04th week of 2016 patent applcation highlights part 16 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20160023320 | MACHINING TOOL INCLUDING A PIVOTING MACHINING ARM AND A METHOD OF USING THE SAME - The present disclosure relates generally to a machining tool and method for using said machining tool. The machining tool includes a machining arm including a first arm section, a second arm section, a proximate end, a distal end, and a machining arm longitudinal axis, a belt disposed around the machining arm; and a first motor operably coupled to the machining arm, wherein at least a portion of the machining arm is configured to pivot such that an angle is formed between the distal end and the machining arm longitudinal axis. The method includes the steps of placing the pivotable machining arm in a first orientation, inserting the pivotable machining arm in the desired location, determining whether the belt is in a desired position relative to the raised surface, operating the motor to rotate the belt around the pivotable machining arm, and placing the belt in contact with the raised surface. | 2016-01-28 |
20160023321 | GROOVED CMP PADS - CMP pads having novel groove configurations are described. For example, described herein are CMP pads comprising primary grooves, secondary grooves, a groove pattern center, and an optional terminal groove. The CMP pads may be made from polyurethane or poly (urethane-urea), and the grooves produced therein may be made by a method from the group consisting of molding, laser writing, water jet cutting, 3-D printing, thermoforming, vacuum forming, micro-contact printing, hot stamping, and mixtures thereof. | 2016-01-28 |
20160023322 | POLISHING PAD WITH CONCENTRIC OR APPROXIMATELY CONCENTRIC POLYGON GROOVE PATTERN - Polishing pads with concentric or approximately concentric polygon groove patterns are described. Methods of fabricating polishing pads with concentric or approximately concentric polygon groove patterns are also described. | 2016-01-28 |
20160023323 | CARRIER HEAD AND CHEMICAL MECHANICAL POLISHING APPARATUS - Provided are a carrier head and a chemical mechanical polishing apparatus. The carrier head includes a body having a ring shape; a supporting unit surrounding the body; a retainer ring having a ring shape, the retainer ring surrounding the supporting unit; a membrane member on the supporting unit and within an inner circumference of the retainer ring; and an external ring on an outer surface of the membrane member, the external ring having a hydrophobic surface. | 2016-01-28 |
20160023324 | METHOD OF AND APPARATUS FOR CMP PAD CONDITIONING - A chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) apparatus is provided that includes a conditioning disc for conditioning a polishing pad of the CMP apparatus. The conditioning disc includes a plurality of portions of subsystem discs. The portions may be regions of the disc that are concentric. Each portion of the disc is operable to rotate at a different angular velocity. In some embodiments, a different applied loading is provided to each of the portions of the disc in addition to or in lieu of the different angular velocities. | 2016-01-28 |
20160023325 | SCRIBING METHOD AND BLASTING MACHINE FOR SCRIBING - To provide a scribing method by blasting that allows forming a groove at high accuracy without masking, a blasting machine that includes an ejection nozzle having a slit-shaped ejection opening with a width of 10 to 500 μm and a length of 5 to 5000 times the width, and an abrasive with a median diameter equal to or less than one-half of a width of the ejection opening of the ejection nozzle and with a maximum particle diameter smaller than a width of the ejection opening are used; and the abrasive is ejected together with compressed gas on a surface of a workpiece at an ejection distance of 0.1 to 3.0 mm and an ejection pressure of 0.2 MPa to 0.6 MPa without masking so that 0.25 cm | 2016-01-28 |
20160023326 | Improved Blasting System and Method of Use - A blasting system, comprising a tank, a center tube, an inlet, a top aperture. Said tank holds a slurry mixture for blasting application. Said inlet receives a pressurized air. Said center tube receives a portion of said pressurized air and selectively receives a portion of said slurry mixture. A portion of said center tube exits said tank at said top aperture. Said tank comprises a top end and a bottom end. Said relief valve regulates fluid capacity in said tank and relives pressure from said tank | 2016-01-28 |
20160023327 | METHODS OF FORMING EARTH-BORING TOOLS INCLUDING SINTERBONDED COMPONENTS - Partially formed earth-boring rotary drill bits comprise a first less than fully sintered particle-matrix component having at least one recess, and at least a second less than fully sintered particle-matrix component disposed at least partially within the at least one recess. Each less than fully sintered particle-matrix component comprises a green or brown structure including compacted hard particles, particles comprising a metal alloy matrix material, and an organic binder material. The at least a second less than fully sintered particle-matrix component is configured to shrink at a slower rate than the first less than fully sintered particle-matrix component due to removal of organic binder material from the less than fully sintered particle-matrix components in a sintering process to be used to sinterbond the first less than fully sintered particle-matrix component to the first less than fully sintered particle-matrix component. Earth-boring rotary drill bits comprise such components sinterbonded together. | 2016-01-28 |
20160023328 | BONDED ABRASIVE ARTICLE - The present invention relates to a bonded abrasive article comprising shaped abrasive particles and a bonding medium comprising a vitreous bond, said shaped abrasive particles each comprising a first side and a second side separated by a thickness t, wherein said first side comprises a first face having a perimeter of a first geometric shape, wherein said thickness t is equal to or smaller than the length of the shortest side-related dimension of the particle, wherein the article exhibits at least on a part of its surface a surface profile comprising at least one surface feature wherein said shaped abrasive particles have a largest dimension of about the same order of magnitude or larger as compared to said surface feature. The present invention also relates to a composition for use of the preparation of a bonded abrasive article, to methods of preparing and using the bonded abrasive article and to methods of grinding and providing a workpiece. | 2016-01-28 |
20160023329 | CENTRIC CLAMPING DEVICE - A centric clamping device, which contains a main body, two clamping jaws, guided so they can be displaced on the main body, and an adjusting spindle, supported by a spindle bearing so that it can rotate on the main body for the opposing adjustment of the two clamping jaws. A high-precision spindle bearing, optimally protected against soiling, is attained in that the spindle bearing is located in a bearing block and two bearing sleeves, which can be adjusted axially within the bearing block. | 2016-01-28 |
20160023330 | CLAMP WITH RATCHET DEVICE - A clamp with ratchet device for clamping a target object includes a clamp body, a thread rod, a clamping member, and a ratchet device. Therein, the clamp body has a fixed part and an installation part. The thread rod is movably disposed on the installation part and having a first end and a second end. The clamping member is disposed on the second end of the thread rod. The ratchet device is combined to a first end of the thread rod and operated between an idling position and a driving position. The ratchet device is able to drive the thread rod to rotate and move toward and away from the fixed part at the driving position and idle against the thread rod at the idling position. Therefore, the clamp is allowed to be operated in a narrow space. | 2016-01-28 |
20160023331 | DIS/ASSEMBLING PLIER FOR A CONNECTOR - A dis/assembling plier for a connector is provided, including a first clamping body, a driving lever and a clamping member. The first clamping body includes a first grip portion, a first clamping portion and a body portion connected between the first grip portion and the first clamping portion, and the body portion is formed with a first pivoting portion and a second pivoting portion. The driving lever is pivoted with the first pivoting portion and includes a second grip portion and a driving tooth portion disposed on two opposite ends of the first pivoting portion. The clamping member is pivoted with the second pivoting portion and includes a second clamping portion and a passive tooth portion disposed on two opposite ends of the second pivoting portion. The passive tooth portion is engaged with the driving tooth portion and rotatable around the second pivoting portion. | 2016-01-28 |
20160023332 | OFFSET WRENCH AND POWER TRANSMISSION MEANS - The present invention is tool for transmitting torque from one end of the tool to the other comprising a housing having an input sprocket and an output sprocket connected by a race containing ball bearings whereby torque applied to one sprocket is transmitted to the other sprocket via movement of the ball bearings. The tool can be configured as a wrench for removal of nuts, bolts and screws or as a drive transmission means for applying torque from a source of rotary motion to a device requiring rotary motion to drive it. | 2016-01-28 |
20160023333 | Tool Head with a Screw Positioning Sleeve - A tool head with a screw positioning sleeve includes a rod, a magnetic member, and an elastic member. The rod includes a connecting portion, a work portion, a shaft portion, and an annular positioning groove. The annular positioning groove includes a first annular abutting surface and an opposite second annular abutting surface. The screw positioning sleeve is slidably sleeved onto the rod and includes a first end surface located toward the work portion, a second end surface, a through hole for insertion of the rod. An abutting portion is formed in the through hole and located between the first and second annular abutting surfaces. A magnetic member is fixed to the screw positioning sleeve and located at the first end surface; and an elastic member is sleeved onto the shaft portion and pressed against the second annular abutting surface and the second end surface. | 2016-01-28 |
20160023334 | Universal Joint Dismantling Tool - A universal joint (U-joint) dismantling tool includes an actuator coupled to a yoke. The yoke has two substantially parallel legs, spaced to form a pull channel therebetween. Each yoke leg terminates in a free end defining a foot surface. The actuator is adapted to substantially linearly draw a puller at least partially along a length of the yoke pull channel, thereby increasing a distance between a pull surface and the yoke foot surfaces. | 2016-01-28 |
20160023335 | Confined Space Upright Cleco Plier - This invention relates to improvements made to the traditional cleco plier. The object of this invention shall be cleco pliers with handles that are more upright than the current cleco pliers in use. They will have an upright set of handles with the angle of the handles, relative to the horizontal workspace, to be between 70 and 140 degrees, versus the traditional handle axis angle that is between 15-45 degrees above the horizontal work space. The object of this invention may include ergonomic elements to assist in gripping the pliers, and a hook or loop at the end of one or both handles to allow the user to better grip the pliers with their thumb or fingers. | 2016-01-28 |
20160023336 | PHASE TRANSITION HEAT STORAGE DEVICE - The present invention relates to a phase transition heat storage device. In certain embodiments, the phase transition heat storage device includes a housing, a phase transition material body, a plurality of heating devices, a temperature sensor, and a temperature controller. The phase transition material body is disposed inside the housing. The heating devices enter the housing and are implanted inside the phase transition material body. The temperature sensor has a first end and a second end. The temperature controller is disposed outside of the housing. The first end of the temperature sensor is disposed inside the phase transition material body, and the second end of the temperature sensor is connected to the temperature controller through a first wire. The heating devices are connected to the temperature controller through a second wire. The present invention also relates to a steam powered nailing gun having a phase transition heat storage device. | 2016-01-28 |
20160023337 | STEAM POWERED NAILING GUN - The present invention relates to a steam powered nailing gun. In certain embodiments, the steam powered nailing gun includes a handle, a casing, a high pressure water pump, a piston mechanism, a nailing gun base, and a nail magazine. The piston mechanism is connected to the casing. One end of the piston mechanism is connected to the high pressure water pump, and another end is connected to nailing gun base. The nail magazine is disposed at a position corresponding to piston mechanism on the nailing gun base. A phase transition thermal storage device and a steam power generator are positioned inside casing having steam power generator inside phase transition thermal storage device. The steam power generator is connected to high pressure water pump and piston mechanism. The high pressure water pump is further connected to a water supply device | 2016-01-28 |
20160023338 | CYLINDER COVER FOR STEAM POWERED NAILING GUNS - The invention relates to a cylinder cover for a cylinder of a piston mechanism. In certain embodiments, the cylinder cover includes a cylinder cover body, a valve plate, and a one-directional valve. The cylinder cover body has an exhaust port, and an oil intake. The exhaust port and oil intake are disposed on outer circumference of the cylinder cover body. The one directional oil valve is formed by a compression spring and a ball. An inner end of the oil intake is connected to the compression spring through the ball and the ball is disposed between one end of the compression spring and the inner end of the oil intake. The valve plate is retained on an inner wall of the cylinder cover body by a retaining nut. The cylinder cover further has an auxiliary heating rod inside cylinder cover body for pre-heating cylinder cover to a predetermined temperature. | 2016-01-28 |
20160023339 | HIGH PRESSURE WATER PUMP - The invention relates to a high pressure water pump and a steam powered nailing gun having the high pressure water pump. In certain embodiments, high pressure water pump includes: an upper pump body, a lower pump body, a water discharge valve, a water intake valve, a plunger, a guide sleeve, a hammering cap, an adjustment knob, and an evacuation valve. Both upper and lower pump body are connected by connecting bolts. A sealing ring is disposed between upper and lower pump body and a sealing element is disposed between the upper pump body and plunger. Plunger is sheathed in upper pump body. The hammering cap is threadedly connected to the plunger. The adjustment knob is connected to an upper end of upper pump body. The hammering cap is moveably connected to the adjustment knob through the plunger. A plunger reset spring is disposed between hammering cap and adjustment knob. | 2016-01-28 |
20160023340 | SPRING RESET DEVICE FOR PISTON MECHANISM - The present invention relates to a spring reset device for a piston mechanism. In certain embodiments, the spring reset device includes: a connecting plate, a pull rod, a plurality of reset springs, and a plurality of brackets. The connecting plate has a plurality of connecting pins. Each of the reset springs has a first end, and a second end. Each of the brackets has a connecting pin. The spring reset device is positioned on a top end of a piston body. The piston body includes a piston cylinder body, a piston plate, a piston rod, and a cylinder cover. A lower side of the piston plate is connected to the piston rod through a thread. First end of each of reset springs is rotatably connected to a hook portion of connecting plate. Second end of each of reset springs is rotatably connected a hook portion of a corresponding bracket. | 2016-01-28 |
20160023341 | Power Tool Drive Mechanism - A cantilevered flywheel for a motor having an inner rotor. A power tool having an electric motor which drives a cantilevered flywheel. A fastening device having a driver blade and/or driver profile which has a driving action energized by a transfer of energy from contact with a cantilevered flywheel. Methods of using a cantilevered flywheel in power tools and appliances. | 2016-01-28 |
20160023342 | SOUND DAMPING FOR POWER TOOLS - A power tool having one or more sound damping members which reduce sound and/or vibration from one or more parts of a power tool. The sound damping member can reduce sound and/or vibration from static or dynamic parts of a power tool. The sound damping member can reduce noise and/or vibration from one or more rotating or moving parts of a power tool and its housing or internal structure. Methods, means, controls, systems and practices for reducing or eliminating undesired sound from a power tool are disclosed. | 2016-01-28 |
20160023343 | Spring biased lever for opening a moveable member of an adapter for a flooring nail gun - An adapter for a flooring nail gun is provided with a muzzle member including at least one set of two inclined cavities; a moveable member including at least one set of two inclined protrusions at an end, the inclined protrusions being disposed in the inclined cavities; and a quick releasing device disposed on the inclined protrusions. The quick releasing device includes a pressing member, a spring member, and a lever, and wherein the pressing member and the muzzle member are joined, the lever and the pressing member are pivotably secured together, and the spring member has one end anchored at the pressing member and the other end pivotably secured to the lever. The moveable member can be opened for troubleshooting in case of malfunction. | 2016-01-28 |
20160023344 | Mode Change Knob Assembly - A knob assembly for a power tool comprising: a knob having a slot and knob recess, the slot and knob recess intersecting each other at an intersection within the knob; a latch slideably mounted within the slot; a peg located within the knob recess; wherein the peg and latch engage with each other via the intersection in order for the peg to retain the latch within the slot and for the latch to retain peg within the knob recess. | 2016-01-28 |
20160023345 | Connectable Tool Assembly - A tool assembly including a hammer to which a secondary tool, such as a dual-ended pry bar, is connectable. The hammer and the secondary tool are connectable via a slidable locking mechanism, including a detent pin that engages with a corresponding slot on a rail disposed on the secondary tool. One embodiment of the secondary tool includes multiple rails, which allows for the secondary tool to be attached to the hammer in multiple different orientations. The different orientations in which the secondary tool can be connected to the hammer allows for the first working end of the secondary tool or the second working end of the tool to be used alternatively as needed. | 2016-01-28 |
20160023346 | Range of Power Tools - A range of power tools each includes motor and transmission housings with an electric motor and a transmission mechanism mounted respectively therein, with the transmission mechanism using the rotary output of the motor to drive a cutting tool. An intermediate housing is sandwiched between the motor and transmission housings. Each of the motor housings is the same in shape, and the length of the electric motors in each of the power tool is different to the length of the electric motors in the other power tools in the range. The transmission housing is positioned differently relative to the motor housing in each power tool to accommodate the difference in length in the electric motor in that power tool, the shape of the intermediate housing in each power tool varying relative to the other intermediate housings to accommodate the difference positions of the transmission housings relative to the motor housings. | 2016-01-28 |
20160023347 | TELESCOPIC PIPE STRUCTURE FOR POLE SAW - A telescopic pipe structure for a pole saw includes an inner pipe, an outer pipe fitted to the inner pipe and moving relative to the inner pipe, and an adjusting device. The adjusting device includes a body, a pressing unit, and an adjusting unit. The outer pipe is penetratingly disposed at a sleeve hole of the body. The pressing unit is pivotally disposed a pressing portion of the body to press against inner pipe and stop movement of the inner pipe. The adjusting unit is disposed at a positioning portion of the body and has a driving element and a positioning element driven by the driving element. The driving element can be at first and second positions, and thus the positioning element moves in one and another directions of the sleeve hole, so as to enable and disable the positioning of the outer and inner pipes, respectively. | 2016-01-28 |
20160023348 | GIMBAL ASSEMBLY FOR TOOL SUPPORT - A supporting and orienting apparatus for balancing tools. An inner gimbal portion holds and balances a tool and is rotationally disposed within an outer gimbal portion. An outer gimbal portion is rotationally attached to a yoke. The yoke is rotationally attached, either directly or indirectly to an additional apparatus component to provide at least three degrees of freedom. | 2016-01-28 |
20160023349 | TOOL STORAGE DEVICES - Tool storage devices. A tool storage device may include a handle assembly including a support arm connected between a body and a handle portion and having a substantially rectangular cross section oriented with first walls extending transverse to the axis having a greater width than second walls extending parallel to the axis. A width of the handle portion may be at least about 50% of a width of the body. The body may include a frame assembly formed of a rigid material, a wall formed of a flexible material and at least partially defining the storage compartment with an open top, and a cover formed of a rigid material connected to the frame assembly to selectively close the open top. A wheel well portion receives each wheel and may cover the width of the wheel and a portion of the circumference of the wheel. A radial clearance between the wheel and a lower end of the wheel well may be no more than about 0.5 inches. | 2016-01-28 |
20160023350 | Gravitational Load Support System - A load support device has a first link assembly coupled to a load and a first foot of a user. A first damping element is coupled to the first link assembly. The first damping element includes a double acting piston configured to provide uni-directional damping. A first sensor is disposed on a first limb of the user. A physical characteristic of the first limb is measured with the first sensor. A damping constant of the first damping element is selected based on the physical characteristic of the first limb. A second link assembly is coupled to the load and to a second foot of the user. A second damping element is coupled to the second link assembly between the load and the second foot. The load is alternately supported by the first link assembly and damping element and the second link assembly and damping element throughout a gait cycle. | 2016-01-28 |
20160023351 | Methods and Systems for Generating Instructions for a Robotic System to Carry Out a Task - Example embodiments may relate to robot-cloud interaction. In particular, a cloud-based service may receive a query from a first robotic system including sensor data, a request for instructions to carry out a task, and information associated with a configuration of the first robotic system. The cloud-based service may then identify stored data including a procedure previously used by a second robotic system to carry out the task and information associated with a configuration of the second robotic system. The cloud-based service may then generate instructions for the first robotic system to carry out the task based at least in part on the sensor data, the procedure used by the second robotic system to carry out the task, the information associated with the configuration of the first robotic system, and the information associated with the configuration of the second robotic system. | 2016-01-28 |
20160023352 | SURROGATE: A Body-Dexterous Mobile Manipulation Robot with a Tracked Base - Robotics platforms in accordance with various embodiments of the invention can be utilized to implement highly dexterous robots capable of whole body motion. Robotics platforms in accordance with one embodiment of the invention include: a memory containing a whole body motion application; a spine, where the spine has seven degrees of freedom and comprises a spine actuator and three spine elbow joints that each include two spine joint actuators; at least one limb, where the at least one limb comprises a limb actuator and three limb elbow joints that each include two limb joint actuators; a tracked base; a connecting structure that connects the at least one limb to the spine; a second connecting structure that connects the spine to the tracked base; wherein the processor is configured by the whole body motion application to move the at least one limb and the spine to perform whole body motion. | 2016-01-28 |
20160023353 | WAFER HANDLING TRACTION CONTROL SYSTEM - A wafer handling traction control system is provided that is able to detect slippage of a semiconductor wafer with respect to an end effector and is able to adjust the end effector's movement in order to minimize further slippage. Upon the detection of relative motion of the semiconductor wafer with respect to the end effector past a threshold amount, the end effector's movements are adjusted to minimize slippage of the semiconductor wafer. The wafer handling traction control system may include a sensor that detects relative motion between the semiconductor wafer and the end effector. | 2016-01-28 |
20160023354 | Systems and Methods for Robotic Self-Right - Example systems and methods for self-righting a robotic device are provided. An example method may include determining an orientation of a bottom surface of a legged robotic device with respect to a ground surface. The method may also include determining that the robotic device is in an unstable position, based on the determined orientation. The method may also include performing a first action configured to return the robotic device to a stable position. The method may also include performing a first action configured to return the legged robotic device to the stable position. The method may also include performing a second action configured to return the legged robotic device to the stable position, if the legged robotic device is in the unstable position after the first action. | 2016-01-28 |
20160023355 | ROBOT SYSTEM CONTROL METHOD AND ROBOT SYSTEM - A robot system control method includes a first step through a fifth step. Particularly in the second step, a second transformation matrix that represents the positional relation between a first slave robot and a second slave robot is generated and stored in a master robot. In the fourth step, based on a second command obtained using a first transformation matrix and the second transformation matrix, the master robot instructs the second slave robot to operate. In the fifth step, the first slave robot and the second slave robot perform a cooperative operation with the master robot. Thus, in the state where a working robot that can perform TCP matching with only part of the other robots is set to a master robot, all of the robots can perform a cooperative operation. | 2016-01-28 |
20160023356 | Carrier System, Exposure Apparatus, Carrier Method, Exposure Method, Device Manufacturing Method, and Suction Device - A carrier system is provided with a wafer stage which holds a mounted wafer and is also movable along an XY plane, a chuck unit which holds the wafer from above in a non-contact manner above a predetermined position and is vertically movable, and a plurality of vertical movement pins, which can support from below the wafer held by the chuck unit on the wafer stage when the wafer stage is positioned at the predetermined position above and can also move vertically. Then, flatness of the wafer is measured by a Z position detection system, and based on the measurement results, the chuck unit and the vertical movement pins that hold (support) the wafer are independently driven. | 2016-01-28 |
20160023357 | REMOTE CONTROL SCHEDULER AND METHOD FOR AUTONOMOUS ROBOTIC DEVICE - A method of scheduling a robotic device enables the device to run autonomously based on previously loaded scheduling information. The method consists of a communication device, such as a hand-held remote device, that can directly control the robotic device, or load scheduling information into the robotic device such that it will carry out a defined task at the desired time without the need for further external control. The communication device can also be configured to load a scheduling application program into an existing robotic device, such that the robotic device can receive and implement scheduling information from a user. | 2016-01-28 |
20160023358 | ROBOT - A robot includes a turnable base, a lower arm, an upper arm, first and second spaces, and first and second routing members. The turnable base is coupled to a base fixed to an installation surface, and is turnable about a first axis. The lower arm includes a first base end coupled to the turnable base and rotatable about a second axis approximately orthogonal to the first axis. The upper arm includes a second base end coupled to the lower arm and rotatable about a third axis approximately parallel to the second axis. The first and second spaces are disposed in the lower arm, and face each other and extend in a length direction of the lower arm. The first and second routing members are respectively routed in the first and second spaces, and each include at least two bent portions bent in the first and second spaces. | 2016-01-28 |
20160023359 | ROBOT JOINT MECHANISM AND ROBOT - A robot joint mechanism includes a fixed base, a turnable portion, a first routing member, and a second routing member. The fixed base has a base bottom surface and a side wall. The base bottom surface and the side wall define an inner space. The turnable portion is disposed in the inner space and turnable about a vertical axis approximately perpendicular to the base bottom surface. The first routing member includes a first bent portion bent in a first bending direction along a bottom surface of the turnable portion and routed between the turnable portion and the side wall. The second routing member is routed through a position inner than the first bent portion, and includes a second bent portion bent in a second bending direction different from the first bending direction. | 2016-01-28 |
20160023360 | ROBOT - A robot includes a turnable base, a lower arm, an upper arm, a space, and a routing member. The turnable base is coupled to a base fixed to an installation surface. The turnable base is turnable about a first axis. The lower arm has a first base end coupled to the turnable base and rotatable about a second axis approximately orthogonal to the first axis. The upper arm has a second base end coupled to the lower arm and rotatable about a third axis approximately parallel to the second axis. The space is disposed in the lower arm and extends in a length direction of the lower arm. The routing member is routed in the space and has at least two bent portions bent in the space. | 2016-01-28 |
20160023361 | Cutter - A cutter includes two handles, two jaws, two strips and two pins. The first jaw extends from the first handle in a co-planar manner and includes a boss and a blade with a cutting edge. The second jaw extends from the second handle in a co-planar manner and includes a groove for movably receiving the boss and a blade with a cutting edge. The strips sandwich the first and second jaws. Each of the pins is inserted in the strips and a corresponding one of the first and second jaws in perpendicular. An acute angle is defined between an equidistant line of the cutting edges and an equidistant line of axes of the pins. | 2016-01-28 |
20160023362 | Shaving aids - A shaving aid includes a substrate and a lubricating layer. Particles in the lubricating layer may be PEO, engineered particles, encapsulated liquid and/or particles, minerals, or other conventional particles or substances. | 2016-01-28 |
20160023363 | Shaving Razors And Shaving Cartridges - A shaving razor handle includes a handle casing, a handle interconnect member coupled to the handle casing, the handle interconnect member having a body, a projection extending from the body, the projection having an enlarged distal end and angled side surfaces extending from the distal end to a base, wherein the side surfaces taper from the distal end to the base, forming a projected apex angle of about 45 and 60 degrees. The projected apex angle is about 52 degrees. The body has an arched profile. The body is asymmetrically shaped or generally D-shaped. The body has two slots that extend through the body on opposite sides of the projection. The handle includes a spring-biased release button having a pair of pusher arms, wherein each slot receives a respective pusher arm. The handle includes a plunger extending through an opening defined by the body and extending through the projection. | 2016-01-28 |
20160023364 | UTILITY KNIFE WITH BLADE PROTECTOR - The utility knife assembly includes a housing which extends in a longitudinal direction between opposite ends and presents an at least partially open interior. A blade with a sharp edge is fixed with the housing such that the blade extends through one of the longitudinal ends, and the blade is fixed with the housing in such a manner that it is non-movable relative to the housing. A blade protector is partially disposed in the open interior of the housing and is movable in the longitudinal direction relative to the housing between a retracted position and a covering position. In the retracted position, the sharp edge of the blade outside of the housing is exposed for cutting, and in the covering position, the sharp edge of the blade outside of the housing is covered by the blade protector. | 2016-01-28 |
20160023365 | PLANT PROCESSING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A plant processor, comprising a cylindrical rotatable drum for receiving plant matter and having a plurality of slots, a rotatable cutting reel positioned below the rotatable drum and being rotatable in an opposite direction to the drum, the cutting reel comprising a cylindrical rod and a plurality of longitudinal cutting blades operable to cut plant material extending through the slots in the drum, a horizontal support having a top surface and a plurality of magnets recessed in the support to be flush with the top surface, and a cutting knife having ends and a cutting edge, the knife mounted on the top surface of the support and held in place by the magnets, wherein the support maintains the cutting edge of the knife in an operable position near the reel and the drum for cutting plant material that extends through the plurality of slots in the drum; and a motor to rotate the reel and the drum. | 2016-01-28 |
20160023366 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATED CREATION OF RIGID FRAMED IMAGES - Method and apparatus for fabricating a rigid framed image wherein an image is received in an electronic form. The image is then associated with a frame template to form a virtualized framed image. A cut directive is created in association with a printer directive so that the image is imparted onto a substrate on one side and grooves are cut into the opposite side of the substrate so that the substrate can subsequently be formed into a three dimensional picture frame. | 2016-01-28 |
20160023367 | TENSIONING DEVICE FOR ROTARY CUTTING APPARATUS - A rotary cutting apparatus including a frame, a die roll rotatably attached to the frame including a cutting member, wherein the cutting member includes at least one tensioning device and the tensioning device includes a body and a tip portion adjacent to the body, the tensioning device having an unsymmetrical profile. | 2016-01-28 |
20160023368 | Method and Apparatus for Releasing Laser Cut Work Pieces - A system, apparatus, and method for releasing laser cut work pieces from a sheet of metal are provided. The system includes a support structure supporting a sheet of metal. A work piece is laser cut within the sheet of metal without completely cutting the work piece from the sheet of metal. At least one bracing member is connected to the support structure, whereby the bracing member partially inhibits movement of the sheet of metal when the sheet of metal experiences vibrations. A vibration device is engaged with the sheet of metal. Vibrating the sheet of metal causes the work pieces to separate from the sheet of metal. | 2016-01-28 |
20160023369 | WASTE STRIPPING AND CUTTING ARRANGEMENT, CASSETTE, UNIT AND MACHINE PROVIDED THEREWITH - An arrangement for cutting off and ejecting waste from a planar support ( | 2016-01-28 |
20160023370 | UNREELING DEVICE FOR AN INTERLEAVER REEL, AND SYSTEM CONSISTING OF A SLITTING DEVICE AND THE UNREELING DEVICE - The present invention relates to an unreeling device, by way of which an interleaver strip is unreeled from an interleaver reel. Furthermore, the present invention relates to a system consisting of a slitting device and the unreeling device. | 2016-01-28 |
20160023371 | PUSH BLOCK FOR A WOODWORKING APPARATUS - A push block for a woodworking tool comprises at least heel member at an end of the push block and the heel member is passively actuatable to an extended position to engage a trailing end surface of a work piece to advance the work piece by a working element. The push block also includes a wall member along a first side of the push block to serve as a barrier between a cutting element and an operator's hand. In addition, the push block includes a handle that is disposed obliquely relative to first and second sides and a longitudinal axis of the push block. | 2016-01-28 |
20160023372 | MORTISING TOOL - A mortising tool or mortiser including a handle having a first longitudinal axis and a head having a second longitudinal axis. The mortiser includes an interchangeable scorer holder that has a first side and a second side. A first scorer is fixedly attached to the first side, and a second scorer different from the first scorer is fixedly attached to the second side. The interchangeable scorer holder is positionable in a first orientation substantially within a chamber to expose the first scorer and positionable in a second orientation substantially within the chamber to expose the second scorer. A guide is received by the mortiser and orients one of the first scorer and the second scorer at a desired distance from a face of a door. The guide is positionable in two orientations to orient one of the scorers at either a first or second distance from the face of the door. | 2016-01-28 |
20160023373 | CERAMIC SUPPORT STRUCTURE - A pre-ceramic support structure for additive manufacturing, that upon thermal processing, is soluble in various solvents. | 2016-01-28 |
20160023374 | RIGID COMPOSITE STRUCTURE FOR MAGNETIC COUPLER - A composite member is provided for use with a mold for creating a feature in a product formed in the mold. The composite member includes a bend resistant first stiffener member and at least a first and a second magnet member. The first and second magnet member are configured for forming a magnetic current for magnetically coupling the composite member to the mold. The composite member also includes a composite body portion configured for substantially encasing the stiffener member and the first and second magnet member. The composite body portion includes a product engaging surface configured and positioned for defining a surface of the product formed in the mold. | 2016-01-28 |
20160023375 | SLIP MIXTURE FOR 3D PRINTED MOLDS AND 3D PRINTING CERAMIC MATERIAL - A method of making an object comprises the steps of applying a slip mixture comprising calcium aluminate into a mold fabricated by 3D printing or additive manufacturing technique, firing the mold containing the slip mixture to obtain a cast article, and applying a glaze to the cast article. A composition for use in 3D printing or additive manufacturing technique comprises calcium aluminate, from 10% to 60% by weight, and a filler. For example, this composition may be printed with a liquid binder, such as water, layer by layer in a powder bed process. Such method and composition can provide efficient and economically viable ways of fabricating objects having complex shapes and high density. | 2016-01-28 |
20160023376 | METHOD FOR REMOVING VOLATILE COMPONENTS FROM ELASTOMER-CONTAINING MEDIA AND DEGASSING DEVICES THEREFOR - The invention relates to a method for degassing elastomer-containing media, such as elastomer solutions and dispersions in particular, and degassing devices ( | 2016-01-28 |
20160023377 | Method for the Production of Polyester Granulates From Highly Viscous Polyester Melts and Also Device for the Production of the Polyester Granulates - The invention relates to a method and device for the direct production of polyester granulate from a highly viscous polyester melt with a polymerisation degree of 132 to 165, as well as the granulates formed thereform. In the method, the highly viscous polyester melt is subjected to a pre-drying and drying/degassing after a hot cutting method. Hot cutting is implemented at water temperatures of 70° C. to 95° C. and with a liquid to solid ratio of 8 to 12:1. | 2016-01-28 |
20160023378 | VENT APPARATUS - A vent apparatus for use in a mold defining an opening that includes a vent tube portion configured to extend through the opening of the mold and a secondary tube portion configured to mate with the first end portion of the vent tube portion. For example, the secondary tube portion may be used to seal the passageway at the first end portion and may define one or more membrane regions configured to melt during a mold process to unseal the passageway. | 2016-01-28 |
20160023379 | Method for Molding Recycled EPS Using Powder Adhesive and Steam - A method is provided of molding recycled EPS and other suitable expanded bead materials using a powder adhesive and steam. The method allows for molding EPS parts with over 5% and up to 100% recycled content. The method involves using an adhesive to fuse the regrind EPS particles under pressure from steam. The adhesive may be in powder form and preferably comprises small particles having a high surface area per unit weight and high static so the adhesive powder sticks to the surface of the regrind EPS particles during a dry blending step. | 2016-01-28 |
20160023380 | IMPRINT METHOD, IMPRINT APPARATUS, AND ARTICLE MANUFACTURING METHOD - Provided is an imprint method comprising a step for determining whether or not a process for reducing adhesive strength between the imprint material and the pattern of the mold is required, wherein, if the determination step determines that the process for reducing adhesive strength is required, the process for reducing adhesive strength is performed by bringing the material for reducing adhesive strength on the substrate for reducing adhesive strength, which is different from a substrate to be patterned, into contact with the pattern of the mold, and then an imprint process is performed, whereas if the determination step determines that the process for reducing adhesive strength is not required, the process for reducing adhesive strength is not performed, and the imprint process is performed. | 2016-01-28 |
20160023381 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A SEALING BLADDER MADE OF THERMOSETTING POLYMER FOR A TANK CONTAINING A PRESSURIZED FLUID, SUCH AS A COMPOSITE TANK, AND A TANK - A method for manufacturing a polymer bladder assuring the internal sealing of a tank vis-à-vis a pressurized fluid which is contained therein, wherein said polymer is a thermosetting polymer, and said method comprises at least one step of polymerizing at least two precursor compounds of said thermosetting polymer carried out in a mould in rotation. | 2016-01-28 |
20160023382 | MOLD WITH PART EJECTOR ASSEMBLIES - An ejector assembly for removing a molded part from a mold includes an ejector arm and mounting structure. The ejector arm has a first end with a tongue that extends partially into a cavity of the mold and an opposite second end with a handle that extends outwardly from the mold cavity. The mounting structure pivotally mounts the ejector arm to the top portion of the mold so that the ejector arm may be pivoted between an operating position and an ejection position. | 2016-01-28 |
20160023383 | METHOD OF FORMING MOLDED PARTS - A method of forming a molded part in a mold having an ejector assembly. The ejector assembly includes an ejector arm and mounting structure. The ejector arm has a first end with a tongue that extends partially into a cavity of the mold and an opposite second end with a handle that extends outwardly from the mold cavity. The mounting structure pivotally mounts the ejector arm to the top portion of the mold so that the ejector arm may be pivoted between an operating position and an ejection position. | 2016-01-28 |
20160023384 | COMPOSITE SEMIFINISHED PRODUCTS AND MOULDINGS PRODUCED THEREFROM AND DIRECTLY PRODUCED MOULDINGS BASED ON HYDROXY-FUNCTIONALIZED (METH)ACRYLATES AND URETDIONES WHICH ARE CROSSLINKED BY MEANS OF RADIATION TO GIVE THERMOSETS - The invention relates to a process for producing storage-stable polyurethane prepregs and to mouldings (composite components) produced therefrom. The prepregs and, respectively, components are produced by mixing (meth)acrylate monomers, (meth)acrylate polymers, hydroxy-functionalised (meth)acrylate monomers and/or hydroxy-functionalised (meth)acrylate polymers with uretdione materials. Photoinitiators can also optionally be added. This mixture or solution is applied by known processes to fibre material, e.g. carbon fibres, glass fibres or polymer fibres, and is polymerised with the aid of radiation or of plasma methods. Polymerisation, e.g. at room temperature or at up to 80° C., gives thermoplastics or thermoplastic prepregs, and these can subsequently also be subjected to forming processes. The hydroxy-functionalised (meth)acrylate constituents can then be crosslinked with the uretdiones already present within the system, by use of elevated temperature. It is thus possible to produce dimensionally stable thermosets or dimensionally stable crosslinked composite components. | 2016-01-28 |
20160023385 | FORMED LIGNEOUS BODY AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME - A formed ligneous body having a clear layer integrally formed on the side of its front surface, with a predetermined thickness and a high degree of adhesiveness, and a decorative design surface presenting a deep and excellent appearance, and a method of advantageously producing a formed ligneous body presenting an excellent decorative design. The formed ligneous body has a ligneous substrate whose front surface serves as the decorative design surface and the translucent clear layer integrally formed on the decorative design surface, wherein the ligneous substrate is formed by subjecting a ligneous material impregnated with a thermosetting resin material to a flow molding process, and the clear layer is formed by heating and pressing at least one fibrous sheet constituted by plant fibers and impregnated with a thermosetting resin material, together with the ligneous material during the flow molding process, so that each of the fibrous sheet is made transparent. | 2016-01-28 |
20160023386 | Molding Hook and Loop Fastener - Provided is a molding hook and loop fastener, in which a barrier erected near left and right side edges of a substrate includes at least two rows of vertical wall arrays, and the vertical wall array includes a plurality of vertical walls disposed alternately. Between the two adjacent, rows of the vertical walls disposed alternately, each of the vertical walls disposed on one row is connected to two vertical walls disposed on the other row via a connecting part, and the connecting part connects one end portion of one vertical wall disposed on the adjacent row and the other end portion of the other vertical wall. Due to this, in the molding hook and loop fastener an outer side and an inner side of the barrier can be divided by the vertical wall array and the connecting part, and flexibility of the molding hook and loop fastener can be improved. | 2016-01-28 |
20160023387 | THREE DIMENSIONAL NETTED STRUCTURE - A three-dimensional netted structure having an upper surface, a lower surface, two side surfaces a left end surface, and a right end surface, including at least a plurality of filaments helically and randomly entangled and thermally bonded together, wherein the filaments are formed out of a thermoplastic resin by extrusion molding followed by cooling with a liquid; and the netted structure is four-surface molded, the upper surface, the lower surface and the two side surfaces being molded. An apparatus and a method for manufacturing the three-dimensional netted structure. | 2016-01-28 |
20160023388 | Molded Cosmetic Applicators With Perforated Bristles And Mold Therefor - A molded cosmetic applicator head having a core that supports an array of perforated bristles arranged in rows and columns. Each perforated bristle comprises a textured lateral surface and a flat lateral surface, such that the surfaces of the bristles assume certain orientations. A mold for an injection molded applicator head is also described. | 2016-01-28 |
20160023389 | METAL/PLASTIC HYBRID STRUCTURAL PARTS - The invention relates to a structural part that has a metal component, a plastic component and a bonding agent system interconnecting the metal component and the plastic component. The invention is characterized in that the bonding agent system consists of a plastic bonding agent or of a plastic bonding agent combined with a primer, the plastic bonding agent being a polyester, a polyurethane or an epoxide that is modified with a diene and/or a polyene. The invention also relates to a method for producing said structural part. | 2016-01-28 |
20160023390 | THIN WALL APPLICATION WITH INJECTION COMPRESSION MOLDING AND IN-MOLD ROLLER - A method for making a thin wall component comprise: locating a film ( | 2016-01-28 |
20160023391 | MOVABLE PLATEN SUPPORT STRUCTURE FOR INJECTION MOLDING APPARATUS - A movable platen support structure includes: a linear guide mechanism via which a movable platen is provided for horizontal movement; a plurality of movable-platen height adjustment mechanisms provided in corresponding relation to leg sections of the platen, each of the height adjustment mechanisms including a flat plate placed on a corresponding slider of the guide mechanism, and an adjusting bolt screwed into the corresponding leg section of the slider and abutting at its distal end against the flat plate; and a plurality of fastening mechanisms provided in corresponding relation to the leg sections, each of the fastening mechanisms including a fastening bolt for, following the height adjustment by the adjusting bolts, fastening the corresponding leg section to the corresponding slider by being passed through the leg section and the flat plate so as to be screwed into the slider. | 2016-01-28 |
20160023392 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF MULTI-COMPONENT FIBERS - The present invention is directed to apparatus and methods for making multi-component microfibers and nanofibers and non-woven fiber mats thereof. In some embodiments, the fibers have diameters ranging from 10 nm or more to 3000 nm or less. In some embodiments, the fibers are made of more than one component and have one or a mix of the following morphologies: core-sheath, side by side, stratified and/or interpenetrating structures. In some embodiments the multi-component fibers are made from two spinnable fluids and in other embodiments the multi-component fibers are made from a single spinnable solution having two different material dissolved within. Unlike certain prior art processes, the present invention does not involve application of an electrical charge to the spinnable fluid to produce the fibers and, as a result, the solvent selection is not limited to those solvents conducive to being electrically charged. | 2016-01-28 |
20160023393 | METHOD OF MAKING POLYMERIC MULTILAYER FILMS - Method of making at least two distinct, separate polymeric films. Embodiments of polymeric multilayer film described herein are useful, for example, for filtration or acoustic absorption. | 2016-01-28 |
20160023394 | CUP-MAKING PROCESS - An insulative cup is produced by mounting a floor on a lower portion of a sleeve-shaped side wall Inner surfaces of the side wall and floor cooperate to form an interior region of the insulative cup. | 2016-01-28 |
20160023395 | RAPID PROTOTYPING DEVICE AND METHOD THEREOF - The invention provides a rapid prototyping device and method thereof. The rapid prototyping device comprises an environmental temperature sensor, a control module, a nozzle, and a heating device. The rapid prototyping method comprises following steps of: sensing an environmental temperature, acquiring a nozzle heating temperature according to the environmental temperature; and heating a nozzle till reaching the nozzle heating temperature. After the preparation of the rapid prototyping device, the environmental temperature sensor senses an environmental temperature, then the control module acquires a nozzle heating temperature based on the environmental temperature, and then the control module controls the heating device for heating the nozzle to the nozzle heating temperature. By the temperature compensating function of the present invention, the quality of the heating material ejected by the nozzle can be maintained. | 2016-01-28 |
20160023396 | VOLUME CONTROLLED BLOWING-AIR FEED - A method for controlling a blow-molding machine for producing a thermoplastic container, wherein a blowing gas for blow-molding the container is introduced into a thermally conditioned preform, while the preform is held in a blow mold of the blow-molding machine. The blowing gas is introduced during a preblowing phase into the preform so that the temperature-conditioned material of the preform approaches the walls of the blow mold. The blowing gas is introduced during a following finish-blowing phase into the preform so that the temperature-conditioned material of the preform is pressed into the contours of the blow mold walls. The volumetric flow rate of the blowing gas is determined at least during the preblowing phase by an adjustable flow-control valve that can be controlled by a control unit that generates a control signal for adjusting the flow-control valve. The flow-control valve is adjusted as a function of the control signal. | 2016-01-28 |
20160023397 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR TRANSPORTING PREFORMS - A method for transporting preforms in the area of a machine for blow-molding thermoplastic containers along a sorting device configured as a roll sorter. A sensor arranged at the sorting device senses a preform passing through its detection area and generates a sensor signal that transmitted to a control system, which evaluates the sensor signal and generates a control signal as a function thereof. A process parameter of the sorting device and/or of a conveying device upstream of and supplying preforms to the sorting device is adjusted as a function of at least one of the control signals. A sensor senses a section of the sorting device and generates a signal that contains data on a gap between a pair of preforms being transported successively passed this sensor. The control signals for adjusting a process parameter of the conveying device and/or of the sorting device are dependent on gap data. | 2016-01-28 |
20160023398 | Film-Embossing Apparatus - A film-embossing apparatus ( | 2016-01-28 |
20160023399 | METHOD OF FORMING ALIGNED PATTERN IN PATTERN FORMATION REGION BY USING IMPRINT PROCESS - A method of forming a pattern by using an imprint process includes: forming an adhesion promoting layer only in a pattern formation region on a substrate; coating a resin to cover the substrate and the adhesion promoting layer; transferring a pattern of a stamp mold to the resin covering the substrate and the adhesion promoting layer, by pressing the stamp mold onto the resin; irradiating ultraviolet light onto the resin covering the substrate and the adhesion promoting layer, to cure the resin and form a pattern of the cured resin to correspond to the pattern of the stamp mold, on the substrate; and detaching the stamp mold from the substrate, to leave a portion of the cured resin pattern only on the adhesion promoting layer on the substrate and to remove a remaining portion of the cured resin pattern from the substrate. | 2016-01-28 |
20160023400 | METHOD OF TRANSFERRING REVERSE PATTERN BY USING IMPRINT PROCESS - A method of transferring a reverse pattern using an imprint process includes: preparing a master mold, where a first pattern is defined on a surface of the master mold; coating an imprint resin on the master mold to cover the first pattern; pressing the imprint resin toward the master mold using a stamp member; curing the imprint resin to form a second pattern between the master mold and the stamp member, where the second pattern has a reverse shape to a shape of the first pattern; detaching the stamp member from the master mold to separate the second pattern from the master mold; and transferring the second pattern onto a transfer substrate. | 2016-01-28 |
20160023401 | GAS CELL SEALING METHOD - A gas cell sealing method includes bonding step in which a bonding portion of a gas cell main body having an opening and a lid for closing the opening where a sealant for bonding the gas cell main body and the lid is provided is heated by converging a laser beam from a laser light source through an optical element, and the lid is bonded to the gas cell main body by applying pressure in a direction that presses the lid against the gas cell main body, the pressure being applied while the laser beam is being converged to the bonding portion. | 2016-01-28 |
20160023402 | PLASTIC WELDING SYSTEM AND METHOD OF MAKING MEDICAL DEVICE - Making a medical device includes narrowing an aperture of an iris formed by movable contactors in a welding system so as to contact heated surfaces of the movable contactors with the assembly. Heat conducted from the heated surfaces into the assembly softens materials forming at least one of a first and a second components so as to form a plastic weld bonding the first and second components together. | 2016-01-28 |
20160023403 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF MACHINE VISION ASSISTED ADDITIVE FABRICATION - The present application relates generally to systems and methods for using machine vision to provide information on one or more aspects of an additive fabrication device, such as calibration parameters and/or an object formed by the device or in the process of being formed by the device. According to some aspects, a method is provided for calibrating an additive fabrication device. According to some aspects, a method is provided for assessing at least a portion of an object formed using an additive fabrication device. According to some aspects, a method is provided for fabricating a second object in contact with a first object using an additive fabrication device. According to some aspects, an additive fabrication device configured to perform one or more of the above methods may be provided. | 2016-01-28 |
20160023404 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL MANUFACTURING, FABRICATING, FORMING, AND/OR REPAIRING APPARATUS AND METHOD - An apparatus, including a fabrication platform; at least one fabrication tool capable of forming, adding to, or subtracting from, an object of manufacture or a component thereof; a three-dimensional guide system for guiding a movement of the at least one fabrication tool; at least one sensor for determining a distance or a depth of a point or point of or on the object of the manufacture or the component, the fabrication platform, the at least one fabrication tool, or the three-dimensional guide system; a controller capable of controlling a position or an operation of the fabrication platform, the at least one fabrication tool, or the three-dimensional guide system; a user input device for inputting an instruction, data, or information, into the apparatus; and a database for storing an instruction, data, or information, for manufacturing, fabricating, forming, or repairing, an object of manufacture or a component. | 2016-01-28 |
20160023405 | Method and Device for Producing a Fiber Composite Component and Fiber Composite Component - A method and a device are provided for producing a fiber composite component. The method includes preparing a long-fiber layer; applying short fibers to the long-fiber layer; and applying a further long-fiber layer to the long-fiber layer provided with the short fibers. The device is configured to carry out the method. The fiber composite component has a layer arrangement composed of at least two long-fiber layers, wherein the layer arrangement has an addition of short fibers. The short fibers are configured and dimensioned and are applied in such a way or are in such an arrangement that propagation of tears in one of the long-fiber layers into in each case the other or an adjacent one of the long-fiber layers and/or delamination between the long-fiber layers is rendered more difficult. | 2016-01-28 |
20160023406 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR A SHAPE MEMORY ALLOY MANDREL - In one or more aspects of the present disclosure, a mandrel is disclosed. The mandrel having a shape memory alloy (SMA) shell having a longitudinal axis, an interior extending along the longitudinal axis and an exterior contour, the SMA shell being configured to interface with a structure to be cured, and at least one SMA actuation member disposed within the interior and connected to the SMA shell, where the at least one SMA actuation member is configured to exert pressure against the SMA shell effecting an interface pressure between the exterior contour of the SMA shell and the structure to be cured where the exterior contour has a predetermined actuated shape that corresponds to a predetermined cured shape of the structure to be cured. | 2016-01-28 |
20160023407 | Two Piece Mandrel Manufacturing System - A method and apparatus for manufacturing a composite structure. The apparatus comprises a base section and a locking section. The base section of a mandrel has a channel with an opening that receives a portion of a bagging material wrapped around an exterior surface of the base section. The locking section of the mandrel engages the channel such that the portion of the bagging material in the channel is held inside the channel. | 2016-01-28 |
20160023408 | FIBER-REINFORCED COMPOSITE ARTICLES MADE FROM FIBERS HAVING COUPLING-INITIATOR COMPOUNDS AND METHODS OF MAKING THE ARTICLES - Methods of making a fiber-reinforced composite article are described. The methods may include providing fibers to an article template, where the fibers have been treated with a coupling-initiator compound. They may further include providing a pre-polymerized mixture that includes a monomer and a catalyst to the article template. The combination of the fibers and the pre-polymerized mixture may be heated to a polymerization temperature where the monomers polymerize around the fibers and form at least a portion of the composite article. The article may then be removed from the article template. Examples of the fiber-reinforced composite articles may include wind turbine blades for electric power generation. | 2016-01-28 |
20160023409 | Apparatus for Forming Fuselage Stringers - A composite part, such as a stiffener is formed in place. A composite charge is placed on a tool spanning a mold cavity, with the centerline of the charge offset from the centerline of the mold cavity. Opposite sides of the charge are held against the tool as the charge is formed into the mold cavity. One side of the charge is held against movement on the tool while the other side of the charge is allowed to slip over the tool toward the mold cavity. | 2016-01-28 |
20160023410 | MOLDED-IN INSERT AND METHOD FOR FIBER REINFORCED THERMOPLASTIC COMPOSITE STRUCTURE - A method of retaining a molded-in insert in a fiber reinforced thermoplastic composite material and forming a high strength mechanical locking mechanism is provided. The method includes fixing a molded-in insert in a mold cavity. The insert has a cylindrical body and at least one circumferential groove formed in the cylindrical body, and has a substantially concave configuration, and the groove has a groove radius of 0.025 inch or greater, and greater than or equal to a groove depth. The method includes introducing a fiber reinforced thermoplastic composite material into the mold cavity and around the molded-in insert, enclosing the mold cavity, heating and compressing the material in the mold cavity to consolidate the material around the molded-in insert and to form a consolidated fiber reinforced thermoplastic composite structure with the molded-in insert, cooling the structure, and removing the structure with the molded-in insert from the mold cavity. | 2016-01-28 |
20160023411 | METHOD FOR MAKING ELECTROTHERMAL ACTUATORS - A method for making an electrothermal actuator requires a carbon nanotube paper being provided. The carbon nanotube paper is cut along a cutting-line to form a patterned carbon nanotube paper. At least two electrodes are formed on the patterned carbon nanotube paper. Finally, the electrothermal actuator is obtained by forming a flexible polymer layer on the patterned carbon nanotube paper. | 2016-01-28 |
20160023412 | TIRE SEALANT BOTTLE ASSEMBLY - A tire sealant bottle assembly that includes a bottle, a nozzle, and a cap is disclosed. The bottle is designed to hold tire sealant therein. The nozzle removably couples to the bottle and includes a nozzle base, a nozzle head integral with the nozzle base, and a channel extending through the nozzle. The channel includes a substantially cylindrical portion at the terminating end of the nozzle head that is at least 5 mm in length and has an inner diameter between approximately 7 and 8 mm. The cap may be a hollow valve core tool cap having an open first end, a closed second end, and a valve core removal tool extending from the second end away from the first end. | 2016-01-28 |
20160023413 | TIRE VULCANIZER SYSTEM AND ASSEMBLY METHOD THEREFOR - A tire vulcanizer system in which multiple tire vulcanizers, provided with a frame and a vulcanizing mechanism that is supported by the frame and is for vulcanizing green tires, are connected, wherein the tire vulcanizers are provided with respective alignment sections, which are provided on the respective frames and are for aligning the level positions of adjacent frames relative to each other. | 2016-01-28 |
20160023414 | SECTOR MOLD, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME, AND JIG FOR PROCESSING PATTERN BLOCK - A pattern block can be easily attached to a sector with high positional accuracy, and furthermore, the strength thereof is enhanced. The present invention provides a sector mold constituted by attaching a pattern block to a sector, and the sector mold includes: the sector including an embedding groove and holes for positioning pins; and the pattern block including a convex portion for an embedding groove and positioning pins, on a back body surface, corresponding to the embedding groove and the holes for the positioning pins, respectively. | 2016-01-28 |
20160023415 | MOLDING DRUM - Even when a radial length of a swing arm is increased, no gap is generated between adjacent segments, and tires of various sizes can be handled while roundness of a drum is maintained. An expandable molding drum has a plurality of segments constituting a circumferential surface, the molding drum having a plurality of swing arms having one end portion swingably connected to an outer circumferential surface of a cylindrical slider externally fitted with a drum shaft and having the other end portion swingably connected to the segment and expanding/contracting the segment along with movement of the slider in a drum shaft direction, and adjacent end portions of one end portions of the swing arms being swingably connected to the outer circumferential surface of the slider at intervals from each other in the drum shaft direction. | 2016-01-28 |
20160023416 | SOLE ASSEMBLY WITH PLURAL PORTIONS THAT COOPERATIVELY DEFINE CHAMBER - A method of forming a sole assembly of an article of footwear that includes an interior space that receives a foot of a wearer is disclosed. The article of footwear also includes an exterior surface. The method includes providing a first portion of the sole assembly. The first portion includes a first surface that at least partially defines the interior space. The first portion also includes a first chamber surface that opposes the first surface. Moreover, the method includes providing a second portion of the sole assembly. The second portion includes a second surface that at least partially defines the exterior surface of the article of footwear. The second portion also includes a second chamber surface that opposes the second surface. The method further includes operably securing the first portion to the second portion such that the first chamber surface and the second chamber surface cooperate to at least partially define a substantially sealed chamber within the sole assembly. | 2016-01-28 |
20160023417 | WASTE CONTAINMENT APPARATUS - A waste containment apparatus fits within, the same physical envelope as a typical 6 cubic yard bin. The apparatus has lifting fittings to permit conventional lifting and dumping by a garbage truck. The bin has, internally, a compactor including a motor and a compaction head driven by the motor. The working mechanical assemblies and the electrical control unit are mounted well above the inlet chute. The lifting height of the inlet chute is significantly lower than the top opening level of the bin. The unit has an internal refuse flow accumulation path, and internal members such as deflector plates. The unit may have a liquid drain and collection sump. The sump may have a sump heater. The unit has at least one weighing skid that responds to a weight condition in the event that the bin is loaded to an extent that may make it difficult for a lift truck to raise and tip. | 2016-01-28 |
20160023418 | PRESS ROLLER - The invention relates to a press roller for a roller press, in particular for briquetting, compacting or grinding granular material, having a roller core ( | 2016-01-28 |
20160023419 | METHOD OF OPERATING A HANDHELD PRESSING UNIT - A method of operating a motor-actuated handheld pressing unit includes actuating a switch to initiate a pressing operation whereby one or more pressing jaws are moved from a starting position to a closed pressing position; automatically releasing the one or more pressing jaws by using a pressing piston when a prescribed pressing force has been reached, the pressing piston being actuated hydraulically by a hydraulic medium; and checking the reaching of the prescribed pressing force by using a pressure sensor to detect the pressure of the hydraulic medium. In an embodiment, the release of the pressing jaws may be interrupted. In an embodiment, a motor moves the jaws from the starting position to the closed pressing position. In an embodiment, the pressing force is continuously measured on intervals of less than one second. | 2016-01-28 |