blanking tool (40) against both the support surface (60) and the abutment surface (62). Further, a blanking tool assembly with such a tool clamping assembly is shown.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2021Publication date: February 8, 2024Applicant: BOBST MEX SAInventors: Adem UYAR, Patrice CHATRY
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Publication number: 20240042644Abstract: A table saw jig for guiding offcut sides of various types of workpiece. The table saw jig includes a base that operably engages with a table of a table saw. The table saw jig also includes a slider that is moveably engaged inside of the base and is adapted to guide an offcut side of at least one workpiece along the table of the table saw. The table saw jig also includes at least one attachment assembly that operably engages with the base and is adapted to engage the base with the table of the table saw. The table saw jig also includes at least one calibration assembly that operably engages with the slider and the base. The at least one calibration assembly is configured to calibrate the slider relative to a blade of the table saw when the base is operably engaged with the table of the table saw.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 8, 2022Publication date: February 8, 2024Applicant: Woodpeckers, LLCInventor: Wayne Sherman
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Publication number: 20240042645Abstract: Provided is a chain of a chain saw. In a chin saw including a chain which cuts an object to be cut while being rotated in an infinite trajectory, the chain includes a drive link in which an abrasive is mounted on an upper portion thereof, a pair of side links which are fastened to connect neighboring drive links, and a connection pin which is mounted by passing through overlapping portions of the drive link and the side links. The drive link and the side links may absorb rotational friction so that a rivet can withstand well. By a technical configuration for simply replacing, removing and assembling the assembly of the drive link and side links which become loose, power transmitted to the drive link may be provided as cutting force as it is, thereby improving cutting efficiency.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 24, 2023Publication date: February 8, 2024Inventors: Sang-eun CHUNG, Who-sun PARK
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Publication number: 20240042646Abstract: An apparatus (1300), including: a shaper cutter head (1308) having: a body (1312); a bore (1314) through the body; and a cutter 1310) secured to the body. Along a longitudinal axis (1306), the cutter has: a miter profile, a groove profile and a tongue profile for cutting a miter. The body has a portion (1352) comprising a recess (1320) disposed between the miter profile of the cutter and an end of the body. The recess defines a flat indexing surface (1326) protruding radially outwards from a portion of the body. When the shaper cutter head is rotated about the longitudinal axis, the body defines a body sweep (1360). The flat indexing surface is recessed from the body sweep.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 18, 2023Publication date: February 8, 2024Inventor: Henry Wang
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Publication number: 20240042647Abstract: Disclosed are panels of medium density fibreboard (MDF). The panels comprise wood fibres, the largest dimension of which is 7 mm or below, pressed together with an adhesive. The panels are of a large and thin type, having an aspect ratio of at least 100 and a surface area of at least 1 m2. Typical problems associated with such large and thin panels, e.g. warping behaviour, are addressed by employing wood fibres are made of acetylated wood.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 22, 2023Publication date: February 8, 2024Inventors: Bernardus Jozef Maria Pol, Stefan van Dommele, Theodorus Gerardus Marinus Maria Kappen
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Publication number: 20240042648Abstract: A pore-forming microsphere homogenizing device and method include steps of: firstly homogenizing the pore-forming microspheres made of the cow dung into the clay paste; secondly homogenizing the materials by using the kneading gear and the ejection cylinder rotating in opposite directions for kneading the clay paste while ejecting the pore-forming microspheres; and thirdly homogenizing the materials by using the telescopic kneading part and the ejection cylinder together for further kneading the clay paste while ejecting the pore-forming microspheres. With the foregoing processes, uniform and complete closed pores are uniformly distributed in the clay bricks, so that the strength of the clay bricks remains unchanged while clay usage is reduced.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 10, 2023Publication date: February 8, 2024Inventors: Pengju Zhang, Lagenbaier Zha, Liangang Tong, Hehada Hu
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Publication number: 20240042649Abstract: A treatment element for treating material by means of a screw machine comprises a conveying section and a melting section. The melting section is arranged downstream of the conveying section in a conveying direction and is connected in one piece with the conveying section. This reduces wear and increases the service life.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 3, 2023Publication date: February 8, 2024Applicant: Coperion GmbHInventors: Johannes HEYN, Mareike TABELING, Johannes DONNER, Dirk KYRION
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Publication number: 20240042650Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for treating a plastic feedstock comprising polymers, comprising: a) a dissolution step involving placing the plastic feedstock in contact with a dissolution solvent, at a dissolution temperature of between 100° C. and 300° C. and a dissolution pressure of between 1 and 20.0 MPa abs, to dissolve at least a portion of the polymers of the plastic feedstock and to obtain a crude polymer solution; b) a step of washing by placing the crude polymer solution in contact with a dense solution, at a temperature of between 100° C. and 300° C., a pressure of between 1 and 20.0 MPa abs and at a mass ratio between the dense solution and the crude polymer solution of between 0.05 and 20.0, to obtain a washed polymer solution and a washing effluent; and then c) a step of recovering the polymers, to obtain a solvent fraction and a purified polymer fraction. FIG.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 2, 2021Publication date: February 8, 2024Applicant: IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLESInventors: Damien LEINEKUGEL LE COCQ, Wilfried WEISS, Amir Hossein AHMADI-MOTLAGH, Yacine HAROUN
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Publication number: 20240042651Abstract: Provided is a method of producing recycled reinforcing fibers capable of efficiently recovering reinforcing fibers, even with a solvent method, from a fiber-reinforced resin material comprising a resin component having a chemical structure with basic properties. A method of producing recycled reinforcing fibers, the method including: a step of treating a fiber-reinforced resin material comprising a resin and reinforcing fibers with an acidic solution comprising an acid; and a step of treating the fiber-reinforced resin material with a treatment solution comprising an oxidizing agent to dissolve at least part of the resin of the fiber-reinforced resin material in the treatment solution, wherein the resin comprises a resin component having a chemical structure with basic properties.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2021Publication date: February 8, 2024Applicant: Miraikasei Inc.Inventor: Haruna MARUKO
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Publication number: 20240042652Abstract: The present embodiment is a method of recycling reinforcing fibers, the method comprising: providing a tank having at least a first protective layer disposed on an outer peripheral surface of a liner and a liner, the first protective layer being configured such that a resin-impregnated fiber bundle including a reinforcing fiber bundle and a first matrix resin is wound around the liner; and a second protective layer formed of the first matrix resin on the first protective layer; removing a portion of the second protective layer to expose a winding end portion of the resin-impregnated fiber bundle; peeling the exposed winding end portion; and pulling the peeled winding end portion to draw out the resin-impregnated fiber bundle.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 30, 2023Publication date: February 8, 2024Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yusuke NUMATA, Takuya SUKEDA, Daisuke SAKUMA, Hiroyuki ISHII
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Publication number: 20240042653Abstract: The invention relates to a method for separation of a polymeric article comprising at least one thermoplastic polymer, and at least one other constituent, wherein said separation method comprises: —a step of contacting the polymeric article with a liquid medium suitable for propagating shock waves, and —a step of applying a pulsed field to the liquid medium, so as to generate shock waves capable of dividing the polymeric article at an interface between the thermoplastic polymer and the other constituent.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 8, 2021Publication date: February 8, 2024Applicants: ARKEMA FRANCE, XCRUSHERInventors: Jean-Luc DUBOIS, Abdelaziz BENTAJ, Nicolas COUCHOT
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Publication number: 20240042654Abstract: A preparation method of a screw pump screw pump screw rod rubber lining mould includes: mixing a high strength wear-resistant material with a binder to obtain a mixed slurry; injecting the mixed slurry into a female die for solidification and taking out to form a screw rod rubber lining mould preform; drying and sintering the screw rod rubber lining mould preform to obtain a screw rod rubber lining mould; immersing the screw rod rubber lining mould into a surface treatment liquid for surface heat treatment to form a wear-resistant layer, and cooling down to obtain a final mould. The high strength wear-resistant material is prepared by using a ZnFe2O4 nano-particle reinforced Ti(C,N)-based metal ceramic composite material; the surface treatment liquid includes an aluminum borosilicate whisker/polyimide composite material solution; the high strength wear-resistant material having good strength, good hardness, good fracture toughness, and good wear resistance is prepared and applied.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 6, 2022Publication date: February 8, 2024Applicant: ZHEJIANG OCEAN UNIVERSITYInventors: Baikang ZHU, Hengcong TAO, Le ZHANG, Bo DING
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Publication number: 20240042655Abstract: The disclosure includes a laminate tool and a process for producing laminate tooling with functional features between adjacent or non-adjacent laminate segments to provide mechanical leverage to demold a part, space for moving tool segments that allow features to be molded against the line of draw (eliminate die-locked conditions), and passageway for gas to travel. The disclosure further includes a laminate tool with channels in the laminate sheets that communicate at one end to a source of pressurized air and at its opposite end to the mold cavity. The channel permits forced air into the mold cavity to demold the part.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 17, 2023Publication date: February 8, 2024Inventor: Mark Kenneth Neizke
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Publication number: 20240042656Abstract: In an apparatus for manufacturing a display apparatus, the apparatus includes: a display panel comprising a display area, an adjacent area surrounding the display area, and a bending area extending from a side of the adjacent area, the display panel comprising a first material in the adjacent area and a second material in the bending area; a stage on which the display panel is located; and a curing device configured to concurrently cure the first material and the second material.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 27, 2023Publication date: February 8, 2024Inventors: Hyunwoo Lee, Jinhee Bae, Junhyeong Kim
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Publication number: 20240042657Abstract: A polymer composition containing 100 parts by mass of a polyolefin-based polymer (a), 0.1 to 20 parts by mass of a polar polymer (b), and 0.1 to 25 parts by mass of an acid-modified polyolefin (d), the polar polymer (b) being at least one selected an ethylene-vinyl alcohol-based copolymer (b1) and a polyamide-based polymer (b2), wherein the acid-modified polyolefin (d) is a modified ethylene copolymer, the modified ethylene copolymer being a copolymer of an ethylene monomer and one or more ?-olefin monomers having 4 to 8 carbon atoms, and the copolymer being modified with an unsaturated carboxylic acid and/or an anhydride thereof, wherein the modified ethylene copolymer has a melt flow rate (MFR: 190° C., 2.16 kg) of 15 to 39 g/10 minutes.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 23, 2023Publication date: February 8, 2024Applicant: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATIONInventors: Shinji NAKANISHI, Masaru TAKASHIMA
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Publication number: 20240042658Abstract: A method of and fixture for molding a product with an embedded ring. A system for molding a ring into a product including a rotational molding mold with an opening formed in the rotational molding mold sized to fit a ring. A fixture is removably couplable to the ring, wherein the ring and the fixture when coupled are removably couplable in the opening. The fixture is removed from the ring after the ring is molded into a product. A method of manufacturing a product with an embedded ring includes: coupling a ring to a fixture; clamping the fixture and the ring in an opening in a mold top; clamping the mold top to a mold bottom; rotomolding a product; unclamping the fixture from the mold top; uncoupling the fixture from the ring; unclamping the mold top and the mold bottom; and removing the product from the mold.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 10, 2023Publication date: February 8, 2024Inventors: Kenneth S. Anderson, Klint S. Anderson, Chad Strombeck
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Publication number: 20240042659Abstract: A molding tool includes a top die, a bottom die, and several middle dies. Each middle die has a molding hole. The top die or the bottom die has a core, and the other one has a partial cavity. The partial cavity and each molding hole jointly form a cavity matching the core. The top die is opposite to the bottom die. The top die and/or the bottom die are/is driven to move towards or away from each other. Each middle die is moved to a position between the top die and the bottom die, allowing each middle die to be clamped with the top die and the bottom die. Upon using, a raw material is disposed on each middle die before the middle dies being sequentially moved to the position, making the top die, the bottom die, and the middle die clamp to process the raw material into a product.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 21, 2022Publication date: February 8, 2024Applicant: DAH LIH PUH CO., LTD.Inventor: JUI-FEN SHIAO
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Publication number: 20240042660Abstract: This document discloses a process for manufacturing recyclable injection molded microcellular foams for use in, footwear components, seating components, protective gear components, and watersport accessories, The process includes the steps of providing a thermoplastic polymer which comprises at least one monomer derived from depolymerized postconsumer plastic, inserting a fluid into a barrel of a molding apparatus. The fluid is introduced under temperature and pressure conditions to produce a super critical fluid. The process further includes mixing the thermoplastic polymer and super critical fluid so as to create a single phase solution, and injecting the single phase solution into a mold of an injection molding machine under gas counter pressure. The process further includes foaming the single phase solution by controlling the head and temperature conditions within the mold.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 24, 2021Publication date: February 8, 2024Applicant: O2 Partners, LLCInventors: Robert Falken, Glenn A. Barrett, John Robert Barrett
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Publication number: 20240042661Abstract: The present invention provides a production process for a meal bowl and a meal bowl, the production process being, in sequence, a first injection molding, a first printing, a second printing, and a second injection molding, and the meal bowl obtained has upper transparent shell, pattern layer, separation layer, and soft plastic layer, and the presence of upper transparent shell eliminates the possible presence of industrial pigments, bowl bottom pattern ink or heavy metals in colored glazes, which potential harm to humans or infants, and low food safety risk.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 17, 2023Publication date: February 8, 2024Inventor: Yanghuan Jiang
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Publication number: 20240042662Abstract: An ejecting apparatus of an injection molding mold, including an ejecting plate on a lower die of the injection molding mold, the ejecting plate configured to be movable in a vertical direction, at least one main ejecting block coupled to a fixed core on the lower die, the at least one main ejecting block configured to be movable in the vertical direction and connected to the ejecting plate, a sub-ejecting block coupled to the at least one main ejecting block, the sub-ejecting block configured to be movable in the vertical direction, and an operating force applier coupled to the at least one main ejecting block and configured to apply operational force to the sub-ejecting block through at least one movable core slidably coupled to the fixed core and the ejecting plate.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2023Publication date: February 8, 2024Inventor: Weonseok Yang
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Publication number: 20240042663Abstract: Performance of an injection molding machine is improved. The injection molding machine includes: a central controller centrally controlling an injection molding operation; a first injection apparatus performing an injecting operation of material, based on a first injection start signal output from the central controller; a second injection apparatus performing an injecting operation of material, based on a second injection start signal output from the central controller; and a mold clamping apparatus performing a mold clamping apparatus. The injection molding machine is configured to adjust a time difference between a first injection start timing of the material injected from the first injection apparatus and a second injection start timing of the material injected from the second injection apparatus.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 25, 2023Publication date: February 8, 2024Inventors: Atsushi SATOSHIRO, Toshio TOYOSHIMA
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Publication number: 20240042664Abstract: An injection molding machine includes a heating cylinder having a gas inlet, a screw, a gas cylinder, a pressure reducing valve configured to reduce a primary pressure of a gas from the gas cylinder to a secondary pressure, a gas supply portion configured to supply the gas at the secondary pressure to the gas inlet, an injection material pressure detection device configured to detect an injection material pressure in a vicinity of the gas inlet, and a controller. The controller is configured to detect an abnormality by comparing the injection material pressure with the secondary pressure.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 17, 2021Publication date: February 8, 2024Applicant: THE JAPAN STEEL WORKS, LTD.Inventors: Akihiro NAITO, Takuya YUFU
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Publication number: 20240042665Abstract: An injection molding condition generation system improves the quality of injection molding. The injection molding condition generation system acquires a material property value of a resin material and an injection molding condition using the first resin material based on a target value of a quality parameter related to a quality of a molded article, the first material property value, and a predetermined relational expression. The predetermined relational expression indicates a relation among the material property value of the resin material, a plurality of injection molding conditions input to an injection molding machine, and a quality parameter related to the quality of the molded article molded by the injection molding machine based on the material property value and the injection molding conditions, and is generated based on data accumulated in the memory in association with the material property value of the resin material, the injection molding conditions, and the quality parameter.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 2, 2021Publication date: February 8, 2024Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Daisuke YAGI, Ryotaro SHIMADA, Kan KOBAYASHI
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Publication number: 20240042666Abstract: The invention provides a process to orient a high molecular weight polymer film, formed from molten, dispersed or dissolved state, characterised in that as a start of this orientation process the film becomes embossed in a pattern of closely spaced dots or thin short lines, 5 thereby becoming oriented within these embossments, whereafter the orientation process is continued in one or more steps by m.d. stretching, t.d. stretching, or combined m.d. and t.d. stretching, whereby the embossed and oriented dots or lines gradually grow and develop until essentially the entire film has become oriented.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 3, 2020Publication date: February 8, 2024Inventor: Ole-Bendt RASMUSSEN
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Publication number: 20240042667Abstract: The invention relates to a method for coaxially extruding an extruded product. Hereby, an extruding device comprises the following: a receiver (7); a first receiver bore (5) which is formed in the receiver (7) and in which a first punch (10) is arranged; a second receiver bore (6) which is formed in the receiver (7) inside the first receiver bore (5) and coaxially therewith and in which a second punch (11) is arranged; and a mold (15) having a mold cavity (14) which is connected to the first and the second receiver bore (5, 6). In the method, the following is provided: arranging a first material billet (8) of a first material (2) in the first receiver bore (5); arranging a second material billet (9) of a second material (3) in the second receiver bore (6); and extruding an extruded product (1) in which the first and the second material (2, 3) are connected in a form-fitting and integrally bonded manner.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 9, 2021Publication date: February 8, 2024Applicant: TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLINInventors: Sören MÜLLER, René NITSCHKE, Felix GENSCH, Sven GALL
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Publication number: 20240042668Abstract: A pinning device for the electrostatic pinning of a film on a chill roll is disclosed having a first coil unit, a second coil unit, a pinning region situated between the coil units, a high-voltage source as well as at least two electrodes. At least the first electrode of at least two electrodes is strip-shaped. The electrodes run from the first coil unit to the second coil unit in the pinning region and high voltage is applied to both electrodes by the high-voltage source.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 25, 2023Publication date: February 8, 2024Inventors: Stefan FUßSTETTER, Florian ADLER, Anton EDFELDER, Günter OEDL, Anthimos GIAPOULIS, Peter MAURER, Florian KELLNBERGER
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Publication number: 20240042669Abstract: Disclosed is an apparatus for forming plastic preforms into plastic containers, having a blow molding device with at least two blow mold side parts and a base part movable in a longitudinal direction of the plastic container, wherein the blow mold side parts and the base part form a cavity, within which the plastic preforms can be formed into the plastic containers through exposure to a flowable medium. The apparatus has a movable carrier on which a plurality of blow molding devices are arranged, and the blow mold side parts are arranged respectively on a first mold carrier and a second mold carrier, which are movable with respect to a main shaft that is stationary relative to the carrier for opening and/or closing. An opening and/or closing movement of the first mold carrier takes place by a first angle, and an opening and/or closing movement of the second mold carrier takes place by a second angle, wherein the first angle and the second angle are substantially identical.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 7, 2023Publication date: February 8, 2024Inventors: Norbert KINDL, Florian GELTINGER
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Publication number: 20240042670Abstract: A rotary cooling apparatus for cooling preforms (P) made of thermoplastic material, comprising: —a carousel (1) defining a periphery thereof and adapted to rotate about a substantially vertical rotation axis; —at least one fixed guide element (6) arranged along at least part of said periphery; —a plurality of cooling devices (3) radially arranged along the periphery of the carousel, each cooling device (3) being adapted to substantially horizontally translate along a radial direction with respect to said rotation axis, and provided with a plurality of cooling tubes (4) arranged in sequence along said radial direction and adapted to receive a respective preform to be cooled; —a plurality of picking and releasing devices (5), each picking and releasing device (5) cooperating with a respective cooling device (3) and being adapted to pick a preform from a transfer wheel, release said preform alternately into one of said cooling tubes (4) and pick said preform again to release it downstream of said rotary apparatuType: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2021Publication date: February 8, 2024Inventors: Franco Cavallini, Marco Frare, Marco Piai, Matteo Zoppas
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Publication number: 20240042671Abstract: A method for continuously manufacturing a complex acoustic multi-element panel for an acoustic attenuation structure, the method including supplying a thermoplastic resin film at the entry of a stamping system including at least one pair of complementary cylinders, a heating of the thermoplastic resin film upstream of the entry of the stamping system, and a passage of the thermoplastic resin film between the at least one pair of complementary cylinders, the pair of complementary cylinders including a male cylinder with teeth radially protruding from the cylinder and a female cylinder with cavities on its radial surface, the cavities of the female cylinder being of shapes complementary to the shapes of the teeth of the male cylinder and a separation of the stamped film at the exit of the stamping system using a separator disposed at the exit of the stamping system between the stamped film and the female cylinder.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 13, 2022Publication date: February 8, 2024Inventors: Nicolas Pierre LANFANT, Hugues Laurent ALGLAVE, Patrick DUNLEAVY
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Publication number: 20240042672Abstract: A tooling for deforming a fibrous blank includes at least a first and a second arch extending along a circumferential direction between a first end and a second end, the first ends of the arches being present in a first area and the second ends of the arches being present in a second area, the first end of at least one of the arches having a fixed position along the transverse direction and the second ends of the arches being able to move along the transverse direction, the first and the second arch being intended to be in contact with the surface of the fibrous blank.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 1, 2023Publication date: February 8, 2024Inventors: Michel WLASOW WLASOWSKI, Hugues BOLSEE
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Publication number: 20240042673Abstract: A process for winding a filament around a winding support. The winding support has a cylindrical shape with dome-shaped longitudinal ends and a roll axis, and is held by a holding device fixed to a base. The process includes the following, occurring in synchronization, feeding a filament, by means of at least one feeding device, towards the winding support, rotating the winding support with respect to the base around a pitch axis of the winding support, rotating unlimitedly the at least one feeding device around a yaw axis of the winding support with respect to the base, and/or rotating unlimitedly the winding support around the yaw axis of the winding support with respect to the base, and rotating unlimitedly the winding support with respect to the base around the roll axis of the winding support.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 8, 2022Publication date: February 8, 2024Applicant: PLASTIC OMNIUM NEW ENERGIES FRANCEInventors: Mathieu JONGBLOEDT, Filip BEYENS
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Publication number: 20240042674Abstract: A positioning method includes a layering step of layering a first object and a second object, a detection step of detecting, after the layering step, a first signal obtained from a first array body of the first object, a second signal obtained from a second array body of the first object, a third signal obtained from the second array body of the second object, and a fourth signal obtained from the first array body of the second object, a calculating step of calculating positional deviation between the first object and the second object by respectively fitting the first to fourth signals, and an adjustment step of adjusting the positional deviation. The first array body has a first periodic structure having a period p1, and the second array body has a second periodic structure having a period p2. Neither the first array body nor the second array body of the first object overlaps the second array body or the first array body of the second object when the first object and the second object are layered.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 5, 2021Publication date: February 8, 2024Applicant: TOHOKU UNIVERSITYInventors: Masaru NAKAGAWA, Subaru HARADA, Toshiaki HAYAKAWA
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Publication number: 20240042675Abstract: An edge banding machine includes a base, and whereon a drive motor including a power outputting shaft, an edge band conveying mechanism having a pneumatic cylinder, a pushing block and an edge band conveying shaft parallel to the power outputting shaft, and a universal bearing. The pushing block is disposed at a terminal end of a telescopic rod of the pneumatic cylinder capable of being driven to lengthen or shorten to make an edge band approach or leave the edge band conveying shaft. Two ends of the universal bearing are connected with the power outputting shaft and edge band conveying shaft respectively, enabling the drive motor to rotate the edge band conveying shaft through the universal bearing. Through the configuration with the universal bearing, the edge band conveying shaft and power outputting shaft can be quickly connected for the completion of the whole edge banding machine assembly.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 4, 2022Publication date: February 8, 2024Inventor: YEN-TSUNG CHANG
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Publication number: 20240042676Abstract: A coated substrate and method of manufacturing same are provided. The method comprising: securing a substrate to a pedestal; applying a first coating layer onto the substrate; wrapping the first coating layer around the substrate to substantially coat the substrate, the first coating layer having excess coating of the first coating layer extending away from the substantially coated substrate and around the pedestal; withdrawing the pedestal from the substrate; forming a tail from the excess coating of the first coating layer, the tail extending at an angle from the surface of the substrate; and sealing the tail to the first coating layer to encapsulate the substrate forming the coated substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 9, 2021Publication date: February 8, 2024Inventor: Santosh Kumar Yadav
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Publication number: 20240042677Abstract: A composition useful for additive manufacturing is comprised of a thermoplastic elastomer blended with an aliphatic polyketone, wherein the thermoplastic elastomer is a continuous phase having dispersed therein separated domains of polyketone. The composition is useful for additive printing methods employing heating and extrusion of the composition to form extrudates that are printed an article comprised of fused layers of the composition. The composition facilitates the formation of extrusion based elastomeric additive manufactured articles.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 15, 2022Publication date: February 8, 2024Inventors: Thomas Fry, Zachary Peterson, Levi Loesch
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Publication number: 20240042678Abstract: The disclosed apparatus, system and method may include: at least two hobs suitable to receive and extrude therebetween a print material filament for the additive manufacturing; a material guide suitable to receive the extruded print material filament; at least one heater element coupled to a transition point along the material guide distally from the at least two hobs, wherein the transition point comprises an at least partial liquefication of the print material within the material guide by the at least one heater element to allow for printing of the at least partially liquefied print material; and at least one secondary heater at least partially about an upper aspect of the transition point and suitable to at least heat the upper aspect upon a clog in the material guide to liquefy the clog.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 2, 2023Publication date: February 8, 2024Inventors: Scott Klimczak, Luke Rodgers, Darin Burgess
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Publication number: 20240042679Abstract: A method and system are disclosed. A method of printing onto a base having an upper surface spaced from a lower surface by a base thickness includes dispensing a yarn from a nozzle of a printing system and selectively attaching the yarn to a first attachment region. The step of dispensing the yarn includes dispensing a heat-moldable material and a melt-resistant material. The step of selectively attaching the yarn to the first attachment region includes moving the nozzle into the first attachment region. The step of moving the nozzle into the first attachment region reduces the base thickness by a prodding distance. The heat-moldable material bonds to the first attachment region.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 23, 2023Publication date: February 8, 2024Applicant: NIKE, Inc.Inventors: Todd A. Waatti, Yoav Sterman
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Publication number: 20240042680Abstract: In an example, a three-dimensional (3D) printed part comprises a plurality of fused build material layers including exterior layers and interior layers. At least some of the interior layers include a composite portion having a miscible solid physically bonded to an amide functionality or an amine functionality of the build material. The miscible solid is a solid at a room temperature ranging from about 18° C. to about 25° C.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 11, 2023Publication date: February 8, 2024Inventors: Paul Olubummo, Kristopher J. Erickson, Aja Hartman, Lihua Zhao
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Publication number: 20240042681Abstract: Proposed is a 3D over-printing device for over-printing a 3D shape on an existing structure, the device including: a vat containing a light-curable material; a driving part configured to fix the existing structure and move the existing structure vertically, layer by layer, within the vat; and an optical part comprising a projector and a mirror structure, and configured to photocure an area to be cured on a surface of the light-curable material by projecting UV light in several directions simultaneously from above the surface of the light-curable material toward the surface of the light-curable material that is upward exposed and in contact with the existing structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2021Publication date: February 8, 2024Applicant: QUVE CO. LTD.Inventors: Jin Soo KIM, Tae min KANG
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Publication number: 20240042682Abstract: In some embodiments, the techniques described herein relate to photoreactive 3D printing systems and methods. The 3D printing system can include: a moveable print platform; a resin tub with a membrane; resin contained within the resin tub; an illumination system; a force sensor, and a print recipe including information for layers in a 3D printed part to be built on the print platform. The photoreactive 3D printing system can be configured to: project an image through the membrane into the volume of resin using the illumination system; move the print platform in a z-direction; measure a force on the print platform using the force sensor, and update a print platform movement in the print recipe during a printing run based on the force on the print platform.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 16, 2023Publication date: February 8, 2024Applicant: Intrepid Automation, Inc.Inventors: Ben Wynne, Robert Lee Mueller, Jamie Lynn Etcheson, Christopher Sean Tanner, Ivan Dejesus Chousal
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Publication number: 20240042683Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method and a device for the production of an optical element from a curable material by using an additive manufacturing technology.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2021Publication date: February 8, 2024Inventor: Maxime LECOMPERE
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Publication number: 20240042684Abstract: The disclosed exemplary apparatuses, systems and methods provide a three-dimensional foam molding, produced via a layer-by-layer additive manufacturing process in which regions of respective layers of pulverant are selectively melted via introduction of electromagnetic energy. These apparatuses, systems and methods may include layers of the pulverant comprising at least thermoplastic polyurethane polymer (TPU) coated upon a base particle, wherein the TPU is coated via one of spray drying and a fluidized vessel.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 13, 2023Publication date: February 8, 2024Inventor: Nicholas DIPPEL
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Publication number: 20240042685Abstract: A method can include additively manufacturing a sensor structure using a regolith of a celestial body. A sensor can be formed of additively manufactured celestial body regolith. A system for additively manufacturing sensors from celestial body regolith can include a spectrometer configured to receive and analyze regolith to produce regolith data, and an additive manufacturing machine associated with the spectrometer to receive the regolith data and to manufacture a sensor based on the regolith data to perform a predetermined sensor function.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 2, 2023Publication date: February 8, 2024Applicant: University of Central Florida Research Foundation, Inc.Inventors: Perla Latorre, Seetha Raghavan, Quentin Fouliard
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Publication number: 20240042686Abstract: In an example of a method for three-dimensional (3D) printing, one or more dispersions is/are sprayed to form a layer including build material particles and a liquid agent. The liquid agent is evaporated from the layer to form a build material layer, and based on a 3D object model, a binder agent is applied on at least a portion of the build material layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 8, 2023Publication date: February 8, 2024Inventors: Krzysztof Nauka, Christopher Paul Schodin
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Publication number: 20240042687Abstract: Apparatuses, systems and methods of providing heat to enable an FDM additive manufacturing nozzle having refined print control and enhanced printing speed. The heating element may include at least one sheath sized to fittedly engage around an outer circumference of the FDM printer nozzle; at least one wire coil at least partially contacting an inner diameter of the sheath; and at least one energy receiver associated with the at least one wire coil.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 8, 2023Publication date: February 8, 2024Inventors: William MacNeish, Erik Gjovik, Luke Rodgers
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Publication number: 20240042688Abstract: A device for keeping the liquid level constant during 3D printing includes a liquid bath for containing printing liquid, a printing platform for carrying a printed sample, a liquid level counterbalance inserted into the liquid bath, and a link mechanism connected with the printing platform and the liquid level counterbalance respectively for driving the liquid level counterbalance to ascend when the printing platform descends. The printing platform is inserted into the liquid bath and driven by a lifting device to ascend or descend. The printing platform and the liquid level counterbalance are in a relationship that a volume of a portion of the printing platform immersed into the printing liquid due to descending of the printing platform is equal to a volume of a portion of the liquid level counterbalance leaving the printing liquid due to rising of the liquid level counterbalance caused by descending of the printing platform.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 19, 2023Publication date: February 8, 2024Applicant: BMF NANO MATERIAL TECHNOLOGY CO., LTDInventor: Chong PENG
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Publication number: 20240042689Abstract: A system and method for autonomously creating subsequent physical objects using a 3-dimensional printer. The system includes a build platform which is ejected with a printed object adhered to it, with a replenishing mechanism to place a blank build platform into the expected build area such that printing a subsequent object may occur autonomously. The replenishing mechanism may draw from a plurality of stored blank build platforms which may be reusable in some embodiments and disposable in others.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 21, 2023Publication date: February 8, 2024Applicant: R3 Printing, Inc.Inventor: Paul SIERADZKI
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Publication number: 20240042690Abstract: A system is disclosed for additively manufacturing a structure. The system may have a pedestal, a motion platform mounted to the pedestal, and a print head coupled to the motion platform. The system may also include an enclosure at least partially surrounding the motion platform and the print head, and a print surface configured to selectively dock with the pedestal.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 17, 2023Publication date: February 8, 2024Applicant: Continuous Composites Inc.Inventors: Wesley John KLIPHARDT, Brennon Scott Wilsey, Christopher Lee Jones
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Publication number: 20240042691Abstract: Apparatus for additive manufacturing includes a light source that emits light into an optical path that extends to a powder bed or other platform for additive manufacturing. A phase modulator in the optical path is controlled to present a 2D pattern of phase shifts that steer the light to provide a desired pattern of optical power density on the powder bed. In some embodiments the optical path includes elements that focus the light into a small spot on the powder bed and a scanner operative to scan the spot over the powder bed. In some embodiments the light from the optical path is distributed over an area of the powder bed. A pattern of optical power density within the spot or area may be altered by changing the data controlling the phase modulator.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 20, 2023Publication date: February 8, 2024Inventors: Sam BULS, Andra ST QUINTIN, Raveen KUMARAN