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20080236996 | CONVEYOR SYSTEM - A conveyor system has an elongated guide defining a closed transport path extending through a plurality of treatment stations and a plurality of carriers movable on the guide along the path and each capable of holding a respective workpiece. At least one magnet is provided on each carrier, and an annular row of individually energizeable electromagnets extends along the path and is capable of exerting force on the magnets of the carriers so as to displace the respective carriers along the path. A plurality of sensors spaced along the path detect the carriers and generate outputs indicating positions and movement of the carriers along the path. At least some of the electromagnets at least intermittently form some of the sensors. | 10-02-2008 |
20090056573 | INK-SUPPLY CARTRIDGE FOR PRINTER ROLLER - A printer has a press frame and a roll rotatable in the frame about an axis and having a radially outwardly directed roll surface. An ink cartridge has a housing having a pair of support plates juxtaposed with and angularly spaced along the roll surface. Doctor blades supported on the support plates have outer edges resiliently engageable with the surface. One of the doctor blades is shiftable on the housing between an open position and a closed position with the outer edges engaging each other. Interengageable formations on the housing and on the press frame are movable between a use position retaining the housing on the press frame with the outer edges engaging the surface and a removal position. An actuating element is shiftable to move the one doctor blade from the open position to the closed position and shift the formations from the use position into the removal position. | 03-05-2009 |
20090056574 | CLOSABLE INK CARTRIDGE FOR PRINTER ROLL - A printer having a roll with a radial outer roll surface has an ink cartridge having a housing itself having a pair of side walls and a pair of end walls bridging the side walls and defining therewith a downwardly open mouth juxtaposed with the roll surface. One of the side walls is shiftable between an outer position defining a relatively large volume and an inner position. Doctor blades supported on the housing have outer edges resiliently engageable at the mouth with the surface. One of the doctor blades is shiftable between an open position with its outer edge spaced from the other doctor blade and a closed position. A mechanism connected to the one wall and to the one doctor blade shifts the one doctor blade between the open position and the closed position and simultaneously shifts the one wall from the inner position to the outer position. | 03-05-2009 |
20090058965 | INK-SUPPLY CARTRIDGE FOR PRINTER ROLL - An ink cartridge has a pair of elongated, longitudinally extending, and transversely spaced side plates and a pair of short, transversely extending, and longitudinally spaced end plates bridging the side plates and forming therewith an downwardly open compartment adapted to hold a body of ink. Respective doctor blades extend transversely toward each other from lower edges of the side plates and define a floor of the compartment and a central downwardly open mouth adapted to feed ink from the body to a roll below the compartment. Respective axially spaced flexible bodies carried on the end plates are shiftable between outer positions generally disengaged from axial end edges of the doctor blades and inner positions bearing axially against the axial end edges. | 03-05-2009 |
20090128607 | INK-JET PRINT HEAD - An ink-jet printer head has a plurality of print modules each having a tip formed with a respective nozzle orifice from ink droplets can be projected. A flexibly deformable mounting element has a plurality of seats each holding a respective one of the tips so that the element can be deformed to fit a substrate to be printed. The mounting element is readily deformable so that the print modules can be oriented to fit the substrate being printed. | 05-21-2009 |
20100097415 | PRODUCING AND DEFLECTING INK DROPLETS OF VARIABLE SIZE - The invention relates to a method and an apparatus for the creation, particularly also for the deflection of ink droplets of different sizes, particularly in a print image of a continuously operating ink jet printer, a continuous cohesive ink jet being projected by a nozzle of a pressure chamber, in which a sequence of sequence of sound pulses ( | 04-22-2010 |
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20090216269 | MULTICOMPONENT FUSED SUTURE LOOP AND APPARATUS FOR MAKING SAME - A fused loop of an elongated material, such as a surgical suture, and apparatus for making the loop are described. Portions of one or more segments of elongated material may be fused in an ultrasonic welding process to form a welded joint. Multiple materials each with different a different melting point may be used for one or more fibers within the elongated material. The elongated material may include a sheath, which may be used to protect a core within the elongated material. A fused region of the fused loop may be formed when a material with a lower melting temperature, compared to one or more other materials in the elongated material, is caused to melt. A related ultrasonic welding apparatus may include a temperature sensor for control of the welding process. | 08-27-2009 |
20130012963 | MULTICOMPONENT FUSED SUTURE LOOP AND APPARATUS FOR MAKING SAME - A fused loop of an elongated material, such as a surgical suture, and apparatus for making the loop are described. Portions of one or more segments of elongated material may he fused in an ultrasonic welding process to form a welded joint. Multiple materials each with a different melting point may be used for one or more fibers within the elongated material The elongated material may include a sheath, which may be used to protect a core within the elongated material. A fused region of the fused loop may be formed when a material with a lower melting temperature, compared to one or more other materials in the elongated material, is caused to melt. A related ultrasonic welding apparatus may include a temperature sensor for control of the welding process. | 01-10-2013 |
20130304023 | Fabric Medical Device Having a Tapered Transition and Method of Making - A fabric medical device and method of making the device can include warp yarns and fill yarns woven together to form a first tubular extent having a first diameter, a second tubular extent having a second diameter, and a transition tubular extent having a graduated diameter between the first and second tubular extents. A tapered edge can be formed along the transition tubular extent by weaving such that a graduated number of warp yarns are disengaged along the transition tubular extent. A seam can be woven along the tapered edge that is configured to provide a substantially fluid-tight transition between the first and second tubular extents. The device can further include the warp yarns in at least the transition tubular extent having a tenacity higher than the tenacity of the fill yarns. The device can be a bone filler delivery device adapted to deliver bone filler in an internal body region. | 11-14-2013 |
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20130262239 | PRIORITIZING POTENTIAL TRANSACTION COUNTER-PARTIES WITH SOCIAL NETWORK CONTENT - A user installs a Peer-to-Peer Payment Application (“PPA”) on their mobile device. The PPA transmits the location of the user device to a server located in a Peer-to-Peer Payment System (“PPS”). The PPS may search for other devices within a certain proximity to the user that may be active. The PPS may search the social network content of the user to determine if any of the proximate devices users are likely counter-parties. If more than one likely counter-party is identified, the PPS may rank the counter-parties according to a preconfigured set of factors that define the strength of the connection to the user. These factors may include their status in the user's social networks, frequency of contact, prior transactions, or other factors that further establish a relationship. The PPS may transmit the ranked list of likely counter-parties to the PPA for display to the user on the device. | 10-03-2013 |
20130262294 | TRACKING AND MANAGING GROUP EXPENDITURES - A group including plurality of users is established. A transaction record is maintained for the group that includes a plurality of payment transactions. Each of the plurality of payment transactions involves at least one user of the group. Additionally, a balance is maintained that indicates an amount owed by a first user of the group to a second user of the group based on one or more of the plurality of payment transactions. When a settling event occurs, the balance is settled by initiating a transfer of funds between the first user and the second user. | 10-03-2013 |
20130332357 | SETTING PEER-TO-PEER AUTHORIZATION LEVELS WITH SOCIAL NETWORK CONTENT - The invention provides a computer-implemented method for using the social networking content of a user to determine authentication levels required for a peer-to-peer transaction. A user inputs transaction counter-party and transaction details into a payment application. The information can be transmitted to a server located in a peer-to-peer payment system. The system may search the social network content of the user to determine the account information of the counter-party and to assess the security risk of the counter-party according to a preconfigured set of factors that define the strength of the connection to the user. These factors may include the counter-party's status in the user's social networks, frequency of contact, prior transactions, or other factors that further establish a relationship. The system may determine the level of transaction authentication required to process the transaction. The user may enter the authentication data to complete the transaction. | 12-12-2013 |
20140074709 | EFFICIENT TRANSFER OF FUNDS BETWEEN ACCOUNTS - A transfer management system receives a request to transfer an amount of funds from a transferring account maintained by a transferring bank to a receiving account maintained by a receiving bank. The transfer management system determines whether the transferring bank maintains an intermediate transferring account, and whether the receiving bank maintains an intermediate receiving account. If the transferring bank maintains an intermediate transferring account and the receiving maintains an intermediate receiving account, the transfer management system transmits to a transferring bank system of the transferring bank an intra-bank transfer request. The intra-bank transfer request is to transfer the amount of funds from the transferring account to the intermediate transferring account. Additionally, the transfer management system transmits an intra-bank transfer request to a receiving bank system of the receiving bank to transfer the amount of funds from the intermediate receiving account maintained by the receiving bank to the receiving account. | 03-13-2014 |
20140156521 | METHODS FOR DISCOVERING AND PAYING DEBTS OWED BY A GROUP - Ranking payment requests includes a peer-to-peer payment system that employs a server configured for receiving a payment request from a requester computing device; receiving location data of the requester network device; receiving a request for a ranking of payment requests; searching social network information of the payor for occurrences of the requester of the payment request; receiving location data of the payor network device, the location data comprising a location of the payor computing device and a location history of the payor computing device; searching a transaction history of the payor; ranking the payment requests based at least in part on one or more of the location of the requester, a strength of social network connections to the payor for each of the payment requesters, and number of previous transactions between the payor and the requester; and providing the ranking of the payment requests to the payor. | 06-05-2014 |
20140188714 | MANAGEMENT OF EMAILS CONTAINING PAYMENTS - An email payment system and method to provide users with the ability to initiate and send payments to one more recipients via email messaging. A user interface is provided in an email client that allows a user to insert payment with the email. Payment details are collected through one or more payment modals displayed in the email client. A payment object is inserted into the body of the email and is displayed to both the sender and recipient. The payment details captured in the payment object are communicated to a payment processor. The payment processor uses electronic payment accounts associated with the corresponding sender and recipient email addresses to identify the relevant electronic payment accounts and transfer the payment between said accounts. A status of the payment transaction is tracked and displayed within the payment object of the emails residing in both the sender and recipient email client. | 07-03-2014 |
20140188727 | MANAGEMENT OF EMAILED PAYMENT RECIPIENTS - An email payment system and method to provide users with the ability to initiate and send payments to one more recipients via email messaging. A user interface is provided in an email client that allows a user to insert payment with the email. Payment details are collected through one or more payment modals displayed in the email client. A payment object is inserted into the body of the email and is displayed to both the sender and recipient. The payment details captured in the payment object are communicated to a payment processor. The payment processor uses electronic payment accounts associated with the corresponding sender and recipient email addresses to identify the relevant electronic payment accounts and transfer the payment between said accounts. A status of the payment transaction is tracked and displayed within the payment object of the emails residing in both the sender and recipient email client. | 07-03-2014 |
20140279457 | PAYMENTS IN COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS - Users of a communication system can initiate electronic payments during a communication session hosted by the communication system or via a social network identity page hosted by the communication system. The communication system detects a payment signal from a user of the communication system and the collects payment information details either by displaying a payment object interface in a communication application of the user or receiving payment information input directly from the user's communication device. The payment information includes sender and recipient payment account identifiers that are communicated to a payment processing system for processing and delivery of the designated payment amount to the recipient. | 09-18-2014 |