43rd week of 2013 patent applcation highlights part 13 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20130277401 | TOY DISPENSER FOR CLEANER TOYS - A caddy that includes a structure with a base portion, one or more dividing walls and one or more outer sections that create one or more columnar spaces. The caddy also includes a handle that is affixed to a top portion of one or more of the dividing walls and goods that are within the one or more columnar spaces. Each good is a good that is sealed within a container that includes a removable lid to enclose the good until the good is removed from the toy caddy and from inside the container. | 2013-10-24 |
20130277402 | MULTI-FUNCTIONAL BAG - A multi-functional bag includes a pillar-shaped main body composed of an upper cover ( | 2013-10-24 |
20130277403 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR STORAGE - A storage system includes a rail system, and a container. The container has an inner compartment. The container further includes an apparatus for supporting the container which also interacts the rail system, and a hoist coupled to the apparatus for supporting the container. | 2013-10-24 |
20130277404 | Bed Rack - A rack for holding a wheeled vehicle within the bed of a pickup truck includes a frame and an upper arm and a lower arm attached to the frame. The upper and lower arms are movable with respect to one another to allow a wheel of the bicycle or other vehicle to be inserted or removed from the arms. The frame may be adjustable to snugly retain it within the bed of a vehicle. | 2013-10-24 |
20130277405 | VERSATILE, CONVERTIBLE MESSENGER BAG - A strapping system used to hold a messenger bag or the like to a person. The system includes multi-component multi-attachment rotating and detachable buckles which provide pivoting motion about the intersection points of non-axial forces. The system allows for switching shoulders and adjusts to changing angles induced by changing the position of the bag on the person. | 2013-10-24 |
20130277406 | Sternum Clip for Pack With Straps - A backpack assembly includes a pack configured to be worn on a wearer's back. The backpack assembly also includes straps coupled to the pack and configured to extend over the wearer's chest. The straps include at least one first side strap and at least one second side strap. The backpack assembly also includes a strap retainer. The strap retainer includes a closed loop on a first side of the strap retainer and an open loop on a second side of the strap retainer. The at least one first side strap is slidably retained within the closed loop and the at least one second side strap is slidably retained within the open loop. The open loop also includes a side opening through which the at least one second side straps can be inserted and removed. | 2013-10-24 |
20130277407 | BACKPACK AND WAIST BAG CARRYING SYSTEM - The invention provides improved backpack and waist bag carrying systems in which a waist bag rotates through a lower compartment of a backpack to allow the bearer of the backpack to access the contents of the receiver of the waist bag by rotating the waist bag to the front of the bearer's torso. One or more doors are provided in one aspect to secure the receiver of the waist bag in the lower compartment of the backpack but permit the egress of the receiver through the opening covered by the door, which may be tensioned away from the opening by a tensioning element when the free end of the door is released. | 2013-10-24 |
20130277408 | Shoulder Harness For Portable Working Machine - A shoulder harness includes a harness network ( | 2013-10-24 |
20130277409 | SURGICAL STAPLING APPARATUS WITH POWERED RETRACTION - A surgical stapling apparatus comprises a handle assembly, an actuation shaft having a connector, and a retraction mechanism positioned within the handle assembly. The retraction mechanism includes a motor coupled to a transmission shaft, a first gear rotatably mounted on the transmission shaft, the first gear configured to engage a second gear, a clutch operatively attached to the second gear, a main shaft rotatably connected to the clutch, and a pulley coupled to the main shaft, the pulley being operatively attached to the connector. The connector and the pulley may be attached via a cable. The retraction mechanism may include a spring motor for maintaining the cable in tension. The spring motor may have a spring element wrapped around and interconnecting at least two arbors. | 2013-10-24 |
20130277410 | SAFETY LOCKOUT FOR SURGICAL STAPLER - A surgical stapling and cutting device is constructed with a knife safety lockout element to prevent a knife element from cutting tissue if staples cannot be applied first to the tissue prior to being cut. The surgical stapling and cutting device comprises of a staple holder for holding a staple cartridge, an anvil movably coupled to the staple holder for opposing and deforming staples, a knife safety lockout element for blocking a knife element from being deployed, and a safety spring element for activating or biasing the knife safety lockout element into an active state to block the knife element from being deployed. | 2013-10-24 |
20130277411 | SURGICAL INSTRUMENT BUTTRESS ATTACHMENT - A surgical stapler instrument has surgical stapler jaws, at least one staple line reinforcement material, and a fastener including a hook and a loop. The hook can be disposed on one of the surgical stapler jaws and the loop can be disposed on the staple line reinforcement material. Alternatively, the hook can be disposed on the staple line reinforcement material and the look on one of the surgical stapler jaws. | 2013-10-24 |
20130277412 | Surgical Stapling Device for Performing Circular Anastomoses - This application is directed to a surgical stapling device for performing circular anastomoses. The surgical stapling device includes a handle portion, an elongated body portion and a head portion including an anvil assembly and a shell assembly. A tactile indication mechanism is also provided for notifying a surgeon that the device has been fired and for notifying a surgeon that the anvil head has been unapproximated a distance sufficient to permit the anvil head to tilt. | 2013-10-24 |
20130277413 | IMAGE-ASSISTED SYSTEM FOR ADJUSTING A BONDING TOOL - A bonding tool is adjusted to a desired operational position by viewing the bonding tool with an image-capturing device and displaying an image of the bonding tool as viewed by the image-capturing device onto a display screen. A corresponding image of a reference bonding tool showing the desired operational position of the bonding tool is superimposed onto the display screen and the position of the bonding tool is adjusted with an adjustment mechanism until the bonding tool as viewed by the image-capturing device is aligned with the superimposed image of the reference bonding tool. | 2013-10-24 |
20130277414 | METHODS OF ADJUSTING ULTRASONIC BONDING ENERGY ON WIRE BONDING MACHINES - A method of adjusting ultrasonic bonding energy on a wire bonding machine, the method comprising the steps of: providing a reference relationship between free air ball squash and ultrasonic bonding energy; determining an actual relationship between free air ball squash and ultrasonic bonding energy on a subject wire bonding machine; and adjusting at least one ultrasonic bonding energy setting of the subject wire bonding machine such that the actual relationship of the subject wire bonding machine is closer to the reference relationship. | 2013-10-24 |
20130277415 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING CERAMIC PLATES - In a method for manufacturing ceramic plates, a Pd paste which does not diffuse into ceramic is formed; metal films each having a thickness such that ceramic layers to be formed after firing are not connected to each other in the lamination direction are formed on surfaces of ceramic green sheets using the Pd paste; then, a firing treatment at a firing temperature, which is a high temperature at which no glass component remains on surfaces of the ceramic layers after the firing and which is equal to or lower than a decomposition temperature of a ceramic material forming the ceramic layers, is performed for a laminate; oxygen present at the interfaces between the ceramic layers and the metal layers is removed by immersing a sintered body in n-butyl alcohol so as to separate the ceramic layers and the metal layers. | 2013-10-24 |
20130277416 | REMOTE MELT JOINING METHODS AND REMOTE MELT JOINING SYSTEMS - Remote melt joining methods include melting a filler material to produce a molten filler material, wherein melting the filler material occurs at a remote distance away from a target site of a substrate material such that melting the filler material maintains the target site of the substrate material below its solidus temperature, and, delivering the molten filler material to the target site of the substrate material in a continuous stream. | 2013-10-24 |
20130277417 | WRAPPER WITH DECORATIVE EXTENSION AND METHOD - A decorative cover for an item is constructed of a sheet of material having at least one extension attached to a portion of the sheet of material. The sheet of material is formed about the item to provide a decorative cover having the appearance of being formed of at least two separate, unconnected sheets of material. | 2013-10-24 |
20130277418 | PACKAGING - A closed cell board including a core sandwiched between first and second liner sheets wherein the second liner sheet has a stronger construction than the first liner sheet, or vice versa. | 2013-10-24 |
20130277419 | BULK CONTAINER WITH BAG LINER SECURED IN PLACE - A bulk container for shipping product in bulk from one location to another location, wherein the container has a sidewall with a top end and a bottom end, a bottom closure at the bottom end of the sidewall closing the bottom end of the container, a bag liner in the container, and attaching structure on the bottom closure for attaching the bottom end of the bag liner to the bottom end of the container so that the bag liner remains in the container when the container is inverted and product is dumped from the container. | 2013-10-24 |
20130277420 | Folding Carton With Retractable Panel - Embodiments of the present invention provide a folding carton designed to accept a retractable panel. The retractable panel may contain written information that should stay with or otherwise connected to the packaging, rather than on a folded leaflet inserted inside the carton that may be displaced. The panel may be pulled from its fully inserted/retracted position (within the carton) out to an extended position, where the panel displays the information. Even in the extended position, however, the panel stays secured with the carton. | 2013-10-24 |
20130277421 | Carton With Slidable Opener - A carton for containing a product. The carton comprises a plurality of panels that extends at least partially around an interior of the carton. The plurality of panels comprises a first end panel, a first side panel, a second end panel, and a second side panel. At least one end flap is respectively foldably connected to a respective panel of the plurality of panels. The at least one end flap at least partially forms a closed end of the carton. An opener is positionable between a closed position substantially preventing removal of the product from the interior of the carton through a dispenser opening in one of the first end panel and the second end panel, and an open position allowing removal of the product from the interior of the carton through the dispenser opening. | 2013-10-24 |
20130277422 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REQUESTING AND DELIVERING TARGETED INFORMATION - A system and method for delivering targeted information to a user is provided. The user initiates a request for information by capturing or scanning a bar code associated with an object. The bar code is decoded and the decoded information is presented to the user. The decoded information and GPS coordinates of the user's scanning device is used to directly route the user to detailed information about the object that was scanned or the appropriate service department for servicing the object. The detailed information about the object includes but is not limited to product and system specifications, technical manuals and CAD drawings. A history of product scans is stored on the user's device and available for upload to the cloud. A portal is provided for accessing product scans and installed base information stored on the cloud. | 2013-10-24 |
20130277423 | ITEM PAYMENT CHECK APPARATUS - An item payment check apparatus using a shopping basket and including a shopping basket to which an RFID tag is attached; a payment unit configured to perform payment for an item put in the shopping basket, and to record completion of payment in the RFID tag when the payment is completed; and a check unit configured to check, when the shopping basket passes through, whether completion of payment is recorded in the RFID tag, and to perform reporting when completion of payment is not recorded in the RFID tag. | 2013-10-24 |
20130277424 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INDICATING THE EXISTENCE OF ACCESSIBLE INFORMATION PERTAINING TO ARTICLES OF COMMERCE - A system and method are provided for indicating an existence of a link to information pertaining to an article of commerce. The present disclosure provides for downloading a look-up table from a server database to a mobile device via a communication network. The look-up table is configured to store a plurality of UPC numbers associated with a plurality of articles of commerce and a plurality of information link indicators. Each information link indicator is associated with a respective UPC number and article of commerce and indicates the existence of a link via the communication network to information pertaining to the respective article of commerce. The mobile device allows a consumer to immediately determine if product information is available for a particular article of commerce, via a visual or audible indication on the mobile device, without access to the communication network. | 2013-10-24 |
20130277425 | SYSTEM FOR AND METHOD OF SECURING ARTICLES ALONG A SUPPLY CHAIN - A system and method for securing articles of commerce passing through points along a supply chain against theft, diversion, product overruns, counterfeiting and like unauthorized activity, capture authentication information and identification information associated with the articles with an interrogation device at one or more points in the supply chain. The articles may be authenticated from the captured authentication information as being authorized or unauthorized at each point, and may be identified from the captured identification information at each point. Transactional information about the article, e.g., authorized/unauthorized status and a time and place of the authentication, is reported to a brand manager/law enforcement. | 2013-10-24 |
20130277426 | SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING IDENTIFICATION AND INFORMATION, AND FOR SCHEDULING ALERTS - A device and system for providing identification and medical information are disclosed. The device includes a readable code that contains medical biographical information of the subject, a programmable reporter element that is programmed to electronically store at least one particular event relating to the subject, and a signal producing element functionally related to the programmable reporter element. The system includes collecting and storing medical biographical information of a subject, embedding the medical biographical information in a readable code of the device, and scanning the readable code of the device worn by or in the possession of the subject using an appliance to retrieve the medical biographical information of the subject. The medical biographical information allows medical professionals to obtain the subject's medical information in order to provide medical care. Also disclosed is an integrated system for alerting subjects to upcoming events related to their continued care. | 2013-10-24 |
20130277427 | PORTABLE ENCODED INFORMATION READING TERMINAL CONFIGURED TO ACQUIRE IMAGES - An encoded information reading (EIR) terminal can comprise a microprocessor, a memory, an EIR device including a two-dimensional imaging device, a motion sensing device, and a communication interface. The EIR terminal can be configured, responsive to detecting a pre-defined pattern in a first plurality of values received from the motion sensing device, to store in the memory a point of origin equal to a first spatial position of the EIR terminal. The EIR terminal can be further configured, responsive to detecting a user interface command, to determine, based on a second plurality of values received from the motion sensing device, a second spatial position of the EIR terminal relative to the point of origin, and to acquire an image of the object. The EIR terminal can be further configured to determine the image scale factor based on at least the second spatial position. | 2013-10-24 |
20130277428 | BARCODE AND SCANNING DEVICE AND SCANNING SYSTEM - A scanning device for scanning a barcode with plurality of bars of different degrees of grayscale includes a processing unit and a plurality of scanning units connected to the processing unit. Each scanning unit includes a light emitting unit and a light sensing unit. When each light emitting unit emits light, each light sensing unit detects reflected light from the barcodes and generates an electrical signal according to the intensity of the reflected light. The processing unit generates a code according to each electrical signal. All the generated codes comprise at least three different codes. | 2013-10-24 |
20130277429 | Magnetic Compositions - Compositions including carbon nanofoam are suitable for printing and magnetic ink. | 2013-10-24 |
20130277430 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CALIBRATION AND MAPPING OF REAL-TIME LOCATION DATA - A method of mapping the location of at least one object in three dimensional space, relative to an initial point in three dimensional space by an EIR terminal which contains a microprocessor, memory, a scanning device, a motion sensing device, and a communication interface. The method includes scanning a signal of decodable indicia located at a pre-defined area of a physical object, locating the decodable indicia within this signal, decoding the decodable indicia into a decoded message. The decoded message is an identifier for said physical object, which is then displayed. After receiving an interface command, the EIR terminal is placed in mechanical contact with the pre-defined area of the physical object and a first spatial position is stored as a point of origin in the EIR terminal. | 2013-10-24 |
20130277431 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REPRESENTING STATE OF CHARGE ON BATTERY - An apparatus includes a battery in the housing, a first light indicator operative to emit light in a first color with the duration of a first time period after a predetermined triggering event, and a second light indicator operative to emit light in a second color with the duration of a second time period after the predetermined triggering event. The ratio between the first time period and the second time period monotonically depends upon a state of charge on the battery. | 2013-10-24 |
20130277432 | Laminate Structure for a Chip Card and Method for the Production Thereof - The invention relates to a laminate structure ( | 2013-10-24 |
20130277433 | RFID TAG - An RFID tag includes a first flexible sheet covering a surface of a base part, an antenna and an IC chip; a second flexible sheet covering an another surface of the base part; a first reinforcing member including third and fourth sheets and covering the chip and a connecting portion of the chip and the antenna, the third sheet having flexibility and elasticity and being disposed on the first sheet, the fourth sheet having flexibility and being disposed on the third sheet; a second reinforcing member including fifth and sixth sheets and covering the chip and the connecting portion, the fifth sheet having flexibility and elasticity and being disposed on the second sheet, the sixth sheet having flexibility and being disposed on the fifth sheet; and an outer member having flexibility and elasticity and covering the first and the second sheets and the first and the second reinforcing members. | 2013-10-24 |
20130277434 | DISPLAY-ENABLED CARD WITH SECURITY AUTHENTICATION FUNCTION - A display-enabled card with security authentication function includes a flexible card structure internally provided with a flexible electronic system, which includes a flexible display, a power supply module for supplying a DC voltage, a driving control module having a DC voltage converter for converting the DC voltage into a first driving voltage; a smart IC connected to the driving control module, a communication module connected to and working with the smart IC to perform security authentication, and a power management module arranged between the power supply module, the driving control module and the smart IC to provide the DC voltage to the driving control module and convert the DC voltage into a second driving voltage. The driving control module directly reads data stored in the smart IC and drives the flexible display to show the read data, so as to avoid poor sensing or data communication due to unstable voltage. | 2013-10-24 |
20130277435 | FLEXIBLE TAG - A flexible Radio-Frequency IDentification (RFID) tag comprises a flexible substrate layer on which is fixed an antenna connected to a RFID chip, and a second flexible layer placed directly over the said chip and antenna but without any direct mechanical connection to them, such that the substrate layer and the second layer form a protective inlay for the chip and the antenna. The said inlay is embedded in a flexible housing. | 2013-10-24 |
20130277436 | BIDIRECTIONAL GRAPHIC MATRIX CODE - A bidimensional graphic matrix code | 2013-10-24 |
20130277437 | SPRING CYCLE COUNTER - A spring cycle tracker system for a door mounted on a track having at least one spring, with the door having an open and closed position. The system has at least one sensed element and a tracker. The tracker has a sensor having at least one sensing element; and a controller having a counter display, at least one input signal from the at least one sensing element and at least one output signal. The sensed element and the tracker are mounted such that when the door is moved towards the open position and/or the closed position, the sensed element and the controller are moved relative to each other so that the sensing element senses the sensed element, sending an input signal to the controller, incrementing the counter display, tracking a number of times the spring is used. | 2013-10-24 |
20130277438 | Converter Building - A converter building including at least one room having a solid room wall enclosing an interior space and an electrical active part contained in the interior space, the room wall having at least one opening, which is designed such that it allows a human to enter the interior space. The opening is sealable, the room wall encloses the interior space in a gas-tight manner when the opening is sealed, and the interior space contains a dielectric insulation medium including a dielectric insulation component other than air. | 2013-10-24 |
20130277439 | HOUSING FOR ELECTRONIC/ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS USING SHAPE MEMORY MATERIAL - Disclosed is a housing for electronic/electrical that includes an inner panel and an outer panel, a strip of metal plate, and a strip of shape memory material. The inner panel and the outer panel are disposed parallel to each other at regular intervals to define an internal space. The strip of metal plate extends from an inner surface of the outer panel. The strip of shape memory material extends from an inner surface of the inner panel and is attached or detached to/from the metal plate on the outer panel while changing into an original straight shape or a bent shape according to a temperature variation. Here, when the temperature increase beyond a first transition temperature, the shape memory material straightens to form a heat transfer path. At a low temperature environment, the shape memory material bends and is separated from the metal plate to interrupt the heat transfer path. | 2013-10-24 |
20130277440 | MODULATING BOILER SYSTEM - A modulating boiler system for heating a structure including a controller, a boiler operatively connected to the controller, and a thermostat operatively connected to the controller and boiler. The controller assesses a level of thermostat activity over a predetermined measuring period and adjusts the boiler in response to the level of activity to increase the boiler's efficiency. | 2013-10-24 |
20130277441 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A SLAB TRACKWAY - In order to produce a slab track for rail vehicles with an emergency pathway ( | 2013-10-24 |
20130277442 | AGRICULTURAL SPRAYING MACHINE AND METHOD FOR SPRAYING A PHYTOSANITARY LIQUID ON LAND CULTIVATED BY MEANS OF SUCH A MACHINE - The invention relates to an agricultural machine ( | 2013-10-24 |
20130277443 | MINIATURE FLUID ATOMIZER - Described is an atomizing nozzle having a relatively small frontal area permitting insertion of a nozzle into small diameter medical conduit(s). A body of a preferred nozzle has a characteristic size (e.g., cross-section diameter) of less than about 0.2 inch (0.5 cm). The nozzle body is typically carried on an extension member, which can be transversely flexible to permit passage of a nozzle body through a tube and along a nonlinear path. The nozzle body is typically connected to an extension member by way of a lap joint associated with the nozzle body. Preferred embodiments have a D | 2013-10-24 |
20130277444 | FLUID EJECTOR DEVICE FOR VESSELS - The disclosure relates to a fluid ejection device and a method for ejection of fluid into a marine environment. The device includes at least one foldable ejection arm with at least one fluid ejection nozzle, the arm(s) being mounted on a transport vessel in one or several mounting points. Furthermore, the ejection arm is foldable, where the folded position of the arm(s) is essentially along the longitudinal direction of the transport vessel. | 2013-10-24 |
20130277445 | DESCALING NOZZLE FOR REMOVING SCALE FROM STEEL SHEET, DESCALING APPARATUS FOR REMOVING SCALE FROM STEEL SHEET, AND DESCALING METHOD FOR REMOVING SCALE FROM STEEL SHEET - A descaling nozzle that can efficiently remove scale from a steel sheet. A spray section at an end of the descaling nozzle includes a taper portion continuous with a large diameter portion that forms a cylindrical channel, a first orifice formed on an outlet side of the taper portion, a resonant chamber continuous with an outlet side of the first orifice and that has a dimension in a radial direction that is greater than a major axis of the first orifice, and a second orifice formed on an outlet side of the resonant chamber. | 2013-10-24 |
20130277446 | ELECTRONIC SPRAY DEVICE IMPROVEMENTS - An electronic spray device comprising a spray generator and a spray controller for providing a drive signal to the spray generator, wherein the spray generator includes a perforate membrane which vibrates ultrasonically in response to the drive signal, said vibration causing liquid droplets to be ejected from one side of the perforate membrane, wherein the spray controller is adapted to modulate the drive signal sent to the spray generator, wherein such modulation of the drive signal is arranged to set the mean power level supplied to the spray generator to a target level. | 2013-10-24 |
20130277447 | METHOD AND SYSTEM TO CONTROL A FUEL INJECTOR - An injection system includes a plurality of actuators. Each of the actuators is configured to move one or more portions of a center body of the fuel injector. The system also includes a controller configured to control each of the plurality of actuators individually to change a flow rate or a direction of output of a mixture of fuel and air from an output of the center body of the fuel injector. | 2013-10-24 |
20130277448 | Ejector - An ejector ( | 2013-10-24 |
20130277449 | ENHANCED DRINKING STRAWS - Certain drinking straw device embodiments comprise an inner tube having a hole along its length and an actuator for actively introducing a gas or fluid through the hole into a liquid flowing through the inner tube. In an embodiment, the actuator stores and releases a pressurized gas. In some embodiments, the actuator stores and releases a second liquid or gel. In some embodiments, a device comprises a non-pressurized gas or fluid substance introduction mechanism, which, when activated, allows the gas or fluid substance to enter and be mixed with a liquid flowing through the inner tube. | 2013-10-24 |
20130277450 | FRAGRANCE BOTTLE - A bottle, including: a bottle body, the bottle body including a first opening and an inner cavity; a bottle cap, the bottle cap including a through hole; a bottle stopper, the bottle stopper including a plurality of holes. The bottle cap is disposed on the bottle body; the through hole is arranged on a top of the bottle cap; the bottle stopper is inserted into the first opening for sealing; and the holes are in communication with the inner cavity of the bottle body. | 2013-10-24 |
20130277451 | WATER SPRAYING SYSTEM - A water spraying system includes an engine, a pump driven by the engine, the pump including a pump inlet configured to be fluidly coupled to a water source and a pump outlet providing water at an increased water pressure, a sprayer fluidly coupled to the pump outlet, the sprayer including a flow restriction valve and a trigger for manipulating the flow restriction valve so that movement of the trigger selectively opens and closes the flow restriction valve, a flow sensor configured to sense a flow of water into the pump, and a controller coupled to the flow sensor. The controller is configured to turn off the engine following a set time period of sensed flow below a threshold flow. | 2013-10-24 |
20130277452 | CHAMBER APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MAINTAINING TARGET SUPPLY UNIT - A chamber apparatus used with a laser apparatus may include: a chamber provided with at least one inlet for introducing thereinto a laser beam outputted from the laser apparatus; a target supply unit provided to the chamber for supplying a target material to a predetermined region in the chamber; a recovery control unit for instructing the target supply unit to execute recovery operation if a predetermined condition is met; a recovery unit for executing the recovery operation in response to the instruction from the recovery control unit; and a position measuring unit for measuring a position of the target material supplied from the target supply unit into the chamber. | 2013-10-24 |
20130277453 | FUEL INJECTION VALVE - A fuel injection valve includes: a nozzle body having an injection aperture in a tip portion thereof; a needle that is slidably located in the nozzle body, forms a fuel introduction path between the needle and the nozzle body, and is seated on a seat portion in the nozzle body; a swirling flow generation portion that is located more upstream than the seat portion, and imparts a swirl with respect to a sliding direction of the needle to fuel introduced from the fuel introduction path; and a swirl velocity increasing portion that is located more downstream than the seat portion, and supplies fuel to the injection aperture while producing an air plume by increasing a swirl velocity of a swirling flow generated in the swirling flow generation portion. | 2013-10-24 |
20130277454 | AIRCRAFT PROPULSION ASSEMBLY - The disclosure relates to an aircraft propulsion assembly including a nacelle having an intermediate housing and a front frame that is to be mounted downstream of an outer envelope of the intermediate housing. The front frame includes a deviation edge and an element forming a direct or indirect support for at least one flow deviation vanes, in particular, the deviation edge and the support-forming element are built into the outer envelope of the intermediate housing. | 2013-10-24 |
20130277455 | PORTABLE AIRLESS SPRAYER - A sprayer attachment for a hand-supported power tool comprises a motion converting mechanism, a pumping mechanism, a spray assembly and a housing. The motion converting mechanism has an input shaft. The pumping mechanism is driven by the motion converting mechanism. The spray assembly is fluidly coupled to the pumping mechanism. The housing assembly couples the motion converting mechanism, the pumping mechanism and the spray assembly. The sprayer attachment may further comprise an anti-rotation bracket extending from the housing. The sprayer attachment may further be coupled to a handheld power tool, such as a cordless drill or a reciprocating saw, with the anti-rotation bracket. | 2013-10-24 |
20130277456 | Functional Head for a Fragrance Container - A functional head for a fragrance container includes a housing wall section and a spring-loaded valve plate. The housing wall section has an inlet opening for admitting air into an inlet channel, an outlet opening for discharging a mixture of fragrance and air from an outlet channel, and a recess. The valve plate is biased to close the openings and is displaceable by a plunger inserted into the recess to thereby open the openings. | 2013-10-24 |
20130277457 | APPLICATION HEAD AND DROPLET APPLYING APPARATUS - An application head includes a storage-side valve, a discharge-side valve and a plunger. The storage-side valve slides in a space in communication with an intermediate liquid passage between the storage-side valve and the discharge-side valve and changes the volume of liquid in the intermediate liquid passage. Each of the storage-side valve and the discharge-side valve has a column-shaped part, includes a through-hole penetrating between outer circumferential surfaces of the column-shaped part, and is rotatable at least within a predetermined angular range around a center axis of the column-shaped part. Each of the through-holes of the storage-side valve and the discharge-side valve communicates with liquid passages on both sides at a predetermined rotational position and does not communicate with the liquid passage on both sides at other rotational positions outside the angular range. | 2013-10-24 |
20130277458 | HANDHELD ELECTRIC SPRAY GUN - A handheld electric spray gun comprises a gun body, a spray can, a base for connecting the gun body with the spray can, and a housing. A nozzle is provided at the front end of the gun body. The upper portion of the housing is formed with a chamber, and the lower portion thereof is formed with a handle. The chamber is communicated with the gun body and provided with a motor therein. The handheld electric spray gun of the invention adopts a novel motor structure where a stator and rotor assembly is provided on the air-intake side of the blades, that is, the stator and rotor assembly is provided at the air inlet, so that the stator and rotor assembly may be forcibly cooled with cold air, thus the heat dissipation effect is greatly improved. | 2013-10-24 |
20130277459 | Showerhead - A showerhead is disclosed in this invention. The showerhead includes a bottom portion, at least one plate, and a top portion. The bottom portion includes a plurality of gas tubes which are integratedly formed on the bottom portion. The gas tubes include at least one first gas tube. The at least one plate includes a first plate. The first plate includes a plurality of first openings, wherein the gas tubes pass through the first openings. The top portion is coupled to the bottom portion for forming at least one inner space. | 2013-10-24 |
20130277460 | Valve Assembly for an Injection Valve and Injection Valve - A valve assembly includes a valve body having a cavity with a fluid inlet portion and a fluid outlet portion, a valve needle axially movable in the cavity to control a fluid flow through the fluid outlet portion, a guide coupled to the valve needle, an electro-magnetic actuator unit configured to actuate the valve needle and comprising an armature axially moveable in the cavity relative to the valve needle, the armature configured to be coupled to the guide when the valve needle leaves the closing position and configured to mechanically decouple from the guide due to its inertia when the valve needle reaches the closing position, and an armature spring coupled to the armature to provide a force to the armature contributing coupling the armature with the valve needle. A block-shaped stop element axially adjacent the armature and coupled to the valve body limits the axial movement of the armature. | 2013-10-24 |
20130277461 | Method And Electro-Fluidic Device To Produce Emulsions And Particle Suspensions - The invention refers to a method, and to a device to produce emulsions and particle suspensions by using electro-hydrodinamic forces and microfluidics This combined use allow the production of droplets with mean diameters which may be either smaller than those obtained in conventional microfluidic devices or larger than those obtained by electrospray, bridging the gap between the two methods acting independently. | 2013-10-24 |
20130277462 | AIR FLOW SWITCH FOR AN ELECTROSTATIC TOOL - A power module of electrostatic tool is provided with an air flow switch. The air flow switch receives an air flow through one passage and outputs two portions of that air flow through two other passages when the air flow exceeds a threshold pressure. | 2013-10-24 |
20130277463 | ELECTROSTATIC SPRAY TOOL POWER SUPPLY - An electrostatic spray tool is provided to output an electrostatically charged spray. The electrostatic spray tool includes a portable power module. The portable power module includes an air flow switch configured to regulate air flow within the portable power module and a turbine generator configured to generate a voltage from the air flow. | 2013-10-24 |
20130277464 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PULVERIZING A SUBSTANCE - Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to a fuel preparation system. The feedstock preparation system includes an acoustic chamber configured to receive a fuel and at least one acoustic wave generator configured to generate acoustic waves to at least partially break up the fuel in the acoustic chamber. | 2013-10-24 |
20130277465 | METHOD OF ACTIVE IMPACT CRUSHING OF MINERALS AND AN ACTIVE IMPACT CRUSHER - A method of impact crushing of material includes the following steps: the material is fed to an actuator destructing the material and forwarding pieces of the material towards reflecting elements. Small material pieces are impacted by the first reflecting element and large material pieces are impacted by the second reflecting element. Impact surfaces of the reflecting elements are substantially normal to the movement directions of the pieces during the impacts. A time interval between the impacts made by the reflecting elements is defined with use of the expression Δt=(0.7 . . . 1.3)(R | 2013-10-24 |
20130277466 | ROLLER CRUSHER, AND METHOD OF PROTECTING A ROLLER CRUSHER FROM UNCRUSHABLE OBJECTS - A method of protecting a roller crusher, having two rollers separated by a gap, from uncrushable objects is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of:
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20130277467 | TEST DEVICE FOR ROLLER CRUSHER - A test device for a roller crusher of the type which comprises a pair of crushing rolls rotating in opposite directions for crushing or pulverizing materials comprises
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20130277468 | Method for improving the dissolution profile of a biologically active material - A method for improving the dissolution profile of a biologically active material | 2013-10-24 |
20130277469 | ADJUSTING APPARATUS, ADJUSTING SYSTEM, CRUSHER, CRUSHING PLANT AND METHOD FOR ADJUSTING THE CRUSHER - An adjusting apparatus of a feed opening of a crushing chamber of a crusher includes one or more adjusting parts arranged in connection with the feed opening, which one or more adjusting parts is/are movable during crushing for adjusting a flow area of material which is to be crushed and is flowing through the feed opening to the crushing chamber. The front edges of the adjusting parts form a unitary flow opening, the flow area of which is adjustable by moving one or more adjusting parts. An adjusting system includes the adjusting apparatus for a feed opening of a crushing chamber of a crusher. A method for adjusting a pressing crusher or a crushing plant suitable for mineral material crushing. A method for avoiding a start peak of a crusher. A method for limiting power intake and/or crushing pressure of a crusher. | 2013-10-24 |
20130277470 | BALANCING CYLINDERS - The present invention relates to a roller crusher having two generally parallel rotatable rollers separated by a gap, and a feeding arrangement for feeding material to the rollers. The roller crusher further comprising a base frame and a first and a second roller frame section, each of the first and second roller frames sections being pivotably connected to the base frame and arranged for carrying one of the rollers in bearings arranged at opposed ends of each roller. The roller crusher also comprises at least one balancing cylinder extending between one of the roller frame sections and the base frame such that when the at least one balancing cylinder is activated, the interconnected roller frame sections will pivot relative to the base frame, thus adjusting the position of the rollers relative to the base frame. | 2013-10-24 |
20130277471 | Plant for producing cement with central grinding unit - A plant for producing cement, having a first stage for crushing raw material to form raw powder, a second stage for calcination and sintering of the raw powder to form cement clinker, a third stage for cooling the sintered cement clinker, and a fourth stage for crushing the sintered cement clinker to form cement. The first stage for crushing raw material to form raw powder and the fourth stage for crushing the sintered cement clinker to form cement are structurally combined. In this way, during servicing or repair of one crushing stage, the plant need not be shut down because, y variable circuitry switching, the crushing stages permit plant operation with reduced production output. | 2013-10-24 |
20130277472 | CENTERING ROLLS - The present invention relates to a roller grinder comprising two rollers, each mounted on a separate shaft, a fixation means, a guide member, and a first and a second end member. A centre of the guide member is rotatably attached to the fixation means in a position, which in a horizontal direction is located centrally between said rollers. Each end of the guide member is attached to a first end of the first and second end members, respectively, by means of a joint, such that both the guide member and the first and second end members can rotate around the joint, and the first and second end members, respectively, are rotatably attached at a second end to a respective one of the shafts. | 2013-10-24 |
20130277473 | SPICE GRINDERS - The invention relates to a spice grinder which comprises a fixed component | 2013-10-24 |
20130277474 | TUB GRINDER - A tub grinder has a rotor with hammers that pass between adjacent slug bars. The slug bars have a riser bar portion disposed on the top of the slug bars, the riser bar portions extending vertically higher on one end of each respective slug bar than on the other end of each respective slug bar so that the hammers extend farther beyond the top of the riser bar and slug bar when they pass by first end than when they pass by the second end of the riser bar. | 2013-10-24 |
20130277475 | GRINDING DISK FOR FOOD WASTE DISPOSER - A grinding disk used for a food waste disposer includes a knocking disk base, a long strip knocking plate, at least two knocking blocks and rivets. The long strip knocking plate is arranged on the lower surface of the knocking disk base. The knocking blocks are movably and symmetrically mounted to the knocking disk base via the rivets, and each knocking block includes a cushion block for connection of the rivets and a knocking block head pivotally connected to the cushion block. When the knocking disk base is rotated with the shaft of an electric motor, the cushion block of the knocking block drives the knocking block head to slide, such that the knocking block head rotates about the rivet to hammer an object, and the cushion block can also move up and down and hammer the object while rotating and sliding. | 2013-10-24 |
20130277476 | HAMMER WITH A DIVIDED HAMMER TIP - The invention relates to a hammer, in particular for comminuting devices, comprising a rotor and/or at least one shaft to and/or on which the hammer can be fixed. Said hammer consists of a lower body provided with a through hole which is provided to connect the hammer to the rotor and/or the shaft, and at least one cutting body which can be detachably/rigidly connected to the lower body. The invention is characterised by the fact that the cutting body consists of at least two parts. | 2013-10-24 |
20130277477 | DUST PROTECTION FOR HPGR - The invention relates to a roller crusher of the type which comprises a pair of crushing rollers is provided. The crushing rollers are generally parallel to one another and rotate in opposite directions, each roller including a shaft which has end portions, mounted in respective roller bearings. The roller crusher comprises a feeding arrangement for feeding material to be crushed to a crushing zone of the roller crusher. The roller crusher is characterized in that it further comprises a dust protecting enclosure enclosing the crushing zone, the dust protecting enclosure having an inlet opening upstream of the crushing zone and in communication with said feeding arrangement, and an outlet opening downstream of the crushing zone, and in that the roller bearings are arranged outside of the dust protecting enclosure. | 2013-10-24 |
20130277478 | ROLLER CRUSHER HAVING AT LEAST ONE ROLLER COMPRISING A FLANGE - The invention relates to a roller crusher having two generally parallel rollers arranged to rotate in opposite directions, towards each other, and separated by a gap, each roller having a first end and a second end. The roller crusher comprises a flange attached to at least one of said ends of one of said rollers. The flange extending in a radial direction of said roller, and has a height above an outer surface of said roller which is sufficient to extend across said gap substantially along a nip angle of said roller crusher. | 2013-10-24 |
20130277479 | ROLLER CRUSHER WITH CHEEK PLATES - The present invention relates to a roller crusher having a base frame and a roller frame movably connected to said base frame. Two generally parallel rotatable rollers separated from each other by a gap are arranged in said roller frame. The roller crusher further comprises a feeding arrangement mounted to the base frame for feeding material to the rollers and at least one balancing cylinder is provided which are connected to and arranged to manipulate the roller frame relative to the base frame such that the position of the rollers relative to the feeding arrangement can be adjusted. Front and rear cheek plates are provided at the roller frame partially covering front and rear end surfaces of one of the rollers and at least partially covering an opening between the feeding arrangement and the two rollers, the cheek plates being fixedly mounted to the roller frame. | 2013-10-24 |
20130277480 | MULTI-FUNCTIONAL TOOL ASSEMBLY FOR PROCESSING TOOL OF MATERIAL PROCESSING MACHINE - A multi-functional tool assembly for a material processing machine includes a material reducer adapted to reduce material within the material processing machine, and a single tool to support said material reducer. The tool includes a head, a shaft, and a locking feature integrally formed therein. | 2013-10-24 |
20130277481 | CRUSHING ROLL WITH EDGE PROTECTION - A grinding assembly for the comminution of material that enhances the durability of the side edges of both a grinding roll and a flange roll. Both the grinding roll and the flange roll include a wear ring that is received within a side groove formed at each end of a cylindrical roll body. The wear ring includes a series of spaced receiving cavities that each receive a wear member. Each wear member includes a radially outer surface and an axial end face to enhance the durability of the edge of the roll body. The edge ring is retained on the roll body by a series of connectors that pass through the edge ring. In the flange roll design, a flange ring is attached to the roll body by a series of connectors that also secure the edge ring to the roll body. | 2013-10-24 |
20130277482 | MEDIUM TRANSPORT APAPRATUS AND RECORDING APPARATUS - A recording medium after printing which is discharged from a main body of a printer is guided from the main body to a support surface of a discharge support portion extending to a lower anterior side, and is wound as a roll body by a winding unit in a path that passes a tension roller. A tape-shaped elastic member is fixed on an end portion of a downstream side in a transport direction of the discharge support portion so as to extend in a width direction. An elastic friction surface is formed on the end portion of the downstream side in the transport direction of the support surface. A friction coefficient between the elastic friction surface and the recording medium is higher than the friction coefficient between a portion at an upstream side in the transport direction from the elastic friction surface in the support surface and the recording medium. | 2013-10-24 |
20130277483 | Belt Retractor With a Switchable Force-Limiting Device for a Seatbelt of a Motor Vehicle - A seat belt retractor with a switchable load limiting device for a safety belt of a motor vehicle with a belt shaft and a locking device which upon actuation locks the belt shaft in the belt extraction direction. The load limiting device is located in the force flow between the belt shaft and the locking device between the load limiting levels. A switching device is used for switching the load limiting device. The switching device includes a gas generator for releasing a gas flow into a pressure chamber and an expandable hollow pot which can be driven by the gas flow. The expandable hollow pot is attached to the gas generator in a gas-proof manner and forms the pressure chamber. | 2013-10-24 |
20130277484 | CORD STORAGE APPARATUS - A cord storage apparatus includes an electric motor configured to retract a power reception cord to be connected to an external power supply and a control unit configured to determine whether or not the power reception cord is retracted away from the ground when the power reception cord is connected to the external power supply and control the electric motor to stop retracting the power reception cord when the power reception cord is retracted away from the ground. | 2013-10-24 |
20130277485 | REEL BASED LACING SYSTEM - A lacing system configured to selectively adjust the size of an opening on an object and allow for the incremental release of the lace within the lacing system. The lacing system can have a reel comprising a housing, a spool supported by the housing, and a knob supported by the housing. The reel can be configured so that cable is gathered in the channel formed in the spool when the spool is rotated in a first direction relative to the housing, and so that cable can be incrementally released from the spool when the spool is rotated in a second direction relative to the housing. In some embodiments, the reel can include a rotation limiter which can be configured to prevent over-tightening of the lacing system and/or to prevent rotation past the substantially fully loosened state. | 2013-10-24 |
20130277486 | HOSE REEL SPOOL - A hose reel spool has an annular ring defining an axial hub, and two concave side walls. The side walls extend radially outward from the ends of the annular ring, and slant axially inward to converge towards each other as they extent radially outward. | 2013-10-24 |
20130277487 | DANCER ROLLER APPARATUS - A dancer roller apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus includes a dancer roller; a drive motor; and a dancer roller position changing unit, wherein the dancer roller position changing unit is provided with a one way clutch which allows the dancer roller to move in a long object slack direction, and wherein the drive motor is caused to rotate in a direction such that the dancer roller moves the one way clutch in a long object stretching direction during conveying of a long object. | 2013-10-24 |
20130277488 | Hydraulically Actuated Drain Tile Roll Loading and Support Assembly - A hydraulically operated drain tile spool is provided having a frame assembly supporting an articulating upper and lower control arm for operably engaging, lifting, and supporting a drain tile roll from a suitable farm vehicle. The lower control arm supports a spool lower ring and a spool shaft, whereby a first hydraulic arm rotates the spool shaft between a horizontal (loading) position and a vertical (working) position. The upper control arm supports a spool upper ring and a spool shaft receiving member. A second hydraulic arm operably connects the receiving member with the vertical spool shaft to establish a cohesive spool assembly having a central shaft for supporting a drain tile roll between an upper and lower ring in a rotatable and dispensable position. The device connects to a suitable agricultural vehicle to support a drain tile roll without requiring direct contact therewith by an operator when stringing tile. | 2013-10-24 |
20130277489 | Method and Device for Winding of Fiber Webs, Especially of Partial Paper and Board Webs - Fiber webs are wound into partial web rolls ( | 2013-10-24 |
20130277490 | WEB REWINDING APPARATUS - A web rewinding apparatus comprising a turret winder and a cupping assembly is disclosed. The turret winder has a rotatably driven turret supporting a plurality of rotatably driven mandrels capable of engaging cores upon which a web material is convolutely wound thereabout. The cupping assembly has a plurality of cupping arms each cooperatively associated with one of the plurality of mandrels and having a mandrel cup for releaseably engaging the unsupported ends of the cooperatively associated mandrel. The rewinding apparatus also provides a first actuator for disposing the cupping arm from the hold-open position to the hold-closed position. Each of the cupping arms is disposed radially about the cupping arm turret and is carried in a radial orbital path about the cupping arm turret central axis while disposed in either of a hold-open position or a hold-closed position. | 2013-10-24 |
20130277491 | MANDREL CUPPING ASSEMBLY - A mandrel cupping assembly for releaseably engaging the unsupported ends of a plurality of mandrels supported on a web winding turret assembly is disclosed. Each of the mandrels is driven in a closed mandrel path about a web winding turret assembly axis. The mandrel cupping assembly has a cupping arm turret with a cupping arm turret central axis, a cupping arm cooperatively associated with each mandrel of the plurality of mandrels, and a first actuator for disposing the cupping arm from a hold-open position to a hold-closed position. Each of the cupping arms is disposed radially about the cupping arm turret and is carried in a radial orbital path about the cupping arm turret central axis while disposed in either of the hold-open position or the hold-closed position. | 2013-10-24 |
20130277492 | APPARATUS FOR DISPENSING PRECUT SPOOLED OR Z-FOLD WIPING MATERIAL - The device includes a housing with an associated cover receiving a module receiving the strip of pre-cut material, said module being provided with a transverse support plate, a flap pivotally assembled with respect to said module and to the support plate by being arranged in front of it, opposite to the inner front surface of the cover to allow the passing of the strip of material. A transverse barrier rod is arranged in the lower portion of the cover between its lateral flanges. The flap has at least one recess enabling to catch the strip of material and at least one long slot arranged in a plane forming an angle from the lower edge of the flap, said slot defining an area for receiving at least one rib formed in a complementary configuration on the cover by penetrating on closing of the cover into said slot. The cover has at least one rib adapting in the slot formed on the flap and at least one recess for the passing of the strip of material. The rib(s) formed on the cover have a tear drop configuration with a progressive height from their base inside of the cover to the lower end thereof, and the rib(s) have in their upper portion a rounded shape having the function of allowing the separability of a format of pre-cut strip of material from the rest of the strip. | 2013-10-24 |
20130277493 | WINDING CORE FOR COIL WINDING DEVICE - A winding core for a coil winding device having a column shape with corners each having a rounded cross-section is used for forming a coil by winding a wire around the winding core into the coil of a polygonal shape. The winding core includes a helical continuous surface extending spirally around an axis of the winding core. | 2013-10-24 |
20130277494 | Very Low Power Actuation Devices - A method of actuating a control surface in a munition. The method including: coupling a pair of fins to an actuation device; generating pressurized gas to selectively actuate the actuation device; and converting the actuation of the actuation device to rotation of the pair of fins. The converting can convert a linear output of the actuation device to the rotation of the pair of fins or a rotary output of the actuation device to the rotation of the pair of fins. The generated gas can be directly provided to the actuation device or the generated gas can be stored in a storage device before being provided to the actuation device. The method can further include repeating the coupling, generating and converting for a second pair of fins. | 2013-10-24 |
20130277495 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR INCREASING THE AERODYNAMIC LIFT OF AN AIRCRAFT - A lift arrangement for an aircraft includes an aircraft fuselage section with an outside, an aerodynamic lift body attached to the aircraft fuselage section and extending from the aircraft fuselage section outwardly, and a pair of movably held add-on bodies arranged upstream of a leading edge of the aerodynamic lift body. The add-on bodies include an aerodynamically effective surface and are equipped with incoming airflow to generate vortices that impinge on the aerodynamic lift body, thus leading to an increase in lift on the aerodynamic lift body. Thus the lift generation on a lift body is effectively influenced, in particular to compensate for loss of lift as a result of icing. The add-on bodies are moveable, and, can be moved to a neutral position in which they do not project into the flow around the aircraft, and are thus not effective from the point of view of fluid dynamics. | 2013-10-24 |
20130277496 | SUPER-RIGID HYBRID AIRSHIP, ITS STRUCTURAL CHARACTERISTICS AND A METHOD OF PRODUCING THEREOF - A super-rigid hybrid airship having a modular structure with a central tube having a diameter of between 5 to 10% of the diameter of the airship, structural rings surrounding and preferably concentric with the central tube and connected to the tube by bolts; an external cover made from thin metal sheets, interspersed with composite resins and fibbers which is pressurized and pre-stressed by light gases and which is rigid, conductive, non-combustible and impermeable to gases; balloons filed with hydrogen and disposed in structural sections defined by neighboring structural rings; at least two interconnected cuffs inflated by atmospheric air serving as operational ballast and ensuring weight, pressure and volume balance of the airship. Preferably the airship has a blower system for dispersing air, arranged on the centerline of the top layer, wings arranged at each side of the fixed sections, and thrust means. | 2013-10-24 |
20130277497 | MAN-PORTABLE, MULTI-MODE UNMANNED AERIAL SYSTEM LAUNCHER - A man-portable unmanned aerial system launcher (UAS) launcher includes a rail assembly having an internal track and a carriage assembly having a base configured to translate within the internal track. The carriage assembly also includes a cradle configured to support a UAS and a bracket configured to support the cradle above the base. The UAS launcher includes a launch control system configured to secure the carriage assembly in the launch-ready position until the launch control system receives a launch signal. The UAS launcher also includes one or more elastic members configured to engage the carriage assembly and the rail assembly. Once the carriage assembly is translated to the launch-ready position, strain is applied to the carriage assembly by the one or more elastic members. Release of the carriage assembly enables force generated by strain of the elastic members to propel the carriage assembly toward a launch position. | 2013-10-24 |
20130277498 | HIGH-LIFT SYSTEM FOR A WING OF AN AIRCRAFT - A high-lift system for a wing of an aircraft is provided. The high-lift system includes movably held high-lift flaps, at least one drive unit, at least one transmission shaft connected to the drive unit, and several actuator devices, distributed on the transmission shaft and connected to the high-lift flaps, for moving the high-lift flaps. The actuator devices each comprise a driven element and a torque limiting means. In one example, the driven elements of two adjacent actuator devices are interconnected in a non-rotational manner with the use of a separate torque transmitting means. If one actuator device is blocked, for example as a result of a defective tooth arrangement or some other defect, the torque to be produced by the intact actuator device increases and triggers its torque limiting means. This ensures synchronous operation and in the case of malfunction prevents damage to or detachment of a flap. | 2013-10-24 |
20130277499 | AIRCRAFT AIRFOIL, AND AN AIRCRAFT PROVIDED WITH SUCH AN AIRFOIL - An airfoil ( | 2013-10-24 |
20130277500 | SHOCK-RESISTANT DEVICE AND METHOD - A shock-resistant device includes snubbers that may be selectively extended to selectively create a stiff attachment between a vibration-isolated component of the device, and another part of the device. The snubbers may be electromechanical or hydraulically driven. The device may be a sensor system for an unmanned aerial vehicle, with the snubbers extendible to create a stiff attachment between an inner gimbal and an outer shell of the sensor system, for example prior to landing the unmanned aerial vehicle on an aircraft carrier, or prior to transportation or storage of the unmanned aerial vehicle. The snubbers may be able to be manually actuated, even when the unmanned aerial vehicle has no power available. | 2013-10-24 |