45th week of 2020 patent applcation highlights part 19 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20200346745 | HEAT DISSIPATION STRUCTURE, HEAT DISSIPATION METHOD AND DEVICE, UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE, AND READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - A heat dissipation structure includes a housing configured to accommodate a heating element of an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). The housing includes a first air vent and a second air vent. The first air vent is configured to guide an airflow into the housing. The airflow includes a propeller-generated airflow generated by a propeller of the UAV during rotation. A side projection of the first air vent on a side of the housing at least partially overlaps a side projection of the propeller on the side of the housing. The second air vent is configured to guide the airflow out of the housing. | 2020-11-05 |
20200346746 | MULTI-ROTOR ROTORCRAFT - Multi-rotor rotorcraft ( | 2020-11-05 |
20200346747 | GIMBALED THRUSTER CONFIGURATION FOR USE WITH UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE - A vectored thrust control module for an aircraft that includes a servo system that couples to the aircraft structure at an output shaft connection point. A thrust motor assembly is fully supported by the servo system and rotates a bladed component to provide thrust to the aircraft. Further, the thrust motor assembly is rigidly connected with the servo system to rotate together about a longitudinal axis thrust line with respect to the aircraft structure. The bladed component and the thrust motor assembly generate a line of thrust that extends through the connection point of the servo system to the aircraft structure. | 2020-11-05 |
20200346748 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING ENGINE SPEED IN MULTI-ENGINE AIRCRAFT - Method and system for controlling engine speed in a multi-engine aircraft, comprising monitoring a request for a first engine and a second engine to generate a given thrust and determining a corresponding engine speed for the first engine and the second engine in accordance with the given thrust. When the corresponding engine speed is outside of a selected speed range, a first engine speed and a second engine speed are allowed to track the corresponding engine speed. When the corresponding engine speed is within the selected speed range, a transition of the first engine speed and the second engine speed through the selected speed range is staggered by allowing one of the first engine speed and the second engine speed to transition through the selected speed range while holding the other of the first engine speed and the second engine speed outside of the selected speed range. | 2020-11-05 |
20200346749 | Autonomous Package Delivery Aircraft - An autonomous package delivery aircraft is operable to transition between thrust-borne lift in a VTOL orientation and wing-borne lift in a forward flight orientation. The aircraft includes an airframe with a distributed thrust array coupled thereto. A flight control system is operably associated with the distributed thrust array and is configured to independently control each of the propulsion assemblies of the distributed thrust array. A package delivery module is coupled to the airframe. In the VTOL orientation, a first pair of propulsion assemblies is forward of the package delivery module while a second pair of propulsion assemblies is aft of the package delivery module. In a forward flight orientation, the first pair of propulsion assemblies is below the package delivery module and the second pair of propulsion assemblies is above the package delivery module. | 2020-11-05 |
20200346750 | METHOD FOR GENERATING FLIGHT PATH, CONTROL DEVICE, AND UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE - A method of generating a flight path includes obtaining an image and a curve, the curve being plotted on the image. The method also includes generating the flight path based on the image and the curve, the flight path being configured for controlling an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) to fly along the flight path. | 2020-11-05 |
20200346751 | UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE EMERGENCY DISPATCH AND DIAGNOSTICS DATA APPARATUS, SYSTEMS AND METHODS - A disclosed method includes monitoring a plurality of emergency event queues at an emergency network entity; determining that an emergency event in one of the emergency event queues corresponds to an emergency type that can be responded to using an unmanned aerial vehicle; determining that an unmanned aerial vehicle is available that has capabilities corresponding to the emergency type; establishing an unmanned aerial vehicle control link between the unmanned aerial vehicle and the emergency network entity; and deploying the unmanned aerial vehicle to the emergency event location and providing data from the unmanned aerial vehicle on a display of the emergency network entity. | 2020-11-05 |
20200346752 | AIRCRAFT CONTROL APPARATUS, CONTROL SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD - An aircraft control system and control method are disclosed. The system comprises a remote control apparatus with a first control rod and a flight controller associated with an aircraft. The first control rod is configured to move in a first movement direction to control a motion of the aircraft in a first motion direction when an external force is applied on the first control rod and after a withdrawal of the external force, the first control rod returns to a preset position. The remote control apparatus operates to generate one or more control signals corresponding to the withdrawal of the external force. The flight controller controls the aircraft to maintain a flight state based on said control signals and one or more state signals, which are generated based on a measurement of the flight state by a flight controller associated with the aircraft state measurement sensors carried by the aircraft. | 2020-11-05 |
20200346753 | UAV CONTROL METHOD, DEVICE AND UAV - A control method for controlling UAV includes obtaining an image captured by a photographing device, determining a location of a target object hand in the image, determining location information of the hand of the target object based on the location of the hand in the image, and controlling the UAV based on the location information of the hand of the target object. | 2020-11-05 |
20200346754 | Hovering Aircraft Belly Bar Clasp - A belly bar method and apparatus use to attach, carry and release external cargo from a hovering aircraft. The belly bar apparatus has articulated tubing tool connected to an airframe of the hovering aircraft at a first mounting end and at a second mounting end. The articulated tubing tool has a first external catch and a second external catch mounted on the articulated tubing tool. The first external catch is manually configured for optional attach, carry and release of the external cargo via the cyclic. The second external catch is electronically configured for optional attach, carry and release of the external cargo proximate the collective. | 2020-11-05 |
20200346755 | RAPID STORE LOAD SYSTEM FOR AIRCRAFT AND METHOD OF OPERATION THEREOF - Disclosed is a device and method to load stores on an aircraft. The device may include a controller configured to: assign one or more stores to the aircraft; and control at least one actuator to: control a position of the aircraft; load the one or more stores onto one or more corresponding lift portions; position the one or more stores relative to a position of the aircraft determined in accordance with sensor information from at least one sensor; and secure the one or more stores to the aircraft. | 2020-11-05 |
20200346756 | DETACHABLE PROJECTILE MODULE SYSTEM FOR OPERATION WITH A FLYING VEHICLE - A projectile module is attached to a gun component which operates as a system to launch a projectile at a flying device. The gun component is configured to be removably and electro-mechanically attached to a flying vehicle. A cylindrical gas valve is part of the gun component and has a safety component configured on an exterior surface of the cylindrical gas valve to enable the gun component only to attach to the flying vehicle when the projectile module is locked into position. A splitter component configured on the gun component adjacent to the cylindrical gas valve and has an output opening for gas flow. The projectile module is removable and includes weights attached to a projectile, wherein the weights are positioned in channels on the projectile module. The projectile is fired when gas flow is initiated from a reservoir the cylindrical gas valve and splitter component to the channels containing the weights. | 2020-11-05 |
20200346757 | COMPOSITE SEAT ASSEMBLIES INCLUDING HIGH PERFORMANCE FIBERS - A head-pan diaphragm structure attachable to or an integral part of a seat back structure, the head-pan diaphragm structure including high-performance fibers and the head-pan diaphragm structure positionable in a head strike target area of the seat back structure. A seat back assembly including a seat back frame member including spaced portions, a torsion bar attached between the spaced portions, a head-pan diaphragm structure positioned in a framed opening formed by the torsion bar and a portion of the seat back frame member, the head-pan diaphragm structure positioned in a head strike target area, and the head-pan diaphragm member including integrated high-performance fibers. | 2020-11-05 |
20200346758 | SEAT DEVICE, PARTICULARLY AIRCRAFT SEAT DEVICE - A seat device, particularly aircraft seat device, includes at least one head-support module, which device has a central cushion unit and at least one lateral cushion unit,
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20200346759 | ROTORCRAFT EQUIPPED WITH AN AERODYNAMIC DEVICE HAVING A FAIRING PROVIDED WITH AN AIR INTAKE - A rotorcraft having an aerodynamic device arranged below a rotor, which rotor participates at least in providing lift for the rotorcraft in the air, the rotor being mounted to rotate about a first axis of rotation, the aerodynamic device having a fairing provided with at least one air inlet for enabling a stream of cool air to flow from a region that is situated outside the rotorcraft to another region that is situated inside the rotorcraft; at least at a mouth of the at least one air inlet in the fairing, the aerodynamic device has at least one moving flap that is mounted to move in rotation, the at least one moving flap having at least one degree of freedom of movement in rotation about a second axis of rotation relative to the fairing, and the at least one moving flap orienting itself automatically and passively. | 2020-11-05 |
20200346760 | METHOD OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL - Disclosed is a method of environmental control, comprising: passing a first air stream and a second air stream through a valve; wherein the valve directs the first air stream through a first adsorption bed and directs the second air stream through a second adsorption bed; wherein the first adsorption bed produces a dehumidified air stream, and wherein the second adsorption bed is purged of moisture by the second air stream, thus producing a purge stream; and using the valve to redirect the first air stream and the second air stream when the first adsorption bed reaches a moisture saturation point or a timed interval, wherein the first air stream passes through the second adsorption bed and the second air stream passes through the first adsorption bed. | 2020-11-05 |
20200346761 | VALVE FOR AIRCRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL SYSTEM CONDUIT - A compressed air conduit can have a cross-sectional area, and a valve, the valve having at least one arm being deployable laterally into the cross-sectional area of the conduit to restrict flow within the conduit. | 2020-11-05 |
20200346762 | SYSTEM FOR AN AIRCRAFT - A system for providing active flow control in an aircraft having a gas turbine engine. The system includes an environmental control system that includes a cabin blower system having a compressor operable to compress a fluid delivered by a fan section of the gas turbine engine to generate a pressurised fluid for use by the environmental control system. The environmental control system is fluidicly connected to an active flow control system via a fluid supply line, for allowing the pressurised fluid generated by the compressor to be supplied to the active flow control system so that it can be ejected from the aircraft across an exterior surface of a movable control element of the aircraft. | 2020-11-05 |
20200346763 | REVERSE BOOTSTRAP AIR CYCLE MACHINE - Disclosed is a cooling circuit for cooling a heat load in an aircraft system, having: a compressor; a turbine connected to the compressor by a shaft, the turbine configured to drive the compressor via the shaft when RAM air pressure into a turbine inlet is above a first threshold; and a motor connected to the shaft configured to drive the compressor when RAM air pressure at the turbine inlet is below the first threshold to cause the compressor to draw air into the turbine inlet, through the turbine, a heat exchanger in fluid communication with the heat load, the compressor, and out of a compressor outlet. | 2020-11-05 |
20200346764 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AIRCRAFT ANTI-ICING - An apparatus for aircraft anti-icing includes a nozzle head including an inner wall and an outer wall, the inner wall defining a through-hole extending through the nozzle, the outer wall circumscribing the inner wall, wherein a plenum is disposed between the inner wall and the outer wall, and a neck extending from the outer wall of the nozzle head, the neck configured to supply a flow of hot gas to the plenum, wherein a maximum width of the inner surface of the neck is less than a maximum width of the through-hole. | 2020-11-05 |
20200346765 | ANTI-ICE PULSED JET HILLER REACTOR - Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide an ice management system, including: a plurality of pulsejets located within an interior volume of an aircraft and configured to heat an aircraft surface, wherein each pulsejet of the plurality of pulsejets comprises: an inlet; a combustor; a fuel source; and an exhaust nozzle; and a plurality of intake apertures in the aircraft, wherein each intake aperture of the plurality of intake apertures corresponds to an inlet of one pulsejet of the plurality of pulsejets. | 2020-11-05 |
20200346766 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AIRCRAFT ANTI-ICING - An apparatus for aircraft anti-icing includes a nozzle body, at least one nozzle extending from the nozzle body, and at least one vane disposed in at least one of the nozzle(s), the at least one vane configured to impart rotational movement of a hot gas moving through the nozzle(s). | 2020-11-05 |
20200346767 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AIRCRAFT ANTI-ICING - An apparatus for aircraft anti-icing includes a nozzle body, a nozzle extending from the nozzle body, an eductor shroud at least partially surrounding the nozzle, the eductor shroud configured to focus a first flow of ambient air towards a first flow of hot gas exiting the first nozzle. | 2020-11-05 |
20200346768 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ARMING/DISARMING AN AIRCRAFT DOOR SLIDE AND IMPLEMENTATION ASSEMBLY - An assembly for arming/disarming a slide of an airplane door according to the invention comprises a system with two releasable connection mechanisms ( | 2020-11-05 |
20200346769 | SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR IMPLEMENTING REGIONAL AIR TRANSIT NETWORK USING HYBRID-ELECTRIC AIRCRAFT - Systems, apparatuses, and methods for overcoming the disadvantages of current air transportation systems that might be used for regional travel by providing a more cost effective and convenient regional air transport system. In some embodiments, the inventive air transport system, operational methods, and associated aircraft include a highly efficient plug-in series hybrid-electric powertrain (specifically optimized for aircraft operating in regional ranges), a forward compatible, range-optimized aircraft design, enabling an earlier impact of electric-based air travel services as the overall transportation system and associated technologies are developed, and platforms for the semi-automated optimization and control of the powertrain, and for the semi-automated optimization of determining the flight path for a regional distance hybrid-electric aircraft flight. | 2020-11-05 |
20200346770 | MOTOR AND UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE - A motor includes a bottom and a top opposite to the bottom. The bottom is a mounting side of the motor and the bottom is inclined relative to a rotation axis of the motor. | 2020-11-05 |
20200346771 | LINKING DEVICE CONNECTING AN AIRCRAFT ENGINE AND A PRIMARY STRUCTURE OF AN AIRCRAFT PYLON COMPRISING A SPREADER AND A SYSTEM FOR LIMITING THE OUT-OF-PLANE DEFLECTION OF THE SPREADER, AIRCRAFT COMPRISING SUCH A LINKING DEVICE - A linking device connecting an aircraft engine and a primary structure of an aircraft pylon, comprising a support connected to the primary structure, a spreader, extending between first and second ends that has a central part connected to the support by a principal link comprising a principal rotation axis, at least one system for limiting the deflection of the spreader comprising an extension secured to the spreader and also upper and lower stops, secured to a fitting secured to the support, between which the extension is positioned. | 2020-11-05 |
20200346772 | REAR ENGINE ATTACHMENT FOR AN AIRCRAFT PROPULSION UNIT - A rear engine attachment having a beam fixed to a pylon, a spreader pivotally mounted on the beam, the spreader comprising two ends situated on either side of a median plane, two rods located one on either side of the median plane, each rod having a first end fixed to one end of the spreader by a ball joint and a second end fixed to the engine, each ball joint comprising a clevis with two arms at the first end of the rod, a swivel bearing arranged on the end of the spreader, and a hinge pin passing through the two arms, the swivel bearing arranged between the two arms and fitted on the hinge pin. For each ball joint, an interface part is removably interposed between the end of the spreader and the first end of the rod and forms a contact surface between the spreader and the rod. | 2020-11-05 |
20200346773 | ENGINE MOUNT SYSTEM AND ELEMENTS FOR REDUCED FORCE TRANSMISSION AND REDUCED STATIC MOTION AND ASSOCIATED METHODS - Compliant mounting systems, devices, and methods for mounting a vehicle engine to a vehicle structure or base include a top mount, a lower mount, a center trunnion mount, and an aft mount which are configured to react forces transmitted by the engine to the vehicle structure. Metallic and elastomeric elements can provide vibrational and force isolation characteristics. Stops (e.g., snubbing elements) allow for a specific range of motion before internal mount structures contact each other to act as a conventional hard mount. Fluid elements and compressible gas-filled spaces/bladders may be incorporated to provide fluid damping behaviors to complement the metallic and elastomeric elements. | 2020-11-05 |
20200346774 | ROTORCRAFT EQUIPPED WITH AN AERODYNAMIC DEVICE HAVING A FAIRING PROVIDED WITH AN AIR INLET - A rotorcraft having an aerodynamic device arranged below a rotor, which rotor participates at least in providing lift for the rotorcraft, the rotor being mounted to rotate about an axis of rotation, the aerodynamic device having a fairing provided with at least one air inlet for enabling a stream of cool air to flow from a region that is situated outside the rotorcraft to another region that is situated inside, the air inlet being delimited by an outer peripheral portion of the fairing. In accordance with the invention, the aerodynamic device has a perforated plate provided with at least one perforation, the perforation being suitable for allowing the stream of cool air to pass through it, the perforated plate having at least one main portion shaped to match an outer shape of the outer peripheral portion of said fairing. | 2020-11-05 |
20200346775 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SUPPLYING AND DISTRIBUTING POWER - A modular power supply and distribution system includes a controller and at least one power distribution bus operably connected to the controller. The system includes at least one power distribution bus that distributes electrical power to a plurality of loads. The system further includes a data communication network configured to communicate data between the system and the plurality of loads, power load logic for determining a power load requirement of each of the plurality of loads, hold-up logic for determining a hold-up requirement of at least one of the plurality of loads; and power distribution logic for distributing the electrical power to the plurality of loads based, at least in part, on the determined power load requirement of each of the plurality of loads and the hold-up requirement of the at least one of the plurality of loads. | 2020-11-05 |
20200346776 | ENERGY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR MINIMUM FUEL CELL LOAD, AIRCRAFT HAVING AN ENERGY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENSURING MINIMUM FUEL CELL LOAD - An energy management system for an aircraft, wherein the energy management system comprises a fuel cell configured to convert chemical energy into electric energy, at least one energy source configured to provide electric energy, at least one electrical load, an electric bus electrically coupled to the fuel cell, the at least one energy source, and the at least one electrical load, and a controller configured to control the at least one electrical load in such a manner that a minimum load to the fuel cell is ensured. Furthermore, an aircraft comprises such energy management system. A method for managing energy in a system comprises electrically coupling a fuel cell, at least one energy source, and at least one electrical load by an electric bus, and controlling at least one electrical load in such a manner that a minimum load to the fuel cell is ensured. | 2020-11-05 |
20200346777 | FUSELAGE AND UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE THEREOF - The present disclosure provides an Unmanned Ariel Vehicle (UAV). The UAV includes a fuselage including a housing, a core control board disposed in the housing, and a battery, the housing including a battery compartment, and the battery being disposed in the battery compartment; an arm disposed on the fuselage; and a power assembly disposed on the arm. The core control board is disposed above the battery, a payload receiving cavity is disposed at a front lower end of the housing, a rear-bottom view component is disposed at a rear end of the housing and electrically connected to the core control board, and the battery compartment is disposed at a middle position under the housing. | 2020-11-05 |
20200346778 | INDUCTIVE INTERFACE FOR MODULAR COMPONENTS - In some examples, an aircraft comprises a motorized module. The motorized module comprises a motor and a first coil. The motor is to operate equipment onboard the aircraft and generates vibrations during operation. The first coil is operable to wirelessly transmit power to a separate module onboard the aircraft based on electromagnetic induction between the first coil and a second coil in a separate module, and wirelessly transfer data with the separate module via the second coil based on the electromagnetic induction, the data being associated with the motor. A gap separates the motorized module and the separate module. The gap isolates the separate module from the vibrations. | 2020-11-05 |
20200346779 | AERO ENGINE FLOW RATE - A gas turbine engine of an aircraft includes: an engine core having a turbine including a lowest pressure rotor stage, a turbine diameter, a fan including a plurality of fan blades extending from a hub, an annular fan face at a leading edge of the fan; wherein a downstream blockage ratio is: | 2020-11-05 |
20200346780 | CATALYTIC FUEL TANK INERTING APPARATUS FOR AIRCRAFT - Fuel tank inerting systems for aircraft are provided. The systems include a fuel tank, a catalytic reactor arranged to receive a first reactant from a first reactant source and a second reactant from a second reactant source to generate an inert gas that is supplied to the fuel tank to fill an ullage space of the fuel tank, a heat exchanger arranged between the catalytic reactor and the fuel tank and configured to at least one of cool and condense an output from the catalytic reactor to separate out the inert gas, and a controller configured to perform a light-off operation of the catalytic reactor by controlling at least one light-off parameter and, after light-off occurs, adjusting the at least one light-off parameter to an operating level, wherein the at least one light-off parameter comprises a space velocity through the catalytic reactor. | 2020-11-05 |
20200346781 | REFUELING SYSTEM AND SYSTEMS WITH END EFFECTORS - A UAV catch and release system has a UAV adapted to fly a mission, an aircraft adapted to carry, launch, and retrieve the UAV, a fuel hose deployed and retrieved by mechanisms from the aircraft, an end effector joined by a gimbal joint to a lowermost end of the fuel hose, a downward projecting aerodynamic acquisition blade connected at a lowermost end of the hose, and an acquisition port opening upward from the body of the UAV, with a roller mechanism operable to engage the acquisition blade, and to draw the blade into the body until a refueling nozzle on an end of the acquisition blade is engaged to a refueling port of the UAV. | 2020-11-05 |
20200346782 | AIRCRAFT CABINET COMPRISING AT LEAST ONE FLIGHT-DATA DISPLAY SCREEN AND AT LEAST ONE AVIONICS MODULE - A cabinet comprising at least one screen allowing display of data necessary for a flight-control of an aircraft connected to at least one avionics module for management of the data. The screen at least partially forms one of the sides of the cabinet and the module or modules are installed inside the cabinet. The cabinet has a base allowing the screen or screens to be placed at a desired height. As a result, a length of cable between screen and avionics modules is reduced to a minimum. | 2020-11-05 |
20200346783 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR AUTOMATIC TIME KEEPING OF ELECTRONIC CHECKLISTS - Disclosed are methods, systems, and non-transitory computer-readable medium for automatic time keeping of an electronic checklist. One method may include: receiving a user and/or system input associated with a graphical user interface (GUI) of an electronic checklist; determining whether the user and/or system input triggers a timer event; in response to determining that the user and/or system input triggers the timer event, determining whether the timer event is a first type of timer event or a second type of timer event; in response to determining that the timer event is the first type of timer event, performing a first timer process; and in response to determining that the timer event is the second type of timer event, performing a second timer process. | 2020-11-05 |
20200346784 | ARM ASSEMBLY AND UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE - An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) includes a vehicle body and an arm assembly. The vehicle body includes a distribution board. The arm assembly includes an arm body, a lampshade, and an electric speed control (ESC) light control board. The arm body includes an accommodation space. The lampshade is mounted at the arm body. The ESC light control board is arranged in the accommodation space and electrically connected to the distribution board through a wire. The ESC light control board includes an illuminator corresponding to the lampshade and is configured to emit light out of the arm assembly through the lampshade. | 2020-11-05 |
20200346785 | STIFFENER COMPOSITE CHARGE APPLICATION SYSTEM - A stiffener composite charge placement system is presented. The stiffener composite charge placement system comprises a longitudinal end effector having a first attachment point and a second attachment point; a first rotational arm having a first connector configured to connect to the first attachment point; a first movement system configured to move the first rotational arm within a manufacturing environment; a second rotational arm having a second connector configured to connect to the second attachment point; and a second movement system configured to move the second rotational arm within the manufacturing environment. | 2020-11-05 |
20200346786 | DETERMINING SERVICABILITY AND REMAINING LIFE OF AN IN-SERVICE STRUCTURE USING THREE-DIMENSIONAL SCAN DATA - According to an embodiment, three-dimensional (3D) scan data representative of an in-service structure that is captured by a scanning device is accessed by a processor circuit. Based on the 3D scan data, in-service computer-aided design (CAD) data representative of an in-service surface corresponding to the in-service structure is generated by the processor circuit. Based on the in-service CAD data representative of the in-service surface, at least one of a serviceability level or remaining life estimate of the in-service structure is determined. | 2020-11-05 |
20200346787 | SMART LOCALIZED CONTROL NODE DEVICES AND SYSTEMS FOR ADAPTIVE AVIONICS APPLICATIONS - Disclosed herein are smart node devices that provide an interface for multiple sensors and/or actuators, and that may be used to create flexible, easily re-configured wire harness systems for avionics applications. | 2020-11-05 |
20200346788 | SEPARATION DEVICE FOR SPACECRAFT AND A METHOD FOR SEPARATION - The invention relates to a separation device for a spacecraft or launcher. The separation device includes an inner housing divided into at least two portions locked to each other by a locking device in a locking position. The locking device is arranged to move between a locking position and a releasing position. The separation device includes an initiator including means for providing high pressure fluid to an expansion chamber when the separation device is switched from a locked state to a released state. The high pressure fluid in an expansion chamber moves the locking device from the locking position to the releasing position when the separation device is switched from the locked state to the released state. The separation device includes a dampening arrangement arranged to attenuate a peak load when the separation device is switched from the locked state to the released state. | 2020-11-05 |
20200346789 | EARTH SATELLITE ATTITUDE DATA FUSION SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREOF - Provided are an earth satellite attitude data fusion system and method, applicable to an earth satellite space environment to estimate attitude data of a satellite. When the earth satellite attitude data fusion system of the present invention is used to perform the earth satellite attitude data fusion method, the first step is to perform a body rates/quaternion attitude data processing operation. Then, the next step is to perform an attitude/rates data fusion processing operation, wherein an attitude data fusion algorithm module receives a first IAE result data from a first EKF, and a second IAE result data from a second EKF, and performs an attitude/rates data fusion algorithm in a subsystem level to evaluate an attitude estimation IAE performance based on the first IAE result data, and the second IAE result data. | 2020-11-05 |
20200346790 | COMPACTOR DEVICE AND CONVEYER SYSTEM COMPRISING SUCH COMPACTOR DEVICE, AND CORRESPONDING COMPACTING AND PACKING METHODS - A compactor device for compacting a product filling in a container, like a packing box, includes a container support allowing shaking and/or vibrating the container when supported on the container support. The support includes compactor roller bars arranged parallel in a direction transverse to a conveying direction and to support the container. Each compactor roller bar has a rotation axis and a circumferential surface to allow moving the container with a product filling supported on the rollers bars up and down at a selected frequency when, in operation, rotating the compactor roller bars of the plurality of compactor roller bars. The compactor device further has a stopper arrangement blocking conveying the container by the compactor roller bars, and a pressing arrangement with a press to press downwards onto the product filling within the container while, in operation, compacting the product by rotating the compactor roller bars. | 2020-11-05 |
20200346791 | Machine and method for filling cartridges for aerosol-generating devices - A machine for filling cartridges for aerosol-generating devices—includes a feed line, which supplies cartridges to be filled with their corresponding ends facing upwards, a filling station, which receives the cartridges and has at least one dispensing nozzle which is mobile along a path of forward stroke and is pre-arranged for dispensing a product, first inspection means for inspecting the cartridge ends in order to identify, for each one, a position of the corresponding open area; and an orientation station, which receives the cartridges that have been inspected and includes orientation means for rotating each cartridge about its own longitudinal axis based on the corresponding identified position, and bringing the open area into a pre-set reference position for enabling entry of the dispensing nozzle into the open area when the dispensing nozzle is driven along the path of forward stroke. | 2020-11-05 |
20200346792 | PICKING, PLACING, AND SCANNING BAGGED CLOTHING AND OTHER ARTICLES - A method for picking polybagged articles includes targeting the polybagged article, placing a multistage gripper adjacent the polybagged article, tenting, pressing on, or suspending the polybagged article from the tenting tool, and gathering the polybagged article with a perimeter gripper. | 2020-11-05 |
20200346793 | PHARMACY PACKAGING SYSTEM AND POUCH - A pouch and an automatic packager for packaging medications into the pouch. One embodiment provides a pouch for containing a plurality of medications. The pouch includes a plurality of discrete compartments, each containing a sub-batch of medications. The pouch also includes serrations at opposite ends of the pouch to separate the pouch from adjacent pouches. The pouch further includes a continuous identifier that spans multiple compartments to give an appearance of one continuous pouch. The plurality of discrete compartments are separated by seals, but not serrations. The continuous identifier includes a border within the opposite ends of the pouch. | 2020-11-05 |
20200346794 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR PACKAGING PRODUCTS - Provided is a method and machine for packaging products, whereby a tray is generated by means of bonding a plastic film to a base film, the tray including a cavity of a given area and a rim surrounding the cavity. The cavity is generated by applying a given pressure on a forming area of said films. Before generating the tray and before pressing the base film, a support cut is generated in the forming area of the base film, such that with the subsequent pressure on the base film at least one gap is formed in the cavity of the tray as a result the support cut. | 2020-11-05 |
20200346795 | A PACKAGING ASSEMBLY FOR FORMING AND SEALING A PLURALITY OF PACKS CONTAINING A POURABLE FOOD PRODUCT - There is described a packaging assembly configured to form and seal a plurality of packs for containing a pourable food product starting from a tube of packaging material; the packaging assembly comprises a pair of tracks and at least a pair of moving elements, which are cyclically movable along the tracks, respectively; each moving element comprises one forming unit configured to cooperate with the tube so as to surround a portion of the tube destined to form a main portion of one respective pack; and one sealing unit configured to cooperate with the tube to sequentially seal the tube at predetermined consecutive cross sections, each pair of consecutive cross sections forming opposite sealing bands of one respective pack; each forming unit is mounted onto the respective moving element in a linearly movable manner towards and away from the sealing unit mounted onto the same moving element. | 2020-11-05 |
20200346796 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MAKING A POUCH PROVIDED WITH A WRAPPING AND CONTAINING A BREWABLE MATERIAL - The present invention relates to a device for making a pouch received in a wrapping, comprising a pouch making device which is adapted to produce a pouch containing brewable material in a water-permeable wrapping, and comprising a sealing station with two sealing jaws movable relative to each other for sealing the pouch in a wrapping formed by a wrapping material. This device is characterized in that it comprises a pouch handling device for removing the finished pouch from the pouch making device and a wrapping material handling device for handling the wrapping material during the U-shaped wrapping of the wrapping material, wherein the handling device and the wrapping material handling device are adapted such that the pouch held by the pouch handling device and the wrapping material held by the wrapping material handling device are introduced into the sealing station. | 2020-11-05 |
20200346797 | BANDING AND PACKAGING DEVICE - The present invention provides a device including an article carry-in mechanism ( | 2020-11-05 |
20200346798 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR TRANSPORTING READY-CUT AND FILLED HOSE PIECES - The present invention relates to a simplified device and a process-technically simplified and also more rapidly applicable method for transporting readily cut and filled hose pieces within a machine for producing pouches filled with brewable material. The device according to the invention has a transport wheel which has several supports distributed over its circumference, each holding a pouch which are pivotally mounted on the transport wheel. In the method according to the invention, a hose piece for forming a pouch with at least one chamber between a head and a bottom is inserted in the radial direction into a support of the transport wheel. In a removal station the pouch is removed radially from the transport wheel with the bottom leading. | 2020-11-05 |
20200346799 | CONTAINMENT FORCE-BASED WRAPPING - Control of a wrapping apparatus is facilitated by enabling an operator to input a load containment force requirement and/or a minimum number of layers of packaging material to be applied to a load, with a wrap control system automatically determining wrap force and other parameters required to meet user input requirements and/or parameters to minimize the expertise required of an operator and to provide more consistent and reliable wrapping of loads. In addition, a wrapping apparatus may be controlled to apply at least a minimum number of layers of packaging material to a load throughout a contiguous region thereof. | 2020-11-05 |
20200346800 | COMPONENT MOUNTING SYSTEM AND TAPE SCRAPS COLLECTING DEVICE - There is provided a component mounting system including: a component mounting device group in which a plurality of component mounting devices that mount components supplied to a board transported in from an upstream side by a tape feeder and transport out the board to a downstream side, and cut a carrier tape after supplying the components by a cutter device and discharge scraps of carrier tape, are installed on a floor surface while being arranged in a direction of conveying the board; a main conveyor that is installed along an arrangement direction of the plurality of component mounting devices in a region on the floor surface under the component mounting device group, and transports the scraps of carrier tape discharged from each of the plurality of component mounting devices; and a scraps storage that is installed outside the region and stores the scraps of carrier tape transported by the main conveyor. | 2020-11-05 |
20200346801 | TRAY SEALING MACHINE AND METHOD FOR GENTLY PICKING UP A TRAY - The present disclosure relates to a tray sealing machine and, in addition, to a method for gently picking-up trays and for gently depositing sealed packages. | 2020-11-05 |
20200346802 | SEALING TOOL AND METHOD FOR SEALING TRAYS - A sealing tool for a tray sealing machine, comprising an upper tool and a lower tool with a main body having a tray depression for receiving at least a part of a tray to be sealed, and a tray carrier, wherein a gas channel runs through the tray carrier. The sealing tool is characterized in that the tray carrier comprises a first plate with a first pressing surface and a second plate with a second pressing surface and the first plate has a first depression which extends from the first pressing surface, wherein the first depression forms at least a section of the gas channel when the first plate and the second plate are pressed against each other at the first and the second pressing surface, respectively. | 2020-11-05 |
20200346803 | TRAY SEALING MACHINE - A tray sealing machine is provided with a frame on which a sealing tool is arranged. The sealing tool comprises a lower tool in which a tray to be sealed can be received and an upper tool including a hood, a sealing component arranged in the interior of the hood, and a sealing component carrier on which the sealing component is arranged. The hood is movable relative to the sealing component and has a gas connection configured for connection to a corresponding gas connection of the tray sealing machine. The lower tool and the hood are configured to form a sealing chamber in a closed state of the sealing tool. The sealing tool further comprises a line connecting the gas connection to the sealing chamber in the closed state. The hood is movable relative to the frame and the sealing component carrier is unmovable relative to the frame. | 2020-11-05 |
20200346804 | TRAY SEALING MACHINE AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A GRIPPER DEVICE ON THE TRAY SEALING MACHINE - A tray sealing machine comprises a gripper device including first and second tray grippers that operate together to take up trays provided by a feed unit and transport them to a sealing station that is downstream in a production direction. A speed of the first and second tray grippers in the production direction when respectively performing, a closing motion from a respective initial position toward a respective closing position can be accelerated such that the speed of the first and second tray grippers in the production direction relative to a belt speed of the feed unit during a predetermined first time interval is slower than the belt speed, and during a subsequent predetermined second time interval until the respective closing position has been reached is greater than the belt speed, so that gripper fingers on the first and second tray grippers immerse into respective position windows located between the trays. | 2020-11-05 |
20200346805 | PRE-PERFORATED SUBSTRATE SEPARATOR AND INSERTION DEVICE FOR FOOD PREPARATION LINE AND PRE-PERFORATED SUBSTRATE - A substrate insertion system is configured for insertion of a substrate under a product being carried on a conveyor. A pre-perforated substrate and a method of inserting the pre-perforated substrates under products carried on a conveyor are also provided. Furthermore, a method is described including the construction and operation of a substrate insertion system. | 2020-11-05 |
20200346806 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR A UNIT-OF-USE WRAP SEAL PACKING STATION - A system comprising a staging area and a packing area. The staging area may include a plurality of staging bins and a shuttle moveable along the plurality of staging bins. A staging bin of the plurality of staging bins may be configured to selectively retain a component of an order therein. Such staging bin may be configured to selectively release the component to the shuttle. The packing area may include a slide, a scanner, and a wrap seal conveyor. The shuttle may be configured to release the component onto the slide, and the scanner may be operable to scan and verify the component during placement of the component onto the wrap seal conveyor. | 2020-11-05 |
20200346807 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DISCHARGING GUIDING ELEMENTS - The present disclosure relates to a discharge apparatus for discharging an assembly of interconnected guiding elements, having a support having at least one support section configured to support the assembly of interconnected guiding elements and the flexible pouch containers carried therein; a gripping unit configured to grip a first guiding element of the guiding element assembly and displace the first guiding element together with one or more interconnected further guiding elements of the guiding element assembly in a transport direction substantially perpendicular to the lengthwise direction of the first guiding element; and a disconnection unit configured to disconnect at least the gripped and displaced first guiding element from a neighboring second guiding element, the disconnection unit having a movable wedge and a wedge drive unit configured to move the wedge between the first and second guiding elements, thereby disconnecting the first guiding element from the second guiding element. | 2020-11-05 |
20200346808 | ATTACHMENT OF A TRAY GRIPPER OF A TRAY SEALING MACHINE - A tray gripper may be attached to a gripper arm of a tray sealing machine. For this purpose, the tray gripper is moved to a pre-assembly position by hooking the tray gripper onto the gripper arm. In addition, an eccentric is operated for exerting a clamping force upon the tray gripper that is disposed in the pre-assembly position, so that an attachment structure of the tray gripper is tensioned against an abutment structure of the gripper arm. | 2020-11-05 |
20200346809 | METHOD FOR INVERTING THE BASE OF A PLASTIC CONTAINER, DEVICE FOR IMPLEMENTING SAME AND USE OF THE DEVICE - The invention relates to a method for inverting the diaphragm of a filled and capped container. According to the invention, the container is placed on a support ring of an inversion device, a pressing member is applied to the container and a pusher is raised through the support ring to invert the diaphragm and shape the diaphragm into an arch. While the pusher inverts the diaphragm, the seat is moved away from the upper plane of the support ring, so that when the pusher reaches the raised position, a space is opened between the seat and the support ring to enable a longitudinal expansion of the container under the combined effect of the increase in internal pressure caused by the decrease in the volume due to the inversion and the forces generated inside the container by the pusher and the support member. | 2020-11-05 |
20200346810 | PORTABLE FILM PACKING APPARATUS - A portable film packing apparatus includes a main body including a holding-and-drawing rod at the middle portion of the main body, a first combining rod is at a one end, and a second combining rod is disposed at the other end of the main body; a first roller unit having a first roller having its opposite ends respectively fixed with a pair of a first roller unit gears; and a second roller unit having second roller having its opposite ends respectively fixed with a pair of a second roller unit gears, wherein the first roller unit and the second roller unit are provided with the pair of the first roller unit gears and the pair of the second roller unit gears to mesh with each other, wherein a diameter of the first roller is smaller than a diameter of the second roller. | 2020-11-05 |
20200346811 | CONTAINER LABELING MACHINE - A container labeling machine, which comprises a base structure which forms a region for the input of the containers to be labeled and at least one region for the output of the labeled containers and supports elements for the conveyance of the containers from the input region to the output region, at least one container labeling assembly being provided along the conveyor; the conveyor comprises at least two carousels provided with respective supporting plates for individual containers. At least one respective labeling assembly is associated with each one of the carousels. The conveyor furthermore comprises, substantially at the input region, elements for sorting the containers fed to the input region toward one and the other of the carousels and comprises elements for unloading the labeled containers from the carousels and for sending the labeled containers toward the output region. | 2020-11-05 |
20200346812 | PLASTIC NECK OUTSERT FOR METAL BEVERAGE CONTAINER - A metal bottle assembly adapted for use on a plastic bottling includes a metal bottle with an outsert assembled on the neck portion of the bottle. The outsert may be constructed from plastic material and may be fixed to the bottle using an interference fit. The outsert enables the bottle to be placed on a plastic bottling line with minimal or no modifications to the bottling line. The outsert also ensures that the metal bottle is not damaged by handling on the plastic bottling line. In some embodiments, the outsert is designed to elastically deform as it is pressed on the neck of a pre-formed metal bottle and therefore create the interference fit between the outsert and the bottle. In some embodiments the outsert is retained on the neck of the bottle through the interference fit alone. | 2020-11-05 |
20200346813 | JAR ASSEMBLY - The present disclosure is related to jars and containers and, more particularly, to the manufacture of readily recyclable jars and containers. | 2020-11-05 |
20200346814 | REINFORCED POLYGONAL CONTAINER MADE OF GLUED CORRUGATED LAMINAR MATERIAL, PRODUCTION METHOD AND MACHINE FOR FORMING SAME - The invention relates to a polygonal container comprising a tubular polygonal body ( | 2020-11-05 |
20200346815 | Collapsible Tissue Box Assembly - A collapsible tissue box assembly for defining a vertically collapsible tissue box includes a panel that has a plurality of fold lines thereon thereby facilitating the panel to be formed into a tissue box. The panel has a pair of tear away elements thereon that collectively define an upper half and a lower half of the tissue box. Each of the tear away elements is removable from the tissue box. In this way the upper half can to be lowered around the lower half to enhance access to tissues in the lower half of the tissue box. | 2020-11-05 |
20200346816 | TELESCOPING INSULATED BOXES - A telescoping insulated box assembly, comprising: an outer box, the outer box comprising a side wall and a bottom wall, the side wall and the bottom wall of the outer box each defining an insulation cavity; and an inner box, the inner box comprising a side wall and a wall forming a portion of a top side of the box assembly, each wall of the inner box defining an insulation cavity, the inner box sized to fit into the outer box such that the each of the side walls of the inner box faces one of the side walls of the outer box. | 2020-11-05 |
20200346817 | Flat Pack Convertible Four Sided Storage Box and Eight Sided Nesting Tote Box - A flat pack convertible stackable four sided storage box and eight sided nesting tote box comprises a base, two opposed longitudinal sides, two end sides having at least one cutline defining at least one end side opening, four triangular expansion sides with each triangular expansion side located adjacent one of the sides, and four moving conversion panels with each panel adjacent one of the expansion sides, each panel includes at least one panel opening configured to selectively align with one opening formed by at least one cutline and configured to receive a locking element there-through to be locked into one position, wherein in one position a stackable four sided storage box is formed and in another position an eight sided nesting tote box is formed and the box may be moved back and forth between the two configurations. | 2020-11-05 |
20200346818 | GIFT BOX ASSEMBLY - A gift box assembly is disclosed comprising a box base having an empty interior space for receiving a gift item therein. The box base is constructed of four side panels, a base, and a lid wherein at least two of the four side panels include a first rabbet to receive a base panel and a second rabbet to receive a lid. A striking agent is provided with the box base to forcibly enter the lid to reveal the gift item. | 2020-11-05 |
20200346819 | STACKABLE SYSTEM CONTAINER AND TRANSPORT SYSTEM - Known system containers or transport systems have the disadvantage that a precise prior adjustment is necessary for the purpose of connecting the same. The disclosed system container or transport system is configured in such a way that a particularly stable and intuitive mutual fastening is made possible. Runways of the system container project in the direction of each other, and at least one upwardly protruding locking lug is provided on the lid part. | 2020-11-05 |
20200346820 | CONTAINER - The present application discloses a container, having a housing with a housing bottom wall and a housing sidewall, and a liner having a liner bottom wall and a liner sidewall. The liner is detachably connected to the housing sidewall, so that the liner is received in the housing chamber. At least a portion between the housing sidewall and the liner sidewall has a gap therebetween. This application discloses a double-layer container having a liner and a housing detachable with each other, so that the housing can use a combination of different shapes of the liner. At the same time, the liner of the container in the present application is made of a flexible material to facilitate cleaning of the liner. On the other hand, the double-layer container of the present application can directly use the liner as a seal, which is convenient for cleaning. | 2020-11-05 |
20200346821 | CONTAINER - The present application discloses a container comprising a container housing, a container bottom, a container top, and an outer shield. The container housing and the outer shield are movable relatively to each other. When the relative position between the container housing and the outer shield changes, at least part of a container see-through area can be aligned with at least part of a shield see-through area, or the container see-through area can be completely blocked by a shield blocking area. When the container see-through area and the shield see-through area are offset, the content stored inside the container can be protected from light. When the container see-through area and the shield see-through area are aligned, the content stored inside the container can be viewed from the outside of the container. | 2020-11-05 |
20200346822 | Bag Resealing Device - A bag resealing device that is reusable for use with prepackaged bags to prevent spillage and/or aid in food preservation. The reusable nature of the bag resealing device is a result of a plurality of paired adhesive strips and the plurality of perforations wherein each pair of adhesive strips can be individually exposed to allow the bag resealing device to be attached to a different prepackaged bag. The perforations enable the bag resealing device to have the used paired adhesive strips to be torn off to allow the removal of the used pair of adhesives. | 2020-11-05 |
20200346823 | ENERGY CONSERVATION DAMPER MECHANISMS FOR USE IN CONJUNCTION WITH FOOD PREPARATION OR FOOD STORAGE EQUIPMENT - Damper mechanisms are provided in conjunction with housings of various different appliances and are disposed at first positions at which the dampers effectively close off or seal the interior regions of the appliances within which various heated, refrigerated, or frozen environments have been established. Such damper mechanisms can be moved to second positions so as to permit food items to be inserted into, or extracted from, the various housings of the appliances, but will automatically return to their first positions so as to again close off or seal the interior regions of the appliances. In this manner, thermal energy is preserved whereby the appliances are enabled to operate at peak energy efficiency. | 2020-11-05 |
20200346824 | Lid With Ventilation System - A lid, for attachment to a container holding a liquid for use with a liquid spraying device, a vent duct defining a vent conduit extending through a lid body from a duct inlet end to a duct outlet end. A valve is disposed in the vent duct and is configured to permit air flow in a first direction, from the duct inlet end to the duct outlet end, while preventing liquid flow in a second direction opposite the first direction. A cap extends over the duct inlet end, the cap including a cap interior surface defining an interior air chamber, communicating with the vent conduit, and at least a first passage, communicating between the interior air chamber and a first cap inlet. A tube is coupled to the duct outlet end and has a tube outlet end fluidly communicating with an interior of the container. | 2020-11-05 |
20200346825 | ANTI-THEFT CONTAINER - An anti-theft container has a body and at least one connecting and recognizing assembly. The body has a case and a lid mounted to the case. The at least one connecting and recognizing assembly is mounted to the body and has a connected portion and a linking portion. The connected portion is disposed on the case and has a limiting recess, a recognition element, and a tear line. The limiting recess is formed in the connected portion and has a limiting surface disposed obliquely. The limiting surface makes an upper space of the limiting recess smaller than a lower space of the limiting recess. The recognition element is disposed on a bottom of the connected portion. The tear line is located on a circumference of the recognition element. The linking portion is disposed on the lid, received in the limiting recess, and disposed against the recognition element. | 2020-11-05 |
20200346826 | CLAM SHELL COVER CAP AND METHOD OF USE - A clam shell cover cap device is a lockable closure which fits over existing medication vials used in the pharmacy and medical industries. It comes preset, with a random combination. The combination is marked with an indicator sticker. The clam Shell Cover Cap may be used to lock a vial. | 2020-11-05 |
20200346827 | CARTON AND BLANK THEREFOR - Aspects of the disclosure relate to a carrier ( | 2020-11-05 |
20200346828 | COLLAPSIBLE CONTAINER CARRIER - A collapsible device including a frame, a pair of upper support structures, a pair of lower support structures, and a handle. Each upper support structure includes ring members each being configured to receive a container when the upper support structure is in an extended position. Each upper and lower support structure is configured to pivot between a retracted position and an extended position. The handle is movable between a retracted and an extended position independently of the upper and lower support structures. The upper and lower support structures in the extended positions are configured to cooperate to support at least one container. Each upper support structure is configured to overlap with a lower support structure when both are in the retracted position. When extended, the handle is configured to be grasped by a user to transport the device with the upper and lower support structures in the extended position. | 2020-11-05 |
20200346829 | MATERIAL SUPPLY DEVICE AND SPOUT - A material supply device and a spout mounted in a bag body that can efficiently output a material in an accommodation space when the material accommodated in the accommodation space of the bag body is output using a squeeze unit such as rollers, and can inhibit a decrease in the strength of the bag body which is caused by contact between the squeeze unit and the spout. A material supply device according to the present invention includes a bag assembly including a bag body that includes an accommodation space which accommodates a material, and a spout that includes a passage which delivers the material in the accommodation space to an outside, and is mountable in the bag body; and a squeeze unit that squeezes the bag body toward the spout to move the material in the accommodation space toward the spout. | 2020-11-05 |
20200346830 | MEDICATION PACKAGING AND DISPENSING SYSTEM - A medication packaging and dispensing system is provided. The system may include a plurality of medication booklets containing medication and a tray that is configured to retain the medication booklets. Each medication booklet may include a sequential tab assembly of pull tabs that aligns with a plurality of front cutouts and a plurality of back cutouts. This alignment configuration facilitates dispensing the medication from the medication booklet. The tray may include a riser that extends from a bottom wall of the tray at an oblique angle, and a first guide panel including a plurality of linear stops. The oblique angle may correspond to a pitch of the first guide panel. The riser and the plurality of linear stops may cooperate to maintain the medication booklets in a staggered configuration that is substantially parallel to the bottom wall of the tray. The system may further include a container for retaining the tray. | 2020-11-05 |
20200346831 | HEAT SEALED LID AND CAN - A heat sealed lid includes: a resin laminate aluminum foil; and a first seamed side frame portion and a second seamed side frame portion formed of a resin film laminate metal sheet, in which the resin film laminate metal sheet includes a metal sheet, a laminate film formed on one surface of the metal sheet, and a second resin film formed on the other surface of the metal sheet and containing a thermoplastic polyester resin, the laminate film includes an adhesion layer containing a polypropylene-based resin and a polyethylene-based resin and a base layer containing a modified polypropylene-based resin, an amount of the polyethylene-based resin in the adhesion layer is 1.0 mass % or more and 45.0 mass % or less of the resins of the adhesion layer, the melting point of the second resin film is higher than the melting point of the adhesion layer by 40° C. or more and is higher than the heating temperature of a heat sealing tool, the thickness of the adhesion layer is 1.0 μm or more and 15.0 μm or less, and the thickness of the base layer is 1.0 μm or more and 18.0 μm or less. | 2020-11-05 |
20200346832 | Dishware Unit and Method for Sealing Partially Prepared Meals - The invention relates to a dishware unit for packaging, transporting, and/or serving meals and to a method for sealing at least partially prepared meals, comprising a body which is covered with a film. An adhesive is introduced between the film and the body in an adhesive region in order to seal the dishware unit. The film and the dishware unit have such a degree of surface tension that the adhesive at least largely adheres to the film when the film is removed, wherein the surface tension in the adhesive region in the film is greater than the surface tension in the adhesive region in the body. | 2020-11-05 |
20200346833 | PACKAGING CONTAINER WITH PREFORMED SEALING RING - A packaging container for holding contents such as fresh food. The container comprises a tray having a flange, a pre-formed scaling ring and a flexible film for sealing in the contents of the tray. The sealing ring is made from fiber, filament or tape (“FFT”) that is shaped into a shape that matches the shape of the tray flange. The sealing ring is adhered to the tray flange by heat welding or other means and the flexible film is adhered to the sealing ring. | 2020-11-05 |
20200346834 | Woven Plastic Bags With Angled and/or Radial Cuts - A woven plastic bag having features that further prevent leakage of contents out of the bag, or infestation of organisms into the contents of the bag is provided. In various aspects the bag can be fabricated from a woven polymer layer and a film layer, can form a pinch bottom bag, and can have one or both sides include graphics and/or printing. The bag can also provide a top end and/or a bottom end either or both of which provide a discrete area which may contain discrete graphics and/or printing. The bag can have an end with a step cut configuration, wherein the step cut configuration includes one or more angled and/or radial cuts between separations. | 2020-11-05 |
20200346835 | RACKING PROTECTION DEVICE - A racking protection device comprises a housing and vibration monitor. The vibration monitor is arranged to record the vibration transmitting through a racking component. The housing includes an alert for alerting a user when the racking requires inspection for damage to impacts. The vibration monitor records the frequency and time of each impact. The vibration monitor includes a memory that counts and records the number of minor impacts. The vibration monitor determines a minor impact when the peak frequency is between a minimum and maximum pre-set level for a predetermined time period. When a predetermined number of minor impacts is exceeded, the alert is arranged to alert the user to inspect the racking for damage. When the frequency exceeds the maximum pre-set level for a predetermined time period the vibration monitor determines that a severe impact has occurred and the alert is arranged to alert the user to inspect the racking for damage. | 2020-11-05 |
20200346836 | CONTAINERS FOR PRESSURIZING A LIQUID AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF - The invention provides containers for pressuring an aqueous liquid | 2020-11-05 |
20200346837 | NON-TOXIC BIODEGRADABLE TREATMENT PRODUCT - A product for improving the environment of a confined space includes an enclosed oblong housing formed of a semipermeable material having a non-toxic blend of ingredients arranged therein. The housing has an oval side wall and a substantially flat bottom wall. A tab containing an opening extends outwardly from an upper portion of the housing for hanging the product rather than sitting it on its bottom wall. | 2020-11-05 |
20200346838 | DISSOLVABLE PACKAGES OF PRE-MEASURED POWDERED HAIR BLEACH - Powdered hair bleach individually packaged in pre-measured sizes, weights, or volumes. The powdered hair bleach is encased in a dissolvable substrate. Packages include one or more chambers and include additional compositions. | 2020-11-05 |
20200346839 | HETEROGENEOUS CONTENTS MIXING CONTAINER - The heterogeneous contents mixing container includes a first container formed therein with a content storage space and a container coupling space separated from each other; a second container coupled to the first container and formed with an inlet and a coupling portion; a first discharge unit installed in the first container to discharge stored contents; a second discharge unit installed in the second container to discharge stored contents; and a push button configured to operate the first and second discharge units and formed with first and second discharge passages and first and second outlets which are connected to the first and second discharge units, respectively, wherein the container coupling space of the first container and the inlet and the coupling portion of the second container deviate to one side from a center between the first and second containers, and the second discharge is connected to the second discharge passage. | 2020-11-05 |
20200346840 | Insulating Device Backpack - An insulating device can include an aperture having a waterproof closure which allows access to the chamber within the insulating device. The closure can help prevent any fluid leakage into and out of the insulating device if the insulating device is overturned or in any configuration other than upright. The closure may also prevent any fluid from permeating into the chamber if the insulating device is exposed to precipitation, other fluid, or submersed under water. The insulating device may include a back panel support structure and shoulder straps allowing the device to be worn as a backpack. This construction results in an insulating chamber that is substantially impervious to water and other liquids when the closure is sealed. | 2020-11-05 |
20200346841 | BOX DEFINING WALLS WITH INSULATION CAVITIES - A blank configured to form a box, the blank comprising an outer side panel, an outer bottom panel joined to the outer side panel by a fold line, a connecting strip joined to the outer side panel by a fold line, an inner side panel joined to the connecting strip by a fold line, and an inner bottom panel joined to the inner side panel by a fold line. | 2020-11-05 |
20200346842 | STORAGE, TRANSPORT, AND DELIVERY OF WELL TREATMENTS - Provided are methods and systems for delivering a treatment fluid to a wellsite. An example method includes receiving a container containing a treatment fluid component from a treatment fluid component supplier. The method further includes introducing the treatment fluid component into a wellbore from the container by pumping the treatment fluid component out of the container and into the wellbore. The treatment fluid component is not transferred to another container during the receiving or the introducing. | 2020-11-05 |
20200346843 | DEPOSITOR APPARATUS - By swinging a collating chute supplied with items, the items are held in a plurality of holding cells formed in a holding array. After all of the holding cells are filled with the items, a diving funnel array is moved downward to a position so as to contact the upper surface of a container. Then, discharge gates of the holding array are opened to discharge the items from the holding cells into a plurality of pockets formed in the container. | 2020-11-05 |
20200346844 | DEVICE FOR STORING AND DISPENSING AT LEAST ONE BULK PRODUCT - Disclosed is a storage and dispensing device which includes: —a container for at least one bulk product in the form of a rigid or semi-rigid box used to package the bulk product from a production and/or packaging location to a sales point, the container including at least one opening configured to allow the bulk product to flow out of the container, —a dispensing system which has an orifice and a closing unit that is movable between an open state, in which it at least partially frees up the orifice and allows the bulk product to flow, and a closed state, in which it closes off the orifice and prevents the bulk product from flowing, —a slide link ensuring a reversible connection between the container and the dispensing system positioned in line with the opening of the container. | 2020-11-05 |