20th week of 2022 patent applcation highlights part 33 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20220154336 | VARIABLE CYCLE AND TIME RF ACTIVATION METHOD FOR FILM THICKNESS MATCHING IN A MULTI-STATION DEPOSITION SYSTEM - Methods and apparatuses for depositing approximately equal thicknesses of a material on at least two substrates concurrently processed in separate stations of a multi-station deposition apparatus are provided. | 2022-05-19 |
20220154337 | DEPOSITION OF LOW-K FILMS - Methods for atomic layer deposition (ALD) of plasma enhanced atomic layer deposition (PEALD) of low-K films are described. A method of depositing a film comprises exposing a substrate to a silicon precursor having the general formulae (Ia), (Ib), (Ic), (Id), (IX), or (X) | 2022-05-19 |
20220154338 | APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR DELIVERING GAS TO A PROCESS CHAMBER - Embodiments described herein generally relate to a gas assembly disposed between a mainframe door and process chamber. The gas assembly provides multi-zone gas cross-flow distribution into a processing volume. Each of the zones are independently controlled. The zones each include a single nozzle, the zones each include a plenum fluidly coupled to multiple nozzles, or a combination thereof. The nozzles, such as plenums included with nozzles, are disposed within the manifold between the first major surface and the second major surface of the manifold. An outlet of the nozzles are in fluid communication with the second major surface of the manifold, and in fluid communication with a volume of the process chamber. The multiple, independently controlled zones provide controllability of mass flow for flow sensitive chemical processes. The gas assembly include an adapter plate configured to be coupled to a vacuum mainframe robot. | 2022-05-19 |
20220154339 | THIN FILM DEPOSITION APPARATUS MOUNTABLE WITH ANALYSIS SYSTEM - A thin film deposition apparatus mounted with a Raman analysis system is discussed. The thin film deposition apparatus includes a reaction chamber providing an inner space for forming a thin film. An opening is formed on the thin film deposition apparatus to be connected to the reaction chamber, and the opening is closed by a window through which light can be transmitted. | 2022-05-19 |
20220154340 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR VACUUM COATING SURFACES OF OBJECTS - An apparatus for coating surfaces of objects by a gas deposition method under vacuum conditions in process chambers, including at least one treatment chamber for receiving the objects to be coated and at least one additional process chamber, connected to the at least one treatment chamber, for conducting gases to be deposited and/or discharging portions of non-deposited partial gas quantities. A measuring unit for detecting the coating thickness on a surface or sections of the surface of the process chambers is arranged in at least one additional process chamber. The measuring unit is connectable to a control and evaluation unit. The measuring unit detects ACTUAL data of the coating thickness on a surface of the at least one additional process chamber as measured value and these ACTUAL data are forwarded to an evaluation device, in which these ACTUAL data are compared with NOMINAL data. | 2022-05-19 |
20220154341 | SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS - Described herein is a technique capable of forming a film so as to fill a recess of a substrate. According to one aspect thereof, there is provided a substrate processing apparatus including: a substrate mounting table on which a substrate is placed; an adsorption inhibiting gas supplier configured to supply an adsorption inhibiting gas onto a surface of the substrate from above the substrate mounting table; and a source gas supplier configured to supply a source gas onto the surface of the substrate from above the substrate mounting table, wherein a distance D | 2022-05-19 |
20220154342 | SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD - A substrate processing apparatus includes a liquid processing module, provided with a carry-out/in opening of a substrate, including therein a first liquid processing device and a second liquid processing device; a module-outside transfer device configured to carry the substrate out from and into the liquid processing module; and a module-inside transfer device configured to transfer the substrate between the first liquid processing device and the second liquid processing device. The first liquid processing device is equipped with a first holder configured to hold the substrate. The second liquid processing device is equipped with a second holder configured to hold the substrate. The second liquid processing device is configured to perform a plating processing on the substrate held by the second holder. The first liquid processing device is configured to perform at least a post-cleaning processing performed after the plating processing on the substrate held by the first holder. | 2022-05-19 |
20220154343 | A METHOD FOR ACTIVATING A SURFACE OF A NON-CONDUCTIVE OR CARBON-FIBRES CONTAINING SUBSTRATE FOR METALLIZATION - Method for activating a surface of a non-conductive or carbon-fibres containing substrate for metallization, the method including:
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20220154344 | FILM FORMING METHOD - A film forming method forms a coating film on a workpiece having at least two film-deposited portions which are not continuous with each other by moving a nozzle of a cold spray device relative to each other along a continuous movement trajectory. The movement trajectory includes at least two trajectories corresponding to the film-deposited portions and a connecting trajectory linking the trajectories of the film-deposited portions. The film-deposited portions are formed by continuously spraying a raw material powder from the nozzle by cold spraying to form a coating film on each of the plurality of film-deposited portions. A turnback point of the spraying is set on the connecting trajectory where a relative speed between the workpiece and the nozzle decreases in the movement trajectory. | 2022-05-19 |
20220154345 | FILM FORMATION METHOD - A film forming method forms a coating film on a workpiece (e.g., a cylinder head) having a film-deposited portion (e.g., an annular valve seat part) by moving a nozzle of a cold spray device relative to the workpiece along a film formation trajectory having a film formation starting point and a film formation finishing point in which the film-deposited portion overlaps to form an overlapping portion. The coating film is formed by causing a raw material powder to collide in a solid-phase state with the workpiece and plastically deform. Also, the coating film on the film-deposited portion is further formed such that an inclination angle of an end part of the coating film relative to a surface of the film-deposited portion is 45° or less at the film formation starting point of the overlapping portion. | 2022-05-19 |
20220154346 | METHOD FOR DEPOSITING A COATING ON AN ITEM, SUCH AS A CLOCKWORK COMPONENT AND ITEM COATED BY SUCH A METHOD - An item including a substrate and a coating having a colour with an interference effect for the decoration and/or the protection of the item, the coating including: a first opaque layer covering at least partially at least one surface of the substrate; a stack of at least two semi-transparent layers deposited by an ALD method covering the first layer; the stack having a thickness depending on the colour with an interference phenomenon of the coating. | 2022-05-19 |
20220154347 | ULTRALIMIT ALLOY AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR - The present disclosure belongs to the field of preparation technology and provides an ultralimit alloy and a preparation method therefor. The ultralimit alloy comprises an alloy matrix. A bonding layer and a ceramic layer are successively deposited on a surface of the alloy matrix. The alloy matrix includes one of a magnesium alloy matrix, an aluminium alloy matrix, a titanium alloy matrix, an iron alloy matrix, a nickel alloy matrix, a copper alloy matrix, a zirconium alloy, and a tin alloy. For an ultralimit magnesium alloy, an ultralimit aluminium alloy, an ultralimit nickel alloy, an ultralimit titanium alloy, an ultralimit iron alloy and an ultralimit copper alloy, the bonding layer is a composite bonding layer, the ceramic layer is a composite ceramic layer, and the outside of the composite ceramic layer is further successively deposited with a reflecting layer, a catadioptric layer, an insulating layer and a carbon foam layer. | 2022-05-19 |
20220154348 | METHOD FOR FORMING A TEMPERATURE SENSING LAYER WITHIN A THERMAL BARRIER COATING - A thermal barrier coated component, such as a turbine blade formed from a superalloy substrate, includes a thermal barrier coating applied onto the substrate. A metallic bond coat layer is on the substrate and includes rare-earth luminescent dopants. A ceramic top coat layer is on the bond coat layer. A temperature sensing thermally grown oxide (TGO) layer is formed at the interface of the bond coat layer and ceramic top coat layer. The temperature sensing TGO layer includes grown rare-earth luminescent ions migrated from the metallic bond coat layer in an amount sufficient to enable luminescence sensing of the TGO layer for real-time phosphor thermometry temperature measurements at the TGO layer. | 2022-05-19 |
20220154349 | USE OF MULTIPLE CHARGED CATIONIC COMPOUNDS DERIVED FROM POLYAMINES AND COMPOSITIONS THEREOF FOR CORROSION INHIBITION IN A WATER SYSTEM - Disclosed here are the methods of using one or more multiple charged cationic compounds in a corrosion control composition to reduce corrosion of metal surfaces in a water system. The multiple charged cationic compounds are derived from polyamines through a ring-opening reaction with an epoxide or two reactions: an aza-Michael addition with an activated olefin having a cation group and a ring-opening reaction with an epoxide. The disclosed methods or compositions are found to be effective than those methods or compositions including commonly used corrosion inhibitors for water systems. | 2022-05-19 |
20220154350 | HYBRID SEALING FOR ANODIZED METAL - Disclosed is a method of providing corrosion protection to an anodized metal including providing a metal having an anodization layer wherein the anodization layer includes a barrier portion; contacting the anodization layer with a first solution at a first temperature to seal the barrier portion; and contacting the anodization layer with the sealed barrier portion with a second solution at a second temperature to deposit a precipitated rare earth compound in the anodization layer with the sealed barrier portion; wherein the first solution includes a transition metal oxyanion and has a pH of 3 to 6 and the second solution includes a trivalent rare earth cation. | 2022-05-19 |
20220154351 | ACID SOLUTION PREPARATION DEVICE, ACID SOLUTION SUPPLY APPARATUS, AND PICKLING FACILITY - An acid solution preparation device is an acid solution preparation device for preparing an acid solution used for pickling of a steel plate, the device including a sealed tank for storing the acid solution, a gas supply part for supplying an oxygen-containing gas from outside of the sealed tank to the sealed tank, and a purge part for discharging a gas in the sealed tank to the outside. | 2022-05-19 |
20220154352 | ELECTROLYSIS SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR A HIGH ELECTRICAL ENERGY TRANSFORMATION RATE - An electrolytic cell built in the form of a capacitor of cylindrical plates. The cylindrical plates include electrodes of the electrolytic cell formed using tubes arranged in a substantially concentric way within each other defining a central electrode, an outer electrode and a space between electrodes. The central electrode corresponds to an anode of the capacitor. The outer electrode corresponds to the cathode of the capacitor. The cell includes an electrolyte corresponding to a dielectric of the capacitor. | 2022-05-19 |
20220154353 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING FLUORINE GAS AND DEVICE FOR PRODUCING FLUORINE GAS - Provided is a method for producing fluorine gas, capable of suppressing clogging of pipes and valves with mist. Fluorine gas is produced by a method including electrolyzing an electrolyte in an electrolytic cell, measuring the water concentration in a fluid generated in a cathode chamber in the electrolyzing, and sending a fluid generated in the inside of the electrolytic cell in the electrolyzing the electrolyte, from the inside to the outside of the electrolytic cell through a flow path. In the sending, the flow path in which the fluid flows is switched in accordance with the water concentration measured in the measuring the water concentration. | 2022-05-19 |
20220154354 | METHODS AND DEVICES USING TRI-TRANSITION METAL PHOSPHIDES FOR EFFICIENT ELECTROCATALYTIC REACTIONS - Methods and devices for generating hydrogen gas with an electrocatalytic energy conversion cell by introducing a tri-transition metal phosphide catalyst at or on an electrode of the electrocatalytic energy conversion cell. The electrocatalytic energy conversion cell includes a first electrode including a tri-transition metal phosphide catalyst, such as M03P, a second electrode of an anodic material, an electrolyte disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode, and an electric potential source connected to both electrodes. Oxidation and reduction reactions, such as hydrogen evolution reactions, occur at the first electrode. | 2022-05-19 |
20220154355 | DEVICE FOR FORMING CONCRETIONS WITH REGULATED AUTONOMOUS SOURCE - The invention relates to a device for forming concretions in an electrolytic medium by electrolysis, which comprises an anode | 2022-05-19 |
20220154356 | METHOD FOR PURIFYING GAS FORMED BY ELECTROLYSIS, AND ELECTROLYTIC APPARATUS - Disclosed is a purification method of electrolytic gas generated from an electrolysis cell having a cathode and an anode. In a step of performing electrolysis of an electrolyte solution supplied into the electrolysis cell and repeating the electrolysis while circulating the electrolyzed electrolyte solution via an circulation tank disposed outside the electrolysis cell, a bag-shaped membrane pack, which is made from a specific porous membrane material, is of a shape having an opening at a top end thereof and closed at an entire side wall and entire bottom wall thereof and has a large permeation area at the entire side wall and entire bottom wall, is disposed in an interior of the circulation tank, thereby enabling to perform the electrolysis while purifying the electrolyte solution in which a portion of the electrolytic gas generated by the electrolysis is dissolved and bubbles of another portion of the electrolytic gas coexist. | 2022-05-19 |
20220154357 | Method and Apparatus for Continuously Applying Nanolaminate Metal Coatings - Described herein are apparatus and methods for the continuous application of nanolaminated materials by electrodeposition. | 2022-05-19 |
20220154358 | NON-ENZYME SENSOR, NON-ENZYME SENSOR ELEMENT AND FABRICATING METHOD THEREOF - A fabricating method of a non-enzyme sensor element includes a printing step, a coating step and an electroplating step. In the printing step, a conductive material is printed on a surface of a substrate to form a working electrode, a reference electrode and an auxiliary electrode, and a porous carbon material is printed on the working electrode to form a porous carbon layer. In the coating step, a graphene film material is coated on the porous carbon layer of the working electrode to form a graphene layer. In the electroplating step, a metal is electroplated on the graphene layer by a pulse constant current to form a catalyst layer including a metal oxide. | 2022-05-19 |
20220154359 | INDIUM ELECTROPLATING ON PHYSICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION TANTALUM - A method for fabricating a wafer stack. The method includes forming a tantalum-nitride film on a substrate of the wafer stack using physical vapor deposition, forming a tantalum layer on the tantalum-nitride film using physical vapor deposition, and depositing indium on the tantalum layer using electroplating. | 2022-05-19 |
20220154360 | METHOD FOR ELECTROLYTICALLY DEPOSITING A CHROMIUM OXIDE LAYER - A method for electrolytically depositing a chromium oxide layer onto i) blackplate or onto ii) blackplate coated with a chromium electrodeposited coating produced based on chromium(III) technology electroplating, and to the coated product obtained thereby. | 2022-05-19 |
20220154361 | MIXED ACID ANODIZATION - Disclosed are methods of anodizing a metal component. In the methods an anodization bath includes an organic acid. | 2022-05-19 |
20220154362 | FILM FORMATION APPARATUS AND FILM FORMATION METHOD FOR FORMING METAL FILM - A film formation apparatus for forming a metal film includes an anode, a solid electrolyte membrane disposed between the anode and a substrate that serves as a cathode, a power supply device that applies a voltage between the anode and the cathode, a solution container that contains a solution between the anode and the solid electrolyte membrane, the solution containing metal ions, and a pressure device that pressurizes the solid electrolyte membrane to the cathode side with a fluid pressure of the solution. The film formation apparatus includes an auxiliary cathode disposed in a peripheral area of the film formation region when the surface of the substrate is viewed in plain view, the auxiliary cathode having an electric potential lower than an electric potential of the anode. | 2022-05-19 |
20220154363 | REGULATION PLATE, ANODE HOLDER, AND SUBSTRATE HOLDER - To partially or locally control a plating film thickness on a polygonal substrate. There is provided a regulation plate for adjusting a current between an anode and the polygonal substrate. This regulation plate includes a main body that has an edge forming a polygonal opening through which the current passes and an attachable/detachable shielding member to shield at least a part of the polygonal opening. | 2022-05-19 |
20220154364 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING ELECTRODEPOSITION COATING - An exemplary system for controlling electrodeposition coating for electrochemically forming a coating film on a coating object in an electrodeposition tank storing electrodeposition solution includes, a positive electrode configured to apply a positive electrode voltage to a positive electrode disposed in the electrodeposition tank, a negative electrode configured to apply a negative electrode voltage to the coating object transferred by a hanger, and an electrodeposition controller configured to electrochemically deposit the coating film on an external surface and an internal surface of the coating object by applying the positive electrode voltage to the positive electrode and the negative electrode voltage to the negative electrode, where the electrodeposition controller may be configured to control voltage, current, and pulse in multi-stages over time from a dip-in time point to a draw-out time point of the coating object into and from the electrodeposition tank. | 2022-05-19 |
20220154365 | NON-CONTACT SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING DISTANCE BETWEEN SILICON MELT AND REFLECTOR IN A CRYSTAL PULLER - A measurement system includes a reflector defining a central passage and an opening, a measurement assembly, and a controller. The measurement assembly includes a run pin having a head that is visible through the opening, a camera to capture images through the opening in the reflector, and a laser to transmit coherent light through the opening to the head of the run pin to produce a reflection of the run pin on the surface of the silicon melt. The controller is programmed to control the laser to direct coherent light from the laser to the run pin, control the camera capture images through the opening while the coherent light is directed at the run pin, and determine a distance between the surface of the silicon melt and a bottom surface of the reflector based on a location of the reflection of the run pin in the captured images. | 2022-05-19 |
20220154366 | SINGLE CRYSTAL SYNTHETIC DIAMOND MATERIAL - Single crystal CVD diamond material comprising a total nitrogen concentration of at least 5 ppm and a neutral single substitutional nitrogen. N | 2022-05-19 |
20220154367 | NITRIDE CRYSTAL SUBSTRATE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - There is provided a nitride crystal substrate constituted by group-III nitride crystal, containing n-type impurities, with an absorption coefficient α being approximately expressed by equation (1) by a least squares method in a wavelength range of at least 1 μm or more and 3.3 μm or less. | 2022-05-19 |
20220154368 | SINGLE CRYSTAL COMPOSITE SYNTHETIC DIAMOND MATERIAL - A method of forming a diamond composite body and the diamond composite body. A first single crystal diamond body is provided, which contains nitrogen and has a uniform strain such that over an area of at least 1×1 mm, at least 90 percent of points display a modulus of strain-induced shift of NV resonance of less than 200 kHz, wherein each point in the area is a resolved region of 50 μm | 2022-05-19 |
20220154369 | WET SPUN FIBERS, WET FORMED FILM, AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREFOR - The method for producing wet spun fibers/a wet formed film using a double-walled pipe type micronozzle apparatus according to the present invention is a production method, wherein, in a step of extruding an internal phase comprising a fiber/film material and a good solvent for the fiber/film material in a linear form from the circular/rectangular end of the internal pipe of the apparatus into an external phase comprising a poor solvent for the fiber/film material, the external phase flowing in the external pipe of the apparatus, the ratio of the external phase flow rate to the internal phase flow rate is set to 1 or more, and further for the wet spun fibers, the external phase line speed at the orifice portion at which the internal phase and the external phase merge is set to 0.1 ms | 2022-05-19 |
20220154370 | ROTARY FIBROUS MATERIAL APPLICATION TO MEDICAL DEVICES - A method of applying fibrous material to a medical device component involves coupling a medical device component a holder device, rotating a reservoir device containing a liquid polymeric solution to expel at least a portion of the liquid polymeric solution from an orifice of the reservoir device, the expelled at least a portion of the liquid polymeric solution forming one or more strands of fibrous material in a deposition plane, and rotating the holder device at least partially within the deposition plane to apply at least a first portion of the one or more strands of fibrous material to one or more surfaces of the medical device component, thereby forming a fibrous covering on the one or more surfaces of the medical device component. | 2022-05-19 |
20220154371 | WRAPPABLE END FRAY RESISTANT WOVEN PROTECTIVE TEXTILE SLEEVE AND METHOD OF CONSTRUCTION THEREOF - An end fray resistant textile sleeve includes an elongate wall having warp yarns extending generally parallel to a longitudinal central axis of the sleeve and fill yarns extending circumferentially about the sleeve. The warp yarns include at least two different types of yarns, with one of the types of warp yarns including activateable yarns and another of the types of yarns including non-activateable yarns. The activateable yarns can be provided as being activateable by at least one of heat, fluid and/or pressure, such that upon being activated, the yarns are caused to bond with the adjacent non-activateable warp yarns, as well as with the weft yarns with which they make contact. As such, the activateable yarns, upon being activated, become fixed with abutting warp yarns and weft yarns, thereby inhibiting end fray from resulting during a subsequent cold-cutting operation as well as in use. | 2022-05-19 |
20220154372 | METHOD TO PRODUCE A DOUBLE-LAYER KNITTED FABRIC - A method of manufacturing a double-layer knitted fabric such as a compression article is provided. The method is performed on a knitting machine having at least two needle beds. The knitted fabric includes an outer layer made of a hydrophilic yarn on the first needle bed and an inner layer made of a hydrophobic yarn on the second needle bed. The method includes
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20220154373 | Method for Producing a Trim Part, and a Trim Part - A method for producing a trim part includes the following steps: generating a surface covering, wherein a knitted semi-finished product is generated on a flat knitting machine; the knitted semi-finished product is washed; the washed knitted semi-finished product is heat set; and laminating, in particular press-laminating or compression-laminating, the generated surface covering onto a carrier part. | 2022-05-19 |
20220154374 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR KNITTING SHOE UPPERS - Systems and methods for manufacturing knitted shoe uppers. An article of fully finished three-dimensionally weft knitted footwear is manufactured through a knitting process which can be performed by an automated V-bed flat knitting machine. During the knitting process, a plurality of knitted members are knitted into shape sequentially and connected to one another through knitted live hinges, each member being a ply, a layer, a layer portion or an appendage. The knitting machine manipulates the knitted members into their destined places as in the final product without cutting and sewing, thereby forming a seamless unitary textile construction. The process creates a seamless, full gauge, dimensionally stable footwear upper, as a unitary textile construction with an integrated anatomically appropriate heel. The entire upper, including the closure element of the upper, may be completed exclusively by the knitting machine, ready for the following shoe making process. | 2022-05-19 |
20220154375 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MAKING A NONWOVEN FROM CONTINUOUS FILAMENTS - An apparatus for making nonwoven from continuous filaments has a spinner for spinning the filaments, a cooler for cooling the spun filaments, and a mesh belt that moves in a generally horizontal travel direction and that passes through a deposition location where the spun and cooled filaments are deposited on the mesh belt to form thereon a nonwoven web. A nose roller defines a deflection zone over which the mesh belt is deflected from its travel direction downstream of the deposition location. At least one lift roller above the mesh belt downstream of the deposition location separates the nonwoven web from the mesh belt at a separation location at a first spacing upstream from the deflection zone of the nose roller. A treatment device for the nonwoven web is provided downstream of the mesh belt in the travel direction and receiving the nonwoven web from the lift roller. | 2022-05-19 |
20220154376 | NEEDLING MACHINE AND NEEDLING PROCESS - An needling machine and process needle a nonwoven fibrous web ( | 2022-05-19 |
20220154377 | SEWING MACHINE - A sewing machine includes a bed portion, a conveyance portion, a sewing portion, an image capture portion, a projector, a processor, and a memory. The conveyance portion is configured to convey a sewing object placed on the bed portion. The memory is configured to store marker information and computer-readable instructions that, when executed by the processor, instruct the processor to perform processes. The processes include causing the image capture portion to perform the image capture at a predetermined timing, during a conveyance period, identifying the marker in a captured image, using the marker information stored in the memory, identifying a projection position corresponding to the identified marker, when the marker is identified, and causing the projector to project the projection image indicating the identified projection position, while following a movement of the marker on the sewing object being conveyed. | 2022-05-19 |
20220154378 | A METHOD FOR WASHING LAUNDRY IN A LAUNDRY WASHING MACHINE AND LAUNDRY WASHING MACHINE IMPLEMENTING THE METHOD - A method for washing laundry in a laundry washing machine comprising a washing tub external to a washing drum and a turbidity detecting device. The method comprises determining the soil level of the laundry by means of measurement of turbidity through the turbidity detecting device and performing at least one soil removal phase if the soil level is high. | 2022-05-19 |
20220154379 | MULTIPLE LOAD LAUNDRY APPLIANCE COMMUNICATION - A laundry system may include a washing machine appliance and a dryer appliance. The washing machine appliance may include a first controller configured to initiate a washing operation. The first controller may be configured store wash control information of a plurality of discrete washing operation occurrences of the washing machine appliance. The dryer appliance may include a second controller in operable communication with the first controller to receive one or more data signals therefrom. The second controller may be configured to initiate a drying operation. The first controller or the second controller may be configured to determine a combined load condition based on the wash control information of the plurality of discrete washing operation occurrences of the washing machine appliance. The second controller may be configured to adjust the drying operation according to the combined load condition. | 2022-05-19 |
20220154380 | LAUNDRY APPLIANCE HAVING ONE OR MORE WIRELESSLY POWERED FEATURES - A laundry appliance may include a cabinet, a drum, a door, a transmitter power coil, a receiver power coil, and an electronic component. The drum may be mounted within the cabinet. The drum may define a space for the receipt of articles therein. The door may be movably mounted to the cabinet to selectively restrict access to the drum. The transmitter power coil may be mounted to the cabinet proximal to the door. The receiver power coil may be mounted to the door in selective electromagnetic communication with the transmitter power coil to receive an electromagnetic field therefrom. The electronic component may be in electrical communication with the receiver power coil to receive power therefrom. | 2022-05-19 |
20220154381 | METHOD OF USING IMAGE RECOGNITION PROCESSES FOR IMPROVED OPERATION OF A LAUNDRY APPLIANCE - A washing machine appliance includes a wash basket that is rotatably mounted within a wash tub and that defines a wash chamber for receiving a load of clothes. A basket speed sensor monitors the speed of the wash basket and a camera assembly is mounted within the wash tub for taking images of the load of clothes during and/or after a wash or rinse cycle. A controller determines the basket speed, adjusts a frame rate of the camera assembly to match the basket speed, obtains a still image from the camera assembly, analyzes the image using a machine learning image recognition process to determine a remaining moisture content (RMC) of the load of clothes, and adjusts at least one operating parameter of the washing machine appliance based on the remaining moisture content, e.g., such as ending the drain cycle when a target RMC is reached. | 2022-05-19 |
20220154382 | LAUNDRY TREATMENT APPLIANCE WITH DRY ESTIMATE OF THE AMOUNT OF LAUNDRY LOAD - A laundry treatment appliance having a rotatable drum, an electric motor; at least one compartment to contain multiple doses of treatment agent, and a control unit The control unit is configured to, before delivering water: rotate the drum with a predefined speed profile comprising an accelerating ramp speed profile portion and a constant speed profile portion; estimate the amount of laundry load according to one or more parameters of the electric motor acquired during the drum rotation with the predefined speed profile; and according to said estimate, determine a treatment agent dose to be used during the selected laundry treatment cycle. The control unit is configured to, after determining the treatment agent dose, deliver water to the laundry load, and deliver the determined treatment agent dose to the laundry load. | 2022-05-19 |
20220154383 | MOTOR ASSEMBLY FOR A WASHING MACHINE APPLIANCE - A washing machine appliance includes a wash basket rotatably mounted within a wash tub for receiving of a load of articles for washing and a drive motor having a motor shaft for selectively rotating the wash basket and an agitation element. A cooling fan is mechanically coupled to the motor shaft for urging a flow of air as the drive motor rotates the motor shaft and a fan cover is positioned over the cooling fan. The fan cover includes an endcap positioned opposite the cooling fan relative to the drive motor along an axial direction, a peripheral portion defining a plurality of ventilation openings spaced apart along a circumferential direction, and a plurality of louvers positioned over the plurality of ventilation openings for directing the flow of air away from the drive motor. | 2022-05-19 |
20220154384 | ATOMISING GENERATOR, CLOTHING TREATMENT DEVICE, AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - An atomizing generator, a clothing treatment device, and a control method therefor to solve the problems of the structural complexity and poor liquid level measurement accuracy of existing atomizing generators. The atomizing generator includes an outer shell and an atomizing module, an atomization cavity capable of accommodating liquid being disposed in the outer shell, and a liquid inlet, an air inlet, and a mist outlet in communication with the atomization cavity being arranged on the outer shell, the atomizing module including an ultrasonic atomizing sheet, and the atomizing module being arranged to be capable of atomizing the liquid in the atomization cavity by vibration of the ultrasonic atomizing sheet and detecting the height of the liquid level in the atomization cavity by the vibration, which simplifies the structure of the atomizing generator and increases the precision and accuracy of liquid level measurement. | 2022-05-19 |
20220154385 | WASHING MACHINE FILTRATION - Provided are methods, apparatuses and washing machines that involve the filtration of microparticulate from liquid effluent of laundry apparatuses and systems. For example, steps involved in the inventive method may include: collecting the liquid effluent from the output of the outer tub of the washing machine; establishing a continuous high-pressure state to at least a portion of collected liquid effluent by a pumping device, based at least in part on a signal; and directing a threshold amount of high-pressure liquid effluent by a pumping device through a microparticulate filtration system, wherein the threshold amount is based at least in part on a first aspect of the pumping device and/or a microparticulate filtration system. | 2022-05-19 |
20220154386 | FILTER ARRANGEMENT FOR A LAUNDRY TREATMENT MACHINE AND LAUNDRY TREATMENT MACHINE - The disclosure relates to a laundry treatment machine and a filter arrangement for therefor, comprising a filter receptacle, a filter, a flap that can pivot about a pivot axis, and a blocking device having a blocking part that is preloaded by means of a spring. The filter is configured to be transferred back and forth between a receiving position and an extraction position, the flap configured to be transferred back and forth along an actuation path between a closed position and an open position. A blocking part is configured to be transferred back and forth between a blocking position which prevents the flap from being transferred to the closed position, and a release position which enables the flap to be transferred to the closed position. The blocking part can be a slide movably mounted in a slide guide which runs transversely to the actuation path of the flap. | 2022-05-19 |
20220154387 | LAUNDRY TREATING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - A laundry treating apparatus includes a pressure vessel configured to receive fluid and to maintain a pressure therein to be higher than an atmospheric pressure, a separator that divides the pressure vessel into a first chamber and a second chamber, a drum rotatably disposed in the first chamber and configured to accommodate laundry therein, a driver configured to rotate the drum, and a pump configured to cause the fluid to flow between the first chamber and the second chamber. | 2022-05-19 |
20220154388 | WASHING MACHINE - A washing machine is configured to perform washing using carbon dioxide. The washing machine includes a first housing that defines an opening and an inner space, a drum disposed in the inner space of the first housing and configured to receive laundry, a barrier that is coupled to the first housing and seals the opening of the first housing, and a second housing that faces a surface of the barrier and is coupled to the first housing. The barrier defines (i) a first space between the first housing and the barrier from leaking and (ii) a second space between the second housing, where the barrier is configured to block liquid carbon dioxide injected into the first space from leaking into the second space. | 2022-05-19 |
20220154389 | ACTIVELY HEATED OR COOLED GARMENTS OR FOOTWEAR - Garments or footwear with active temperature control include one or more heating or cooling elements, one or more batteries, and one or more power receivers. Circuitry of the garment of footwear is configured to control the delivery of power to the one or more heating or cooling elements to heat or cool one or more portions of the garment associated with the one or more heating or cooling elements. | 2022-05-19 |
20220154390 | LAUNDRY TREATMENT APPARATUS - The present disclosure relates to a laundry treating apparatus including a cabinet having a laundry inlet defined in one surface thereof, a first chamber positioned inside the cabinet to accommodate laundry therein through the laundry inlet, a second chamber positioned underneath the first chamber to define a space separated from a space of the first chamber, a steamer disposed inside the second chamber to generate steam and supply the generated steam to the first chamber, a door pivotably coupled to the cabinet to open and close the laundry inlet, a door inner surface facing the first chamber among both surfaces of the door, a base plate coupled to the door inner surface, a first shaft disposed parallel to a height direction of the door, a second shaft disposed perpendicular to the height direction of the door, a first pressurizing plate pivotably coupled to the door inner surface or the base plate through the first shaft and disposed to face the base plate, wherein the first pressurizing plate mounts and pressurizes pants, and a second pressurizing plate pivotably coupled to the door inner surface or the base plate through the second shaft and disposed to face the first pressurizing plate, wherein the second pressurizing plate pressurizes the pants. | 2022-05-19 |
20220154391 | COMPOSITES OF POLYMERIC ULTRAFINE FIBERS AND SHEAR-THICKENING FLUIDS - The present disclosure relates to fabrics and articles of clothing related thereto. The present disclosure also relates to methods of preparing the fabrics disclosed herein. | 2022-05-19 |
20220154392 | ALKOXYLATED-POLYETHYLENIMINE AND COMPOSITION CONTAINING THE SAME - The present invention relates to an alkoxylated polyethylenimine, for use in textile treatment in textile industry, especially in textile finishing processes. | 2022-05-19 |
20220154393 | COMPOSITE BUILDING MATERIALS AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURE - An example composite building material includes one or more layers of polymeric fibers, binding agent, and optional fillers, and at least one surface layer of resin-impregnated paper disposed above and/or below the one or more layers. The one or more layers can include a core layer with longer polymeric fibers and top and bottom layers with shorter polymeric fibers. A method of manufacturing the composite building material includes forming the one or more layers, applying the at least one surface layer above and/or below the one or more layers, and heating and pressing the combined layers. | 2022-05-19 |
20220154394 | FABRIC TREATMENT COMPOSITIONS - A fabric treatment composition for preparing a fabric substrate for printing is described. The fabric treatment composition comprises at least one fibre-bonding agent, at least one cross-linking agent and a liquid carrier. A method for printing a fabric substrate is also described. The method comprises applying, to at least one area of a fabric substrate, a fabric treatment composition to form a coating, wherein the fabric treatment composition comprises at least one fibre-bonding agent, at least one cross-linking agent and a carrier liquid; and printing at least one ink composition over the coating to form a printed fabric substrate. A printable fabric medium is also described comprising: a fabric substrate; and a coating formed on at least one side of at least one area of the substrate, wherein the coating comprises or is formed of a composition comprising at least one fibre-bonding agent and at least one cross-linking agent. | 2022-05-19 |
20220154395 | PRINTABLE MEDIUM INCLUDING A POLYURETHANE DISPERSION - Aspects of the present disclosure relate to a printable medium including a polyurethane dispersion. As an example, a printable medium may include a fabric base substrate, with an image-side and a back-side. A film-forming layer may be applied to the image-side of the fabric base substrate, including an anionic polyurethane dispersion having a reactive group on a backbone of the polyurethane dispersion and a reactive group on a capping unit of the polyurethane dispersion. An ink-receiving coating layer may be applied over the film-forming layer, including a crosslink agent. | 2022-05-19 |
20220154396 | Methods and Systems for a Textile Treatment System - Methods and systems are provided for treating a textile substrate. In one example, a method of treating a textile substrate comprises jetting a plurality of treatment compositions from an inkjet printer on to only a treatment area of the textile substrate without being jetted outside of the treatment area, the plurality of jetted treatment compositions each forming a treatment layer over the treatment area, wherein outside of the treatment area the textile substrate is bare of the treatment layers. Jetting the plurality of the treatment compositions includes jetting a pretreatment composition adjacently over the textile substrate, jetting an ink composition over the textile substrate, and jetting a topcoat composition over the textile substrate, and adjusting a composition of the plurality of treatment compositions jetted from the inkjet printer based on a hydrophobicity of the textile substrate. | 2022-05-19 |
20220154397 | INK SET FOR TEXTILE PRINTING AND METHOD OF TEXTILE PRINTING ON FIBER - Provided is an ink set for textile printing giving a good reproducible color gamut. The ink set includes a cyan ink and a violet ink that each contain a water-insoluble colorant and water. The cyan ink contains at least a compound represented by formula (1) below as the water-insoluble colorant, and the violet ink contains at least one selected from the group consisting of C.I. Disperse Violet 27 and C.I. Disperse Violet 28 as the water-insoluble colorant, | 2022-05-19 |
20220154398 | Pulping System Ragger with Reject Handling Control | 2022-05-19 |
20220154399 | PRODUCTION METHOD - There is provided a method of producing a highly refined pulp, comprising the steps of: providing a pulp; subjecting the pulp to a first conical refining step in at least one conical refiner comprising refining plates having a bar width of 0.5-1.5 mm, such as about 1.0 mm, and a groove width of 1.0-2.0 mm, such as 1.4-2.0 mm, such as about 1.6 mm; and subjecting the pulp from the first conical refining step to a second conical refining step in at least one conical refiner comprising refining plates having a bar width of 0.5-1.5 mm, such as about 1.0 mm, and a groove width of 0.8-1.6 mm, such as 1.0-1.5 mm, to obtain the highly refined pulp. | 2022-05-19 |
20220154400 | TAILORED HEMICELLULOSE IN NON-WOOD FIBERS FOR TISSUE PRODUCTS - A tissue sheet includes softwood fibers and treated non-wood fibers from plants in the Poaceae family, wherein the treated non-wood fibers have less than 15 percent hemicellulose. Also, a tissue sheet consists essentially of softwood fibers and treated non-wood fibers, wherein the treated non-wood fibers have less than 15 percent hemicellulose. Customizing the tensile index and Canadian standard freeness (CSF) of fibers in a tissue sheet includes treating non-wood fibers by removing a portion of hemicellulose from the non-wood fibers; forming a tissue sheet comprising softwood fibers and the treated non-wood fibers; and adjusting the portion of hemicellulose removed from the non-wood fibers to achieve a desired the tensile index and Canadian standard freeness (CSF) of the treated non-wood fibers. | 2022-05-19 |
20220154401 | Quaternary Ammonium Compound Compositions and Methods for Making and Using Same - Quaternary ammonium compound compositions and more particularly quaternary ammonium compound compositions including greater than 25% by weight of a quaternary ammonium compound, methods for making same, fibrous structures employing same, and methods for treating fibrous structures with same are provided. | 2022-05-19 |
20220154402 | COATING COMPOSITION FOR PRINTING PAPER - A coating composition for a base paper is described. The coating composition comprises a porous clay and an ink pigment fixation agent. The porous clay comprises an alumina-silicate, and has a surface area from 100 m2/g to 400 m2/g. | 2022-05-19 |
20220154403 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING PAPER BARRIER BASE MATERIAL - A method for manufacturing a paper barrier base material includes a step of applying a water vapor barrier layer coating liquid that contains at least a water vapor barrier resin and a pigment onto a paper base material by a curtain coating method to form a water vapor barrier layer, and a step of applying a gas barrier layer coating liquid that contains at least one polymer selected from water-soluble polymers and water-dispersible polymers onto the water vapor barrier layer by a curtain coating method without a drying step interposed between the two steps to form a gas barrier layer. The gas barrier layer coating liquid has a B-type viscosity equal to or higher than a B-type viscosity of the water vapor barrier layer coating liquid. The method is intended to suppress the occurrence of coating unevenness in wet-on-wet coating by a curtain coating method. | 2022-05-19 |
20220154404 | Active Materials, Surfaces, Surface Treatments And Methods For Packaging Materials, Boxes, And Containers Using Photosensitizers For Pathogen Reduction - A shipping container having photodynamic pathogen reduction properties. The shipping container include photosensitizers that when exposed to light actively and continuously disinfect their surfaces. Methods of adding or incorporating into or on to photosensitizers to a shipping container. | 2022-05-19 |
20220154405 | PAPER ENHANCING COMPOSITIONS, USES THEREOF AND ENHANCED PAPER - The present invention provides certain paper enhancing compositions, typically aqueous compositions, for use in the manufacture and coating of paper, and paper products. The paper enhancing compositions provide certain paper processing advantages and distinct final paper product characteristics. The present invention further provides carbonate enhancing composition useful for preparing enhanced carbonate compositions used in the paper manufacturing processes. | 2022-05-19 |
20220154406 | Method For Preparing Green Slow-Release Preservative Paper Used For Fruit and Vegetable Preservation - The present disclosure discloses a method for preparing a green slow-release preservative paper used for fruit and vegetable preservation. The method includes: step 1, preparing a core paper loaded with biological preservative; step 2, preparing a base membrane loaded with fruit and vegetable respiration inhibitor; and step 3, heating and pressing the core paper loaded with biological preservative and the base membrane loaded with fruit and vegetable respiration inhibitor to obtain the green slow-release preservative paper. The present disclosure uses a biological preservative as a main material and an absorbent paper or a non-woven fabric as an auxiliary material to prepare the green slow-release preservative paper used for fruit and vegetable preservation through a layer-by-layer film covering method. | 2022-05-19 |
20220154407 | Sanitary Tissue Products - Sanitary tissue products employing fibrous structures that exhibit a novel combination of compressibility properties, plate stiffness properties, and slip stick coefficient of friction properties, and methods for making same. | 2022-05-19 |
20220154408 | PAPER AND PAPERBOARD PRODUCTS - The present invention is directed to products, such as paper and paperboard products, comprising a substrate containing cellulose and top ply comprising microfibrillated cellulose and inorganic particulate, to methods of making such paper and paperboard products, and associated uses of such paper and paperboard products. The microfibrillated cellulose and inorganic particulate material are applied at the stage when the wet substrate is in the process of being formed on the wire of a papermaking machine, thereby avoiding the additional cost of more extensive equipment and machinery as well as in separate drying of a coating. The microfibrillated cellulose facilitates the application of inorganic particulate onto the surface of a wet paper or paperboard substrate when applied thusly, by trapping the inorganic particulate on the surface of the substrate and by giving the composite sufficient strength and a suitable pore structure to make it suitable for printing and other end-use demands. | 2022-05-19 |
20220154409 | EMBOSSED MULTI-PLY TISSUE PRODUCT - Disclosed are embossed, multi-ply tissue products having consumer preferred physical properties and an aesthetically pleasing appearance. The products may have a first ply embossed with a first pattern comprising line emboss elements and a second ply embossed with a second embossing pattern comprising dot emboss elements. In addition to having plies with different embossing patterns, the plies may have different tensile strength, such as a first ply having a geometric mean tensile (GMT) strength greater than 500 g/3″ and a second ply having a GMT less than 500 g/3″. Preferably the difference in the GMT between the first and second plies is at least about 20 percent, such as from about 20 to about 50 percent. | 2022-05-19 |
20220154410 | HEAT SEALABLE BARRIER PAPERBOARD - An aqueous coated paperboard is disclosed which exhibits good barrier properties and anti-blocking behavior and is heat sealable. | 2022-05-19 |
20220154411 | Single-Walled Disposable Cooler Made Of Fiber-Based Material And Method Of Making A Single-Walled Disposable Cooler Made Of Fiber-Based Material - A single-walled disposable cooler is provided and generally includes a body and a lid. The body is generally made from a pulp-based material or fiber-based material and includes a base and a plurality of support walls coupled to the base. At least one of the plurality of support walls includes a substantially planar surface. The plurality of support walls and the base define an interior cavity of the body, while the plurality of support walls extend upwardly from the base to form an opening at an upper terminus of the body in fluid communication with the interior cavity. The lid is also made from the pulp-based material or fiber-based material and corresponds with the body. The lid is shaped to cover the opening of the body. | 2022-05-19 |
20220154412 | NAIL PUNCHING MACHINE FOR DRIVING IN OR PULLING OUT RAIL SPIKES OF A RAIL TRACK - A nail punching machine for driving in or pulling out rail spikes includes a driving mechanism, which is driven by an electric drive motor. The electric drive motor is supplied with electric power by an accumulator. The nail punching machine is held by an operator by at least one handle. | 2022-05-19 |
20220154413 | STRUCTURAL BEARING CONFIGURATION AND METHOD OF MAKING SAME - The present invention relates generally to structural bearing assemblies and to methods to make same. In one embodiment, the present invention relates to structural bearing assemblies designed for bridges. In another embodiment, the present invention relates to structural bearing assemblies designed for bridges that are more easily replaced when necessary. | 2022-05-19 |
20220154414 | ROAD SAFETY BARRIER ASSEMBLY - A road safety barrier assembly has a plurality of elements for re-directing a vehicle which impacts against the road safety barrier, a plurality of supports supporting the re-directing elements, sensors and/or light signaling sources. At least some of the supports each comprise a cavity and are distributed along the road safety barrier. Electronic devices distributed along the road safety barrier are each connected to a sensor and/or to a light signaling source and housed in a cavity of a support. Electric cables extend along the road safety barrier and electrically connect each of the electronic devices. Each cavity of the supports is accessible from outside in order to enable replacement or repair of an electronic device housed internally thereof. | 2022-05-19 |
20220154415 | HYDRAULIC ACTUATOR FOR A TRIP PLOW - A hydraulic actuator that can be used on trip plows to hold the trip blade in its operative downward position and to control the return of the trip blade after tripping. The actuator has a body with first and second ends. A piston rod reciprocates within the tube. A plate with a channel is positioned within the tube a spaced distance from the tube ends. The plate creates an oil reservoir between the plate and the piston rod. A reciprocating piston is positioned within the tube between the second end and the plate. A spring is mounted between the second end and the reciprocating piston and normally biases the reciprocating piston into engagement with the channel normally closing the channel. The piston rod moves in the direction of the plate when the trip blade hits an obstruction, forcing the oil through the channel moving the reciprocating piston and opening the channel allowing oil to flow into an oil chamber created between the reciprocating piston and the plate. The spring biases the reciprocating piston back to the normally closed position and forces the oil into the oil reservoir after the trip blade has cleared the obstruction. | 2022-05-19 |
20220154416 | Precast Dam Structure With Flowpath - A precast dam structure includes at least two precast segments coupled together via linkages and a flow path structure. The flow path structure defines a flow path having an intake port and a draft port and is associated with at least one of the at least two precast segments. The flow path structure is configured to provide a change in flow direction, either internally or externally, from the at least one of the at least two precast segments. | 2022-05-19 |
20220154417 | RIB, WALL, SLOPE AND ROOF SAFETY SYSTEM - A deflection system and containment system are provided. The deflection system is for deflecting debris falling from a wall or roof. The deflection system comprises: two or more anchors; a support line extending between the anchors; and a deflection net, supported by the support line and spaced from the wall or roof, and configured to deflect debris falling from the wall or roof | 2022-05-19 |
20220154418 | FOUNDATION FOR A TOWER STRUCTURE, TOWER FOR A WIND POWER INSTALLATION, AND WIND POWER INSTALLATION, AND ALSO METHOD FOR ESTABLISHING A FOUNDATION FOR A TOWER STRUCTURE - A foundation for a tower structure, in particular for a tower of a wind power installation, comprising a soil improvement unit with piles and with a slab which is arranged on the piles and which has a foundation side, wherein the foundation side forms a foundation plane, and a shallow foundation which has an areal standing side for mounting onto the foundation plane, wherein the shallow foundation is arranged on the slab. | 2022-05-19 |
20220154419 | ASSEMBLED SUBWAY STATION AND CONSTRUCTION METHOD THEREOF - An assembled subway station and a construction method thereof are provided. The assembled subway station includes a plurality of components combined in a ring shape, comprising a bottom plate component, two bottom corner components, two side wall components, a middle plate component, two top corner components, and a top plate component. Connection surfaces of each component are each provided with a concave-convex structure being matched with another concave-convex structure on a relevant connection surface of an adjacent component. Butt joint positions of two adjacent components are filled with sealing structures. The embedded grooves of two adjacent components are oppositely arranged, and connecting members for exerting opposite fastening forces on the two adjacent components are installed in the oppositely arranged embedded grooves. The opposite fastening forces are exerted on the two adjacent components through connecting members to ensure sealing structures at the butt joint position and achieve better sealing effects. | 2022-05-19 |
20220154420 | REINFORCING AND LIFTING METHOD AND REINFORCING AND LIFTING STRUCTURE FOR LARGE-SCALE PIERS OF HIGH-SPEED RAIL - Disclosed are a reinforcing and lifting method and a reinforcing and lifting structure for large-scale piers of high-speed rail. The method comprises: obliquely drilling grouting holes for a pile shoe body downward around the bridge pier cap, the hole bottom goes deep into a pile foundation side position close to the bottom end of the bridge pier pile foundation, grouting the hole bottom, and reinforcing the soil body between a plurality of pile foundations and around the pile foundations to form the pile shoe body; vertically drilling holes downward around the bridge pier cap to form a plurality of curtain holes at intervals, and grouting the curtain holes to form an enclosed curtain wall, the curtain wall and the pile shoe body form an inverted groove structure; obliquely drilling holes downward to form lifting holes, such that the bridge piers are gradually raised to a preset height. | 2022-05-19 |
20220154421 | WORK IMPLEMENT ASSEMBLY USING ADAPTERS, ADAPTER COVERS, AND A NOTCHED BASE EDGE - Each of the plurality of center notches and the first and the second end notches of a base edge includes a different configuration including a different end notch depth along the direction of assembly that is greater than a center notch depth along the direction of assembly. | 2022-05-19 |
20220154422 | CONSTRUCTION MACHINE - A pivoting work vehicle includes an engine, an exhaust gas treatment apparatus, and a hood. The exhaust gas treatment apparatus is configured to treat exhaust gas from the engine. The hood is configured to cover the engine and the exhaust gas treatment apparatus. The exhaust gas treatment apparatus includes a DPF device and an SCR device. The exhaust gas is treated first by the DPF device, then by the SCR device. The DPF device and SCR device are each disposed so that the lengthwise directions thereof lie along the vertical direction. The DPF device and SCR device are arranged side-by-side in a direction orthogonal to the vertical direction. | 2022-05-19 |
20220154423 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CUSTOMIZED VISUALIZATION OF THE SURROUNDINGS OF SELF-PROPELLED WORK VEHICLES - A self-propelled work vehicle is provided with a control system enabling the use of gestures on a touch screen interface to provide a simple and intuitive way to manipulate displayed images, and/or automatically changing a region of interest of a surround view camera unit. Exemplary automatic manipulation may be implemented if a work vehicle is detected as performing a certain function, wherein surround view images can automatically change to a smaller sub-view which gives more focused visibility appropriate to that function. The distortion and simulated field of view of surround view images may also/otherwise be automatically manipulated based on a detected operation/function. The control system can also/otherwise dynamically modify surround view images in accordance with a detected work state, and/or based on outputs from an obstacle detection system. The control system can also/otherwise lock the sub-view to recognized objects of interest, such as trucks or trenches. | 2022-05-19 |
20220154424 | CONSTRUCTION MACHINE, DISPLAY APPARATUS OF CONSTRUCTION MACHINE, AND MANAGEMENT APPARATUS OF CONSTRUCTION MACHINE - A construction machine includes a lower traveling body; and a control apparatus configured to determine a traveling vibration of the construction machine at each predetermined timing. | 2022-05-19 |
20220154425 | Contact Prevention Device for Work Machine - This contact prevention device for a construction machine is provided with a ToF camera, an object determination unit, an obstacle information output unit, and a notification device. The ToF camera is provided with a light-emitting unit and a light-receiving unit, and can detect the received light intensity and the timing at which the light-receiving unit receives reflected light, which is light from the light-emitting unit that hits and is reflected by an object. The object determination unit determines the object on the basis of at least the received light intensity. The obstacle information output unit outputs information relating to an obstacle. The notification device makes a notification depending on the output results of the obstacle information output unit. The obstacle information output unit generates information relating to the obstacle on the basis of the distance to the object acquired by the ToF camera and the determination results of the object determination unit. | 2022-05-19 |
20220154426 | EXCAVATOR - An excavator according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a lower traveling structure, an upper swing structure mounted on the lower traveling structure, a hydraulic driving motor configured to move the lower traveling structure, and a controller including a memory and a processor coupled to the memory and configured to control the hydraulic driving motor, and detect vibration of the upper swing structure and reduce variation of a command value for driving the hydraulic driving motor based on a mode of the vibration. | 2022-05-19 |
20220154427 | EXCAVATOR - An excavator includes a control valve configured to control hydraulic oil to be supplied to an actuator, based on pilot pressure; an electric operation device configured to output an operation signal; a gate lock device; a gate lock valve provided on a pilot line supplying the pilot pressure to the control valve, and configured to open or close according to a state of the gate lock device, so as to switch between a locked state and a released state; a proportional valve provided on the pilot line; and a control part configured to receive as input the operation signal, to control the proportional valve, wherein the control part determines, in a case where the gate lock valve is in the locked state by the gate lock device and an operation is performed on the electric operation device, the operation as an operational error. | 2022-05-19 |
20220154428 | HYDRAULIC SYSTEM IN WORK MACHINE - A hydraulic system in a work machine includes a travel operation device provided in a pilot oil path between a hydraulic pump a travel pump and including an operation member and configured to generate a pilot pressure supplied via the pilot oil path and an additional pilot pressure in accordance with an operation amount of the operation member. The travel pump is to control a flow direction of hydraulic oil supplied to a travel motor based on the pilot pressure and the additional pilot pressure. A pressure selection valve is provided in a first coupling oil path to select a selected pressure from the pilot pressure and the additional pilot pressure to apply the selected pressure to the pilot hydraulic oil in the second coupling oil path. A pressure adjustment valve is provided in a second coupling oil path to control the selected pressure to be an adjusted pilot pressure. | 2022-05-19 |
20220154429 | SHOVEL - A shovel includes a lower traveling structure, an upper swing structure mounted on the lower traveling structure, an engine mounted on the upper swing structure, a hydraulic pump configured to be driven by the engine, a hydraulic actuator, an operating device configured to operate the hydraulic actuator, and a hardware processor configured to control the discharge quantity of the hydraulic pump through negative control and change a control characteristic of the negative control according to the details of an operation on the operating device. | 2022-05-19 |
20220154430 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MONITORING TRACK TENSION IN CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY - In a method of monitoring track tension in construction machinery, data on predetermined major factors for monitoring track tension are received. A machine learning algorithm is performed based on the data to determine a track tension state. Information on the track tension state is displayed. | 2022-05-19 |
20220154431 | SHOVEL AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - A shovel includes a hardware processor configured to record log information in a storage. The log information includes at least one of information on conditions surrounding the shovel and information on the conditions of the shovel at each of a time before, the time of, and a time after the occurrence of a predetermined event where at least one of the safety and the security of the shovel is relatively reduced. | 2022-05-19 |
20220154432 | WORK IMPLEMENT ASSEMBLY USING ADAPTERS, ADAPTER COVERS, AND A NOTCHED BASE EDGE - An adapter cover includes a front face portion that defines a thru-hole configured to allow a nose portion of an adapter to pass horizontally through the thru-hole past the interior surface and then past the exterior surface, and a top single leg extends horizontally from the front face portion. The thru-hole defines a perimeter with a right side edge, a left side edge, a top edge, an upper right corner and an upper left corner, and further defines a bottom open end. | 2022-05-19 |
20220154433 | WORK IMPLEMENT ASSEMBLY USING ADAPTERS, ADAPTER COVERS, AND A NOTCHED BASE EDGE - An adapter includes a first leg, a second leg, and a throat portion at least partially define a slot that defines a projection at the closed end of the slot that includes a flat middle portion straddled laterally by a first arcuate portion and a second arcuate portion, defining a lateral middle portion width. A projection protruding distance is measured along the direction of assembly from the closed end of the slot to the flat middle portion. The projection protruding distance ranges from 0.8 to 1.2 multiplied by the lateral middle portion width. | 2022-05-19 |
20220154434 | BATH FAUCET SYSTEM - A bath faucet system includes a housing, a diverter assembly, and an internal waterway. The housing forms an outer shell of the bath faucet system and includes a water inlet, a water outlet, and a cavity extending between the water inlet and the water outlet. The internal waterway is disposed within the cavity between the water inlet and the water outlet. The internal waterway includes a water jacket and a hose. The water jacket is coupled to the water inlet and configured to contain water flowing into the housing via the water inlet. The water jacket includes a hose connector along an outside surface of the water jacket. The hose includes a first end coupled to the hose connector, a second end coupled to the water outlet, and a central portion connecting the first end to the second end and configured to prevent water from contacting the housing. | 2022-05-19 |
20220154435 | ARTICULATING FAUCET - A faucet having a base that is mountable to a support, a spout moveably coupled to the base and having an outlet for dispensing water, and a valve that controls a flow of water to an outlet, where the valve is opened in response to the spout being moved relative to the base to a first position, and the valve is closed in response to the spout being moved relative to the base from the first position toward a second position. | 2022-05-19 |