| 10th week of 2015 patent applcation highlights part 49 |
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| 20150063846 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a paper feed unit, an image forming unit, a fixing unit, a conveyance unit, a control unit, a movement unit and an actuator. The fixing unit includes sandwiching members between which paper is sandwiched. The paper has a toner image thereon formed by the image forming unit. The sandwiching members form a nip part, and the fixing unit fixes the toner image to the paper at the nip part. When an execution condition is satisfied, the control unit performs first control under which the actuator releases a sandwiching pressure made by the sandwiching members and thereafter the movement unit moves the sandwiching members along a paper width direction which is at right angles to a conveyance direction of the paper. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063847 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD FOR IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND PROGRAM - In an image forming apparatus including an image forming unit configured to transfer a developing agent to a sheet for image forming and a plurality of fixing units each configured to perform a heat-fixing process on the developing agent transferred to the sheet by the image forming unit, whether the sheet is of a type for which a plurality of fixing units are to be used for performing a heat-fixing process is determined. It is controlled so as to electrify one fixing unit of the fixing units and not to electrify the other fixing units not to be used until the number of sheets having undergone the heat-fixing process by using the one fixing unit is equal to a predetermined number if the determining determines that the sheet is of a type for which a plurality of fixing units are to be used for performing a heat-fixing process. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063848 | IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD FOR THE SAME - A serial tandem image forming system is described which is capable of inhibiting both the degradation of image quality and the reduction of the productivity. This system consists mainly of the control units of upstream and downstream apparatuses. When a preceding sheet differs from the subsequent sheet in sheet type, a control unit for controlling the image forming system has the subsequent sheet stand by at a paper stop roller of the upstream apparatus, and performs the operation of switching the operating states of the upstream and downstream apparatuses in accordance with the sheet type of the subsequent sheet. Also, the control unit predicts the timing of finishing the switching of the operating state, and then re-starts the conveyance of the subsequent sheet, in advance of finishing the switching of the operating state, by controlling the paper stop roller on the basis of the predicted finishing timing. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063849 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - In an image forming apparatus, a high-density portion and a low-density portion are arranged close to each other such that a boundary between the high-density portion and the low-density portion intersects with the conveyance direction of a density detection patch. A controller compares, in the conveyance direction, temporal change in the density detection value at a boundary portion shifting from the high-density portion to the low-density portion, with temporal change in the density detection value at a boundary portion shifting from the low-density portion to the high-density portion, and sets a process condition based on a result of the comparison. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063850 | FIXING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A fixing apparatus includes an upper pressure roller, a fixing belt, a lower pressure roller which cooperates with the upper pressure roller and the fixing belt for forming a fixing nip portion which holds and conveys a sheet with a toner image therebetween; a drive motor which rotates the lower pressure roller; a plurality of motors each of which is capable of generating a braking force in the direction to hinder rotation of the upper pressure roller and an assist force in the direction to assist rotation of the upper pressure roller; a torque generation unit which generate an effective braking force in the direction to hinder rotation of the fixing side member as a combination of the braking and assist forces; and a control unit which switches the motor used to generate the braking force among the plurality of motors in accordance with a predetermined condition. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063851 | FIXING APPARATUS FOR FIXING IMAGES FORMED ON SHEET AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS PROVIDED WITH THIS FIXING APPARATUS - A fixing apparatus comprises a fixing nip width adjustment unit configured to adjust the fixing nip width of a fixing nip portion; a braking force generation motor configured to generate an effective braking force in the direction to hinder rotation of an upper pressure roller; and a control unit configured to perform restore control for rotating the upper pressure roller and a lower pressure roller by driving a drive motor and speed keeping control for keeping the rotational speed of the braking force generation motor no higher than a predetermined speed during the restore control in a non-fixing period in which the fixing nip width adjustment unit is controlled to decrease the fixing nip width smaller than in a fixing period and a braking force is applied to the fixing side member by the braking force generation motor. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063852 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit configured to form a toner image on a recording medium, a heating unit and a pressurizing unit provided in a fixing unit, a first heater, a second heater, and a control unit configured to alternately repeat a heating state and a non-heating state for the respective heaters and heat the heating unit. The control unit alternately subjects the first and second heaters to heating control such that any one of the first and second heaters is in the heated state, if a predetermined condition holds, sets a heating time of at least one heater shorter than a heating time during the alternate heating control and controls the first and second heaters such that any one of the first and second heaters is in the heating state or both of the first and second heaters are in the non-heating state. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063853 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - An image forming apparatus and a control method thereof in which occurrence or removal of a paper rolling state in a fusing device is judged based on temperature of the fusing device. The apparatus includes a temperature sensor to sense temperature of the fusing device, a memory to store information about occurrence or removal of the paper rolling state, and a controller to judge occurrence or removal of the paper rolling state. The controller detects an initial temperature of the fusing device when the apparatus is turned off and then on in a state in which the information about occurrence of the paper rolling state is stored in the memory, heats the fusing device by applying power thereto for a predetermined time based on the initial temperature, and judges occurrence or removal of the paper rolling state based on temperature of the fusing device detected after power application. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063854 | PRINTING CONTROL DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - A printing control device includes a receiving unit and a replacing unit. The receiving unit receives a print job, which includes gloss control printing data indicating a type of surface effect by predetermined density information and table information capable of identifying a surface-effect selection table used in creation of the gloss control printing data, from a host device. The replacing unit replaces a part or whole of the surface-effect selection table implemented in the printing control device in advance on the basis of the table information included in the print job. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063855 | VOLTAGE GENERATING APPARATUS FOR STABLY CONTROLLING VOLTAGE - A negative bias circuit outputs a DC voltage of a negative polarity. A positive bias circuit outputs a DC voltage of a positive polarity. The DC voltage of the positive polarity is used, for example, as a transfer voltage, and the DC voltage of the negative polarity is used as a cleaning voltage for cleaning toner. A cycle of the clock signal in a period during which the DC voltage of the first polarity is output is longer than a cycle of the clock signal in the period during which the voltage supplied to the load transits from the DC voltage of the first polarity to the DC voltage of the first polarity. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063856 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a sheet conveyance passage, a photosensitive drum, a transfer unit, a fixing section, a conveyance unit, one or more detection sensors, an airflow generating section, a cooling airflow passage, and a shielding member. The conveyance unit is at an opposite side of the transfer unit from the photosensitive drum with a predetermined clearance from the transfer unit. Each detection sensor is disposed to face the transfer unit in cross section intersecting the axial direction of the photosensitive drum. The sheet detection sensor performs a predetermined detection. The airflow generating section causes a cooling airflow to flow between the transfer unit and the conveyance unit in the axial direction. The cooling airflow passage guides the cooling airflow toward each detection sensor. The shielding member blocks an airflow from a location around the transfer unit toward the cooling airflow passage in a direction intersecting the axial direction. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063857 | Heat Transfer System for a Fuser Assembly - A fuser assembly for an electrophotographic imaging device which removes excess heat from overheated portions of the fuser assembly and includes a heating member; a backup roll disposed proximate to the heating member so as to form a fuser nip therewith; and a heat exchange roll in contact with the backup roll such that rotation of the backup roll rotates the heat exchange roll, the heat exchange roll having an air passage for moving cooling air from one end to an opposite end of the heat exchange roll so as to provide cooling to the fuser assembly. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063858 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - Disclosed is an image forming apparatus including: a printing paper transport path in which printing paper is transported; a secondary transfer unit and a fixing section both disposed on the printing paper transport path; an open/close cover that, when opened, exposes the printing paper transport path in a main body of the apparatus; a pressure roller, disposed in the fixing section, that presses the printing paper on a side thereof facing the open/close cover against the printing paper transport path; and cooling fans that cool down the pressure roller, wherein the secondary transfer unit and the cooling fans are attached to the open/close cover and disposed at such positions that the secondary transfer unit and the cooling fans move following overlapping paths when the open/close cover is opened/closed. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063859 | IMAGE FORMATION APPARATUS - An image formation apparatus includes: a developer image carrier configured to carry a developer image; a transfer unit provided in contact with the developer image carrier, and configured to transfer the developer image onto a medium which is conveyed along a medium conveyance path and passes through a contact between the developer image carrier and the transfer unit; a blower provided on one of upstream and downstream sides, in a medium conveyance direction, of the contact, and configured to cool the surface temperature of the developer image carrier; and a temperature sensor provided on the other of upstream and downstream sides, in the medium conveyance direction, of the contact, and configured to sense an ambient temperature around the developer image carrier. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063860 | CHARGING DEVICE - A charging device includes: a discharging electrode; a casing surrounding the discharging electrode and being provided with an opening in a member-to-be-charged side; a grid electrode provided in the opening and provided with a mesh portion having a plurality of through holes; a cleaning brush, including a base material and a plurality of fibers held on the base material, for cleaning the grid electrode by entrance of a part of the fibers into the through holes while contacting a surface of the grid electrode in the discharging electrode side; a shutter capable of shielding between the member-to-be-charged and the grid electrode; and a moving mechanism for moving the cleaning brush and the shutter along a longitudinal direction of the grid electrode. When the shutter is moved in a closing direction, the cleaning brush moves in advance of a leading end portion of the shutter with respect to the closing direction by a predetermined interval or more. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063861 | CLEANING DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR CLEANING - A cleaning device includes a semiconductive transfer member which carries charged toner; a first cleaner disposed in contact with the transfer member to electrostatically remove the toner on the transfer member; a second cleaner disposed downstream of the first cleaner along a moving direction of the transfer member to electrostatically remove the toner on the transfer member; and a voltage applicator which applies a bias voltage to the first cleaner, the bias voltage having an opposite polarity to a polarity of the toner. The bias voltage to be applied by the voltage applicator to the first cleaner is higher than a voltage which allows the first cleaner to remove maximum amount of the toner. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063862 | DEVELOPING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A developing device forms an image by developing an electrostatic latent image on a photoreceptor rotating about a rotation axis. The developing device includes a housing having an opening opposite the photoreceptor, a developing sleeve disposed inside the housing, a magnetic body disposed in a central portion of the developing sleeve and not in no-magnet portions thereof at both sides of the central portion, and seal members supported by the housing. Each of the seal members shields either one of portions of the photoreceptor that are located opposite the no-magnet portions and is in surface contact with either one of end portions of the photoreceptor farther from a center of the photoreceptor than the no-magnet portions. Each of the seal members includes, at an end thereof closer to the center of the photoreceptor than the other end thereof, a non-contact portion that is not in contact with the photoreceptor. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063863 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a shield case in which a circuit board mounted with an electric circuit is contained. The shield case has an electrical conductive case main body and an electrical conductive lid member. The case main body has an aperture formed in a part of one face. The lid member has one end turnably supported by the case main body and the other end fastened to the case main body by a screw when the aperture is closed. The case main body and lid member have an engaged part and an engaging part engaged with each other when the aperture is closed. The engaging part is formed so as to clamp the engaged part. The shield case is configured so that contact force between the engaging part and engaged part is increased, if the screw is rotated in a fastening direction when the aperture is closed. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063864 | FRAME OF APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A frame of an apparatus includes first and second skeleton frames arranged to face each other and third and fourth skeleton frames configured to couple the first and second skeleton frames. A first installation portion is provided on the third skeleton frame at a position closer to the second skeleton frame side than a center portion of the third skeleton frame. Second and third installation portions are provided on the fourth skeleton frame. A coupling stay includes a first end portion fixed to the third skeleton frame at a position closer to one skeleton frame out of the first and second skeleton frames than the center of the third skeleton frame and a second end portion fixed to the other skeleton frame out of the first and second skeleton frames at a position closer to the fourth skeleton frame side than the third skeleton frame. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063865 | TONER CONTAINER, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A toner container includes a substantially tetrahedral toner-containing portion having an openable edge to discharge toner contained in the toner-containing portion, and a reference fold along which the toner container is foldable after the openable edge is opened. The reference fold extends from the openable edge and is provided on medians of two triangular faces of the toner-containing portion adjoining each other along the openable edge. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063866 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An electrophotographic image forming apparatus may include a body frame; a developer cartridge; a toner cartridge mounted in the body frame to be detachable, and is configured to move to a first location where the toner cartridge starts to connect to the developer cartridge to supply toner and to a second location where the connection is completed; at least one first location regulating member provided in the developer cartridge and regulating a relative location of the toner cartridge with respect to the developer cartridge when the toner cartridge is located in the first location; and at least one second location regulating member provided in the body frame and regulating a relative location of the toner cartridge with respect to the developer cartridge so that the toner cartridge is spaced apart from the at least one first location regulating member when the toner cartridge is located in the second location. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063867 | IMAGE CARRIER UNIT AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image carrier unit includes an engage mechanism configured to attach a protection cover slidably to a unit casing in a rotational axis direction of an image carrier. The engage mechanism includes first and second engage mechanisms. The first engage mechanism includes a first engage portion provided at a first end portion in a width direction orthogonal to the rotational axis direction of the protection cover and a first engaged portion provided in the unit casing and engaged with the first engage portion, and is configured such that the first engage portion engages with the first engaged portion in orientation to one side in the width direction. The second engage mechanism is also configured such that a second engage portion engages with a second engaged portion in orientation to the one side in the width direction. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063868 | IMAGE HEATING UNIT, RECORDING MEDIUM CONVEYING UNIT AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image heating unit detachably mountable to an image forming apparatus, the image heating unit includes first and second rotatable members configured to and feed a recording material in an image heating process; a casing enclosing the first and second rotatable member and provided with an opening configured to permit passage of the recording material; a movable member movable relative to the opening between a first position taken when the image heating process is carried out and a second position in which a jam clearance operation is capable through the opening and in which a test finger is prevented from entering through the opening into the casing; and a locking mechanism configured to lock the movable member at the second position. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063869 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus is provided. The image forming apparatus may mechanically synchronize eccentricity and run-out deviation for each photosensitive drum of an image forming apparatus that does not individually drive the photosensitive drums. The image forming apparatus includes photosensitive drums in which electrostatic latent images are formed, a single motor configured to rotate the photosensitive drums, driving gears configured to transmit a rotating force of the single motor to the plurality of photosensitive drums, and couplers interposed between the photosensitive drums and the driving gears and configured to enable the photosensitive drums and the driving gears to be synchronized with each other in such a manner that any one of the photosensitive drums and the driving gears follows a phase of the other one thereof when the photosensitive drums are coupled to the driving gears. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063870 | Image Forming Apparatus - An image forming apparatus includes: a main body having an opening; a photoconductor unit including a photoconductor and removably mountable to the main body through the opening by moving the photoconductor unit in a first direction; an exposure member; and a moving mechanism configured to move the exposure member closer to and further from the photoconductor. The moving mechanism includes: a fixed shaft having an axial line thereof fixed relative to the main body; a first arm including one end portion thereof which is supported rotatably around the axial line of the fixed shaft; a movable shaft having an axial line thereof which is movable relative to the main body; and a second arm including: one end portion supporting the exposure member; and another end portion connected to the first arm via the movable shaft, and the second arm being swingable around the axial line of the movable shaft. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063871 | System and Method for Applying Liquid Toner to a Developing Member in a Digital Printer - A system for applying liquid toner to a developing member in a digital printer. The system includes a reservoir for storing liquid toner, a feed member and a developing member. The feed member is arranged to rotate to transfer liquid toner from the reservoir to the developing member. The system includes a feed assist member. The feed member is arranged for rotating in contact with the feed assist member and making contact with the feed assist member along a contact area which is located, when the system is operational, in the liquid toner in the reservoir. The feed assist member is provided with a compressible contact portion arranged for being compressed in the contact area between the feed member and the feed assist member. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063872 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus, toner container, and method are provided. The image forming apparatus includes a main body, and a toner container configured to be installed in the main body. The toner container is installed in a toner container installing groove that is formed in an upper housing part of the main body. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063873 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND TONER CARTRIDGE - A multi-functional peripheral includes a toner cartridge and an apparatus main body having a toner cartridge attaching section to which the toner cartridge is attached. The toner cartridge has a tubular outer circumferential surface extending along an inserting direction X for insertion of the toner cartridge into a containing space in the toner cartridge attaching section | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063874 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus is provided, which includes an image forming apparatus main body, and first and second toner containers mounted in the image forming apparatus main body, wherein the first and second toner containers are respectively mounted in first and second toner container mounting grooves that are concavely formed from a housing portion of the image forming apparatus main body. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063875 | TONER SUPPLYING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A toner supplying device includes: a toner container that is tubular, includes a spiral groove at an outer circumferential face, a toner discharge opening at one end in a longitudinal direction, and a depression at the other end in the longitudinal direction, and is rotationally driven to convey toner contained in the toner container along the spiral groove in the longitudinal direction to discharge the toner from the toner discharge opening; a rotational driving unit that engages with the one end of the toner container to rotationally drive the toner container to cause the toner container to discharge the toner; and a projection provided at an interior portion at which the toner container is installed, and having an inclination in which a projection amount increases toward downstream in a rotational direction of the toner container. The projection is formed to fall in the depression of the toner container. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063876 | Developer Storage Container - A developer storage container includes a container body, a discharging member, and a regulating member. The regulating member is disposed in a space formed by the container body and the discharging member, and partitions the space into a storage space to store developer in the container body and a discharging side space to store developer to be discharged from a discharging port. Further, the regulating member forms a passage hole to allow developer to pass through and regulates an amount of developer to be conveyed from the storage space to the discharging side space. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063877 | TONER CONTAINER AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - A toner container according to one aspect of the present disclosure is a toner container to be detachably mounted on an image forming apparatus. The toner container includes a container body, a pair of guide portions, and a storage portion. The container body contains toner. The pair of guide portions are provided on a bottom surface of the container body and allow the container body to be guided in a mounting direction toward a mounting position that allows toner to be supplied from the container body to the image forming apparatus. The storage portion is attached at a predetermined position between the pair of guide portions on the bottom surface of the container body. The storage portion stores information about toner contained in the container body. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063878 | AGITATING MECHANISM, TONER CONTAINER, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An agitating mechanism according to one aspect of the present disclosure is disposed in a toner container in which toner is stored. The agitating mechanism includes a rotation shaft member. The rotation shaft member is configured to support an agitating member that agitates the toner. The rotation shaft member is provided, together with the agitating member, in the toner container so as to be rotatable. The rotation shaft member has a through hole that passes through the rotation shaft member in a first direction orthogonal to a rotation axis direction. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063879 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus, including: a contact-separation mechanism configured to change over from a fully separated position in which an intermediate transfer member is separated from a first and a second image bearing members to a partly contacted position in which the intermediate transfer member is separated from the first image bearing member in contact with the second image bearing member to a fully contacted position in which the intermediate transfer member is in contact with the first and the second image bearing members; and a control portion configured to rotationally drive the first image bearing member when the contact-separation mechanism passes through the fully contacted position in association with an image formation for forming a toner image by only the second image bearing member in the partly contacted position. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063880 | TRANSFER ASSIST BLADE - There is described a transfer assist blade for an electrostatographic machine. The transfer assist blade includes a wear layer for contacting a copy sheet, an interior layer having a thickness of from about 150 microns to about 500 microns and a back layer comprising a thermoset polyimide having dispersed therein carbon particles such that an out surface of the back layer has a surface resistance of from about 1×10 | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063881 | Fixing Device Ensuring Smooth Delivery of Sheet - A fixing device includes a fixing member, a pressure member, and a guiding member. The guiding member includes a first guide surface, a second guide surface, and a pair of third guide surfaces consecutively installing both end portions in the axial direction of the first guide surface and both end portions in the axial direction of the second guide surface. The first end edge of the first guide surface has a first circular arc shape arranged such that a center portion in the axial direction projects toward the downstream side in the rotation direction with respect to both end portions in the axial direction. The second guide surface is one of a curved surface in a second circular arc shape arranged such that a center portion in the axial direction is close to the first circumference surface with respect to both end portions in the axial direction. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063882 | FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A fixing device includes a fixing belt, a pressuring member, a nip forming member, a supporting member, a heating source, a heat conducting member, and a reflecting member. The pressuring member comes into pressure contact with the fixing belt to form a fixing nip. The nip forming member presses the fixing belt toward the pressuring member. The heat conducting member comes into contact with an inner circumference face of the fixing belt and absorbs a radiant heat emitted from the heating source. The reflecting member includes a reflecting part and a regulating part. The reflecting part reflects the radiant heat emitted to the supporting member toward the heat conducting member. The regulating part is unified with the reflecting part and comes into contact with the inner circumference face of the fixing belt to regulate looseness of the fixing belt. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063883 | FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A fixing device includes a fixing belt, a pressuring member, a heating source, a heat conducting member and a reflecting member. The fixing belt is arranged rotatably. The pressuring member is arranged outside the fixing belt and comes into pressure contact with the fixing belt to form a fixing nip. The heating source is arranged inside the fixing belt to emit radiant heat. The heat conducting member comes into contact with an inner circumference face of the fixing belt and absorbs the radiant heat emitted from the heating source. The reflecting member includes a reflecting part and a nip forming part. The reflecting part reflects the radiant heat emitted from the heating source toward the heat conducting member. The nip forming part is unified with the reflecting part and comes into contact with the inner circumference face of the fixing belt to press the fixing belt to the pressuring member. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063884 | FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCORPORATING SAME - A fixing device that fixes an image on a recording medium includes a rotatable endless belt, deployed in a loop supported by rollers, a nip forming member provided inside the loop formed by the belt, a support member that supports the nip forming member, a counter rotation body disposed outside the loop formed by the belt and configured to form a nip with the belt by being in contact with the nip forming member through the belt, and a heat source configured to heat the belt directly by a radiant heat except at the nip. The support member includes a base portion that contacts the nip forming member and two arms extending from the base portion in a direction away from the nip forming member to partially surround a part of heat generating portion of the heat source. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063885 | FILM AND IMAGE HEATING DEVICE USING FILM - A cylindrical film used in an image heating device heating a recording material, on which an image has been formed, has a resin layer, this resin layer being made from a resin in which a crystalline resin and an amorphous resin having a higher glass transition temperature than the crystalline resin are blended, wherein a volume ratio of the crystalline resin with respect to the amorphous resin in the resin layer is 70/30 to 99/1. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063886 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - An image forming apparatus that forms an image to which a plurality of various surface gloss effects are given by overlaying clear toner to be fixed for a plurality of times on a recording material on which color toner has been transferred, the image processing apparatus comprises a determining unit that determines number of times of fixing clear toner onto the recording material for each image region, according to a surface gloss effect of an image region that is indicated by input image data; and a clear-image forming unit that generates a clear toner plane for each image region having been determined that the number of times of fixing clear toner is same by the determining unit, and forms a clear image | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063887 | CLEANING DEVICE, PROCESS CARTRIDGE INCORPORATING SAME, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCORPORATING SAME - A cleaning device, which is included in a process cartridge or an image forming apparatus, includes a cleaning member including a brush rotary body that is disposed in contact with an image carrier provided in an image forming apparatus and that removes toner on the image carrier and holds the toner thereon, a toner conveying rotary body to collect and convey the toner removed by the cleaning member, a flicker contacting the cleaning member to flick off the toner held on the cleaning member, and an agitator that has a free end contacting the toner conveying rotary body and vibrating due to rotation of the toner conveying rotary body. The agitator further has a trajectory being formed between the opening and the toner conveying rotary body by movement of the free end. Alternatively, the free end of the agitator is disposed facing the flicker. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063888 | SHEET CONVEYING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING SHEET CONVEYING APPARATUS - A sheet conveying apparatus includes a first conveying path, a second conveying path and a third conveying path, a switching guide, a conveying roller, a driving mechanism, a transmission mechanism. The second conveying path and the third conveying path are formed by diverging from the first conveying path. The switching guide switches the conveying path between the second conveying path and the third conveying path. The switching guide enables to change between a first position in which the sheet is conveyed into the second conveying path and a second position in which the sheet is conveyed into the third conveying path. The conveying roller is arranged on the third conveying path to convey the sheet. The driving mechanism generates a rotational driving force that rotates the conveying roller. The transmission mechanism transmits the rotational driving force to the conveying roller in accordance with the position of the switching guide. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063889 | IMAGE INSPECTION APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, AND IMAGE INSPECTION METHOD - An image inspection apparatus includes a first-image obtaining unit, a scanned-image obtaining unit, a second-image obtaining unit, first and second registration units, a combining unit, and an inspection unit. The first-image obtaining unit obtains a first image generated by scanning a sheet on which a predetermined image has been printed. The scanned-image obtaining unit obtains a scanned image generated by scanning a printed matter produced by printing a second image additionally on the sheet. The second-image obtaining unit obtains the second image. The first registration unit performs registration between the first and scanned images. The second registration unit performs registration between the second image and the scanned image. The combining unit generates a master image by combining the first and second images based on registration results performed by the first and second registration units. The inspection unit inspects the printed matter by comparing the scanned image against the master image. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063890 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - The present invention is directed to downsize the main body and achieve a good image quality at a low cost. A rotation shaft of a first discharge roller is tilted with respect to that of a second discharge roller. The center of oscillation C of a first discharge roller holding member is provided more upstream in the direction in which a sheet is discharged than a straight line made by the rotation center of the first discharge roller and the rotation center of the second discharge roller. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063891 | OVERLOADED TYPING APPARATUSES, AND RELATED DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS - Overloaded typing apparatuses, and related devices, systems, and methods are disclosed. In one embodiment, a typing apparatus is provided. The typing apparatus comprises a plurality of overloaded keys in a key layout. The plurality of overloaded keys comprises at least three injectively overloaded keys disposed in a first row of keys. At least one first injectively overloaded key among the at least three injectively overloaded keys is injectively overloaded with a first at least three characters assigned to a first finger in a represented non-overloaded keyboard. The plurality of overloaded keys also comprises at least one second injectively overloaded key disposed outside the first row of keys. The at least one second injectively overloaded key is injectively overloaded with a second at least three characters assigned to the first finger in the represented non-overloaded keyboard. Other embodiments and related methods are also disclosed. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063892 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR APPLYING BODY LOTIONS SUCH AS SUNSCREENS - Hand-held articles are disclosed for applying lotion to a user, including a user's back or other hard-to-reach places. A housing contains a lotion to be dispensed, and a member, integral to the housing, transfers the lotion to a user's body. The member may be a roller or a pre-moistened, elongated sheet, web or strip, with the housing containing a roll of pre-moistened material. The housing may further include a manually operated lever that allows a length of the strip to be pulled from the roll in the housing. The housing may additionally include a cap with a cutting edge to sever the strip at a desired length. The strip of material may be pre-moistened with a tanning lotion; self-tanning lotions; sun block; moisturizing cream, or insect repellant. The strip of material may be made of a non-woven synthetic fibrous material, with a width in the range of 1 to 3 inches. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063893 | WRITING INSTRUMENT OR APPLICATOR HAVING RESIN MOLDED PARTS - Provided is a writing instrument or an applicator using resin parts formed, by way of two-color molding, to have an optimal guiding clearance between slide members. A plurality of resin molded parts is included. At least one of the plurality of resin molded parts is formed as a primary molding, and at least another one of the resin molded parts is formed as a secondary molding, by way of two-color molding, using a portion of a surface of the primary molding. The primary molding and the secondary molding are separated to be used as independent members. In this case, the primary molding and the secondary molding are preferably configured to slide against each other by each separating portion. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063894 | Writing instrument having an ink balance mechanism - A writing instrument is provided with a barrel including a bottom opening; a partition disposed in the barrel to divide the barrel into an upper ink reservoir filled with ink and a lower storage filled with an absorbent material; a writing member partially disposed in the absorbent material and extending out of the bottom opening; and a conveying line disposed through the partition. The conveying line includes a venting channel and an ink conveying channel. Each of the venting channel and the ink conveying channel communicate with both the ink and the absorbent material. A smooth writing can be carried out. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063895 | Fragrance sampler having an integral applicator - A fragrance sampler having an integral applicator is disclosed in which the sampler comprises a top ply having an upper surface and a lower surface, a mid ply having an upper surface, an outer perimeter edge, a back surface, a well formed therein, a bead of adhesive surrounding the well, and an area between the bead of adhesive and the outer perimeter edge, a non-woven material applicator having a sample material incorporated therein with the applicator being sized and shaped to fit within the well, and a bottom ply having a front surface and a back surface. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063896 | RING BINDER MECHANISM - A ring binder mechanism for holding loose-leaf pages has a housing and rings movable between closed and open positions. The rings are mounted on hinge plates supported by the housing for pivoting movement relative to the housing. An actuator is moveable relative to the housing to pivot the hinge plates to move the rings between the closed and open positions. A travel bar operatively connected to the actuator includes a locking element. The travel bar is moveable between a locked position in which the locking element blocks pivoting of the hinge plates and an unlocked position in which the locking element permits pivoting of the hinge plates. The travel bar and housing each include a retaining formation. The retaining formation on the housing is adapted to contact the retaining formation on the travel bar to releasably hold the travel bar in the locked position when the rings are closed. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063897 | SYSTEM FOR LOCKING / UNLOCKING AN OBJECT UNDER A STRUCTURE HAVING A HOOK FOR DRAWING AND SUPPORTING SAME - A system is provided for locking and/or unlocking an object, such as a power battery of a drive engine of an electric or hybrid motor vehicle, under a structure such as a chassis of the vehicle, including a plurality of locks ensuring the attachment of the object under the structure. The locks are secured to the object and/or structure and each include a hook configured for drawing the object to the structure by compressing an elastically deformable member inserted between the object and the structure and for supporting the object relative to the structure at the end of the approximation travel, as well as a transmission device driving the hook during the drawing travel and configured such as to be actuated by an actuation tool that is separate from the structure and the object. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063898 | Folding Baby Stroller - A baby stroller for transporting a child is disclosed. This baby stroller has a folding mechanism to facilitate folding for easier stowing and transporting. The folding mechanism, a unique feature of the design is directed toward compactness, ease of use, reliability, and reduction in manufacturing costs. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063899 | Bearing Seat for a Ball Joint and a Ball Joint - A bearing seat for a ball joint which simplifies the process of joining a housing and a bearing seat and makes it easy to guarantee the stiffness necessary for a ball joint as a whole by making it easy to fill the interior of an undercut groove with a softened or molten material and a ball joint having this bearing seat for a ball joint are provided. The ball joint | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063900 | BATHTUB ACCESSORY DEVICE AND METHOD - Provided is bathtub accessory product and installation method. The bathtub accessory product is designed to be secured to a bathtub wall and have a universal end that permits the attachment of any number of bath accessories such as a grab bar or swivel seat. The bathtub accessory may be installed within the inner cavity of a bathtub to ensure a secure fit while also allowing ideal placement of a bath accessory for use by a bather. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063901 | CONNECTION ELEMENT AND NON-PERMANENT STRUCTURAL SYSTEM - According to one aspect of the invention, a connection element, for external, detachable joining of a structural beam element is provided, comprising a bottom plate intended to be in contact with the bottom surface of the structural beam element, a top plate intended to be in contact with the top surface of the structural beam element two side plates, and a rear plate characterized in that the longitudinal thickness of the bottom plate increases from the free edge of the bottom plate towards its edge at the rear plate. Another aspect of the invention describes a detachable structural system which employs a plurality of connection elements rigidly coupled to each other and a plurality of structural beam elements. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063902 | MOUNTING UNIT AND METHOD FOR ITS PRODUCTION - A mounting unit has a mounting part with a mounting face and an outer face facing away therefrom. The mounting part is configured for fixing to a basic structure made of a material which is not able to be welded to the material of the mounting part. The mounting part further has a welding sleeve fixed in a through-bore of the mounting part. An outer end of the sleeve is arranged on the outer face and bears a radially protruding flange supported on the outer face of the mounting part. A shaft of the sleeve protruding from a flange lower face has a contour shape corresponding to the cross-sectional shape of the through-bore and a length which is at least as large as a thickness of the mounting part in the edge region of the hole of the through-bore. The shaft is retained in the through-bore by a form-locking connection. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063903 | METHODS FOR TREATING AIRCRAFT STRUCTURES - The present invention relates to methods for repairing a structural weakness in an aircraft fuselage, or preventing the advancement of a structural weakness in an aircraft fuselage. Cold spray methods such as supersonic particle deposition have been shown to positively affect structural characteristics of sheet metal and lap joints as used in fuselage construction. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063904 | WEAR PLATE ASSEMBLY - A wear plate assembly for mounting on a substrate to be protected includes a support plate having a first surface and an opposing second surface and a wear plate having a wear surface and an opposing attachment surface affixed to the first surface of the support plate, wherein the wear surface is a continuous, uninterrupted surface. The assembly also includes a shaft having a base portion attached to the second surface of the support plate, a head portion distal from the base portion and a groove formed between the base portion and the head portion. The assembly also includes a retainer spring adapted to be received in the groove on the shaft, wherein the retainer spring includes a plurality of compressible tabs configured for cooperating with the substrate to releasably attach the wear plate assembly to the substrate. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063905 | FASTENING DEVICE - A fastening device includes a locating seat for engaging with a first workpiece; a fastening member including sequentially connected stop unit, shank unit and fastening unit, and the fastening unit being configured for fastening to a second workpiece; a reciprocation actuator movably disposed on the locating seat with the shank unit extended through and movably located in the reciprocation actuator and the locating seat, the stop unit abutted on a top of the reciprocation actuator, and the fastening unit movable in a reciprocating motion between an inner side and an outer side the locating seat or outside the locating seat; and an elastic element having an end pressed against the locating seat and another end pressed against the fastening member. With the reciprocation actuator, the fastening member does not shake easily and the fastening unit can be conveniently moved in a reciprocating motion inside and outside the locating seat. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063906 | Apparatus And Method For Rapidly Immobilizing A Land Vehicle - An apparatus to be positioned at the side of a roadway for ensnaring tires of an oncoming land vehicle is described. The apparatus comprises a plurality of segments flexibly attached end-to-end. At least a subset of the segments further comprise a spike ramp. The segments are connected at the ends via hinges. The segments are adapted to house a net package in a stowed-away configuration. The net package includes a set of spikes tethered to netting. A deployment hose is connected to a subset of the segments to cause the segments to become unstacked for deployment when the deployment hose is inflated. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063907 | Advanced Paver/Screed Automation and Controls - A method of operating a machine having at least one tool is provided. The method may store one or more job profiles or machine configurations and an auto-zero or default profile in a memory associated with the machine, where each of the job profiles and the auto-zero profile may include one or more control settings for operating one or more of the machine and the tool; recall a selected one of the job profiles and the auto-zero profile in response to user input received at a user interface associated with the machine; engage or machine reset operation of one or more of the machine and the tool according to the control settings associated with the selected one of the job profiles and the auto-zero profile; and disengage at least part of the operation based on positioning information provided by one or more feedback devices. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063908 | CHANGE HOLDER ASSEMBLY FOR A COMPACTOR ROLLER FOR A SOIL COMPACTOR - The present invention relates to a change holder assembly for a compactor roller for a soil compactor comprising a change holder to be fixed to a roller casing and at least one roller tool to be fixed to the change holder using a counterholder which can be caused to engage the change holder and is lockable with respect to the change holder, wherein the change holder has a roller-tool-abutment side and the at least one roller tool has a change holder-abutment side supportable on the roller-tool-abutment side, characterized in that on at least one side of roller-tool-abutment side and change holder-abutment side at least one anti-rotation lug, and on the other side of roller-tool-abutment side and change holder-abutment side at last one anti-rotation recess for receiving an anti-rotation lug are provided. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063909 | QUICK-CHANGE TOOL HOLDER FOR A COMPACTION DRUM FOR A SOIL COMPACTOR - A quick-change tool holder for the attachment of a drum tool to a compaction drum of a soil compactor comprising a quick-change tool holder body having a central region, wherein a holder opening for receiving a holder shaft of a drum tool is provided in the central region, and two leg portions originating at the central region for firmly connecting the quick-change tool holder body to the outer periphery of a compaction drum, the central region and the leg portions surrounding an open inner space of the quick-change tool holder extending over at least one side opening, characterized in that in association with at least one side opening, a closing element that can be inserted therein is provided. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063910 | MOORING DEVICE - The invention relates to a mooring device that is suitable for use in water. The mooring device includes a pile configured to be embedded in a floor supporting the body of water, at least one arm configured to engage at least one entity; a joint configured to couple the pile and the at least one arm and permit rotation of the at least one arm relative to the pile, and joint locking means configured to lock the joint. The invention may further relate to a method of mounting the mooring device in water, a mooring system including multiple mooring devices and a system including the mooring devices. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063911 | Method and System for Oil Release Management with Booms - In one embodiment, a method for managing a hydrocarbon (e.g., oil) release with one or more booms is described. The method comprises: deploying one or more booms to a location in a body of water, wherein each of the booms has a floating section that is partially disposed in the body of water and extends out of the body of water, a skirt and ballast section beneath the floating section, and an anchor section that secures the boom at a relatively fixed location, wherein at least one of the one or more booms has a boom monitoring section that includes a measurement component. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063912 | Flexible Modular Liquid Dam - A modular liquid dam comprising a plurality of individual elongated members or segments that can be assembled in an end-to-end relationship to form a temporary liquid retainer or diverter on a substrate surface. The dam members are provided with one or more longitudinal bores or passages that reduce the amount of material in each member, thereby reducing manufacturing costs. The bores may extend completely through the dam member, may be internal bores closed off at each end, or may be bore segments intermittently spaced within the dam member. Intermittent bore segments provide internal bridging structures to increase the structural integrity of the dam member. Preferably the bore members are open on at least one end of the dam member such that a stiffener rod or rods of varying rigidity may be inserted into the dam members to increase and vary the rigidity of the dam member as desired Likewise, connection members may be formed in the dam members or inserted in the open ends of the bores to provide a mechanical or friction fit between adjoining dam members. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063913 | Flexible Modular Liquid Dam Assembly Having a Magnetic Connection System - A modular liquid dam comprising a plurality of individual elongated members or segments that can be assembled in an end-to-end relationship to form a temporary retainer or diverter on a substrate surface. The dam members are provided with a magnetic connection system having a magnet disposed within or exposed on the end of at least one adjacent dam member, the other adjacent dam member having a second magnet or metal member disposed within or exposed on its end, such that when the two dam members are abutted, the magnetic connection system maintains the dam members in abutting relationship. Structural mating members providing a mechanical or frictional fit may also be provided in the ends of the dam members to further enhance the connection in conjunction with the magnetic connection mechanism. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063914 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR ARRESTING FAILURES IN SUBMERGED PIPELINES - A packer apparatus includes a spindle including a pressure plate disposed adjacent a first end of the packer apparatus, a first end cap defining the second end of the packer apparatus; a seal plate disposed between the pressure plate and the first end cap; a mandrel and a brake disposed between the pressure and seal plates, and an elastomeric expansion boot disposed between the seal plate and the first end cap. The mandrel includes a tapered outer surface and the brake includes a tapered inner surface abutting the tapered inner surface of the mandrel. The pressure plate is configured to be actuated by fluid pressure within the pipeline to move the spindle axially toward the first end cap from a first position to a second position to cause the expansion boot and the brake to engage an inner surface of the pipeline. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063915 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR ARRESTING FAILURES IN SUBMERGED PIPELINES - A packer apparatus is configured to be arranged within and arrest a failure of a submerged pipeline. In one example, the packer apparatus includes first and second mandrels in axially moveable relation to one another, a brake connected to the second mandrel, and an elastomeric expansion boot circumferentially disposed around a portion of the first and second mandrels. The first mandrel is configured to move axially toward the second mandrel from a first position to a second position. In the second position, the first mandrel is configured to cause the expansion boot to be compressed axially between the first and second mandrels and expanded radially into engagement with an inner surface of the pipeline, and to cause the brake to move radially outward to engage the inner surface of the pipeline. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063916 | SELF-PROPELLED UNDERWATER VEHICLES AND SYSTEMS FOR UNDERGROUND LAYING A CONTINUOUS ELONGATED MEMBER IN A BED OF A BODY OF WATER - A self-propelled underwater vehicle for underground laying a continuous elongated member in a bed of a body of water having a work assembly, which is configured to be set, at least partly, into the bed, and is provided with two facing supporting walls for delimiting a space there-between and supporting two opposite scarp slopes; and drive assemblies, which are arranged on opposite sides of the work assembly and are configured to rest on the bed and advancing the work assembly in a travelling direction. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063917 | MARINE PIPELINE INSTALLATION SYSTEM AND METHODS - A method for installing an accessory onto a pipeline to be laid on the seabed, includes launching the pipeline from a first position of a tower in which the tower is at an angle α with respect to the vertical; stopping the launch of the pipeline, and hanging off the launched pipeline in a hang off module; positioning an accessory in a tower firing line; attaching the accessory to the launched pipeline in the hang off module and to at least one A&R cable; suspending the accessory and the launched pipeline from an A&R system; disengaging the hang off module from the launched pipeline; pivoting the pipeline launch tower to an accessory launch position in which the tower is at an angle γ that differs substantially from angle α, such that a pipeline launch trajectory is created which is large enough to launch the accessory and the launched pipeline with the A&R system. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063918 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR ARRESTING FAILURES IN SUBMERGED PIPELINES - A packer apparatus includes an actuator disk and a seal disk in axial moveable relation with a mandrel, and a brake pivotally connected to the mandrel. The actuator disk includes a tapered outer surface. The seal disk is arranged between the actuator disk and the mandrel and includes a rim angled toward the actuator disk. The actuator disk is configured to be actuated by fluid pressure within the pipeline to move axially toward the mandrel from a first position to a second position. In the second position, the tapered outer surface of the actuator disk deflects the rim of the seal disk toward the mandrel to cause the seal disk to radially expand and engage an inner surface of the pipeline. Additionally, in the second position, the brake pivots relative to the mandrel and moves radially outward into engagement with the inner surface of the pipeline. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063919 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR ARRESTING FAILURES IN SUBMERGED PIPELINES - A packer apparatus is configured to be arranged within and arrest a failure of a submerged pipeline. In one example, the packer apparatus includes first and second mandrels coupled in selectively axial moveable relation to one another, and an elastomeric expansion boot circumferentially disposed around a portion of the second mandrel. The first mandrel is responsive to fluid flow in the pipeline to move axially toward the second mandrel from a first position to a second position. In the second position, the expansion boot is compressed axially between the first and second mandrels and expanded radially into engagement with an inner surface of the pipeline. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063920 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR ARRESTING FAILURES IN SUBMERGED PIPELINES - A wet buckle packer includes a first disk and a second disk offset from and axially aligned with the first disk. A mandrel, elastomeric expansion boot, and brake are disposed between and axially aligned with the first and second disks. The mandrel includes a tapered outer surface and the brake includes a tapered inner surface abutting the tapered inner surface of the mandrel. The first disk is configured to move axially toward the second disk from a first position to a second position. In the second position, the first disk causes: the expansion boot to compress axially and expand radially into engagement with an inner surface of the pipeline; and the tapered inner surface of the brake to move axially along the tapered outer surface of the stationary mandrel to cause the brake to move radially outward into engagement with the inner surface of the pipeline. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063921 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR ARRESTING FAILURES IN SUBMERGED PIPELINES - A packer apparatus includes a first spindle in axial moveable relation with a second spindle. The first spindle includes a pressure plate and the second spindle includes a base plate. A seal plate is disposed between the pressure and base plates. A brake is disposed between the pressure and seal plates. An elastomeric expansion boot is disposed between the seal and base plates. The pressure plate is configured to be actuated by fluid pressure within the pipeline to move the first spindle axially toward the second spindle from a first position to a second position. In the second position, the first spindle causes: the brake to move radially outward into engagement with an inner surface of the pipeline; and the seal plate to move axially toward the base plate to axially compress and radially expand the expansion boot into engagement with the inner surface of the pipeline. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063922 | SUPPORT SPACER FOR SEMI-SUBMERSIBLE - A semi-submersible offshore structure, including a deck supported by a plurality of support columns, a submersible pontoon structure having the plurality of support columns extending to the deck therefrom, and a support spacer disposed between a sea bed and the pontoon structure. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063923 | QUICK COUPLING FOR PIPE PILE - The present invention relates to a quick coupling for pipe pile, comprising an upper end plate, a lower end plate and a screw hook made of spring steel for coupling the upper and lower end plate, a plurality of tapped holes are uniformly provided on the upper end plate, a plurality of holes corresponding to the tapped holes are provided on the lower end plate, a lock hole is positioned at the lower portion of the hole, while the cross-section area of the lock hole is bigger than the cross-section area of the hole. One end of the screw hook is provided with a screw end mating with the tapped hole on the upper end plate, while the other end is provided with a hook end mating with the lock hole on the lower end plate, whereby the upper and lower end plate can be coupled firmly. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063924 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RETAINING WALL - A retaining wall system for mechanically stabilizing an earthen wall is provided. The system comprises a plurality of modular block members that may be assembled in a number of desired states or orientations. Tieback members for supporting the wall and related fill are provided and the wall comprises interconnection members for the tieback members. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063925 | HOT MELT ADHESIVE SUPPLY HAVING AGITATION DEVICE, AND RELATED METHODS - A hot melt adhesive supply system includes a container configured to receive a supply of unmelted hot melt adhesive pieces, and an agitation device configured to agitate the supply of hot melt adhesive pieces situated in the container. The hot melt adhesive supply system further includes a transfer conduit configured to communicate hot melt adhesive pieces from the container to a hot melt adhesive melter. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063926 | INDEXABLE CUTTING INSERT WITH COOLANT DELIVERY - An indexable cutting insert includes a rake face, a flank surface, a bottom surface, and a central aperture defined by an aperture side wall. The indexable cutting insert further has a mouth defined by a mouth surface. There is a primary coolant trough that has an aperture section in the side wall contained in the aperture side wall, a mouth section contained in the mouth surface, and a rake face section contained in the rake face. There is a radial angular coolant trough, which has an entrance end opening into a selected one of the primary coolant trough and the mouth. The radial angular coolant trough has an orientation wherein the central longitudinal axis thereof is generally perpendicular to a corresponding discrete cutting edge whereby during operation a coolant stream is directed toward the corresponding discrete cutting edge. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063927 | Tool and a cutting insert for power skiving - A power skiving tool includes a basic body, which is equipped with a plurality of replaceable cutting inserts, by means of which chips can be carved or peeled out of a workpiece with the purpose of forming, for instance, teeth. The individual cutting insert is formed with only one cutting edge) and has a rear end in the form of a shoulder surface, against which an adjusting mechanism is pressed for the fine adjustment of the radial position of the cutting insert in relation to the basic body. On the underside of the cutting insert, there is in addition a control means, e.g. a serration connecting surface, which interacts with the corresponding control means in the appurtenant seat in the basic body. In addition, the invention concerns a power skiving cutting insert as such. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063928 | MACHINING HEAD, HOLDER AND EXCHANGEABLE TIP CUTTING TOOL - Provided are: an exchangeable tip cutting tool in which breakage of the threaded section and breakage of the thread ridges during installation of the machining head and under increased cutting load during cutting are limited and which is capable of performing machining with high efficiency; and a machining head and a holder to be used in the exchangeable tip cutting tool. The flank angle (α) of the pressure flank ( | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063929 | Hard Metal Cutting Tool Holder Blade and Cutting Tool Having Such Holder Balde - A cutting tool holder blade is formed of hard metal, having a front plane, a perpendicular mid-plane. An insert pocket of the holder blade has a base jaw and a clamping jaw resiliently connected to the base jaw in a unitary one piece construction. The base jaw has a base jaw abutment surface and the clamping jaw has a clamping surface facing opposite the base jaw abutment surface, and an insert stop surface. A curved inner surface extends from the base jaw abutment surface towards and along the clamping jaw, the curved inner surface having a front extremity portion. The clamping jaw is narrowed down adjacent the front extremity portion, such that the clamping surface overhangs the front extremity portion of the curved inner surface, in a direction towards the base jaw and away from the front plane. The holder blade may be formed of cemented carbide. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063930 | METHOD OF MAKING A CEMENTED CARBIDE - The present invention relates to a method of making a cemented carbide comprising mixing in a slurry a first powder fraction and a second powder fraction, subjecting the slurry to milling, drying, pressing and sintering. The first powder fraction is made from cemented carbide scrap recycled using the Zn recovery process, comprising the elements W, C, Co, and at least one or more of Ta, Ti, Nb, Cr, Zr, Hf and Mo, and the second powder fraction comprising virgin raw materials of WC and possibly carbides and/or carbonitrides of one or more of Cr, Zr, W, Ta, Ti, Hf and Nb. The first powder fraction is subjected to a pre-milling step, prior to the step of forming the slurry, to obtain an average grain size of between 0.2 to 1.5 μm. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063931 | INDEXABLE DRILL ASSEMBLY AND DRILL BODY HAVING COOLANT SUPPLY - An indexable drill assembly includes a drill body, which has a head portion at the axial forward end thereof and wherein the head portion has an outboard pocket and an inboard pocket. The drill body contains an outboard pocket coolant channel adjacent the outboard pocket and an inboard pocket coolant channel adjacent the inboard pocket. The outboard pocket has a seating surface and the outboard pocket coolant channel opening at the seating surface. The drill body further contains an outboard retention screw aperture opening in the seating surface wherein the seating surface contains an outboard coolant ring surrounding the retention screw aperture wherein the outboard coolant is being in fluid communication with the outboard pocket coolant channel. The inboard pocket has a seating surface and the inboard pocket coolant channel opens at the seating surface. The drill body further contains an inboard retention screw aperture opening in the seating surface wherein the seating surface contains an inboard coolant ring surrounding the inboard retention screw aperture wherein the inboard coolant ring is in fluid communication with the inboard pocket coolant channel. The drill assembly further includes an indexable outboard cutting insert retained in the outboard pocket, and an indexable inboard cutting insert retained in the inboard pocket. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063932 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FORMING PERFORATIONS IN A BARREL SECTION - A drilling system may include a plurality of robotic drilling units. Each one of the robotic drilling units may include a drill end effector positioned inside a barrel section. The barrel section may be configured as a composite sandwich structure having an inner face sheet. The robotic drilling units maybe operable in synchronized movement with one another to drill a plurality of perforations into the inner face sheet using the drill end effectors in a manner providing a predetermined percent-open-area of the inner face sheet. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063933 | Deburring Tool For Deburring In Particular Non-Round Recesses In Workpieces - The invention relates to a deburring tool for deburring edges ( | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063934 | TOOL SUPPORT INCORPORATING A GUIDANCE SYSTEM SPACED APART FROM THE TOOL AND MACHINING DEVICE INCORPORATING THE TOOL SUPPORT - A tool support is disclosed including-a fixed part, a moving part that is movable relative to the fixed part, a first crossmember linked to the moving part and a second crossmember. Aa tool includes a tool axis linked to the first and second crossmembers by pivoting links including articulation axes. A pointer is provided with a pointer axis parallel to the tool axis, the pointer being linked to the first and second crossmembers by pivoting links including articulation axes, with the articulation axes being parallel to one another. The tool support includes an immobilizer of occupy a first immobilized state in which it prevents a rotational movement on at least one articulation axis and a second released state in which it allows rotational movement on the articulation axes. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063935 | Drill Bit - A drill bit configured for use with a rotary power tool including a chuck. The drill bit includes a shank including a first end and a second end, and a paddle that extends from the second end of the shank. The paddle includes a first face including a concave portion, a second face opposite the first face and the second face including a convex portion opposite the concave portion, a cutting surface, a cutting edge located at an end of the cutting surface, a relief angle defined by the cutting surface, and an angled rake face adjacent the cutting surface that defines a rake angle that is between about 5 degrees and about 45 degrees. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063936 | WINDOW CLEANING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A window processing system and method for use in fabricating window frames or sashes. The system includes an articulating arm having a plurality of members and arms to allow movement about multiple axes defined by the articulating arm. The system further includes a tool support fixture assembly coupled to an outermost member of the plurality of members, the tool support fixture assembly includes a plurality of tools for performing cleaning operations on a window frame or sash during use. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063937 | Chain Winch Apparatus and Methods of Using the Same - The present invention relates to a chain winch apparatus useful for utilizing, for example, as tie-downs for heavy equipment on the decks of railcars, trucks, or other vehicles, although the invention should not be limited to its preferred application. More specifically, the present invention relates to a chain winch apparatus for winching and holding a chain, such as a ½″ chain, and for tensioning the chain for the afore-mentioned tie-down applications. Methods of use are further provided. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063938 | Partition Assembly for a Vehicular Cargo Area - A partition assembly is mountable within the cargo area of a vehicle, for example by being vertically slidable at opposing ends into vertical channels formed in opposing side walls of a truck box and the like. The partition assembly includes a first partition member and a second partition member which are coupled to one another by interlocking connection of the respective bodies forming the partition members such that an overall length of the partition assembly is adjustable. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063939 | Self-Locking Screwing Attachment Device And Assembly Provided With Same - A nut for securing first and second pipe end-pieces together includes a nut lock having a stop member secured to the nut body, and a second element which is rotatable inside the nut body and having a locking feature adapted to lock onto a corresponding locking structure of the second end-piece. The stop member and the second element include corresponding face teeth which are urged to intermesh by an axial compression spring. At or near the tightened condition of the assembly, the second element is locked onto the second end-piece so that rotation of the nut is possible only if the torque applied exceeds a given threshold, for which the face teeth jump over each other while the spring is alternately stressed. A compact design is obtained with the lock positioned at the rear of the nut thread. The clamping face is axially between the nut thread and the lock. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063940 | ROTATION INDICATING DEVICE, PARTICULARLY FOR ALLEN BOLTS - For indicating rotational displacement between an Allen bolt having a bolt head ( | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063941 | ELECTRONIC SCREW AND SCREW TORQUE SENSING DEVICE - An electronic screw with an electronic torque display is disclosed. The screw includes a body and a torque sensing element. The body has a threading head, a shank connected to the threading head and a recess located on the side wall of the shank. The torque sensing element is disposed in the recess and detected the torque value of the electronic screw. The torque sensing element is electrically connected to the electronic torque display, wherein the electronic torque display displays the torque value that detected from the torque sensing element. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063942 | EXPANDABLE FASTENER - An expandable fastener provides a fastener having a hollow tube in fluid communication with a flexible membrane forming a bladder around the tube. After the tube is inserted into the panel the bladder is filled with a curable fluid such as an expanding foam, which inflates the bladder against the rear surface of the panel. When the fluid cures it forms a substantially inflexible retaining block that contacts the panel over a large surface area, distributing any longitudinal pulling force applied against the fastener over a broad area of the panel to improve resistance to dislodgment and minimize panel failure. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063943 | ELASTICALLY DEFORMABLE ALIGNMENT FASTENER AND SYSTEM - An elastically deformable alignment fastener has the form of a unitary object having a head portion and an integrally formed body portion. The body portion has an elastically deformable lobular hollow tube having a proximal end proximate the head portion and a distal end axially displaced from the head portion. The lobular hollow tube has an outer surface having one or more retention features oriented to provide a plurality of radially extending engagement surfaces along a length of the hollow tube. The head portion has a flange that circumscribes the proximal end of the lobular hollow tube. Portions of the elastically deformable lobular hollow tube when inserted into circular apertures of first and second components elastically deform to an elastically averaged final configuration that aligns the first and second components in four planar orthogonal directions. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063944 | Fastener with a Belleville Head - The present invention relates to headed push-in fasteners of the type produced by Penn Engineering & Manufacturing Corp. known as TackPins and TackScrews. More specifically it relates to a Tack Pin or a Tack Screw with a Belleville head that provides the functionality of a Bellville washer without needing a separate part. When installed, the compression of the Bellville shaped head will cause a permanent loading to be applied under the head of the fastener, essentially creating a clamping force to the members being attached. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063945 | Nut Plate Seal Caps | 2015-03-05 |
