52nd week of 2018 patent applcation highlights part 25 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20180370708 | EJECTABLE CONTAINER - An ejectable container that includes: six sides formed as a cuboid; an ejection mechanism; a battery within the container; a GPS locator; and fire proof materials for structural components. | 2018-12-27 |
20180370709 | SHOCK-ABSORBING PACKAGING MATERIAL HAVING MULTI-LAYERED AIR CELLS - The present disclosure relates to a shock-absorbing packaging material having multi-layered air cells. Between outer covers forming air cells, an auxiliary inner cover is provided to be fused alternately and partially with the outer covers and thus form air cells of a multi-layered structure, which are alternately stacked between the outer covers. When packaging an article using the shock-absorbing packaging material, it is possible to more safely protect the article due to an enhancement in shock-absorbency through the air cells of a multi-layered structure. Moreover, the structure of the air cells of a multi-layered structure, which are alternately stacked, may effectively block heat transfer between the inside and the outside of the packaging material through portions where the air cells are connected with each other, whereby the shock-absorbing packaging material having multi-layered air cells may be useful for packaging an article which needs to be kept warm or cold. | 2018-12-27 |
20180370710 | A thermal bag - A thermal bag comprising a thermal bag body and a thermal bag cover. The bag cover is connected to the bag body via a connecting member in an openable manner. The bag body comprises an inner bag ( | 2018-12-27 |
20180370711 | FOOD PACKAGE HAVING FOOD BOWL AND INDEPENDENT TOPPING CONTAINER - Disclosed is an optically transparent food package including a sealed food bowl that is filled with a food, such as hummus or the like, and an independent sealed topping container that is filled with a topping to be mixed with the food when the food is consumed. The food package is assembled when the topping container is laid on top of the food bowl and a lid is detachably connected to the food bowl with the topping container retained therebetween such that the topping is suspended above the food. By virtue of the sealed food bowl and the sealed and independent topping container of the food package, the food and the topping will remain separated from one another prior to, during and after the food package is subjected to a high pressure processing (HPP) treatment in order to avoid mixing the food and the topping together prior to their being consumed. | 2018-12-27 |
20180370712 | MICROWAVE COMPATIBLE CONTAINER AND METHOD OF USE TO HEAT FOOD - A microwave compatible container for heating food can comprise a bottom wall, outer and inner walls extending from the bottom wall, and a removable top. The outer wall can have an exterior surface and an interior surface. The inner wall can have an exterior facing surface and an interior facing surface. The interior facing surface of the inner wall and the bottom wall can define an inner compartment of the container. Further, the exterior facing surface of the inner wall, the interior surface of the outer wall, and the bottom wall can define an outer compartment that surrounds the inner compartment. The removable top can be sealingly engaged with the outer wall and/or the inner wall in a closed configuration such that the inner compartment is sealed from the outer compartment. Food can be placed within the inner compartment and water can placed in the outer compartment during microwaving. | 2018-12-27 |
20180370713 | LIDDED CONTAINER AND CONTAINER USED THEREFOR - The present invention provides a lidded container which, even when a flange portion of the container warps during microwave heating, can prevent a contact between the flange portion and a lid and allows steam to pass from a steam escape mechanism. | 2018-12-27 |
20180370714 | SWEEP BEAD DISPENSER - A single-bead dispenser including a container for holding plural beads in a spherical chamber, a wiper disposed within and rotatable about a horizontal axis of the chamber to sweep the inner wall of the chamber and transport a single contained bead upwardly from the chamber to an opening for discharge to a manually accessible platform on the container while leaving all the other contained beads in the chamber, a geared ring mounted externally of the container and manually rotatable about a vertical axis of the chamber, and a gear secured to the wiper and engaged and driven by the geared ring for effecting sweeping rotation of the wiper when the ring is turned. The wiper may be a lune of a hollow sphere close to and concentric with the chamber inner wall and may bear a dispensing scoop shaped to capture and convey a single bead to the opening. | 2018-12-27 |
20180370715 | RECYCLABLE PLASTIC AEROSOL DISPENSER - An aerosol dispenser. The aerosol dispenser is made from materials which can go into a single recycling stream having a single class of materials, as defined by the Society of the Plastics Industry, and particularly may exclusively comprise Class 1 materials with no flammable product/propellant present. | 2018-12-27 |
20180370716 | CONTAINER FOR CONSUMER GOODS WITH SLIDING INNER FRAME - A container ( | 2018-12-27 |
20180370717 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING CONSUMER-READY VEGETABLES, MUSHROOMS OR HERBS IN A BOX - The present invention relates to a method for producing consumer-ready vegetables, mushrooms or herbs, involving a) culturing vegetables, mushrooms or herbs in a closed container under suitable growing conditions until maturity; and b) transferring the container with the mature ve-getable, mushrooms or herb to a retail outlet, wherein the vegetables, mushrooms or herbs are cultured in a container with a plant compartment for containing the vegetables, mushrooms or herbs and a separate water compartment for containing water and nutrients, wherein one of the two compartments is provided with means for allowing water and nutrients to enter the plant compartment while preventing contaminations and pathogens from entering the said plant compartment. Preventing contaminations is achieved a filter that is permeable to water and nutrients but impermeable to contaminations and pathogens, such as viruses, bacteria, fungi, protists or insects, preferably in the bottom of the plant compartment. | 2018-12-27 |
20180370718 | TRANSPORT PACKAGE FOR INDIVIDUAL PACKAGES OF ABSORBENT TISSUE PAPER MATERIAL - A transport package including a compressible packaging and a packing configuration, the packing configuration including at least three individual stacks of absorbent tissue paper material, and the packaging maintaining said individual stacks in the packing configuration, the transport package forming a rectangular parallelepiped delimited by six outer surfaces, defining three transport package extensions extending along three perpendicular dimensions in space defining a length, a width, and a height of the transport package. A relative deformation of the transport package is defined for each of the three dimensions, being the relative shortening of the transport package extension along a selected dimension when the entire transport package is compressed with a deformation pressure of 15 kPa between two outer surfaces and along the selected dimension, wherein, for said transport package, the relative deformation along at least two out of the three dimensions is less than 10%. | 2018-12-27 |
20180370719 | CARTRIDGE FOR THE PREPARATION OF A LIQUID PRODUCT, AND CORRESPONDING ASSORTMENT - A cartridge ( | 2018-12-27 |
20180370720 | A BEVERAGE CAPSULE - A beverage capsule ( | 2018-12-27 |
20180370721 | MANUAL BIN COMPACTING PLATE - The present invention relates to a manual bin compacting plate for use in compacting rubbish. | 2018-12-27 |
20180370722 | Bag Receptacle Holder Apparatus - An apparatus used with a sleeve style receptacle to make an animal waste bag holder apparatus. The apparatus includes a cylindrical sleeve, a holder configured to temporarily hold a plastic bag inside the sleeve that includes a bolt that extends through a hole formed on the sleeve, a lock washer that attaches to the shaft to hold the shaft inside the side hole, a flange nut with internal threads that selectively attaches to the end of the shaft configured to press against the outside surface of the cylindrical sleeve. During use, a bag is inserted into the sleeve so the top edge of the bag fold over the sleeve and positioned adjacent to the hole. When the flange nut is tightened on the shaft, it eventually presses against the portion of the bag adjacent to the side hole. When further tightened, the flange nut pulls the portion of the bag around the shaft causing it to tighten around the sleeve. | 2018-12-27 |
20180370723 | LOCKING DEVICE FOR WASTE CONTAINER - The present invention generally relates to a locking device for waste containers, particularly residential or commercial waste containers. In particular, the invention provides a waste container locking device which keeps the container closed when a sudden jerk or jarring, such as by ground impact, is applied on the container, so that the container does not open when it is accidentally knocked over, but may be opened when tipped during dumping. | 2018-12-27 |
20180370724 | MOBILE PICKING SYSTEM - A mobile picking system for sorting a plurality of materials has a support frame upon which a conveyor arrangement is mounted. The conveyor arrangement is configured to convey the materials from one end of the support frame to the opposing end. At least one picking station is provided upon the support frame adjacent said conveyor arrangement. The support frame is variable between a working configuration and a transporting configuration by a plurality of support legs which are coupled to the support frame. The conveyor arrangement has a picking conveyor and a feed system. | 2018-12-27 |
20180370725 | REMOTELY OPERATED VEHICLE FOR PICKING UP A STORAGE BIN FROM AN UNDERLYING STORAGE SYSTEM - A remotely operated vehicle, for picking up a storage bin from an underlying storage system, may include a vehicle body having a cavity adapted to contain the entire storage bin, vehicle rolling means for movement of the vehicle on the underlying storage system, and a lifting assembly for lifting the storage bin from the underlying storage system to a position above the lowest level of the vehicle rolling means. Additionally, the lifting assembly may include a lifting frame, a rotatable lifting shaft, a first lifting band assembly, and a second lifting band assembly. Further, the lifting frame is connectable to the storage bin and the rotatable lifting shaft is arranged in an upper part of the vehicle body. | 2018-12-27 |
20180370726 | TRANSPORT VEHICLE AND METHOD FOR STORING OR REMOVING PIECE GOODS, AND STORAGE SYSTEM - The invention relates to a transport vehicle ( | 2018-12-27 |
20180370727 | Inventory Management - An example system includes a robotic device deployed in a warehouse environment including a plurality of inventory items. The system also includes a camera coupled to the robotic device, configured to capture image data. The system also includes a computing system configured to receive the captured image data. The computing system is configured to, based on the received image data, generate a navigation instruction for navigation of the robotic device. The computing system is also configured to analyze the received image data to detect one or more on-item visual identifiers corresponding to one or more inventory items. The computing system is further configured to, for each detected visual identifier, (i) determine a warehouse location of the corresponding inventory item, (ii) compare the determined warehouse location to an expected location, and (iii) initiate an action based on the comparison. | 2018-12-27 |
20180370728 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR QUEUING ROBOTS DESTINED FOR ONE OR MORE PROCESSING STATIONS - A method for queuing robots destined for one or more processing stations in an environment includes determining when each robot of a plurality of robots destined for the one or more processing stations have entered a predefined target zone proximate the one or more processing stations. The method also includes assigning each of the robots to one of a plurality of queue positions based on an assigned priority and directing each of the robots from its assigned queue position to a processing position of one of the processing stations. Each of the processing stations includes at least two processing positions for a like number of robots to occupy for processing by an operator. | 2018-12-27 |
20180370729 | Article Storage Facility - A control apparatus monitors an amount of time that has elapsed since an article was stored at a first storage position or an amount of positional misalignment from a reference position of the article stored at the first storage position. This amount of time is a monitoring target amount, and the control apparatus monitors the monitoring target amount for each of multiple storage sections and causes a conveying apparatus to execute correction processing with a storage section in which the monitoring target amount has exceeded the set threshold as a target storage section. Correction processing is used for correcting the position of only the target article stored at a first storage position in a target storage section relative to a reference position. | 2018-12-27 |
20180370730 | CONVERTIBLE PALLET JACK WITH ROLLERS - A pallet jack has a rotatable forked platform that match the pallet arms of the host fork where the host fork has embedded rollers. The rotatable forked platform has gaps that enclose the rollers embedded in the host fork to provide a smooth surface like that of a conventional pallet jack. The rollers are located at intervals from the front of the host fork to the rear of the overlay platform. When the forked platform is raised to expose the rollers, the rollers work in conjunction with an inclined ramp, also having embedded rollers, attached to the front of the arms to lift a container onto the forks. Once a container is aligned in front of the inclined ramp, the pallet jack is driven forward. The momentum of the pallet jack causes the inclined ramp to lift the container onto the arms. | 2018-12-27 |
20180370731 | Method and System for Conveying Articles and an Apparatus for Doing the Same - A conveyor for transporting and elevating articles and a method and system for conveying articles up inclines is provided. The conveyor has a conveyor belt and a plurality of support elements extending outward from the article-conveying surface of the conveyor belt advancing upward along the incline. The support elements prevent conveyed articles from sliding down the conveyor belt on the incline. The article-conveying surface of the conveyor belt may provide a low-friction retention surface to articles leaning away from the conveyor belt on the incline. | 2018-12-27 |
20180370732 | TRANSPORTING SYSTEM FOR AN INSTALLATION, IN PARTICULAR A PRODUCTION, PACKAGING, FILLING, ASSEMBLY AND/OR PROCESSING INSTALLATION - The invention relates to a transportation system ( | 2018-12-27 |
20180370733 | VACUUM PROCESSING DEVICE - The present invention provides a technique to enable sufficient space saving in a transit-type vacuum processing device. The vacuum processing device | 2018-12-27 |
20180370734 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING A SPECIFIC ENERGY CONSUMPTION OF BELT CONVEYORS - A belt conveyor and a method for determining an energy consumption of a belt conveyor on a basis of conveyor belt segments or on a basis of installation sections of the belt conveyor. The belt conveyor has at least one drive for driving a conveyor belt formed of conveyor belt segments. The belt conveyor has a control device, which is fed signals of a first sensor system for sensing the energy consumption of the drive and of a second sensor system for sensing a loading that can be assigned to a section of the conveyor belt and of a third sensor system for detecting connecting sections between conveyor belt segments. The control device determines an energy consumption on the basis of installation sections and/or conveyor belt segments. | 2018-12-27 |
20180370735 | TRANSPORT SYSTEM AND TRANSPORT METHOD - A transport system includes a track, overhead transport vehicles, and a controller. The controller provides a traveling command to travel to a destination point, to a first overhead transport vehicle that is able to receive a transport command to acquire a FOUP from a station and that is less than a first distance from the station When a second of the overhead transport vehicles that is able to receive the transport command and is less than the first distance from the station, is detected before providing the transport command to the overhead first transport vehicle, the controller provides the traveling command to the second overhead transport vehicle. Then, the controller provides the transport command to the one of the first and second overhead transport vehicles that first passes through the destination point. | 2018-12-27 |
20180370736 | Method for Moving a Rotor, Linear Drive, and Production or Packaging Machine - A method for moving a rotor onto a segment, a linear drive, a production machine, a machine tool, and a packaging machine comprising such a linear drive, wherein the actual speed of the rotor is ascertained using a sensor paired with the segment when the rotor is moved onto the segment, where the actual speed is selected by a control unit as the first target speed for the rotor, and after the target speed has been determined for the rotor, the regulation of the actual speed is activated for the rotor, and where the actual speed of the rotor is then regulated in accordance with a conventional rule, wherein a rule variable is the ascertained actual speed and/or the position of the rotor such that jerking or an undesired acceleration is prevented during transition of the rotor onto the segment. | 2018-12-27 |
20180370737 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FEEDING ITEMS OF LAUNDRY TO A LAUNDRY-TREATMENT DEVICE, IN PARTICULAR TO AT LEAST ONE LOADING CONVEYOR - A method and apparatus for a transfer operation of items of laundry to be automated by a handling device, which is designed for example in the form of a handling robot. Up until now, items of laundry have been transferred usually manually from a supply conveyor to loading conveyors of, for example, feeding machines. This is work-intensive and time-consuming. | 2018-12-27 |
20180370738 | TIPPING ACTUATOR FOR A CONVEYOR SYSTEM - The invention relates to a tipping actuator for a conveyor system that comprises a plurality of article carriers moving on an endless conveyor in a conveying direction, each article carrier having a carrier frame for bearing an article, the carrier frame being pivotally mounted on the article carrier and operable to tip to enable discharge of the article borne on the carrier frame. The tipping actuator comprises a trigger member for contacting the article carriers to tip them and is configured such that, when in a non-contact position, the article carriers are able to at least partly tip towards the trigger member such that the contact portion of the trigger member is received by a portion of the article carrier. In another embodiment, a contact portion of the trigger is sloped with two different gradients. An electromagnet may be used to cause actuation of the trigger. The tipping actuator may be able to allow tipping in opposite directions of adjacent carriers, for example in some embodiments the trigger may be formed of upstream and downstream parts. | 2018-12-27 |
20180370739 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DISPENSING MICROORGANISM CULTURE PLATES - An apparatus for dispensing microorganism culture plates, culture plate loader and culture plate reader comprising the same, as well as method dispensing microorganism culture plates, method of loading such culture plates into a culture plate reader, and method of counting microorganism colonies on such culture plates. | 2018-12-27 |
20180370740 | Method Of Providing A Plant Tray With Nestable Cones, As Well As A Device Therefor - A method for providing nestable cones to a plant tray that includes recesses. For quickly and effectively carrying this out, use is made of a device, which comprises i) a head and ii) a support surface for a stack of cones, wherein a first wall section of a first cone is engaged by the head and the remainder of the stack of cones is stopped by means of a stack stop, after which the engaged cone is released. | 2018-12-27 |
20180370741 | DEVICE FOR LOADING A HANDLING CONTAINER - The device for loading a handling container via an alpha-beta port system has an alpha port, which is arranged in a movable manner in an axial direction and which can be lowered to the height necessary for docking to the beta port. For this purpose, the alpha port is arranged in an axially movable manner by means of a flexible membrane. | 2018-12-27 |
20180370742 | FLAT UNLOADING SYSTEM - A produce loading and unloading device and system. The device and system has structures for lifting an entire stack of flats loaded with produce such as berries, moving the stack of flats to a conveyor, and dumping the produce off each flat of the stack, one flat at a time. During the process, the operator of the device doesn't have to lift a single flat of produce. The dumping operation operates continuously, with no pauses to load stacks of flats. Throughput and safety are greatly improved. | 2018-12-27 |
20180370743 | APPARATUS FOR LOADING AND UNLOADING LNG TANK CONTAINER - The present invention relates to an apparatus for loading and unloading an LNG tank container, the apparatus comprising: a base provided at a place at which LNG is used; a transfer cart capable of moving back and forth with respect to the base; a clamping device provided at a head part of the transfer cart; and a clamp position adjusting device capable of adjusting a horizontal position of the clamping device. Since there is no transfer of the LNG between tanks, the amount of LNG loss is reduced and the risk for the occurrence of a fire accident is reduced. | 2018-12-27 |
20180370744 | DELIVERY RAMP WITH AN ADJUSTABLE, ROTATABLE PIVOT - A truck ramp including a first ramp element second ramp element and pivoting structure located between the first and second ramp elements. The first ramp element is coupled to the truck at one end and at the other end, a hinge. The second ramp element is hinged at one end and at the other end interlaces with the ground or other surface. Between the first and second ramp elements is a pivoting structure comprised of a first component that is mechanically coupled to the first ramp element at the first hinged end and a second component that is mechanically coupled to the second ramp element at the hinged end. The first component and the second component are rotatable about an axis, orthogonal to the first and second ramp element hinges. | 2018-12-27 |
20180370745 | PAPER SHEET PROCESSING DEVICE AND PAPER SHEET PROCESSING METHOD - A paper sheet handling device (a banknote handling device) includes a paper sheet detection device (a tracking sensor) configured to detect a paper sheet, and a handling unit performing handling related to the paper sheet based on the time when the paper sheet detection device detects an end of the paper sheet. The paper sheet detection device includes a pair of rolling bodies (rollers) facing each other, disposed on a transport path transporting the paper sheet, and configured so that the paper sheet passes therebetween, and a detection unit detecting displacement of the rolling bodies when the paper sheet passes between the pair of rolling bodies to detect the paper sheet. | 2018-12-27 |
20180370746 | CONVEY PATH SWITCHING MODULE, PAPER SHEET HANDLING MODULE AND PAPER SHEET HANDLING APPARATUS - A convey path switching module includes a body and a switching mechanism. The body has first, second and third convey paths. The switching mechanism includes a first switching assembly, a first actuator, a second switching assembly and at least one elastic member. The first actuator drives the first switching assembly to pivotally rotate. The second switching assembly is adapted to pivotally rotate and is restored by an elastic force of the elastic member. By pivotally rotating of the first and second switching assemblies, the switching mechanism is switched to a first state to open the first convey path and close the second and third convey paths, is switched to a second state to open the second convey path and close the first and third convey paths, and is switched to a third state to open the third convey path and close the first and second convey paths. | 2018-12-27 |
20180370747 | POST-PROCESSING APPARATUS - A post-processing apparatus includes a processing tray for stacking a sheet and a detection sensor for detecting the presence or absence of the sheet placed on the processing tray. The post-processing apparatus includes a pinch roller for moving towards the processing tray if the detection sensor does not detect the sheet, and a longitudinal alignment roller configured to rotate by a predetermined amount while sandwiching the sheet in the processing tray with the pinch roller to elongate the sheet. By holding a rear end of the sheet in the processing tray with a paddle section and elongating the sheet towards the downstream side with the longitudinal alignment roller, the presence or absence of the sheet is detected by the detection sensor. | 2018-12-27 |
20180370748 | BAIL ARM TO ROTATE AND OSCILLATE - Examples disclosed herein relate to a device including a bail arm to rotate and oscillate. Examples include a shaft coupled above an output tray; and a bail arm to rotate and oscillate about a central axis of the shaft. In examples, the bail arm is to provide a downward force on the output tray. | 2018-12-27 |
20180370749 | Tape Dispenser and Cutting Unit Thereof - A tape dispenser includes a base and a cutting unit. The base has a receiving portion at one side thereof. The cutting unit is detachably mounted to the receiving portion and includes a main body and at least one cutting blade. The main body has at least one blade-mounting part and at least one tape-contact part located adjacent to the at least one blade-mounting part. The at least one blade-mounting part has a plurality of supporting portions. The at least one cutting blade is mounted to the at least one blade-mounting part at a specific angle and has a plurality of very thin blade teeth arranged in serration, for labor-saving cutting. The supporting portions contact and correspond to the blade teeth in shape, respectively, for strengthening the structure of the blade teeth. The cutting unit is detachable and replaceable when damaged, deformed, or worn out. | 2018-12-27 |
20180370750 | ACCUMULATOR FOR COLLATING PUNCH SYSTEM - An accumulator for an automatic sheet media punching and collating system includes a proximal end, having a shoulder, a distal end, and a moveable collating belt, disposed below the shoulder, extending from the proximal end to the distal end. The collating belt has an upwardly extending lower stop with an accumulating position opposite the shoulder, defining a drop region. The lower stop is configured to contact a lower edge of sheets of media sequentially received at the proximal end, whereby the sheets stop and accumulate in the drop region in a lift in a book order. The collating belt is selectively moveable to discharge the lift as a unit toward the distal end. | 2018-12-27 |
20180370751 | SHEET PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM - A sheet processing apparatus that forms a folding line on a sheet includes first and second folding rollers that form a folding line on the sheet by rotating a bent sheet while pinching from sheet surfaces and a first pressing unit that presses the second folding roller against the first folding roller in an arbitrary portion in a rotating shaft direction of the second folding roller. | 2018-12-27 |
20180370752 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING COIL COMPONENT AND WINDING DEVICE - A method for manufacturing a coil component that can contribute to prevention of durability degradation of a wire. The method includes winding a plurality of wires, that are supplied from a wire supply source to a nozzle through a tensioner, around a core by revolving the core around the nozzle. Also, during the winding, the core is rotated in a direction same as or opposite to a revolution direction of the core. | 2018-12-27 |
20180370753 | RAPID DEPLOYMENT FRAC WATER TRANSFER SYSTEM - A method of and apparatus for the rapid deployment of a fracturing water transferring system, along with the rapid picking up and storage of such system after use. In different embodiments the method in includes the use of a tensioning system to retrieve one or more segments of lay flat hose. | 2018-12-27 |
20180370754 | Automated Coiling System for Post-Tension Tendon - An automated coiling system for post-tension tendons, comprising a frame, a tendon feed device adapted to introduce a tendon of widely varying length into a coiler subassembly, a coiler subassembly adapted to grip and coil the tendon within a fixed volume having a predefined diameter; a plurality of wire tying devices adapted to securely tie a wire around the tendon bundle of widely varying diameter in a plurality of predetermined positions and cut the wire after tying; and a tendon ejector device adapted to urge a tied tendon bundle from the coiler assembly. | 2018-12-27 |
20180370755 | Hose Reel - Hose reel apparatus, systems, and methods for laying down and retrieving long lengths of hose from the ground. Hose reel systems can be pulled behind tractors and moved off center to expose the hose reel past a wheel on one side of the tractor. The move can be performed remotely, from within the tractor. The off center reel can pick up and wind hose. A remotely controlled variable displacement hydraulic motor can drive the reel rotation. The hose can be powered off the reel using the motor or dragged off the moving reel using the motor in zero displacement mode, with the change controlled from within the tractor. Hose can be wound onto the moving reel and the hose tension controlled by monitoring and controlling the hydraulic pressure and motor displacement from the tractor. | 2018-12-27 |
20180370756 | Automated Aisle Runner - An automated aisle runner includes an automated control unit, an aisle runner, and a mobile runner extender. The automated control unit includes a housing and a runner roller, wherein the runner roller is rotatably mounted within the housing. The aisle runner is disposed around the runner roller, such that the aisle runner is wound around and unwound from the runner roller as the runner roller is rotated by a motor. The mobile runner extender is provided to ensure the aisle runner is extended in a straight, smooth manner, eliminating problematic tangling. A plurality of lights may be positioned along the aisle runner and a projector integrated into the automated control unit to provide enhanced visual effects, while a speaker provides audial effects. A microcontroller allows a user to control the color and pattern of the plurality of lights, projections, and the audio files played through the speaker. | 2018-12-27 |
20180370757 | HYDRAULIC ELEVATOR SYSTEM WITH POSITION OR SPEED BASED VALVE CONTROL - An illustrative example elevator system includes an elevator car and a valve assembly that selectively directs fluid flow to control movement of the elevator car. At least one sensor provides an indication of a current status of the elevator car, which includes at least a position of the elevator car or a speed of the elevator car. A processor receives the indication from the at least one sensor and adjusts operation of the valve assembly when the current status of the elevator car is different than a predetermined desired status. | 2018-12-27 |
20180370758 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ELEVATOR SYSTEM - Provided is a communication system and a communication method for use in an elevator system, which belong to the field of elevator intelligent control technologies. The communication system of the present invention comprises: a first bluetooth module mounted in an elevator landing area of the elevator system and a second bluetooth module mounted in an elevator car of the elevator system. The communication system and the communication method of the present invention can realize that a passenger completes an elevator calling operation in a completely hand-free mode, which is easy to realize and is low in cost. | 2018-12-27 |
20180370759 | ELEVATOR SYSTEM - An elevator system stores, in a server, information on an elevator installed in a building that is communicably connected to a data center in which the server is installed, the building and the data center being communicable independently via a first network and a second network, respectively, wherein the building includes: an information collection device configured to collect information on the elevator; a sorting device configured to determine which of the first network and the second network is to be used as a transmission path via which the information on the elevator collected by the information collection device is to be transmitted to the data center; and a communication device configured to transmit the information on the elevator collected by the information collection device to the data center via the transmission path determined by the sorting device. | 2018-12-27 |
20180370760 | DETERMINATION FOR MOTION OF PASSENGER OVER ELEVATOR LANDING AREA - The present invention relates to determining the movement of a passenger relative to an elevator landing area, which belongs to the field of elevator intelligent control technologies. An automatic elevator calling system of the present invention comprises: a first wireless signal module installed in an elevator car, which is used for broadcasting a first wireless signal; wherein the first wireless signal module is further used for receiving information regarding the movement of a passenger relative to the elevator car, and the information regarding the movement is determined based on the change in a signal strength of the first wireless signal received by a personal mobile terminal carried by the passenger. | 2018-12-27 |
20180370761 | DETERMINATION FOR MOTION OF PASSENGER OVER ELEVATOR CAR - The present invention relates to the determination of the movement of a passenger relative to an elevator car and belongs to the field of elevator intelligent control technologies. The present invention acquires information about the movement of a passenger relative to an elevator car, wherein the information about the movement of the passenger relative to the elevator car is determined based on a change in the signal strength of a first wireless signal received by a personal mobile terminal carried by the passenger and a change in first floor information and/or traveling direction information. | 2018-12-27 |
20180370762 | ELEVATOR LINTEL DOOR LOCK SAFETY DEVICES - Elevator lintel door lock safety devices having a frame mountable to a lintel, a lintel door lock fixed to the frame and having a first lock element rotatable relative to a second lock element, a contact plate fixed to the first lock element and moveable therewith, the contact plate having at least one contact attached thereto, a contact receiver attached to the frame and part of a safety chain, the contact receiver having at least one contact receiver aperture arranged to receive a respective contact of the contact plate, and a blocking element pivotably mounted to the frame wherein a portion of the blocking element is moveable between (i) a first position to prevent the at least one contact from engaging with a respective contact receiver aperture and (ii) a second position that allows the at least one contact to engage with the respective contact receiver aperture. | 2018-12-27 |
20180370763 | ELEVATOR SYSTEM WITH A SPEED-VARIABLE ELEVATOR CAR, AND OPERATING METHOD OF THE ELEVATOR SYSTEM - An elevator system includes a counterweight and an elevator car supported by support device and moved in opposite directions in an elevator shaft. In an operating method for operating the elevator system, the elevator car approaches the counterweight and/or moves past the counterweight in an approach zone in the elevator shaft, and the elevator car moves at a first speed outside of the approach zone and at a second speed in the approach zone, the second speed being lower than the first speed. | 2018-12-27 |
20180370764 | MONITORING DEVICE FOR A PASSENGER TRANSPORT SYSTEM, TESTING METHOD AND PASSENGER TRANSPORT SYSTEM - A monitoring device for monitoring a passenger transport system includes at least one sensor, a control unit, a bus, and at least one bus node connected to the bus. The bus node has a microprocessor and an inspection unit for data exchange with the control unit. A first program module in the microprocessor detects a state change of the sensor that is connected to an input of the microprocessor via a transmission line and spontaneously transmits a corresponding state message to the control unit. A second program module in the inspection unit, after receiving an instruction from the control unit, transmits an activation signal to a coupling point in the bus node that simulates a state change of the sensor, the activation signal being superimposed on a sensor signal and/or being coupled into a power supply line connected to the sensor. | 2018-12-27 |
20180370765 | HYDRAULIC ELEVATOR SAFETY DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR DETECTING OPEN-DOOR TRAVEL ABNORMALITY IN HYDRAULIC ELEVATOR - A safety device for a hydraulic elevator includes an open-door running prevention unit and a pressure sensor. The open-door running prevention unit includes a memory configured to sequentially store values of the pressure sensor during a period in which the hydraulic elevator is in the open-door state as time-series data. When it is determined that the car speed, detected when the hydraulic elevator is in the open-door state, is equal to or larger than a preset first threshold value, the open-door running prevention unit calculates a differential value between a maximum value and a minimum value of the time-series data stored in the memory in a period of a preset determination time. When the differential value is out of a preset allowable range, the open-door running prevention unit determines that the open-door running abnormality is present, and executes the car braking processing. | 2018-12-27 |
20180370766 | FASTENING MODULE FOR FASTENING ELEVATOR RAILS - A fastening module, for fastening a rail foot of an elevator rail to a fastening plane, includes a first fastening device fastened to the fastening plane and holding a first side of the rail foot, and a second fastening device fastened to the fastening plane and holding a second side of the rail foot. The second fastening device can be moved at least substantially in parallel with the fastening plane. At least one element of the second fastening device, which interacts with a top side of the rail foot facing away from the fastening plane, can be rotated about an axis of rotation of the second fastening device perpendicularly to the fastening plane over the top side of the rail foot from laterally outside of the rail foot. A method for fastening a rail foot utilizes a plurality of the fastening modules to fasten elevator rails of an elevator system. | 2018-12-27 |
20180370767 | ELEVATOR CAR ACCESSORY FASTENING ELEMENT - The accessory fastening element is used to fasten accessories to a car wall comprising a grid structure with vertical and horizontal support rods. The accessory fastening element comprises a longitudinal frame extending over at least two adjacent horizontal support rods. The frame comprises at least two recesses for detachably coupling the accessory fastening element to the horizontal support rods. A locking device is connected to the frame for locking and unlocking the accessory fastening element to the horizontal support rods. An attachment member is connected to the frame, whereby an accessory may be attached with fastening means to the attachment member. | 2018-12-27 |
20180370768 | ELEVATOR CAR WALL - An elevator car wall includes a support construction formed of a grid structure with vertical and horizontal support rods and a surface construction formed of panels attached with panel fastening elements to the grid structure. A vertical seam profile with a U-shaped bottom portion and an I-shaped middle portion is positioned between panel rows and attached with seam profile fastening elements to the grid structure. The middle portion extends between the vertical edges of the panel rows. A portion of the panel fastening element extends into contact with an inside surface of a respective branch of the U-shaped bottom portion in order to secure the vertical side edge of the panel against the middle portion. | 2018-12-27 |
20180370769 | ELEVATOR CAR - An elevator car includes a bottom, a roof and a cage with walls therebetween. The support structure in at least one wall is formed of a grid structure including at least one grid module. The grid module includes vertical support rods and horizontal support rods forming a grid and extending between respective frame elements in a frame. | 2018-12-27 |
20180370770 | ELEVATOR APPARATUS - A side of the seal member | 2018-12-27 |
20180370771 | PASSENGER CONVEYOR - A plurality of steps are linked by endless step chains. Each of the steps includes: a step main body; first shafts that are disposed on the step main body; first step rollers that are disposed on the first shafts, and that are guided by the first guide rails; second shafts that are parallel to the first shafts; and second step rollers that are disposed on the second shafts, and that are guided by the second guide rails. The first shafts move along first pathways, and the second shafts move along second pathways. The second pathways are positioned inside the first pathways when viewed parallel to respective shaft axes of the first shafts. The step chains link each of the steps by joining the second shafts of each of the steps, and are disposed within a range of the step main body in an axial direction of the first shafts. | 2018-12-27 |
20180370772 | HOOKING DEVICE FOR LIFTING LOADS COMPRISING A SECURE RATCHET - A device for lifting and transporting a load attached by a sling includes a hook comprising a throat opening intended to receive a loop on a sling. The device includes a latch that can pivot between an open position and a closed position in which said throat opening is obstructed. The device includes a locking device including a locked position in which said locking device prevents the latch from turning in the closed position, and an unlocked position in which the latch can rotate; a lever including a loaded position in which said lever holds the locking device in the locked position and a released position in which said lever does not hold said locking device. A rotation of the latch from the closed position to the open position triggers the lever from the loaded position to the released position. | 2018-12-27 |
20180370773 | GRAPPLE - A grapple for handling logs includes a base portion connectable to a working machine portion and at least one tine connected to the base portion. The at least one tine has a protruding length from the base portion. The grapple further includes a catch arm pivotably arranged relative to the base portion. The grapple can assume configurations with different protruding lengths of the at least one tine. | 2018-12-27 |
20180370774 | Container Crane Control System - A container crane control system including: a camera configured to be fixedly mounted to a crane to obtain a series of captured images, a video output configured to provide a video signal including a series of cropped image based on the series of captured images; and a control device configured to, for at least part of the captured images and the respective cropped image, receive an input signal indicating a current height of a load of the crane, wherein the control device is configured to control a position of the respective cropped image within the captured image based on the current height of the load. | 2018-12-27 |
20180370775 | OFFSHORE CRANE HEAVE COMPENSATION CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD USING VISUAL RANGING - Provided is an offshore crane heave compensation control system and method using video rangefinding to achieve heave compensation in a directly driven pump-controlled electro-hydraulic heave compensator. The heave compensation and the heave compensator are applicable for special operation and control requirements on a fixed offshore platform and allow the crane to achieve steady lifting of a load away from or lowering of a load on to a supply vessel without being influenced by the motion of the supply vessel caused by ocean currents, ocean winds, or ocean waves. Also provided is a test platform for the offshore crane heave compensation control system using video rangefinding. The test platform provides a realistic simulation for all lifting and lowering processes of an offshore platform crane in offshore environments to study the motion control of the provided system. | 2018-12-27 |
20180370776 | CRANE 3D WORKSPACE SPATIAL TECHNIQUES FOR CRANE OPERATION IN PROXIMITY OF OBSTACLES - A method for controlling a boom of a crane in proximity of obstacles at a worksite by defining a forbidden volume is disclosed. In the method a distance from the boom to an outer surface of the forbidden volume is determined and a computing device limits movement of the boom based on the distance from the boom to the outer surface of the forbidden volume to avoid entering the forbidden volume with the boom while the crane is in operation. | 2018-12-27 |
20180370777 | VEHICLE LIFT SYSTEM WITH ADVANCED OPERATING PLATFORM - A vehicle lift system incorporating one or more lift control modules having an advanced operating platform. The lift control module includes a user interface for receiving user instructions from a user, at least one control module processor, and a non-transitory computer-readable medium with an advanced operating platform stored thereon. The computer readable medium includes a first application operable executable by the advanced operating platform. The first application directs the control module processor to provide instructions to the vehicle lift to control the vehicle lift based on the user instructions. The computer readable medium further includes a second application executable by the advanced operating platform. The second application directs the control module processor to perform certain steps, with such certain steps not directed to controlling the vehicle lift. Furthermore, the advanced operating platform is configured to execute said first application and said second application simultaneously. | 2018-12-27 |
20180370778 | PALLET JACK ASSEMBLY - A pallet jack includes forks which can be removably attached to the base for positioning in a horizontal use position or a vertical storage position. The base includes forwardly open sockets for receiving the forks in the use position and upwardly open sockets for receiving the forks in the storage position. A lock mechanism locks the wheels in the use position. In an alternative embodiment, the base is eliminated, with each fork having an actuator for raising and lowering the fork wheels. | 2018-12-27 |
20180370779 | Forklift Adapter - The invention disclosed herein is a forklift adapter comprising multiple metal bars which create a payload carriage and two insertion points for traditional forklift forks. The adapter is capable of transporting payloads over obstacles and of precisely positioning the payload at the specified drop location. The adapter redirects the forklift insertion point such that the insertion point is perpendicular to the adapter bottom supports thereby transferring the support load of the forks from the bottom of the payload to the top of the payload. The adapter allows a forklift to position a payload over railings and reverse away from the payload. | 2018-12-27 |
20180370780 | AUTONOMOUS ACTIVATION SYSTEM AND METHOD USING SENSORS - An activation system and method for an optical alignment system that may comprise one or more sensors selected from the group consisting of accelerometers, gyroscopes, magnetometers, Inertial Measurement Units (IMUs), and pressure sensors. The system may also comprise at least one limit switch. The sensors and switch provide signals containing information about the movement, position or orientation of the system to a controller. The controller uses the sensor and switch information to estimate the position or orientation, or both, of the system. The system activates the optical alignment light source when predetermined thresholds are exceeded. Filtering such as low-pass, high-pass, and other filtering such as Kalman filtering may be used to remove unwanted frequencies from the filter data prior to processing by the controller. The invention may comprise the activation system alone or in combination with an optical alignment system. An exemplary use is for forklift optical alignment systems. | 2018-12-27 |
20180370781 | Foldable Personnel Basket For A Crane - Embodiments of a personnel basket for attachment to a crane boom include folding sidewall sections; a rear wall connected to the sidewall sections; a front wall in pivotal connection to one of the folding sidewall sections; a floor in pivotal relation to the rear wall; and a stalk connected to the rear wall and including a boom connection. Because of the pivotal relationships, the personnel basket is moveable or foldable in a connected or assembled condition between a deployed (unfolded) state and a folded (fully collapsed) state. When in the deployed state, the folding sidewall sections are in a vertical orientation and perpendicular to the vertically oriented rear and front walls and the horizontally oriented floor. When in the folded state, the folding sidewall sections remain vertically oriented, as do the rear and front walls, but overlap and are parallel to the rear and front walls and the floor. | 2018-12-27 |
20180370782 | Pallet Dismantling System - A pallet dismantling system includes a pallet that has a frame, a plurality of slats and a plurality of nails. Each of the nails extends through slats and engages the frame to fasten the slats on the frame. A tool is provided to disassemble the pallet and the tool includes a slot. The tool is selectively inserted between a selected one of the slats and the frame. Additionally, a selected one of the nails is positioned in the slot. The tool is urged to lift the selected slat from the frame. Moreover, the tool inhibits the nail from splintering the selected slat when the selected slat is removed from the frame. | 2018-12-27 |
20180370783 | FORKLIFT TRUCK - A lifting vehicle comprises a mobile chassis with a tiltable mast ( | 2018-12-27 |
20180370784 | CONTAINER FOR RECEIVING BEVERAGES AND DEVICE FOR FILLING THE CONTAINER - According to the invention, in order to create a container ( | 2018-12-27 |
20180370785 | Novel beer dispenser - A novel beer dispenser, including a base, a main body and a cap; a receiving cavity is provided inside the main body. The receiving cavity accommodates a beer container. The main body is disposed on the base and has a bottom portion which communicates with the base. A base cup is provided inside the base. The bas cup has a sealing flange on top. The base cup receives a bottom portion of the beer container. The main body has a top portion which is disposed with an air pump receiving cavity. An air pump is disposed inside the air pump receiving cavity. The cap is disposed at the top portion of the main body. The present invention is divided into three parts, namely the base, the main body and the cap. Such reasonable structure facilitates both assembly and cleaning. | 2018-12-27 |
20180370786 | CAPLESS REFILL ADAPTER FOR A FLUID REFILLING SYSTEM - Methods and systems are provided for an adapter for a fluid refilling system. In one example, an adapter configured for use with a diesel exhaust fluid (DEF) system may include a first end configured to couple with a DEF refill passage, a second end including an aperture shaped to receive a DEF nozzle, a pivotable door closing the aperture and biased against the aperture by a biasing member, and a magnetic ring positioned within the adapter and downstream of the pivotable door. The pivotable door may be formed of a material permeable to DEF vapors and may include a plurality of vent holes configured to flow vapors from the DEF system to atmosphere. | 2018-12-27 |
20180370787 | Lubricant Dispensing System - A lubricant dispensing system employing configurable shelving that aligns a lubricant dispenser's spigot directly above a fill port of a lubricant dispensing jug. The shelving system units are configurable to accommodate the available space in a garage, designed for use with lubricant bag boxes, and possesses a spill catch below the jug. | 2018-12-27 |
20180370788 | REFUELLING ARRANGEMENT - A refuelling method having instructing a refuelling operator to dispense a quantity of fuel to, and maintaining, during dispensing of the fuel, at least intermittent, substantially real time communication with an officer responsible for the aircraft to advise the officer of the status of the refuelling process. A system having a refuelling module and an officer module, the refuelling module configured to receive instructions to dispense a quantity of fuel to an aircraft, an at least intermittent, substantially real time communications link being maintained between the refuelling module and the officer module during dispensing of fuel to the aircraft, the refuelling module being adapted to transmit to the officer module information relating to the status of the refuelling process, and the officer module being adapted to display to an output indicative of the status of the refuelling process. The method and system permits modification of the instruction during refuelling. | 2018-12-27 |
20180370789 | Safety Stirrup and Strap System - The present invention provides a safety stirrup and strap system for quick and easy stirrup adjustment for use with a saddle or similar type of riding equipment used during equine assisted therapies or in any recreational riding wherein quick and easy stirrup adjustment is desired. | 2018-12-27 |
20180370790 | INTER-POLY CONNECTION FOR PARASITIC CAPACITOR AND DIE SIZE IMPROVEMENT - The present disclosure, in some embodiments, relates to a method of forming a micro-electromechanical system (MEMS) package. The method includes forming one or more depressions within a capping substrate. A back-side of a MEMS substrate is bonded to the capping substrate after forming the one or more depressions, so that the one or more depressions define one or more cavities between the capping substrate and the MEMS substrate. A front-side of the MEMS substrate is selectively etched to form one or more trenches extending through the MEMS substrate, and one or more polysilicon vias are formed within the one or more trenches. A conductive bonding structure is formed on the front-side of the MEMS substrate at a location contacting the one or more polysilicon vias. The MEMS substrate is bonded to a CMOS substrate having one or more semiconductor devices by way of the conductive bonding structure. | 2018-12-27 |
20180370791 | MICHROMECHANICAL DEVICE HAVING A FIRST CAVITY AND A SECOND CAVITY - A micromechanical device having a first cavity, which has a MEMS element, and having a second cavity. The second cavity is connected to the first cavity with a connection channel, the connection channel having a seal by which the first cavity and the second cavity are hermetically sealed from each other, the seal being able to be opened electrically. | 2018-12-27 |
20180370792 | A METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A HOLLOW MEMS STRUCTURE - The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing an at least partly hollow MEMS structure. In a first step one or more through-going openings is/are provided in core material. The one or more through-going openings is/are then covered by an etch-stop layer. After this step, a bottom electrically conducting layer, one or more electrically conducting vias and a top electrically conducting layer are created. The bottom layer is connected to the vias and vias are connected to the top layer. The vias are formed by filling at least one of the one or more through-going openings. The method further comprises the step of creating bottom and top conductors in the respective bottom and top layers. Finally, excess core material is removed in order to create the at least partly hollow MEMS structure which may include a MEMS inductor. | 2018-12-27 |
20180370793 | Manufacturing Method of Mems Sensor - A manufacturing method of a MEMS sensor includes a step of, by irradiating a first hole formed in a second layer on a semiconductor substrate with a focused ion beam for a first predetermined time, forming a first sealing film, which seals the first hole, on the first hole, and a step of, by irradiating a second hole formed in the second layer with a focused ion beam for a second predetermined time, forming a second sealing film, which seals the second hole, on the second hole. At this time, each of the first predetermined time and the second predetermined time is a time in which thermal equilibrium of the second layer is maintainable, and the step of forming the first sealing film and the step of forming the second sealing film are performed repeatedly. | 2018-12-27 |
20180370794 | MEMBER FOR HYDROGEN PRODUCTION AND HYDROGEN PRODUCTION APPARATUS - A member for hydrogen production includes a ceramic composite in which a plurality of ceramic particles having an average particle diameter ranging from 5 nm to 200 nm are dispersed in a porous insulator having a different component from the ceramic particles. The ceramic particles comprise at least one substance selected from the group consisting of AXO | 2018-12-27 |
20180370795 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR HYDROGEN PRODUCTION FROM AN ALKALI METAL AND HYDROGEN DIOXIDE - A method for creating hydrogen gas comprising; providing a first quantity of hydrogen dioxide to a preparation chamber. heating a quantity of the hydrogen dioxide within a first sealed pressurized chamber, wherein the hydrogen dioxide enters a gaseous state, directing, the gaseous hydrogen dioxide into a reaction chamber, initiating a reaction between the hydrogen dioxide and a quantity of alkali fragments within a reaction chamber to produce hydrogen and an alkali hydroxide, separating the hydrogen gas from the alkali hydroxide, and recovering the hydrogen gas. | 2018-12-27 |
20180370796 | SYSTEM FOR COGENERATION OF POWER AND HYDROGEN - A power generation system that includes a membrane reformer assembly, wherein syngas is formed from a steam reforming reaction of natural gas and steam, and wherein hydrogen is separated from the syngas via a hydrogen-permeable membrane, a combustor for an oxy-combustion of a fuel, an expander to generate power, and an ion transport membrane assembly, wherein oxygen is separated from an oxygen-containing stream to be combusted in the combustor. Various embodiments of the power generation system and a process for generating power using the same are provided. | 2018-12-27 |
20180370797 | METHOD FOR CATALYTICALLY INDUCED HYDROLYSIS AND RECYCLING OF METAL BOROHYDRIDE SOLUTIONS - The process for obtaining M | 2018-12-27 |
20180370798 | PROCESS FOR MANUFACTURING A PURIFIED AQUEOUS HYDROGEN PEROXIDE SOLUTION - A process includes preparing a crude aqueous hydrogen peroxide solution by auto-oxidation of at least one alkylanthraquinone in a working solution that includes at least one organic solvent and the at least one alkylanthraquinone; and washing the crude aqueous hydrogen peroxide solution with a mixture of at least one organic solvent and an organophosphorous chelating agent to create a purified aqueous hydrogen peroxide solution having less than 100 ppb Cr; wherein the organic solvent used for the washing is not part of the working solution and is not recycled into it. | 2018-12-27 |
20180370799 | NOVEL METHOD FOR PREPARING LITHIUM BIS(FLUOROSULFONYL)IMIDE - The present invention relates to a novel method for preparing lithium bis(fluorosulfonyl)imide and, more specifically, to a method for preparing lithium bis(fluorosulfonyl)imide, capable of simply and economically preparing lithium bis(fluorosulfonyl)imide, which is a lithium salt to be used in an electrolyte solution for a lithium secondary battery, in a high yield and with high purity. According to the present invention, the novel method for preparing lithium bis(fluorosulfonyl)imide can resolve the problem of a conventional technique by reacting a bis(chlorosulfonyl)imide compound, which is a starting material, with a fluorination reagent, and then immediately treating the same with an alkali reagent without purification or concentration, and has an effect of enabling lithium bis(fluorosulfonyl)imide to be simply and economically prepared in a high yield and with high purity. | 2018-12-27 |
20180370800 | HOMOGENEOUS ANAEROBICALLY STABLE QUANTUM DOT CONCENTRATES - The present disclosure provides nanostructure compositions and methods of producing nanostructure compositions. The nanostructure compositions comprise at least one population of nanostructures, at least one reactive diluent, at least one anaerobic stabilizer, and optionally at least one organic resin. The present disclosure also provides nanostructure films comprising a nanostructure layer and methods of making nanostructure films. | 2018-12-27 |
20180370801 | EXPANSION AND EXFOLIATION OF GRAPHITE TO FORM GRAPHENE - Graphene production methods are described based on subjecting non-covalent graphite intercalated compounds, such as graphite bisulfate, to expansion conditions such as shocks of heat and/or microwaves followed by turbulence-assisted exfoliation to produce few-layer, high quality graphene flakes. Depending on the approach selected for the exfoliation step, free-flowing graphene powder, graphene slurry, or an aqueous graphene mixture can be obtained. Surfactants can aid in dispersion, and graphene inks can be formed. The parameters of the process are simple, efficient and low-cost enabling therefore the scale-up of production. Applications include electrodes and energy storage devices. | 2018-12-27 |
20180370802 | EXFOLIATION OF LAYERED MATERIALS BY WET-JET MILLING TECHNIQUES - A system for the exfoliation of a layered material is described, comprising in combination: an exfoliation station ( | 2018-12-27 |
20180370803 | SUPERCRITICAL FLUID PROCESS FOR PRODUCING GRAPHENE DISPERSION FROM COKE OR COAL - Provided is a process for producing isolated graphene sheets from a supply of coke or coal powder containing therein domains of hexagonal carbon atoms and/or hexagonal carbon atomic interlayers. The process comprises: (a) subjecting the supply of coke or coal powder to a supercritical fluid at a first temperature and a first pressure for a first period of time in a pressure vessel and then (b) rapidly depressurizing the supercritical fluid at a fluid release rate sufficient for effecting exfoliation and separation of the coke or coal powder to produce isolated graphene sheets, wherein the coke or coal powder is selected from petroleum coke, coal-derived coke, mesophase coke, synthetic coke, leonardite, anthracite, lignite coal, bituminous coal, or natural coal mineral powder, or a combination thereof. | 2018-12-27 |
20180370804 | METHOD FOR DNA DEFINED ETCHING OF A GRAPHENE NANOSTRUCTURE - Disclosed is a method for etching graphene using a DNA sample of a predetermined DNA shape. The DNA sample is preferably placed onto a reaction area of a piece of highly oriented pyrolytic graphite (HOPG), and both the DNA sample and HOPG are then preferably placed into a humidity-controlled chamber. Humidity is preferably applied to the HOPG to produce a film of water across the surface of the DNA sample. Electrical voltage is also applied to the HOPG to create potential energy for the etching process. After the etching is completed, the reaction area is typically rinsed with deionized water. | 2018-12-27 |
20180370805 | PROCESS FOR PURE CARBON PRODUCTION, COMPOSITIONS, AND METHODS THEREOF - The disclosure provides for methods of oxidizing carbide anions, or negative ions, from salt like carbides at temperatures from about 150° C. to about 750° C. In another aspect, the disclosure provides for reactions with intermediate transition metal carbides. In yet another aspect, the disclosure provides for a system of reactions where salt-like carbide anions and intermediate carbide anions are oxidized to produce pure carbon of various allotropes. | 2018-12-27 |
20180370806 | Purified Silicon, Devices and Systems for Producing Same - The present disclosure provides devices and systems that utilize concurrent and countercurrent exchange platforms to produce purified silicon. | 2018-12-27 |
20180370807 | METHOD OF MAKING ALUMINUM-FREE NEOPENTASILANE - A method of making neopentasilane, the method comprising:
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