Patents Issued in December 17, 2024
  • Patent number: 12168543
    Abstract: The invention herein provides a bottle for carrying a fluid or a semifluid, the bottle including: a mouth, a top section, a body, a bottom section, and a base each located sequentially on a y-axis; the body of the bottle comprising a plurality of planar walls, each wall having the same height and width and located perpendicular to the plane of the base on an x-axis, and a cross section of the body being a polygon selected from: triangle, quadrilateral, pentagon, hexagon, heptagon, octagon, nonagon, decagon, and dodecagon; and a closure having a cross section of a circle or a polygon, and the closure reversibly attachable to the mouth to close the bottle and removable from the mouth to open the bottle. Further, the invention describes methods to obtain purified water using a filtration and purification device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: GIVE H2O LLC
    Inventors: Nema Kheradmand, Henrik Ilvesmäki
  • Patent number: 12168544
    Abstract: A container includes a base having end edges and side edges. The base includes a plurality of regions including a center region, corner portions, side regions between the corner portions and between the center portion and the side edges, and end regions between the corner portions and between the center portion and the end edges. The center region is reinforced differently from the side regions, end regions, and corner regions. The corner regions are reinforced differently from the side regions and the end regions. The center region has no ribs protruding downwardly. A plurality of walls extending upward from the side edges and the end edges of the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: Rehrig Pacific Company
    Inventor: Daniel Vincent Sekowski
  • Patent number: 12168545
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to the transport of one or more loads of items including building materials and/or other items to one or more target surfaces including one or more elevated surfaces. The present disclosure is also directed to the holding of one or more loads of items including building materials and/or other items during transport to one or more target surfaces including one or more elevated surfaces. The present disclosure is also directed to the holding of one or more loads of items including building materials and/or other items on one or more target surfaces including one or more elevated surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: NILEC SOLUTIONS, LLC
    Inventors: Timothy Allen Niedzwiecki, Scott David Compton
  • Patent number: 12168546
    Abstract: Aspects of a recyclable color blend polymer pallet assembly are disclosed including two engagement stringers having a plurality of perpendicular stringers therebetween and engaged, end to end, to each engagement stringer, and one or more inert support surfaces supported thereby. The one or more support surfaces are a plurality of top slats supported and held directly by the frame comprising the stringers and the engagement stringers. The top slats include a structure that is complementary to a feature defined by the frame and that allows the top slats to mate with and be held by the frame. The pallet assembly demands fasteners for assembling the frame and top slats. In another aspect, the stringers and the engagement stringers each comprise one or more target inserts for reinforcing the frame of the pallet assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: Green Eagle USA, LLC
    Inventor: Guerry E. Green
  • Patent number: 12168547
    Abstract: The invention relates to a charge carrier (10) with a main body (12) made of a particle foam, in particular of expanded polypropylene (EPP) or of expanded polyurethane (EPU), and with at least one functional element (20), which consists of a material that is harder than the particle foam. According to the invention, it is provided that the main body (12) has a depression (26) for each functional element (20), the depression being assigned to the respective element and having extending from it, in two mutually facing boundary surfaces (36), a respective receiving channel (38) which is bounded on three sides by the main body (12) and is open towards the depression (26), and that each functional element (20) has an anchoring portion (28), which protrudes into the depression (26) assigned to it and has retaining ribs (32) which project away from one another and each engage in one of the receiving channels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: FEURER FEBRA GMBH
    Inventor: Oleg Goss
  • Patent number: 12168548
    Abstract: A wire handle accessory for use with a wire handle has a body having a first end portion, a second end portion, an upper portion, and a bottom portion, the upper portion including a channel that extends from the first end portion to the second end portion, the channel having an open top that forms a recess into the upper portion, wherein the recess is sized, shaped, and adapted to receive a portion of the wire handle that supports an object. A retention mechanism allows the wire handle accessory to be removably retained on the wire handle when the wire handle is received in the recess of the body. The bottom portion of the body includes a grasping surface that is graspable by a user when carrying the object, the bottom portion surface having a width that is larger than the width of the wire handle that is receivable in the recess so that the weight of the object can be distributed across a wider surface than when the wire handle alone is used to carry the object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Inventors: Jason F. McLoud, Scott L. Stephens
  • Patent number: 12168549
    Abstract: An envelope has front panel and a back panel, the front panel and the back panel joined along three edges and open along a fourth edge to provide an opening to an interior of the envelope. A foldable flap extends from the front panel to close the opening. The front panel, back panel and flap are formed of a compostable plastic film, and the envelope is configured to be entirely compostable as-is by a recipient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: Vericool World, LLC
    Inventor: Darrell Jobe
  • Patent number: 12168550
    Abstract: Assembly (1) for packaging and dispensing a product, in particular a cosmetic product, comprising a reservoir (10) delimiting an internal volume (14) intended to contain a product and comprising an opening (16a) for accessing said internal volume (14), provided with at least one inner shoulder (18c), and a member (20) for closing the opening (16a) of the reservoir, comprising a mounting skirt (22) that extends along an elevation axis (Z-Z?) and is mounted in the reservoir, and closes the opening (16a) of said reservoir (10). The closure member (20) comprises a fastening lip (28) delimited axially by a proximal end (28a) connected to the mounting skirt (22) and a free distal end (28b), on the opposite side from the proximal end (28a), the fastening lip (28) being folded and radially surrounding the mounting skirt and the distal end (28b) of said fastening lip (28) butting axially against the shoulder (18c) of the reservoir (10).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: L'Oreal
    Inventor: Luc Maelstaf
  • Patent number: 12168551
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention include food and beverage packaging utilizing heat seal technology, and specifically include food and beverage containers with end closures having seals or liners and snap-fit closure mechanisms. In some embodiments, the food and beverage containers and the end closures are metal. In further embodiments, the food and beverage containers include a domed portion on the bottom closed end. The end closures can snap onto the food and beverage containers such that the packaging is reclosable. Moreover, the sealed packaging with reclosable features can retain a variety of internal pressures including pressures higher than possible with the heat seal alone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: Ball Corporation
    Inventors: Matthias van de Liefvoort, Heidi Masters
  • Patent number: 12168552
    Abstract: A package for a computer peripheral device includes a box having a bottom surface and sidewalls that define a cavity. A peripheral insert is positionable within the cavity. The insert includes a back portion coupled with a rear sidewall of the box. A base portion extends at an angle from a bottom edge of the back surface. A rear section and a front section of the base portion are pivotally coupled. The back portion and rear section define a tab. The insert is movable between stowed and access configurations by applying a force on the tab. In the stowed configuration, the base portion is seated against the bottom surface and the back portion is substantially parallel to the rear sidewall. In the access configuration, the rear and front sections are tented and the back portion of the insert is pulled away from and angled relative to the rear sidewall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: Logitech Europe S.A.
    Inventors: Ka Sin Hui, Andrew Chuang, Shaoquan Li, Yen Ning Chu, Ching Man Lam
  • Patent number: 12168553
    Abstract: An opening device for a sealed package containing pourable product defines an axis and includes a frame fittable about a pierceable portion of the package and defining a pour opening coaxial with axis; a cap coaxially fitted onto the frame to close the pour opening; a tubular cutter engaging the pour opening coaxially with axis and movable relative to the frame to cut the pierceable portion; and a cutter protruding from one axial end of the cutter and cooperable with the pierceable portion to unseal the package; the cutter including at least one tooth having first and second cutting faces extending transversally to axis; the tooth also including one third cutting face between the first and second cutting faces and extending transversally to the first and second cutting faces; a first edge between the third and first cutting faces; and a second edge between the third and second cutting faces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: TETRA LAVAL HOLDINGS & FINANCE S.A.
    Inventors: Angelo Sorbara, Rocco De Paola, Franco Cani, Tiziano Viani
  • Patent number: 12168554
    Abstract: A pressure actuated pressure relief valve is disposed in the body of a beverage vessel and is configured to be in fluidic communication with an exterior of the beverage vessel and an interior of the beverage vessel. The pressure actuated pressure relief valve being configured to actuate from a closed position to an open position based on pressure reaching a threshold within the interior of the beverage vessel. The pressure actuated pressure relief valve being configured to actuate from the open position to the closed position based on pressure falling below the threshold within the interior of the beverage vessel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: Craft Innovators, LLC
    Inventors: Jacob B. Hirdler, Jacob J. Teske, Mitch Podhora, Tyler Mustard
  • Patent number: 12168555
    Abstract: A multifunction receptacle is described which features different combinations of lids and/or accessories. Lids are configurable to permit the user to close the open top end of the multifunction receptacle while providing decorative or utilitarian features on the lid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Inventor: Tamara Wynn
  • Patent number: 12168556
    Abstract: A drinking container has a lid that attaches to a vessel. The lid has a sidewall that forms a chamber with an opening. A spring-loaded door is pivotable between a closed position that seals the chamber opening from the vessel and an open position that allows transfer of fluid or solids between the chamber and the vessel. A lever has a catch that engages and holds the door in the closed position unless the lever is actuated by the user. The lever can be actuated by the user through an area on the lid that allows operation of the lever from the exterior of the container. The drinking container may include additional chambers with corresponding spring-loaded doors that are released through an area on the lid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2024
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: Droptop LLC
    Inventor: Daniel Clinton Snyder
  • Patent number: 12168557
    Abstract: A device for accurately cutting off a seal securing the connection between a lid and a container or between parts of a container, as well as to a system consisting of a lid, a container, a seal, and a cutting device are disclosed. The cutting device makes it possible to open a closure secured with a seal without requiring any additional manipulations and renders the seal cutting process smooth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: SSI SCHÄFER PLASTICS GMBH
    Inventor: Diethelm Hirz
  • Patent number: 12168558
    Abstract: Disclosed in the present invention is a cable tie with two tooth shaped sides having enhanced tension, including a locking head and a tie body; one end of the tie body is fixedly connected to an outer wall of one end of the locking head close to an insertion opening, tie teeth are provided on and fixed to outer walls of two sides of the tie body, locking teeth are mounted on inner walls of two sides of the locking head, the locking teeth are adapted to the tie teeth, and a protruding head is integrally formed at one end of the tie body away from the locking head. The tie teeth are provided on and fixed to outer walls of two sides of the tie body, and in combination with the locking teeth provided on the inner walls of the two sides of the locking head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2024
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Inventor: Lilong Duan
  • Patent number: 12168559
    Abstract: Product packaging includes a blister configured to capture a cap and a portion of a neck of a product container such that a container body of the product container is exterior to the blister and a card coupled to the blister.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: WestRock Shared Services, LLC
    Inventor: Cullen B. Rosenbrien
  • Patent number: 12168560
    Abstract: A container for consumer goods, the container comprising a first substrate layer and a second substrate layer overlying the first substrate layer. A first portion of the first substrate layer and a first portion of the second substrate layer form a compartment region, wherein a perimeter of the compartment region is completely sealed to form a sealed compartment for containing one or more consumer goods. A second portion of the first substrate layer and a second portion of the second substrate layer form an access region directly adjacent to the compartment region. The access region comprises an unsealed area, wherein a perimeter of the access region extends around the unsealed area. The first substrate layer is attached to the second substrate layer at the perimeter of the access region. The unsealed area is separated from the sealed compartment by the completely sealed perimeter of the compartment region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: Philip Morris Products S.A.
    Inventors: Cristian Neagu, Anja Kristiina Sandberg, Steven Shainwald, Benjamin Goffette
  • Patent number: 12168561
    Abstract: A product mailer with an envelope and a first card positioned within the envelope. The first card has a bottom surface and a plurality of containers mounted to the bottom surface of the first card. Each of the containers mounted to the first card defines a cavity dimensioned to hold a respective product. A second card is positioned within the envelope. The second card has a bottom surface facing the bottom surface of the first card. A plurality of containers are mounted to the bottom surface of the second card. Each of the containers mounted to the second card defines a cavity dimensioned to hold a respective product. The containers mounted to the first card are offset from the containers mounted to the second card.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: The Gillette Company LLC
    Inventors: Kyra Cecelia Post, Marc Philip Ortins
  • Patent number: 12168562
    Abstract: A container assembly and method for constructing a container assembly is provided. The container assembly includes a base assembly, a tray assembly, and a cooling passage cover wall. The base assembly includes a base wall and a base sidewall, the base wall and the base sidewall together forming a base interior volume at which the tray assembly is positionable. The tray assembly includes a tray base wall and a tray sidewall, the tray base wall and the tray sidewall together forming a tray interior volume. A cooling passage is formed between the tray sidewall and the base sidewall. The cooling passage cover wall is removably positionable to extend between the tray sidewall and the base sidewall over the cooling passage. An opening extends through the tray sidewall, the opening providing fluid communication between the cooling passage and the tray interior volume.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: Abel1950 Inc.
    Inventor: Nancy Rosales
  • Patent number: 12168563
    Abstract: A packing member includes first and second members. The first member includes a first base surface portion intersecting a first direction and first and second side surface portions that are folded to intersect a second direction from both ends of the first base surface portion, the second member includes a second base surface portion, and third and fourth side surface portions that are folded to intersect a third direction from both ends of the second base surface portion. The third and fourth side surface portions are folded on the same side as the first and second side surface portions. The second member is coupled to the first member so that the first base surface portion is positioned between a third folding line and a tip end of the third side surface portion and positioned between a fourth folding line and a tip end of the fourth side surface portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kengo Sakai, Kazunari Iwai, Taiji Watanabe
  • Patent number: 12168564
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to tension-activated, expanding articles, films, and sheets including a multi-slit pattern. In some embodiments, these articles, films, and/or sheets are used as cushioning films and/or packaging materials. The present disclosure also relates to methods of making and using these tension-activated, expanding articles, films, and sheets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Thomas R. Corrigan, Patrick R. Fleming, Anne C. F. Gold, Silvia G. Guttmann, Nicholas K. Lee, Dylan T. Cosgrove, Delony L. Langer-Anderson, Lisa M. Miller, Manoj Nirmal
  • Patent number: 12168565
    Abstract: A box blank useful for forming a container includes a first layer comprising paperboard, a second layer comprising a paper layer and a foil layer, and an adhesive layer adhering the first layer to the second layer, wherein the foil layer is between the paperboard and the paper layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: Altria Client Services LLC
    Inventors: Stephen Bellamah, James S. Bigelow
  • Patent number: 12168566
    Abstract: A packaging unit for one or more of transport or storage of at least one organic peroxide. The packaging unit comprises one or more outer container, such as a transport container and/or a storage container. The packaging unit may also comprise an inner container. The outer container and/or the inner container is filled with the at least one organic peroxide. The packaging unit also comprises one or more extinguishing agent container filled with an extinguishing agent. The extinguishing agent container may be at least one bag and/or at least one bottle. The extinguishing agent container is separately introduced into one or more of a receiving area of the outer container or the inner container. The extinguishing agent container is removable from the outer container. The extinguishing agent container may be detachably connected to or not connected to the outer container, or the extinguishing agent container may be detachably connected to or not connected to the inner container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: UNITED INITIATORS GMBH
    Inventors: Iris Nagl, Sven Gutewort, Agnes Uhl, Dominik Hermann
  • Patent number: 12168567
    Abstract: A tank configured to store a liquid and that includes at least one capture device which includes at least a first portion of a line situated at the bottom of the tank, close to its first end, and at least a second portion of the line situated at the bottom of the tank, close to its second end, each of the first and second portions including at least one orifice situated on the upper face thereof, a floating shut-off device for each orifice, the floating shut-off device being movable between an open position in which the floating shut-off device is spaced apart from the orifice and a closed position in which the floating shut-off device shuts off the orifice, the floating shut-off device having a density lower than that of the liquid stored in the tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: Airbus Operations SAS
    Inventor: Vincent Foix
  • Patent number: 12168568
    Abstract: A tipper assembly includes a base configured to couple to a tailgate of the refuse vehicle and an actuator assembly comprising an actuator and a transmission device. The actuator may be coupled to the transmission device and may be configured to provide an input to the transmission device. The transmission device may be configured to reduce a speed of the input. The tipper assembly further includes an arm extending from and pivotally coupled to at least one of the actuator assembly or the base and an implement coupled to the arm. The implement may be configured to engage with a refuse container and facilitate the dumping of contents within the refuse container into an opening in the tailgate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: Oshkosh Corporation
    Inventors: Joshua D. Rocholl, Derek A. Wente, John T. Kellander, Cody D. Clifton, Vincent Hoover, Zachary L. Klein, Clinton T. Weckwerth, Skylar A. Wachter, Andrew Kotloski, Wallace Buege, Caleb Binder, Martin J. Schimke
  • Patent number: 12168569
    Abstract: A refuse vehicle has a Commercial and a Residential Mode whereby when in Commercial Mode, stops or fins, utilized in Residential Mode to assist in securing a residential container laterally at the front of the vehicle, are adjustable to prevent contact or interference with the cab protector or other portions of the vehicle when in Commercial Mode. The fins may be located and/or rotated, such as at least 30 degrees (from position to position) or above a horizontal or otherwise intermediate the residential and commercial configurations. The fins may preferably be located above a bottom of the crossbar when moving through the dumping cycle so as not to contact the cab protector in Commercial Mode. Preferably, the fins may also be housed on the residential refuse container rather than along the crossbar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: The Heil Co.
    Inventors: Eric Evans, Tracy Mason, Bryan Stewart
  • Patent number: 12168570
    Abstract: A shelving block comprises a first and second shelving units facing from opposite sides of an aisle. The first shelving unit defines a first crate storage location and a second crate storage location that different in height. The first crate storage location is accessible to a robot between a pair of neighboring horizontal rails having a first vertical spacing between them defining a height of the first crate storage location. The second crate storage location is accessible to the robot between another pair of neighboring horizontal rails having a second vertical spacing between them defining a height of the second crate storage location. The first vertical spacing is larger than the second vertical spacing. The robot carries crates according to instructions from a computerized control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: GET FABRIC LTD
    Inventors: Shay Cohen, Guy Blotnik
  • Patent number: 12168571
    Abstract: A method of operating a bin storage system includes a plurality of storage columns for storage of a plurality of vertically-stacked storage bins and a plurality of robot vehicles for transporting storage bins. A plurality of supporting rails are arranged in a two-dimensional matrix at the top of the columns. The supporting rails are arranged in a first direction and a second direction orthogonal to the first direction. The method includes positioning a cavity displaying a downwardly facing opening for the storage bin of one of the plurality of robot vehicles such that the cavity is aligned with one of the storage columns to permit the cavity to receive a storage bin from the storage columns, receiving a storage bin from the storage column into the cavity, and moving the robot vehicle along the bin storage system, using a plurality of wheels attached to the robot vehicle. A first set of wheels is arranged to allow the robot vehicle to travel in the first direction along the supporting rails.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: AutoStore Technology AS
    Inventor: Ingvar Hognaland
  • Patent number: 12168572
    Abstract: A warehousing system includes a multilevel container storage array each level of which has a transport area and a storage area, a container transport vehicle located on each level to transport containers to and from container storage locations on each storage shelf on each level of the multilevel storage array to a breakpack operation station, a putwall of more than one levels of breakpack goods container stations distributed along each level with a corresponding breakpack goods transfer deck at each level of the putwall, a breakpack goods transport vehicle that transports breakpack goods along the corresponding breakpack goods transfer deck, and between corresponding breakpack goods transfer decks at different levels of the putwall, to each breakpack goods container station, and a controller effecting operation of the container transport vehicle between the container storage locations, the breakpack operation station, and a breakpack goods container located at a breakpack goods container station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: Symbotic LLC
    Inventors: Jeffrey Adam Traina, Edward Macdonald
  • Patent number: 12168573
    Abstract: An automation apparatus for dispensing groups of individually packaged products, the apparatus including a storage arrangement adapted to store a plurality of products each contained in an individual package. The storage arrangement includes a first module and a second module, where the first module is adapted to store products having a first frequency demand threshold and the second module is adapted to store products having a second frequency demand threshold that is lower than the first frequency demand threshold. The apparatus further includes a plurality of fixed first discharge assemblies adapted to move selected ones of the individual packages from the first module of the storage arrangement and a second discharge assembly comprising a moveable pick device adapted to move selected ones of the individual packages out of the second module of the storage arrangement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: Remedi Technology Holdings, LLC
    Inventors: Steven E. Schneider, Richard W. Snodgrass, Justin J. Clark, Christopher J. Fisher, Steven Hoenig, Kimberly Hawkes, Roger J. Gerdeman, Wyatt Culbertson, Thomas P. Hayes
  • Patent number: 12168574
    Abstract: Wall-mountable storage systems suitable for holding bulky and/or heavy construction materials such as boards or panels, or the like, are disclosed. Storage structures can include two substantially similar open frame panels attached to each other by spacer bars to define an internal storage space therebetween. Each panel may include two major outer rails and two minor outer rails, with major inner rails disposed between the major outer rails and with minor inner rails disposed between the minor outer rails. The inner rails may have a first center-to-center spacing and each outer rail may have a second center-to-center spacing with its nearest neighbor inner rail, the second spacing being greater than the first spacing. The first spacing may substantially equal a standardized spacing for wall studs. The outer rails may each have a width greater than a width of the inner rails. The storage structure may form a rectangular cuboid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Inventor: Richard A. Thurston
  • Patent number: 12168575
    Abstract: Apparatuses, methods and systems comprising element in-built diverts for motorized conveyor rollers are provided. An example conveyor roller can include a housing that forms a cylindrical tube. The conveyor roller includes a plurality of element in-built diverts disposed on an exterior surface of the housing. The plurality of element in-built diverts are reconfigurable between one or more orientations with respect to the housing to divert an item an angle with respect to the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: Intelligrated Headquarters, LLC
    Inventors: Saravanan Sadasivan, Abhishek Kolay
  • Patent number: 12168576
    Abstract: Automated system for handling, in particular for overturning, containers such as cage trays for housing laboratory animals. The automated system being suitable to be positioned at the outlet module of a station for treating or washing, the containers and possibly other component parts of the cages such as the lid, the trough and similar component parts. The system then receives the containers and/or other component parts at the outlet from the treatment station, in particular washing station. The system can comprise a first conveyor belt capable of interfacing the outlet module so as to receive the containers and/or the component parts at the outlet of the treatment station. A second conveyor belt can be arranged in succession so as to define a transport direction of the containers and/or component parts substantially parallel to the feed direction of the containers and/or component parts at the exit from the treatment station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: IWT S.R.L.
    Inventors: Matteo Andreasi, Michele Vitali, Marco Pagani
  • Patent number: 12168577
    Abstract: A processing system including a singulation system is disclosed. The singulation system includes a conveying system for moving objects to be sorted from a source area along a first direction, a detection system for detecting objects at the conveying system, and for selecting certain selected objects for removal from the conveying system, and a removal system for removing the certain selected objects from the conveying system for providing a singulated stream of objects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: Berkshire Grey Operating Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Wagner, Kevin Ahearn, Benjamin Cohen, Michael Dawson-Haggerty, Christopher Geyer, Thomas Koletschka, Kyle Maroney, Matthew T. Mason, Gene Temple Price, Joseph Romano, Daniel Smith, Siddhartha Srinivasa, Prasanna Velagapudi, Thomas Allen
  • Patent number: 12168578
    Abstract: A collector includes a diverter apparatus in which a transfer device is adapted to divert a flow of articles from a belt conveyor to a collecting table to create a plurality of parallel rows, or vice versa, said belt conveyor being arranged orthogonal to the collecting table so that said articles, passing from the belt conveyor to the collecting table and/or vice versa, are diverted, thus defining an angle preferably of 90°, the belt conveyor and collecting table are arranged adjacent to one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: EMS GROUP S.P.A.
    Inventor: Corrado Azzali
  • Patent number: 12168579
    Abstract: Various embodiments are directed to a tote stop assembly configured for a conveyor assembly and methods of operating the same. In various embodiments, the tote stop assembly comprises a cam assembly comprising a cam element secured relative to an outer surface of a drive roller, the drive roller being configured to cause motor-driven rotation of the cam element about a central axis of the drive roller; and a tote stop component comprising a cam follower configured for physical engagement with the cam element such that the motor-driven rotation of the cam element causes vertical movement of the tote stop component between raised and lowered positions; the tote stop assembly being configurable in an actuated configuration to selectively obstruct an object from moving along a conveyor path based on an operation of the drive roller, the actuated configuration being defined by the tote stop component being arranged in the raised position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: Intelligrated Headquarters, LLC
    Inventors: Edmundo Cruz-Ruiz, Justen Pahls
  • Patent number: 12168580
    Abstract: A carrier device and a placement machine, where the carrier device includes a body and a positioner. A positioning sucker mechanism is disposed on the body, and a sliding sucker mechanism is slidably disposed on the body, where the sliding sucker mechanism includes a sucker group, a positioning block connected to one end of the sucker group, and a first suction piece provided on the positioning block. The positioner is arranged on one side of the body and adjacent to the positioning block, and includes a driver and a clamping assembly connected to the driver, where the clamping assembly is provided with a second suction piece mutually attracted to the first suction piece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: HKC CORPORATION LIMITED
    Inventors: Lin Qin, Chongwei Tang
  • Patent number: 12168581
    Abstract: An apparatus for moving containers may include a stacking system for forming several overlapping layers of containers and a feeding line for feeding the containers to the stacking system. The stacking system may include a first pick-up head for picking up a group of the containers from the feeding line to form one of the layers. The first pick-up head may include one or more suction nozzles for sucking the group of containers and lateral compression sides which laterally retain the group of containers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: CLEVERTECH S.p.A.
    Inventor: Simone Cervi
  • Patent number: 12168582
    Abstract: A drive transmission unit includes a cam member, a motor, a cam follower, and an extension spring. The cam member rotates about a rotation shaft. The cam member includes a first cam defining a maximum distance between the cam follower and the rotation shaft and a second cam having an outer peripheral surface positioned closer to the rotation shaft than the outer peripheral surface of the first cam. The motor rotates the rotation shaft. The cam follower is to be in contact with the cam member and moves in the +B direction and the ?B direction by the rotation of the cam member. The extension spring presses the cam follower against the cam member. When the cam follower moves in the ?B direction by the rotation of the cam member, this operation includes contact between the outer peripheral surface of the second cam and the cam follower.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Junko Ao, Katsuyuki Kondo
  • Patent number: 12168583
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus to form tear-off paperband composites that adhesively attach a paper web to an empty web spool. In some embodiments, the paperband composite is applied in several layers to an empty web spool, each layer suitable for fixedly attaching a paper web to the empty spool. Multiple layers of paperband composite allow for use during multiple turn-up procedures with one layer of paperband composite used per turn-up procedure. In some examples, the paperband composite may be applied to a paper spool tangentially along the spool face and perpendicular to the axis of rotation of the spool. In other examples, the paperband composite may be spirally wrapped around the paper spool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2024
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: Papeltec Overseas, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter A Rodriguez, Jason Rodriguez, Victor Rodriguez, Craig Austin
  • Patent number: 12168584
    Abstract: A sheet conveyance apparatus includes a controller controlling a driver to cause a guide to start rotation in a state in which a trailing end in a sheet conveyance direction of a preceding sheet conveyed by a roller pair having a first roller and a second roller such that the trailing end of the preceding sheet is moved from the position above a first guide to a position between a second guide and a sheet support by the rotation of the guide and that a succeeding sheet conveyed by the roller pair subsequently to the preceding sheet passes the position above the first guide after the rotation of the guide. The first roller is rotated by a driving force supplied from a driving source, and the guide rotates about a rotation axis of the first roller while rotating relatively to the first roller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Yamano, Jun Agata, Hiroharu Tsuji
  • Patent number: 12168585
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, a paper feed device includes: a tray that has a support surface on which a sheet is placed and is capable of entering a first state and a second state. The first state is a state for placing the sheet on the support surface. The second state is a state for taking out the sheet from the support surface toward a downstream side in a conveying direction and for putting the sheet in an inclined posture heading upward on the downstream side in the conveying direction than an upstream side in the conveying direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Naoki Satake
  • Patent number: 12168586
    Abstract: A sheet transport device includes a loading unit at which a sheet to be conveyed is loaded, a transport unit configured to impart to the sheet loaded at a sheet loading surface of the loading unit a transport force for transporting the sheet toward an alignment unit, and an adjustment unit configured to adjust the transport force. The adjustment unit includes a movable loading unit formed so that at least part of the sheet loading surface is configured to protrude toward the transport unit and a driving unit configured to displace the movable loading unit in a protruding direction and a retracting direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Kenji Uchibori, Masaki Miyazawa, Hirohisa Adachi, Shun Hara
  • Patent number: 12168587
    Abstract: A folding apparatus for a continuous web for production of absorbent hygiene articles and intended to be folded into a “V” or “U” shape in first and second longitudinal portions along a folding line parallel to a feeding line. A folding section includes a contact unit extending along the feeding line and defining the folding line. First and second guides are positioned on opposite sides of the contact unit and respectively have first and second sliding surfaces. The first and second sliding surfaces extend in a helical fashion along the feeding line, each having a respective infeed section, where the web is not folded, and a respective outfeed section, positioned downstream of the respective infeed section according to a web feeding direction, where the web is folded in two and has the first portion and the second portion set at an angle to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: GDM S.P.A.
    Inventors: Aldo Fusar Poli, Marco Rosani, Matteo Piantoni
  • Patent number: 12168588
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a thread guide element for a yarn monitoring and/or yarn processing unit as well as to a yarn clearer for a workstation of a textile machine with at least one thread guide element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: Saurer Intelligent Technology AG
    Inventors: Charles Leopold Elisabeth Dumoulin, Kalidass Santhoshkumar, Ilir Adili
  • Patent number: 12168589
    Abstract: A sheet feed roller portion (12) feeds a plurality of bound sheets (S1) to a conveying path (18). The ultrasonic sensor (19) detects a voltage value that changes according to a thickness of the sheet (S1) at a measurement position (P2) on the conveying path (18). A determination processing portion (53) determines whether or not a voltage difference between voltage values of the sheet (S1) detected by the ultrasonic sensor (19) is equal to or greater than a preset threshold value. A light amount adjustment processing portion (54) adjusts a light amount of light emitted from a CIS sensor (23) and irradiated onto the sheet (S1) when the determination processing portion (53) determines that the voltage difference is equal to or greater than the threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
    Inventor: Yasushi Takatsuki
  • Patent number: 12168590
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a housing, a rotatable spool disposed within the housing, a belt at least partially wound onto the spool, a motorized retraction mechanism disposed within the housing, coupled to the spool, and configured cause rotation of the spool in a first direction for winding the belt onto the spool, and a tensioning mechanism disposed within the housing, coupled to the spool, and configured to prevent over-rotation of the spool in a second direction opposite the first direction while the belt is being dispensed from the spool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: Banner Stakes, LLC
    Inventors: Jennifer Thenemann, Gregory Snyder
  • Patent number: 12168591
    Abstract: There is provided an elevator guidance device 40 including an identification information acquisition unit 41 configured to acquire identification information for a user heading for an elevator hall, a selected elevator information acquisition unit 42 configured to acquire information on a selected elevator selected from a plurality of elevators as an elevator for the user identified to take, and a guidance indication unit 43 configured to indicate, in an indication mode associated with the user, a leading guidance sign on a route starting from a leading start position, at which leading of the user identified is started, to a landing entrance of the selected elevator, the leading guidance sign leading the user to the landing entrance of the selected elevator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Atsushi Hori, Kenta Kuze, Mitsutoshi Iio, Wei Wu
  • Patent number: 12168592
    Abstract: Methods and systems for determining elevator car locations are provided. Aspects includes operating, by a processor, a sensor to obtain tag data from a tag within a range of the sensor, wherein the tag is affixed to at least one landing of a plurality of landings in a hoistway of a building, wherein the sensor is affixed to a moving component of an elevator car operating in the hoistway of the building and analyzing the tag data to determine a position of the elevator car in the hoistway of the building.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY
    Inventors: Sandeep Sudi, Vinay Shimoga Baburao