15th week of 2021 patent applcation highlights part 13 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20210107126 | POWERED FASTENING DEVICE WITH COLLATION TEAR SAFETY SWITCH - A powered fastening device is capable of driving a fastener into a work piece and automatically preventing the device from firing until a fastener is located in an appropriate position within the device. | 2021-04-15 |
20210107127 | SPARE MAGAZINE AND STAPLER HAVING THE SAME - A spare magazine is adapted to be installed in a stapler, and includes a casing unit, a pivot member and a sliding carrier. The pivot member is pivotally disposed in the casing unit, and has a positioning pin. The sliding carrier has a carrier body slidably received in the casing unit, and a main track portion protruding from the carrier body, and having an island block and a surrounding wall that cooperatively define a main track. The sliding carrier is slidable relative to the casing unit between a closed position and a first open position. The positioning pin of the pivot member is inserted into the main track and is slidable in the main track along a heart-shaped route during the sliding movement of the sliding carrier. | 2021-04-15 |
20210107128 | IMPACT DRILL - An impact drill includes an output shaft capable of rotating around a first axis and moving along the first axis, a housing, a first impact block fixedly connected to the output shaft, a second impact block, a stopping element for stopping the output shaft from moving backward, and a movable element mounted on the housing. The housing is formed with a through hole for accommodating the movable element. The through hole passes through the housing in a first line and the movable element is capable of moving to a first position and a second position along the first line. When the movable element moves to the first position, the movable element prevents the output shaft from moving backward. When the movable element moves to the second position, the movable element allows the output shaft to move backward. | 2021-04-15 |
20210107129 | Handheld Power Tool - The invention provides a handheld power tool, which comprises a handle assembly, a power mechanism connected with the handle assembly, and a working mechanism connected with the power mechanism. The power mechanism comprises a main housing, an inner housing, and a motor disposed in the inner housing. The main housing comprises a first air inlet at a side wall thereof, the inner housing comprises an opening. An airflow channel is located between the main housing and the inner housing, and in communication with the first air inlet, the opening and an inside of the inner housing. The handheld power tool of the present invention not only has good heat dissipation effect, but also has waterproof and dustproof effects, and can work in rainy days and humid areas without affecting the performance of the whole machine. | 2021-04-15 |
20210107130 | COUPLING MEMBER FOR ELECTRIC POWER TOOL - A coupling member for an electric power tool is provided. The coupling member can keep a hanging member being held, even when a holding portion of the tool for holding the hanging member breaks. A coupling member for an electric power tool is configured to hook a hanging member to an electric power tool main body and can fasten the electric power tool main body therein, when one of its parts opens or closes. Further, this coupling member can be attached to the electric power tool main body with the electric power tool main body fastened therein or removed therefrom. Further, the hanging member can be hooked to the coupling member. | 2021-04-15 |
20210107131 | POWER TOOL WITH PARTITION ASSEMBLY BETWEEN TRANSMISSION AND MOTOR - A power tool includes a tool housing and a motor assembly received in the tool housing. The motor assembly has a rear end portion, a front end portion, and a motor output shaft. A transmission housing is coupled to the motor housing with a transmission received in the transmission housing, to which the motor output shaft is drivingly coupled. A partition assembly includes a rear cover covering a rear end portion of the transmission housing that faces the front end portion of the motor and a seal. The rear cover of the transmission housing, the front end portion of the motor, and the seal together define at least a first labyrinth path and a second labyrinth path therebetween configured to inhibit grease or dust migration between the transmission housing and the motor assembly. | 2021-04-15 |
20210107132 | MODULAR TUBE - The present invention relates to an improved modular tube. The modular tube includes at least two tubular elements with the first tubular element having a tapered end and the second tubular element having a hollow end. The hollow end of the second tubular element is complimentary to the tapered end of the first tubular element. A male or female threaded coupling element is arranged at the tapered end of the first tubular element; and a corresponding female or male threaded coupling element is arranged at the hollow end of the second tubular element. | 2021-04-15 |
20210107135 | Teaching Method - A teaching method of driving a robot arm by a drive unit based on a detection result of a force detection unit and storing a position and a posture of the driven robot arm in a memory unit, includes determining whether or not the posture of the robot arm is close to a singular posture, and, when determining that the posture of the robot arm is close to the singular posture, selecting and executing one escape posture from a plurality of escape posture candidates escaping from the posture close to the singular posture according to an external force detected by the force detection unit. | 2021-04-15 |
20210107136 | TEACHING METHOD - A teaching method is for teaching a position and attitude of a robot arm to a robot configured to switch between a first state where the third axis is located at one side of a first imaginary line and a second state where the third axis is located at the other side of the first imaginary line, the first imaginary line being set as a straight line passing through a first axis and a second axis when the robot arm is viewed from a direction along the first axis. The method includes performing a switching operation of switching between the first state and the second state according to a result of detection by a force detection unit. | 2021-04-15 |
20210107137 | ROBOT CONTROL SYSTEM - A robot control system includes a first controller, a second controller, a communication device to perform data communication between the controllers, a first robotic arm, a second robotic arm, a third robotic arm, a first tool, a second tool, and a third tool. A first controlling module receives, not via the communication device, input of first positional data that is output data from a first processor, the first processor being the preceding stage of the first controlling module. Each of a second processor, a second controlling module, a third processor, and a third controlling module receives, not via the communication device, input of the output data from the preceding stage that belongs to the first controller or the second controller to which the second processor, the second controlling module, the third processor, or the third controlling module belongs, or receives input of the output data from the preceding stage. | 2021-04-15 |
20210107138 | Air Gap Magnetic Mobile Robot with Adjustable Headpiece - A mobile robot having a main chassis supporting a headpiece for cleaning, stripping, reconditioning or refurbishing a coating on a metal work piece. A remote controlled power module allows for locomotion of the chassis which is held to the work piece by magnets spaced apart from the work piece by a predetermined space. The chassis provides operational control of a headpiece capable of unique positioning that is possible in view of the separated chassis and headpiece combination. | 2021-04-15 |
20210107139 | ROBOT USING MACHINE LEARNING - Aspects of the present disclosure include methods, apparatuses, and computer readable media for performing an undesirable task including receiving an indication identifying a person performing a task at a first time, receiving a plurality of input data associated with the person while performing the task, determining whether the task is undesirable based on the plurality of input data, and causing, in response to determining that the task is undesirable, the robot to perform the task at a second time after the first time. | 2021-04-15 |
20210107140 | PROCESS EVOLUTION FOR ROBOTIC PROCESS AUTOMATION AND WORKFLOW MICRO-OPTIMIZATION - Process evolution for robotic process automation (RPA) and RPA workflow micro-optimization are disclosed. Initially, an RPA implementation may be scientifically planned, potentially using artificial intelligence (AI). Embedded analytics may be used to measure, report, and align RPA operations with strategic business outcomes. RPA may then be implemented by deploying AI skills (e.g., in the form of machine learning (ML) models) through an AI fabric that seamlessly applies, scales, manages AI for RPA workflows of robots. This cycle of planning, measuring, and reporting may be repeated, potentially guided by more and more AI, to iteratively improve the effectiveness of RPA for a business. RPA implementations may also be identified and implemented based on their estimated return on investment (ROI). | 2021-04-15 |
20210107141 | INTEGRATION OF HETEROGENEOUS MODELS INTO ROBOTIC PROCESS AUTOMATION WORKFLOWS - Frameworks and techniques for integration of heterogeneous machine learning (ML) models into robotic process automation (RPA) workflows are provided. This may be accomplished via a seamless drag-and-drop interface that allows deployment of ML models into an RPA workflow. Via a framework, these heterogeneous models may be provided by customers, third parties, and/or partners and integrated into the RPA workflow. The framework may provide a straightforward way to deploy machine learning models via a conductor and to manage model versioning and create/retrieve/update/delete (CRUD). The framework may facilitate integration of different models into the RPA workflow through the steps of uploading, validating, publishing, and deploying models. | 2021-04-15 |
20210107142 | REINFORCEMENT LEARNING FOR CONTACT-RICH TASKS IN AUTOMATION SYSTEMS - Systems and methods for controlling robots including industrial robots. A method includes executing ( | 2021-04-15 |
20210107143 | RECORDING MEDIUM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - There is provided a recording medium having a program recorded thereon, the program causing a computer to function as: a learning section configured to learn an action model for deciding an action of an action body on a basis of environment information indicating a first environment, and action cost information indicating a cost when the action body takes an action in the first environment; and a decision section configured to decide the action of the action body in the first environment on a basis of the environment information and the action model. | 2021-04-15 |
20210107144 | LEARNING METHOD, LEARNING APPARATUS, AND LEARNING SYSTEM - A robot control device includes at least one memory, and at least one processor, wherein the at least one processor is configured to obtain environmental information in a real environment, obtain information related to an action to be performed by a robot in the real environment based on the environmental information and a first policy, obtain information related to a control value that causes the robot to perform the action based on the information related to the action and a second policy, and control the robot based on the information related to the control value. The first policy is learned by using a virtual robot in a simulation environment. | 2021-04-15 |
20210107145 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTONOMOUSLY DEFINING REGIONS OF INTEREST FOR A CONTAINER - A system and method for autonomously defining regions of interest for a container are provided. The system comprises a platform for supporting the container, a detector for capturing feature data of the container while on the platform, and a computer system. The computer system is in communication with the detector and platform. The computer system is programmed to locate features of the container from the captured feature data, and define the regions of interest for the container based on the located features. | 2021-04-15 |
20210107146 | GIMBAL CONTROL METHOD AND GIMBAL - The present disclosure provides a gimbal, a gimbal control device and method implemented in the gimbal and gimbal control device. The method includes obtaining a first angular velocity of a directional device mounted on a gimbal in a first direction; obtaining at least one reference angular velocity in at least one reference direction of the gimbal; obtaining an angular velocity offset in the first direction based on the first angular velocity and the at least one reference velocity; and adjusting an angle of the gimbal in the first direction based on the angular velocity offset. In this way, the posture drift of the gimbal in the yaw direction due to a detection error of the directional device may be eliminated, so that the picture taken by a photographing device provided on gimbal is stable, and the shooting quality is improved. | 2021-04-15 |
20210107147 | LOCALIZATION CORRECTION METHOD FOR ROBOT, COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM, AND ROBOT - An localization correction method for a robot, comprising acquiring first position information of the robot in a first coordinate system; acquiring second position information of the robot in a second coordinate system after the robot executes a motion command; establishing a transformation model between the first position information and the second position information based on the first coordinate system and the second coordinate system; calculating a compensation value according to the transformation model; and generating a reset command according to the compensation value, and adjusting the localization of the robot according to the reset command. | 2021-04-15 |
20210107148 | CONTROL SYSTEM, CONTROL APPARATUS, AND ROBOT - A control apparatus includes an operation unit that teaches the robot a position, a posture changing instruction unit that instructs a position change when the robot passes through a singularity or its vicinity, a singularity passing motion request unit that instructs the robot to change its posture, a robot drive information request unit that acquires robot drive information, and a robot G-code generation unit that inserts a G-code from the robot drive information into a program. A robot includes a drive control unit that drives the robot, a singularity determination unit that determines passage through the singularity or its vicinity, a singularity passing pattern generation unit that generates a motion plan for passage through the singularity or its vicinity based on the changed posture, and a robot drive information output unit that transmits the robot drive information to the control apparatus. | 2021-04-15 |
20210107149 | SUBSTRATE TRANSPORT DEVICE AND SUBSTRATE TRANSPORTING METHOD - A substrate transport device includes an arm, an end effector coupled to the arm, a driver configured to lift the arm so that the end effector receives a substrate, and a controller configured to control an output of the driver to set a lifting speed of the arm. A difference in height between the end effector and the arm is a position difference. A period from when the end effector contacts the substrate until the end effector completes reception of the substrate is a transition period. The controller sets an upper limit value of the lifting speed that decreases an amplitude of one of acceleration or jerk of the position difference in the transition period as compared to before the transition period to an upper limit value of the lifting speed for the transition period. | 2021-04-15 |
20210107150 | Dynamic Planning Controller - A dynamic planning controller receives a maneuver for a robot and a current state of the robot and transforms the maneuver and the current state of the robot into a nonlinear optimization problem. The nonlinear optimization problem is configured to optimize an unknown force and an unknown position vector. At a first time instance, the controller linearizes the nonlinear optimization problem into a first linear optimization problem and determines a first solution to the first linear optimization problem using quadratic programming. At a second time instance, the controller linearizes the nonlinear optimization problem into a second linear optimization problem based on the first solution at the first time instance and determines a second solution to the second linear optimization problem based on the first solution using the quadratic programming. The controller also generates a joint command to control motion of the robot during the maneuver based on the second solution. | 2021-04-15 |
20210107151 | AUTONOMOUS MACHINE COLLABORATION - A device including a processor configured to detect an environment of an automated machine, wherein the environment comprises one or more further automated machines; determine an action taken by the one or more further automated machines; determine an action expected of the one or more further automated machines; compares the taken action with the expected action; determine an accuracy score associated with the one or more further automated machines based on the comparison. | 2021-04-15 |
20210107152 | AUTONOMOUS MACHINE COLLABORATION - A controller including a processor configured to obtain a message from a task performing agent of a group of task performing agents allocated to a plurality of tasks, wherein the message comprises information about one or more assessments of the task performing agent, wherein the one or more assessments are based on a sensing process performed by one or more sensors of the task performing agent, wherein the task performing agent is an autonomous machine or a human agent equipped with sensors; and allocate a task of the plurality of tasks to the task performing agent, based on the information and based on whether the task performing agent is an autonomous machine or a human agent. | 2021-04-15 |
20210107153 | AUTOMATED MACHINE COLLABORATION - According to various aspects, controller for an automated machine may include: a processor configured to: compare information about a function of the automated machine with information of a set of tasks available to a plurality of automated machines; negotiate, with the other automated machines of the plurality of automated machines and based on a result of the comparison, which task of the set of tasks is allocated to the automated machine. | 2021-04-15 |
20210107154 | ROBOT CONTROLLER AND ROBOT CONTROL METHOD - To provide a robot controller and a robot control method that do not need a logic command to be associated with a teaching position for a robot, and that are thus capable of executing the logic command at a desired position and a desired timing. A robot controller includes: an operation command interpretation unit that interprets an operation command program describing a teaching operation and a teaching position for a robot, and that generates an operation command; a logic command interpretation unit that interprets a logic command program describing a logic command instructing a machining process to be performed by the robot and an execution position for the logic command, independently from the teaching operation and the teaching position, and that generates the logic command that includes the execution position; and a command execution unit that executes the operation command and the logic command. | 2021-04-15 |
20210107155 | OBJECT DETERMINING SYSTEM AND AUTO CLEAN MACHINE USING THE OBJECT DETERMINING SYSTEM - One object determining system comprising: an air ejection device, configured to eject air; a distance detecting circuit, configured to detect distances between an electronic device comprising the object determining system and at least one location of an object when the air ejection device ejects air to the object; and a determining circuit, configured to determine a type of the object according to variations of the distances. | 2021-04-15 |
20210107156 | ROBOT AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING SAME - Disclosed is a robot including a manipulator for moving a tool; and a processor for controlling the manipulator, setting a boundary, generating a first path in response to a received execution instruction, generating a second path that does not extend beyond the boundary based on the first path and the boundary, and controlling the manipulator based on the second path. | 2021-04-15 |
20210107157 | MITIGATING REALITY GAP THROUGH SIMULATING COMPLIANT CONTROL AND/OR COMPLIANT CONTACT IN ROBOTIC SIMULATOR - Mitigating the reality gap through utilization of technique(s) that enable compliant robotic control and/or compliant robotic contact to be simulated effectively by a robotic simulator. The technique(s) can include, for example: (1) utilizing a compliant end effector model in simulated episodes of the robotic simulator; (2) using, during the simulated episodes, a soft constraint for a contact constraint of a simulated contact model of the robotic simulator; and/or (3) using proportional derivative (PD) control in generating joint control forces, for simulated joints of the simulated robot, during the simulated episodes. Implementations additionally or alternatively relate to determining parameter(s), for use in one or more of the techniques that enable effective simulation of compliant robotic control and/or compliant robotic contact. | 2021-04-15 |
20210107158 | Apparatus and Method for Monitoring a Working Environment - A method for monitoring a working environment of a movable device utilizing a monitoring apparatus, wherein the working environment includes a working area and at least one protected area and the movable device is located within the working area during normal operation of said movable device, where the method includes a user inputting a plurality of convex polytopes into the monitoring apparatus, the convex polytopes corresponding to areas in which the movable device is located during normal operation, determining a convex polytope hull using the monitoring apparatus, the convex polytope hull completely enclosing the multiplicity of convex polytopes, and determining the at least one protected area by calculating a difference from the convex polytope hull and the input using the monitoring apparatus, such that monitoring of the position of the movable device is simplified because the working area can be modeled autonomously. | 2021-04-15 |
20210107159 | ROBOT UTILIZATION SYSTEM AND TRANSPORT ROBOT - In a robot utilization system using a plurality of transport robots, the transport robot includes a traveling mechanism having a traveling function, a main body supported by the traveling mechanism and configured to receive products, and a specifying unit configured to specify the products received by the main body. The transport robots include a transport robot that performs a purchase process of the products received by the main body, and a transport robot that performs a return process of the products received by the main body. | 2021-04-15 |
20210107160 | ROBOT, MEASUREMENT FIXTURE, AND TOOL-TIP-POSITION DETERMINING METHOD - A robot including an arm, a tool attached to the arm, a measurement fixture to be attached to a tip portion of the tool detachably, and a controller that recognizes a reference coordinate system used to control the arm, and that controls the arm. The controller stores data indicating a positional relationship between a tip of the tool and the measurement fixture or data to be used to calculate the positional relationship, and the controller calculates positional coordinates of the tip of the tool in the reference coordinate system based on position data of the measurement fixture and the positional relationship, where the position data is detected by using acquired image data from a visual sensor whose position is associated with the reference coordinate system. | 2021-04-15 |
20210107161 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS THAT PROCESSES IMAGE PICKED UP BY IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS ATTACHED TO ROBOT, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING CONTROL PROGRAM THEREFOR - An image processing apparatus capable of simplifying operations for determining an image pickup posture of an image pickup apparatus attached to a robot. The image processing apparatus processes an image that an image pickup apparatus attached to a robot picks up. The image processing apparatus includes a memory device that stores a set of instructions, and at least one processor that executes the set of instructions to specify a working area of the robot based on teaching point information showing a plurality of designated teaching points, specify an image pickup area of the image pickup apparatus so as to include the specified working area; and determine an image pickup posture of the robot based on the specified image pickup area. | 2021-04-15 |
20210107162 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING ROBOT BASED ON BRAIN-COMPUTER INTERFACE AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING MEAL ASSISTANCE ROBOT THEREOF - The present disclosure relates to technology that controls a robot based on brain-computer interface, and a robot control method acquires a first biosignal indicating an intention to start the operation of the robot from a user to operate the robot, provides the user with visual stimulation of differently set signal cycles corresponding to a plurality of objects for which the robot executes motions, acquires a second biosignal evoked by the visual stimulation from the user to identify an object selected by the user, and acquires a third biosignal corresponding to a motion for the identified object from the user to induce the robot to execute the corresponding motion. | 2021-04-15 |
20210107163 | Robot Choreographer - The disclosure provides a method for generating a joint command. The method includes receiving a maneuver script including a plurality of maneuvers for a legged robot to perform where each maneuver is associated with a cost. The method further includes identifying that two or more maneuvers of the plurality of maneuvers of the maneuver script occur at the same time instance. The method also includes determining a combined maneuver for the legged robot to perform at the time instance based on the two or more maneuvers and the costs associated with the two or more maneuvers. The method additionally includes generating a joint command to control motion of the legged robot at the time instance where the joint command commands a set of joints of the legged robot. Here, the set of joints correspond to the combined maneuver. | 2021-04-15 |
20210107164 | ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE-BASED PROCESS IDENTIFICATION, EXTRACTION, AND AUTOMATION FOR ROBOTIC PROCESS AUTOMATION - Artificial intelligence (AI)-based process identification, extraction, and automation for robotic process automation (RPA) is disclosed. Listeners may be deployed to user computing systems to collect data pertaining to user actions. The data collected by the listeners may then be sent to one or more servers and be stored in a database. This data may be analyzed by AI layers to recognize patterns of user behavioral processes therein. These recognized processes may then be distilled into respective RPA workflows and deployed to automate the processes. | 2021-04-15 |
20210107165 | Tactile Sensor - A tactile sensor including a cap having a top surface and an undersurface. The undersurface includes pins, each pin has a mark. A portion of the undersurface is attachable to a device. A camera positioned in view of the marks, captures images of the marks placed in motion by elastic deformation of the top surface of the cap. A processor receives the captured images and determines a set of relative positions of the marks in the captured images, by identifying measured image coordinates of locations in images of the captured images. Determine a net force tensor acting on the top surface using a stored machine vision algorithm, by matching the set of relative positions of the marks to a stored set of previously learned relative positions of the marks placed in motion. Control the device via a controller in response to the net force tensor determined in the processor. | 2021-04-15 |
20210107166 | Elastomeric Tactile Sensor - A tactile sensor including a camera positioned to capture images of marks. An elastically deformable skin including an outer surface having attributes and an undersurface having pins, ridges, or both. Each undersurface pin or ridge includes a mark. A processor detects displacement of the marks in captured images and compares the displaced positions of the marks in the captured images to stored sets of prelearned positions of marks, based on a distance function, to determine a quality of match value for each set of the prelearned positions of marks. A best quality matched prelearned pattern of forces is determined using a user selected function, to calculate a best matching set of the prelearned positions of marks. Identify a pattern of forces acting on the elastically deformable skin based on the determined best matched prelearned pattern of forces. | 2021-04-15 |
20210107167 | ROBOTIC SYSTEM WITH RECONFIGURABLE END-EFFECTOR ASSEMBLY - An end-effector assembly comprising a master boom, a crossbar coupled to the master boom, at least one branch rail, and a swing arm is provided. The at least one branch rail is movably coupled to the crossbar by a branch lock. The at least one branch rail has a driving groove formed longitudinally therealong for telescopic movement relative to the crossbar. The branch lock comprises a crossbar clamp and a branch rail clamp. The crossbar clamp is slidably and pivotally disposed about the crossbar for slidable and pivotal movement therealong. The branch rail clamp comprises a body having a primary telescoping lock including a receiving bore formed therethrough and a wedging collet disposed in the receiving bore. The body further comprises a secondary telescoping lock having a ball and a plunger disposed in a ball-plunger cavity of the body. | 2021-04-15 |
20210107168 | Robotic manipulation of fabric pieces using a dropping-roller-type picker - The method of transporting a piece of fabric material using a Morton™ picker comprises the steps of aligning a weight vector of the piece of fabric material being lifted, from the gap between the toothed wheel and the pressing foot of the picker and into a region between a tangent to the toothed wheel and a right angle to the pressing surface of the pressing foot; and lifting and transporting the piece of fabric material while maintaining the alignment of the weight vector in that region. In another aspect, there is provided robotic installation comprising a robotic arm and a Morton™ picker for manipulating pieces of fabric material. The robotic arm is configured for simultaneously rotating an axis of the picker and moving the picker along a hyperbolic trajectory, in a single complex motion without jitter, while maintaining the aforesaid alignment of the weight vector. | 2021-04-15 |
20210107169 | PLACEMENT AND COMPACTION OF OBJECTS VIA VACUUM - Systems and methods are provided for vacuum handling of composite parts. One embodiment is a method for picking up, placing, and compacting an object. The method includes covering a part of an object with an impermeable membrane, applying a negative pressure via an end effector that is sufficient to offset any air leaks between a first portion of the impermeable membrane and the object, thereby forming a suction hold that secures the object to the impermeable membrane, and transporting the object to a rigid tool while the suction hold is retained. The method further comprises applying a negative pressure via the end effector that offsets air leaks between a second portion of the impermeable membrane and the rigid tool, thereby forming a suction hold that compacts the object to the rigid tool. | 2021-04-15 |
20210107170 | ROBOTIC GRIPPER - The present disclosure relates to a robotic gripper comprising a body and two robotic fingers mounted to the body. Each robotic finger includes a first link, a second link, a third link, a fourth link, a first joint, a second joint and a third joint. The first joint connects the first link and the second link, and the second joint connects the second link and the third link, and the third joint connects the third link and the fourth link. These links and these joints are comprised of elastic material and are formed in one piece. | 2021-04-15 |
20210107171 | GAS SPRING MAINTENANCE MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, ROBOT SYSTEM, AND GAS SPRING MAINTENANCE MANAGEMENT METHOD - A maintenance management apparatus manages maintenance of a gas spring provided in an arm of an articulated robot and includes a gas pressure measuring unit that measures a gas pressure inside the gas spring on a regular basis, a maintenance judgement unit that judges whether an abnormality is present in the gas spring based on an amount of decrease in the gas pressure per unit time or per unit operating distance, and a notifying unit that sends a notification based on a judgment result by the maintenance judgement unit to an operator. | 2021-04-15 |
20210107172 | EASILY DISASSEMBLED FOLDING KNIFE - A folding knife includes a handle and a blade. The handle includes a first side member, a second side member, a connector, and a locking member. The first and second side members are pivotably coupled to the connector such that the first and second side members are pivotable relative to one another. The blade includes a pivot member extending laterally from a surface of the blade, and the pivot member is disposed between the first and second side members. The locking member of the handle is movable between an unlocked position and a locked position. In the unlocked position, the first and second side members of the handle are pivotable relative to one another and can disengage the pivot member of the blade. In the locked position, the first and second side members are restrained from movement relative to one another and engage the pivot member of the blade. | 2021-04-15 |
20210107173 | Razor with Pivoting Head - A shaving razor may include a handle, a head pivotally attached to the handle, the head may include a frame and a cover pivotally attached to the frame, and at least one separation member provided between the frame and the cover of the head. The at least one separation member may be movable relative to the frame and the cover of the head. A shaving razor may include a handle and a head pivotally attached to the handle. The head may be configured to receive at least two independently replaceable razor blades. | 2021-04-15 |
20210107174 | Film-cutting device of an environmental coating machine - The invention discloses a film-cutting device of an environmental coating machine, belonging to the technical field of mechanical engineering, which solves the existing problem that the protective film clamped by the conveyor belts are difficult to be cut. The film-cutting device of an environmental coating machine comprises frame ( | 2021-04-15 |
20210107175 | MACHINING APPARATUS AND MACHINING METHOD - The invention relates to a machining apparatus, in particular for wooden workpieces in the form of panels or bars, having at least one tool for contouring at least one side face of the workpiece by cutting and having a transport device for creating a relative movement between the workpiece and the at least one tool for machining the workpiece with the at least one tool, and having a device for applying material to the workpiece, wherein the device for applying material to the workpiece is arranged downstream of the at least one tool for contouring, in particular in the transporting direction of the transport device. | 2021-04-15 |
20210107176 | SHEET MANUFACTURING APPARATUS - A web forming section that deposits a mixture including a defibrated object and a resin on a mesh body and that forms a web; a transport section that transports the web from the mesh body; and an eliminating section that eliminates, by using an airflow, the mixture remaining on the mesh body after the web is transported by the transport section are provided. The eliminating section generates the airflow. | 2021-04-15 |
20210107177 | Apparatus For Reinforced Cementitious Construction By High Speed 3D Printing - The present invention relates to methods and apparatuses for an automated reinforced concrete construction system for onsite slip-form molding and casting a variety of cementitious mixes in a cast in place leave in place externally moldable flexible reinforced containment sleeve providing a wide variety of interchangeable full-scale molding configurations simultaneously optimizing a wide variety of cementitious mix curing characteristics, further having optional internal reinforcement net(s), for layer wise interlocking additive printed brick deposition providing improved slip-form mold casting of a wide variety of reinforced concrete structures; the present invention further includes a variety of operating platforms suitable for on and offsite constriction as disclosed herein. | 2021-04-15 |
20210107178 | EXTRUSION MOLDING MACHINE, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING MOLDED BODY - An extrusion molding machine | 2021-04-15 |
20210107179 | CHARGE HOPPER FOR CONCRETE MIXER - A mixing drum assembly includes a frame, a mixing drum rotatably coupled to the frame, and a charge hopper coupled to the frame and positioned to direct material into the mixing drum. The charge hopper includes a hopper frame and a liner extending along an inner surface of the hopper frame and at least partially defining a passage extending between an inlet and an outlet. The hopper frame includes a first material and the liner includes a second material different from the first material. The liner is removably coupled to the hopper frame. | 2021-04-15 |
20210107180 | PROCESSING APPARATUS - A processing apparatus includes a holding table for holding a workpiece, a cutting unit including a spindle and a mount, a blade changer unit for mounting a cutting blade on or dismounting a cutting blade from the mount, and a control unit. The blade changer unit includes a blade chuck for holding the cutting blade and a moving unit. The cutting unit includes a vibration detecting sensor. The control unit includes a calculator for calculating the central axis of the mount from a position where the vibration detecting sensor detects vibrations caused upon contact between the mount and the blade chuck, and a mounting/dismounting controller for aligning the central axis of the blade chuck with the central axis of the mount and mounting the cutting blade on and dismounting cutting blade from the mount. | 2021-04-15 |
20210107181 | PROCESSES AND APPARATUSES FOR CONDITIONING POLYMER PARTICLES FOR AN SSP REACTOR - Processes and apparatuses for producing polymer particles with a solid state polycondensation reactor and an underwater pelletization unit. The apparatuses use a pre-conditioning zone to adjust a temperature, crystallization in addition to dust, acetaldehyde and water content of the particles from a crystallization bin. Various inert gas streams can be provided from a purification unit to remove dust, acetaldehyde, water and adjust temperature and crystallinity of the particles, as also move the particles. The precondition zones have stages that allow for the particles to accurately achieve the desired SSP reactor inlet conditions | 2021-04-15 |
20210107182 | SYSTEM, METHOD, AND APPARATUS FOR USE IN FORMING A COMPOSITE STRUCTURE - A method for use in forming a composite structure that includes dispensing a first sheet of composite material, cutting the first sheet of composite material to form one of a plurality of plies of composite material, and providing the plurality of plies of composite material to a forming tool one at a time in a ply laydown sequence. A first sequential ply in the ply laydown sequence is provided, and then a second sequential ply in the ply laydown sequence is automatically provided after the first sequential ply has been provided. | 2021-04-15 |
20210107183 | MOLD AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREFOR - The purpose of the present invention is to provide a mold having both good adhesion resistance and smoothness, and a production method therefor. Provided is a mold made of a composite material comprising hard phases and metal phases characterized in that the mold has a reinforced layer made of hard phases for a working surface and the working surface satisfies the arithmetic average roughness Ra≤0.1 μm and skewness Rsk≤−0.01. Also provided is a production method for a mold made of a composite material comprising hard phases and metal phases characterized in having: a shaping step for working the surface of the mold made of said composite material and adjusting to Ra≤0.1 μm; and after the shaping step, a surface layer-modifying step for etching the surface of the mold adjusted to Ra≤0.1 μm and removing the metal phases near the surface. | 2021-04-15 |
20210107184 | LIFTER SYSTEM WITH ROTATIONAL GIB - A lifter system and apparatus having a rotational gib for molding plastic parts, in large mold machines or small mold machines. A core blade is movably mounted with respect to a mold. A gib, such as a rotational gib, is mounted with respect to an ejector plate of the mold. A rotational mount is fixed with respect to the gib. The core blade can be moved and releasably locked at or into different positions with respect to the gib. The rotational mount can be releasably locked with respect to the gib. A detent, a bias element and a spherical surface or other contact surface can be used to hold or fix a position of the core blade with respect to the gib. A second detent, a second bias element and a second spherical surface or other contact surface can be used to hold or fix a position of the rotational mount with respect to the gib. | 2021-04-15 |
20210107185 | ROTATION UV CURE - A system for removing and evenly completing cure of residual collected uncured resin from within a 3D printed part, which includes an enclosure which shields UV electromagnetic radiation from entering a space positioned within the enclosure. The system further includes a rotator device positioned in the space within the enclosure and a 3D printed part positioned within the space and associated with the rotator device. | 2021-04-15 |
20210107186 | COOLING METHOD AND COOLING DEVICE OF MOLDED RESIN PRODUCTS - The present invention relates to a cooling method and a cooling device of molded resin products which are made from a synthetic resin as a raw material and are ejected from a press molding apparatus. An object of the present invention is to shorten a molding time and ensure product quality. A molded resin product M which is ejected from a die in a still hot state is supplied on plural jigs | 2021-04-15 |
20210107187 | TOOL, TOOL SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION OF PARTICLE FOAM PARTS - The present invention relates to a tool, a tool system and a method for the production of particle foam parts, in particular for the manufacture of shoe soles. The shoe sole may be manufactured by welding foam particles using electromagnetic waves. The tool may comprise two mold halves forming a mold cavity corresponding to the shape of the shoe sole. The tool may be arranged between two capacitor plates. The mold cavity may be filled with the foam particles. The tool may then be closed and subjected to electromagnetic waves, in particular radio waves or microwaves, introduced into the mold cavity via the capacitor plates. The foam particles heated by the electromagnetic waves and at least partially fuse or bake together. | 2021-04-15 |
20210107188 | MOLD INSERT FOR USE IN A MOLD FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF A CUSHIONING ELEMENT FOR SPORTS APPAREL - An aspect of the present invention relates to a mold insert for use in a mold for the manufacture of a cushioning element for sports apparel. Further aspects of the present invention relate to a mold using such a mold insert, a method for the manufacture of a cushioning element for sports apparel using such a mold, and a cushioning element manufactured by such a method. | 2021-04-15 |
20210107189 | Polymer Sealed In-Mold Decoration and Method of Manufacture - An injection molded product formed from an inner layer, or substrate, to which an aesthetic IMD layer is bonded during a first injection molding process, leaving a portion of the substrate exposed about the perimeter(s) of the substrate. A transparent outer layer, or overmold, is then injection molded over the top of the IMD layer and substrate, bonding substantially to the IMD layer and to the substrate where it remains exposed following the first injection molding. The process of forming a product through the disclosed two-step injection molding process creates a customizable, aesthetic product with an aesthetic IMD layer completely encapsulated between the substrate and a clear overmold in such a way to protect the IMD layer from the environment in which the product is used. | 2021-04-15 |
20210107190 | HOT-RUNNER ASSEMBLY WITH INTERNALLY COOLED AXIALLY MOUNTED ELECTRIC ACTUATOR - A hot-runner injection molding apparatus that facilitates use of electric actuators in a compact design includes a hot-runner manifold defining resin channels for conveying resin to nozzles that serve as conduits for introducing liquid resin into a mold cavity, a valve pin configured for linear movement along a longitudinal axis of the nozzle to control flow of liquid resin through the nozzle, and an electric actuator having a body containing an electric motor, wherein the electric actuator body includes channels for circulating a coolant. | 2021-04-15 |
20210107191 | Disrupted Flow Through Injection Molding Flow Channel - An injection molding apparatus ( | 2021-04-15 |
20210107192 | INJECTION MOLDING SYSTEM AND INJECTION MOLDING METHOD - An injection-molding system includes an extruding system configured to produce a mixture; discharging channels communicable with the extruding system, wherein each of the discharging channels includes an outlet; and a molding device configured to receive the mixture from the outlets and including a space and feeding ports correspondingly engageable with the outlets. An injection-molding method includes providing an extruding system configured to produce a mixture, a first discharging channel including a first outlet, a second discharging channel including a second outlet, and a molding device including a space and first and second feeding ports communicable with the space and respectively engageable with the first and second outlets; engaging the first outlet with the first feeding port; engaging the second outlet with the second feeding port; injecting the mixture through the first outlet and the first feeding port; and injecting the mixture through the second outlet and the second feeding port. | 2021-04-15 |
20210107193 | MOLD - A mold for injection molding includes: three or more cavity rows, each cavity row having a plurality of cavities; and a cooling flow path configured to allow a cooling medium to flow through the cooling flow path, the cooling medium cooling the cavities, the cooling flow path including: at least one supply port; a distribution conduit communicated with the supply port; a supply conduit communicated with the distribution conduit; a cavity cooling portion communicated with the supply conduit and provided to an outer periphery of the cavities; a discharge conduit communicated with the cavity cooling portion; a collecting conduit communicated with the discharge conduit; and at least one discharge port communicated with the collecting conduit, and the supply conduit and the discharge conduit are parallel to the cavity rows, and at least one supply conduit and at least one discharge conduit are provided for each cavity row. | 2021-04-15 |
20210107194 | INJECTION MOLDING INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SUPPORT DEVICE AND INJECTION MOLDING MACHINE - To easily check a changing trend of machine state data on an injection molding machine during a predetermined period and/or in every predetermined period. An injection molding information management support device for managing machine state data regarding a machine state in operation of an injection molding machine during a predetermined period and/or in every predetermined period includes a machine state data acquisition unit that acquires a machine state data value for each molding cycle in the injection molding machine, and a frequency distribution data recording unit that converts the machine state data value into a preset class data value and records the class data value in a storage unit. | 2021-04-15 |
20210107195 | PROCEDURE FOR DETERMINING REAL MOLDING FRONTS AND ALIGNING SIMULATIONS - A method for determining positions of a real moulding material front during a process to be carried out with a moulding machine, wherein
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20210107196 | METHOD FOR ESTABLISHING A TARGET VALUE - A target value progression for a process parameter functioning as a setting variable is established so that an actual value progression for a selected variable has a desired property, or the desired actual value progression itself ensues. The actual value progression occurring in relation to the first configuration is predetermined as a reference value progression for the selected variable, and a target value progression for the process parameter functioning as the setting variable is established by a computer so that the reference value progression as the actual value progression with the desired property or the desired actual value progression itself ensues when the shaping machine in the second configuration operates in a production cycle in accordance with the selected target value progression for the at least one process parameter functioning as the setting variable. | 2021-04-15 |
20210107197 | CLAMPING MECHANISM ASSEMBLY - The present disclosure provides a clamping assembly in operative connection with a mold of an injection-molding apparatus. The clamping assembly includes a fixed plate, a rear plate, a plurality of tie bars, a movable plate, a driving module, and a temperature adjuster. The rear plate is spaced apart from the fixed plate. The tie bars are interlinked with the fixed plate and the rear plate and provided with a plurality of channels. The movable plate, between the fixed plate and the rear plate, is capable of moving with respect to the fixed plate along the tie bars. The driving module interlinks the rear plate and the movable plate. The temperature adjuster is employed to supply a fluid into the channels to remove heat from the tie bars, thereby preventing non-uniform thermal expansion of the tie bars, and hence preventing the structural wear and flash issues. | 2021-04-15 |
20210107198 | METHOD FOR SETTING AN OPERATING POINT OF A FILM STRETCHING MACHINE AND FILM STRETCHING SYSTEM FOR PRODUCING A PLASTICS FILM - The method for setting an operating point of a film stretching system comprises the method steps:
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20210107199 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FORMING HIGH STRENGTH PRODUCTS - A system and method are presented in which a flow of plastic is extruded to obtain nano-sized features by forming multiple laminated flow streams, flowing in parallel through the non-rotating extrusion system. Each of the parallel laminated flow streams are subjected to repeated steps in which the flows are compressed, divided, and overlapped to amplify the number of laminations. The parallel amplified laminated flows are rejoined to form a combined laminated output with nano-sized features. The die exit is formed to provide a tubular shape. | 2021-04-15 |
20210107200 | Microcapillary Wire Coating Die Assembly - Polymeric coatings comprising microcapillary structures are applied to a wire or optic fiber using a wire coating apparatus comprising a die ( | 2021-04-15 |
20210107201 | System and method for reducing draw resonance in plants for the production of plastic film - A system and method for reducing draw resonance of a plastic material in molten state, so-called melt, leaving an extrusion group of a plant for the production of plastic film, includes at least one thermostatically-controlled cylinder, having an embracement angle of the melt on the cylinder that is adjustable on the basis of the process rate, i.e., the linear movement speed of the plastic film, and/or on the basis of the temperature measured in the proximity of or in correspondence with the clamping area of the melt in a thermoforming, calibration and cooling group included in the plant and positioned downstream of the system. | 2021-04-15 |
20210107202 | Methods for Forming Films and Their Related Computing Devices - Methods for forming polyolefin films using a model including a multivariate adaptive regression splines (MARS)-derived algorithm are provided. Related computing devices are also provided. | 2021-04-15 |
20210107203 | POLYMERIC TUBE FORMING APPARATUS WITH A MULTI-DIMENSIONAL CONTROL SYSTEM - A tube forming apparatus for forming polymeric tubing includes a housing between rear and discharge ends. The tube forming apparatus includes a core tube assembly with an exterior core tube and an inner core tube positioned partially therein and in an interior area of the housing. The tube forming apparatus includes a die that has an inner die-surface. A diverter tip is mounted in and extends from the inner core tube into the die forming a die opening between the die and the diverter tip. The tube forming apparatus includes a core tube adjustment system mounted proximate the rear end which includes an axial displacement device configured to axially position the core tube assembly for modulating wall thickness of the tube and/or an angular displacement device configured to modulate the inner core tube for modulating concentricity of the tube. | 2021-04-15 |
20210107204 | PORTABLE MODULE FOR CONTAINER FORMING AND FILLING SYSTEM - A portable module for a container forming and filling system. The portable module includes a control module, an operator interface, a pump, connectors, and a transport member. The pump is configured to pump liquid for forming the container and filling the container into a container forming and filling machine. The connectors are for connecting the portable module to the container forming and filling machine. The transport member is for moving the portable module. | 2021-04-15 |
20210107205 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FORMING CONTAINERS USING BLOW MOLD AND ELECTRIC HEATING ELEMENTS - A system for forming a container includes an injection station configured to inject a liquid material into a mold to form a preform. The system also includes a forming station including an apparatus for forming a container. The apparatus includes a blow mold configured to receive the preform and inject air into the preform to form the container. The blow mold includes an inner mold surface. The apparatus also includes at least one stretching rod configured to contact the preform in the blow mold and stretch the preform. The apparatus further includes electric heating elements coupled to the blow mold and positioned adjacent the inner mold surface to heat the inner mold surface. The system further includes a removal station configured to release the container from the system. | 2021-04-15 |
20210107206 | METHOD FOR LEAKAGE DETECTION IN A DEVICE FOR SHAPING CONTAINER PREFORMS - The invention provides a method for leakage detection in a device for shaping container preforms, comprising a compressed air system which is connected to a compressed air source and comprises at least two fluidically connected regions that can be separated from each other and/or from the environment by shut-off elements. The method comprises a leakage test run conducted in an automated manner in which at least one of the blocking elements and/or the compressed air supply into the compressed air system is controlled in such a way that it can be determined separately for each region whether compressed air escapes therefrom. | 2021-04-15 |
20210107207 | METHOD FOR FORMING A VACUUM INSULATED STRUCTURE - A method of forming a vacuum insulated structure includes providing a structural envelope an insulating cavity defined within the structural envelope. An expanding device is attached to opposing outer walls of the structural envelope and the interior cavity is expanded by pulling the opposing outer walls away from one another to define an expanded state. An insulating material is disposed within the insulating cavity to occupy substantially all of the insulating cavity in the expanded state. Gas is expressed from the insulating cavity to collapse the structural envelope to a final state and a final interior volume that is less than the expanded interior volume. The final state of the structural envelope defines a densified state of the insulating material within the insulating cavity. The vacuum port is then closed to hermetically seal the insulating cavity. | 2021-04-15 |
20210107208 | Device for Producing Plastic Pipe - The invention relates to a device for producing plastic pipe from a molten plastic tube. The device comprises a injection head for connection to an extruder for the extrusion of the molten plastic tube and several molding jaws in each case having a molding surface for the molding of the extruded molten plastic tube, which, for molding the extruded molten plastic tube, are arranged, in each case in pairs, guided by means of a drive device along a molding path in the production direction of the extruded molten plastic tube. The molding surface in each case partially encircles a receiving space for receiving the molten plastic tube. According to the invention, at least one of the molding jaws has a sensor device which comprises at least one sensor with a data-capturing sensor head, which is arranged such that its capture area comprises an area of the molding surface and/or an area of the receiving space. | 2021-04-15 |
20210107209 | Articles with Textured Surfaces Having Pseudorandom Protrusions - At least some aspects of the present disclosure direct to an article comprising: a major textured surface having a plurality of ellipsoidal protrusions, wherein the plurality of ellipsoidal protrusions is disposed in repeated units, and wherein each of the repeated units has a pseudorandom pattern, such that is a degree of short range regularity of the pseudorandom pattern is greater than 0.5 and a degree of long range regularity of the pseudorandom pattern is less than 0.5. | 2021-04-15 |
20210107210 | ADDITIVE METHOD OF PRODUCING MOLDED BODIES - Accurate 3D printing is achieved by depositing a support material containing a polyether and a particulate rheological additive onto a substrate from a fixed applicator, the substrate being moveable. | 2021-04-15 |
20210107211 | LIP SUPPORTS USEFUL FOR MAKING OBJECTS BY ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING - A method of making a three-dimensional object includes the steps of: (a) providing a carrier plate ( | 2021-04-15 |
20210107212 | Method for the Preparation of a Cell Culture Insert with at Least One Membrane - A method for producing a cell culture insert with at least one membrane, in particular at least one biological membrane, may include the following steps: providing at least one insert blank with at least one opening; and forming the at least one membrane in the insert blank by means of a bio-printing method. | 2021-04-15 |
20210107213 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL PRINTING WITH REDUCED PRESSURE BUILD PLATE UNIT - A method of forming a three-dimensional object, comprising: providing a carrier and an optically transparent member having a build surface, said carrier and said build surface defining a build region therebetween; filling said build region with a polymerizable liquid, continuously or intermittently irradiating said build region with light through said optically transparent member to form a solid polymer from said polymerizable liquid, continuously or intermittently advancing (e.g., sequentially or concurrently with said irradiating step) said carrier away from said build surface to form said three-dimensional object from said solid polymer, said optically transparent member comprising a flexible layer having upper and lower opposing sides, wherein the flexible layer upper side defines the build region, the method further comprising forming a region of reduced pressure adjacent the flexible layer lower side. | 2021-04-15 |
20210107214 | ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING POWDER SPREADING TECHNOLOGY TO MITIGATE SURFACE DEFECTS - A laser powder bed fusion additive manufacturing system having a powder dispenser that provides powder layers on a build platform; a laser fusion system that fuses the powder layers, wherein spatter particles are produce on the powder layers; and a powder bed sweeping system that sweeps the spatter particles from the powder layers. The powder bed sweeping system includes a brush that has bristles that contact the spatter particles and sweeps the spatter particles from the powder layers. | 2021-04-15 |
20210107215 | Adaptive Closed-Loop Control of Additive Manufacturing for Producing a Workpiece - A method and an arrangement for producing a workpiece using additive manufacturing techniques involve pre-process, in-process and post-process measurement in order to determine individual characteristics of one or more workpiece layers. In particular, dimensional and/or geometrical characteristics of a workpiece layer are measured before the next workpiece layer is produced. Advantageously, production parameters are controlled in response to individual material characteristics determined prior to the production process. Also advantageously, measurement results are fed back into a production process in order to increase accuracy, reliability, repeatability and precision of the production process. | 2021-04-15 |
20210107216 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL PRINTING - In an example of a method for three-dimensional (3D) printing, a build material composition is applied to form a build material layer. The build material composition includes a polymeric or polymeric composite build material, and a precipitating agent. Based on a 3D object model, a fusing agent is selectively applied on at least a portion of the build material composition. The fusing agent includes a radiation absorber, which the precipitating agent precipitates. The build material composition is exposed to radiation to fuse the at least the portion to form a layer of a 3D part. | 2021-04-15 |
20210107217 | ADDITIVE MANUFACTURED HEADER FOR HEAT EXCHANGERS - A stacked tube heat exchanger consisting of tubes that are affixed to a header or headers that are additively manufactured. | 2021-04-15 |
20210107218 | ORIENTABLE NOZZLE FOR ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING - Apparatuses, applicable to new or existing large envelope, 3-axes Cartesian machinery for additive manufacturing, based on Fused Deposition of thermoplastic material deposited in subsequent layers one on top of another, wherein the output nozzle dispensing the molten printing material can be oriented in space by adding 2 independent polar axes interposed between the extruder screw output and the dispensing nozzle are described. The adjustment of these polar axes may be manually set and locked in a desired position or motorized and controlled by machine CNC thus allowing a full 5-axes material deposition. Such is particularly useful in critical zones of large envelope parts where the polar orientability of the nozzle allows improved lay-up strategy results in better dimensional and structural lay-up quality. | 2021-04-15 |
20210107219 | PRINTING SYSTEMS WITH MOVABLE DATA CONNECTORS - A printing system includes a rail and an electrical connector coupled to the rail. The rail is moveable between a first position where the electrical connector is disengaged from contacts of a supply container chip and a second position where the electrical connector is engaged with the contacts of a supply container chip. | 2021-04-15 |
20210107220 | SUPPLY CONTAINER - A container is disclosed. The container includes a housing formed to receive a supply having a composition of material that is altered from an original supply. A memory device is included in the housing. The memory device includes a writable field to receive data indicative of an altered composition of the supply. | 2021-04-15 |
20210107221 | A BUILD MATERIAL CONTAINER FOR A THREE-DIMENSIONAL PRINTER - A build material container for a three-dimensional printer is provided. The build material container includes an Archimedes screw disposed in a head at one end. The Archimedes screw is configured to convey build material between an edge of the build material container and a valve disposed in a center of the head as the build material container is rotated along a horizontal axis. | 2021-04-15 |
20210107222 | POWDER BIN FOR ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING SYSTEM - A powder bin for an additive manufacturing apparatus has a plurality of walls forming an annular body to surround a build plate. The plurality of walls include an annular outer wall and an annular inner wall that are separated by a cavity, and a gap between a top edge of the inner wall and a top edge of the outer wall is configured to receive powder between the top edges of the outer walls and the inner walls. The annular body has an aperture that extends laterally through the inner wall and outer wall. A base is connected to a bottom edge of the outer wall and a bottom edge of the inner wall, and the base includes one or more ports. A sloped barrier is positioned in the cavity configured to direct powder around the aperture to the one or more ports in the base. | 2021-04-15 |
20210107223 | ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING SYSTEM WITH REMOVABLE MODULE HAVING BUILD PLATE ON KINEMATIC MOUNTS - An additive manufacturing apparatus includes an annular powder bin to surround a build plate, a support structure to hold the build plate in an interior of the powder bin, and a kinematic mount assembly for the support structure. The kinematic mount assembly includes at least three independently vertically kinematic mounts that support the support structure, and one or more actuators to independently control vertical motion of the kinematic mounts to control a tilt angle of the support structure and build plate. | 2021-04-15 |
20210107224 | BUILD MODULE WITH DEFORMABLE WALL - In some examples, a build module for an additive manufacturing machine includes a deformable wall defining a build chamber for receiving build material during a build operation, and pressure application members arranged around the deformable wall and in contact with a plurality of points of the deformable wall, the pressure application members to deform the deformable wall by applying lateral forces against the deformable wall. | 2021-04-15 |
20210107225 | CONTAINER WITH HOLLOW HANDLE - A container comprises a shell including a main portion to store a printing material for a 3D printer. The shell includes an openable end and an opposite close end. The closed end includes an end wall of the main portion and includes a hollow handle portion spaced apart from the end wall. The hollow handle portion is in fluid communication with the main portion. | 2021-04-15 |
20210107226 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL PRINTING APPARATUS USING DLP PROJECTOR WITH LASER SCANNER - The present invention relates to a three-dimensional printing apparatus using a digital light processing (DLP) projector with a laser scanner, the apparatus comprising: a resin storage unit storing a photocurable resin; a DLP projector unit projecting light to the resin storage unit; a molding stage unit provided to be capable of being lifted and lowered in a vertical direction from a bottom of the resin storage unit; a laser scanner unit performing scanning of light for the resin storage unit; a scanner transfer unit allowing the laser scanner unit to move in an x-axis direction; an image processing unit dividing one sectional image of a sculpture into a core portion and a shell portion; and a controller receiving data on the core portion and the shell portion from the image processing unit, controlling the DLP projector, the laser scanner unit, the scanner transfer unit, and the molding stage unit. | 2021-04-15 |
20210107227 | 3D REVERSE PRINTING METHOD AND DEVICE - The present invention relates to a method and a device for producing three-dimensional models, wherein binding/bonding material is applied in layers to a building platform and media are selectively applied which delay or completely prevent the binding of the applied material. | 2021-04-15 |