Patents Issued in March 28, 2024
  • Publication number: 20240101321
    Abstract: A packaging container is provided. The packaging container includes a body defining a volume. The body includes a neck extending from an opening of the body, and a base. A substrate is engageable with the neck to form a seal. The substrate defines at least one opening. A closure includes a projection engageable with the substrate. The projection defines at least one gap. In some embodiments, container systems and methods of manufacturing containers are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2022
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: Ring Container Technologies LLC
    Inventors: David Alan Anderson, Paul Vincent Kelley
  • Publication number: 20240101322
    Abstract: The present invention belongs to the technical field of closures with discharge devices for receptacles, focusing on hinged closures. It consists of a capping assembly intended to be attached to the gland of a liquid container. This assembly consists of a tubular neck (1) and a cylindrical hinged cap (2). The cap integrates a ring (3) linked to the neck, a hinged lid (4) for opening and closing the pouring hole, a hinge (5) for hinging the cap and frangible bridges (16) between the ring and the cap. Additional elements in the tubular neck, such as a lower collar and an upper washer, contribute to the efficiency and functionality of the assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventor: Javier BERROA GARCÍA
  • Publication number: 20240101323
    Abstract: A storage and transportation device, which relates to the technical field of storage and transportation apparatuses are disclosed. The storage and transportation device comprises a cover, a supporting plate and a sealant. The supporting plate covers an opening of the cover to form a space for accommodating an item to be transported. The storage and transportation device further comprises a first sealant groove and a second sealant groove arranged at a sealed junction between the cover and the supporting plate, the sealant is contained in each of the first sealant groove and the second sealant groove, and the two parts of the sealant are connected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED
    Inventors: Lei ZHANG, Xiong HE, Jun MING, Tao DU
  • Publication number: 20240101324
    Abstract: A container assembly is disclosed in various configurations such as a flexible or substantially rigid wall. The container, therefore, may at least partially enclose a container volume. A cap assembly may be retained, such as tethered, to the container in a selected manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2022
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Stephen GOSLING, David A. WILLIAMSON, Pete WALTERS
  • Publication number: 20240101325
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a gas barrier laminated material which can be produced through a simple and easy process, and which can achieve stable gas barrier properties even at high humidity. The present inventors have made a gas barrier laminated material having a metal layer (A) formed by a vapor phase thin film formation method and a layer (B) formed from a compound having a carboxyl group in the structure thereof, wherein the metal layer (A) and the layer (B) are laminated, and thus can achieve a gas barrier laminated material which can be produced through a simple and easy process, and which can achieve stable gas barrier properties even at high humidity, and have solved the problems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2021
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: DIC Corporation
    Inventors: Tomoaki Harada, Hiroyuki Kagaya, Masanori Hayashi
  • Publication number: 20240101326
    Abstract: A product container made of a certain plastic material, and the coupling of multiple such product containers together are disclosed herein. Each of the product containers includes either a solid or a solid/liquid combination product therein, which impacts the process of coupling the product containers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Theodore TEKIP, Jessica HAMILTON, Joerg HENDRIX, James MARTINEK, Li ZHANG, Timothy MUI, Stephanie GUSTAFSON, Ryan BROOKS, Clayton OHMES
  • Publication number: 20240101327
    Abstract: A multilayer film including at least one abuse layer. The abuse layer being a blend of one or more polyamides and an anhydride grafted or maleic anhydride grafted elastomer. Anhydride or maleic anhydride grafted elastomers include ethylene propylene diene monomer, ethylene propylene copolymer, styrene-ethylene-butylene-styrene, ethylene/octene copolymer and blends thereof. A pouch for made from the multilayer film, a method for packaging a food product with the multilayer film are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2020
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Angelica Bergen Smith, Paul Satterwhite, John Myers, Sarah Lynn Geer
  • Publication number: 20240101328
    Abstract: A self-standing foldable composite container apparatus comprises, preferably, a vertical cuboid body, namely having the shape of a square prism, rectangular prism, or cube. The container apparatus may be made from one or a plurality of layers of woven polymeric material, further having plastic inserts therein to maintain the shape thereof, reinforce the sides thereof, and further allow the containers to self-stand. The top and bottom of the container apparatus may comprise covers that may be relatively flat, the top cover having a flap openable by one or more zippers and having at least a pair of lifting loops for lifting the same with a forklift or other like lifting mechanism. Methods of using the same are further provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: William Duffy Bennett, James R. Bennett
  • Publication number: 20240101329
    Abstract: A packaging system for abrasive articles that includes a container portion sized to receive the abrasive articles. The system also includes a lid portion that removably couples to the container portion. The system also includes a rechargeable moisture control feature, housed within the packaging system. The rechargeable moisture control feature removes moisture from an atmosphere within the packaging system. The system also includes a moisture indicator that indicates whether moisture is present within the container portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2022
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Maiken Givot, Brett A. Beiermann, Melissa C. Schillo-Armstrong, Thomas P. Besonen
  • Publication number: 20240101330
    Abstract: A washing machine tub lock device is provided that prevents the wash tub from impacting the washing machine cabinet during shipping and handling. The tub lock device is formed by cutting and folding a corrugated blank into an inverted truncated rectangular cone that can be wedged inside the top portion of the washing machine tub. The tub lock device includes hanging tabs which prevent the tub lock device from falling into the wash tub during shipping and handling. The tub lock device also includes elliptical tabs which bend or deform into elliptical cutouts such that the edges of the elliptical cutouts are covered, thus preventing the elliptical cutouts from damaging the washing machine during shipping and handling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventor: CLIFTON T. MOORE
  • Publication number: 20240101331
    Abstract: A blank of flat corrugated board is formed with a longitudinal perforation or crease to enable folding into an angle board. A double coated tape strip is adhered on the flat body opposite the perforation or over the crease and a release layer is disposed over said tape strip. After removal of the release layer, the flat board may be folded into an angle board shape with the adhesive maintaining the folded sections of the flat body together.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: International Cushioning Company, LLC.
    Inventors: Harry Buddy Bussey, III, Harry Brandon Bussey, IV, Kyle Ryan Bussey
  • Publication number: 20240101332
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a packaging for at least one water-soluble unit which comprises at least one agricultural material. The present invention also relates to method for increasing stability of water-soluble unit which comprises agricultural material and method for preparing a packaging for water-soluble unit which comprises agricultural material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2020
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: Adama Makhteshim Ltd.
    Inventors: Florin Helman, Liron Hevroni, Dani Golan, Benjamin Lewenshon
  • Publication number: 20240101333
    Abstract: The present invention provides a mixing container manufactured through injection molding, comprising: a material receiving part having an outlet, a receiving space, an open lower side, and a clamp coupling part; a bottle end which covers the open lower side of the material receiving part and has a coupling part formed inside the bottle end, a first sealing film, a sealing means, and a stop means; and a bottle end clamp which is coupled with the clamp coupling part to prevent separation of the bottle end and has a coupling part, and a bottle end separation prevention part. A mixing container can be manufactured by an assembly process alone, thereby simplifying the manufacturing process, and allowing easy disassembly of assembly of components to facilitate recycling thereof and prevent environmental pollution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2022
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventor: Yoonwoo Kim
  • Publication number: 20240101334
    Abstract: The impact safe lightweight floating cooler device disclosed herein may provide a buoyant and resilient cooler device that may also be safe for a user that could be hit by the device. To be more specific, a user traversing tumultuous waters or rapids, who also wishes to carry with them their food or drinks in a cooler, has no viable option known in the art that meets their needs. The needs of such users, in particular, may be that the device must be resilient and reusable, buoyant and stable, and also impact safe and wear resistant. To achieve these ends the device may comprise a foam core comprising a concave base for buoyancy and improved balance. The foam core may also provide an impact safe and impact resistant design. The device may comprise a lid for accessing its central cavity, and the lid itself may comprise silicone-covered magnets for providing a watertight seal. The side walls of the main body may comprise multiple layers for added functionality.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Galen Mudd, Hunter Arvin
  • Publication number: 20240101335
    Abstract: A tissue box comprising front and rear surfaces including horizontal fold lines; a left end surface including a horizontal fold line and a vertical perforation line; a right end surface including a horizontal fold line and a vertical perforation line; a top surface including a tissue pull-out-port; a bottom surface including a horizontal perforation line at the center of said bottom surface and vertical perforation lines at either end; lock keys form in said bottom surface so that said left end surface and right end surface can tuck in said lock keys; and said front surface, rear surface, left end surface, right end surface, top surface, and bottom surface all foldably connect to form a rectangular box. By its construction, said tissue box height can be reduced to prevent the termination of the cascade pulling mechanism when the remaining number of tissues in the box becomes half or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Kevin Chang, Keun-Ho Chang
  • Publication number: 20240101336
    Abstract: Systems and methods of making a glove pack and for removing gloves from the glove pack are disclosed. The glove pack includes a stack of gloves. The stack of gloves includes a first glove engaging a second glove. The first and second gloves each have an exterior gripping surface. Each exterior gripping surface of the first and second gloves engages and adheres to the exterior gripping surface of the other of the first or second glove in the stack of gloves thereby adhering the first and second gloves together in the stack of gloves such that when the first glove is removed from the stack of gloves at least a portion of the second glove moves with the first glove.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Pai-Mei Tseng, Chih Jen Hsu, Jyh-Yao Raphael Li, Kelvin Yang
  • Publication number: 20240101337
    Abstract: A delivery head for a fluid dispenser for coupling to a fluid store. The delivery head has a nozzle unit with a plurality of fine nozzle openings with a maximum clear cross-section of 0.02 mm2. The protective cap is configured to encourage the fluid to remain in the nozzle openings for a long time, or to remove the fluid from the nozzle openings in a targeted fashion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventor: Jürgen GREINER-PERTH
  • Publication number: 20240101338
    Abstract: A plate loading device according to an embodiment includes an upper frame and a lower frame that face each other and are spaced apart from each other in a first direction, multiple side members disposed between the upper frame and the lower frame that extend in the first direction, and multiple supporting parts, wherein the side members include a first side member and a second side member facing each other, the first side member and the second side member each have multiple holes, and multiple supporting parts pass through respective ones of the holes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: Samsung Display Co., LTD.
    Inventors: Ji Young WANG, YONG-KYUN SIM
  • Publication number: 20240101339
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an infusion product for making tea beverages, more specifically to a plant-based composition for making a tea beverage for food applications. The plants are fruits, herbs, tea and/or spices. The invention further relates to a method for producing said infusion product and its use for making a tea beverage as generated by a single-serve brewer, within a 1-minute timeframe. The invention enables users to prepare more complex tea beverages conveniently.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Chun Hay KO, Chun Fai NG, Ying Ying NG
  • Publication number: 20240101340
    Abstract: The invention relates to a single serve capsule for preparing a beverage in a brewing chamber of a beverage preparation machine, wherein the single serve capsule has a base element having a hollow space for receiving a beverage raw material, and a capsule cover that closes the hollow space, wherein the base element comprises a capsule bottom, a peripheral flange and a capsule wall that extends between the capsule bottom and the peripheral flange, wherein the flange has a sealing element which is integral with the flange and is in the form of a sealing bead oriented away from the capsule cover, wherein the sealing bead comprises an inner flank and an outer flank, wherein the flange has a first flange region between the capsule wall and the inner flank and a second flange region between the outer free end of the flange and the outer flank, and wherein the capsule cover is fastened along a first peripheral fastening face in the first flange region and along a second peripheral fastening face in the second flange
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2021
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Marc Krüger, Günter Empl
  • Publication number: 20240101341
    Abstract: Described herein are units for transportation of cargo, and methods of using them. In some embodiments, the units are collapsible, stackable cargo units. In some embodiments, the cargo units include a generally rectangular base having a front, a rear and two sides, with forklift slots on its front, rear and each side. The cargo units may further include front and rear walls extending upward from the base. The cargo units may further include first and second side walls extending upward from the base between the front and rear walls. The first side wall may have a length greater than the second side wall. The cargo units may further include an integrated lid hingedly attached to one or more of the front, rear, and side walls.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventor: Mario César Barrio Argentti
  • Publication number: 20240101342
    Abstract: A tarp apparatus includes a bendable and foldable heavy duty tarp designed to cover the exposed end of receiver boxes and waste haulers to keep refuse in during transit. The tarp apparatus folds for easy storage, is made of heavy duty geotextile or any pliable material, and is reinforced with webbing for strength, with grommets and loops for additional attachment points. In addition, attached webbing and hooks easily secure the tarp apparatus to receiver boxes and/or waste hauler trucks while attached cam buckles or ratchets tight the tarp apparatus securely to the receiver boxes and/or waste haulers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventor: William Duffy Bennett
  • Publication number: 20240101343
    Abstract: Risers for use in a riser assembly to provide access to below-grade chambers or vaults are provided. Risers may include an angled wall connecting a first end and a second end spaced apart along a central lengthwise axis. In an embodiment, the riser may include a plurality of latches spaced around the first end and the second end with radially extending lips and canted terminal end surfaces. A plurality of receivers may be spaced between the first plurality of latches on the first end and the second end. Alternatively, plurality of latches may include a first and second latch body extending to a terminal end that comprises a first circumferentially extending lip and a first canted terminal end surface. Risers may be configured to connect to other risers to form a riser assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: Infiltrator Water Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Paul R Holbrook
  • Publication number: 20240101344
    Abstract: An equipment asset may include a body, one or more current collector rails, and a grounding element. The body may have a top side and a power transfer zone. The power transfer zone may include at least an electrically non-conductive top surface. The one or more current collector rails may be mounted to the top side of the body within the power transfer zone. The grounding element may be electrically conductive and disposed on the top side of the body. The grounding element may surround the power transfer zone and be spaced apart from the one or more current collector rails. The grounding element may receive liquid that is runoff from the power transfer zone and electrically ground charged portions of the liquid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Ajith Kuttannair Kumar, Bret Worden
  • Publication number: 20240101345
    Abstract: A container system (10, 110) and a method for calculating (S6) a current fill status (64_CURR) of a container (30) using a plurality of presence sensor interactions (34) is disclosed. The container system (10, 110) comprises a presence sensor arrangement (32, 132) for calculating (S6) the plurality of presence sensor interactions (34) with the container (30); a local counting unit (40) for recording (S2) numbers of the plurality of presence sensor interactions (34) as presence sensor interaction data (36); and a local communication unit (60) for transmitting (S3) the presence sensor interaction data (36) to a remote processing unit (55) for calculating (S6) the current fill status (64 CURR).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2021
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Jean-Nicolas Tisserant, Janusz Schinke, Alexey Sizov, Kevin Schmid
  • Publication number: 20240101346
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and articles of manufacture for controlling a compression action of a trash receptacle of an aircraft lavatory. Generally, the systems, methods, and articles of manufacture disclosed and described herein facilitate controlled opening and closing actuations of a flap of a trash receptacle of an aircraft lavatory, and a compression action after detection of at least the closing actuation of trash deposits in the trash receptacle to increase the interior volume of the trash receptacle. By controlling the closing actuations of the flap and compression actions of trash deposits, hygiene and sanitation of the lavatory are improved, odors are prevented from dispersing throughout the lavatory and/or cabin of the aircraft, and fire hazards are reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2022
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: B/E Aerospace, Inc.
    Inventors: Suresh Babu Kappa Venkata, Srikanth Annumandla, Ashish Shrikhande
  • Publication number: 20240101347
    Abstract: A high-density storage system for goods is described in which totes carrying the goods are storage in a storage structure and stored and retrieved by robotic carriers. The carriers move laterally and/or longitudinally along the exterior of the support structure and retrieve totes from the interior of the structure by manipulating rows of coupled totes. Totes at the ends of rows are quickly removed and stored in another row until the desired tote appears at the end of the row, at which point the carrier proceeds with the tote to the exit point of the storage system. Storing totes is also a quick action by pushing them into any row. As a tote is pushed into the row, it will automatically couple with a tote inside the row that it comes into contact with.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Herman HERMAN, Gabriel GOLDMAN
  • Publication number: 20240101348
    Abstract: A high-density storage system for goods is described in which totes carrying the goods are stored in a storage structure and stored and retrieved via stationary or mobile conveyors running along opposite ends of each layer of the storage structure. The totes may be moved to or from the conveyors as the rows move at a constant velocity toward or away from the conveyors. Totes at the ends of rows are quickly moved and stored in another row until the desired tote appears at the end of the row, at which point the desired tote is carried to an exit point of the storage structure by one of the conveyors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Herman HERMAN, Gabriel GOLDMAN
  • Publication number: 20240101349
    Abstract: An article transport facility includes a transport vehicle configured to travel on a travel surface on each of a plurality of travel floors. The transport vehicle is configured to travel straight and to change directions by executing turning movement to turning about an axis in the up-down direction on a spot. Columns extend through the travel floors in the up-down direction and protrude upward of the travel surface. Each travel floor has column through holes that are for the columns to extend through. The column through holes do not overlap a first straight path, a second straight path, and a turning path as viewed in the up-down direction, and overlap at least either a first tangent line or a second tangent line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Yutaka Hasegawa, Tetsuya Kuroki, Naoki Douba, Makoto Ueda
  • Publication number: 20240101350
    Abstract: An automated order collection system has an order fulfillment device that travels within a warehouse to find, collect and return products stored on shelves. Robotic grippers grab items from the shelves and places them on an autonomous platform. A portal provides direction to the order fulfillment device on which items to collect, where they are located and how to organize them when they are gathered. The order fulfillment device operates in the same space that human workers do.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventor: Samuel Barbee
  • Publication number: 20240101351
    Abstract: A transfer station for a material handling system is provided. The system may include a plurality of vehicles for retrieving items from a plurality of storage locations located in one or more racks. The transfer station is configured to accommodate the vehicles so that the vehicles drive into the transfer station and drive upwardly along a track in the transfer station. A transfer mechanism on the vehicle cooperates with a transfer mechanism on the transfer station to displace an item from the vehicle to a conveyor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventor: Alexander Stevens
  • Publication number: 20240101352
    Abstract: An extraction system for transporting in a longitudinal advancing direction (E) an orderly flow of articles, in particular containers (100), with a support plane (40), a first helical screw (10) and a second helical screw (20), for transporting an orderly flow of articles
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2022
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventor: CESARE RONCHI
  • Publication number: 20240101353
    Abstract: A friction roller for conveyor, includes: a shaft; a sprocket which is rotatably coupled to the shaft and has a retainer coupled to the front of a sprocket body; and a conveyor roller comprising a plurality of rotating balls which are located among a plurality of rotating protrusions protruding forwardly from a retainer body of the retainer, an inner wheel body which is fixed to the shaft and has the outer circumferential surface coming into contact with the rotating balls, and an outer wheel body which comes into contact with the outer circumferential surfaces of the rotating balls 111 and rotates by the rotation of the rotating balls.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventor: Gye Yong HEO
  • Publication number: 20240101354
    Abstract: A belt transport device includes an endless belt, multiple stretchers that stretch the belt, a corrector that displaces one of the multiple stretchers to correct a shift of the belt toward an edge portion of the belt in an axial direction of the belt, and a lubricant applicator that applies a lubricant to an inner surface of the belt at the edge portion of the belt in the axial direction when the belt has shifted toward the edge portion in the axial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Takashi MATSUBARA, Takashi Ohashi, Takuma Ishihara, Hina Saito
  • Publication number: 20240101355
    Abstract: A sorter system is configured to sort objects disposed on a conveying surface to a plurality of locations. The system includes a frame, a plurality of carriages each having a motor and a belt, a carriage power system, and a belt controller system. The carriage power system includes a plurality of circuit boards with first and second powerable strips. The belt controller system may cause the carriage power system to selectively power the first or second strips. The motors of carriages rolling along the strips may be powered to actuate the belt. The motors may actuate the belt in a first direction when the first strip is powered and actuate the belt in a second direction when the second strip is powered.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Gerald T. Guerra, Art Jensen, Ryan Kenny
  • Publication number: 20240101356
    Abstract: There is provided with apparatus for returning a multiuse container and operation method thereof. According to the present invention, container return apparatus comprises an insertion part for inserting a container thereinto, a checking part for sensing the container inserted to detect a state of the container, a controller for ejecting the container in a predetermined direction based on the detected state of the container, and a stacking part for stacking the ejected container on top of another ejected container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2022
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Tae Goan BAE, ERIC GONZALEZ MICHEL, Kang Min LEE
  • Publication number: 20240101357
    Abstract: A system (200) for monitoring conveyor belts is disclosed. The system (200) includes a sensor loop stack (110), RFID, a transmitter (104), a detector (106), RFID-readers and circuitry (108). The sensor loop stack incorporated and/or installed (inserted) into a conveyor belt (102). The transmitter (110) is configured to generate an electromagnetic field. The detector (106) is configured to measure an induced electric field from the sensor loop stack (110). The circuitry (108) is configured to detect damage of the conveyor belt based on the measured induced electromagnetic field.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2022
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: ContiTech AG
    Inventors: Janosch Kneer, Juerg Schleuniger, Isabell Kegel, Andrey Minkin, Sebastian Seibold, Stavros Podias, Christel Bäuerle-Müller
  • Publication number: 20240101358
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for determining a section-related running friction resistance of the belt conveyor system that is in operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2021
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventor: Viktor Raaz
  • Publication number: 20240101359
    Abstract: There is provided a conveyor assembly for sorting merchandise items. In one form, the conveyor assembly includes: a merchandise identification module; sortation modules each comprising a multi-directional sorting portion with two sets of rollers, a first wing including a third set of rollers, a second wing including a fourth set of rollers, and a controller configured to receive an IP address; a first, disassembled state of the sortation modules; a second, assembled state of the sortation modules; a merchandise database; and a control circuit configured to receive identifying information about an unsorted merchandise item, assign a unique IP address to each sortation module corresponding to the position of the sortation module, determine a sortation destination for the unsorted merchandise item, determine the sortation module corresponding to the sortation destination; and instruct the controller of the corresponding sortation module to divert the unsorted merchandise item to the sortation destination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Jason D. Bellar, William Mark Propes
  • Publication number: 20240101360
    Abstract: An apparatus may include a gantry including an arm configured to affix a transaction card to a card carrier, a conveyor configured to convey the card carrier to the gantry in a first direction, and a controller configured to receive inputs comprising at least a desired location on the card carrier where the transaction card is to be affixed and a desired orientation of the transaction card on the card carrier, move the arm of the gantry based on the inputs in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction and in a third direction perpendicular to the first direction and the second direction, rotate the arm based on the inputs in a fourth direction perpendicular to the second direction and the third direction, and affix the transaction card to the card carrier by the arm of the gantry.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2022
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: FISERV, INC.
    Inventors: Joel Harris, Ray Stuck, Jon Gates, Corey Dean Tunink, Jay E. Greene, III
  • Publication number: 20240101361
    Abstract: A system may include a transaction card reader configured to detect an identifier of a transaction card to be affixed to a card carrier, a card carrier reader configured to detect an identifier of the card carrier, a transaction card stager comprising a plurality of compartments each configured to hold a transaction card, and a processor. The processor may receive, from the transaction card reader, the identifier of the transaction card, receive, from the card carrier reader, the identifier of the card carrier, and determine whether the identifier of the transaction card corresponds to the identifier of the card carrier. Based on the determination that the identifier of the transaction card corresponds to the identifier of the card carrier, the processor may select a first compartment of the plurality of compartments to place the transaction card.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2022
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: FISERV, INC.
    Inventors: Joel Harris, Ray Stuck, Jon Gates, Corey Dean Tunink, Jay E. Greene, III
  • Publication number: 20240101362
    Abstract: An unloader includes a suction device including a suction portion, a mover, a controller, and an article detector. The controller moves the suction portion relative to a mount in a first predetermined direction to switch from a state in which a vertical relative distance is greater than a greater one of an article height or a predetermined distance and is less than a total length of the article height and the predetermined distance and in which a detection line is located in a second predetermined direction from a target article group to a state in which the detection line is located in the first predetermined direction from the target article group, and prohibits an operation to move the suction portion in a vertical direction toward the target article group when the article detector detects an article.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: Daifuku Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Atsushi Minoo, Wataru Kiyokawa
  • Publication number: 20240101363
    Abstract: The present utility model refers to a continuously moving palletizer head, in the field of devices for transporting, moving and piling cartons and packages in the area of beverages and food, more specifically consisting of a mechanical head connected to a robot, having the function of moving can containers or similar, organized in mosaics and pre-defined by software until its perfect piling and alignment over the pallet, with an innovative coverage of the side stoppers against damage to the moved material of fibreglass textile impregnated with PTFE covered with a pressure-sensitive silicone adhesive and protected with a synthetic PVC liner; and an innovative activator (17B) constituted by a pneumatic piston and a sliding guide (19) of self-lubricated melt polyamide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2021
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventor: Jose Bernardo SANMARTIN
  • Publication number: 20240101364
    Abstract: A feeder assembly includes a feeder unit and an open top portable storage vessel defining an interior chamber. The feeder unit includes a feeder and a coupler securing the feeder to the vessel. The feeder defines a feed opening in communication with the interior chamber. The feeder includes a conveyance assembly in communication with the feed opening. The coupler is selectively secured to the feeder and independently selectively secured to the vessel, such that the coupler selectively secures the feeder to the vessel. The feeder unit facilitates dispensation of a material from the vessel. The method includes the steps of securing the vessel to the feeder, such that the feed opening is in communication with the interior chamber through the open top; collectively inverting the vessel and the feeder; and operating the feeder such that material from the vessel is dispensed by the feeder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2022
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: USC, LLC
    Inventors: James Renyer, Austin Wasinger
  • Publication number: 20240101365
    Abstract: A conveyor for transferring debris that falls from an end dump conveyor to a main incline conveyor. A cleanup conveyor is attached to an end dump conveyor of a crop piler. The upper run of the cleanup conveyor is positioned below a lower run of the end dump conveyor and is adapted to receive debris that falls from the lower run of the end dump conveyor. The outer end of the cleanup conveyor is near a main incline conveyor of the crop piler to transfer the debris that falls from the lower run of the end dump conveyor to the main incline conveyor of the crop piler.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2022
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventor: Burnell R. Kringstad
  • Publication number: 20240101366
    Abstract: A loading dock safety detection system and method is provided. The detection system includes a plurality of components that are coupled to the material handling vehicle. The system includes one or more sensors, and a feedback device. The sensor is coupled to the mast and positioned to sense the environment in front of the material handling vehicle and to view the status of the loading dock. The detection system includes a processing device that is coupled to the body and determines, based on data from the sensors, the status of the loading dock and the corresponding loading dock components. The processing device determines if the status is in an acceptable or unacceptable condition and notifies the operator via a feedback device accordingly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventor: Anthony Brian Simpson
  • Publication number: 20240101367
    Abstract: A medium feeding device includes: a load unit that is loaded with multiple media; a delivering unit that delivers an uppermost medium of the media loaded on the load unit in a predetermined feeding direction; an ascent-descent unit that causes at least a part of the load unit to ascend and descend about a pivot point defined by a position of the load unit located away from a leading edge of the media in the feeding direction; a regulating unit that is provided toward the feeding direction of the media on the load unit and that comes into contact with the leading edge, in the feeding direction, of the media loaded on the load unit to regulate a loading position of the media; and a blocking unit that allows the load unit to ascend and descend and that blocks at least a part of a gap between the load unit and the regulating unit at an arbitrary ascent or descent position of the load unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Takayuki FUKAMACHI, Jun NOGUCHI, Keita KONTANI, Ken FUJII
  • Publication number: 20240101368
    Abstract: An image reading apparatus includes a first displacement member configured to be displaced between a first non-contact position at which a medium and a feeding roller do not contact with each other and a first contact position at which those contact with other, and a second displacement member configured to be displaced between a second non-contact position at which the medium and the feeding roller do not contact with each other and a second contact position at which those contact with other. The second displacement member is displaced from the second non-contact position to the second contact position as the first displacement member is displaced from the first non-contact position to the first contact position, and is displaced from the second contact position to the second non-contact position as the first displacement member is displaced from the first contact position to the first non-contact position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventor: Masaki NAMIKI
  • Publication number: 20240101369
    Abstract: An apparatus for supplying food ingredients according to the present disclosure includes a food ingredient lifting part configured to separate and move upward a food ingredient stack from a food ingredient cassette on which food ingredients including a plurality of stacked food ingredients are seated, a food ingredient separation part configured to suck and move upward a single sheet of a food ingredient from the food ingredient stack moved upward by the food ingredient lifting part, and a horizontal movement part configured to transfer forward the single sheet of the food ingredient moved upward by the food ingredient separation part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2021
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: CJ CHEILJEDANG CORPORATION
    Inventors: Duk Jin CHANG, Min Soo LIM, Seung Yong KIM, Yong Ho JEON, Sang Oh KIM, Myoung Il KWAK, Jong Hwa LEE
  • Publication number: 20240101370
    Abstract: An object pickup system includes an object pickup device and a calculation device. The object pickup device includes a first bracket, a suction cup installed on the first bracket and adapted to be affixed to a top surface of an object, and a distance sensor installed on the first bracket and adapted to rotate with the first bracket to scan the top surface of the object. The calculation device is operatively connected to the distance sensor. The calculation device is adapted to calculate a distance from the top surface of the object to the distance sensor and a position of an edge of an opening on the top surface of the object based on the distance data collected by the distance sensor during a scanning operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicants: TE Connectivity Solutions GmbH, Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: An (Joshua) Yang, Lvhai (Samuel) Hu, Roberto Francisco-Yi Lu