49th week of 2012 patent applcation highlights part 40 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20120308257 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS WITH A CLEANING BLADE - A width P of an untreated section in a drum blade is shorter than a width Q of an untreated section in an intermediate transfer member blade in an image forming apparatus using a blade, ends of which a treatment with high hardness is applied to, for both cleaning blades in a drum and an intermediate transfer member. | 2012-12-06 |
20120308258 | Image Forming Apparatus - An image forming apparatus including a main frame, an image forming unit, which is disposed on an inner side of the main frame, a power board, which is disposed on the inner side of the main frame and is configured to apply voltage to the image forming unit, and a holder member, which is detachably attached to a surface on an outer side of the main frame and is configured to hold a wire connecting the power board and the image forming unit electrically, is provided. | 2012-12-06 |
20120308259 | Image Forming Apparatus and Process Unit - In an image forming apparatus, photosensitive bodies are mounted in a first frame. Developing units are detachably mounted in the first frame. A second frame is movable relative to the first frame. Each developing unit is movable relative to the first frame between a separate position, at which a developing roller is separate from a photosensitive body, and a contact position, at which the developing roller is in contact with the photosensitive body. The second frame moves relative to the first frame, thereby moving the developing units relative to the first frame between the separate positions and the contact positions. The second frame positions each developing unit relative to the first frame in a direction to move the developing roller toward the corresponding photosensitive body when the developing unit is in the contact position. | 2012-12-06 |
20120308260 | PROTECTIVE AGENT BLOCK, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A protective agent block including metal soap; and boron nitride, wherein the weight ratio Mr of boron nitride to the metal soap is calculated from the relationship 1 based on Raman spectrum measured at each of multiple places on the protective agent block and the average of the measured weight ratios Mr ranges from 0.050 to 0.330 with a variation coefficient of 0.075 or less: | 2012-12-06 |
20120308261 | CONDUCTIVE MEMBER, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, AND ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS - Provided is a conductive member for electrophotography whose electrical resistance hardly increases even by long-term application of a high voltage. The conductive member for electrophotography is a conductive member for electrophotography, including: a conductive support; and a conductive elastic layer, in which: the elastic layer contains an A-B-A type block copolymer constituted of a non-ion conducting block (A block) and an ion conducting block (B block) having an ion exchange group; the block copolymer forms a microphase-separated structure; and the A block forms any structure selected from the group consisting of a spherical structure, a cylindrical structure, and a bicontinuous structure, and the B block forms a matrix for the structure. | 2012-12-06 |
20120308262 | POSITIONING SYSTEM FOR A CHARGE ROLLER - A printer includes a photoconductor, a charge roller, and a positioner. The photoconductor includes an outer surface defining a seam region and a non-seam region while the charge roller is configured to rollingly engage the outer surface of the non-seam region. The positioner is operably coupled to the charge roller and includes a discrete step drive configured to maintain a minimum spacing between the charge roller and the seam region of the outer surface when the seam region passes underneath the charge roller. | 2012-12-06 |
20120308263 | Image Forming Apparatus - The present invention provides a configuration in which an electrically connected condition can further be stabilized in electrical-connection zones between a body of an image-forming apparatus, and an image-forming unit and a plurality of image-forming cartridges. Developing electrode members and wire power-feed electrodes are attached to a slide frame. Each of the developing electrode members has a first body-side contact. The developing electrode members are electrically connected with the developing-roller output terminals. The wire power-feed electrodes are electrically connected with wire output terminals through contact with the wire output terminals. The developing electrode members are elastically deformed as a result of their first body-side contacts being pressed in a direction, which is along a slide direction, by the developing-roller output terminals. The wire power-feed electrodes are pressed in a paper width direction by the wire output terminals. | 2012-12-06 |
20120308264 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A developing cartridge includes an electrophotographic photosensitive member, and a developing roller for contacting the electrophotographic photosensitive member to develop an electrostatic latent image formed on the electrophotographic photosensitive member. The developing cartridge also includes a force receiving portion, projected in an axial direction of the developing roller, for receiving a force for spacing the developing roller and the electrophotographic photosensitive member. | 2012-12-06 |
20120308265 | Image Forming Apparatus and Rotating Body Unit - In an image forming apparatus, a rotating body has a follower member that is arranged to confront with a drive member in an axial direction of the drive member. A drive transmitting member transmits drive force from the drive member to the follower member by coupling the drive member and the follower member with each other, while allowing relative positional deviation between the drive member and the follower member on a plane perpendicular to the axial direction of the drive member within a prescribed range. The drive member and the follower member have a drive-member side contact part and a follower-member side contact part, respectively. A making-contact member brings the drive-member side contact part and the follower-member side contact part into contact with each other. | 2012-12-06 |
20120308266 | DAMPER DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A damper device having: an input member into which a rotary drive force is inputted; an output member which rotates in accordance with the inputted rotary drive force; a columnar viscoelastic member provided between the input member and the output member; a driving-side pressing member which is attached to the input member and which applies a pressing force on one end surface of the viscoelastic member in accordance with the inputted drive force; a passive-side pressing member which is attached to the output member and which receives a pressing force from the other end surface of the viscoelastic member; a first supporting member which supports the driving-side pressing member such that the driving-side pressing member can turn freely relative to the input member; and a second supporting member which supports the passive-side pressing member such that the passive-side pressing member can turn freely relative to the output member. | 2012-12-06 |
20120308267 | DAMPER DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A damper device having; an input member into which a rotary drive force is inputted; a passive member which receives the rotary drive force inputted into the input member and rotates; a viscoelastic material which is provided between the input member and the passive member; and a flexible member which prevents displacement of the viscoelastic material in a diametrical direction while not preventing a shake of the viscoelastic material in a rotating direction. | 2012-12-06 |
20120308268 | HIGH SPEED, HIGH QUALITY IMAGE MONOCHROMATIC PRINTER - A printer apparatus includes the use of at least two HSD stations to develop an electrostatic image generated by a single exposure on a photoreceptor in order to enable high speed, high quality monochrome development. A third standby HSD station can be included for increased reliability or be cycled in and out of development allowing on-the-fly cleaning of HSD wires. | 2012-12-06 |
20120308269 | DEVELOPING DEVICE AND ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - A developing device including a two-component developer including toner and a carrier. The developing device includes first and second developer housing portions divided by a barrier wall having first and second communication openings. A development member is disposed on the first developer housing portion, and first and second agitators are respectively disposed on the first and second developer housing portions. The developing device satisfies 1.8≦(Wa/Wb)≦3.0, wherein Wa represents a mass of the developer in the first developer housing portion and Wb represents a mass of the developer in the second developer housing portion at an equilibrium state. | 2012-12-06 |
20120308270 | Developing Unit Having Guide That Stably Supports Toner Cartridge - A developing device includes a developer cartridge and a developing unit. The developing unit includes a first guide and a second guide. The second is movable with respect to the developing frame between a first position where the second guide is in continuous with the first guide and a second position where a continuous state of the second guide with the first guide is interrupted. The developer cartridge includes a developer frame that accommodates a developer and a first guided member movable with respect to the developer frame. The first guide and the second guide at the first position guide the first guided member in the course of attaching the developer cartridge to the developing unit. When an attachment of the developer cartridge to the developing unit completes, the first guide receives the first guided member, and the second guide is at the second position. | 2012-12-06 |
20120308271 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND DEVELOPING DEVICE AND DEVELOPING UNIT THEREOF - An image forming apparatus includes developing units designed to have an appropriate developer storage capacity in consideration of developer consumption, and improved convenience of use. The image forming apparatus also includes an image carrier, and plural developing units arranged along a rotating direction of the image carrier to supply developers to the image carrier. The plural developing units include a first developing unit having the largest developer storage capacity and a second developing unit having the second largest developer storage capacity after the first developing unit. | 2012-12-06 |
20120308272 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a movable intermediary transfer member; a first photosensitive member forming a first nip with the intermediary transfer member; a second photosensitive member forming a second nip with the intermediary transfer member; a first transfer roller contacting the intermediary transfer member to form a first contact portion at a position away from the first nip toward downstream; and a second transfer roller contacting the intermediary transfer member to form a second contact portion at a position away from the second nip toward downstream; wherein a length of the second contact portion is longer than a length of the first contact portion, measured in the moving direction. | 2012-12-06 |
20120308273 | Image Forming Device Having Guide Mechanism for Guiding Transferring Unit - An image-forming device may include a main body, a developing unit, a transferring unit, and a tray. In some examples, the developing unit may include a developer-accommodating section that accommodates developer and a photosensitive member on which an electrostatic latent image is formed. The developing unit may further include a developer-carrying member to develop the electrostatic latent image. The tray may enable the developing unit to move between a contact position and a separate position. | 2012-12-06 |
20120308274 | SINGLE BTR ROLL AT STRIPPER FOR CONTINUOUS WEB TRANSFER - An electrostatographic printing apparatus that includes a charge receptor endless belt; a transfer nip including a BTR roll in contact with the charge receptor at a transfer zone, a continuous media supplied to the transfer zone, and the transfer nip adapted for systematic engagement and disengagement with the continuous media for synchronization of image transfer from the charge receptor to the media. More specifically, in response to recognition of imaging inconsistencies such as belt seams, test patches, or label format pitches, the endless belt disengages from the continuous media at the BTR roll. The BTR roll is appropriately turned on and off and the continuous media reversed in direction commonly known as a ‘Pilgrim step’, then returned to normal direction to synchronize the transfer of images to the continuous media. | 2012-12-06 |
20120308275 | Fixing Device Having Members to Restrict End Faces of Tubular Member - A fixing device for thermally fixing a developing agent image to a sheet includes: a flexible tubular member having an inner peripheral surface, the tubular member defining an axis extending in an axial direction and having widthwise end portions in the axial direction; a heater; a nip member being in sliding contact with the inner peripheral surface; a backup member confronting the nip member to nip the tubular member in cooperation with the nip member; a stay supporting the nip member; a pair of inner guides being in sliding contact with the inner peripheral surface to guide the same; and a pair of restricting members restricting the widthwise end portions of the tubular member from moving in the axial direction, at least one of the pair of restricting members being formed separately from the inner guides and being assembled to the stay in a direction perpendicular to the axial direction. | 2012-12-06 |
20120308276 | Fixing Device Having Cover Less Subject to Deformation - A fixing device for thermally fixing a developing agent image to a sheet includes: a flexible tubular member having an inner peripheral surface defining an internal space; a heater disposed at the internal space; a nip member disposed at the internal space and configured to be in sliding contact with the inner peripheral surface of the flexible tubular member; a backup member nipping the flexible tubular member in cooperation with the nip member; a stay disposed at the internal space to support the nip member; and a cover disposed at the internal space and covering the stay, one of the stay and the cover being provided with a hook portion, and remaining one of the stay and the cover being provided with an engaged portion engaged with the hook portion. | 2012-12-06 |
20120308277 | Fixing Device Capable of Suppressing Contact Between Tubular Member and Electric Components - A fixing device for thermally fixing a developing agent image to a sheet includes: a flexible tubular member having an inner peripheral surface and circularly moving in a moving direction while the developing agent image is thermally fixed; a heater; a nip member being in sliding contact with the tubular member; a backup member nipping the tubular member in cooperation with the nip member; a stay covering the heater and supporting the nip member; an electric component positioned opposite to the heater with respect to the stay; and a frame supporting the electric component. The frame includes: an isolating portion interposed between the tubular member and the electric component for isolating the electric component from the tubular member; and a guide portion guiding the inner peripheral surface of the tubular member while the flexible tubular member is moving in the moving direction. | 2012-12-06 |
20120308278 | FUSER FOR EQUALIZING TEMPERATURE OF HEAT GENERATING SECTION - According to one embodiment, a fuser includes a fixing belt including a conductive layer, an induction-current generating section to electromagnetically induction-heat the conductive layer, an opposed section to form a nip in cooperation with the fixing belt, an auxiliary heat generating section electromagnetically induction-heated by the induction-current generating section, and a moving section to move the auxiliary heat generating section with respect to the fixing belt. | 2012-12-06 |
20120308279 | IMAGE FIXING APPRATUS - Image fixing apparatus for fixing a toner image through a nip, the apparatus including a cylindrical film; a nip forming member contacting an inner surface of the film; a pressing rotatable member forming the nip in cooperation with the nip forming member with the film interposed therebetween; and a regulating member for regulating movement of the film in a direction of a generatrix of the film, wherein the regulating member has an opposing surface opposing an edge of an end portion of the film with respect to the direction of the generatrix, and the opposing surface has a regulation region for regulating the edge of the film when the film is driven and moves in the generatrix direction, wherein the regulation region is narrower in a downstream side of a center portion of the nip than in an upstream side thereof with respect to a sheet feeding direction. | 2012-12-06 |
20120308280 | IMAGE HEATING APPARATUS AND HEATER USED IN THE APPARATUS - An image heating apparatus includes: an endless belt; a heater, contacted to a surface of the endless belt, provided so that a longitudinal direction thereof is parallel to a generating line direction of the endless belt; and a pressing member for forming a nip together with the endless belt. The heater includes: an elongated substrate; a first heat generating line, provided on the substrate along a longitudinal direction of the substrate, including first heat generating resistors having a negative temperature coefficient of resistance and being electrically connected in series; and a second heat generating line, provided on the substrate along the longitudinal direction of the substrate, electrically connected to the first heat generating line in parallel. The second heat generating line includes a plurality of second heat generating resistors having the negative temperature coefficient of resistance and being electrically connected in series. | 2012-12-06 |
20120308281 | High Fusing Performance Externally Heated Fuser Roller - An externally heated fuser roller to achieve good fusing performance, long life and relatively quick warm-up time. The fuser roller is made up of a metal core, an insulation elastic layer, a heat transport layer and optionally a release layer such that the thickness of the heat transport layer is in the range of about 0.25 and about 1 mm, the effusivity value of the heat transport layer be equal to or greater than about 800 W√s(m | 2012-12-06 |
20120308282 | IMAGING SYSTEM WITH SIMULTANEOUS DUPLEX PRESSURE FIXING - A system is provided for fixing first and second images on opposite sides of a piece of media. The system has an image forming section for forming at least the first image on the piece of media; and a pressure fixing section for fixing the images to the piece of media. The pressure fixing section has first and second rotating members that do not include a thermal energy source, the second member being located proximate the first member such that a gap exists between the first member and the second member, the gap being for receiving the piece of media, and a force applying device that applies force to at least one of the first member and the second member to apply pressure to the piece of media when the piece of media is located in the gap such that the first and second images are simultaneously fixed to the piece of media by the pressure. | 2012-12-06 |
20120308283 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus having: an image carrier that moves in a direction while holding a toner image on its surface; a cleaner that is located downstream from a transfer point where a toner image is transferred from the image carrier, with respect to the moving direction of the image carrier, to remove residual toner and other residues from the surface of the image carrier; a lubricant supply device for supplying a lubricant to the surface of the image carrier; and a flattener for spreading out the lubricant supplied from the lubricant supply device over the surface of the image carrier by pressing its edge portion against the surface of the image carrier; wherein the flattener has an impact resilience within a range of 48% to 68% under temperature of 25° C., and the edge portion of the flattener is arranged counter the moving direction of the image carrier. | 2012-12-06 |
20120308284 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, SUPPORTING MEMBER, AND IMAGE FORMING UNIT - An image forming apparatus includes an endless belt, a plurality of processing units, a cleaning unit, a waste toner retainer, and a waste toner conveying unit. The plurality of processing units is juxtaposed above the endless belt. The cleaning unit is disposed above the endless belt to collect a waste toner deposited on the endless belt. The waste toner retainer is provided in one processing unit in the plurality of processing units. At least one of the other processing units in the plurality of processing units is interposed between the cleaning unit and the one processing unit. The waste toner conveying unit conveys the waste toner collected by the cleaning unit to the waste toner retainer, and extends from the cleaning unit to the waste toner retainer. | 2012-12-06 |
20120308285 | AUTO-DOCUMENT FEEDER AND AUTO-DOCUMENT FEEDING METHOD - An auto-document feeder includes plural conveying sections which have different paths to reach an image scanning section configured to scan an image on a document from a paper feeding section and which guide the document to the image scanning section, a scanning conveying section configured to alternately nip the documents one by one fed by the plural conveying sections and feed the documents in a direction of a paper discharge section through the image scanning section, a gate section which directs the documents to one of the plural conveying sections, and a detecting section configured to detect if a document is fed by the paper feeding section. | 2012-12-06 |
20120308286 | SIMPLIFIED BELT SEAM SKIP IN CONTINUOUS WEB FEED MACHINES - A system that avoids any stopping or reversing of the web direction in a continuous feed printer, instead maintaining consistent process speed, only requiring a slowing and speeding up of the web to cycle through the PR belt seam. This is done by forming a web loop and then immediately flattening the loop after passage of the seam through the transfer zone that includes two transfer BTR rolls with alternating transfer operations, but simultaneous transfer for short periods. Two vacuum assist rolls, one located between the two bias transfer rolls controls the formation of the web loop. A pair of nip forming rolls upstream of the first transfer station and a second vacuum assist roll downstream of the second transfer station control the size of the loop. | 2012-12-06 |
20120308287 | MOVING APPARATUS FOR PRINTER - A moving apparatus for a printer includes a support board, a motor mounted on the support board, an endless belt, and a printing module. A sliding pole is located on the support board. A follower wheel is rotatably mounted on the support board. The motor includes a drive wheel. A belt is set on the drive wheel and the follower wheel. A sliding groove is defined in the printing module. The printing module is located on the support board with the sliding pole located in the sliding groove. The printing module is attached to the belt. The motor is adapted to drive the drive wheel to rotate, and the belt is adapted to bring the printing module to slide on the sliding pole. | 2012-12-06 |
20120308288 | PRINTER AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING PRINTER - A printer includes a printing part configured to perform printing on rolled recording paper, a presenter unit configured to convey the recording paper for up to a predetermined length, and a cutter part configured to cut the recording paper subjected to the printing and conveyed for up to the predetermined length, wherein the presenter unit is removably attached to a printer body part including the printing part and the presenter unit. | 2012-12-06 |
20120308289 | TAPE CUTTING APPARATUS, TAPE PRINTING APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME, AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING STEPPING MOTOR - A tape cutting apparatus including: a half cutter configured to cut a body tape or a release tape with respect to a processed tape having the release tape adhered to the body tape; a stepping motor configured to cause the half cutter to perform a cutting operation; and a motor control unit configured to control the stepping motor, wherein the motor control unit is configured to continue the cutting operation until the stepping motor loses steps. | 2012-12-06 |
20120308290 | WRITING INSTRUMENT - Provided is a thermochromic writing instrument | 2012-12-06 |
20120308291 | Novelty writing instrument with pneumatic feature - A novelty writing instrument with pneumatic feature with a rigid elongate hollow writing instrument housing, a pneumatic pump mechanism, a pneumatic pump activating push button, one or more flexible inflatable members and a relief valve. The pump mechanism is located within the hollow writing instrument housing. The pump activating button protrudes through an aperture on the surface of the housing and is activated when the user presses on the surface of the pneumatic push button. The inflatable members are attached in an air tight manner to the pneumatic pump. The housing has apertures that allow the flexible inflatable members to exit the housing when the pump mechanism is activated. The relief valve lets the user deflate the inflatable members. A preferred embodiment includes inflatable members are made of latex balloons. | 2012-12-06 |
20120308292 | PENHOLDER - A penholder provides a consumer to change by oneself a pattern, color or even model of pan body. The said penholder includes an inner sleeve, at least one outer sleeve and a dismountable fixing cap. The dismountable fixing cap is provided on a top end of the inner sleeve and forms a limiting function to the outer sleeve to prevent it from dropping. Selectively, at least one protruded member is provided on the inner sleeve or the dismountable fixing cap at a place where the inner sleeve or the dismountable fixing cap is abutted at the outer sleeve. Moreover, a recess is provided on an end rim of the outer sleeve to be latched in by the protruded member. Therefore, a penholder is provided, wherein by simply replacing the outer sleeve, a pattern, color or even model of the pen body can be changed. | 2012-12-06 |
20120308293 | COUPLING STRUCTURE AND STEERING DEVICE - In a coupling structure for coupling a middle shaft that may function as a first rotary member to an input shaft that may function as a second rotary member such that torque is transmittable therebetween, a snap ring is engaged with both a first engagement groove of a cylindrical member and a second engagement groove of a shaft portion to restrict axial movement of the input shaft relative to the middle shaft. The first and second engagement grooves are formed such that the snap ring is disengaged from the first engagement groove when a load higher than or equal to a predetermined load is applied to the middle shaft and the input shaft in the separating direction. There is provided a separation nut that is fitted to a threaded portion formed on the shaft portion and that rotates and moves toward middle shaft to push the middle shaft. | 2012-12-06 |
20120308294 | SHAPE MEMORY ALLOY LOCKING MECHANISM - A hardware retention mechanism comprising a frame including a first guide shoulder and a pivot point; an actuator arm including a first guide post; and a first shape memory alloy wire strung between the first guide shoulder and the first guide post that rotates the actuator arm between a locked position and an unlocked position. The actuator arm is rotatable around the pivot point between a locked position and an unlocked position. In some embodiments, the frame may further comprise a second guide shoulder, the actuator arm may further comprise a second guide post, and a second shape memory alloy wire may be strung between the second guide shoulder and the second guide post that rotates the actuator arm between an unlocked position and a locked position. | 2012-12-06 |
20120308295 | Ball Joint and Method of Fastening a Sealing Bellows to a Ball Joint - A method of fastening a sealing bellows to a ball joint as well as to a ball joint is shown comprising a joint housing, a ball stud pivotally received in the joint housing, and a sealing bellows which, related to a joint axis, comprises first axial end of the bellows resting against the ball stud and a second axial end of the bellows fastened to the joint housing, the joint housing for fastening the sealing bellows comprising a seat of the bellows forming a radial stop as well as an axial stop for the second axial end of the bellows, and wherein a closed retaining ring is provided which is spaced from the joint housing and acts upon the sealing bellows in radial inward direction against the seat of the bellows. | 2012-12-06 |
20120308296 | CONNCTING MODULE AND SLIDING MECHANISM FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A connecting module includes a mounting portion, a pin and a washer. The mounting portion defines a receiving groove and two latching grooves positioned at opposite sides of the receiving groove. The pin extends through the mounting portion. The washer includes a washer body and two extending arms protruding from opposite sides of the washer body, each extending arm having an arcuate portion. The washer body is received in the receiving groove and is fitted around the pin, the extending arms are received in the latching grooves, and each arcuate portion is latched in a corresponding latching groove. | 2012-12-06 |
20120308297 | LOCKING MECHANISM OF SLIDE ASSEMBLY - A locking mechanism of a slide assembly includes a first rail with a first stop connected thereto, a locking member movably connected to a second rail which is slidably connected to the first rail. The second rail has a slide slot and a contact slot. The locking member has a guide slot and a positioning leg contacting an inside of the contact slot. The guide slot is an inclined slot and located relative to the slide slot of the second rail. A pin is movably connected to the slide slot and a part of the pin is located in the guide slot. The locking member is moved and the pin is guided by the guide slot and moves along the slide slot to a locked position where the pin is engaged with the first stop to lock the second rail to the first rail. | 2012-12-06 |
20120308298 | TRANSMISSION DRIVE UNIT - The invention relates to a transmission drive unit ( | 2012-12-06 |
20120308299 | WEIGHT ACTIVATED DEVICE | 2012-12-06 |
20120308300 | ASSEMBLY SYSTEM FOR CONNECTING FURNITURE ELEMENTS - An assembly system for furniture includes an elongated track element ( | 2012-12-06 |
20120308301 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETACHABLY FASTENING A GRIPPER - The present disclosure relates to an apparatus and a method for detachably fastening a gripper to a robot, especially a delta robot, comprising a receiving unit and a coupling unit between which at least one form-fit and/or one force-fit connecting element is provided. The receiving unit includes a limit stop provided with an undercut to receive a first section of the coupling unit therein. Furthermore, the receiving unit and the coupling unit include complementary form elements designed to be inserted into each other. Finally, the receiving unit includes a clamping element for retaining the coupling unit in abutment with the receiving unit. The invention disclosure further relates to a method for detachably fastening a gripper to a robot. | 2012-12-06 |
20120308302 | ANTI-RAM SYSTEM AND METHOD OF INSTALLATION - An anti-ram system and method of construction having a shallow mounted base pad from which extend a plurality of bollards. Very little or only a shallow excavation is required for the base of the bollard system, which can be partially or fully assembled prior to bringing it to the installation site. The shallow mounting pad or base of the bollard system of this invention may be formed or constructed in various ways and of various materials, and in various configurations. The shallow mounting pad or base is constructed so as to have considerable mass. | 2012-12-06 |
20120308303 | DEVICE FOR BRIDGING AN EXPANSION JOINT - The invention relates to a device ( | 2012-12-06 |
20120308304 | WIND GENERATOR WITH PROTECTION FOR FLYING ANIMALS - Vibrating apparatus ( | 2012-12-06 |
20120308305 | Shore Line Erosion Control - A novel design for eliminating bank and cliff erosion on sandy beaches and having a very small width footprint on the beach is provided by an adjustable metal frame main structure with curved corrugated steel sheets coated with a special sandy colored polyurethane attached to the frame so as to curve upwardly to a generally vertical upper edge. A base sheet of the frame is held down against the sand by heavy rock so that the toe of the curved sheet is buried three feet below the sand surface. The design does not require any armor rock in front of the curved sheet. | 2012-12-06 |
20120308306 | Lubricated Soil Mixing System and Methods - Described herein are tools, systems and methods for conditioning, strengthening and/or improving in situ soil geotechnical or agricultural properties while at least temporarily reducing soil density, energy requirements and tool wear. | 2012-12-06 |
20120308307 | MULTI-PURPOSE OFFSHORE PLATFORM AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING AND INSTALLING THEREOF - Multi-purpose offshore platform and method for manufacturing and installing thereof in the water for the installation of power generation, desalinated water and food production devices from sea's natural resources, or in order to serve as foundation for any structure to be installed in water. It includes a foundation formed by one or more reinforced concrete slabs ( | 2012-12-06 |
20120308308 | FOUNDATION SUPPORT INSTALLER - An apparatus and carriage therefore for installing a foundation support such as a helical anchor or pier. One embodiment includes a base, a boom, and a carriage. The carriage may include a carriage frame and a mount pivotably connected to the carriage frame. The mount may include a rotatable ring in which a motor drive unit may be attached. | 2012-12-06 |
20120308309 | MANUFACTURING METHOD, DRIVING IN AND INJECTION OF UNDERWATER PILES - Manufacturing, driving and injection method of underwater piles that serve as a foundation for any structure or platform in which one starts with a pillar or pipe ( | 2012-12-06 |
20120308310 | FRICTION BOLT | 2012-12-06 |
20120308311 | Embankment System - An embankment system comprises a source of pressurized sand/concrete slurry and a delivery conduit in fluid communication with the pressurized sand/concrete slurry source. The embankment system further comprises an elongate nozzle having an inlet and an outlet, with the inlet operatively associated with a distal end of the delivery conduit. A tube formed of a sheet material having an open end and a closed end is operatively associated with the nozzle outlet to receive the pressurized sand/concrete slurry through the open end, such that the tube is continuously filled with the pressurized sand/concrete slurry between the closed end and the open end. | 2012-12-06 |
20120308312 | HARDENING AGENT DEPLOYMENT DEVICE - A hardening agent deployment device comprising: a main malleable pouch having at least two layers of water permeable material having a planar configuration and a pore size capable of retaining a hardening agent, the main malleable pouch formed by a first outer layer of water permeable material having the planar configuration and the pore size capable of retaining the hardening agent, and a second outer layer of water permeable material having the planar configuration and having the pore size capable of retaining the hardening agent, wherein the first outer layer of water permeable material and the second outer layer of water permeable material are affixed to each other forming the main malleable pouch; a structural support component enclosed within the main malleable pouch; and the hardening agent enclosed within the main malleable pouch, wherein the hardening agent hardens when coming in contact with water. | 2012-12-06 |
20120308313 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR HANDLING MATERIAL IN A PNEUMATIC MATERIALS HANDLING SYSTEM - Method for handling material in a pneumatic materials handling system, in which material is input from an input aperture of an input point and is handled with a shaping device, arranged in connection with the input point or in the proximity of it, to be more compact and is transferred onwards. The shaping device is a rotary shaper including a rotatable handling device with an aperture, which is arranged eccentrically with respect to the axis of rotation, and which rotary shaper includes at least one stationary handling device, in which case the material to be handled is conducted into the rotary shaper and/or through it at least partly by means of gravity and/or suction and/or a pressure difference, and in that into connection with the rotary shaper, before it and/or into the rotary shaper and/or after the rotary shaper, replacement air is conducted with at least one replacement air coupling. | 2012-12-06 |
20120308314 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR HANDLING MATERIAL IN A PNEUMATIC MATERIALS HANDLING SYSTEM - Method for handling material in a pneumatic materials handling system, in which material, such as waste material, is input from an input aperture of an input point, such as from an input aperture of a refuse chute or of some other input point, and is handled with a shaping device, arranged in connection with the input point or in the proximity of it, to be more compact and is transferred onwards. The shaping device is a rotary shaper, which includes rotatable handling device, which includes an aperture, which is arranged eccentrically with respect to the axis of rotation, and which rotary shaper includes at least one stationary handling device, in which case the material to be handled is conducted into the rotary shaper and/or through it at least partly by means of gravity and/or suction and/or a pressure difference. | 2012-12-06 |
20120308315 | PROCESS AND EQUIPMENT FOR THE CONVEYANCE OF POWDERED MATERIAL - Process and a device ( | 2012-12-06 |
20120308316 | TRANSFER MECHANISM FOR USE WITH A FOOD PROCESSING SYSTEM - A transfer mechanism for transferring food product from a compartment of a food processing system includes a conduit having a first end portion configured to be in communication with the compartment and a second end portion, a fluid discharge positioned substantially within the conduit between the first end portion and the second end portion, and a pressurized fluid source in communication with the fluid discharge. The pressurized fluid source is operable to propel a fluid through the fluid discharge to move the food product from the first end portion of the conduit toward the second end portion. | 2012-12-06 |
20120308317 | Cutting Insert Having Cutting Edges Divided By Recesses and a Milling Cutter Provided with the Same - A cutting insert has top and bottom surfaces in the thicknesswise direction, and front and rear surfaces in the widthwise direction. First and second cutting edges are formed in the lengthwise direction at intersection portions where the top surface intersects with the front and rear surfaces. Third and fourth cutting edges are formed in the lengthwise direction at intersection portions where the bottom surface intersects with the front and rear surfaces. The first to fourth cutting edges are divided by a plurality of recesses. The plurality of recesses are symmetric with respect to the lengthwise centerline (A), which runs between the first and third cutting edges on the front surface and are asymmetric with respect to the thicknesswise centerline (B) perpendicular to the lengthwise centerline (A). | 2012-12-06 |
20120308318 | CUTTING INSERT - A cutting insert with a substantially triangular or square basic form is particularly suited for face milling at high feed rates. It has convex cutting edges, which are each made up of a circular arc and at least one straight portion. Each cutting edge has, adjoining a cutting corner, a straight face cutting edge that merges with a main cutting edge, having 1 to 3 straight portions, a circular portion with a radius of at most 80% of the radius Ri of the inscribed circle. The cutting edges have an all-round cutting edge chamfer with a chamfer angle α. This chamfer angle α has along the cutting corners a value in the range from −10° to −20° and changes continuously along sub-portions of the face cutting edge and main cutting edge and along the circular portion to a constant value in the range from 0° to −10°. | 2012-12-06 |
20120308319 | ROTARY CUTTING TOOL HAVING COATED CUTTING TIP AND COOLANT HOLES AND METHOD OF FABRICATING - A cutting tool for performing hole-cutting operations on a workpiece when the cutting tool is rotated about a central longitudinal axis. The cutting tool includes a generally cylindrical body having a first end structured to engage the workpiece and an opposite second end structured to be mounted to a machine tool; a groove formed in the first end of the generally cylindrical body, the groove disposed generally transverse to the longitudinal axis; and a nib portion disposed in, and coupled to, the groove via a brazing process. | 2012-12-06 |
20120308320 | DUST-COLLECTING DEVICE FOR POWER DRILL - A dust-collecting device adaptive to a power drill comprises a container having atop a tapered portion, the tapered portion including an opening, the container having a through hole at bottom, and a positioning seat being raised around the through hole; a shaft assembly passing through the through hole, the shaft assembly having at least one bearing received in the positioning seat; a spring member being mounted around the shaft assembly; and a spacing member being coupled to one end of the spring member, the spacing member having a round hole for a bit of the power drill to pass therethrough and then pass through the shaft assembly and the opening, whereby, when the power drill drills, drill dust thus generated is guided by a taper of the tapered portion and converged in the container. | 2012-12-06 |
20120308321 | REPAIR DEVICE - This repair device includes a casing, a slide shaft slidably arranged with respect to the casing, a turn table rotatably arranged with respect to the slide shaft, and a cutting mechanism installed on the turn table and including cutting tools. The turn table is rotationally displaced while the slide shaft slides in an axial direction, so that the cutting tools helically turn to cut an inner periphery of a nozzle. The cutting mechanism includes a cutting-tool switching unit that switches the cutting tools. | 2012-12-06 |
20120308322 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GUIDING MOTION ALONG A DESIRED MOTION TRAJECTORY - A method of longitudinally guiding a first elongate structure for motion along a desired motion trajectory toward a target area through reference to a second elongate structure includes a guiding frame having at least one laterally offset guiding structure. The guiding frame is selectively affixed to the first elongate structure in a predetermined relative guiding configuration. The second elongate structure is placed in a predetermined targeting relationship, correlated with the desired motion trajectory, with the target area. The second elongate structure is maintained in the predetermined targeting relationship substantially lateral to the target area. The second elongate structure is brought into a predetermined guiding relationship with the guiding portion of the guiding frame. A transitory position of the first elongate structure is laterally adjusted during motion toward the target area to maintain the second elongate structure in the predetermined guiding relationship with the guiding portion of the guiding frame. | 2012-12-06 |
20120308323 | Multi-Nozzle Machine Tool Cooling System - Multiple fluid nozzles are mounted in a machine tool such that the cutting tool in the spindle is targeted with liquid or gas cutting fluid from multiple directions, providing better coverage and thereby more effectiveness. This provides more efficient and safer use of a machine tool by automating the aiming of fluids at a desired location. Multiple nozzles at respective multiple physical locations are preferably controlled by a single control unit, so they can be synchronized to maintain a common target point on a cutting tool, even if the nozzles are located asymmetrically or non-uniformly with respect to the spindle axis or target point. Preferably, modular nozzle assemblies can be configured for flexibility in mounting on the machine tool. | 2012-12-06 |
20120308324 | AUTO-RACK RAILROAD CAR VEHICLE WHEEL CHOCK - An improved vehicle wheel chock for a vehicle restraint system for an auto-rack railroad car which secures a vehicle in the auto-rack railroad car. The vehicle wheel chock is configured to be positioned on a grating adjacent to a tire of the vehicle. The improved vehicle wheel chock includes an improved face-plate. | 2012-12-06 |
20120308325 | CHUCK AND LOCK SYSTEM WITH EXTENDABLE BRACE FOR PREVENTING FALLING OF FLATBED TRUCK LOADS - A chuck and lock system prevents the load on a flatbed truck from shifting at the destination during offloading. The system includes one or more extendable brace units or vertical stakes and a movable chuck and lock, which operates as a socket locking each extendable brace in place. The chuck and lock unit is attached to dunnage underneath the load. The units can be spaced on either side of the load where needed. The load is held on each side between the vertical braces adjacent to the load and which are adjusted for the height of the load. Straps are supported by the extendable braces and go over the load. At the destination, prior to unloading, all straps or lashings are removed or loosened. The vertical braces prevent the load from shifting sideways and causing an accident. The load is offloaded by a load lift. | 2012-12-06 |
20120308326 | Self-Drilling Anchor Screw - A unique self-drilling anchor screw is configured so that it can be set and used to secure a first object to a second object using only one tool to save time and effort. A nut of the screw engages a nut stop when turning in reverse, thereby driving rotation of the screw in reverse. The screw has a drill bit tip adapted for drilling a hole while turning in reverse. A hole is drilled using the drill bit tip while turning the nut in reverse with a socket wrench of the one tool. After drilling the hole, the nut is turned in the forward direction with the socket wrench to engage a sleeve member of the screw, which sets the screw in the second object. Then, the nut is further turned forward using the socket wrench to tighten the nut against the first object located between the nut and the second object. | 2012-12-06 |
20120308327 | APPARATUS TO ASSIST MOUNTING A BICYCLE COMPONENT - A locking member has a first surface, a first mounting opening and a second mounting opening. Each first mounting opening and second mounting opening is dimensioned to receive the shank portion of a corresponding rotatable member therethrough so that a bottom surface of a head portion of the rotatable member faces toward the first surface of the locking member. A first extending member extends elastically relative to the first surface, wherein the first extending member is disposed in close proximity to the first mounting opening. When the rotatable member is in a mounting position in the first mounting opening, the first extending member contacts the head portion of the rotatable member to inhibit the rotatable member from rotating in a first direction, and the first extending member deflects elastically when the rotatable member rotates in a second direction opposite the first direction. | 2012-12-06 |
20120308328 | FASTENING TOOL - A fastening tool includes a nut having a short side that is shorter than a width of an opening portion, and a long side that is longer than the width of the opening portion, and at a mounting position in which the short side corresponds to a short side of the base portion, the nut is inserted into a hollow portion inside a structure (for example, a C-shaped steel). A male screw portion (for example, a bolt), which has been inserted from the opening portion, is screwed into the nut, and also the nut rotates inside the hollow portion, so that the nut reaches a fixed position which cannot be pulled out from the opening portion, and is fixed into the hollow portion through the male screw portion (for example, the bolt). The base portion includes a temporary fixing claw temporarily fixing the nut in the mounting position. | 2012-12-06 |
20120308329 | FUNCTIONAL ELEMENT FOR THE ATTACHMENT TO A SHEET METAL PART, COMPONENT ASSEMBLY MANUFACTURED FROM THESE AND ALSO A METHOD FOR THE ATTACHMENT OF THE FUNCTIONAL ELEMENT TO A SHEET METAL PART - A functional element ( | 2012-12-06 |
20120308330 | THERMALLY ISOLATING TUBULE FOR WALL ANCHOR - A tubule assembly for thermally isolating a surface-mounted wall anchor and an anchoring system employing the same are disclosed. The thermally-isolated tubule assembly is adaptable to varied anchor structures and for use with interlocking veneer ties and reinforcement wires to provide a high-strength surface mounted anchoring system for cavity walls. The stepped cylinders sheath the mounting hardware to limit insulation tearing and resultant loss of insulation integrity. The tubule assembly is thermally-isolated through the use of a series of strategically placed compressible nonconductive fittings and set within the perimeter of the anchor base. Seals are formed which preclude penetration of air, moisture, and water vapor into the wall structure. | 2012-12-06 |
20120308331 | FIXING MEMBER - A fixing member is provided for fixing a ceramic exterior building material to a lightweight thin steel sheet. The fixing member includes a screw portion and a head portion at an upper end of the screw portion. A threaded portion in which a screw thread is formed is provided at a lower end of the head portion, a cutting portion in which a reamer is formed is provided at a lower end of the threaded portion, a pilot portion that has no screw thread is provided at a lower end of the cutting portion, and a tapered drill portion is provided at a lower end of the pilot portion. The thickness “g” of the ceramic exterior building material and the total of the length “e” of the pilot portion that has no screw thread and the length “f” of the tapered drill portion satisfy the relationship g2012-12-06 | |
20120308332 | SPIRAL FASTENER - A spiral fastener is provided. In another aspect, a spiral fastener, is made of layers of material and/or a light curable material. Another aspect uses a three-dimensional printing machine to emit material from an ink jet printing head to build up a fastener having a spiral formation. | 2012-12-06 |
20120308333 | FASTENERS - A fastener may include an anchor that is configured to be inserted into an attaching hole formed in a panel. The anchor includes a pillar, at least one engagement strip positioned in at least one side of the pillar, and a guide block formed in a distal end of the pillar and having a planar shape corresponding to a shape of the attaching hole. The at least one engagement strip is capable of passing through the attaching hole while being flexed inwardly and engaging a periphery of the attaching hole when the anchor is inserted into the attaching hole. The guide block is configured to pass through the attaching hole only when an axis of the anchor is positioned substantially perpendicular to a surface of the panel. | 2012-12-06 |
20120308334 | MACHINE FOR FORMING AT LEAST ONE CREASE ON COVER BEFORE ATTACHMENT TO BOOK BINDING - A cover S is fed between pairs of first and second feed rollers | 2012-12-06 |
20120308335 | ASSEMBLY AND METHOD FOR REALIZING IN CONTINUOUS COVERING JACKETS OF DIFFERENT DIMENSIONS STARTING FROM A FILM WRAPPED UP IN A COIL - An assembly for realizing in continuous covering jackets of book elements of different dimensions starting from a film wrapped up in a coil. The assembly includes a mechanism for cutting the film unrolling from the coil for realizing pieces of the film; a first folding device of a first end of the pieces; a second folding device of a second end of the pieces; a control and command unit and a longitudinal welder suitable for both superiorly and inferiorly closing folded pockets and for regulating the height of the cover itself by trimming the parts in excess. | 2012-12-06 |
20120308336 | DEVICE FOR JOINING BOOK BLOCK AND BOOK COVER - Device for joining book block and book cover includes conveyor device, embodied to lift a book block from a lower position into an upper position, and an adhesive application station applying adhesive to the outsides of the book block. Conveyor device and the adhesive application station are arranged so adhesive is applied to the outsides of the book block as it is conveyed by the conveyor device. A removal station is arranged below the adhesive application station and the conveyor device is structured to reverse a direction of movement and to lift and lower the book block and cover in a same vertical plane between the lower position and the upper position. Adhesive application station deactivates adhesive dispensing during the downward movement of the book block with cover. | 2012-12-06 |
20120308337 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING LIDS WITH TEAR-OFF FOIL - In the area of manufacturing covers with tear-open foils, the cover blanks, or covers are always secured against an undesired take-off from the transport means during the transport and the processing. This allows a very high manufacturing cadence equally for light covers and particularly for aluminium covers. | 2012-12-06 |
20120308338 | Lifting Device for Hoisting Components Included in Wind Turbines and Similar Structures - The present invention concerns a lifting and positioning device ( | 2012-12-06 |
20120308339 | SEPARATOR FOR ARTICLES OF LAUNDRY - A separator separates sheets from a bundle. Slack in the strap used to raise and lower a clamp is used to determine when the clamp reaches the bundle. A non-horizontal conveyor tilts beneath the clamp to receive multiple articles, and then tilts over another bin to deposit the articles. The second bin includes an angled surface, which is straightened to shift the articles for clamping. The clamp is supported by, but not attached to, a support connected with the drive. When the clamp reaches the pile, the clamp stops but the support may continue to move. The clamp is tillable. The article is transferred by an air jet onto a surface with a roller separated from the surface. Upon transfer, the roller forms a nip with the surface. The article is deposited on an exit conveyor having a flexible, raised portion. | 2012-12-06 |
20120308340 | GRABBER ACCESSORY FOR PRIME MOVER - A grabber accessory for attachment to a prime mover is described, and may include a stanchion, pivotable arm having a proximate end attached to the stanchion to form a pivot point of the arm and a distal end extending generally transverse to the stanchion and terminating in at least one downward tine, and hydraulic cylinder attached between an upper end of the stanchion and a surface of the arm between the proximate and distal ends. The hydraulic cylinder may be configured to raise and lower the arm under hydraulic control from a main hydraulic feed of the prime mover. The accessory further includes a pair of vertically spaced clamping assemblies attaching a lower portion of the stanchion to frame member surfaces of the prime mover so as to secure the accessory in an upright position. | 2012-12-06 |
20120308341 | SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS - A substrate processing apparatus includes a conveying arm configured to convey a substrate and including an electrostatic chuck for attracting the substrate placed on the conveying arm; and a control unit configured to not apply a voltage for causing the electrostatic chuck to attract the substrate between electrodes of the electrostatic chuck when the substrate is placed on the conveying arm but the conveying arm is not moving, and to apply the voltage between the electrodes of the electrostatic chuck when the substrate is placed on the conveying arm and the conveying arm is moving. | 2012-12-06 |
20120308342 | Substrate Transferring System and Substrate Transferring Method - A substrate transferring system and a substrate transferring method are disclosed. The substrate transferring system comprises a substrate processing stage comprising a first substrate processing stage and a second substrate processing stage; a substrate outlet stage being adapted to output a substrate; a substrate transferring stage being disposed between the first substrate processing stage and the second substrate processing stage to receive the substrate from the substrate processing stage; a substrate supporting stage being disposed adjacent to the substrate transferring stage to receive the substrate from the substrate transferring stage; and a substrate conveying and transshipping stage being disposed in parallel with the substrate outlet stage to receive the substrate from the substrate supporting stage and to transfer the substrate to the substrate outlet stage. With this arrangement of the present disclosure, substrates can be transferred rapidly to shorten the substrate transferring period, thus improving the production efficiency. | 2012-12-06 |
20120308343 | Assembly Device - An assembly unit with an industrial robot for handling a vehicle body is provided. The industrial robot can be moved by coupling to the vehicle body in the conveying direction, in which a conveyor belt conveys the vehicle body. The industrial robot retains in any conveying situation its exact position relative to the workpiece in all directions. A transport platform serves to transport the industrial robot. The transport platform can be moved independently of the conveyor belt and without use of rails if the industrial robot is decoupled from the vehicle body. A component storage unit can be coupled to the transport platform. The component storage unit then can also be moved by the transport platform. The industrial robot can be designed for a small load to achieve a cost-effective assembly unit. | 2012-12-06 |
20120308344 | PARALLEL SINGLE SUBSTRATE PROCESSING SYSTEM - A system for fluid processing substrate surfaces arrayed in a fluid having a process section with a frame having a plurality of process elements to process the substrate surfaces without contacting the substrate surfaces; and a substrate holder assembly having a number of substrate holders and configured for transporting substrates as a unit. The substrate holder assembly and each of the substrate holders are configured for removable coupling to the process section frame, each substrate holder configured to hold at least one of the substrates. The process section frame has alignment features disposed so that, on coupling of the substrate holder assembly with the process section frame, the alignment features interface with each substrate holder of the substrate holder assembly and locate each substrate holder in repeatable alignment, at corresponding coupling of each substrate holder and the process section frame, with respect to a predetermined feature of the process section. | 2012-12-06 |
20120308345 | PARALLEL SINGLE SUBSTRATE PROCESSING SYSTEM - A system for processing surfaces of substrates having a process module having a process module frame and a plurality of process elements to process the substrate surfaces without contacting the substrate surfaces. A plurality of substrate holder assemblies, each having a number of substrate holders, each of which is removably coupled to the process module frame, each substrate holder configured to hold a substrate. The process module frame has alignment features aligning the substrate holders in the substrate holder assembly in repeatable alignment with respect to each of the process elements with each of the process elements located between the substrates. A loader module is configured to unload processed substrates from each of the substrate holder assemblies and load unprocessed substrates to each of the substrate holder assemblies. A transporter is configured to transport the substrate holder assemblies to and from the process module and the loader module. | 2012-12-06 |
20120308346 | PARALLEL SINGLE SUBSTRATE PROCESSING SYSTEM LOADER - A substrate unload and load apparatus adapted to unload and load a plurality of processed substrates from a plurality of arrayed substrate holders, the apparatus having a frame and a plurality of processed substrate supports coupled to the frame configured to support the processed substrates. A plurality of unprocessed substrate supports is coupled to the frame configured to support the unprocessed substrates, each of the unprocessed substrate supports alternating and interleaved with each of the processed substrate supports. A holder release is coupled to the frame and configured to engage the arrayed substrate holders having a first state where the arrayed substrate holders releases the processed substrates from the arrayed substrate holders, the holder release having a second state where the arrayed substrate holders captures the unprocessed substrates with arrayed substrate holders. | 2012-12-06 |
20120308347 | FULLY AUTOMATIC GRAVURE PREPARATION PROCESSING SYSTEM - Provided is a fully automatic gravure preparation processing system having high degrees of freedom, which is capable of manufacturing a gravure printing roll more quickly as compared to a conventional case, achieving space saving, performing an unattended operation even in the nighttime, flexibly customizing a manufacturing line, and satisfying various customer needs. The fully automatic gravure preparation processing system includes: a processing room-A having a handling area of a first industrial robot for chucking and handling a roll to be prepared; and a processing room-B having a handling area of a second industrial robot for chucking and handling the roll to be prepared. The first industrial robot and the second industrial robot are configured to transfer the roll to be prepared therebetween when preparation processing is performed. | 2012-12-06 |
20120308348 | STORAGE UNIT FOR TUBULAR WINDING CORES - A storage unit for tubular winding cores is described, which includes an entrance, an exit and an accumulation area between the entrance and the exit. In the accumulation area, a feeding path is provided for the tubular winding cores, formed by feeding channels overlapping and connected by descending branches arranged for falling due to gravity from one feeding channel to another feeding channel therebelow. The tubular winding cores gather along the feeding path, arranging themselves in contact one with another. | 2012-12-06 |
20120308349 | Sewage Silo With Centripetal Action Discharge Arm - A sewage sludge silo is provided, having a central discharge arm for discharging sludge via a central discharge opening, by means of the discharge arm sweeping across a preferably sloped silo floor, with the discharge arm having upper and lower ends, with the lower end extending forward of the upper end in transverse generally vertical cross-section, as the discharge arm moves in a forward direction across the silo floor. The silo floor can be of multi-layer construction, with one of the layers being molded to facilitate a sloped configuration for the silo floor. The movement of a silo discharge arm can be computer controlled to adjust the speed of the discharge arm to maintain a predetermined or substantially constant rate of discharge of sludge from the silo, with such control being facilitated by appropriate sensor mechanisms. | 2012-12-06 |
20120308350 | FULLY ENCLOSED AUTOMATED FEED OUT SYSTEM - An automated feed out system includes a bunker silo for storing silage therein and a cover for selectively placing the cover in a covered position thereby covering and sealing silage in the bunker silo. The automated feed out system includes a frame for supporting augers thereon for selectively defacing feed from a feeding face with the cover in a covered position. The automated feed out system also includes conveyors for transporting the defaced feed to a predetermined location. | 2012-12-06 |
20120308351 | Personal mobility vehicle lift - A personal mobility vehicle lift mounted to the rear portion of a vehicle to transport a personal mobility vehicle from location to location comprising a platform assembly configured to support a personal mobility vehicle thereon operatively coupled to a lift assembly to selectively raise and lower the platform assembly with or without a personal mobility vehicle thereon and a mount assembly coupled to the lift assembly to mount the personal mobility vehicle lift to the rear portion of a vehicle. | 2012-12-06 |
20120308352 | Container-Transfer System - The invention relates to the automatically transfer of a container between a flatcar ( | 2012-12-06 |
20120308353 | VEHICLE-MOUNTED SIDE PULLER APPARATUS - A side puller apparatus includes a frame assembly adapted for mounting to a recovery vehicle, the frame assembly having first and second leg members inclined to approximately form an “A” shape and an upper member extending across tops of the leg members, first and second retractable arm assemblies respectively extendable from opposite ends of the upper member, first and second retractable leg assemblies respectively extendable from lower ends of the first and second leg members, and first and second winch assemblies respectively mounted on the first and second leg members, each winch assembly having a cable routed to a respective one of the arm assemblies, so as to be separately routable from the side puller apparatus during recovery operations. | 2012-12-06 |
20120308354 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING A SPATIAL POSITIONING OF LOADING EQUIPMENT - An apparatus, method and sensor apparatus for determining a spatial positioning of loading equipment is disclosed. The loading equipment has an operating implement for loading a payload, the operating implement being coupled to a support for movement relative to the support. The apparatus includes an orientation sensor disposed on the support and being operable to produce an orientation signal representing an orientation of the support. The apparatus also includes a displacement sensor operable to produce a displacement signal representing a displacement of the operating implement relative to the support. The apparatus further includes a processor circuit operably configured to receive the orientation signal and the displacement signal, use a kinematic model of the loading equipment to compute a spatial positioning of the loading equipment, and produce an output signal representing the spatial positioning. | 2012-12-06 |
20120308355 | MOTOR, ROBOT HAND, AND ROBOT - A motor includes: a driven unit having a cylindrical shape; an actuator having a protrusion abutting on the driven unit; and an impelling unit impelling the actuator against the driven unit, wherein, assuming that the trajectory of the protrusion is disposed to abut on a side surface of the cylindrical shape at a contact point P and a point of action where an impelling force is exerted on the actuator is a point of action Q, the relation between an angle θ1 between the impelling direction of the impelling unit and a direction connecting a rotational center R of the driven unit and the contact point P and an angle θ2 between the impelling direction of the impelling unit and a direction connecting the contact point P and the point of action Q satisfy a relationship of θ1<θ2. | 2012-12-06 |
20120308356 | SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS, SUBSTRATE TRANSFER METHOD AND SUBSTRATE TRANSFER DEVICE - A substrate processing apparatus can prevent photo-corrosion of, e.g., copper interconnects due to exposure of a surface to be processed of a substrate to light, and can perform processing, such as cleaning, of a substrate surface while preventing photo-corrosion of, e.g., copper interconnects due to exposure to light. The substrate processing apparatus includes a plurality of processing areas housing therein processing units which have been subjected to light shielding processing; and at least one transfer area housing therein a transfer robot and disposed between two adjacent ones of the plurality of processing areas. A light shielding wall is provided between the transfer area and each of the two adjacent processing areas, and a light-shielding maintenance door is provided for the front opening of the transfer area. The processing units are coupled to the light shielding walls in a light-shielding manner. | 2012-12-06 |