16th week of 2015 patent applcation highlights part 32 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20150104195 | WORKING POINT CONTROLLING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR APPLYING MZ MODULATOR - Provided is a working point controlling device and method for applying MZ modulator, which includes: a light modulator; a transimpedance amplifier, transmits current outputted by PD of the modulator into voltage signal; a low-noise amplifier, detects low-frequency signal and amplifies the signal, in order to improve the signal/noise ratio; a high Q band-pass filter, detects error signal and amplifies the signal, in order to improve the signal/noise ratio; a first power level conditioning, performs power level condition on error signal of phase, in order that signal output meets A/D input rang; a micro processor, generates low-frequency signal and finishes software synchronization detection wave and ratio integration PI adjusting algorithm; a second power level conditioning, finishes D/A output voltage condition, in order that D/A output is able to meet direct current offset whole controlling range power voltage range of the light modulator. Applying present invention, the problems, that the hardware controlling circuit of current MZ modulator offset point is complex and controlling accuracy is not high, can be resolved. | 2015-04-16 |
20150104196 | ELECTRONIC DISPERSION COMPENSATION FOR LOW-COST DISTRIBUTED FEEDBACK-DIRECTLY MODULATED LASER - Exemplary embodiments of the present invention relate to electronic dispersion compensation (EDC). The interaction between the frequency chirp and the fiber dispersion is newly analyzed. The linear and nonlinear properties of the chirp-dispersion are separately analyzed. A pre-compensating transmitter may consist of a phase interpolator (PI), a 2 tap data generator, a pulse widening CLK generator, a rising pattern detector, 4:1 Mux and an output driver. A post-compensating receiver may consist of linear equalizer for the rabbit ear compensation, nonlinear equalizer for tilting compensation, typical high frequency boosting equalizer (EQ) and limiting amp (LA). | 2015-04-16 |
20150104197 | Optimal Signal Constellation Design for Ultra-High-Speed Optical Transport in the Presence of Phase Noise - A method to process applicable to coherent optical channels with either linear or nonlinear phase noise includes: splitting a received sequence of data into clusters of points according to a cumulative log-likelihood function from constellation obtained in a previous iteration; generating new constellation points by calculating a center of mass of the clusters of points; repeating until convergence or until a predetermined number of iterations has been reached to determine a signal constellation; and transmitting signals over the coherent optical channels with nonlinear phase noise using the disclosed signal constellation and LDPC-coded modulation concepts. | 2015-04-16 |
20150104198 | Fully digital CMOS based optical receiver - A completely digital optical receiver is provided. The optical receiver includes a photodiode configured to provide a photodiode output responsive to an on-off keyed (OOK) optical input. Two or more digital inverters connected in series with each other are configured to receive the photodiode output and provide an amplified digital output. A digital clock and data recovery (CDR) circuit receives the amplified digital output and provides a clock output and a data output. A digital photodiode discharging circuit is connected to the photodiode and controlled by the clock output of the CDR circuit. | 2015-04-16 |
20150104199 | TUNABLE OPTICAL FILTER, TUNABLE OPTICAL COMPONENT, AND MULTI-WAVELENGTH PASSIVE OPTICAL NETWORK SYSTEM - The present application provides a tunable optical filter, including: a substrate, a tunable filter unit, a temperature control unit, and an enclosure, where: the substrate, the tunable filter unit, and the temperature control unit are placed inside the enclosure, where the enclosure includes a light incidence window and a light emergence window; the substrate is disposed adjacent to the light incidence window or the light emergence window, and configured to support the tunable filter unit; the temperature control unit is disposed on a surface of the tunable filter unit, and configured to adjust a channel wavelength of the tunable filter unit by means of temperature control; and optical paths of the light incidence window, the tunable filter unit and the light emergence window are aligned. The present application further provides an optical receive component, an optical transceiver component, and a multi-wavelength passive optical network system. | 2015-04-16 |
20150104200 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND OPERATION METHOD THEREOF - A consumable component containing a consumable supply used at the time of image formation is detachably mounted on an image forming apparatus. The image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit for forming an image, a storage for storing identification information of the mounted consumable component, and a detecting unit for detecting remaining amount of the consumable supply. When removal and mounting of a consumable component is detected while the remaining amount of the consumable supply is not lower than a prescribed value (YES at step S | 2015-04-16 |
20150104201 | PRINTING APPARATUS, PRINTING APPARATUS CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An offset image that can occur at a time when reading images printed on both sides of a sheet is automatically removed by a simple operation. | 2015-04-16 |
20150104202 | Method for Measuring Media Stack Height Using a Translatable Height Sensor - A method of using a media height sensor assembly for measuring a media stack in an imaging forming device. The assembly includes a support and drive and insertion assemblies mounted thereon. Insertion assembly includes a translatable plunger having mounted thereon a sensor and a translatable probe. At a home position the sensor is actuated by a flag on the support placing sensor output in a first state. During a measurement cycle, drive assembly translates insertion assembly toward a media stack and the sensor output changes to a second state and a counter is started. The probe initially encounters the media stack and translates in a direction opposite that of the plunger. As the plunger reaches the media stack, the probe causes the sensor output to again change state stopping the counter. The insertion assembly is retracted to the home position where the flag causes the sensor output to change state. | 2015-04-16 |
20150104203 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND RECORDING-MATERIAL-TRANSPORTING DEVICE - An image forming apparatus includes an image forming section that forms an image, a transport path section along which a recording material that is yet to undergo or has undergone image formation performed by the image forming section is transported, a transport unit that is provided in the transport path section and transports the recording material while nipping the recording material, an operated portion that is operated by a user and activates the transport unit such that the recording material is removed from the transport unit, and a notification unit that notifies a completion of the operation of the operated portion on the basis of a position of the recording material that is removed from the transport unit by the user's operation of the operated portion. | 2015-04-16 |
20150104204 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus comprising: an image bearing member which bears a toner image; a first driving portion which drives the image bearing member; a transfer portion which nips a sheet with the image bearing member and transfers the toner image to the sheet from the image bearing member; a sheet conveying portion which conveys the sheet with the toner image transferred by the transfer portion; a second driving portion which drives the sheet conveying portion; a sheet detector which detects the sheet between the transfer portion and the sheet conveying portion; and a controller which controls the second driving portion to drive the sheet conveying portion to convey the sheet after the first driving portion is stopped, so that the sheet detector can detect the sheet nipped between the image bearing member and the transfer portion. | 2015-04-16 |
20150104205 | CONTROLLING APPARATUS, IMAGE HEATING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A controller for controlling an image heating device which includes first and second rollers for heating therebetween a toner image on a sheet, a first rubbing roller for rubbing the first roller, and a second rubbing roller for rubbing the second roller, said controller including a counter configured to count a number of heated sheets; a first executing portion configured to execute rubbing by the first rubbing roller in accordance with an output of the counter; a second executing portion configured to execute rubbing by the second rubbing roller in accordance with an output of the counter; an acquiring portion execution instructions of an image glossiness improving mode operation provided by an operator; and a determination portion configured to determine which roller or rollers of the first second rollers is to be rubbed in accordance with an output of the counter, when the acquiring portion acquires the execution instructions. | 2015-04-16 |
20150104206 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A controller determines a mode at a current time point, and corrects, on the basis of the determined mode and an elapsed time from a start time of the mode clocked by a timer to a current time point, an in-apparatus temperature detected by an in-apparatus temperature sensor on the basis of correction data so that the corrected temperature is calculated as an outside-air temperature. | 2015-04-16 |
20150104207 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a charging member, a charging bias power source, a developing member, a developing bias power source and a controlling device. The charging member electrically charged an image carrier. The charging bias power source applies a DC charging bias to the charging member. The developing member develops a toner image onto the image carrier. The developing bias power source applies an AC and DC developing bias to the developing member. The controlling device carries out, before image forming process, pre-charging control controlling the charging bias power source to electrically charge the image carrier. The controlling device carries out, after the image forming process is started, post-charging control controlling the charging bias power source and developing bias power source to adjust an electrical potential difference between a surface potential of the image carrier and developing bias to a significant electrical potential difference preventing occurrence of image failure. | 2015-04-16 |
20150104208 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes an image carrier, a developing device, a bias applying unit, a leak detecting unit, a bias controller and a leak detection controller. The developing device includes a magnetic roller and a developer layer. The bias applying unit applies development biases to the magnetic roller and the developing roller. The leak detecting unit detects a leak generated between the image carrier and the developing roller or a leak generated between the developing roller and the magnetic roller. The leak detection controller performs a leak detecting operation for detecting the value of an inter-peak voltage of the alternating current voltage of the development bias applied to the developing roller, at which the leak is generated, while changing the inter-peak voltage at a time different from that during the developing operation. | 2015-04-16 |
20150104209 | FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMATION DEVICE - Disclosed are a fixing device and an image formation device. The fixing device includes first and second sensors used to respectively detect first and second temperatures; first and second calculators used to respectively calculate, during a process of starting a heating source, first and second temperature gradients; a parameter storage used to store at least first and second temperature gradient thresholds; a determination part used to get a determination result; an information generation part used to generate, based on the determination result, restart prompt information indicating that the image formation device needs to be restarted because the voltage of an electrical source is too low; and an information transmission part used to transmit the restart prompt information to a display device. | 2015-04-16 |
20150104210 | PRINT CONTROL APPARATUS, PRINTING SYSTEM, AND PRINT CONTROL METHOD - A print control apparatus includes a generating unit that generates clear-toner plane data based on gloss-control plane data, which contains a gloss control value for specifying a type of a surface effect being a visual or a tactile effect applied to the recording medium and for specifying a region to which the surface effect is applied in the recording medium, and clear plane data, which contains a density value for specifying a transparent image other than the surface effect; and an outputting unit that outputs the clear-toner plane data. When a region where the gloss control value is specified in the gloss-control plane data and a region where the density value is specified in the clear plane data overlap each other, the generating unit sets a value of the clear-toner plane data to the gloss control value or the density value, based on a predetermined condition. | 2015-04-16 |
20150104211 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, WORK SUPPORT METHOD OF IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, STORAGE MEDIUM AND PROGRAM - An image forming apparatus capable of switching play pattern of a moving image for guidance of work, the pattern including a pattern for a toner bottle replacement work and pattern for a jam release work, is provided. When a toner bottle replacement work is detected, the work contents displayed on the operation unit are guided by the moving image which is continuously played. On the other hand, when a jam release work is to be performed, the work contents are guided by the moving image which is paused for each work unit to wait for a play instruction. | 2015-04-16 |
20150104212 | CLEANING DEVICE, DEVICE TO BE CLEANED, CLEANING MEMBER, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A cleaning device includes a cleaning member that includes a cleaning portion that cleans a light transmission member, which has a substantially elongated shape and which transmits light, and a support portion that supports the cleaning portion and a wall portion that is disposed on one end side of the light transmission member in a longitudinal direction of the light transmission member and that has a surface that is formed along a direction that intersects the longitudinal direction of the light transmission member. The cleaning member and the wall portion each have a configuration in which when an end of the cleaning member makes contact with the wall portion and is pressed, the support portion is bent in a convex manner toward a side opposite to a side on which the light transmission member is disposed. | 2015-04-16 |
20150104213 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes: an image carrying unit; a unit-to-be-moved; a pulse motor; a moving mechanism including a rotatable member provided with a member-to-be-detected; a detecting portion; an executing portion; and a controller for causing the executing portion to execute a first stop mode on the basis of detection of the detecting portion when the unit-to-be-moved is changed in position from the second or third position to the first position and to execute a second stop mode on the basis of a pulse number of a driving signal when the unit-to-be-moved is changed in position from the first or third position to the second position and when the unit-to-be-moved is changed in position from the first or second position to the third position, and for making the change at least between the second and third positions by only unidirectional rotation of the pulse motor. | 2015-04-16 |
20150104214 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes image bearing members that bear formed images; a driving source that rotationally drives the image bearing members and whose rotational direction is switchable between a first direction and a second direction; a first driving-force transmitting unit that transmits a rotational driving force of the driving source rotationally driven in the first direction as a unidirectional rotational driving force to the image bearing members; and a second driving-force transmitting unit that transmits a rotational driving force of the driving source rotationally driven in the second direction as a unidirectional rotational driving force to one or more of the image bearing members and does not transmit the rotational driving force to a remaining one or more of the image bearing members. The first and second driving-force transmitting units are switched therebetween by changing the rotational direction of the driving source. | 2015-04-16 |
20150104215 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - An image forming apparatus includes an electrostatic latent image holding member, a charging device, a latent image forming device, a developing device that stores a liquid developer containing a toner and a non-volatile carrier liquid, and develops the electrostatic latent image formed on the surface of the electrostatic latent image holding member by the liquid developer to form a toner image, a transfer device that transfers the toner image onto a surface of an impermeable recording medium, and a fixing device, wherein when the SP value of the toner is set as SP(t), the SP value of the non-volatile carrier liquid is set as SP(c), and the SP value of the recording medium is set as SP(m), an absolute value of a difference between SP(t) and SP(c) is from 1.5 to 7.0 and the following relational expression (A) is satisfied: | 2015-04-16 |
20150104216 | DEVELOPMENT DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A development device includes a development case, a first agitating/conveying member and a second agitating/conveying member. The first agitating/conveying member is arranged below the second agitating/conveying member to convey the developer in a first direction. The second agitating/conveying member conveys the developer in a second direction as an opposite direction to the first direction to supply the developer to the developer carrier. The development case includes a first conveyance chamber, a second conveyance chamber, a first communicating portion communicating end parts of the first conveyance chamber and second conveyance chamber in the first direction, and a second communicating portion communicating end parts of the first conveyance chamber and second conveyance chamber in the second direction. The developer carrier has a first ferromagnetic area having magnetic force stronger than another area of the developer carrier, in which the first ferromagnetic area corresponds to the first communicating portion. | 2015-04-16 |
20150104217 | Process Cartridge - A process cartridge includes: a drum cartridge including a photoconductor; a development cartridge configured to be detachably attached to the drum cartridge and including a developer carrying member for supplying developer to the photoconductor; a locking member provided on the drum cartridge and configured to be switchable between a locking position in which the development cartridge attached to the drum cartridge is in a locked state and restrained from being moved in a removing direction in which the development cartridge is removed from the drum cartridge and a lifting position in which the locked state is released and the development cartridge is movable in the removing direction, and a retaining member configured to retain the development cartridge which has been moved from the locked state in the removing direction by switching the locking member from the locking position to the lifting position. | 2015-04-16 |
20150104218 | CAP, POWDER CONTAINER, DEVELOPER SUPPLY DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A cap is configured to be attached to a developer container that discharges developer contained in the container body out of the container body through a discharge port defined in a portion of the container body. The cap includes a first attaching member and a second attaching member that are detachably assembled into one piece. When the first attaching member or the second attaching member receives a rotary force, the first attaching member and the second attaching member are separated from each other, and only the first attaching member is released from the container body. | 2015-04-16 |
20150104219 | DEVELOPING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A developing apparatus includes a developing unit configured to transfer a developer to an image carrying unit on which an electrostatic image is formed, a supplying unit configured to supply the developer to the developing unit, a regulating unit configured to regulate a thickness of the developer on the developing unit, and a repelling unit disposed between the supplying unit and the regulating unit and configured to repel the developer. | 2015-04-16 |
20150104220 | DEVELOPING APPARATUS - A developing apparatus includes a sleeve for carrying a developer including toner and magnetic carrier, the sleeve having a plurality of grooves extending in a longitudinal direction; a magnet provided inside the sleeve, a non-magnetic regulating member, provided spaced from the sleeve, wherein an amount M/S (mg/mm | 2015-04-16 |
20150104221 | DEVELOPING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A developing device includes a developing roller. The developing roller includes a magnetic roller configured to have multiple magnetic poles in a circumferential direction thereof and a roller-shaped developing sleeve sheathed on the magnetic roller, and supplies magnetic toner to a photosensitive drum. Further, the developing sleeve is configured such that a surface of an image region thereof, which is located in an intermediate portion thereof in a rotation axis direction thereof and which supplies the magnetic toner to the photosensitive drum, is coated with a non-magnetic material, and such that surfaces of non-image regions thereof, which are located at opposite ends thereof in the rotation axis direction and which supply no magnetic toner to the photosensitive drum, are coated with a magnetic material. | 2015-04-16 |
20150104222 | Cap Configuration for a Toner Cartridge - Aspects described herein relate to a cap for a toner cartridge. In one example, the cap may be configured to close a toner supply opening of the toner cartridge. According to one or more aspects, the cap may include a sealing or covering portion configured to cover the toner supply opening and a shaft portion for rotatably supporting a to-be-detected rotary member. The to-be-detected rotary member | 2015-04-16 |
20150104223 | Developer Cartridge Having Developing Roller - The developer cartridge includes a developing roller, a supply roller, a gear, a first intermediate gear, a second intermediate gear, a developing roller gear, and a supply roller gear. The supply roller is in contact with the developing roller. The gear is configured to receive a drive force from an outside. The first intermediate gear is provided to a supply roller shaft such that the first intermediate gear is rotatable relative to the supply roller shaft. The developing roller gear is provided to a developing roller shaft such that the developing roller gear is unrotatable relative to the developing roller shaft. The developing roller gear is engaged with the second intermediate gear. The supply roller gear is provided to the supply roller shaft such that the supply roller gear is unrotatable relative to the supply roller shaft. The supply roller gear is engaged with the second intermediate gear. | 2015-04-16 |
20150104224 | METHOD AND COMPOSITION FOR RECOATING TONER CARTRIDGE DEVELOPING MEMBER - Methods of recoating a developing member such as the doctor blade, developing member bar or a developing sleeve, of an electro-photographic image forming apparatus, such as a laser printer toner cartridge, methods of re-using the original components by re-coating them, to cut the cost of using new aftermarket parts and to reduce waste, which methods include close quality control and “tailoring” of formulations to a specific developing system, thus achieving better print quality in terms of density, page yield, and uniformity for the repaired or remanufactured toner cartridge. | 2015-04-16 |
20150104225 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - An image forming apparatus uses a developer containing toner particles. The image forming apparatus includes a toner-particle bearing member for bearing the toner particles. Each toner particle includes a toner core containing a binder resin and a shell layer coating a surface of the toner core. The toner-particle bearing member includes a substrate and a surface layer coating a surface of the substrate. The surface layer and the shell layer are each formed from a resin containing a thermosetting resin. | 2015-04-16 |
20150104226 | TRANSFER ASSIST MEMBERS - A transfer assist member comprising a plurality of layers, one of the layers being a check film layer comprised of a crosslinked mixture of urea-glyoxal resins, and polyester polyols present on a support polymer layer. | 2015-04-16 |
20150104227 | FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A fixing device includes an endless belt rotatable in a predetermined direction of rotation and an opposed rotator contacting an outer circumferential surface of the endless belt. A nip formation pad, disposed opposite an inner circumferential surface of the endless belt, presses against the opposed rotator via the endless belt to form a fixing nip between the endless belt and the opposed rotator, through which a recording medium is conveyed. A belt holder contacts and rotatably supports a lateral end of the endless belt in an axial direction thereof. A ring is interposed between the belt holder and a lateral edge face of the endless belt. A restraint disposed opposite the ring contacts the ring to restrict movement of the ring in a radial direction of the endless belt within a trajectory of the lateral end of the rotating endless belt. | 2015-04-16 |
20150104228 | FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A fixing device includes a fixing belt, a pressure rotating body, a nip member, a heating member, a rotating member and a biasing member. The fixing belt is arranged rotatably around a rotating axis. The pressure rotating body is rotatably arranged at an external diameter side of the fixing belt to come into pressure contact with the fixing belt and to form a fixing nip. The nip member is arranged at an internal diameter side of the fixing belt to press the fixing belt toward a side of the pressure rotating body. The heating member comes into contact with a contacted area in an inner circumference face of the fixing belt to heat the fixing belt. The rotating member sandwiches an end part of the fixing belt with the heating member and is rotated together with the fixing belt. The biasing member presses the heating member to the contacted area. | 2015-04-16 |
20150104229 | IMAGE HEATING APPARATUS - An image heating apparatus for heating an image formed on a sheet includes an endless belt; a roller contactable with the endless belt to form a nip for nipping and feeding the sheet; a heater provided inside the endless belt; a guiding member, provided inside the endless belt, for guiding rotation of the endless belt; a reinforcing member, provided between the endless belt and the heater in a radial direction of the heater, for reinforcing the guiding member, the reinforcing member being provided with an opening to permit radiant light from the heater to reach the endless belt; a protecting member, provided between the heater and the reinforcing member in the radial direction so as to oppose the endless belt through the opening, thus preventing contact between the endless belt and the heater. | 2015-04-16 |
20150104230 | FIXING DEVICE WITH A TEMPERATURE DETECTOR ADJACENT AN EASILY DEFORMABLE LOCATION AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING SAME - A fixing device for fixing an unfixed image onto a recording medium includes a fixing belt, a nip forming member, an opposing rotary member, a heater, and a temperature detector. The fixing belt is formed into a loop to move endlessly and fix the unfixed image on the recording medium. The nip forming member is disposed inside the loop formed by the fixing belt. The opposing rotary member contacts the nip forming member via the fixing belt to form a nip portion therebetween while rotating. The heater heats the fixing belt at a place other than the nip portion. The temperature detector detects a temperature of the surface of the fixing belt. The temperature detector detects the temperature near a place of the fixing belt that easily deforms as the fixing belt is heated by the heater. | 2015-04-16 |
20150104231 | CLEANING UNIT, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - Provided is a cleaning unit including a removing member that contacts with a surface of a cleaning target and removes adherent matters on the surface of the cleaning target, a storage section that stores the adherent matters removed by the removing member, and a supply member that has a blade and rotates the blade in the storage section to supply some of the adherent matters stored in the storage section to the surface of the cleaning target. | 2015-04-16 |
20150104232 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus which includes: a containing portion configured to contain a sheet on which an image is to be formed; a pair of guide rails facing in an up-down direction, the guide rails guiding a slide movement of the containing portion; an engaging portion provided in the guide portion that is guided by the guide rails; a first stopper which abuts the engaging portion so as to regulate removal of the containing portion from an apparatus main body; and a second stopper, wherein the first stopper is movable in a sliding direction. | 2015-04-16 |
20150104233 | Shaper - A shaper for defining a tip portion of a cosmetic unit that has become worn includes a a shaping surface for smoothing a surface of the tip portion and a slot in the shaping surface. The shaping surface is user-selectably placed in contact with the tip portion. An edge disposed at the slot and is engageable for removing material of the tip portion when the shaping surface is in contact with tip portion. The removed material is passed through the slot. | 2015-04-16 |
20150104234 | SEED-CONTAINING CRAYON - A seed-containing crayon is presented. The crayon includes an elongated member formed of a marking composition to leave a colored mark on a surface when the elongated member contacts the surface. The marking composition is formed of a wax, a pigment, and a plant nutrient that is activated by application of water to the elongated member. Plant seeds are embedded in the marking composition of the elongated member. The crayon can include a paper band that at least partially surrounds the elongated member along at least part of the length of the elongated member in which the plant seeds are embedded. | 2015-04-16 |
20150104235 | COSMETIC COMPOSITION CARRIER COMPRISING URETHANE FOAM - Disclosed is a cosmetic composition carrier having a viscosity of 1,000 to 5,000 centipoise (cps) or 15,000 to 60,000 cps. The cosmetic composition carrier comprises a urethane foam having a hardness before impregnation of 1 to 100 on the Asker durometer type F. | 2015-04-16 |
20150104236 | LIQUID APPLICATOR - The present invention relates, in general, to a liquid applicator comprising a container, a plug, a flow control unit, a biasing member, a collar holder, a discharge barrel, a collar, an application member and an actuation means. The actuation means is configured to displace the collar holder along a longitudinal axis of the liquid applicator to bring the liquid applicator to an open position or to a closed position. The flow control unit closes the at least one aperture in the plug in the closed position and in the open position, the flow control unit opens the at least one aperture in the plug and the liquid content flows from the at least one aperture to the collar holder so that the container, the plug and the collar holder are in fluid communication with each other. | 2015-04-16 |
20150104237 | LOW-PROFILE RING BINDER MECHANISM - A ring binder mechanism for retaining loose-leaf pages includes an elongate housing, a first and second hinge plate, at least one ring for holding the loose-leaf pages, and an actuator mounted on the housing. Each ring includes a first ring member and a second ring member. The first ring member is mounted on the first hinge plate for movement with the hinge plate relative to the housing between a closed position and an opened position. The first hinge plate has a first hinge member and the second hinge plate has a second hinge member. The hinge members are disposed at a distance from the mid-plane that is the same as or less than the greatest distance between the upper surface and the mid-plane. An actuator is mounted on the housing for pivotal movement relative to the housing for moving the rings from their closed position to their opened position. | 2015-04-16 |
20150104238 | SINGLE BOOSTER BINDER MECHANISM - A binder mechanism is shown and described herein. The binder mechanism may include a base, first and second ring bases pivotally coupled to the base, first and second ring portions fixed with the ring bases, at least one pin attached with the first and second ring bases, a slide operatively engaged with the base and operatively engaged with the at least one pin, the slide selectively and axially positionable relative to the base, and an actuator operatively engaged with the slide, where the actuator is configured to selectively and axially position the slide whereby the slide positions the at least one pin to pivot the first and second ring bases away from one another to disengage the first and second ring portions. | 2015-04-16 |
20150104239 | COMBINATION MOUNTING AND GROUNDING CLIP - A clip for both mounting and grounding photovoltaic panels is disclosed. The clip has retention tabs which interact with mounting rails to fully support photovoltaic panels during installation. The interaction allows for adjustment along the length of the mounting rails. Interlocking fingers allow the mounting clips to fit together securely. The interlocking nature of the mounting clips provides a secure fit between photovoltaic panels and requires less mounting hardware. Additionally, the interlocking nature of the mounting clips allows for security and stability of the photovoltaic panels during the mounting process, allowing a single installer to mount a number of photovoltaic panels. The use of serrated washers, or cutting edges on certain portions of the mounting clip provides grounding for the system by digging into both photovoltaic panels and mounting rails. | 2015-04-16 |
20150104240 | WORKPIECE POSITIONING STRUCTURE AND WORKPIECE POSITIONING METHOD - A positioning structure that positions two workpieces includes a one positioning portion that is provided on one of the workpieces and includes one inverted portion and a protruding portion; and a other positioning portion that is provided on the other workpiece and includes another inverted portion and a receiving portion, the two positioning portions positioning the two workpieces, by overlapping an end portion of the one positioning portion face-to-face with an end portion of the other positioning portion. The two inverted portions are each such that alignment of the positioning portion is inverted when the one positioning portion is overlapped with the other positioning portion, the protruding portion is arranged on the end portion side of the one positioning portion and is provided protruding toward an overlapping side, and the receiving portion engages with the protruding portion when the one positioning portion is overlapped with the other positioning portion. | 2015-04-16 |
20150104241 | CONNECTOR FOR CABLES IN SERIES - A coupler for rigidly connecting two cables in series in series is provided. The coupler includes a first component that includes a receiving volume that extends from a first end face of the first coupler. The receiving volume extends through a side surface of a body of the first component through an aperture. A second component is slidably engagable with the first coupler. The second component includes a finger that extends within the receiving volume, the finger includes a second portion that extends through the aperture. The second component can engage the first component with in a direction parallel to the longitudinal axis of the first component as well as in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the first component. | 2015-04-16 |
20150104242 | NON DETACHABLE BODY CONNECTION SYSTEM WITH CONNECTION RING FOR EMERGENCY BRAKE CYLINDERS - The invention is related to a non detachable body connection with a connection ring which enables the non detachable connection of the upper body located at the service part of the emergency brake cylinders used in the airbrake systems of heavy weight vehicles and the lower body parts located at the emergency section by using an additional piece during the coupling with adapter plate. | 2015-04-16 |
20150104243 | SPOT WELDED JOINT - In a spot welded joint according to an aspect of the present invention, with respect to a rectangular planar region of 100 μm×100 μm which is perpendicular to a sheet surface of the plurality of the steel sheets and which centers around an inner point spaced away by 100 μm in a direction parallel with the sheet surface from an edge of a nugget, in a case of measuring a P concentration at a pitch of 1 μm to obtain measured values of the P concentration at 100×100 of measurement points, and in a case of repetitively calculating an average value of the measured values of the P concentration at 20 of the measurement points which are adjacent to each other and which are arranged in a row in the direction parallel with the sheet surface among the 100×100 of the measurement points while shifting each one point to obtain 81×100 of the average values, the number of the average values which are more than two times an average P concentration is 0 to 100. | 2015-04-16 |
20150104244 | LASER JOINT STRUCTURE AND LASER JOINING METHOD - A laser joint structure includes a metal outer cylinder, a metal inner member that is provided inside of the outer cylinder, in which a joining portion is arranged following an inner shape of the outer cylinder, the joining portion being arranged contacting or close to the outer cylinder; and a laser weld that is provided on a mating portion of the outer cylinder and a corresponding mating portion of the joining portion, and in which a circular cylindrical nugget is formed by melting the outer cylinder and the joining portion, which is accomplished by emitting a laser light from outside the outer cylinder. | 2015-04-16 |
20150104245 | Securing element for securing an axial stop element on a shaft - The invention relates to a securing element for securing an axial stop element, in particular a C-clip, radially attached to a shaft. The securing element is designed in such a manner that it is attachable to the shaft and features at least one spring-elastic axle journal, which, in the attached state of the securing element, it exerts a radial holding force for securing the axial stop element ( | 2015-04-16 |
20150104246 | QUICK-DETACHABLE FASTENING ASSEMBLY - The disclosure discloses a quick-detachable fastening assembly including a fixing base, a buckling member, and a plug. The fixing base has an opening and a receiving trough and further has a necking portion in the receiving trough. The buckling member includes a pipe body and a plurality of resilient arms connected to an end of the pipe body. Each of the resilient arms has a buckling block. When the buckling blocks pass through the necking portion, the resilient arms are elastically deformed to move closer to each other. After the buckling blocks are received in the receiving trough, the resilient arms elastically restore. The plug is slidably inserted into the pipe body. When the plug slides relative to the pipe body to extend to the tail ends of the resilient arms, the tail ends abut against the outer surface of the plug. | 2015-04-16 |
20150104247 | GROOVED ROTATABLY FASTENING STRUCTURE, ROTATABLY FASTENING COMBO, AND PACKAGING STRUCTURE - A grooved rotatably fastening structure includes, in top-to-bottom sequence, a head, a shaft connected to the head, and a fastening portion connected to the shaft. The fastening portion has a first groove and a second groove. The first groove is concavely disposed on a lateral surface of the fastening portion and extends upward from a bottom of the fastening portion. The second groove is concavely disposed on the lateral surface of the fastening portion and extends from the first groove transversely or obliquely. The first groove and the second groove are in communication. The rotatably fastening structure enables users to connect two objects together quickly without compromising the structural strength of the two objects and is applicable to thin objects. | 2015-04-16 |
20150104248 | PLAY-FREE CONNECTION DEVICE - A connection device ( | 2015-04-16 |
20150104249 | DEVICE FOR SECURING A DETACHABLE CYCLE COMPONENT TO A CYCLE, AND USE OF SUCH A DEVICE - The device for securing a detachable cycle component, includes clamping elements including at least one clamping member ( | 2015-04-16 |
20150104250 | ELECTRIC TOOLS - An electric tool may include a battery mount portion having a guide groove structure that can be slidably fitted with a guide projection structure of a rechargeable battery. A reinforcing member may be attached to the guide groove structure of the battery mount portion and may include a connecting structure for detachably connecting the reinforcing member to the guide groove structure. | 2015-04-16 |
20150104251 | Connecting Device - A connecting device for connecting implements to poles is provided. In one example, the connecting device is configured to connect a lacrosse head to a pole. The pole comprises an elongated hollow cross section and has at least one hole located along a sidewall. Contained in the inner portion of the hollow cross section is the connecting device. The connecting device further comprises a fastening receiving portion substantially aligned to the hole located along the side wall of the pole for receiving a fastener. The lacrosse head contains a receiving portion complimentary in shape to fit on the pole and further includes a mounting hole. When the lacrosse head is assembled to the pole, the mounting hole on the lacrosse head is substantially aligned to the hole located on the side wall of the pole and the fastening receiving portion. | 2015-04-16 |
20150104252 | SLEEVE FOR HIGHWAY SAFETY CONES - An orange plastic sleeve that slips over a highway safety cone and protects the cone body from the base to a height of about 18 inches is provided. The plastic sleeve is designed to be disposed directly against the base of the cone and is designed to extend no higher than the reflective stripe on the highway safety cone. | 2015-04-16 |
20150104253 | Corrosion-Resistant Self-Locking Manhole Cover - A corrosion-resistant self-locking manhole cover includes a cover plate adapted to rest on a manhole cover support surface of a manhole frame so as to be substantially flush with a top portion of the frame and a surrounding surface. An anchor on the cover plate, which may comprise nonmetallic corrosion-resistant material, is adapted to engage the manhole frame at a first location in a manner that resists lifting of the cover plate proximate to such location. A locking member on the cover plate, which may also comprise nonmetallic corrosion-resistant material, is movable between a locked position and an unlocked position. In the locked position, the locking member is adapted to engage the manhole frame at a second location in a manner that resists lifting of the cover plate proximate to such location. In the unlocked position, the locking member is disengaged from the manhole frame. | 2015-04-16 |
20150104254 | MANHOLE MARKER - A portion of a street surface to be removed for access to a manhole cover is defined by placing a design mask on the street with a cutout overlying an electronic marker embedded in the street proximate the manhole. The design mask is oriented such that a larger cutout overlies the manhole cover, by aligning the design mask along an established direction. The design mask can be a template with a circular cutout, or a stencil with a ring cutout. When the marker is located proximate a curb line, the established direction may correspond to a normal from the curb line. A rectangular design mask can be oriented by keeping an edge of the design mask which is closest to a curb line parallel with the curb line. Alternatively, a compass heading may be used, and a pointer feature of the design mask can be aligned with the compass heading. | 2015-04-16 |
20150104255 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING DUST EMISSIONS WITH TEMPERATURE CONTROL - A working machine for use in milling the surface of a road includes a drive engine that produces engine exhaust gases. The working machine also includes a milling drum that is mounted for rotation against the surface of the road so as to generate milled material including dust from the road surface. The milling drum is contained within a milling chamber, and a spray assembly directs water into the milling chamber in such a manner that, during a period of rotation of the milling drum against the surface of the road, at least a portion of the water is converted to a vapor. A conduit is provided for conducting at least a portion of the engine exhaust gases into an enclosed space in communication with the milling chamber to raise the temperature of a gas stream therein containing vapor and dust from the milled material. | 2015-04-16 |
20150104256 | ROAD FINISHING MACHINE - The invention relates to a road finishing machine comprising a chassis supporting a driver's cab, an undercarriage, at least one drive unit, a hydraulic system, a screed, an asphalt supply arrangement comprising a storage hopper and a longitudinal conveyor conveying from the storage hopper to a transverse distributor and comprising a fumes suction system operated by a fan, comprising at least one airflow path (X), the exhaust line thereof comprising a suction opening above the transverse distributor and an outlet opening at a height above the driver's cab, wherein the fan is arranged in the region of the suction opening of the exhaust line of the at least one airflow path (X). | 2015-04-16 |
20150104257 | FORMED IN PLACE FILLED STRUCTURE WITH SYNTHETIC TURF - A revetment panel construction including a geotextile fabric positioned atop the ground, a synthetic turf positioned atop the geotextile fabric and affixed thereto to form an elongate bladder, and a filling placed within the elongate bladder. Optionally, the revetment panel construction includes a geotextile fabric positioned atop the ground, an elongate filled bladder positioned atop the geotextile fabric, and a synthetic turf positioned atop the filled bladder. | 2015-04-16 |
20150104258 | METHOD OF LAYING A PIPELINE - A method of laying a subsea pipeline from a reel, the pipeline having an in-line first locking member, the method having at least the steps of: (a) laying the pipeline under the water from the reel; (b) cutting the pipeline above the first locking member; (c) coupling the first locking member with a complementary second locking member; and (d) lowering the first and second locking members under the water. In this way, the pipeline already has located within it a suitable locking member for the abandoning operation, avoiding the need for a separate off-shore welding operation. | 2015-04-16 |
20150104259 | Method of construction, installation, and deployment of an offshore wind turbine on a concrete tension leg platform - Method for construction, deployment, and installation of a wind turbine generator on a floating slip formed concrete tension leg platform/spar (WTG foundation) using gravity anchors. A concrete WTG foundation is built with the ‘slip form’ method, a combination construction/deployment dry dock barge (barge) utilizing wing walls for stability allowing the WTG and WTG foundation to be delivered to the installation site as a complete unit. A split hull hydraulic dump scow facilitates the slip form construction and deployment of the slip-formed gravity anchor(s). The barge is sunk as a dry dock to a draft that permits the WTG/WTG foundation to be floated off. The free floating WTG foundation is ballasted with sea water to its operating draft with 5 feet of freeboard. The tension legs from the gravity anchors are attached to the WTG foundation and snugged with equal tension. The sea water is then removed from the WTG foundation. This process tightens the tension legs to their design loads. The WTG/WTG foundation maintains a relatively large water plane and a 5 foot freeboard. The gravity anchor(s) is constructed from slip formed concrete on a split hull hydraulic dump scow and deployed to the installation site, with tension legs attached for deployment and attachment to the WTG platform. | 2015-04-16 |
20150104260 | VIBRATING ARRANGEMENT FOR PRODUCING COLUMNS OF FILLING MATERIAL - A vibrating arrangement includes at least one elongate silo tube for receiving filling material, the silo tube having a longitudinal direction, a lengthwise filling material outlet at one end of the silo tube and a casing. At least one vibrator is disposed on the silo tube. At least one outer closure is disposed on the casing of the silo tube. At least one filling material container is disposed so as to be movable along the longitudinal axis of the silo tube before the outer closures, in which the filling material container has at least one opening facing the casing of the silo tube. | 2015-04-16 |
20150104261 | KNOTTED MESH AS SUPPORTING MATERIAL IN MINES - A method for lining mining and tunnel constructions with a support material ( | 2015-04-16 |
20150104262 | ROUND TOOTH CUTTERS AND METHOD OF DESIGN AND USE - A device for mechanically removing material from a workpiece or bulk feedstock, thereby creating chips of removed material while producing a new surface on the workpiece or bulk feedstock. The device comprises a body that is rotatable about an axis and at least one round cutting insert that is tangentially mounted on the body. Location of the insert is characterized by a reference plane offset and an insert axis angle. The insert has a cylindrical rake surface on which chips are formed. A planar flank surface is oriented relative to a cutting motion so as to provide clearance between the cutting insert and the surface created by removal of a layer that is converted into chips. A circular cutting edge lies at the intersection of the flank and rake surfaces. | 2015-04-16 |
20150104263 | MACHINE TOOL - In a machine tool in which a spindle head is driven by a spindle head drive motor via a ball screw/nut mechanism, tools of different weights are each installed in the spindle head beforehand, a load torque applied to the spindle head drive motor is obtained, and relational data between the tool weight and the load torque is stored. When each tool is installed in the spindle head, the weight of the tool is estimated from, the load torque detected by a load torque detection unit while the spindle head is stopped, and the relational data between the tool weight and load torque. | 2015-04-16 |
20150104264 | DRILLING TOOL - A drilling tool is disclosed. The drilling tool includes a drilling stub, a cutting element attached to the drilling stub, and a fastening section for fastening onto a tool holder. The fastening section is divided into at least one guide region and one locking region, where at least one interlocking geometry, which protrudes in the axial direction beyond the remaining locking region, and which in particular is a bulge, is designed for transmission of a torque from the tool holder to the drilling tool, and the at least one interlocking geometry has two abutting surfaces each in the tangential direction. One first abutting surface of the two abutting surfaces is designed essentially parallel to a longitudinal axis of the drilling tool and the first abutting surface serves to transmit the torque. | 2015-04-16 |
20150104265 | 3-BLADE DRILL - A three-flute drill includes: three chip discharge flutes; and three cutting edges each having concavely-curved and convexly-curved cutting edge portions, an axially perpendicular cross-sectional view orthogonal to an axial center having first convex and concave curves respectively corresponding to the convexly-curved and concavely-curved cutting edge portions intersecting each other, in the axially perpendicular cross-sectional view, a concave amount of the first concave curve being within a range of 0.01 D to 0.05 D in terms of a drill cutting diameter relative to a reference line connecting an outer circumferential point, at which a drill outer circumferential portion intersects with the first convex curve, and the axial center, and in the axially perpendicular cross-sectional view, a rake chamfer width being a distance from an intersection between a straight line through the intersection and orthogonal to the reference line and the reference line, to the outer circumferential point, and being within 0.005 D to 0.06 D. | 2015-04-16 |
20150104266 | MODULAR CARRIER TOOL AND TOOL HEAD - The modular carrier tool ( | 2015-04-16 |
20150104267 | Guide pad and a cutter head for a cutting tool - A guide pad for a cutting tool is formed with at least one sliding surface, which is convexly curved in a plane perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the guide pad. Each sliding surface includes two convexly curved sliding sub-surfaces separated by a fluid conveying formation having a longitudinal extension in a direction in parallel to the longitudinal axis. The fluid conveying formation is planar or has a convexly curved shape in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal axis having a larger radius of curvature than the radius of the sliding surface. | 2015-04-16 |
20150104268 | LOCKABLE SINGLE NUT ASSEMBLY - A nut assembly is provided. The nut assembly includes a nut having a bottom extension surface and an intermediate member. The intermediate member includes at least one radially extending slot. The nut assembly also includes a washer having a base and an inner wall. The inner wall has a locking feature. The nut and the washer are operably coupled by a plurality of locking pins. The locking pin slidingly fits in the slot on the intermediate member and engages the locking feature when the nut assembly is in the installed configuration. | 2015-04-16 |
20150104269 | Self-Drilling Bolt and Nut Assembly - A self-drilling bolt and nut assembly includes a nut which has a window to permit visual inspection of the fastener thread upon engagement with the nut. The nut also includes a protective cap or receives a protective cap so that upon threadably engaging the fastener with the nut, the drill tip of the fastener is automatically received in the cap. The nut also has at one end a plurality of projections to enhance the locking engagement. The self-drilling bolt may have an integral washer and employ a clamping plate engageable against the washer. | 2015-04-16 |
20150104270 | FASTENER FOR AIRCRAFT STRUCTURES - A fastener is provided for an aircraft structure, the fastener comprising a shaft and a bugle shaped head, in which the bugle head comprises a first region proximate the shaft, the first region having a first radius of curvature, and, a second region on the opposite side of the first region to the shaft, the second region having a second radius of curvature, in which the second radius of curvature is higher than the first radius of curvature. | 2015-04-16 |
20150104271 | PUNCH PINS, ASSOCIATED SOCKETS, AND METHODS OF FORMING SOCKETS USING PUNCH PINS - Punch pins which have further extending lobes, and which are designed to punch sockets that have deeper flutes while not having lobes which extend further toward a center axis of the fastener. Using such a punch pin to form a socket in a fastener provides that the resulting socket has flutes which are deeper than they otherwise would be, without having to provide corresponding lobes which extend further toward the center axis of the socket. This extra deepness in the flutes helps to provide extra room for a coating to deposit. | 2015-04-16 |
20150104272 | WATERPROOF CLIP - Bulging portions elastically coming into contact with an inner peripheral surface of a fixation hole of a panel member are formed on an outer peripheral surface of a shaft portion of a waterproof clip made of an elastic material, thereby sealing a space between these surfaces by elasticity of the bulging portions to obtain a waterproof function, and firmly fixing the shaft portion to the panel member by friction force between the inner peripheral surface and the bulging portions. The clip requires no special seal member, thereby reducing the number of parts and assembly steps. Each bulging portion is formed narrower toward the front side in the insertion direction of the shaft portion, thereby easily press fitting the shaft portion into the fixation hole while improving waterproofness and airtightness by sufficiently compressing the bulging portions. The clip can surely fix an interior material to the panel member with excellent sealability. | 2015-04-16 |
20150104273 | DEVICE FOR DISPLACING LIVESTOCK FEED - The invention provides a livestock feed-displacing device and system, with a grab bucket which can be positioned above a feed kitchen with feed positions by a control unit, wherein the control unit is designed to compose an amount of animal feed from feed material provided in the feed kitchen by positioning the grab bucket at a grabbing position, grabbing livestock feed underneath said grabbing position, positioning the grab bucket at a desired feed-unloading point, such as in a feed wagon, and unloading the grabbed livestock feed at the feed-unloading point, wherein the control unit is designed to earmark, if at least one predetermined clearing-up criterion has been met, livestock feed in the feed kitchen as waste to be removed and to make the device carry out a clearing-up operation, wherein the clearing-up operation comprises the removal of the livestock feed at said feed position by displacing it to another position in the feed kitchen. | 2015-04-16 |
20150104274 | Method and apparatus for overboarding of a subsea structure - A method for offshore overboarding a structure on a vessel for subsequent lowering the structure to the sea floor, is using a crane ( | 2015-04-16 |
20150104275 | Lifting Apparatus - A lifting method comprising supporting a payload ( | 2015-04-16 |
20150104276 | OVERHEAD HOIST TRANSPORT SYSTEM - The present invention provides an overhead hoist transport system, which includes a rail, a stocker disposed under the rails, wherein the stocker can move along the direction of the rail, and a cleaning station, disposed on the rail to clean the stocker directly when the stocker is moving. | 2015-04-16 |
20150104277 | PRODUCT CARTRIDGE FOR TRANSPORTING PRODUCT - According to the disclosed embodiments, an illustrative product cartridge comprises first and second opposing walls separated by a distance defined by a product to be transported by the cartridge, the first and second walls configured to define a product access aperture to allow ingress and egress of a plurality of instances of the product between the first and second walls. The product cartridge also comprises product engaging members disposed on the first and second walls, the product engaging members configured to slidingly engage and secure the plurality of instances of the product in parallel when inserted into the product access aperture and at a defined spacing between the plurality of instances of the product. A transfer access aperture opposite the product access aperture is configured to allow an external object to substantially simultaneously push each of the plurality of instances of the product out of the product access aperture. | 2015-04-16 |
20150104278 | UNIT AND PROCEDURE FOR AUTOMATED TRANSFER OF BOX ELEMENTS - Provided is an automated transfer unit of box-shaped elements corresponding with at least one storage surface, including clamping bars positioned alongside and distanced from each other so as to contain a plurality of box-shaped elements aligned with each other, and control and guide means configured to move the clamping bars to engage and translate the aligned box-shaped elements as a unit. Further provided is a procedure for placing box-shaped elements arranged in rows on a storage surface; translating as a unit onto a work surface at least a portion of a row including a plurality of box-shaped elements; selecting and separating on the work surface at least one box-shaped element and sending it for delivery; and repositioning any residual box-shaped elements. | 2015-04-16 |
20150104279 | Wheeled cart for use with portable freestanding weight system - A wheeled cart and method for moving a constant force weight system to and from a roof-top surface. The wheeled cart comprises a handle for pushing and a handle for pulling the cart; a front lift plate and a rear lift plate; and a winch device connected to both the front lift plate and the rear lift plate. The weight system is attached to the wheeled cart by interconnecting an opposing pair of adapted edges of the weight system with the front and a rear lift plate of the wheeled cart. When the weight system is connected to the lift plates, the winch device is wound or unwound to lift or lower the weight system such that the cart can be moved while carrying the weight system. | 2015-04-16 |
20150104280 | PLATFORM LIFT TRAILER AND COUPLING SYSTEM - A platform lift trailer includes a chassis to which a lift device is mounted. The chassis is configured to be coupled to a standard motor vehicle trailer hitch or the like using a coupler. Some embodiments of the coupler provide protection against larges torsional forces applied between a motor vehicle and coupled trailer when they are angularly displaced relative to one another. One or more ground-engaging wheel assemblies are mounted to the chassis to assist in supporting the weight of the lift and any cargo thereon. The platform lift trailer is highly adaptable so that a wide variety of lifts can be mounted to the platform lift trailer and thus to smaller motor vehicles. Adaptation of mobility lifts and the like to a larger array of motor vehicles is therefore possible. One or more embodiments of a trailer coupler use torque-limiting apparatus so that vertical angular displacements of a motor vehicle and a coupled trailer do not apply large forces directly between the motor vehicle and the trailer. Instead, the coupler torque-limiting structure limits such forces using a biasing means such as a spring or the like to accommodate or limit torsional forces applied between the motor vehicle and the trailer. The biasing means also can limit the maximum angular displacement allowed between the motor vehicle and coupled trailer. | 2015-04-16 |
20150104281 | MOTOR VEHICLE WITH WHEELCHAIR CADDY - An apparatus for a wheelchair caddy to be attached to a disabled rider adapted cycle or scooter that may include connectors connecting the caddy and cycle, a rear or double rear axle attached to the base of the caddy frame, a handle for the user to grip while pulling the wheelchair onto the caddy, a rod as an emergency brake, a ratcheting strap or straps and bungee cord for securing the wheelchair in the caddy, walled footwells for the securing the passengers feet, a secured foam rubber middle console, a fitted, padded back rest, thigh restraining straps, lower ribcage restraining straps and other features. | 2015-04-16 |
20150104282 | SUSPENSION SYSTEM FOR AUTONOMOUS TRANSPORTS - An autonomous transport robot for transporting a payload, the autonomous transport robot including a drive section assembly having at least one motor and a pair of drive wheels coupled to the motor, a frame configured to support a payload, a transfer arm connected to the frame and configured for the autonomous transfer of payload to and from the frame, and a suspension system movably connecting the drive section assembly and the frame allowing relative movement between the frame and the drive section assembly. | 2015-04-16 |
20150104283 | ROBOT SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING PROCESSED PRODUCT - A robot system according to embodiments includes a robot including an arm, and a work table. On the work table, an object used for work performed by the robot by using the arm is placed. The arm of the robot includes a first arm portion, a second arm portion, and a third arm portion. The first arm portion supports an end effector to be rotatable about a first rotation axis at a distal end thereof. The second arm portion supports a base end of the first arm portion to be swingable about a second rotation axis substantially perpendicular to the first rotation axis. The third arm portion supports a base end of the second arm portion to be swingable about a third rotation axis substantially perpendicular to the second rotation axis. | 2015-04-16 |
20150104284 | Method For The Manipulation Of Objects By Means Of At Least Two Industrial Robots, And Associated Industrial Robot - Method for the manipulation of objects by means of at least two industrial robots, and associated industrial robot. | 2015-04-16 |
20150104285 | Device and method for securing nursery stock during transport - One embodiment of a device and method for securing nursery stock during transport comprising a plurality of rigid vertical brackets ( | 2015-04-16 |
20150104286 | PICKING STATION AND METHOD FOR PICKING ARTICLES - The invention relates to a method and to a picking station ( | 2015-04-16 |
20150104287 | MATERIAL HANDLING UNIT - A material handling unit. An elongate cargo bed of the material handling unit includes paired anchor points for attaching to a securing member to secure cargo to the cargo bed. The cargo bed is reinforced to allow the cargo to be secured to the cargo bed during loading of the material handling unit onto a transport, transporting of the material handling unit to a job site, and unloading of the material handling unit from the transport. A shelter encloses the cargo bed and defines an access point along the length of the cargo bed. The cargo bed is accessible from the access points for loading and unloading cargo. The anchor points are accessible from the access point for securing the cargo to the cargo bed or removing the securing member from the cargo. | 2015-04-16 |
20150104288 | DUAL CHANNEL COMPLIANT TURBINE PUMP - A pump has a housing that defines a pump chamber ( | 2015-04-16 |
20150104289 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO ADJUST BLEED PORTS ON AN AIRCRAFT ENGINE - Methods and apparatus to adjust bleed ports on an aircraft engine are disclosed. An example apparatus for bleeding air from a multi-stage compressor of an aircraft engine includes a compressor case having a plurality of bleed ports. A first bleed port is associated with a first stage of a compressor, and a second bleed port is associated with a second stage of the compressor. The apparatus includes a plenum connected to the compressor case to define a plenum cavity. The plenum fluidly coupling the first and second bleed ports to a fluid conduit for providing bleed air to one or more systems of an aircraft. The apparatus also includes a bleed port selection mechanism located within the plenum cavity. The bleed port selection mechanism including a first portion proximate the first bleed port and operable to prevent fluid flow through the first bleed port. | 2015-04-16 |
20150104290 | SUPERSONIC COMPRESSOR WITH SEPARATOR - A fluid processing device may include a rotatable shaft, a driver configured to drive the rotatable shaft, a separator installed on the rotatable shaft, and a supersonic compressor fluidly communicating with the separator. | 2015-04-16 |
20150104291 | Shaft Seal Assembly With Contaminant Detection System - A seal assembly for sealing a fluid passageway from contaminants is disclosed. The fluid passageway is formed by a rotating shaft entering an opening in a housing. The fluid passageway connects an interior of the housing, and any exterior of the housing. The seal assembly includes a first sealing member and a second sealing member, which divides the fluid passage into an interior section, an open section, and a sealed section. The interior section is exposed to the interior of the housing. The sealed section is fluidly sealed between the interior section and the open section. A sensor is disposed within the sealed section. The sensor is configured to sense the contaminants within the sealed section and is electronically coupled to a controller configured to send an alarm signal. The sensor is a moisture sensor and extends into an annular recess formed in the stationary member. | 2015-04-16 |
20150104292 | Aero-hydroelectric power station - The invention relations to hydroelectric power industry and can be used for capturing the energy stored within atmospheric moisture at any locations worldwide. The device comprises a tail race ( | 2015-04-16 |
20150104293 | V-SHAPED ARRANGEMENTS OF TURBINES - A V-shaped arrangement of turbines adapted to orient in such a manner that crosswind enters the arrangement in a direction that is substantially parallel to the axis bisecting the arrangement is described. The V-shaped arrangement includes clockwise rotating turbines and counterclockwise rotating turbines. | 2015-04-16 |
20150104294 | Fan Inlet Air Handling Apparatus and Methods - Particular embodiments of the inventive technology may be described as an air handling shroud for establishment at the inlet area of a fan, the shroud adapted to realign and/or redistribute fan inlet flow so as to reduce fan-generated noise without unacceptably impairing fan efficiency and/or performance. Certain embodiments present a lattice arrangement of cells through which air flows; the shroud may protrude up from an inlet face lying in a plane defined by the fan (e.g., by the fan housing or an inlet cone). It may have a hemispherical shape and a lower resistance-per-area sector at the pole (or polar region) thereof. Optional componentry includes but is not limited to a flow obstructer established at a fan proximal portion of the shroud, and acoustic material established on surfaces of the cells of the shroud. | 2015-04-16 |