46th week of 2015 patent applcation highlights part 16 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20150321419 | EXTRUSION SYSTEM FOR ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING AND 3-D PRINTING - The invention, and all of its embodiments, is a 3-D printer that utilizes one or more extrusion screws to process any given material including, but not limited to, plastic, metal, composites and non-metals to build 3-dimensional objects. The processed material is deposited on a moveable platform via force from the extrusion process. Motion is numerically controlled via a computer and one or more motors. As the extruder deposits material, a platform or the extruder is moved in one, two, or three dimensions at a predetermined vector. Once a layer of the object is created, the distance between the extruder nozzle and print surface is increased and the process is repeated until a three dimensional shape is created. | 2015-11-12 |
20150321420 | Systems for Additive Manufacturing Processes Incorporating Active Deposition - Systems and methods in accordance with embodiments of the invention implement additive manufacturing processes whereby the constituent material of an object to be fabricated is manipulated prior to, or during, the respective deposition process such that different portions of the deposited constituent material can be made to possess different material properties. In one embodiment, an additive manufacturing apparatus includes: a nozzle configured to accommodate the extrusion of a constituent material through it and deposit the constituent material onto a surface in accordance with an additive manufacturing process to build up an object to be fabricated; and a subassembly configured to manipulate the material properties of some portion of the constituent material such that different portions of the deposited constituent material can be made to possess different material properties; where the subassembly is configured to begin said manipulation prior to, or concurrently with, its deposition onto a surface. | 2015-11-12 |
20150321421 | METHOD FOR DETECTING CHARACTERISTIC OF FORMING MATERIAL AND THREE-DIMENSIONAL PRINTING APPARATUS - A method for detecting a characteristic of a forming material and a three-dimensional printing apparatus are provided. The three-dimensional printing apparatus includes a tank filled with a liquid forming material, and the method includes the following. The tank is controlled to swing to cause a wave motion on a liquid surface of the liquid forming material. The wave motion of the liquid forming material is detected to obtain detection waveform information. The detection waveform information and sample waveform information are compared with each other to obtain a characteristic comparison result. A predefined operation is executed according to the characteristic comparison result. | 2015-11-12 |
20150321422 | SENSOR FUSION FOR POWDER BED MANUFACTURING PROCESS CONTROL - A system for additive manufacturing a component includes an additive manufacturing machine for building a component layer by layer and a first sensor configured to collect a first physical property data for each layer of the component as each layer is formed by the additive manufacturing machine. The system also includes a second sensor configured to collect a second physical property data for each layer of the component as each layer is formed by the additive manufacturing machine. A computing device is operatively connected to the first and second sensors and configured to receive the first physical property data and the second physical property data of the component and configured to compare the first physical property data with the second physical property data to determine a potential failure mode in the component. | 2015-11-12 |
20150321423 | DEVICE FOR PRODUCING THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELS - 1. The present invention relates to a device for manufacture of three-dimensional models by means of a 3D printing process, whereby a spreader device is used to deposit particulate material in layers on a build platform and the particulate material flow, which occurs perpendicular to the spreading direction, is transferred into containers that are actively cleaned by sliders or brushes at the spreader device. It exploits the fact that particulate material that is moves dynamically can only bridge small height differences. The arrangement can be implemented in a space-saving manner beneath the spreading plane. | 2015-11-12 |
20150321424 | DEVICE FOR PREPARING COATED FILAMENTS FOR EXTRUSION-BASED 3D PRINTING - A coating device for the production of coated filaments for an extrusion-based 3D printing process is provided. The device contains a coating unit and a fixing unit downstream of the coating unit. | 2015-11-12 |
20150321425 | 3D Printing of Colored Models on Multi-Head Printers - This document describes techniques and apparatuses for 3D printing for colored models on multi-head fused-deposition modeling (FDM) printers. These techniques are capable of enabling FDM printers to create 3D objects based on colored models, in some cases by determining printer instructions for multiple printer heads based on a 3D model and color data for the surface of the 3D model. These techniques can also tailor printer instructions to characteristics of a particular type or individual FDM 3D printer. | 2015-11-12 |
20150321426 | THREE DIMENSIONAL PRINTING APPARATUS, PRINTING CALIBRATION BOARD AND THREE DIMENSIONAL PRINTING CALIBRATION METHOD THEREOF - A three-dimensional (3D) printing apparatus, a printing calibration board and a three dimensional printing calibration method thereof are provided. The three-dimensional printing apparatus is adapted to spray the printing material. The three-dimensional printing apparatus includes a nozzle module, a printing platform and a control unit. The printing platform has a carrying surface, where the calibration pattern is disposed on the carrying surface. The calibration pattern at least includes a datum path and a first auxiliary path. The control unit controls the nozzle module coupled to the control unit to spray the printing material along the datum path, and the printing speed of the nozzle module is adjusted in response to the width of coverage of the printing material on the calibration pattern. | 2015-11-12 |
20150321427 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DESIGNING PROGRAMMABLE PARTS FOR MODELS AND OPTIMIZING 3D PRINTING - Systems and techniques include, in at least one aspect, a method including receiving user selection of parts from a plurality of virtual parts to build a virtual 3D model in a modeling environment, receiving user instruction for modifying or assembling of at least one of the selected parts within the modeling environment, validating the user instruction against physical constraints of an associated 3D printer; and outputting the virtual 3D model for 3D printing on the associated 3D printer after the validating. | 2015-11-12 |
20150321428 | COMPOSITE LAYER FORMING SYSTEM - A method and apparatus for forming a stack of composite layers into a desired shape is present. The stack of composite layers may be positioned on a tool and a number of compressible supports such that the stack of composite layers may be substantially flat on the tool and the stack of composite layers may be substantially flat on the number of compressible supports. A flexible sheet may be placed on top of the stack of composite layers. A vacuum load may be applied on the stack of composite layers on the tool and the number of compressible supports using the flexible sheet such that consolidation of the stack of composite layers occurs to form a desired shape on the tool and the number of compressible supports compress during forming of the desired shape. | 2015-11-12 |
20150321429 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A PART MADE OF COMPOSITE MATERIAL FOR AN AIRCRAFT STRUCTURE BY PULTRUSION AND COCURING - The manufacture of structural elements for aircraft requires the use of complex and costly methods, particularly in the case of parts of elongate overall shape and variable thickness or cross section made of composite material. The disclosure herein proposes to overcome this problem by a method that allows the manufacture of a structural part from a preform made of composite material of simple shape obtained by pultrusion and of one or more reinforcing elements made of composite material and secured by cocuring with the preform to a region of this preform which region is to be reinforced. | 2015-11-12 |
20150321430 | CATIONIC NATURAL RUBBER LATEX AND TIRE PUNCTURE SEALANT USING SAME - The present invention provides: a cationic natural rubber latex comprising cationic natural rubber microparticles in which the surfaces of natural rubber microparticles are coated by a cationic polymer, a weight average molecular weight of the cationic polymer being from 3000 to 150000, a concentration of the cationic natural rubber being from 30 to 70% by mass, a viscosity at 20° C. being 500 mPa·s or less, and surface potential of the cationic natural rubber microparticles being −3 mV or less; and a tire puncture sealant comprising the cationic natural rubber latex and an acidic resin emulsion, a mass ratio of a solid content of the cationic natural rubber latex to a solid content of the acidic resin emulsion being from 90:10 to 10:90. Such tire puncture sealant has superior puncture-sealing ability, storage stability, and workability. | 2015-11-12 |
20150321431 | Method for Verifying the Correct Formation of the Beads in a Process and a Plant for Buiilding Tyres for Vehicle Wheels - A method for verifying the correct formation of the beads in a process and a plant for building tyres for vehicle wheels, includes: loading a plurality of annular anchoring structures in a storage, disposing them in two groups separated by an opening; positioning a building drum provided with a carcass sleeve in a tyre bead-forming machine; picking up two of the annular anchoring structures from the storage and loading them on the tyre bead-forming machine. In a work area of the tyre bead-forming machine, on each of two axially opposite zones of the carcass sleeve, a respective annular anchoring structure is fit and each of the abovementioned zones is turned up around the respective annular anchoring structure to form the beads. The aforesaid opening allows an operator to conduct a visual inspection of the work area and/or access the work area during the entire work cycle of the machine. | 2015-11-12 |
20150321432 | PROCESS AND APPARATUS FOR ASSEMBLING TYRES - In an assembly station, a carcass sleeve and an outer sleeve manufactured along respective building lines are mutually coupled. Integrated into the assembly station are engagement devices that can be alternatively-coupled to an auxiliary drum carrying an outer sleeve and to a building drum carrying a carcass sleeve. The building drum is engaged on the assembly station before removal of the auxiliary drum. A grip unit picks up the outer sleeve from the auxiliary drum associated with the engagement devices in order to position it around the carcass sleeve carried by the building drum. | 2015-11-12 |
20150321433 | Method of Manufacturing Pneumatic Tire - The present technology provides a method of manufacturing a pneumatic tire. The method of manufacturing a pneumatic tire uses a laminated sheet having a predetermined length and an inner liner layer formed from the laminated sheet through a step of cure-molding the tire with end portions of the laminated sheet lap-spliced. In the method, when at least the sheet made of thermoplastic resin or a thermoplastic resin composition obtained by blending the thermoplastic resin and the elastomer is cut into the predetermined length, the cutting is performed by using an edge tool having a non-sharp edge under a temperature condition not lower than 60° C. and not higher than a melting point of the thermoplastic resin. | 2015-11-12 |
20150321434 | System And Method For Forming Three-Dimensional Structures With Different Material Portions - A system and method for forming 3D printed structures includes printing an outer shell portion and filling an interior of the outer shell portion to form an inner portion. The outer shell portion and inner portion may have differing material properties. The outer shell portion may be anchored to the base component. | 2015-11-12 |
20150321435 | ROTARY PRESS - A rotary press comprises a press frame and a rotor arranged thereon. The rotor has a die plate, an upper punch receiver receiving upper punches, a lower punch receiver receiving lower punches, an upper cam that guides the upper punches, and a lower cam that guides the lower punches. A rotor drive can drive the rotor rotationally. Within at least one dosing station, material is filled into receivers of the die plate for pressing. An upper pressing station has an upper pressing roller and a lower pressing station has a lower pressing roller. Coupling means couples at least one drive that operates the rotary press to the rotor such that, with movement of the at least one drive, the rotor is raised out of its operating position and into a removal position where the rotor can be removed out of the press frame in a lateral direction. | 2015-11-12 |
20150321436 | METHOD AND A MACHINE FOR MANUFACTURING CONTAINERS - An embodiment of the present invention discloses a method and a machine for realising containers ( | 2015-11-12 |
20150321437 | FOLDABLE BOX SEALING MACHINE - A foldable box sealing machine includes an upright main frame unit, an upper taping unit mounted on the main frame unit, a platform unit having a base panel mounted rotatably on the main frame unit below the upper taping unit, a lower taping unit disposed below the upper taping unit. The base panel is rotatable between a first position where the base panel is substantially horizontal, and a second position where the base panel is substantially vertical. | 2015-11-12 |
20150321438 | CHILDPROOF, HIGHLY INERT INDIVIDUAL PACKAGING - A method for producing childproof, highly inert individual dose packagings for transdermal therapeutic systems or film-like forms of administration in the form of a sealing edge bag that can be peeled back with a complete surrounding and continuous sealing surface, comprising two packaging elements, that are arranged on top of each other and form the upper side and the bottom side of a bag containing the product, wherein at least one layer of the packaging material elements is a metal layer and at least one packaging material element a film laminate with at least three-layer design; and the outer layer of the at least three-layer film laminate comprises at least one line-shaped weakening that is not touching the edge of the packaging on the upper and bottom side and the line-shaped weakening has a reduced resistance to tear for opening the packaging. | 2015-11-12 |
20150321439 | Paper Bag and Method for Producing a Paper Bag - In the case of a paper bag having a bag wall ( | 2015-11-12 |
20150321440 | Method and Apparatus for Producing Corrugated Board Products Having an Oblique Flute Profile - The invention relates to a method and an apparatus for the production of a corrugated cardboard product. The apparatus comprises a first one-sided machine and a second one-sided machine which are provided in each case with a press-down belt and with a first and a second grooving roller respectively. The first and the second grooving roller are designed for embossing a wave profile onto a first and a second paper web respectively. The press-down belts serve, together with the respective grooving rollers for connecting the first and the second paper webs in each case to a non-corrugated web for the production of a first and a second single-flute corrugated cardboard web respectively. The first one-sided machine is equipped with a first oblique guide roller the axis of rotation of which is inclined at a vertical inclination angle between side margins of the first paper web. | 2015-11-12 |
20150321441 | THERMOPLASTIC COMPOSITE STRUCTURES EMBEDDED WITH AT LEAST ONE LOAD FITTING AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURING SAME - Manufacturing a thermoplastic composite tubular structure embedded with a first load fitting comprising the steps of braiding a first plurality of inner layers of thermoplastic composite material around a soluble, expandable mandrel. A first load fitting is positioned on the first plurality of inner layers of thermoplastic composite material. A second plurality of outer layers of thermoplastic composite material is braided around the first load fitting and the mandrel so as to form an overbraided mandrel embedded with the first load fitting. The overbraided mandrel is installed into a matched tooling assembly and heated at a specified heating profile in order to consolidate the first plurality of inner layers of thermoplastic composite material and the second plurality of outer layers of thermoplastic composite material with the first load fitting so as to form a thermoplastic composite tubular structure embedded with the first load fitting. A second load fitting may be positioned on the first plurality of inner layers of thermoplastic composite material. | 2015-11-12 |
20150321442 | DISPLAY DEVICE, AND METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A display device includes a cover window including a curved portion, and a panel member laminated on the cover window. A method of manufacturing a display device includes mounting a cover window including a curved portion on a first jig including a curved portion, mounting a panel member on a second jig that conforms to a surface of the first jig, and laminating the cover window to the panel member by moving a first one of the first jig or the second jig to a first other one of the first jig or the second jig. An apparatus for manufacturing a display device includes a first jig including a mount surface that is partially curved to conform to a surface of a cover window, a second jig including a surface conforming to the mount surface and configured to contact a panel member, and a driving unit. | 2015-11-12 |
20150321443 | SANDWICH PANEL, CONTAINER MADE OF SUCH A SANDWICH PANEL AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A sandwich panel including a core and a first skin layer and a second skin layer on opposite sides of the core, wherein one of the skin layers extends beyond the core along an edge of the sandwich panel by a protruding portion, the protruding portion comprising a bent portion bent towards the core. The bent portion defines an open edge space sized to receive a marginal edge region of an adjacent sandwich panel, or is bent and folded over an exposed edge of the core. A container including a plurality and combination of the above-mentioned sandwich panels with different bent portions is also provided. A method for manufacturing such sandwich panels and containers is also disclosed. The method includes applying a linear source of heat to the protruding portions of the sandwich panels. A method for assembling the sandwich panels into a container body is also provided. | 2015-11-12 |
20150321444 | Fiber Composite Component Having Radiation Crosslinked Filler - A fiber composite component is produced by first producing a filler for a preform of the fiber composite component from a plastic material, the preform including a textile material. The plastic material of the filler is crosslinked so that plastic molecules of the plastic material are bonded together. The filler is inserted into the preform of the fiber composite component and the filler is bonded to the preform so as to form the fiber composite component. | 2015-11-12 |
20150321445 | IMPRINT MATERIAL HAVING LOW MOLD RELEASE PROPERTY - There is provided an imprint material that allows a resin film to be readily released from a mold at the time of mold release after curing, that is, an imprint material that forms a film having a low mold release property as well as high transparency, high scratch resistance, and a high fingerprint wiping-off property; and a film which is formed from the material and to which a pattern is transferred. An imprint material including: a (A) component: a compound having a propylene oxide unit and two polymerizable groups or a compound having a propylene oxide unit, an ethylene oxide unit, and two polymerizable groups; a (B) component: a silicone compound; and a (C) component: a photopolymerization initiator. | 2015-11-12 |
20150321446 | COLOR REFLECTIVE ARTICLE AND MATERIAL STRUCTURE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A color reflective article and a material structure thereof are disclosed. A material structure of a housing of the color reflective article has a housing plastic layer and a color reflecting structure constituted by a transparent substrate layer, a reflecting surface, a reflecting layer, a color pattern layer, and a protective film, which renders the color reflective article to have a color reflection effect entirely. | 2015-11-12 |
20150321447 | Substrates And Methods Of Forming A Pattern On A Substrate - Substrates and methods of forming a pattern on a substrate. The pattern includes a repeating pattern region and a pattern-interrupting region adjacent to the repeating pattern region. A mask is formed on the substrate, with the mask including the repeating pattern region and the pattern-interrupting region and which are formed using two separate masking steps. The mask is used in forming the pattern into underlying substrate material on which the mask is received. Substrates comprising masks are also disclosed. | 2015-11-12 |
20150321448 | KITS AND METHODS FOR FIBER COMPOSITES INCLUDING PARTIALLY-CURED RESINOUS MATERIALS FOR THE REINFORCEMENT OF PHYSICAL STRUCTURES - A composite system for the reinforcement of physical structures includes a plurality of unidirectional fibers arranged with respective longitudinal axes generally parallel to each other over a substantial portion of a length of each unidirectional fiber. The plurality of unidirectional fibers are non-mechanically connected. A resinous material adheres the plurality of unidirectional fibers to each other such that each one of the plurality of unidirectional fiber is adhered to at least one adjacent one of the plurality of unidirectional fibers along a substantial portion of the length of the adjacent one of the plurality unidirectional fibers. | 2015-11-12 |
20150321449 | VEHICLE INTERIOR PANELS WITH SEALED STITCHING - A vehicle interior panel includes stitching sewn through a decorative skin layer of the panel. The associated sewing needle holes are sealed by an elastomeric material before a foam layer is formed on the non-visible side of the skin layer to prevent the expanding foam from leaking through the needle holes and becoming visible at the visible side of the panel. The elastomeric material is initially applied as a viscous liquid formulated to solidify and can be applied by spraying, enabling lines of stitching to be located along complex contours of the panel. A latex emulsion is one suitable type of viscous liquid. | 2015-11-12 |
20150321450 | Layered Semi-Finished Product and Method for Producing It - The object of the present invention is a layered semi-finished product having a layer sequence containing at least one layer of an unconsolidated fabric of reinforcing fibres. At reduced pressure, this layer sequence is arranged between a top and a bottom film connected to each other along their periphery in a pressure-retaining manner. In advantageous modifications of the layered semi-finished product according to the invention, the preforming of the semi-finished, as well as the inclusion of metallic inserts or other components into said semi-finished is intended. Furthermore, a method for producing the layered semi-finished product according to the invention is described. | 2015-11-12 |
20150321451 | BI-MATERIAL STRIP AND A METHOD OF BONDING STRIPS OF DIFFERENT MATERIALS TOGETHER - A continuous hot bonding method for producing a bi-material strip with a strong bond therebetween is provided. The method comprises sanding a first strip formed of steel; and applying a layer of first particles, typically formed of copper, to the sanded first strip. The method next includes heating the first strip and the layer of the first particles, followed by pressing a second strip formed of an aluminum alloy onto the heated layer of the first particles. The aluminum alloy of the second strip includes tin particles, and the heat causes the second particles to liquefy and dissolve into the melted first particles. The first particles and the second particles bond together to form bond enhancing metal particles, which typically comprise bronze. | 2015-11-12 |
20150321452 | DECORATIVE LAMINATED SHEET, STRUCTURE INCLUDING THE DECORATIVE LAMINATED SHEET, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A decorative laminated sheet with excellent scratch resistance that is capable of adhering to a polyolefin-based resin substrate, and that is a hardly adhesive material, through an extrusion method, a vacuum-pressure molding method, a mold integrated injection molding method, and the like. The decorative laminated sheet includes a surface layer, a design layer, and an adhesive layer containing a polymer having a propylene unit of 85 mass % or more, in that order. | 2015-11-12 |
20150321453 | PVB FILM WITH LOW-MIGRATION UV PROTECTION - The invention relates to the use of one or more UV absorbers of the formulae (1a), (1b), (2) or (3) in films formed from plasticiser-containing polyvinyl acetal | 2015-11-12 |
20150321454 | RESIN FILM AND SLICED VENEER SHEET USING SAME AND AUTOMOBILE INTERIOR MEMBER - Provided is a resin film that can be firmly adhered to a native wood sliced veneer, has extremely low moisture permeability and oxygen permeability, and can provide the sliced veneer with excellent automobile interior suitability. A resin film | 2015-11-12 |
20150321455 | INORGANIC FILM AND LAMINATE - There are provided an inorganic film in which the light transmittance is not decreased also when the inorganic film is laminated on organic material such as a resin, and a laminate. An inorganic film | 2015-11-12 |
20150321456 | POLYMERS, ARTICLES COMPRISING POLYMERS, AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING THE SAME - A polymer part can comprise: a first layer comprising a first polymer, wherein the first layer allows greater than or equal to 5% of visible light to transfer through it; and optionally a second layer comprising a second polymer; wherein the second layer is opaque; wherein the polymer part comprises a phase change material, wherein when exposed to cyclic temperature and solar radiation conditions for a period of time, the polymer part has a lower effective temperature as compared to a polymer part without a phase change material when exposed to the same cyclic temperature and solar radiation conditions for the same period of time. | 2015-11-12 |
20150321457 | LAMINATION APPARATUS - A lamination apparatus includes a plurality of fixed frames, each of which has at least one bent portion; a plurality of variable frames, each of which is arranged between one fixed frame and another fixed frame; and a plurality of light sources arranged on the fixed frames and the variable frame. | 2015-11-12 |
20150321458 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR APPLYING A FILM TO A PLASTIC WORK PIECETHAT IS TO BE CURED, AND A METHOD FOR PRODUCING A PLASTIC WORK PIECE - Method and system for applying film to a plastic work piece to be cured, including providing a plastic work piece disposed on a surface of a base member, a free region remaining around the plastic work piece, an application frame having a frame housing with a frame opening and a frame edge enclosing the frame opening, and a film suitable for covering a plastic work piece during the curing thereof. Film is applied on the frame edge where the film covers the frame opening, and a lip region of the film is fastened to the frame edge. The application frame can move relative to the plastic work piece, where the plastic work piece passes through the frame opening until the frame edge, the lip region fastened thereto, is placed on the free region, wherein the film is deformed by the plastic work piece and rests against the plastic work piece. | 2015-11-12 |
20150321459 | DEVICE FOR THE HYDRODYNAMICALLY BONDING OF NONWOVEN, WOVEN OR KNITTED FABRICS - The invention relates to a device for the hydrodynamic bonding of nonwovens, wovens or knitted fabrics comprising a suction pipe having a plurality of drilled holes, a structure drum set at a distance from the suction pipe, characterized by the distance between suction pipe and structure drum being set by spacer elements. | 2015-11-12 |
20150321460 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A RAISED SEAM - The invention relates to a method for producing a double-flanged seam ( | 2015-11-12 |
20150321461 | INCREMENTALLY-STRETCHED ADHESIVELY-LAMINATED FILMS AND METHODS FOR MAKING THE SAME - Incrementally-stretched adhesively-laminated films include two or more film layers adhesively bonded together. At least one of the two or more film layers is incrementally stretched. The incrementally-stretched adhesively-laminated films can have maintained or increased strength parameters despite a reduction in gauge. The incrementally-stretched adhesively-laminated films can be formed into bags for use as trash can liners or food storage. Methods of forming incrementally-stretched adhesively-laminated films include cold stretching one or more of the first and second film layers and adhesively bonding the film layers together. | 2015-11-12 |
20150321462 | Flexographic Printing Plates and Methods - Flexography relief images are produced in currently-available sheet photopolymers by printing them with one inkjet printer pass using solvent-based inks without the need for an inkjet-receptive coating. A solvent ink that will adhere to the surface of the photopolymer slip film with no coating is used and, in embodiments, quick-dried to maximize image quality by heating the inked surface up to about 50° C. In embodiments, sheet photopolymer plates so masked and exposed can then be exposed to UV light in a modified printer that, in effect, transforms a batch process to a continuous one. | 2015-11-12 |
20150321463 | FLEXIBLE PLATEN COVER AND A HEAT PRESS HAVING A FLEXIBLE PLATEN COVER - The present teachings provide for a cover for a platen of a heat press. The cover can include a cover body, a first fastener member and a second fastener member. The cover body can be formed of a flexible material. The first fastener member can be affixed to a first edge of the cover body and can be adapted to removably couple the first edge of the cover body to the platen of the heat press. The second fastener member can be affixed to a second edge of the flexible material that is opposite the first edge. The second fastener member can be adapted to removably couple the second edge of the flexible material to the platen of the heat press. | 2015-11-12 |
20150321464 | SCREEN PRINTING APPARATUS - In a screen printing apparatus, a squeegee is slid on a mask contacting a board to print paste onto the board via pattern holes formed in the mask. The screen printing apparatus includes: a box-like member including a top-plate portion in which first suction hole is formed and which is allowed to contact a lower surface of the board; a blower suction pipe which communicates with an internal space of the box-like member, and which extends outside the box-like member; a motor which sucks air through the blower suction pipe to generate a blower suction force in the first suction hole; and an inverter which changes a number of rotations of the motor. | 2015-11-12 |
20150321465 | SCREEN PRINTING APPARATUS - In a screen printing apparatus, a squeegee is slid on a mask contacting a board to print paste onto the board via pattern holes formed in the mask. The screen printing apparatus includes: a box-like member including a top-plate portion in which first suction hole and a second section hole are formed and which is allowed to contact the board; a blower suction pipe communicating with an internal space of the box-like member and extending outside the box-like member; a blower suction source sucking air through the blower suction pipe to generate a blower suction force in the first suction hole; a vacuum suction pipe connected to the second suction hole and extending through the internal space to an outside of the box-like member; and a vacuum pressure supplying device supplying a vacuum pressure to the second suction hole through the vacuum suction pipe. | 2015-11-12 |
20150321466 | DEVICE FOR SUPPLYING A FLUID TO BE DEPOSITED, PROVIDED IN MACHINES FOR DEPOSITING A FLUID ON A SUBSTRATE VIA A SUPPLY CYLINDER - The invention relates to a device for supplying a fluid to be deposited, provided in a machine for depositing a fluid on a substrate via a supply cylinder, of the type that comprises a supply circuit with a pump for supplying ink to a first rotating roller of the flexographic printer, characterised in that said pump is a reversible-volumetric-type pump that pumps a constant volume of fluid in each cycle. | 2015-11-12 |
20150321467 | AQUEOUS INK JET BLANKET - There is described a transfer member or blanket for use in aqueous ink jet printer. The transfer member includes a surface layer having a surface roughness (Ra) of from about 50 nm to about 5 microns. The surface layer has a surface energy between 8 mN/m | 2015-11-12 |
20150321468 | Ink Jet Recording Apparatus - An ink jet recording apparatus that can perform high velocity printing without printing distortion is realized. In a continuous discharge type ink jet recording apparatus, a unit that suppresses a velocity in the vicinity of a center axis is disposed in a unit that injects ink droplets in which because a velocity in an outer periphery is higher than that in a center of a discharged liquid column, a velocity on a surface of the liquid column becomes quickly high, and a capillary wave that propagates on a surface of the liquid column in a travel direction is quickly amplified because the velocity becomes quickly a velocity suitable for droplet breakup, the droplet breakup is quickly generated, and the droplet breakup is surely generated within a charging electrode located next to the nozzle. As a result, an ink jet recording apparatus stable in printing quality performance is provided. | 2015-11-12 |
20150321469 | DETERMINING SURVIVAL STATE OF PRINT HEAD - The present invention relates to a method for determining survival state of a print head. The cleaning behavior of a print head can be used for reflecting health status of the print head, so survival state of a print head can be determined according to cleaning behavior of the print head. Specifically, a method is implemented for determining survival state of a print head, comprising: obtaining cleaning behavior data and cumulative printing amount upon failure occurrence of print head(s) of reference printer(s) as well as cleaning behavior of a print head of a current printer; obtaining printing amount of the current printer; determining survival state of the print head of the current printer according to cleaning behavior data and cumulative printing amount upon failure occurrence of the print head(s) of the reference printer(s) as well as cleaning behavior data and printing amount of the current printer. | 2015-11-12 |
20150321470 | BASE, LIQUID DISCHARGE HEAD, PRINTING APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING LIQUID DISCHARGE STATUS - An embodiment of this invention is directed to determining a discharge status of liquid discharged from a liquid discharge head capable of accurately determining the discharge status of each nozzle at high speed with a simple arrangement. According to the embodiment, a base includes an electrothermal transducer configured to supply heat to liquid, a first temperature detection element configured to detect the temperature of the electrothermal transducer, and a second temperature detection element configured to detect the temperature of the same electrothermal transducer. In this case, the first and the second temperature detection elements are arranged so that at least part of each of the first and second temperature detection elements is included immediately above or below a region where the electrothermal transducer is arranged in the base. | 2015-11-12 |
20150321471 | LIQUID DISCHARGING SUBSTRATE, LIQUID DISCHARGING HEAD, AND RECORDING APPARATUS - A liquid discharging substrate includes multiple heaters and multiple drive elements. A first wiring portion electrically connects the multiple heaters and a first electrode. A second wiring portion electrically connects the multiple drive elements and a second electrode. The first wiring portion includes multiple conductive members. The conductive members are connected to the first electrode and respective heaters. An insulating portion is disposed between each of the conductive members. The second wiring portion includes a common conductive member connected to the multiple drive elements and the second electrode. | 2015-11-12 |
20150321472 | METHOD TO CONTROL VIBRATION MEASURES AND REFRESH MEASURES IN PRINTING OPERATION OF AN INK PRINTING SYSTEM WITH AT LEAST ONE PRINTING APPARATUS - In a method to control vibration measures and refresh measures in a printing operation of an ink printing system with at least one printing apparatus, the printing apparatus having printing elements that fire ink droplets as print dots at a printing substrate depending on control data determined from print data associated with print images and firing pause information about firing pauses for the printing elements. Prefire data and refresh data derived from the firing pause information and from operating condition information of the printing apparatus are combined with the control data. The vibration measures and refresh measures are executed by the printing elements depending on the firing pause information, the prefire data, and the refresh data, no ink droplets being ejected during the vibration measures and ink droplets being ejected during the refresh measures. | 2015-11-12 |
20150321473 | Compensating for Changes in Printhead-to-Printhead Spacing - According to one example, there is provided a system for compensating for changes in printhead-to-printhead spacing in a printing system having multiple printheads mountable on a printhead support. The system comprises a measurement system to determine a change in printhead-to-printhead spacing between different ones of mounted printheads, and a processor to determine compensation to be applied to the printing system to compensate for the determined change in printhead-to-printhead spacing. | 2015-11-12 |
20150321474 | LIQUID DISCHARGE HEAD, AND RECORDING DEVICE PROVIDED WITH SAME - The present invention aims to provide a liquid discharge head capable of reducing the possibility that ink intrudes into the interior thereof. The liquid discharge head includes a head body which has a plurality of discharge holes, a plurality of pressurizing chambers communicating with the discharge holes, and piezoelectric bodies disposed correspondingly to the pressurizing chambers, a flexible wiring board electrically connected to the piezoelectric bodies, a first member having a hole disposed on the head body, and a second member disposed on the first member. A part of the second member is disposed so as to cover the hole in a plan view. The flexible wiring board is passed through the hole and is led out from between the first member and the second member. | 2015-11-12 |
20150321475 | LIQUID EJECTION HEAD AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A liquid ejection head includes a recording element substrate that ejects liquid, and an element-substrate support member to which the recording element substrate is bonded with an adhesive. A groove to be filled with the adhesive is provided in a bonding region of the element-substrate support member, at which the element-substrate support member and the recording element substrate are bonded together, along a part or an entirety of the outer circumference of the recording element substrate. | 2015-11-12 |
20150321476 | LIQUID EJECTION HEAD, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING LIQUID EJECTION HEAD, AND LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A liquid ejection head including: a support member, a plurality of printing element boards arranged linearly on the support member, an electric wiring member fixed to the support member, and configured to transmit an electrical signal necessary to eject a liquid to the plurality of printing element boards, | 2015-11-12 |
20150321477 | LIQUID EJECTING HEAD AND LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A liquid ejecting head includes a plurality of pressure generators each including a first electrode individually provided therefor, the first electrode being located on a face of the flow path plate so as to correspond to one of the pressure chambers, a piezoelectric layer provided on the first electrode, and a second electrode provided on the piezoelectric layer; a lead electrode electrically connected to the first electrode; and a conductive layer provided in a section where the first electrode is partially exposed, the section being located in a region where the second electrode is not provided and the piezoelectric layer is exposed, at least a part of the conductive layer being in contact with the first electrode. The lead electrode is connected to the first electrode via the conductive layer. | 2015-11-12 |
20150321478 | LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS AND MAINTENANCE METHOD - A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a liquid ejecting head that ejects a liquid from a nozzle toward a target which is positioned away from a nozzle forming surface where the nozzle is formed; a wiping member that is capable of wiping the nozzle forming surface; a movement mechanism that relatively moves the liquid ejecting head and the wiping member when wiping is carried out; and a control portion that controls the movement mechanism so as to cause a relative moving velocity between the liquid ejecting head and the wiping member to be lower when wiping is carried out in a case where the liquid is ejected at a second distance of which an opposing distance between the nozzle forming surface and the target is longer than a first distance compared to a case where the liquid is ejected at the first distance of the opposing distance. | 2015-11-12 |
20150321479 | LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a pressure control unit provided in a liquid flow path so as to control pressure. The pressure control unit includes a liquid introduction unit, a liquid chamber having a diaphragm, a communication hole that allows communication between the liquid introduction unit and the liquid chamber, and a wall portion provided on the side of the liquid chamber, so as to switch between a first mode in which the wall portion forms a first flow path for the liquid flowing through the communication hole toward the liquid outlet without contacting the diaphragm in accordance with a pressure in the liquid chamber, and a second mode in which the wall portion forms a second flow path different from the first flow path, in contact with the diaphragm. | 2015-11-12 |
20150321480 | INK SUPPLY DEVICE - An ink supply device is provided for supplying ink ( | 2015-11-12 |
20150321481 | Packaging Tray and Packaging Body - For a liquid container provided with a handle portion, some contrivance is necessary with respect to the distribution form from the standpoint of protecting the liquid container against breakage. In a packaging tray for an ink container, the ink container having a flexible ink bag, a supply portion provided in the ink bag, and a handle portion provided in the ink bag and protruding outward therefrom, the packaging tray includes a restricting portion that restricts the handle portion at such a position that a clearance is maintained between the supply portion of the ink container and the packaging tray. | 2015-11-12 |
20150321482 | CARRIAGE AND RECORDING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE CARRIAGE - A holding member has a hole with a front tapered shape in a sliding direction of a sliding portion, and the hole and the sliding portion engage with each other. | 2015-11-12 |
20150321483 | LIQUID CONTAINER AND RECORDING DEVICE ON WHICH LIQUID CONTAINER IS MOUNTED - In a state in which a liquid container is mounted on a recording device, a liquid ejection head communicates with a liquid chamber through a first liquid channel and a second liquid channel, an opening of the first liquid channel at a side far from the liquid ejection head and an opening of the second liquid channel at a side far from the liquid ejection head are made at the liquid chamber, the opening of the first liquid channel is located at an upper side in a gravitational direction as compared with the opening of the second liquid channel, and an air-liquid interface in the first liquid channel is held by a meniscus force so that the air-liquid interface in the first liquid channel is located at the upper side in the gravitational direction as compared with an air-liquid interface in the second liquid channel. | 2015-11-12 |
20150321484 | IMAGE FORMATION DEVICE, METHOD AND PROGRAM - There are provided an image formation device, method, and program capable of forming an image, which is appropriate for a combination of dot sizes, with high flexibility in design for optimizing halftone processing in a case of using a plurality of dot sizes. Two or more combinations are selected among combinations of a plurality of types of threshold matrix and at least one type of division information for classifying a whole range of threshold values covered by the types of threshold matrix into a plurality of divisions. Then, by respectively applying the two or more combinations, dot sizes of pixels are determined on the basis of assigned two or more code values. | 2015-11-12 |
20150321485 | PRINTING APPARATUS - Printing apparatus ( | 2015-11-12 |
20150321486 | MACHINE FOR THE DECORATION OF TRIDIMENSIONAL PRODUCTS - A machine for the decoration of tridimensional products, including a basement, means for supporting the product to be decorated associated to the basement and a unit for decorating the product associated to the basement. The decoration unit includes a moveable arm rotatably associated to the basement, a plurality of print heads of the ink-jet type, provided with at least one head with ejector nozzles, sliding along the moveable arm. Each of the print heads is moveable from a non-operating position, in which it is spaced from the product, to an operating position in which it is in proximity of the surface of the product, to obtain a decoration. | 2015-11-12 |
20150321487 | CONTROL OF PRINTING SYSTEMS TO APPLY TREATMENT - In some examples herein, control data is for application of treatment fluid on a treatment substrate location surrounding a substrate dot corresponding to a first pixel of the digital image. Treatment fluid is ejected on the treatment substrate location if a metric value computed from pixel values of a set of pixels in the neighborhood of the first pixel is above a threshold level. | 2015-11-12 |
20150321488 | INKJET PRINTER AND PRINTING METHOD - The object is to suitably satisfy a condition for preventing smearing of a printed object and a condition for endowing glossiness to the printed object. As a solution therefor, a plurality of inkjet heads ( | 2015-11-12 |
20150321489 | IMAGE RECORDING APPARATUS - A first irradiation section has a light source and an emitting member. The light source generates radiation, and the emitting member is located between a first irradiation point and a virtual plane that extends through the edge of a nozzle surface closest to the first irradiation section tangentially to a curved surface. The radiation generated by the light source goes out through the emitting member. A control section controls a transportation speed in such a manner that ink dots formed at a dot formation point should move to the first irradiation point in a second time period that is equal to or shorter than a first time period. The first time period is the time period from the time immediately after the ink dots are formed to the time when the diameter of the ink dots reaches twice the nozzle pitch. | 2015-11-12 |
20150321490 | PRINTER CONTROL SECTION, METHOD AND PRINTER - A printer control section arranged to control a printhead, is operable to cause the printhead to: perform a plurality of passes over a swath of a print medium, the plurality of passes including first and second treatment passes; apply treatment to the print medium in each of the treatment passes, the treatment in each treatment pass being applied according to a respective treatment mask, wherein each treatment mask indicates a corresponding set of pixels to which the treatment may be applied in a pass to which the treatment mask is applied, the treatment mask having a weight indicative of the proportion of pixels in the corresponding set of pixels, and the treatment masks of the first and second passes are such that a weight of the first treatment mask is different from a weight of the second treatment mask. | 2015-11-12 |
20150321491 | Image Recording Apparatus - A sheet feeder, including: a sheet supply roller configured to supply a sheet to a sheet feeding path; a sheet feed roller configured to feed the sheet supplied to the sheet feeding path by the sheet supply roller to a downstream side in a sheet feeding direction in which the sheet is fed; a discharge roller configured to discharge the sheet fed by the feed roller to a downstream side in the sheet feeding direction; a drive motor configured to drive a first shaft for rotating the feed roller; a first transmitting mechanism configured to transmit a rotary motion of the first shaft to a second shaft for rotating the discharge roller; and a second transmitting mechanism configured to transmit a rotary motion of the second shaft to a third shaft for rotating the sheet supply roller. | 2015-11-12 |
20150321492 | INKJET RECORDING APPARATUS - To provide an inkjet recording apparatus in a simple configuration that can accurately adjust a gap between a nozzle surface of an inkjet head and a recording medium placed on a feed route with simple operations, it is provided with a printing section having an inkjet head and performing printing on a recording medium, an apparatus main body having a pair of side frames that supports the printing section so as to stand the inkjet head face to face with the recording medium and a medium feed mechanism that feeds the recording medium along a feed route, and a gap adjustment section moving the printing section in parallel with respect to the pair of side frames in a separate direction and adjusting a gap between the nozzle surface of the inkjet head and the recording medium placed on the feed route. | 2015-11-12 |
20150321493 | INKJET PRINTER - In a case where suction means for taking in outside air into an inkjet printer is provided, a heated recording medium is abruptly cooled by a flow of air, thereby causing cooling unevenness, which is a factor of degradation of image quality. Further, it is difficult to efficiently cool an inside of a carriage. In view of the above, provided are a structure for allowing the outside air, which is taken into a device of the inkjet printer, to be directly sucked into the carriage, and a structure for preventing the outside air from passing through the carriage. Thus, the temperature inside the carriage can be effectively decreased. Further, mechanisms for exhausting the gas are provided on both sides of a housing, specifically, one mechanism is provided on a side surface of the housing and another mechanism is provided on a rear surface thereof. Thus, unevenness of exhausted gas can be suppressed at the right and left of the housing. | 2015-11-12 |
20150321494 | INKJET PRINTER - In a case where suction means for taking in outside air into an inkjet printer is provided, a heated recording medium is abruptly cooled by a flow of air, thereby causing cooling unevenness, which is a cause of degradation of image quality. In view of the above, provided is an inkjet printer having a structure for allowing the outside air, which is taken into the device, to be directly sucked into the carriage, and a structure for preventing the outside air from passing through the carriage. Thus, the temperature inside the carriage can be effectively decreased. Further, mechanisms for exhausting the gas are provided on both sides of a housing, namely, one mechanism is provided on a side surface of the housing and another mechanism is provided on a rear surface thereof. Thus, unevenness of exhausted gas can be suppressed at the right and left of the housing, and the image quality can be prevented from being degraded. | 2015-11-12 |
20150321495 | METHOD OF FLAVOR OR FRAGRANCE MICRODOSING - This invention is a method for providing a fragrance or flavor dose on a microgram scale for use in the development and testing of fragrances and flavors. | 2015-11-12 |
20150321496 | Pressure Sensitive Coating For Image Forming - A microencapsulated pigment including a leuco dye system is incorporated as one or more layers in a roll of adhesive tape. The tape is applied and may be rubbed by hand or another object to induce a color change. The change may serve as an indicator that the tape is well adhered for masking purposes in a painting operation, or to present a design where only selected portions of the tape are rubbed to induce the color change. The microencapsulated pigment may be constructed so that the color change is irreversible or reversible. | 2015-11-12 |
20150321497 | METHOD OF PREPARING A FLEXOGRAPHIC PRINTING MASTER - A method for preparing a flexographic printing master on a sleeve includes using a reusable sleeve. The reusable sleeve includes a self adhesive on its outer surface. In a first preferred embodiment, a support is removably attached to the reusable sleeve after which a relief image is formed on the support by an inkjet method. In a second preferred embodiment, a Direct Laser Engraving (DLE) flexographic printing master precursor is removably attached to the reusable sleeve, after which a relief image is formed by DLE. The flexographic printing masters can then be removed from the sleeve after printing, and the sleeve can be reused to make new printing masters. | 2015-11-12 |
20150321498 | TRANSPARENT NOTE SHEET AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A note sheet comprising: (1) a substrate having a first main face and a second main face; (2) a writing receptive layer on the first main face of the substrate, the writing receptive layer having an exposed face or writing surface having a fine relief structure; and (3) at least one segment of repositionable pressure-sensitive adhesive layer on at least a portion of the second main face; wherein the substrate and writing receptive layer having a visible transmittance of at least about 80% and a haze of not more than about 60%. Also a method for making such sheets. | 2015-11-12 |
20150321499 | OPTICALLY VARIABLE DEVICE COMPRISING MAGNETIC FLAKES - An optically variable device may be manufactured by aligning magnetic flakes on a surface of an adhesive layer by applying the flakes onto the adhesive layer surface in presence of a magnetic field, and curing the adhesive layer having magnetic flakes adhered to the adhesive layer. When cured, the adhesive layer holds the magnetic flakes oriented, enabling subsequent encapsulation of the oriented magnetic flakes in a coating layer on the adhesive layer, without a substantial loss of orientation of the magnetic flakes. | 2015-11-12 |
20150321500 | High Capacity Pocket File Folder - A pocket folder with increased document capacity and method of manufacturing same is disclosed. The folder has two cover panels | 2015-11-12 |
20150321501 | LIFT TAB HANGING STRUCTURE - A lift tab hanging structure is disclosed. An example apparatus includes a hanging member to hang from a support structure and a tab mechanism. The tab mechanism includes a support portion extending over the hanging member to be supported by the hanging member and an indexing portion extending from the support portion. The example apparatus further includes a cover panel having an edge hanging from the support portion of the tab mechanism. | 2015-11-12 |
20150321502 | BALLPOINT PEN WITH SLIDABLE CAP - A ballpoint pen system having a slidable pen cap. A ballpoint ink cartridge disposed inside a pen housing has a ballpoint tip protruding out of a pen housing anterior aperture. The pen cap is disposed on a pen housing anterior end for capping the ballpoint tip. At least one linear pen cap through-slot is disposed through a pen cap side surface. At least one raised stopper located on the pen housing near the pen housing anterior end is disposed through the through-slot of the pen cap such that linearly sliding the pen cap causes the pen cap to move longitudinally relative to the pen housing. Sliding the pen cap to an extended position causes the pen cap to cover the ballpoint tip. Sliding the pen cap to a retracted position causes the ballpoint tip to protrude from the pen cap anterior aperture. | 2015-11-12 |
20150321503 | PANTOGRAPH ASSEMBLY FOR MOVEABLE HEAD SEWING MACHINE - A pantograph assembly for a moveable head sewing machine suitable for use quilting fabric which includes a rigid extension arm having a first end and a second end and means for rigidly attaching the first end of the extension arm to a side of the head assembly of a moveable head sewing machine in a location where movement of the rigid extension arm results, either to to the left or the right in corresponding movement to the moveable head of the sewing machine, and a tracing bracket having an upper end and at least one downwardly extending lower leg configured to slide upon and over an image bearing surface medium having a design imprinted thereon to be traced, said upper bracket end rigidly attached to the second end of the extension arm, and means for indicating a point on the design to be traced, rigidly attached to rigid extension arm in close proximity to the tracing bracket. | 2015-11-12 |
20150321504 | METHOD OF PRODUCING VARIEGATED STEEL PLATE WITH MULTICOLOURED PATTERN - A variegated steel plate with multicolored pattern, includes the following process steps in sequence: preparing a steel strip to be printed; using a first roller coating unit to perform a first roller coating transfer on the steel strip to be printed; using a second roller coating unit to perform a second roller coating transfer on the steel strip to be printed after a specific time. In the step of using a first roller coating unit to perform a first roller coating transfer on the steel strip to be printed, the actual roller surface linear velocity is adjusted to be consistent with the theoretical roller surface linear velocity which is consistent with the process speed, thus ensuring that the actual roller surface linear velocity is consistent with the process rotation speed, so there is no need to stop the line for adjusting in the production process, thus increasing the production efficiency. | 2015-11-12 |
20150321505 | Artist Palette, Paint Storage, Preservation and Compositional System - This invention, integrates and combines artists functions; is both a stand-alone and companion product in near custom fits for many, various sized pochade easels. It simultaneously functions as an all in one, optimally sized acrylic or similarly transparent; smooth, undivided palette tray in materials oil and outdoor painters need and as a paint storage/preservation device that withstands freezing temperatures; eliminates the transfer of unused paint; and as a tool to apply color mixes, evaluating them directly to artists subject, visible through the transparent cover that also affords instant visibility of palette's current pigment load. Its Value and Color Isolator, readily aids in assessments and comparisons of artist subject and finished paintings. Meaningful changes and improvements in materials and sizes along with the combination of additional functions makes artists work easier with almost effortless strategy for preserving unused paint, thus reducing paint waste, benefitting the environment and artists pocketbook. | 2015-11-12 |
20150321506 | COMMUNICATION OBJECT HAVING VISIBLE IMAGES AND OBSCURED PORTIONS FOR ILLUMINATED VIEWING, AND METHOD OF MAKING - A novelty communication object, such as a sign or printed object (book, brochure, greeting card or the like), and method of making, wherein at least one page, surface or sheet of the object has not only directly visible images, but also a plurality of cut-outs or other portions at least partially transparent or optically reactive to light, which can become visible when a user shines an illumination source such as a flashlight at the page and projects an image of the transparent or optically reactive portions onto a neighboring wall or other surface, or backlights the transparent or optically reactive portions for direct viewing. The plurality of transparent or optically reactive areas are preferably selected so that the illuminated image has a different visual appearance than the directly visible image, thereby enhancing the overall narrative content of the communication object. | 2015-11-12 |
20150321507 | SPOKED WHEEL FOR A BICYCLE - A spoked wheel includes a rim, at least one spoke and at least one sealing sticker. The rim includes a spoke bed wall with at least one spoke hole therein, a pair of tire-holding flanges extending from opposite edges of the spoke bed wall, a base wall located radially inboard from the spoke bed wall and connected to the flanges. The base wall has an opening corresponding to the spoke hole of the spoke bed wall. The spoke has a nipple portion inserted in the spoke hole of the spoke bed wall of the rim, and a shank portion extending from the nipple portion and through the opening of the base wall of the rim. The sealing sticker is provided to seal the opening of the base wall of the rim and close any gap between the opening of the base wall and the shank portion of the spoke. | 2015-11-12 |
20150321508 | WHEEL LIGHT RING - A wheel light ring for installation within a wheel comprising: a series of LED lights where the series of LED lights include a connecting wire; and a steel ring, where the steel ring supports the series of LED lights and said steel ring installs on an inner diameter of the wheel. Preferably, the steel ring surrounds a rotor within the inner diameter of the wheel. In one particular embodiment, the diameter of the steel ring is smaller than a diameter of an outer rim of the wheel and the connecting wire connects to DC power. | 2015-11-12 |
20150321509 | VEHICLE WHEEL - This vehicle wheel is provided with only two sub air chamber members each as a Helmholtz resonator having an sub air chamber which communicates with a tire air chamber via a communication hole, and characterized in that the respective communication holes of the sub air chamber members are provided apart from each other in a wheel circumferential direction so as to form approximately a right angle around a wheel rotation center. | 2015-11-12 |
20150321510 | WHEEL RIM DESIGN - A wheel design which includes: a rectangular display positioned at the center of the wheel; a diamond display centered within the rectangular display; crossbars including a horizontal mounting bar and a vertical mounting bar, where the crossbars support the rectangular display and cross at the center of the wheel, wherein the crossbars extend beyond the rectangular display; a first rectangular display at a top end of the vertical mounting bar; a second rectangular display at a bottom end of the vertical mounting bar; a third rectangular display at a left end of the horizontal mounting bar; and a fourth rectangular display at a right end of the horizontal mounting bar. Each respective rectangular display includes a diamond display centered therein. | 2015-11-12 |
20150321511 | BEARING DEVICE FOR WHEEL - A bearing device includes a bearing having an outer race with double-row outer raceway surfaces formed on its inner periphery, a hub wheel and an inner race having double-row inner raceway surfaces formed on outer peripheries thereof opposed to the outer raceway surfaces, and double-row rolling elements interposed between the outer and inner raceway surfaces. The bearing has a constant velocity universal joint separably coupled thereto with a screw fastening structure, in which a stem section of an outer joint member of the constant velocity universal joint is fitted to an inner diameter portion of the hub wheel, and in which a plurality of convex portions extending in an axial direction are formed on the stem section, and a plurality of concave portions having an interference with respect to only circumferential side wall portions of each of the plurality of convex portions are formed on the hub wheel. | 2015-11-12 |
20150321512 | WHEEL SYSTEMS AND METHODS - In one preferred form there is provided a wheel system. The wheel system is mounted to a suitcase. The wheel system provides an extension mechanism and a wheel assembly. The extension mechanism adapted for moving the wheel assembly from a retracted condition to an extended condition. In the extended condition, the wheel assembly provides for rolling transport that is able to accommodate various obstacles and terrain. | 2015-11-12 |
20150321513 | Torque Rod Bracket for Mounting a Torque Rod on a Housing of a Tag Axle - A torque rod bracket for mounting a torque rod on a housing of a tag axle includes at least two bracket parts arranged at a distance from each other, each bracket part having at least two connecting arms being arranged at a distance from each other. The torque rod bracket also includes at least one connecting part by means of which the bracket parts are interconnected. At least a portion of each connecting arm has the form of an upside down T configured to be welded to the housing. | 2015-11-12 |
20150321514 | Axle Link Coupling Unit - An axle link junction unit includes a base section and an attachment section, the base section comprising a hollow body at least in transitions into the attachment section along an attachment axis, the attachment section non-detachably fixing a support element to the axle link junction unit, wherein a second attachment section is arranged coaxially with respect to the first attachment section and is situated opposite the first attachment section, and wherein a third attachment section extends substantially along a second attachment axis and a fourth attachment section extends substantially along a third attachment. | 2015-11-12 |
20150321515 | Pneumatic Tire - A pneumatic tire includes at least three circumferential main grooves that extend in the tire circumferential direction, and land portions that are partitioned and formed by these circumferential main grooves. In addition, a belt layer is formed by laminating a pair of cross belts each having a belt angle of not less than 10° and not more than 45° as an absolute value and having mutually opposite signs, and a circumferential reinforcing layer having a belt angle within a range of ±5° with respect to the tire circumferential direction. In addition, in a cross-sectional view taken along the tire meridian direction, a diameter D | 2015-11-12 |
20150321516 | PNEUMATIC TIRE - A pneumatic tire for a motorcycle includes a tread having a tread surface which makes contact with ground, a pair of beads each positioned on a radially inner side of the tread, a carcass bridging one of the beads and the other one of the beads, and a reinforcement layer laminated on the carcass on the radially inner side of the tread. Each of the beads includes a core and an apex extending from the core in a radially outward direction, and the apex of each of the beads has an outer edge positioned on a radially outer side of an edge of the tread surface. | 2015-11-12 |
20150321517 | PNEUMATIC TIRE AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME - Disclosed are a pneumatic tire that includes a tread having a pattern asymmetrical about the tire equatorial plane, and that is easy to produce and may surely reduce cavity resonance without lowering repair efficiency, and a method of producing the same. A pneumatic tire includes a tread portion having a pair of tread halves, the tread halves extending between the tire equatorial plane and respective outer ends in the tire width direction of the tread portion, respectively, and having different negative ratios. The tread portion has short fibers fixed to at least a portion of a tire inner peripheral surface of the tread portion, and one of the tread halves with a higher negative ratio has a lower short-fiber fixation area ratio than that of the other tread half. | 2015-11-12 |
20150321518 | PNEUMATIC TIRE - A pneumatic tire ( | 2015-11-12 |