| 09th week of 2018 patent applcation highlights part 4 |
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| 20180055249 | DISPLAY CASE - Display case is provided that includes an upper portion and a lower portion. The upper portion has a rim defining an opening, a substantially cylindrical portion extending from the rim, and a curvilinear portion extending from the substantially cylindrical portion and terminating in a substantially flat portion. The lower portion includes a first surface having a first receiving portion formed therein, a sealing surface extending from the first surface and configured to be inserted into of the opening and engage with the substantially cylindrical portion, and a second surface opposite the first surface which forms a second receiving portion. The first receiving portion and the second receiving portion are substantially the same size and configured to receive a base of a toy. | 2018-03-01 |
| 20180055250 | CONSUMER PRODUCT ADJUSTABLE MERCHANDISING TRAY - A merchandising tray used for displaying product containers includes a base defining a support surface, and a single side wall divider connected to the base. The single side wall divider has a vertical wall provided with a rearward end and a forward end, a first retaining structure formed between the rearward end and the forward end, and the forward end being formed with a supporting wall having a second retaining structure. The merchandising tray is adapted to be suspended upon a group of like adjacently disposed merchandising trays such that the first retaining structure is engaged with the second retaining structure. A merchandising tray arrangement and methods of using the merchandising trays are also disclosed. | 2018-03-01 |
| 20180055251 | MERCHANDISERS, MATS, HANG TABS, AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURE AND USE THEREOF - This disclosure discloses various merchandisers, mats, hang tabs, and methods of manufacture and use thereof. | 2018-03-01 |
| 20180055252 | NECK SUPPORT PILLOW - The neck support pillow includes a main pillow body and a neck support member releasably engaged to the main pillow body. The neck support member includes a first body portion covering at least part of a first face of the main pillow body adjacent an edge of the main pillow body for supporting the neck in use and a second body portion extending from the first portion over the edge of the main pillow body towards a second face of the main pillow body. The neck support member provides a raised surface relative to the main pillow body surface for supporting the neck in use. Neck support members and uses of the neck support members are also described. | 2018-03-01 |
| 20180055253 | CUSHIONS - A cushion including a pillow portion useable for supporting the head of a user of the cushion and an elongate trunk portion that extends away from the pillow portion and which is usable for supporting the chin of the user. Wherein the pillow portion is shaped so that it is useable to extend from at least a position on the back of the neck of a user whose head is being supported by the pillow portion that is less than three centimetres from the mid-point of the back of the neck to at least a position where it contacts an ear of the user, and wherein in this use of the pillow portion the trunk portion extends away from the pillow portion towards the chin of the user. | 2018-03-01 |
| 20180055254 | CEREAL BOWL ASSEMBLY - A cereal bowl assembly that includes a base bowl, where the base bowl includes a first diameter; and a cereal bowl, where the cereal bowl includes a second diameter and the second diameter smaller than the first diameter, where the cereal bowl is adapted to fit into the base bowl. Advantageously the cereal bowl includes a plurality of holes within a bottom surface. The cereal bowl may further include support brackets extending from the cereal bowl, where the support brackets extend over a lip of the base bowl and down the outside of the base bowl. The cereal bowl may also include a handle extending from an edge, where the support brackets and handle are adapted to support the cereal bowl over the base bowl. | 2018-03-01 |
| 20180055255 | Agitating Device For Infusing Food Flavors Into A Surrounding Liquid And An Infusion Device Having Same - An agitating device is provided that extracts food particles from food suspended in a liquid. The agitating device includes a rim, an interior portion having a plurality of apertures and a plurality of projections that extend from the interior portion, and a plurality of tabs that mechanically couple the rim and the interior portion. Furthermore, an infusion device is provided that infuses food flavors from food suspended in a liquid. The infusion device includes a lid, a container having an open end and a closed end, and the agitating device placed between the lid and the container. The plurality of projections extends from the interior portion toward the closed end of the container. The interior portion of the agitating device includes a surface that supports the plurality of projections oriented between 0° and 180° relative to the surface. | 2018-03-01 |
| 20180055256 | GLASS - Provided is a glass that includes a support, a bowl that is configured to contain a fluid and defining a central axis. The glass may also include a labile connector fastened to the support and to the bowl, the labile connector allowing the cup to rotate eccentrically with respect to the support. | 2018-03-01 |
| 20180055257 | DRINKING CONTAINER - A drinking container is provided that can include a lid member and a cup member. The lid member can include a base member and a spout extending up from the base member. The spout can provide a fluid passageway from outside the drinking container to the volume of the cup member so that a child may drink liquid contained within the cup member. When the lid member is removably coupled to the cup member, two or more seals are created around the circumference of the drinking container between the lid member and the cup member to decrease the likelihood of leakage from between the cup member and the lid member when the lid is coupled to the cup member. | 2018-03-01 |
| 20180055258 | FINGER-MOUNTABLE UTENSILS AND RELATED METHODS - Disclosed are exemplary embodiments of finger-mountable utensils and related methods. In an exemplary embodiment, a utensil generally includes a handle for supporting a utensil piece. The handle has a distal stem portion and an opening proximal to the distal stem portion. The opening is configured to receive one or more user fingers to support the handle and utensil piece without the received one or more fingers having to contact the distal stem portion during use of the utensil. | 2018-03-01 |
| 20180055259 | Culinary Utensil Holders - A culinary knife block assembly includes a block containing a series of knife holders, each knife holder including one or more friction ribs for engagement with a knife and including a resilient latch for releasably attaching the knife holder to the block. | 2018-03-01 |
| 20180055260 | SUPPORT APPARATUS FOR HOLDING AND TRANSPORTING BEVERAGE GLASSES, AND METHOD OF USING SAME - A beverage glass transport apparatus holds and transports multiple beverage glasses, each having a narrow base portion and a wider upper portion. The apparatus includes a unitary fork body with two spaced apart arms defining a slot therebetween, with an opening at one end of the fork body. Optionally, each arm may include an inner band and an outer band joined to the inner band. The inner bands have upper surfaces which cooperate to define a plane. Each of the outer bands extends in a direction away from the plane, which may be downwardly. The fork body also includes a bridge interconnecting the arms, the bridge disposed at an end of the fork body opposite the opening. The fork body also includes a handle attached to the bridge portion, for being grasped by a user to carry the apparatus. A method of using the apparatus to transport beverages is also described. | 2018-03-01 |
| 20180055261 | BEVERAGE CONTAINER HOLDER - A chair shaped device including an aperture for receiving and holding a beverage container. | 2018-03-01 |
| 20180055262 | BOTTLE STORAGE BRACKET - A bracket is described for securely storing a bottle is disclosed. The bracket may include a clip configured to receive a neck of the bottle, and a mounting face configured to securely mount the bracket to a vertical mounting surface. In some examples, the mounting surface may further include a base configured to receive a body of the bottle. | 2018-03-01 |
| 20180055263 | Electric Wine Decanter - An electric wine decanter comprises a housing, an air pump, a spout, the retaining base and a control switch. The retaining base is provided with a vent hole for communicating with the air in the wine container and a wine guide tube for extending to a bottom of the wine container. The housing further includes a directional control valve therein for controlling an air flow switch of the air pump and a drive device for controlling the operation of the directional control valve. The directional control valve includes a valve body and a valve seat mounted to a bottom of the valve body. It is only necessary to install the electric wine decanter on the mouth of the wine container. By the opening and closing of the different valve mouths, the flow path of the air flow is changed to realize the functions of pressure-holding, vacuumizing and decanting. | 2018-03-01 |
| 20180055264 | Wardrobe Hanger Rod Assembly - A hanger rod assembly for hanging clothes in a wardrobe. The hanger rod assembly includes a hanger rod frame having a first hanger rod, a second hanger rod and a third hanger rod. The first hanger rod, the second hanger rod and the third hanger rod are each parallel to one another. A plurality of stabilization rods is movably affixed to the first hanger rod. An elongation frame can be telescopically secured to the hanger rod frame, allowing the wardrobe hanger rod assembly to extend to fit wardrobes of diverse sizes. A plurality of hooks is affixed to the hanger rod frame and the elongation frame. | 2018-03-01 |
| 20180055265 | CLOTHES HANGER HAVING EXTENSION RODS - A clothes hanger may be configured with extension rods that are adapted to cause a lower portion of a garment hung on the hanger to be pulled tautly between the extension rods. The extension rods may be adapted to cooperate to impede wrinkling of a lower portion of the garment. The hanger may have a hook portion and a shoulder portion. The extension rods may be flexible and resilient, and may be coupled to the shoulder portion via respective torsion springs, or by a detent mechanism. The hanger may include a housing that contains the torsion springs or detent mechanism. At least one of the extension rods may be a telescoping rod. The rods may be hinged to the shoulder portion. The rods may be adapted to be folded up into the hanger to emulate the look of a conventional clothes hanger. | 2018-03-01 |
| 20180055266 | Floor Mat with Hidden Base Component - This invention relates to a washable multi-component magnetic floor mat with a hidden base component. The floor mat contains a textile component and a base component. The textile component and the base component are attached to one another by magnetic attraction. The magnetic attraction is provided by incorporation of magnetic particles in both the textile and base components. The textile component is designed to be soiled, washed, and re-used, thereby providing ideal end-use applications in areas such as building entryways. The present invention eliminates the need to wash the base component of the floor mat which results in environmental, cost and labor conservation. Alignment and deployment of the textile component with the base component in an efficient manner is also described herein. | 2018-03-01 |
| 20180055267 | Portable Framed Artistic Window Pane Covers - A portable framed artistic window pane covers includes plain and textured window pane film mounted on glass or transparent polyvinyl sheet with a prismatic effect that allows incoming light to pass through a window pane while refracting the light at random or semi-random angles in a manner that distorts viewed images through window panes of any size outside a home, office, or structure to create privacy for persons inside home, office, and other structures. | 2018-03-01 |
| 20180055268 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PEELING - Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method and a device for peeling, including a peeling means, a fixing means, a first motor, a second motor, a control device for controlling the peeling means, a three-dimensional (3D) modeling apparatus configured to acquire three-dimensional coordinates of the surface of the item to be peeled, and a processing and controlling unit, wherein the processing and controlling unit is connected to the three-dimensional modeling apparatus and configured to determine an operating parameter of the peeling means, an operating parameter of the first motor and an operating parameter of the second motor, the processing and controlling unit is further connected to the first motor and controls the first motor to drive the movement of the fixing means, the processing and controlling unit is further connected to the second motor and control the second motor to drive the movement of the peeling means. | 2018-03-01 |
| 20180055269 | STEAM COOKING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A steam cooking system includes a first steam cooking cavity, a second steam cooking cavity and a steam generator. The steam generator includes a steam outlet for selectively feeding steam to one or both of the first steam cooking cavity and the second steam cooking cavity, the outlet selectively connectable to feed steam to the first steam cooking cavity and/or the second steam cooking cavity via a valved fluid path. The valved fluid path includes a main supply valve, a first valve and a second valve configured and controllable to assure that the steam generator outlet is always connect to atmosphere by one or more paths. | 2018-03-01 |
| 20180055270 | COOKING APPARATUSES, LABELING SYSTEMS, METHODS FOR SOUS VIDE COOKING - Methods, apparatus, and systems for providing information available during the packaging process for a food to be available during the cooking process for the food. | 2018-03-01 |
| 20180055271 | SOUS-VIDE COOKING CHAMBER - A sous-vide cooker for sous-vide cooking applications is disclosed. The sous-vide cooker is particularly suited for use in home kitchens and on small countertops. The sous-vide cooker includes a removable inner tank cooking chamber. The sous-vide cooker has a magnetic stirrer that agitates the water for better temperature homogeneity. In at least one embodiment, the sous-vide cooker can also accept multiple tank cooking chambers that each heat at different temperatures. In at least one embodiment, a temperature controller is present on the outer surface of the outer enclosure. The temperature controller may be used to control the temperature, the period of time cooking is to occur, and the degree of agitation exerted by the agitation device. In at least one embodiment, the temperature controller can be further configurable to store a number of pre-defined user settings or user-input specifications. | 2018-03-01 |
| 20180055272 | FILTER VESSEL - A filter vessel for accommodating a filter insert made of water-permeable material and fillable with coffee grounds. The filter vessel includes a bottom; and side walls upwardly extending from the bottom and spreading outwardly. The bottom includes at least two openings through which a filtrate can pass. The bottom includes a separating element in a central region of the bottom. The separating element divides a region above the bottom into two approximately equal sized drainage chambers. Each drainage chamber includes at least one of the at least two openings for discharging the filtrate. | 2018-03-01 |
| 20180055273 | TEAPOT - A teapot is disclosed. It comprises a body having an aperture, a lip extending about the aperture, a filter element positionable so as to extend into the body through the aperture whilst being supported by the lip, and a lid to close the aperture over the filter element. The teapot also comprises a dish in which to stand the filter element upon removal of the filter element from the body. The dish is stowable, when not in use, within the filter element so that the lid extends over both the filter element and the dish. | 2018-03-01 |
| 20180055274 | Manual Brewing Press - This invention provides a novel solution for a device and method including a hand-operated brewing press | 2018-03-01 |
| 20180055275 | MACHINE FOR PREPARING A BEVERAGE WITH REPEATABLE CHARACTERISTICS - A machine for preparing and dispensing espresso coffee or the like is described, said machine comprising: a first device for measuring the mass of an amount of ground coffee to be used for preparing an espresso coffee, a second device for measuring the mass of the brewed espresso coffee, a processing device for calculating a degree of concentration corresponding to a ratio between said mass of the amount of ground coffee and said mass of the brewed espresso coffee. | 2018-03-01 |
| 20180055276 | Hand Coffee Maker - A hand coffee maker includes a rack, a filtering device, a placement dish and a water tray. The rack includes an upright sheet, an annular top seat connected with an upper end of the upright sheet, and an annular bottom seat connected with a lower end of the upright sheet. The top seat has a center provided with a circular hole for placing the filtering device. The top seat has an outer periphery provided with a plurality of outer grooves to allow passage of a user's fingers. The bottom seat has a center provided with a circular hole for placing the placement dish. The bottom seat has an inner periphery provided with a plurality of inner grooves to allow passage of a user's fingers. The water tray is placed on the placement dish. | 2018-03-01 |
| 20180055277 | MILK-FROTHING DEVICE, DRINKS PREPARER COMPRISING SAME, AND METHOD FOR FROTHING MILK - A milk-frothing device may be provided that comprises a mixing chamber which is constructed such that, when the milk flows through the mixing chamber, shear forces act on the milk and lead to mechanical lysis of the proteins contained in the milk and hence effect improved frothing-up of the milk. A drinks preparer may be provided that comprises this milk-frothing device. A method may be provided for frothing-up of milk using this milk-frothing device. | 2018-03-01 |
| 20180055278 | Drink Layering Methods and Apparatuses - An apparatus for layering fluids in a container is provided. The apparatus may include a first component and a second component. The first component may include a first extension, a second extension, and a support portion disposed between the first extension and the second extension. When the first extension and the second extension are supported by the top of the drinking container, the support portion may be disposed at a vertical opening into the drinking container. The second component may include an upper portion defining a basin and a plurality of apertures extending between the basin and an exterior of the upper portion, a middle portion, and a lower portion. The lower portion or the middle portion may be configured to be coupled with the support portion of the first component to suspend the second component at the vertical opening into the drinking container. | 2018-03-01 |
| 20180055279 | Mixed Drink Producing Apparatus With An Overall Container With Multiple Chambers As Well As Household Refrigeration Apparatus With A Mixed Drink Producing Apparatus - A mixed drink producing apparatus for a household refrigeration apparatus with a first dispensing container, which is formed for receiving a first liquid having a first freezing point and addable to a mixed drink by the mixed drink producing apparatus and which is connected to a dispensing unit of the mixed drink producing apparatus for conducting the first liquid from the first dispensing container to the dispensing unit, and with at least one second dispensing container, which is formed for receiving a second liquid having a second freezing point different from the first freezing point and addable to a mixed drink by the mixed drink producing apparatus and which is connected to the dispensing unit of the mixed drink producing apparatus for conducting the second liquid from the second dispensing container to the dispensing unit, wherein the first dispensing container and the second dispensing container are formed as chambers in an overall container, and the chamber of the first dispensing container is separated from the chamber of the second dispensing container by at least one partition in the overall container. It can also be provided that a storage container is formed as a chamber in the overall container. | 2018-03-01 |
| 20180055280 | FOLDABLE FIREPLACE GRILL SYSTEM - A collapsible and portable fireplace apparatus is described herein that includes a housing that is expanded and opens to create an open space for forming a fire, the housing being supported by a lightweight base wire frame assembly that also maintains the housing in an expanded state while in use. Once the base wire frame assembly is removed, the fireplace easily folds or collapses at a number of pivot points for ease of storage and transport along with the wire frame assembly. For improved operability a shelf grate is provided within the open space of the housing to support the fuel above a base panel to allow air to circulate under the burning fuel. | 2018-03-01 |
| 20180055281 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR FLIPPING FOOD - Disclosure of a flipping device for cooking foods in an oven at home or at a commercial location resulting in a uniform cooking of the food as well as retaining a juicy texture uniformly within the food. | 2018-03-01 |
| 20180055282 | WAFFLE IRON PLATE - A waffle iron plate for forming a waffle having multiple scores, the plate comprising a base having a front surface and at least two spaced-apart ribs extending from the front surface of the base and configured to form the scores, whereby the waffle may be folded along the scores so as to have a bottom portion and two side portions. | 2018-03-01 |
| 20180055283 | ELECTRIC GRILL LIGHTER - An electric grill lighter has an electrically operated heating element that is bringable into contact with charcoal, and has a grip region for handling by a user. The grill lighter is usable without a line power connection and comprises a fan, an electric motor driving the fan, and an internal power supply for the heating element and the electric motor. A nozzle delivers air from the fan that emerges at the tip of the nozzle. The heating element is translationally displaceable such that it is displaceable between an idle position in which the heating element is inside the nozzle, and a contact position in which at least a sub-region of the heating element projects out of the tip of the nozzle and is bringable into contact with the charcoal. | 2018-03-01 |
| 20180055284 | ASH CATCHER AND SUPPORT CLIP FOR GRILLS - The present inventions are directed to an ash catcher system for use with a charcoal grill and having an ash catcher pan and a plurality of support clips. | 2018-03-01 |
| 20180055285 | MECHANICAL ARM FOR A STIR-FRYING ACTION IN COOKING - A mechanical arm and an operation system to perform a stir-frying action in cooking. The mechanical arm has motors and a plurality of links connecting with a pan. The links length and the binding angle are limited according to the pan action and the chefs' wrist through sum of sine function. In the other hands, weight and viscosity are different between different food materials. The operation system further controls the parameters, which include the velocity, the speed ratio of forward and backward, the rising time, the angel region of motor and the initial angle offset of pan, to adjust the action of mechanical arm performing the stir-flying action. It is suitable to decrease the time of food cooking and the hand burden. Therefore, the chefs can have more time to produce pre-treatment or post-production. | 2018-03-01 |
| 20180055286 | CLOSING DEVICE FOR AN APPARATUS FOR COOKING FOOD PRODUCTS - A closing device able to be associated with a cooking apparatus of the type where the food product is totally or partly immersed in a cooking liquid, for example a deep fryer, with a main body defining an internal chamber and with a mouth to which a tube to discharge the cooking liquid is coupled. The closing device comprises at least one insert which can be selectively associated with an end open toward the outside of the discharge tube, a closing element which can be selectively associated with the insert, and a gasket interposed between the insert and the closing element. | 2018-03-01 |
| 20180055287 | APPARATUS FOR COOKING FOOD PRODUCTS - An apparatus for cooking food products, comprising a main body, a containing chamber suitable to contain a cooking liquid, an exit element of the cooking liquid from said containing chamber, and a removal device. | 2018-03-01 |
| 20180055288 | GRINDERS, ANALYZERS, AND RELATED TECHNOLOGIES - Grinders, analyzers, and related technologies are described herein. The grinders can hold foodstuff that is periodically ground. The analyzers can analyze the foodstuff to determine information about the state of the foodstuff. Algorithms can be used to determine how to process the foodstuff, how to use the foodstuff, and/or when to discard the foodstuff. The grinder can be a portable, rechargeable electric coffee grinder configured to monitor the freshness of the coffee beans. When coffee beans become stale, they can be discarded and the coffee grinder can be refilled with fresh coffee beans. | 2018-03-01 |
| 20180055289 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATED COFFEE GRIND REFINEMENT - A system and method for coffee bean processing that includes a bean refinement chute with a bean grind inlet and a refined grind outlet; a filter system integrated into at least one surface within the chute; a vibration system operable in an active state that agitates bean grinds during progression from the bean grind inlet to the refined grind outlet; a refined grind chamber positioned adjacent to the refined grind outlet and thereby collects refined grinds; and a filtered grind chamber positioned beneath the filter system and thereby collects filtered grinds. | 2018-03-01 |
| 20180055290 | BLENDER AND EGGBEATER - A blender comprises a base, a blending mechanism and a fixing mechanism. The blending mechanism is formed by the encirclement of a plurality of thin and long curved blending units. The end portions of the two ends of each of the blending units are respectively inserted into the base. Parts of the end portions of all blending units in connection with the base are positioned on the same circumference. The clearances between two adjacent blending units are equal or similar. The fixing mechanism comprises a plurality of fixing units corresponding to the blending units one-to-one, and the fixing units are inserted into the base and fix the end portions of the corresponding blending unit that extend into the base in the base. The blender has the advantages of stable operation and uniform blending of the pulp and mediums after blending and beating. | 2018-03-01 |
| 20180055291 | TOOTHBRUSH HOLDER ASSEMBLY - The invention has for its main object to provide a toothbrush holder assembly that is capable of holding and keeping a toothbrush clean with the head of the tooth-brush upsidedown so that water droplets from the tooth-brush can make direct way down to a washbowl of a washstand, the interior of a kitchen sink, and the floor of a bathroom, and that is capable of preventing the toothbrush held from coming down abruptly on the floor of the bathroom. A toothbrush holder assembly | 2018-03-01 |
| 20180055292 | PORTABLE SOAP DISPENSING BOTTLE - A portable soap dispenser apparatus having a container bottle for liquid soap | 2018-03-01 |
| 20180055293 | Shower Head Hanger - Disclosed is a shower head assembly including a pipe section for attaching between a shower pipe and a shower head, said pipe section including a mounting block disposed thereon, said mounting block having a recess formed therein. A hanger arm is configured to be inserted into the recess for being removably attached to the pipe section and being held by the pipe section in a non-vertical orientation. When attached the hanger arm supports hangers for hanging items such as clothes. | 2018-03-01 |
| 20180055294 | DRYER AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - The present disclosure relates a dyer that includes a front case including a first opening surrounded by an air guide that protrudes forward and a plurality of exhaust holes formed around the first opening, a rear case coupled to the front case and including a second opening surrounded by a housing guide protrudes backward, the second opening overlapping the first opening, a fan housing that is coupled to the first and second openings, is moveable in forward and backward directions along the air guide and the housing guide, and includes a blast fan therein, and a heater that is formed on the fan housing and heats and ejects wind generated by the blast fan, and a direction of the wind ejected from the heater is changed depending on forward and backward movement of the fan housing. | 2018-03-01 |
| 20180055295 | INTELLIGENT CLOSESTOOL - The present disclosure provides an intelligent closestool including a closestool stand, a closestool seat, a closestool lid, a sensor and a controller. The sensor is configured to sense whether there is an object approaching, or moving away from, the closestool stand, and in the case that there is an object approaching the closestool stand, detect a standing direction of the object relative to the closestool stand. The controller is configured to open/close the closestool lid in the case that the sensor has sensed that the object approaches/moves away from the closestool stand; flip the closestool seat up in the case that the sensor has sensed that the object faces the closestool stand, and flip the closestool seat down in the case that the sensor has sensed that the object turns his or her back to the closestool stand. | 2018-03-01 |
| 20180055296 | TOILET APPARATUS - A toilet apparatus according to an embodiment includes a toilet seat, a main part, a toilet, a tank, and a radio wave sensor. The toilet seat is pivotally supported by the main part to be openable and closable. The toilet is provided under the main part. The main part is placed on the toilet. The tank is provided inside the toilet. Water for washing the toilet is stored in the tank. The radio wave sensor is disposed higher than the tank. The radio wave sensor detects a human body by radiating a radio wave frontward of the main part. | 2018-03-01 |
| 20180055297 | TOILET APPARATUS - A toilet apparatus according to an embodiment includes a human body detector and a controlled part. The toilet apparatus is mounted to a toilet. The human body detector radiates a radio wave and detects a human body based on the signal that is obtained. The human body detector outputs a control signal based on the detection result. The controlled part is controlled based on the control signal. The human body detector has two or more establishment times from when the signal is obtained until when the detection result based on the signal is established. | 2018-03-01 |
| 20180055298 | SEMI-AUTOMATIC APPARATUS FOR WASHING A BUILDING - A building cleaning apparatus includes a platform adapted to be suspended along a side of a building. The platform includes a base and a barrier mounted on the base that encloses an operator work station. The building cleaning apparatus includes a building cleaning structure mounted beneath the base of the platform. The building cleaning structure includes a cleaning component that is driven by a motor. The cleaning component is mounted such that at least a portion of the cleaning component is directly beneath the base of the platform during cleaning of the building. | 2018-03-01 |
| 20180055299 | SEMI-AUTOMATIC SYSTEM FOR WASHING A BUILDING - A cleaning brush apparatus that is mountable onto a platform that is suitably suspended from a building for cleaning exterior and/or interior surfaces of the building. The cleaning brush apparatus includes a cleaning brush that is rotatable relative to the platform about a rotation axis that is parallel to the longitudinal axis of the platform. The cleaning brush apparatus is mounted to the platform in a manner to define a walkway on the platform to the rear of the rotation axis that permits a human operator to walk on the platform behind the rotation axis and along at least a length of the cleaning brush apparatus. The cleaning brush apparatus may also be adjustably mounted on the platform to permit the cleaning brush apparatus to be adjusted in position on and relative to the platform in a direction parallel to the longitudinal axis. | 2018-03-01 |
| 20180055300 | SURFACE CLEANING APPARATUS - A reconfigurable upright vacuum cleaner has a surface cleaning head with a pedestal member pivotally mounted thereto. An upper portion, which comprises a portable surface cleaning unit removably mounted thereto, is mounted to the pedestal member. An above floor cleaning wand is removably mounted to the pedestal member. The portable surface cleaning unit is securable to the pedestal member by a portable surface cleaning unit lock. | 2018-03-01 |
| 20180055301 | SURFACE CLEANING APPARATUS - An upright surface cleaning apparatus may have a surface cleaning head with a central longitudinal axis extending between its front and rear ends. An upright section may be mounted to the surface cleaning head and may be moveable between a generally upright position and a rearwardly inclined in use position. The upright section may include an air treatment member assembly and a suction motor. The air treatment member assembly may include an air treatment member and a dirt collection region that is positioned laterally from the air treatment member. The suction motor may be positioned below at least one of the air treatment member and the dirt collection region. The first and second laterally opposed sides and one of the front side and the rear side of the air treatment member assembly may be generally rectangular in top plan view when the upright section is in the upright position. | 2018-03-01 |
| 20180055302 | SURFACE CLEANING APPARATUS - An upright surface cleaning apparatus comprises a surface cleaning head, an upright section and a rotatable mount. The upright section is moveably mounted to the surface cleaning head between a generally upright position and a rearwardly inclined in use position, the upright section has an air treatment member assembly, a push handle and a suction motor housing. The push handle has a longitudinally extending drive axis that extends through the air treatment member assembly and the suction motor housing. The rotatable mount rotatably mounts the upright section with respect to the surface cleaning head about an upright section axis wherein the rotatable mount underlies the upright section when the upright section is in the generally upright position. | 2018-03-01 |
| 20180055303 | SURFACE CLEANING APPARATUS - An upright surface cleaning apparatus comprises a surface cleaning head and an upright section. The surface cleaning head has rear wheels having a diameter and a central longitudinal axis extending between the front and rear ends. The upright section is movably mounted to the surface cleaning head between a generally upright position and a rearwardly inclined in use position. The upright section has an air treatment member assembly comprising an air treatment member, a dirt collection region wherein at least a portion of the dirt collection region is exterior to and laterally spaced with respect to the air treatment member and a housing having a suction motor therein. The diameter of the rear wheels is greater than a depth of the portion of the dirt collection region in a direction of the central longitudinal axis. | 2018-03-01 |
| 20180055304 | SURFACE CLEANING APPARATUS - A low profile upright surface cleaning apparatus comprises an air flow duct which has a length in a lateral direction that is transverse to the central longitudinal axis (front to back) of the surface cleaning head that is greater than a depth of the air flow duct in a direction of the central longitudinal axis. | 2018-03-01 |
| 20180055305 | SURFACE CLEANING APPARATUS - A low profile upright surface cleaning apparatus has an upright section which includes an air treatment member and a dirt collection region that is positioned laterally from the air treatment member wherein at least 60% of the volume is positioned laterally from the cyclone and/or on only one side of the air treatment member. | 2018-03-01 |
| 20180055306 | SURFACE CLEANING APPARATUS - An upright surface cleaning apparatus has a surface cleaning head, a cleaning unit moveably mounted to the surface cleaning head between a generally upright position and a rearwardly inclined in use position and a push handle. The cleaning unit comprises a support structure and an air treatment member assembly, wherein the support structure is positioned rearward of a front face of the air treatment member assembly when the cleaning unit is in the generally upright position. The push handle comprises a longitudinally extending member and is mounted to the support structure and a portion of the air treatment member assembly extends rearward of the longitudinally extending member when the cleaning unit is in the generally upright position. | 2018-03-01 |
| 20180055307 | SURFACE CLEANING APPARATUS - A low profile upright surface cleaning apparatus comprises a surface cleaning head and an upright section moveably mounted to the surface cleaning head. The upright section comprises an air treatment member and a suction motor. Each lateral side of the upright section has a clean air outlet and post-motor porous filter media located upstream of the clean air outlet. | 2018-03-01 |
| 20180055308 | SURFACE CLEANING APPARATUS - An upright surface cleaning apparatus comprises a surface cleaning head and a cleaning unit moveably mounted to the surface cleaning head between a generally upright position and a rearwardly inclined in use position, and a telescoping push handle. The cleaning unit comprises an air treatment member assembly comprising an air treatment member and a suction motor. The telescoping push handle comprises upper and lower telescoping longitudinally extending members which are reconfigurable between a retracted position and a first extended position, the lower telescoping longitudinally extending member having a first pivot joint wherein the first pivot joint is non-rotationally locked when the push handle is in the retracted position and the upper telescoping longitudinally extending member is pivotal about the first pivot joint when the push handle is in the first extended position. | 2018-03-01 |
| 20180055309 | SURFACE CLEANING APPARATUS - An upright surface cleaning apparatus comprises a surface cleaning head a cleaning unit moveably mounted to the surface cleaning head between a generally upright position and a rearwardly inclined in use position, a push handle and an above floor cleaning assembly. The above floor cleaning assembly comprises a flexible conduit having an inlet end and an outlet end, wherein in a floor cleaning mode the above floor cleaning assembly is positioned between a front transverse plane that extends transverse to the central longitudinal axis of the surface cleaning head and is located at the front side of the cleaning unit and a rear transverse plane that extends transverse to the central longitudinal axis and is located at the rear side of the cleaning unit. | 2018-03-01 |
| 20180055310 | SURFACE CLEANING APPARATUS - An upright surface cleaning apparatus comprises a surface cleaning and an upright section moveably mounted to the surface cleaning head between a generally upright position and a rearwardly inclined in use position. The upright section comprising a cleaning unit comprising a carry handle wherein the carry handle extends in a direction transverse to the central longitudinal axis of the surface cleaning head and wherein the carry handle has a hand grip portion that has a length in the transverse direction that is greater than a depth of the cleaning unit in a direction of the central longitudinal axis. | 2018-03-01 |
| 20180055311 | SURFACE CLEANING APPARATUS - An upright surface cleaning apparatus comprises a surface cleaning head, a cleaning unit moveably mounted to the surface cleaning head between a generally upright position and a rearwardly inclined in use position, a push handle and an above floor cleaning assembly. The cleaning unit comprises an air treatment member and the push handle is rotatably mounted with respect to the cleaning unit. The above floor cleaning assembly comprises a flexible conduit having an inlet end and an outlet end, wherein in a floor cleaning mode a first portion of the flexible conduit having the outlet end is located on the second lateral side of the air treatment member and a second transverse portion of the flexible conduit extends from the second lateral side of the air treatment member over the upper end of the air treatment member to the first lateral side of the air treatment member wherein the second transverse portion is vertically spaced from the rotational joint. | 2018-03-01 |
| 20180055312 | ROBOT CLEANER, METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME, AND AUGMENTED REALITY SYSTEM - A robot cleaner includes a display unit, a camera unit configured to capture an image of a cleaning region when cleaning starts, a dust sensor configured to output a sensed signal corresponding to an amount of dust sucked in the cleaning region, and a control unit configured to calculate the amount of dust based on the sensed signal, to start an augmented reality (AR) mode when cleaning ends, to generate an AR image corresponding to the amount of dust, and to control the display module to superimpose the AR image on the image. | 2018-03-01 |
| 20180055313 | NOZZLE FOR CLEANER - A nozzle includes: a housing having a chamber formed in the housing and a front opening formed on a front side of the housing; a rotation cleaning part accommodated in the chamber and to clean a floor; a partition member provided in the chamber to partition the chamber into two areas and of which at least a portion is in contact with the rotation cleaning part; a driving unit to rotate the rotation cleaning part; and a connection tube connected to the housing and configured to transfer air introduced through the front opening to a dust container of the cleaner, wherein a lower passage formed below the rotation cleaning part and an upper passage formed above the rotation cleaning part are provided in the chamber, and a portion of the partition member is recessed to define the upper passages. | 2018-03-01 |
| 20180055314 | VACUUM CONDUIT ATTACHMENT TOOL FOR CONNECTION TO DIFFERENT SIZED VACUUM CONDUITS - An attachment tool for a vacuum cleaning system includes a hollow body that extends from a first end to a second end and defines a flow path, and a conduit connector disposed at the second end of the body. The first end of the hollow body defines an inlet for receiving debris therethrough. The conduit connector includes an outer collar that defines a first inner engagement surface for connection to an outer diameter of a first vacuum conduit, and an inner collar that is concentric with the outer collar and defines a second inner engagement surface for connection to an outer diameter of a second vacuum conduit smaller than the outer diameter of the first vacuum conduit. The inner collar is axially offset from the outer collar towards the first end of the body. | 2018-03-01 |
| 20180055315 | SURFACE CLEANING APPARATUS - A surface cleaning apparatus has a dirty air inlet and an air treatment member. The air treatment member includes a dirt collection region having an openable door. When an accessory is connected to the dirty air inlet, the openable door is inhibited from opening. | 2018-03-01 |
| 20180055316 | Dirt collecting device for a cleaning device, particularly a sweeping vehicle, and vacuum cleaner nozzle for a vacuum cleaner, and method for operating both devices - Method for operating a dirt collecting device for a sweeping vehicle or for a vacuum cleaner nozzle of a floor or upright vacuum cleaner, which each comprise a suction fan with controllable speed and/or power, wherein in a first method step, the suction power of the suction fan is set at such a low level that the suction pressure in the dirt collecting device or the vacuum cleaner nozzle is merely sufficient to convey and deposit the absorbed coarse dirt into the intermediate container, and to convey the absorbed fine dirt into a downstream collection container, (normal operation); and that in a second method step, the filling level in the intermediate container is detected with respect to the coarse dirt deposited therein; and that in a third method step, if the filling level in the intermediate container is exceeded, the suction power of the suction fan is increased such that the coarse dirt, which is temporarily deposited in the intermediate container, becomes dispersible and is conveyed into the downstream collection container (emptying mode). | 2018-03-01 |
| 20180055317 | DUST COLLECTOR AND VACUUM CLEANER HAVING THE SAME - A dust cleaner includes a primary cyclone part formed by an outer case and an inner case; and a secondary cyclone part including a set of cyclones. The secondary cyclone part includes a casing member mounted on the inner case and configured to form casings of the cyclones arranged around a hollow part; and vortex finders provided inside the casings and including guide vanes extending in a spiral direction and forming a revolving flow at outer circumferential surfaces. The casing member forms inlet flow paths of the cyclones, and each of the inlet flow paths is formed in a direction inclined with respect to a direction toward a center of each of the vortex finders to enable air to flow in a direction eccentric from the center of each of the vortex finders. | 2018-03-01 |
| 20180055318 | Vacuum Cleaner Having a Filter Cleaning Mechanism - A vacuum cleaner having a filter cleaning mechanism that is manually actuable while the vacuum cleaner is fully assembled is disclosed. A housing of the vacuum cleaner has an exterior side and an interior side, and a channel extends through the housing from the exterior side to the interior side. A filter brush is in contact with a side of the vacuum filter, and a rod extends slidably through the channel in the housing and is coupled to the filter brush. A handle is coupled to the rod, and movement of the handle slides the rod through the channel and moves the filter brush along the side of the vacuum filter to remove debris from the filter. The handle may be rotatable, and the filter cleaning mechanism may include a bellows or a sealing member. | 2018-03-01 |
| 20180055319 | FILTERATION ASSEMBLY FOR VACUUM CLEANER AND VACUUM CLEANER HAVING SAME - A filtration assembly ( | 2018-03-01 |
| 20180055320 | CLEANER - A cleaner includes: a suction unit that guides dust and air; a main body that includes a dust separation unit for separating dust from air guided through the suction unit; a main body terminal mounted on the main body; a handle unit that is slide-coupled to the main body; and a handle terminal mounted on the handle unit and is connected to the main body terminal when the handle unit is slide-coupled to the main body. | 2018-03-01 |
| 20180055321 | CLEANER - A cleaner includes: a suction unit that guides air and dust; a main body connected with the suction unit and including a dust separation unit that separates dust from air, and a dust container that stores dust separated by the dust separation unit, at least a portion of the dust container being transparent or translucent; a handle unit connected to the main body and has a battery; a power receiving component disposed in the main body to be supplied with power from the battery; wires that are connected to the power receiver; and a cover member coupled to the main body and disposed between the main body and the wires to prevent the wires from being seen from the outside of the dust container. | 2018-03-01 |
| 20180055322 | CLEANER - A cleaner includes: a suction motor that generates suction force; a suction unit that guides air and dust sucked by the suction force generated by the suction motor; a dust separation unit that separates dust from the air guided through the suction unit; a main PCB that generates control signals for the suction motor and includes a first PCB and a second PCB spaced apart from each other; a handle unit that receives the main PCB; and a PCB connector that connects the first PCB and the second PCB to each other and is coupled to the handle unit. | 2018-03-01 |
| 20180055323 | CLEANER - A cleaner includes: a suction unit; a main body that is connected with the suction unit and separates dust from air sucked through the suction unit; and a handle unit that is connected to the main body, wherein the main body includes: a first body and a second body; a sealing member for sealing a boundary between the first body and the second body; and a support body that supports the sealing member and has an opening that communicates with the suction unit. | 2018-03-01 |
| 20180055324 | CLEANER - A cleaner includes: a battery housing: a main body terminal that is disposed in the battery housing; and a battery that is separably coupled to the battery housing, wherein the battery includes: a plurality of battery cells; a battery management unit to manage voltage of the battery cells; and a battery terminal that is connected to the battery management unit and is connected to the main body terminal when the battery is inserted into the battery housing. | 2018-03-01 |
| 20180055325 | ROBOT CLEANER - A robot cleaner includes a housing a sensor assembly disposed in the housing, wherein the sensor assembly comprises a light source configured to emit light toward an area in front of the housing; a camera unit comprising a lens; a reflector configured to reflect light incident on a front of the housing toward a front region of the lens; and a guide member hollow inside configured to guide light incident on a top of the housing toward a rear region of the lens. The robot cleaner estimates a current position of the robot cleaner more accurately by correcting the current position of the robot cleaner estimated by using odometry information based on images acquired by the camera unit. | 2018-03-01 |
| 20180055326 | ROBOT CLEANER AND A SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAME - A robot cleaner includes a camera, a display unit configured to display a cleaning region projected by the camera, a communication unit configured to perform communication with a mobile terminal to receive an image including the cleaning region captured by the mobile terminal, and a control unit configured to search a cleaning region based on a traveling path of the robot cleaner, to predict an estimated traveling path of the robot cleaner based on the cleaning region and the image including the cleaning region, to generate an augmented reality (AR) image of the estimated traveling path, and to display the AR image to be superimposed on the image including the cleaning region. | 2018-03-01 |
| 20180055327 | WATER-SPRAYING MOP - A water-spraying mop comprising a mop rod, a mop head and a universal joint that rotationally connects the mop head and the mop rod; the mop rod comprises a water-squeezing frame that is disposed on the mop rod, and is capable of moving relative to the mop rod in an axial direction; the water-squeezing frame comprises a channel for allowing the mop head to pass through, a water-squeezing portion that is disposed in the channel, and faces the mop cloth while the mop head passes through the channel, and a liquid-spraying system consisted of a water tank, a water pump and a dynamic mechanism used for propelling the water pump to spray liquid; the water tank is disposed at the mop head, and the water pump is disposed in the mop rod. | 2018-03-01 |
| 20180055328 | ADSORPTION OF PARTICLES ON A MATERIAL CONTAINING A SILICONE POLYMER - A device for the dry cleansing of surfaces to remove particulates contains triboelectrically chargeable component(s) of an organic polymer material containing uniformly distributed finely divided silicone polymer particles. | 2018-03-01 |
| 20180055329 | CLEANING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CLEANING ITEMS TO BE CLEANED - Disclosed is a cleaning device for cleaning items to be cleaned. The cleaning device has at least one cleaning chamber and at least one covering device at least partially surrounding the cleaning chamber. The covering device can be moved in an opening movement direction from a closed position into an open position or in a closing movement direction from an open position into a closed position by means of at least one electromechanical drive via at least one transmission. The cleaning device furthermore has a sensor, which is designed to detect an action of a manual force on the covering device in the opening movement direction or in the closing movement direction. The cleaning device is furthermore designed to control the electromechanical drive in accordance with the detection of the action of the manual force. | 2018-03-01 |
| 20180055330 | DISHWASHER - A dishwasher including a washing tub having a bottom plate having an opening, a nozzle having a spraying hole configured to spray water, the nozzle passing through the opening, and a sealing member configured to seal the opening. The bottom plate includes a base portion on which the nozzle is installed, and a protruding portion extending downward from the base portion to form the opening, the nozzle includes a support portion on the base portion, and a nozzle side portion facing the protruding portion. A part of the support portion contacts the base portion and another part of the support portion is spaced apart from the base portion according to an inclination of the base portion, where the sealing member is disposed between the protruding portion and the nozzle side portion. The spraying trajectory of the water can thus be kept constant despite the inclination deviation of the base portion. | 2018-03-01 |
| 20180055331 | FLUID FLOW STRUCTURE AND METHOD OF USE FOR CONTINUOUS MOTION WASHING MACHINE - A washing machine and/or a fluid flow structure for a washing machine wash tank is provided. The wash tank is generally rectangular and includes a bottom wall, two side walls and two end walls extending upwardly from said bottom wall. The wash tank further includes at least one flow directional opening in at least one of the walls. In a preferred embodiment, the wash tank includes a plurality of flow directional openings positioned along one of the side walls of the wash tank. A fluid flow structure is located within said wash tank, which includes a fluid flow guide surface, and a support for said guide surface. The guide surface includes an expansion structure that is designed to counteract expansion of the guide surface that occurs during operation of the washing machine. In one embodiment the expansion structure is an expansion slot that engages a portion of the guide surface. As the guide surface expands the expansion slot is pressed against the portion of the guide surface, causing the expansion slot to expand into a relief area associated with the expansion slot at a location generally opposite of the portion of the guide surface. | 2018-03-01 |
| 20180055332 | DISHWASHER - A dishwasher includes a main body, a washing tub provided inside the main body, and configured to wash dishes therein, a fixed nozzle assembly fixed to one side of the washing tub, and configured to spray washing water; and a vane installed inside the washing tub in such a way to be movable along a first direction, and configured to reflect washing water sprayed from the fixed nozzle assembly toward the dishes. | 2018-03-01 |
| 20180055333 | DISHWASHER WITH SLIDABLE TINE ASSEMBLY - A dishwasher for cleaning utensils comprising a tub, a spray system, and a rack having a wireframe body, a set of fixed tines disposed on the wireframe body, and a set of slidably adjustable tines arranged in pairs and adjustable relative to the set of fixed tines. | 2018-03-01 |
| 20180055334 | ENDOSCOPE AND METHOD OF ASSEMBLING ENDOSCOPE - According to an aspect of the invention, the circumferential position of a protrusion portion of a light guide member is aligned with the position of a second groove portion of a pressing member and a tip portion of the light guide member is inserted into an insertion hole. Next, the light guide member is rotated to align the circumferential position of the protrusion portion of the light guide member with the position of a first groove portion of a mounting hole, and the tip portion of the light guide member is mounted in the mounting hole of a tip portion body. After that, a screw member is inserted into a through hole of the pressing member, is threadedly inserted into a screw hole of the tip portion body, and fixes the pressing member to a base end face of the tip portion body. | 2018-03-01 |
| 20180055335 | ENDOSCOPE DEVICE FOR DETECTING DISEASE BASED ON THERMAL IMAGES - Disclosed is an endoscope device. An endoscope device according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a heating source that heats a diagnosis target tissue; a cooling source that cools the diagnosis target tissue; a sensing unit that measures temperature of the diagnosis target tissue; and an image processing unit that obtains a first value meaning a temperature change for a predetermined time of the diagnosis target tissue heated by the heating source on the basis of the temperature obtained by the sensing unit, obtains a second value meaning time until the heated diagnosis target tissue is stabilized by being cooled by the cooling source after obtaining the first value, and produces an image for diagnose a tumor in the diagnosis target tissue on the basis of the first value and the second value. | 2018-03-01 |
| 20180055336 | BEND INFORMATION COMPUTATION APPARATUS, ENDOSCOPE SYSTEM INCLUDING BEND INFORMATION COMPUTATION APPARATUS, BEND INFORMATION COMPUTATION METHOD, AND PROGRAM FOR BEND INFORMATION COMPUTATION - A bend information computation apparatus is to compute bend information representing a direction and a magnitude of bend of a target group including targets disposed at an identical position along a light guide. Each target modulates the intensity of guided light in accordance with the direction and magnitude of bend. The apparatus includes an input unit to be input detected light quantity information corresponding to each target, a storage to store a bend coefficient and intensity modulation information of each target, and a light quantity information relationship between the bend coefficient and intensity modulation information and the detected light quantity information, a first arithmetic operator to calculate light quantity variation information of each target, based on the detected light quantity information and light quantity information relationship, and a second arithmetic operator to calculate the bend information of the target group, based on the light quantity variation information and bend coefficient. | 2018-03-01 |
| 20180055337 | TREATMENT-INSTRUMENT INSERTION AID - A treatment-instrument insertion aid ( | 2018-03-01 |
| 20180055338 | Endoscope Ideal for Single Use - The present invention is about an endoscope ideal for a single use. The endoscope is able to enter human's body capturing real-time endourologic imaging, bending the distal end, and allowing the entrance of surgical tools. The distal end carries imaging sensor(s) and MicroLED/OLED/infrared LED/Laser LED/Laser diode/LED lighting source(s). The lever on the handle is able to control the distal end for bending up to 275 degrees in two directions, for rotating the distal end up to 360 degrees, and for adjusting an image sensor's orientation. | 2018-03-01 |
| 20180055339 | INFLATABLE COVERS FOR TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY TRANSDUCER PROBES - A flexible cover for a probe having an ultrasound emitting tip that includes an inflatable portion, wherein the inflatable portion further includes a first reservoir, wherein the first reservoir is adapted to fit over the ultrasound emitting tip of the probe, and wherein the first reservoir is adapted to receive a first predetermined volume of fluid; a second reservoir adjacent to the first reservoir, wherein the second reservoir is adapted to receive a second predetermined volume of fluid; and a divider for completely separating the first reservoir from the second reservoir; and a collar connected to or formed integrally with the inflatable portion, wherein the collar is operative to seal the inflatable portion against the probe. | 2018-03-01 |
| 20180055340 | ENDOSCOPE APPARATUS AND ENDOSCOPE - An endoscope apparatus includes: an endoscope including an insertion portion, a suction conduit, a by-pass conduit, a suction button, and a solenoid valve; a high-frequency knife; and a valve opening/closing portion. | 2018-03-01 |
| 20180055341 | OBJECTIVE ARRANGEMENT AND ENDOSCOPE - In the case of an objective arrangement ( | 2018-03-01 |
| 20180055342 | ENDOSCOPE AND OPTICAL TRANSMISSION MODULE - An endoscope includes an insertion portion including an optical transmission module on a distal end portion, and an operation portion, the optical transmission module includes an optical fiber, a light emitting element, a holding member provided with a through-hole, a wiring board in which the light emitting element is bonded to a first main surface and the holding member is joined to the second main surface, and a transparent resin filling a space between a light emitting portion of the light emitting element and a distal end face of the optical fiber, and an entire periphery of a distal end portion of the optical fiber is tapered. | 2018-03-01 |
| 20180055343 | PHOTOACOUSTIC AND ULTRASONIC ENDOSCOPY SYSTEM INCLUDING A COAXIALLY CONFIGURED OPTICAL AND ELECTROMAGNETIC ROTARY WAVEGUIDE ASSEMBLY AND IMPLEMENTATION METHOD THEREOF - A photoacoustic-ultrasonic dual-mode endoscope includes: a probe and a probe driving unit, wherein the probe includes: a coaxially configured optical and electromagnetic rotary waveguide assembly including an optical fiber, the optical fiber including a core and a cladding, and a conductive path coaxially arranged with the optical fiber; a scanning tip located at an end of the coaxially configured optical and electromagnetic rotary waveguide assembly and configured to deliver a laser beam to an object to be examined and detect a photoacoustic signal and an ultrasonic signal generated from the object to be examined; and a plastic catheter surrounding outer surfaces of the coaxially configured optical and electromagnetic rotary waveguide assembly and the scanning tip, wherein the conductive path includes: a first conductive path including a portion coaxially arranged with the optical fiber; and a second conductive path including a portion coaxially arranged with the optical fiber and insulated from the first conductive path. | 2018-03-01 |
| 20180055344 | ENDOSCOPE - There is provided an endoscope of which a tip portion of an insertion unit can be reduced in diameter. A flat surface of an extending portion of a cap body is in contact with a planar mounting surface of an outer peripheral surface of a tip portion body and a second engagement portion is engaged with a first engagement portion in an endoscope of the invention, so that the tip portion body and the cap body are connected to each other. Further, a stringy or belt-like fixing member is disposed on an outer peripheral surface of a coating member, which covers a connecting portion between the tip portion body and the cap body, in the endoscope of the invention to fix engagement between the first and second engagement portions. | 2018-03-01 |
| 20180055345 | ENDOSCOPE PROCESSOR - An endoscope processor is used in combination with a scanning type endoscope capable of scanning an object by swinging an optical fiber that transmits illumination light supplied from a light source portion and displacing an irradiation position of the illumination light, and includes: a photodetection portion configured to detect return light from the object irradiated with the illumination light and generate and successively output a photodetection signal according to the detected return light; an image generation portion configured to generate an observation image of the object based on the photodetection signal; and a determination portion configured to determine whether or not the illumination light emitted through the optical fiber is intensively radiated to a minimum area, based on a magnitude of dispersion of brightness in the observation image. | 2018-03-01 |
| 20180055346 | LIGHT CONTROL DEVICE AND DIAGNOSTIC DEVICE - A light control device that performs, on an optical path of a light, optical control with respect to the light, comprises a blade, a rotary shaft member, a light control element, an upper substrate, and a lower substrate. The upper substrate is provided perpendicular to the rotary shaft member on one end of the rotary shaft member, has a first side surface positioned on the optical path side, and is formed to define a first space lateral to the first side surface and above a blade. The lower substrate is provided perpendicular to the rotary shaft member on other end of the rotary shaft member, has a second side surface positioned on the optical path side, and is formed to define a second space lateral to the second side surface and below the blade. | 2018-03-01 |
| 20180055347 | DEVICE FOR INTRA-CARDIAC AND INTRA-VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURE HAVING AN ENDOLUMINAL ULTRASOUND PROBE - Device for intra-cardiac and intra-vascular surgical procedure comprising an endoluminal ultrasound catheter probe which comprises a flexible tube a working channel for receiving and guiding transcatheter devices or instruments for the surgical procedure, and a three-dimension ultrasonic transducer, wherein the flexible tube has a working channel outlet on the distal end defining a ring-shaped surface, wherein the working channel longitudinal axis is off-centred in respect of the flexible tube longitudinal axis, thus defining a wider section and a narrower section of said ring-shaped surface, wherein the ultrasonic transducer is placed or coupled to the wider section. An embodiment comprises a hatch door for opening and closing the outlet, the hatch door being coupled to said wider section by a hinge, wherein the ultrasonic transducer is placed at said hatch door and the hatch door is hinged to rotate about an axis parallel to the longitudinal axis of the flexible tube. | 2018-03-01 |
| 20180055348 | BINOCULAR VIEWING ASSEMBLY FOR A SURGICAL VISUALIZATION SYSTEM - A surgical device includes a plurality of cameras integrated therein. The view of each of the plurality of cameras can be integrated together to provide a composite image. A surgical tool that includes an integrated camera may be used in conjunction with the surgical device. The image produced by the camera integrated with the surgical tool may be associated with the composite image generated by the plurality of cameras integrated in the surgical device. The position and orientation of the cameras and/or the surgical tool can be tracked, and the surgical tool can be rendered as transparent on the composite image. A surgical device may be powered by a hydraulic system, thereby reducing electromagnetic interference with tracking devices. | 2018-03-01 |
