09th week of 2014 patent applcation highlights part 11 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20140054309 | Product Dispensing System with Dispenser Platform - A product dispensing system including a frame, a dispenser platform and an attachable cleat, the frame having a front end, a rear end, an upper support deck extending between the front end and the rear end, a lower support deck positioned below the upper support deck, the lower support deck extending between the front end and the rear end and defining a product display area, and a heel proximate the rear end to engage the cleat. | 2014-02-27 |
20140054310 | Product Dispensing System with Dispenser Door - A plurality of product dispensing frames, each having a left side wall, a right side wall, a front end, and a rear end, and including an upper support deck extending between the front end and the rear end, a lower support deck positioned below the upper support deck, the lower support deck extending between the front end and the rear end and defining a product display area, and a dispenser door pivotably connected between outermost dispenser frames to cover and enclose the upper support decks. | 2014-02-27 |
20140054311 | AUTOMATIC VENDING MACHINE WITH MOVING MEMBER FOR PRODUCTS - An automatic vending machine includes a chassis and a moving mechanism attached to the chassis. The chassis defines a channel configured for receiving products. The moving mechanism includes a moving member received in the channel, a driving assembly, and a mounting member attached to the driving assembly. The driving assembly is configured to rotate the moving member and includes a claw member. The claw member includes a plurality of clawers. The moving member moves the products when rotated by the driving assembly. The mounting member is moveable relative to the claw member between a first position to a second position. When the mounting member is located in the first position, and the moving member is located among the plurality of clawers. When the mounting member is located in a second position, the plurality of clawers are resiliently deformed by the mounting member to clamp the moving member. | 2014-02-27 |
20140054312 | GOODS DELIVERY MECHANISM FOR VENDING MACHINE - A goods delivery assembly for a vending machine includes a motor, a shaft, a first gear, a second gear, and a coil to hold goods. Peripheral teeth and a shallow ball joint between the two gears enables the second gear to continue to be rotated by the first driving gear at angles which are not coaxial with the first gear, to achieve adjustability of the mounting angle of the coil for holding different goods. | 2014-02-27 |
20140054313 | VENDING MACHINE - A vending machine includes a chassis and an adjusting apparatus mounted in the chassis. The adjusting apparatus includes a casing, a driving implement attached to the casing, and a driving shaft attached to the driving implement. The driving implement is capable of driving the splined driving shaft to rotate and the starting angle of the helical element which pushes out a product is capable of adjustment by virtue of the splines on the driving shaft. | 2014-02-27 |
20140054314 | CONTAINER FOR THE AT LEAST SUBSTANTIALLY SEPARATE STORAGE AND RELEASE OF SUBSTANCES, IN PARTICULAR FOR STORAGE AND RELEASE IN OUTER SPACE - The invention relates to a container, particularly in syringe form, for an at least substantially separate storage and release of substances, in particular for storage and release in outer space, with an outflow opening, a storage chamber for the storage of the substances, with at least one slideable separator element which divides the storage chamber into sub-chambers, and with at least one shaped overflow channel which is provided for transporting substances from a sub-chamber into a sub-chamber which is arranged forward as seen in the direction of the outflow opening, and/or into the outflow opening. It is proposed that the overflow channel and the separator element are designed for an at least substantially sequential release of substances and/or for washing-out a stored solid by a liquid. | 2014-02-27 |
20140054315 | COMPRESSED AIR DISPENSER AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING THE SAME - Compressed air dispensers and method of making and using the same are disclosed. | 2014-02-27 |
20140054316 | Popcorn Butter Dispenser - The invention provides a popcorn butter dispenser comprising an elongate tube having perforations along its length allow butter or flavoring to be evenly distributed throughout an entire container of popcorn as opposed to coating only the kernels on top. This dispenser is able to function equally well with real melted butter as well as flavored oil based toppings. The popcorn butter dispenser is manufactured of suitable materials such as lightweight stainless steel, for example. | 2014-02-27 |
20140054317 | DISPENSER - A dispenser for dispensing at least two components simultaneously uses ramp shaped wedge members to adjust the ratio of the components being dispensed. The components to be dispensed are disposed in separate containers each forming or connected to a pump. The ramp of the wedge members controls the stroke of the pump. | 2014-02-27 |
20140054318 | LIQUID SUPPLY SYSTEM - A space-saving liquid supply system includes increased cooling efficiency. A first pump chamber P | 2014-02-27 |
20140054319 | WAX DISPENSER FOR DENTAL TECHNOLOGY AND WAX DISPENSER SYSTEM USING THE SAME - The invention relates to a wax dispenser for dental technology comprising: a wax reservoir in the shape of a hollow tube which contains a liquid wax therein; a nozzle which is disposed on the front end of the wax reservoir and which is in fluid communication with the wax reservoir; a heater which heats wax to keep wax contained in the wax reservoir in liquid state; an air-pressure supplier which increases the pressure in the wax reservoir by the introduction of air from the outside in a pressurization mode and decreases the pressure in the wax reservoir by the discharge of air to the outside in a depressurization mode; and a dispenser actuator comprising a wax passage which allows the wax reservoir to be in fluid communication with the nozzle, and a passage open/shut device arranged to open and shut the wax passage to discharge wax contained in the wax reservoir through the nozzle in the pressurization mode and to introduce wax from the outside to the wax reservoir through the nozzle in the depressurization mode. Therefore, it is possible to facilitate user's convenience and the work efficiency by charging wax in the wax dispenser in the shape of a pen, by discharging wax according to air pressure and by controlling the discharge of wax precisely. | 2014-02-27 |
20140054320 | OFF-AXIS INVERTED DISPENSERS AND REFILL UNITS - Exemplary embodiments of inverted dispenser systems and refill units are disclosed herein. An exemplary dispenser includes a dispenser housing and an actuating lever. A rack is engaged by the actuating lever. An actuator carriage is included that is movable back and forth in a linear motion. The rack is linked to the actuating carriage and the rack is movable back and forth in a linear motion. Movement of the rack toward the back of the dispenser causes the actuator carriage to move toward the front of the dispenser. | 2014-02-27 |
20140054321 | FOAM SPRAY HEAD ASSEMBLY - A foam spray head assembly includes a press head connected to a cap, a netted tube, a valve member, a main tube, a piston unit, a link unit, a resilient member, a cylinder unit and a valve. The netted tube is connected to the valve member. An outlet is defined between the first link of the link unit and the first tube. An inlet is defined between the second link of the link unit and the protrusion of the piston unit. The resilient member is mounted to the second tube and contacts the flange of the second tube. The first piston of the cylinder unit is movable in the first cylinder to form a sealed second chamber. The second piston of the cylinder unit is movable in the second cylinder to form a sealed third chamber. The valve is located in the passage of the second cylinder. | 2014-02-27 |
20140054322 | OFF-AXIS INVERTED FOAM DISPENSERS AND REFILL UNITS - An exemplary embodiment of a dispensing system includes a dispenser housing and a replaceable refill unit. The replaceable refill unit has a container that has a neck portion and a horizontal foam pump. The pump has an inlet orientated along an inlet axis and an outlet orientated along an outlet axis. A fluid passage extends from the pump chamber to the outlet. The inlet axis is offset from the outlet axis and the outlet axis is located closer to the front of the dispenser. An actuator is also located within the housing. In addition, an air compressor and an air passage to direct air into the fluid passage to mix the air with the fluid are included. The actuator is configured to drive the horizontal pump toward the front of the dispenser to dispense a fluid in the form of a foam. | 2014-02-27 |
20140054323 | HORIZONTAL PUMPS, REFILL UNITS AND FOAM DISPENSERS WITH INTEGRAL AIR COMPRESSORS - Foam dispensers having integral air compressors with connectors to connect with a disposable refill unit, disposable refill units and liquid pumps are disclosed herein. A refill unit includes a container and a liquid pump. The liquid pump includes a liquid chamber defined at least in part by a liquid inlet valve and a liquid outlet valve. A piston that reciprocates horizontally in the liquid chamber. A mixing chamber is located downstream of the liquid chamber. The mixing chamber is in fluid communication with the liquid chamber and has an air inlet. A sanitary seal is located proximate the air inlet to prevent liquid from contaminating the air compressors. | 2014-02-27 |
20140054324 | UPRIGHT SQUEEZE FOAMER - A foamer for use in dispensing a liquid product with a foam consistency. The foamer including a dispensing cover defining a foam outlet, a closure including a valve seat and being assembled with the dispensing cover, a mesh screen constructed and arranged for receiving a mixture of liquid product and air and being received by the closure and a housing assembled with the closure. The housing including a valve seal which is constructed and arranged to cooperate with the valve seat for managing air flow and a air channel insert which is received by the housing for directing air into a flow of liquid product. | 2014-02-27 |
20140054325 | EVAPORATOR WITH INTERNAL RESTRICTION - An evaporator includes a vaporization chamber having a monomer inlet and a vapor outlet. There is a vapor nozzle in the vapor outlet. The evaporator also includes a collar positioned between the vaporization chamber and the vapor nozzle which increases the pressure in the evaporation chamber while the conductance through the nozzle is substantially unchanged. | 2014-02-27 |
20140054326 | Rotating Keyed Dispensing Cartridge System - A piston of a piston pump adapted to be selectively coaxially slidably coupled to a complementary actuator mechanism by a keying arrangement utilizing one or more key elements engaging with one or more keyways, to place the piston and actuator mechanism in rotational alignment about the axis and with keying involving complementary circumferential location of keying elements and keyways, complementary radial extents of key members and keyways relative the axis, and/or complementary shapes for the key elements and keyways normal the axis. | 2014-02-27 |
20140054327 | Rodless Dispenser - A dispenser for viscous, extrudable materials uses a sprocket-driven push chain that is drawn from a chain magazine responsive to actuation of a user trigger. The sprocket for the chain is driven by a toothed wheel, which is driven by a first, ratcheting drive pawl, which is actuated by the trigger. A second ratcheting locking pawl prevents the toothed wheel and hence the chain sprocket from rotating backward when the trigger is released. A single “button” or actuator can be actuated by one hand of a user while the user's other hand grasps a chain retractor to pull an extended chain back to a starting position whereat the dispenser can be reloaded. | 2014-02-27 |
20140054328 | AEROSOL CONTAINER - An aerosol container ( | 2014-02-27 |
20140054329 | LIQUID DISPSENSER - A liquid dispenser ( | 2014-02-27 |
20140054330 | VALVE-CONTROLLED DISPENSING CLOSURE - The invention relates to a dispensing closure for a container that holds a fluid, which can be tightly fitted into a container neck to ensure liquid-tightness of the container. The dispenser closure includes a plug body arranged to be inserted into the container neck and having a central fluid passage and having a peripheral air passage, a double-valve diaphragm comprising a flexible elastic material and arranged in a recess provided in an upper part of the plug body to cover the fluid passage and the air passage, and a plug cap sealing the double-valve diaphragm within the plug body having one or more slots arranged circularly and axially aligned with the air passage of the plug body and having a central orifice axially aligned with the fluid passage of the plug body. The double-valve diaphragm comprises a first valve section, and a second valve section. | 2014-02-27 |
20140054331 | LEVER ARM SUSPENSION FOR USE IN AN ADHESIVE APPLICATION HEAD AND ADHESIVE APPLICATION HEAD WITH LEVER ARM SUSPENSION - An application head for dispensing a flowable medium includes a nozzle chamber in the application head and a nozzle needle movably mounted in the nozzle chamber. A supply channel and a supply line introduce the medium into the nozzle chamber. A drive moves the movable element. A lever arm is movably fastened to the nozzle needle and connected to the drive. The lever arm extends through a membrane of a membrane suspension connect the lever arm movably to the application head and form a seal to prevent escape of the flowable medium. Alternatively, a rocker suspension has a lever arm connectable to the movable element and the drive, a plate element has an opening through which the lever arm extends, a rocker mounting device connects the lever arm movably to the application head and a sealing device prevents any escape of adhesive from the chamber through the plate element opening. | 2014-02-27 |
20140054332 | EASY POUR SPOUT - A can end is provided, which includes a center panel having a radius, a tab fastened to the center panel, and a scoreline defining a tear panel in the end panel. The tab is operable to sever the scoreline and open the tear panel to provide an opening in the can end. The tear panel includes an enlarged portion extending outwardly toward the center panel radius, thereby enlarging the opening. The enlarged portion forms an easy pour spout. | 2014-02-27 |
20140054333 | FOLDABLE HANGERS - The present disclosure provides a hanger. The hanger comprises a supporting base, a hooking member, a pair of hanging members and a locking member. The hooking member is operably linked to the supporting base. The pair of hanging members are pivotally mounted to the supporting base and rotatable relative to the supporting base between an expandable mode and a retracted mode. The locking member is operably coupled to the pair of hanging members. The locking member can be locked or unlocked, wherein the pair of hanging members are in the expanded mode when the locking member is locked, and are allowed to be in the retracted mode when the locking member is unlocked. | 2014-02-27 |
20140054334 | RECEPTACLE FOR ATTACHMENT TO A RIM - A receptacle for attachment to a rim is disclosed, being primarily used to store wheel lug nuts into said receptacle for storage and transportation of lug nuts with their associated wheels. The receptacle comprises a lid, a container and a securing pin. The container secures the wheel lug nuts, while the lid fastens onto the container to secure its contents, and meanwhile the securing pin secures the lid onto the container and ultimately onto the rim of the wheel, such that the wheel lug nuts are easily stored with the rim. This procedure is primarily performed before the winter or summer seasons, or when the wheels are changed for wheel leasing purposes or the transportation of wheels with their associated lug nuts, to ensure that the wheel lug nuts are never misplaced or lost. | 2014-02-27 |
20140054335 | PERSONAL ARMBAND STORAGE DEVICE - A personal armband storage device includes a body portion having an opening for access to a storage compartment, a back plate attached to the body portion. The personal armband storage device is resistant to slippage during physical activity due to increased friction between the back plate and the upper arm. | 2014-02-27 |
20140054336 | Device for Transporting Skiing Equipment - The invention relates to a device for transporting skiing equipment, mainly snowboards or skis, consisting essentially of a tie made of a strong material, which forms the central structure to which are attached, preferably sewn, three ties that are perpendicular to the central structure, one of the ends of the upper and lower ties being provided with an additional sub-tie, forming a flexible and folded assembly. | 2014-02-27 |
20140054337 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - An information processing apparatus | 2014-02-27 |
20140054338 | Vacuum Mount System For Portable Electronic Device - A vacuum mount system a first vacuum device ( | 2014-02-27 |
20140054339 | Articulating Containment Space for a Motor Vehicle - A containment space body may form an enclosurement space of a motor vehicle and be articulated relative to the motor vehicle. The containment space may be used to store, isolate, and/or protect tools, batteries, food stuffs, pets, fuels, water, gases, welding machines, and many other useful devices or items from the ambient environment outside the containment space. An articulating containment space body for a motor vehicle may form an enclosurement space with a space on board a motor vehicle. The articulating containment space body may articulate such that it maintains a plane parallel to the earth's horizon throughout the articulation path. The articulation mechanism assembly and attachment means to the articulation mechanism assembly of the containment space bodies may allow for rapid and easy exchange of different containment space bodies. | 2014-02-27 |
20140054340 | REMOVABLE GLASS RACK FOR PICKUP TRUCK - A removable glass rack suitable for attachment to a variety of pickup trucks is disclosed. Rigidity in the un-attached state, combined with automatic alignment features and scratch prevention features make the rack particularly well suited for repeated rapid installation and removal, giving glass shop owners the option of quickly converting their glass trucks back to pickup trucks for non-business-hours use. | 2014-02-27 |
20140054341 | Cargo Rack Assembly for Wakeboard Boats Positioned above Boat Tower - The present invention provides an improved cargo rack apparatus for wakeboard boats positioned above the boat tower. | 2014-02-27 |
20140054342 | HELMET HOLDER ATTACHMENT STRUCTURE OF SADDLE-RIDE TYPE VEHICLE - A saddle-ride type vehicle including grab rails that can be gripped by a pillion passenger seated on the pillion passenger seat and a helmet holder that allows selection between a lock state of a metal fitting of a chin strap of a helmet and an unlock state, and configured such that it is unlikely that the helmet holder prevents the pillion passenger from gripping the grab rails. A recess portion is formed in a grab rail, having its opening opened facing an attachment portion of a body frame for attachment of the grab rail. A helmet holder is provided at the position sandwiched between the grab rail and the attachment portion while having at least a part of the cylinder lock stored in the recess portion, and a key hole of the cylinder lock opened facing the outer surface of the grab rail. | 2014-02-27 |
20140054343 | Mobile Device Mount and Method of Using - This application relates to a mobile device mount and method of using the mount. In some embodiments, a mobile electronic device mount includes: a base configured to secure a first mobile electronic device to a second item; a body configured to receive and retain the first mobile electronic device; and a connector configured to connect the base to the body, wherein the connector includes a rotational component that allows the base and body to move from up to 360 degrees relative to each other in a first plane and move at least 170 degrees relative to each other in a second plane. | 2014-02-27 |
20140054344 | TIRE CARRIER - The invention is directed to apparatuses and methods of use of tire carriers. The tire carriers of the present invention attach to a vehicle's hitch receiver and secure a spare tire on the rear exterior of the vehicle as opposed to within the rear cargo area or under the vehicle. In a particular embodiment, the tire carrier of the present invention is capable of rotating about a horizontal axis. In a further embodiment, the tire carrier of the present invention comprises a secondary hitch receiver and is thereby capable of hauling a trailer or other device that attaches via a hitch. | 2014-02-27 |
20140054345 | STABILIZING CARGO ORGANIZER - Cargo organizers may be used for various sized boxes and packages. A friction pad overmolded on a bottom panel of the organizer body prevents movement when the cargo is transported in a vehicle. | 2014-02-27 |
20140054346 | LANYARD - A lanyard wearable on a body part of a person for displaying an item on the person. The lanyard may include one or more cables including a transmission medium operative to transmit at least one of electric current signals and light signals. The cable includes connectors having connector elements on opposite ends of the cable, which may be in operative communication with the transmission medium for transmitting the at least one of electric current signals and light signals. A loop of the cable is sized for being received on body part of the person. In some embodiments, a mount of the lanyard includes a loop of the cable sized for receiving the item for mounting the item on the lanyard. In some embodiments, at least one of the connectors includes a tangible computer readable electronic storage medium. | 2014-02-27 |
20140054347 | Storage Garment - A storage garment capable of carrying items in a discreet manner. The storage garment includes and inner tubular layer and an outer tubular layer disposed about the inner tubular layer. The layers are circumferentially attached to each other on one of their respective ends. The inner tubular layer and the outer tubular layer form a pocket having an opening at an end opposing the circumferential attachment. The storage garment can be worn on a body part by inserting the body part through a lumen defined by the inner tubular layer, and items can be stored in the pocket. | 2014-02-27 |
20140054348 | METHOD FOR CUTTING PLATE-LIKE GLASS, AND CUTTING DEVICE THEREFOR - A full body of a glass sheet (G) is cut by forming an initial crack ( | 2014-02-27 |
20140054349 | Drive Roll Carrier for Welding Wire Feeder - A drive roll carrier is provided for use with a wire feeder for a welder that includes a hub that can be rotated by a gear and that may include at least one lug that extends longitudinally along and radially out from the hub and at least one retainer that extends from an outer surface of the hub. The retainer may be fixed in a longitudinal direction with respect to the hub and may be movable in a radial direction for allowing mounting of a drive roll onto the hub. An outer end of the lug may include an alignment segment that has a different profile shape than the rest of the lug to facilitate alignment of a mounting groove of the drive roll with the lug. | 2014-02-27 |
20140054350 | FASTENER DRIVING APPARATUS - A fastener driving apparatus includes a vacuum piston and a drive piston, which vacuum piston, when moved (by way of a motor and linear motion converter), draws a vacuum against the drive piston, which drive piston may be held in place by retention means. An anvil is coupled to the drive piston. The retention means is released electrically or mechanically at or near the point of maximum vacuum volume. This drive piston and anvil assembly is then driven by atmospheric pressure and may strike as fastener to drive it into a substrate. At least one position sensor may be used. Once the fastener is driven, the apparatus may reset to an initial position. At least one valve may be included to dump the energy stored in the vacuum in the case of a jam condition, thus providing good safety profile. | 2014-02-27 |
20140054351 | Plastic Fastener Dispensing Hand Tool Having a Novel Anvil Design - An improved hand tool for dispensing plastic fasteners having a novel anvil design. The hand tool has a gun shaped casing with a barrel portion and a handle portion. The casing has a needle assembly opening at the front of the barrel portion and a trigger slot at the front of the handle portion. The hand tool further has a hollow needle disposed on one end of a needle assembly, and a trigger that is pivotally mounted within the casing that extends out from the trigger slot. The trigger is capable of moving the needle assembly between the retracted and extended positions. The hand tool further has an anvil. The anvil has a needle guard, a main portion, and a fabric slot. The fabric slot separates the needle guard from the main portion. | 2014-02-27 |
20140054352 | FLAT-CLINCH STAPLER HAVING A BUFFERING DEVICE - A flat-clinch stapler has a base, a magazine assembly, a handle device, a flat-clinch device and a buffering device. The magazine assembly and the handle device are pivotally connected with the base. The flat-clinch device has a slider and a moving board. The slider is slidably mounted on the base. The moving board is mounted above the slider and is pivotally connected with the base. The buffering device has a protrusion, a block and an elastic member. The protrusion is securely disposed on the moving board. The block is slidably mounted on the base and abuts the protrusion. The elastic member abuts the block and the base. When the moving board is pivoted, the block is driven by the protrusion to move. | 2014-02-27 |
20140054353 | SURGICAL TILT ANVIL ASSEMBLY - An anvil and anvil delivery system is provided which includes a head assembly and a center rod defining a longitudinal axis. The head assembly defines a transverse axis and is pivotally secured to the rod and movable from an operative position wherein the transverse axis is substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis and a tilted position wherein the transverse axis defines an acute angle with respect to the longitudinal axis. A flexible tube is secured to the center rod which includes gradations along the length of the tube. The gradations are positioned to provide an indication of a length of the tube remaining in a patient during removal of the tube from the patient. An adapter is secured to one end of the flexible tube and to the center rod. The adapter is configured to secure the anvil assembly to the flexible tube. | 2014-02-27 |
20140054354 | Surgical Stapling Instruments including a Cartridge Having Multiple Staples Sizes - A surgical stapling apparatus includes a staple cartridge and an anvil member. The staple cartridge includes a plurality of surgical fasteners disposed in rows of retention slots. The staple cartridge may have an annular or linear configuration of retention slots. The tissue contacting surface of the staple cartridge may be tapered or stepped. The anvil member has a tissue contacting surface that includes a number of pockets arranged for substantially aligning with the retention slots. In addition, the tissue contacting surface of the anvil member may complement the tissue contacting surface of the staple cartridge. | 2014-02-27 |
20140054355 | STAPLE POSITION SENSOR SYSTEM - A surgical stapling instrument includes a handle assembly, an elongate shaft extending distally from the handle assembly, and a tool assembly coupled to a distal end of the elongate shaft. The tool assembly includes a cartridge assembly including a plurality of surgical staples each including a code embedded portion and a first sensor for detecting the position of the surgical staples prior to and during a formation of the staples. The tool assembly further includes an anvil assembly including a second sensor that detects the position of the surgical staples after the formation of the surgical staples. | 2014-02-27 |
20140054356 | Circumferential Full Thickness Resectioning Device - An apparatus for performing endoluminal anastomosis of an organ comprises an operative head including an endoscope receiving lumen for slidably receiving a flexible endoscope therein, the operative head including an annular tissue receiving space extending around a circumference of a distal end thereof and a stapling mechanism for firing staples around an entire circumference of the tissue receiving space and a tissue gripping mechanism for drawing into the tissue receiving space a portion of tissue extending around an entire circumference of the organ. | 2014-02-27 |
20140054357 | Welding Fixture Clamp - A welding fixture clamp includes a stationary clamp jaw having a first guide surface and a pivotal clamp jaw having a second guide surface. The second guide surface slides relative to the first guide surface as the pivotal clamp jaw pivots about the pivot axis. Side shields are secured to one of the pivotal clamp jaw and the stationary clamp jaw to extend over the other one of the pivotal clamp jaw and the stationary clamp jaw to shield the first guide surface and the second guide surface from weld splatter and debris. A pivot pin connects the side shield to the stationary clamp jaw and operatively connects the pivotal clamp jaw to the stationary clamp jaw to pivot about the pivot axis. | 2014-02-27 |
20140054358 | COILED TUBING WITH HEAT RESISTANT CONDUIT - Coiled tubing with a secured conduit and a method for manufacturing same. A slickline held by a retainer is introduced to the coiled tubing manufacturing process by attaching the retainer and slickline to a metal plate, prior to the metal plate being welded into a tubular. The slickline is unaffected by the welding and heat treatment process or processes. To install the conduit into the coiled tubing, the coiled tubing is unrolled from the reel, the conduit is attached to an end of the slickline and the other end of the slickline pulled to fish the conduit through the coiled tubing, resulting in conduit held within the retainer inside the coiled tubing. In embodiments where a slickline is not used, the conduit can be pumped into the retainer or dropped therein by gravity when the coiled tubing is hung in a wellbore. Alternatively, a heat resistant conduit may be secured within the coiled tubing by attachment directly to the coiled tubing or held therein by a retainer. | 2014-02-27 |
20140054359 | STORAGE BOX HAVING INTEGRAL LID WITH CLOSURE FLAPS - A box having two opposed end panels having handholds, two opposed side panels, and a bottom, assembled to form a box having an opening for receiving contents therein, the box including a top panel for closing the opening, the top panel being hingedly connected to a side panel, and including a pair of closure flaps extending from the side of the top panel, the closure flaps positioned to be inserted into the handholds when the top panel is positioned to close the box. | 2014-02-27 |
20140054360 | DIVIDABLE TRAY - Packages for housing consumable products or secondary containers having consumable products and methods of making and using same are provided. In a general embodiment, the present disclosure provides a tray having first and second opposing side walls, a front wall, a back wall, a bottom wall, and an interior wall that divides the tray into at least two separate compartments. The interior wall may include first and second adjacent panels joined by one of a perforation and a score. The perforation and/or score will allow the tray to be configured, at least, as one tray having two separate compartments, or as two separate and discrete trays. | 2014-02-27 |
20140054361 | FOLDING SIDE-WALL CONTAINER AND AUTOMATED SYSTEM OF USE - The folding side-wall container ( | 2014-02-27 |
20140054362 | Modular Corrugated Reusable Crate System - The inventive crate has a bottom base, two opposing side panels, two opposing interlocking end panels, and a top cap. The bottom base having a length and width larger than the X-width and Y-length dimensions of the cargo to be shipped, the opposing side panels are coextensive to the Y-length of the cargo as fitting within the bottom base lip and a height matching the cargo's Z-height. The interlocking end panels have a side interlock with a width slightly less than the thickness of the side panel, and a corner tab. When assembled, each side panel at each end inserts against the side interlocks at each corner compressively securing with the folding over of each corner tab crushingly sandwiching the side panel between the slightly crushed corner tab and center section as held fast by the bottom lip. The top cap covers the upper portion of the assembled panels. | 2014-02-27 |
20140054363 | SYSTEM OF RECEIVING PRERECORDED MEDIA DISCS FROM USERS - A system of receiving prerecorded media discs from users is disclosed. The system may include a control system having a processor capable of accessing a library associating a native bar code with the content of a prerecorded media disc and receiving the identification of a native bar code of a media disc from an optical disc identification system. The system may also include a user interface system having a buy-back activator and being adapted to receive a media disc from a user, where the user interface is capable of communicating a buy-back price to the user. An optical disc identification system may include a disc holder, a light source, a sensor capable of capturing a digital image of the hub of a media disc including a native bar code, and an image processor capable of reading the native bar code from a digital image. | 2014-02-27 |
20140054364 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS WITH REDUCTION LAYOUT FUNCTION, IMAGE FORMING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING CONTROL PROGRAM THEREFOR - An image forming apparatus minimizes necessary code area and reserves imaging area of suitable size for forming reduction document images. A code symbol detection unit detects first and second code symbols on first and second sheets, respectively. A code information obtaining unit obtains first and second code information from the detected first and second codes, respectively. A code symbol generation unit generates composite code symbol from the first and second code information, respectively. An area reservation unit reserves a code area in which the composite code symbol of a predetermined size more than the minimum readable size can be arranged in an image formable area of a sheet, and defines an imaging area by removing the code area from the image formable area. An arrangement unit arranges the composite code symbol in the code area, and reduces and arranges multiple images in the imaging area. | 2014-02-27 |
20140054365 | RIM EXCHANGE APPARATUS OF TIRE TESTING MACHINE - Provided is a rim exchange apparatus of a tire testing machine having a simple and space-saving configuration and capable of rotating a turntable having a plurality of rim placing parts with no interference and appropriately identifying a plurality of rim assemblies set on the turntable. A turntable is installed to be rotated about a rotary shaft with respect to the support part, a plurality of rim placing parts on which a rim assembly is placed are provided to the turntable about the rotary shaft, and reading parts are attached to the support part at a lower side of the turntable. Then, the reading parts read rim identification information of the rim assembly placed on the rim placing parts through the turntable at a predetermined reading position. Accordingly, the identification information of the rim assembly can be appropriately read with no interference with rotation of the turntable. | 2014-02-27 |
20140054366 | Method and Apparatus for Identifying and Tracking Biological Fluid - A system and method of tracking biological fluid during a donation process. The system and method identify and release blood products from quarantined storage and print an appropriate blood bag label on demand. | 2014-02-27 |
20140054367 | ELECTRONIC TRANSACTIONS WITH MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS DEVICES VIA ENCODED GRAPHICAL REPRESENTATIONS - Information is exchanged between a mobile communications device and an automated information system. In one embodiment, the mobile communications device is equipped with a video display and a digital camera, and the automated information system is equipped with a video display and a graphical representation receiver. The automated information system displays a first graphical representation encoded with a first dataset. The mobile communications device captures an image of the first graphical representation, decodes the first dataset, processes the first dataset, generates a second dataset, encodes the second dataset in a second graphical representation, and displays the second graphical representation. The automated information system receives the second graphical representation, decodes the second dataset, and processes the second dataset. Examples of graphical representations include barcodes. | 2014-02-27 |
20140054368 | CARD INFORMATION PROTECTION DEVICE AND FINANCE SERVICE EQUIPMENT HAVING THE SAME - A card information protection device and a finance service equipment having the same are provided. The card information protection device is arranged between a transverse card inlet and a longitudinal magnetic card information reader, and comprises a magnetic card transverse admission port. A magnetic card conveying channel is arranged between the magnetic card transverse admission port and the longitudinal magnetic card information reader. A magnetic card rotating mechanism is arranged in the magnetic card channel. The magnetic card rotating mechanism is used for rotating a transversely-inserted magnetic card to longitudinal direction in order to convey the magnetic card into the longitudinal magnetic card information reader, and rotating the longitudinal magnetic card returned by the longitudinal magnetic card information reader to transverse direction in order to convey the transverse magnetic card out. The problem that the whole magnetic strip of the magnetic card information reader which allows a user to plug the magnetic card in the longitudinal direction is completely scanned by a card stealer device illegally arranged in a card plug-in buckle in the process of longitudinally inserting the magnetic card can be effectively solved, and thereby the problem that the magnetic card information is stolen illegally can be thoroughly solved. | 2014-02-27 |
20140054369 | DEBIT NETWORK ROUTING SELECTION USING A QR CODE - Embodiments are directed to selecting a debit network using a quick response (QR) code and to processing a payment using a debit network selected according to information embedded in a QR code. In one scenario, a mobile computer system receives input indicating that a user has initiated a payment for various items sold by a provider of goods or services. The mobile computer system determines that the user or the provider has specified a preference indicating which debit network is to be used to process the payment. The mobile computer system then generates a QR code with the debit network selection and portions of the user's debit account information embedded in the QR code, and sends the generated QR code to a payment processing system. The payment processing system may be cloud-based, or may be run locally at the provider's point of sale. | 2014-02-27 |
20140054370 | TACTILE TOUCH SCREEN - A machine ( | 2014-02-27 |
20140054371 | PROVIDING AUTOMATED BANKING MACHINE DIAGNOSTIC INFORMATION - An automated banking machine operated responsive to data bearing records includes a card reader that is operative to read data from user cards including financial account identifying data, and to cause financial transfers responsive at least in part to the card data corresponding to stored data for a financial account authorized to conduct a transaction with the machine. The machine includes a plurality of hardware devices and a terminal processor. The terminal processor is operative to cause a hardware device to process sheets in carrying out transactions involving financial transfers. A device processor in a hardware device is operative to communicate certain condition data associated with the hardware device to a portable device. | 2014-02-27 |
20140054372 | PRINTING SYSTEM WITH MULTIPLE PAPER SUPPLIES - An automated banking machine operates to cause financial transfers responsive to data read from data bearing records in the form of user cards. The machine includes a printer for printing paper records of transactions conducted at the machine. The printer receives paper from a shared paper path. The shared paper path can be supplied by a first paper supply and a second paper supply. A controller is operative to switch between the paper supplies in providing paper to the printer. Based on signals received from paper sensors in the machine, the controller can determine whether the first paper supply has reached a predetermined low level. In response to a low level determination, the controller acts to cause a paper drive to begin moving paper from the second paper supply to the shared paper path and then to the printer. | 2014-02-27 |
20140054373 | FINANCIAL CERTIFICATION APPARATUS APPLIED WITH SMART DEVICE - In a financial certification apparatus applied with a smart device, a certification device is mainly plugged into an audio plug hole of the smart device through an audio plug terminal, and a card reading interface reads financial certification information of a smart card, owned by the user. An audio conversion module converts the financial certification information into audio financial certification information. Finally, an application module generates a digital password according to the audio financial certification information so that the user completes the consumption behavior through the smart device. | 2014-02-27 |
20140054374 | Health Data Collection Tool - A portable health data tool permits a health care provider to assimilate and display a plurality of health care data from a patient and to associate the data with patient identifying information all stored in a memory contained in the tool. The tool includes a code reader for reading patient information into the tool from a bar code or other coded tag. The tool is associated with a plurality of different data assimilation devices stored with the tool's housing, including but not limited to, instruments for measuring, temperature, blood pressure, two-finger or lead wire ECG data, pulse oximetry data, sound data and picture data obtained from an optional digital camera integrated within the housing. The tool further includes data receiver and/or transmitter ports, which may be wireless or cable ports, for transferring data between the health data tool and a separate computer system that stores patient records. | 2014-02-27 |
20140054375 | Systems and Methods for Electronic Device Point-of-Sale Activation - The present invention is directed to systems and methods of activating an electronic device at a point-of-sale (POS). The device may be identified by an indicia and activation may occur following purchase of the device. The method may include the steps of receiving at a central processor from the POS the indicia identifying the device purchased at the POS; enabling by the central processor a feature or functionality of the device or use of the device; and conveying to the device information material to the feature, functionality, or use. The system may include a central processor that activates the device. The central processor may include various interfaces with the POS, provider, and device, as well as a database with records related to the device and an activation processor for determining if activation is appropriate, activating the device, and sending information material to the feature, functionality, or use to the device. | 2014-02-27 |
20140054376 | PORTABLE TERMINAL AND OPTIMUM PRIORITY GENERATION METHOD - A portable terminal that can centrally determine payment priorities for all services in a portable terminal is provided. This portable terminal | 2014-02-27 |
20140054377 | IDENTITY VERIFICATION AND DOCUMENT VALIDITY PROCESSING SYSTEM - An advanced record production system includes one or more devices operable to print machine readable indicia on tangible documents. The machine readable indicia include date information and automatically assigned information that is used to prevent the tangible document from being valid for more than one use. The advanced record production system also includes a registration system operable to read the tangible documents and to process the tangible documents. The registration system is further operable to maintain a record of the machine readable indicia of the tangible documents that have been processed to prevent the tangible documents from being valid for more than one use. | 2014-02-27 |
20140054378 | CO-LOCATED ANTENNA ARRANGEMENT - An antenna method and arrangement of co-located antennas for wireless communication, includes at least one first antenna having a reflector panel and at least one second antenna utilizing a ground plane, wherein the reflector panel and the ground plane are the same element of the arrangement. The first antenna can be a loop element parallel to the reflector panel and the second antenna can be a monopole element perpendicular to the reflector panel/ground plane. | 2014-02-27 |
20140054379 | Pluggable Small Form-Factor UHF RFID Reader - Systems and methods for reading Radio Frequency Identified (RFID) tags. In an embodiment, an enclosure having, within it, an antenna and processor is provided. The processor may be configured to record tag observations for tag identifiers received by the antenna from RFID tags. For one or more time intervals, tag observations may be identified which satisfy a tag filter, and a confidence that RFID tags satisfying the tag filter were in the field of view of the antenna during the time interval may be computed based on the identified tag observations. According to an embodiment, reports for tag filters may be then generated using the computed confidences, and these reports may be transmitted to an external system over a network. | 2014-02-27 |
20140054380 | ENCODED INFORMATION READING TERMINAL INCLUDING MULTIPLE ENCODED INFORMATION READING DEVICES - An encoded information reading (EIR) terminal can comprise a microprocessor, a memory, a communication interface, and a plurality of EIR devices. Each EIR device can be configured to output a decoded message responsive to reading decodable indicia. The EIR terminal can be configured to transmit via the communication interface to an external computer at least one decoded message corresponding to the decodable indicia read by an EIR device. The EIR terminal can be further configured to supplement the decoded message by a source identifier string identifying the EIR device. | 2014-02-27 |
20140054381 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING INFORMATION ON BARCODE BY USING INFRARED LED - An electronic device and method for transmitting information on a barcode by using an infrared Light Emitting Diode (LED) are provided. The method includes transforming a displayed barcode into a binary code, and lighting ON/OFF an infrared LED according to set order based on the binary code. | 2014-02-27 |
20140054382 | SMART CARD AND PORTABLE ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, a smart card includes a communication unit, recording unit, first reception processor, determination unit, and first transmission processor. The recording unit records data defined by definition information. The first reception processor receives a command from an external terminal. If the first reception processor receives the command, the determination unit determines whether or not data required for execution of the command is stored in the recording unit. If the determination unit determines that the required data is not stored in the recording unit, the first transmission processor transmits a response indicating the start of a session required to acquire data related to that data from the external terminal to the external terminal. | 2014-02-27 |
20140054383 | NEAR FIELD ANTENNA - A near field antenna includes: a ground electrode arranged on a lower surface of a first dielectric layer; a conductor which is arranged between the first dielectric layer and a second dielectric layer, and forms a microstrip antenna with the ground electrode, one end of the conductor being connected to a power feeding port and the another end of the conductor being an open end; and at least one resonator arranged on an upper surface of the second dielectric layer, within a range in which the resonator is able to electromagnetically couple with the microstrip antenna for any of nodal points of a standing wave of current which flows through the microstrip antenna depending on an electric wave with a certain design wavelength, radiated from the microstrip antenna or received by the microstrip antenna. | 2014-02-27 |
20140054384 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DRIVE CIRCUITS FOR DYNAMIC MAGNETIC STRIPE COMMUNICATIONS DEVICES - Dynamic magnetic stripe communications devices are provided as magnetic stripe emulators. A magnetic stripe emulator may include a coil. Drive circuits may be coupled to this coil in order to produce electromagnetic fields from the coil operable to communicate with a magnetic stripe reader. | 2014-02-27 |
20140054385 | COMBINATION FULL-DUPLEX AND HALF-DUPLEX ELECTRONIC IDENTIFICATION TAG - Transponders are disclosed that are configurable to operate in an HDX mode and/or an FDX-B mode and that use a switchable load impedance across the transponders' resonant antenna circuit to induce amplitude and/or frequency modulation. One embodiment of the invention includes an inductive antenna including two terminals connected to tag circuitry, where the inductive antenna forms a resonant antenna circuit tuned to resonate at the frequency of the activation signal. The tag circuitry and the resonant antenna circuitry are configurable as an oscillator, the tag circuitry is configured to be powered by electric current induced in the resonant antenna circuit, includes at least one switchable load impedance connected across the antenna resonant circuit, configured to amplitude modulate the activation signal appearing at the resonant antenna circuit terminals using a switchable load impedance, and to frequency shift key modulate the oscillator signal appearing at the resonant antenna circuit terminals. | 2014-02-27 |
20140054386 | Enabling Distant Reading of Scannable Codes - A system for displaying a QR code in vicinity of a commercial sign, the system comprising a panel comprising a QR code displayed thereon; and a fastener to attach the QR code panel to a signage system such that size of the QR code is larger than a 2x2 cm square where interested parties are able to scan the QR code from more than 10 feet away. | 2014-02-27 |
20140054387 | VALVE AND VALVE SYSTEM RESPONSIVE TO FLUID TEMPERATURE - A valve is provided and includes a bypass block defining a bypass flowpath fluidly communicable with main flowpaths, a member disposable within the bypass block to occupy and move between first and second positions, the member being configured to permit fluid flow through the bypass flowpath when occupying the first position and to block a portion of the bypass flowpath to thereby prevent fluid flow through the bypass flowpath when occupying the second position and an elastic element. The elastic element is coupled to the member and configured to bias the member in a biasing direction toward the second position responsive to a temperature of fluid flowing along the main flowpaths. | 2014-02-27 |
20140054388 | AIR-DIVERTING ELEMENT WITH A FLOW-OPTIMIZED CONTOUR FOR AN AIR-CONDITIONING SYSTEM - The invention relates to an air-diverting element with a flow-optimized contour for an air-conditioning system, in particular of a motor vehicle, which air-diverting element extends approximately perpendicular to an air flow direction. To divert an air flow through approximately 180° and at the same time nevertheless prevent pressure losses and disadvantageous acoustic effects, one end of the air-diverting element is adjoined by an approximately parabolic elongation which is situated opposite that side of the air-diverting element which faces away from the air flow direction. | 2014-02-27 |
20140054389 | RAILROAD ATTACHMENT CLAMP - A clamp for non-invasively attaching components to railroad track rails. The clamp provides a receiving slot for receiving a first flange of a track rail between upper and lower legs. Disposed within the slot is a resilient member or spring that is compressed when engaged by the first flange of the track rail. Compression of the resilient member allows for positioning a tab attached to a free end of the lower leg over an outside edge of a second flange of the track rail. | 2014-02-27 |
20140054390 | Tubular Service Device - A tubular service device, for cleaning, sandblasting, painting, etc. the exterior surface of a tubular. A hoop is positioned on a tubular string by a plurality of rollers, and holds a plurality of nozzles at a desired distance from the tubular surface. A pressurized fluid, such as a cleaning fluid, is pumped through the nozzles onto the tubular surface, at high pressures if required. The device is moved along the length of the tubular by powered rollers or a cable hoist. The tubular service device can also be used to paint or sandblast the tubular surface. A hood or enclosure may be added around the device to capture liquids and solids. The apparatus may be operated remotely, permitting personnel to remain in a secure location while elevated locations are cleaned. | 2014-02-27 |
20140054391 | SHOWERHEAD OR HAND SHOWER - A showerhead or hand shower with spray outlet openings and “x” (x>1) valves that control the inflow of a fluid to the spray outlet openings, wherein each valve can be activated independently of the other valves and comprises a movable valve body by means of which at least a first and a second valve position are realized, and for each of the “x” valves, a pushbutton is arranged to control it, wherein a displacement of the associated valve body takes place upon actuation of one or more pushbuttons, a control element is provided via which, when the same pushbutton or the same pushbuttons are actuated, the position of the associated valve body in the second valve position is secured and/or all other valve bodies whose associated pushbutton is not actuated are reset to the first valve position. | 2014-02-27 |
20140054392 | INTEGRATED SCR METERING INJECTION SYSTEM - The invention discloses an integrated SCR metering injection system. The integrated SCR metering injection system includes a metering injection unit and a water heating unit for heating the metering injection unit. The metering injection unit includes a pump body, a membrane pump and a metering valve. The water heating unit includes a water inlet joint, a water inlet pipe, a water outlet pipe and a multi-section water circulation pipe communicated with each other. The water heating unit is used for heating the metering injection unit by heated engine cooling water, so that the heated engine cooling water passes by the metering injection unit directly to improve the recycling rate of energy. | 2014-02-27 |
20140054393 | MOVABLE IRRIGATION MACHINE - A movable irrigation machine contains a machine body including plural wheels; a heating system including a supporting frame and plurality heat devices; a gas cylinder to supply gas toward the heat devices. Each heat device has an inlet for flowing water inwardly, an outlet for flowing heated water outwardly, and a gas intake for feeding gas into the each heat device; a first heat device on a right side of the heat devices has an inflow tube connected with an inlet of the first heat device; a second heat device on a left side of the heat devices has an outflow tube coupled with an outlet of the second heat device; the first heat device has a connecting pipe coupled with the outlet thereof and an inlet of a third heat device on a middle portion of the heat devices, and the third heat device has an outlet. | 2014-02-27 |
20140054394 | REDUCTANT DELIVERY UNIT FOR AUTOMOTIVE SELECTIVE CATALYTIC REDUCTION SYSTEMS - ACTIVE COOLING - A reductant delivery unit (RDU) delivers supplied reductant (aqueous urea solution) to the engine exhaust system. The delivered reductant is transformed into ammonia which then reacts with the exhaust oxides of nitrogen in a catalytic environment to produce nitrogen and H20. The reductant must be metered to coincide with the amount of NOx present in the exhaust, and also present sufficient spray quality of the delivered fluid to promote good mixing of the ammonia with the exhaust gas. The RDU is a liquid-cooled, making the RDU suitable for very high temperature environment applications. | 2014-02-27 |
20140054395 | NOZZLE DEVICE FOR A SPRAY ARM OF A DISHWASHER - A nozzle device for a spray arm of a dishwasher for spraying cleaning fluid out into a dishwashing space is provided with a fluid outflow surface for the outflow of the cleaning fluid from the nozzle device into the dishwashing space. The fluid outflow surface is configured with two subsurfaces which form an angle smaller than 180°. | 2014-02-27 |
20140054396 | FLUID INJECTOR - An injector for controllably injecting a fluid into an exhaust stream having a housing that defines a chamber for storing the fluid and a metering orifice defined by an annular flow passage in fluid communication with the chamber. A valve member is movable between closed and open positions for controlling the flow of fluid from the chamber, through the annular flow passage, and into the exhaust stream. | 2014-02-27 |
20140054397 | SHOWER HEAD WITH AUTO-LOCKING COVER - A shower head with an auto-locking cover includes a body unit, a rotation support seat, a seal seat and a cover unit. The seal seat is fixedly connected to an underside of the body unit. The rotation support seat is secured through the body unit and the seal seat. The rotation support seat is formed with an insertion hole and an engaging step. The cover unit is formed with a hook corresponding to the insertion hole and the engaging step. The cover unit is mounted to an underside of the rotation support seat. The rotation support seat is further formed with an elastic piece. The cover unit is formed with an engaging recess corresponding to the elastic piece. By turning the rotation support seat, the elastic piece is engaged in the engaging recess so that the cover unit is connected to the underside of the rotation support seat. | 2014-02-27 |
20140054398 | SHOWERHEAD SYSTEM WITH FRONT MOUNTED DIVERTER CONTROL INTERFACE - A shower fixture is provided that includes a fixed fluid dispensing unit and a removable fluid dispensing unit releasably secured to a receptacle therefor associated with the fixed dispensing unit such that the fixed dispensing unit and removable dispensing unit in a secured relationship form an integral dispensing face. A fluid supply provides selective communication with a front mounted diverter control interface for directing fluid flow to at least one of the fixed and removable fluid dispensing units. | 2014-02-27 |
20140054399 | Spray Gun with Rotary Valve - A spray gun includes a gun body, a rotary plug and a button. The gun body has a valve seat extending in between an inlet passage and an outlet passage thereof. The plug is accommodated in a chamber of the valve seat and has a fluid path so that the plug is rotatable between an open position where the fluid path joins the inlet passage and the outlet passage and a closed position where the plug separates the inlet passage from the outlet passage. The button has two lobes joined to opposite ends of the plug. An elastomeric seal ring is sleeved around the plug. A backup ring adjacent to the seal ring is sleeved around the plug. The seal ring and the backup ring are held in between a shoulder of the valve seat and the respective lobe of the button. | 2014-02-27 |
20140054400 | Device For Dispensing Liquid Product Provided With A Flow Reduction Member - A liquid dispenser device that includes: a dispenser endpiece including a cavity having an end wall from which there extends a longitudinal liquid outlet channel; and a flow reducer member that is fitted in the cavity of the endpiece, the flow reducer member including a transverse surface that co-operates with the end wall of the endpiece to define a liquid deflector channel that extends in a transverse plane, the deflector channel being non-rectilinear. | 2014-02-27 |
20140054401 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR OUTPUT OF MINERAL MATERIAL FROM A DRUM MILL - The invention concerns a method and an arrangement for the output of mineral material from a drum mill having a horizontal rotation axis, a sieving wall at its end wall, material can leave through the sieving openings in to pulp-lifting chambers, limited by the sieving wall, the end wall, a limiting wall, and limiting walls that lead towards an output cone, whereby material in the pulp-lifting chamber is emptied down towards the output cone when the pulp-lifting chamber is an upper part of a revolution. In order to increase the rate of revolution, material that does not reach the material output cone is collected in a material collection pocket which carry the material at a level radially closer to the rotation axis than the inner limiting wall, whereby collected mineral material leaves the material collection pocket during, a subsequent revolution. | 2014-02-27 |
20140054402 | Rotary crushing pair with uneven surfaces - A rotary crushing pair with uneven surfaces for cone crushers and roller crushers includes: a first crushing part and a second crushing part interacting with each other, wherein two crushing surfaces forming the crushing pair are uneven surfaces; the uneven surfaces are formed by single-helical ribs, loop ribs, mesh-like ribs, etc. By replacing a conventional solid smooth plate-like design with an uneven surface design of the rotary crushing pair, a main crushing mechanism, pressing, of conventional cone crushers and roller crushers is replaced by a combination of effective crushing mechanisms such as splitting, folding, twisting and cutting for fully eliminating slipping and greatly increasing crushing efficiency of the crusher. | 2014-02-27 |
20140054403 | FISHING REEL HOUSING WITH ADJUSTABLE LINE RETAINER ASSEMBLY - A fishing reel housing for attachment to a rod along a longitudinal rod axis. The housing has a shaft for accepting a central bore of a line dispensing spool and an adjustment mechanism for selectively adjusting the shaft in position transversely away from the rod axis while maintaining its position along the rod axis. The fishing reel housing includes an adjustable line retainer assembly which moves a line retainer radially outwardly from the shaft as the adjustment mechanism is selectively adjusted. A fishing reel comprises the adjustable line retainer and reel housing with a spool with a central bore mounted thereon. | 2014-02-27 |
20140054404 | Barrier Storage Cartridge - A cylindrical cartridge used for the storage and protection of all types of barrier fencing. The devise is designed to extend the life of barrier fencing, reduce waste and reduce cost. The cartridge has an interior hollow pipe shaft with rollers mounted to the shaft to create a spool. The spool shaft extends through the top of the cartridge and is fitted with a manually operated crank handle. A vertical slotted opening in the side of the cartridge of varying widths dependent on the barrier material being used allows the extraction and retraction of the barrier fencing. The bottom of the cartridge has an opening in the centre equal to that of the interior dimension of the hollow shaft. The bottom opening allows for the mounting of the cartridge to a ground spike or stabilizing plate. | 2014-02-27 |
20140054405 | SEAT BELT WEB RETRACTORS AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Seat belt web retractors and associated systems and methods are described herein. Web retractors assemblies configured in accordance with various embodiments of the present technology can include, for example, a frame having a first sidewall and a second sidewall opposite the first sidewall, and a spring-loaded shaft extending between the first and second sidewalls. The web retractor can further include a locking mechanism positioned proximate to the first sidewall of the frame and operably coupled to the shaft. The locking mechanism can include a vehicle inertia sensor and/or a web inertia sensor. A cover can enclose the locking mechanism such that the cover and the first sidewall form a liquid-sealed enclosure around the locking mechanism. | 2014-02-27 |
20140054406 | TRANSFORMABLE CABLE REELS AND RELATED ASSEMBLIES AND METHODS - Transformable cable reels, related assemblies and methods are disclosed. The transformable cable reels may be provided in a first reel configuration for spooling on cable to the transformable cable reel and to pay out the spooled cable from the transformable cable reel. Cable spooled on the transformable cable reel may be payed out during cable installations. The transformable cable reel may also be configured in a second reel configuration for storage of any excess cable after cable payout. As one non-limiting example, the volume of the cable reel may be less in the second reel configuration than in the first reel configuration so that less volume is required to store the transformable cable reel. Providing the transformable cable reel in the second reel configuration may make it more feasible to store the transformable cable reel in fiber optic equipment, and/or avoid storing excess cable removed from a cable reel. | 2014-02-27 |
20140054407 | Rewinding Machine And Method For Producing Logs Of Web Material - The machine includes a first winding roller and a concave plate extending around the first winding roller. The first winding roller and the concave plate define a feed channel of the web material. Upstream of the concave plate there is arranged a moving member including a pinching surface cooperating with the first winding roller to pinch the web material against the first winding roller. The moving member is arranged and controlled to pinch the web material against the surface of the first winding roller and decelerate the web material between the moving member and the surface of the first winding roller, causing a leading edge to wind around itself to form a winding nucleus of a log. | 2014-02-27 |
20140054408 | MANDREL CUPPING ASSEMBLY - A mandrel cupping assembly for releasably engaging the unsupported ends of a plurality of mandrels disposed on a web winding turret assembly is disclosed. The mandrel cupping assembly comprises a cupping arm turret, a mandrel cup and cupping arm cooperatively associated with each mandrel, an outer ring guide disposed coaxially about the cupping arm turret, and a first actuator. Each of the mandrel cups and cupping arms are disposed radially about the cupping arm turret. The mandrel cups releasably engage the unsupported end of the mandrel against the outer ring guide. The mandrel cups have a hold-open position and a hold-closed position and are carried in a radial orbital path about the cupping arm turret while disposed in either of the hold-open position or the hold-closed position. The first actuator disposes each of the mandrel cups and cupping arms from the hold-open position to the hold-closed position. | 2014-02-27 |