20th week of 2022 patent applcation highlights part 24 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20220153434 | Indexing For Airframes Undergoing Pulsed-Line Assembly - Systems and methods are provided for assembling a structure. The systems and method including micro pulsing a structure along a track in a process direction by less than a length of the structure. The structure is indexed to one or more work stations by mating indexing features in a manufacturing excess of the structure to complementary features at the work stations. The work stations would the perform work on the structure at the work stations while the structure is indexed to the work stations. Iteratively repeating the micro pulsing and indexing and working upon the structure until it is ready to advance to the next assembly process. | 2022-05-19 |
20220153435 | Composite Wing Panels and Fabrication Method - Wing panels having composite wing skins and stringers are produced on a moving production line. The wing panels are formed on mandrels that move through workstations along the production line where laminators layup the wing skins and pick-and-place machines place stringers on the wing skins that are supplied by stringer feeder lines. | 2022-05-19 |
20220153436 | FRAME INSTALLATION STATION FOR AIRCRAFT FUSELAGE SEGMENTS - Systems and methods are provided for assembling aircraft fuselages. One embodiment is a method for assembling a fuselage of an aircraft. The method includes indexing an arcuate section of a fuselage to a frame installation station, feeding a frame at the frame installation station into a concavity defined by the arcuate section, placing the frame against an Inner Mold Line (IML) of the arcuate section while the frame is within the concavity, and affixing the frame to the arcuate section. | 2022-05-19 |
20220153437 | Methods and Systems for Assembly and Installation of Airframe Crown Modules - Systems and methods are provided for assembling an aircraft. The method includes receiving an upper half barrel section of fuselage that is in a crown up orientation and installing a crown module into the upper half barrel section. | 2022-05-19 |
20220153438 | ASSEMBLY LINE FABRICATION AND ASSEMBLY OF AIRCRAFT WINGS - Systems and methods are provided for fabricating a wing panel. Methods include aligning a strongback over a wing panel, vacuum attaching a wing panel surface and pogos extending beneath the strongback, and adjusting the length of pogos to enforce a contour to the wing panel. Systems include a strongback to extend over a wing panel, adjustable-length pogos extending beneath the strongback, and vacuum couplers to attach to a wing panel surface. Other systems include a track, work stations along the track, a strongback to extend over the wing panel and move along the track, adjustable-length pogos extending beneath the strongback, and vacuum couplers to attach to a wing panel surface. Apparatus includes a shuttle having adapters that mate the shuttle with a track, adjustable-length carriers with vacuum couplers to couple with a wing panel surface, and indexing units that interact with indexing features in a manufacturing excess of the wing panel. | 2022-05-19 |
20220153439 | MIRRORED FABRICATION AND ASSEMBLY OF AIRCRAFT WINGS - Systems and methods are provided for assembly line processing of aircraft wing panels. The method includes inputting wing panels into an assembly line, the assembly line having a number of work stations, the wing panels oriented such that leading edges are all on a first side of the work stations, and trailing edges are all on a second side of the work stations, and advancing the wing panels in a process direction through the number of work stations, at least a first portion of the work stations dedicated to wing panel leading edge processing, and a second portion of the work stations dedicated to wing panel trailing edge processing. | 2022-05-19 |
20220153440 | CONTOUR ENFORCEMENT FOR LINE ASSEMBLED FUSELAGE SEGMENTS - Systems and methods are provided for assembling a section of a fuselage of an aircraft. The method includes pulsing a half barrel section of the fuselage along a track in a process direction, utilizing an indexing feature associated with the half barrel section to determine a desired contour for a portion of the half barrel section, and enforcing the desired contour onto the half barrel section using components that enforce an inner mold line and components that enforce an outer mold line when the half barrel section is out of tolerance from the desired contour. | 2022-05-19 |
20220153441 | ASSEMBLY LINE FABRICATION AND ASSEMBLY OF AIRCRAFT WINGS - Systems and methods are provided for installing ribs and/or spars to a wing panel while a contour is enforced. Methods include suspending a wing panel beneath a shuttle that enforces the contour, advancing the wing panel through work stations via the shuttle, and installing a rib or a spar (or another wing panel) at a work station, while the contour is enforced. Other methods include locating a wing panel beneath a shuttle, coupling adjustable-length pogos to the wing panel at locations distinct from those corresponding with an installation location, e.g. for a rib or a spar, and controlling the length of the pogos to enforce a contour to the wing panel. Some systems include a track, work stations disposed along the track, and a shuttle to advance along the track and convey a wing panel to each of the work stations while enforcing a contour onto the wing panel. | 2022-05-19 |
20220153442 | Pulsed Line Fabrication for a Fuselage Using Work Stations - Systems and methods are provided for fabricating a fuselage of an aircraft. The method includes: disposing arcuate sections of fuselage at a track of a factory such that concavities of the arcuate sections of the fuselage face a floor of the factory, and bearing edges of the arcuate sections of fuselage directly contact the track; advancing the arcuate sections of fuselage synchronously along the track in a process direction; and performing work within concavities of the arcuate sections of fuselage during pauses between pulses of the arcuate section of fuselage via stations that are disposed beneath the concavities and that are directly mounted to the floor of the factory. | 2022-05-19 |
20220153443 | ASSEMBLY LINE FABRICATION AND ASSEMBLY OF AIRCRAFT WINGS - Systems, methods, and apparatus are provided for assembling a wing. Methods include coupling a robot arm to a bracket on a rib held against a wing panel, and operating the coupled robot arm to install shims between the rib and wing panel. Some methods further include mounting (e.g. detachably) the bracket, such as by aligning it with indexing features at the rib. In some methods, the bracket enforces a contour to the rib. Systems include a carriage coupled to a rib, and a robot arm extending therefrom that is operable to perform work (e.g. inspection, installing shims and/or fasteners, etc.) at an interface between the rib and a wing panel. Apparatus includes a robot arm dimensioned for placement at an interface between a rib and a wing panel, with the robot arm including an end effector to perform work upon the interface (e.g. inspection, installing shims and/or fasteners, etc.). | 2022-05-19 |
20220153444 | Composite Preform Assembly Method and Apparatus - A method for fabricating a preform for a portion of an aircraft includes acquiring a sheet of broad good fiber reinforced material, trimming the sheet to form layup pieces having boundaries, placing the boundaries into alignment, arranging the layup pieces in a layup pattern to form a ply, performing a placement operation that transports the layup pattern onto a layup mandrel, and shaping the layup pattern into conformance with a contour of the layup mandrel. | 2022-05-19 |
20220153445 | ASSEMBLY LINE FABRICATION AND ASSEMBLY OF AIRCRAFT WINGS - Systems and methods are provided for assembling a wing. Methods include suspending an upper wing panel of an aircraft beneath a shuttle, translating a rib to a position it, and placing the rib into contact with, then affixing the rib to, the upper wing panel, while suspended. Some methods include installing ribs and spars to the upper wing panel, and joining a lower wing panel to the ribs and spars, while the upper wing panel is suspended. Some methods involve joining ribs to spars (e.g., all, or some) to produce a support structure that is then affixed to the upper wing panel. Systems include a shuttle that suspends an upper wing panel, and a cart that includes supports to hold a rib, a chassis to translate the rib to a position beneath the upper wing panel, and a lifting apparatus to lift the rib into contact with the upper wing panel. | 2022-05-19 |
20220153446 | Fabrication of Curved Composite Preforms for Aircraft via Assembly Lines - Systems and methods are provided for fabricating curved preforms of fiber reinforced material. Methods include laying up at least one ply onto a carrier of flexible material at a lamination station, loading the carrier onto a rail system, routing the carrier to a particular Ply-By-Ply (PBP) forming station at the rail system, separating the at least one ply from the carrier, and making the at least one ply into the preform via the particular PBP forming station. | 2022-05-19 |
20220153447 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ASSEMBLY AND INSTALLATION OF AIRFRAME FLOOR GRIDS - Systems and methods are provided for assembling an aircraft. The method includes receiving a lower half barrel section of fuselage that is inverted to a keel-up orientation; and installing a floor grid into the lower half barrel section while inverted. | 2022-05-19 |
20220153448 | FRAME FABRICATION LINE - Systems and methods are provided for fabrication of frames for aircraft. | 2022-05-19 |
20220153449 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANUFACTURING AIRCRAFT - Systems and methods for manufacturing aircraft are disclosed. For example, an aircraft manufacturing system for repetitively manufacturing aircraft comprises a first manufacturing zone configured to repetitively manufacture first aircraft subassemblies, a second manufacturing zone configured to repetitively manufacture second aircraft subassemblies, and a third manufacturing zone configured to receive the first aircraft subassemblies from the first manufacturing zone, to receive the second aircraft subassemblies from the second manufacturing zone, and to repetitively assemble the first aircraft subassemblies and the second aircraft subassemblies into the aircraft. In another example, a method for repetitively manufacturing aircraft assemblies comprises assembling first aircraft subassemblies and second aircraft subassemblies in parallel on separate assembly lines at a common geographic region; and transferring the first aircraft subassemblies and the second aircraft subassemblies to a final assembly facility located in the same common geographic region. | 2022-05-19 |
20220153450 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FRACTIONALLY PULSING AIRCRAFT COMPONENTS AND FOR DESIGNING MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS UTILIZING THE SAME - Systems and methods for manufacturing aircraft are disclosed. For example, a method for repetitively manufacturing aircraft comprises fractionally pulsing a constituent part down an assembly line by periodically advancing the constituent part down the assembly line by less than a length of the constituent part. The periodic advancing may include advancing the aircraft component by a pulse length that is less than the length of the aircraft component, stopping movement of the aircraft component for a duration and performing work on the aircraft component, and then advancing the aircraft component by the pulse length again. In another example, a method comprises determining a fractional pulse length to fractionally pulse one or more constituent parts of an aircraft based on one or more of a minimum workstation length of one or more assembly line workstations and a minimum section length of one or more work processes to be performed. | 2022-05-19 |
20220153451 | SENSOR BASED CONTROL OF SWAGE TOOLS - Systems and methods are provided for inspecting installation of a fastener. One method includes monitoring hydraulic pressure of a tool that is installing the fastener, detecting that the hydraulic pressure has dropped by more than a threshold amount within a period of time, determining that a pintail of the fastener has snapped in response to the detecting, and reducing the hydraulic pressure in response to the determining. | 2022-05-19 |
20220153452 | FABRICATION LINE, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR FUSELAGE SECTIONS - Systems and methods are provided for fabricating a part on a mandrel. The system includes a series of stations divided into at least two groups of stations, wherein each group of stations performs fabrication operations on a particular zone of the mandrel. | 2022-05-19 |
20220153453 | Assembly Line Fabrication and Assembly of Aircraft Wings - Systems and methods are provided for inspecting a wing panel. Some methods include advancing a wing panel through a Non-Destructive Inspection (NDI) station, and inspecting the wing panel with inspection heads at the NDI station. The wing panel may be suspended beneath a strongback during inspection and/or advancement, such as by using vacuum couplers and/or adjustable-length pogos of the strongback, and suspending may include enforcing a contour to the wing panel using the vacuum couplers and/or pogos. Other methods include receiving a wing panel at an NDI station and inspecting a portion thereof during movement through the NDI station. Some systems include a track, a strongback to suspend a wing panel beneath it and to advance along the track, and an NDI station disposed at the track to inspect the wing panel while suspended. | 2022-05-19 |
20220153454 | MODULAR AND CONFIGURABLE ATTITUDE CONTROL SYSTEM FOR A SPACECRAFT - A spacecraft attitude control module ( | 2022-05-19 |
20220153455 | BI-DIRECTIONAL WAVE PLASMA THRUSTER FOR SPACECRAFT - The invention relates to space engineering, in particular, to electric propulsion systems (EP) with electric rocket engines with electrodeless plasma source and acceleration stage using a wide variety of substances as a propellant, designed mainly for installation onboard a spacecraft for transferring it from parking orbit to the target orbit, orbit maintenance, attitude control, altitude control, unloading attitude control systems, maneuvers between orbits, and de-orbiting. The bi-directional wave plasma thruster for spacecraft consists of a gas discharge chamber defining thrust axis, antenna, RF-generator module electrically coupled with antenna, magnetic systems, wherein the gas discharge chamber is configured open to outer atmosphere from two opposite end-faces to form two thrust vectors opposite in direction and having common axis being the axis of the gas discharge chamber, while the antenna is on the outer side of the gas discharge chamber and is surrounded by a ring of dielectric material from its outer side, and there is one magnetic system on each opposite end of the gas discharge chamber, while the gas discharge chamber has a gas dynamic connection line with a propellant supply and storage system by means of two radial gas feedthroughs tightly connected to the gas discharge chamber in two places upstream of the magnetic systems. The technical result is the reduction of thruster weight and dimensions, increase of the specific thrust and specific impulse per consumed power unit, elimination of parasitic discharges damaging thruster and spacecraft structure components, elimination of power losses on the antenna-plasma electromagnetic coupling line, elimination of electromagnetic radiation to the propulsion system components and spacecraft structure components resulting in spacecraft rotation in space. | 2022-05-19 |
20220153456 | INTEGRATED CONDENSING HEAT EXCHANGER AND WATER SEPARATOR - An integrated condensing heat exchanger and water separator includes a microporous graphite plate, one or more water passages defined at a first side of the microporous graphite plate, and one or more air passages defined at a second side of the microporous graphite plate opposite the first side. An air inlet operably is connected to the one or more air passages to direct a flow of air through the one or more air passages at a first pressure, and a water inlet is operably connected to the one or more water passages to direct a flow of water through the one or more water passages at a second pressure lower than the first pressure. The microporous graphite plate is configured such that moisture condenses from the flow of air onto the second side and is wicked through the microporous graphite plate to the one or more water passages. | 2022-05-19 |
20220153457 | APPARATUS FOR FILLING CARTRIDGES OF E-VAPOR DEVICES - An apparatus for the automated filling of cartridges of e-vapor devices may include a filling drum configured to receive at least one cartridge of an e-vapor device. The apparatus may additionally include a needle assembly including at least one hypodermic needle. The needle assembly is configured to transition between a lowered state and a raised state. The lowered state is where the hypodermic needle is moved down into the cartridge, while the raised state is where the hypodermic needle is lifted up and away from the cartridge. The apparatus may further include a pump assembly configured to pump a pre-vapor formulation into the cartridge when the needle assembly is in the lowered state. The pump assembly may include a variable amplitude cam system configured to adjust an amount of the pre-vapor formulation for pumping to the cartridge without changing start and stop times for the pumping. | 2022-05-19 |
20220153458 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ERECTING AND FILLING A FOLDING BOX - For the purpose of erecting and filling a folding box which has closure flaps on two opposite sides, the folding box is removed from a store and erected such that the closure flaps are arranged on its upper side and its underside. The lower closure flaps are folded over and the underside of the folding box is thus closed, whereupon products are introduced into the folding box. Then, the upper closure flaps are folded over, as a result of which the upper side of the folding box is closed. Thereafter, both the upper closure flaps and the lower closure flaps are fixed in their closed position in a downstream fixing apparatus. | 2022-05-19 |
20220153459 | Method for Folding a Packaging and Packaging - A method includes folding a packaging from a single piece of foldable material, wherein the foldable material includes a back panel with adjacent back side panels, a rectangular top panel adjacent to the back panel with adjacent square top side panels, a lid panel adjacent to the top panel with adjacent lid side panels, a rectangular bottom panel adjacent to the back panel with adjacent polygonal bottom side panels and a front panel adjacent to the bottom panel with adjacent front side panels, wherein all of the panels are integral with each other in the single piece of foldable material. The method includes: a) wrapping the packaged good in an inner liner; b) placing an inner stiffener at at least two adjacent sides of the wrapped packaged good; and c) folding the foldable material around the inner stiffener and the wrapped packaged good forming a packaging. | 2022-05-19 |
20220153460 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PACKAGING RESPIRING PRODUCE - A method of packaging respiring produce comprises the steps of:providing a portion of packaging material, in particular a polymeric packaging material;providing a portion of the produce;forming, from the portion of packaging material and the portion of the produce, a closed package defining a package volume and containing in the package volume the portion of produce and a modified atmosphere; wherein the modified atmosphere is modified with respect to the ambient atmosphere. The method further comprises generating an atmosphere modification gas and/or an atmosphere modification gas mixture and/or establishing a modified atmosphere having an elevated ozone concentration in the package volume. An associated apparatus is also provided. | 2022-05-19 |
20220153461 | HANDLING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR HANDLING WEB-SHAPED PACKAGING MATERIAL - A handling device having a holder for gripping web-shaped packaging material, which holder has a curvature in the longitudinal direction of the holder. When the packaging material is gripped by the handling device, a free end section of the packaging material is arched in the transverse direction of the packaging material and projects out from the handling device to be inserted into a processing station of a packaging machine. | 2022-05-19 |
20220153462 | BOX TEMPLATE FOLDING PROCESS AND MECHANISMS - Apparatus and methods of forming boxes from template blanks includes moving the blank forward on a drive line while one or more side panel fingers raise and lower various side panels of the blank in an alternating fashion. One or more holders maintain the side panels in position as the blank moves forward on the drive line. The raised and lowered side panels rigidify various panels from which they extend. The rigidified panels may be less susceptible to bending along false scores that extend transversely across the blank during folding and bending steps of the box forming process. | 2022-05-19 |
20220153463 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PRODUCING A PACKAGING BODY OF PACKAGING - The present invention relates to a method for producing a packaging body ( | 2022-05-19 |
20220153464 | STEAM SHRINK WRAP SLEEVE WITH PRINTED LABEL FOR CONTAINER AND ASSOCIATED METHOD - A shrink wrapping apparatus, and associated process, includes a housing (turbine) having a wall forming a passage dimensioned to receive the associated container assembly and associated sleeve. The passage has an inlet and an outlet spaced therefrom. A steam/hot air path communicates with the passage to provide steam from an associated steam source to at least a portion of the passage in order to shrink wrap the associated sleeve on the associated container assembly as the container assembly and sleeve move through the passage. The apparatus also includes a stop member for engaging the associated container assembly and holding in the passage for a predetermined amount of time. | 2022-05-19 |
20220153465 | PACKAGING MACHINE AND METHOD - A packaging machine with a platform ( | 2022-05-19 |
20220153466 | Device and Method for Applying a Clip-Style Identification Tag Around the Twine of a Hay Bale - A tagging device follows a prescribed method of attaching an identification tag to the twine of a bale as it is formed. The tagging device is sequenced to insert a clip-type tag on top or end of the bale. The tag can alternatively be numbered in a consecutive series, printed with a bar code or QRC code, have an RFID inlay applied to its surface with a index number that relates to information about the bale or has information about the bale written to the tag. | 2022-05-19 |
20220153467 | PET CONTAINER CAP WITH SIMULTANEOUSLY SEPARABLE END RING - A PET container cap, which provides tight blocking for preservation of contents in a state of being provided on and coupled to an injection part and provides a sealing function enabling awareness of openness, is proposed. The cap includes a cap body which is provided on and coupled to the injection part so as to provide tight blocking for preservation of contents; and an end ring which is integrally formed at the lower side of the cap body, is restricted by an annular protrusion formed at the lower side of the outer circumference of the injection part, exhibits a sealing function enabling grasping of openness of the cap body, and causes transformation in a separation process of the cap body by a user, so that the end ring is simultaneously separated together with the cap body from the injection part. | 2022-05-19 |
20220153468 | TWO-COMPARTMENT LEAK-PROOF CONTAINERS - Blanks for forming two-compartment containers and the resulting containers are described herein. The container includes a tray and four closure flaps hingedly connected thereto. The closure flaps can be closed to enclose food or other substances therein, or opened to provide access to and removal of the tray contents. The tray is separated into two compartments by an interior partition. Generally, each compartment is liquid tight. Each compartment includes a bottom, three sidewalls, one partition wall, and four corners; each corner is adjacent to a folded gusset. Two opposing sidewalls are located on a first set of opposing sides of the bottom and a third sidewall and the partition wall are located on a second set of opposing dies of the bottom. Each folded gusset generally adheres to an adjacent sidewall. In at least one compartment, each opposing sidewall contains an extension portion that adheres to its adjacent opposing sidewall. | 2022-05-19 |
20220153469 | Tamper Evident Carton - A tamper evident carton. The tamper evident carton may include a floor panel; side panels extending about a periphery of the floor panel; corner gussets extending between adjacent side panels, wherein the bottom panel, side panels, and corner gussets may be configurable to form a compartment region; first and second lid flaps extending from an uppermost edge of their respective side panels forming first and second moveable joints, respectively, therebetween, and the first and second lid flaps may each include an interlocking feature, such that the first and second lid flaps may interlock with one another when in a folded closed configuration; third and fourth lid flaps extending from an uppermost edge of their respective side panels forming third and fourth moveable joints, respectively, therebetween, and the third and fourth lid flaps may each include an interlocking feature, such that the third and fourth lid flaps may interlock with one another when in a folded closed configuration. | 2022-05-19 |
20220153470 | TAPERED END CONTAINERS - A container includes a base panel. An opposed pair of end panels extends from the base panel at opposite ends of the base panel. A front panel extends from the base panel and extends from a first one of the end panels to a second one of the end panels. A back panel extends from the base panel and extends from the first one of the end panels to the second one of the end panels. The end panels taper so top edges of the front and back panels are either longer or shorter than bottom edges of the front and back panels. Each end panel includes a plurality of overlapping end flaps adhered to one another. The end flaps of each of the end panels are connected to a respective one of the base panel and each of the front and back panel at respective fold lines. | 2022-05-19 |
20220153471 | PARTITIONED CONTAINER - A partitioned container containing a plurality of individual compartments formed from mated slotted transverse panels and slotted longitudinal panels. An exterior panel surrounds the mated panels to form the outside of the partitioned container. The transverse panels and longitudinal panels having folded tab sections that extend from either side of the slotted sections along an interior surface of the exterior panel to provide additional structural support. | 2022-05-19 |
20220153472 | FOOD STORAGE TRAY - A tray is provided for retaining a plurality of food items that includes a bottom wall portion and a sidewall portion together defining a plurality of compartments separated from each other by dividers and each configured to retain a stack of the food items. Each of the dividers is interconnected to the sidewall portion by a pair of scalloped ledges. The sidewall portion of the tray includes two side panels each including stiffening ribs extending only along a portion thereof, but not extending along an entire length thereof. The tray is configured such that, in response to a compressing force applied to the tray in a direction substantially perpendicular to the first and second side panels, the sidewall portion of the tray deflects in a direction away from the food items. | 2022-05-19 |
20220153473 | MAINTAINABLE PALLET - In one embodiment, a maintainable pallet is provided with interchangeable support structures and sensors for identifying any damage that the interchangeable support structures may experience. The maintainable pallet may include two side supports, two end supports coupled to the two side supports end-to-end to form a rectangle, a central support position between the two side supports, a plurality of top transverse support fastened onto the two side supports to form a top loading surface and the central support with two-part releasable fasteners, and two bottom transverse supports fastened to the ends of the two side supports to form a bottom surface with two-part releasable fasteners. Sensors, in some embodiments, may be embedded in the two side supports to measure, for example, acceleration, location, or other logistic information. When a damaged piece is identified, the maintainable pallet can be disassembled by unfastening the two-part releasable fasteners to remove the damaged piece; and a new interchangeable piece will replace the damaged piece. | 2022-05-19 |
20220153474 | MODULAR STORAGE CONTAINER - A storage container having a base storage compartment configured to receive a divider by which the storage compartment is divided into two or more sub-compartments, wherein divider comprises one or more engagement features for selectively engaging with the storage container, the storage container further having a retainer lid configured to retain a divider within an engagement surface of the storage container. | 2022-05-19 |
20220153475 | Multi-purpose Collapsible Bin - A reusable, multi-purpose collection bin for waste collection, particularly at special events requiring waste collection such as concerts, festivals, sporting events, and any other outdoor or indoor event where trash collection is desired. The bin easily contracts simply by pulling upward on the top panels through the grasping holes on the top of the bin. | 2022-05-19 |
20220153476 | RECEPTACLE SYSTEM WITH DIVIDER INSERT - A receptacle system includes a cup configured to hold consumable items and has a bottom surface and an interior. A dividing element is disposed within the cup interior and defines first and second chambers. A receptacle system includes a cup configured to hold consumable items and has a bottom surface and an interior. A dividing element is disposed within the cup interior and is configured to maintain disposable items separate from the consumable items. | 2022-05-19 |
20220153477 | RECYCLABLE COMPOSITE MATERIAL, IN PARTICULAR FOR FOOD PACKAGING - A recyclable material and packaging is provided. The material includes paper with weight of between 35 g/m | 2022-05-19 |
20220153478 | Tamper-Evident Bag Seal with Tabs and Methods of Use - A tamper-evident bag seal including tabs for separating flaps of the seal along a perforation is provided. The tamper-evident bag seal may be a paper or paperboard panel that folds over the handles of an existing bag and is secured to the sides of the bag. The tamper-evident bag seal includes a fold having perforated sections adjacent centrally located tabs. By pulling the tabs in opposite directions, the perforated sections are compromised, permitting access to bag contents and evidencing tampering of the bag seal. | 2022-05-19 |
20220153479 | CONSUMER PACKAGING WITH ZIP RELEASE - A modified consumer packaging for a viscous personal care product is disclosed that can be opened preferably along a longitudinal edge or circumferential section to bypass its traditional delivery port and allow a consumer to access and collect product that otherwise would be discarded. A first example of this concept is an otherwise conventional toothpaste tube that includes a pull tab to open the tube along a longitudinal edge. The pull tab and the longitudinal seam (which can include perforations or reduced thickness) can be covered with a protective tape or film, and accessed only when the tube is substantially evacuated. Once the pull tab is actuated, the tube opens and the interior of the tube is exposed to allow product to be removed that otherwise would be inaccessible. | 2022-05-19 |
20220153480 | CLOSURE CAP FOR CLOSING A CONTAINER - A closure cap for closing the pouring opening of a container has a cylindrical threaded part with an open rim and an inner thread which can co-operate with an outer thread of a container neck of the container, a security ring which is designed to be held on a projection formed on the container neck, a plurality of security webs which releasably connect the security ring with the open rim, and a first retaining strip having a first and a second end, the first end being securely connected to the open rim of the threaded part and the second end being securely connected to the security ring. The closure cap comprises a second retaining strip having a third and a fourth end, the third end being securely connected to the open rim of the threaded part and the fourth end being securely connected to the security ring | 2022-05-19 |
20220153481 | System and Method for Implementing Cap Closure for Carbonated and Oxygen Sensitive Beverages - A system and method for implementing a cap closure for a carbonated beverage is disclosed. According to one embodiment, an apparatus includes a cap liner having an outer lip and an inner portion. The cap liner is symmetric about a central plane of the inner portion. The outer lip includes an outer nub extending radially outward. | 2022-05-19 |
20220153482 | System and Method for Implementing Cap Closure for Carbonated and Oxygen Sensitive Beverages - A system and method for implementing a cap closure for a carbonated beverage is disclosed. According to one embodiment, an apparatus includes a cap liner having an outer lip and an inner portion. A cross-section of the outer lip includes an upper extension member and a lower extension member. The upper extension member and the lower extension member each defines an outer lip angle from about 35° to about 140°. | 2022-05-19 |
20220153483 | CONTAINER CLOSURE - A closure cap for closing the pouring opening of a container, has a cylindrical threaded part with an open edge and an inner thread to interact with an outer thread of a container neck of the container, a security ring held on a protrusion on the container neck, a plurality of security webs releasably connecting the security ring to the open edge, a first holding strip with a first end rigidly connected to an open edge of the threaded part and a second end rigidly connected to the security ring, and a second holding strip with a third end rigidly connected to an open edge of the threaded part and a fourth end rigidly connected to the security ring. The second end on the circular path of the security ring is in a substantially diametrically opposed manner to the fourth end before the threaded part is opened for the first time. | 2022-05-19 |
20220153484 | STOPPER FOR A CONTAINER - A stopper for a container with a lid with a peripheral wall, which engages around the neck of the container and integrally formed on whose lower edge there is a peripheral security ring, which may be torn off, for tamper-evident security with inwardly directed locking formations, which, in the fastened position of the stopper, engage beneath an outwardly directed annular projection on the container, and with an olive provided with an outer, peripheral annular bead for gripping engagement in the container opening includes a circular, concentric recessed channel in the lid, which has a radially outer annular wall and a radially inner annular wall, which are connected together by a base wall, that the radially outward annular wall defines the olive and that formed directly above the locking formations there are openings, which pass through the security ring and which extend on both sides beyond the locking formations. | 2022-05-19 |
20220153485 | CLOSURE FOR PERSONAL CARE PRODUCT CONTAINER - A closure that may be used on a container such as a bottle that holds personal care products is disclosed. | 2022-05-19 |
20220153486 | SELF-CLOSING VALVE WITH INDENTATIONS IN VALVE HEAD CONTOUR - A self-closing dispensing valve is made of an elastic material and includes a valve head with a dispensing orifice, a circular peripheral retaining flange spaced apart from the valve head in an axial direction, and a connecting sleeve integrally connected with the valve head on one end and the retaining flange on another end. The dispensing orifice is formed by at least three slits in the valve head, where the slits converge at a centre of the valve head and are angularly evenly distributed around the centre of the valve head. The valve head includes a number of lobes, where in each of the lobes at least one of the slits is formed. Each of the lobes has a tip region on a radial outer end of the lobe, where the tip regions of the respective lobes lie approximately on an imaginary circle. | 2022-05-19 |
20220153487 | FLUID DISPENSING DEVICE - A fluid device generally comprises a staging reservoir which may receive a volume of fluid flowing from a primary reservoir via a coupler upon operation of an actuator, wherein the staging reservoir is usable to measure fluid within the device in order to dispense a desired amount of fluid. | 2022-05-19 |
20220153488 | CHILD-RESISTANT SEALING POUCH - A child-resistant sealing pouch is provided. The sealing pouch includes a pouch body and a seal bar provided at a top of the pouch body, where two ends of the seal bar are fixed on two sides of the pouch body; the seal bar includes a first closing piece and a second closing piece; the first closing piece and the second closing piece are respectively provided with a first locking piece and a second locking piece which are buckled for sealing; an upper side of the first closing piece is provided with a first upper extension piece; the first upper extension piece is thermally connected to one inner side of the pouch body; an upper side of the second closing piece is provided with a second upper extension piece, and a lower side of the second closing piece is provided with a second lower extension piece. | 2022-05-19 |
20220153489 | Two-Piece Cap - A 2-piece closure includes a cap having a first skirt perpendicular to, and extending downwardly from, a first circular top wall. The first skirt includes a groove and a first anti-rotation formation. A tamper band attaches to the first skirt by frangible members. A cap cover includes a second skirt extending downwardly from a second circular top wall. The second circular top wall and the second skirt define an interior having a groove engagement formation and a second anti-rotation formation. The cap cover encloses a portion of the cap, with the groove engagement formation and the groove engaged. The first and second anti-rotation formations interact to restrict rotation of the cap cover relative to the cap. | 2022-05-19 |
20220153490 | Reconfigurable Container-Closure System - A reconfigurable container-closure system is comprised of first ( | 2022-05-19 |
20220153491 | LOCKABLE AND MOISTURE-PROOF PILL BOX - A lockable and moisture-proof pill box has a storing base having at least one compartment for holding pills, at least one lid pivotally mounted on the storing base, and at least one sealing and pushing member. Each of the at least one lid has a sealing ring and a pushing bar integrally formed as a single part. With the at least one sealing and pushing member mounted between the storing base and the at least one lid, the at least one compartment in the storing base can be airtightly sealed by the sealing ring when being closed, so as to prevent the pills in the at least one compartment from being spilt. Moreover, each of the at least one lid can be automatically opened by push of the pushing bar. Thus, a user can take the pills held in the compartment easily and conveniently. | 2022-05-19 |
20220153492 | ENVIRONMENT FRIENDLY PACKAGING MATERIALS OF CHIA SEED BIOMASS AND THE USES THEREOF - The present application relates generally to a process of manufacturing an optimized packing material comprising chia seed mucilage (CSM), glycerol, and sorbitol, wherein said packaging materials have a good tensile strength (2.005 N/mm | 2022-05-19 |
20220153493 | TRAY COVER - A cover configured to cover an opening of a tray or container is provided. The cover may include a main panel and a pair of side panels, each side panel extending from opposing edges of the main panel. Each side panel may include an intermediate panel connected to the main panel by a fold line, and a side flap connected to the intermediate panel by a hinge line. The intermediate panel is at least partially secured to a bottom surface of the main panel. The side flap is configured to rotate away from the bottom surface of the main panel. A slot is formed between the side flap of the side panel and the bottom surface of the main panel. The slot is configured to receive an upper portion of the tray or container when the cover is positioned on the tray or container. | 2022-05-19 |
20220153494 | CARRIER WITH HANDLE FEATURES - A carrier for holding at least one article includes a plurality of panels and a handle. The plurality of panels extends at least partially around an interior of the carrier, and the plurality of panels includes a top panel, a bottom panel, and at least one side panel. The handle includes at least one handle feature in the top panel. The at least one handle feature includes a plurality of foldably connected handle sections that includes a first outer section and a second outer section each foldably connected to a central section and such that the at least one handle feature is positionable between a first, substantially flat configuration and a second, substantially recessed configuration wherein the handle is activated for carrying the carrier. | 2022-05-19 |
20220153495 | ULTRASECURE CARD PACKAGE - A package for a point of sale card that includes a first panel, a second panel coupled to the first panel by an activatable adhesive applied to one of the first panel or the second panel, and a card enclosure region defined between the first panel and the second panel, the card enclosure region configured to receive a point of sale card therein. The activatable adhesive is selectively activated along a perimeter surrounding the card enclosure region to secure the first panel and the second panel together at the perimeter and prevent access to the card enclosure region without irreparable damage to the first panel or the second panel. | 2022-05-19 |
20220153496 | RESEAL LABEL FOR BOX IN A BOX RE-SEALABLE PACK - A container includes a rigid outer box and a rigid inner box wherein a pull tab is configured to reseal a pre-cut opening in the inner box. The pull tab includes a cover layer larger than the pre-cut opening. The cover layer can be a piece of bundle wrap with a paper layer of the bundle wrap contacting the consumer goods inside the box. The outer box has a hinged lid permanently attached to a connecting tab of the pull tab whereby opening the hinged lid simultaneously opens the pre-cut opening in the inner box by lifting the pull tab. The connecting tab includes adhesive which is partially deadened to decrease adhesion of the connecting tab to the inner box. The pull tab can also include one or more machine readable markings to enhance automated application of the pull tab to an inner box blank during manufacturing of the container. | 2022-05-19 |
20220153497 | MATERIAL STORAGE AND TRANSPORT SYSTEM - A material storage and transport system is disclosed. The material storage and transport system can include a material storage tray forming a storage volume defined by a bottom and walls extending up from the bottom along a perimeter of the bottom. The material storage and transport system can also include a releasable strap adapted to extend across the bottom when in a securing configuration and a sample carrier, including at least one sample secured to a sample support substrate by a molded sheet. The material storage and transport system can include a hinged lid that is integrally connected to a wall of the material storage tray, and configured to convert between a folded-in position, an opened position, and a closed position. | 2022-05-19 |
20220153498 | RECYCLABLE, ENERGY-SAVING AND ENVIRONMENTAL-FRIENDLY PACKING BOX APPLICABLE TO PACKAGING VARIOUS OBJECTS - A packing box is provided. The packing box is formed by several splicing materials of a standard model. The splicing material on the top of the packing box is provided with an air pump with automatic pumping and the pressure monitoring functions. The inner side of each splicing material is provided with an air bag, and the air bags are inflatable and connected to one another via connection tubes. The air bags are able to be spliced or separated with one another, and the shape of each air bag is subject to the outline dimension of a packaged object when the air bags are inflated. The size and shape of the packing box can be determined according to the size and shape of the packaged object, so is applicable to the objects with any sizes and shapes. The packing box does not need additional fillers and is recyclable. | 2022-05-19 |
20220153499 | PACKAGING BOX FOR COOLING - Provided is a packaging cooler box for delivery, comprising a bottom portion to form a lower surface upon conversion into a box mode, a plurality of sidewall portions configured to connect with the bottom portion, a lid portion configured to connect with one of the sidewall portions, and to face said bottom portion upon conversion into the box mode, a crease portion formed along the edge of the bottom portion so that the sidewall portions can stand upright, joint portions configured to join said sidewall portions, to be folded to face itself and to be in close contact with the sidewall portions, upon conversion into the box mode, and easy adhesive portions provided in said joint portions and sidewall portions to maintain the box shape upon conversion into the box mode from a single plane consisting of said bottom portion, sidewall portions, said lid portion and joint portions. | 2022-05-19 |
20220153500 | MIXING CONTAINER COMBINED WITH DRINKING CONTAINER - A concentrate container that is coupled to a drinking container having an output for discharging a drink is proposed. The concentrate container has a chamber in which a concentrate is kept, an outlet through which a concentrate is put into the drinking container, and a container mouth for discharging a liquid mixture of the concentrate and a drink to the outside when the drinking container and the concentrate container are combined. The inner diameter of the concentrate container outlet is determined to be fitted on the drinking container outlet, a thread is formed inside the concentrate container outlet, and the thread is engaged with a thread of the drinking container outlet. | 2022-05-19 |
20220153501 | ENHANCEMENTS OF THE FOOD COOKING CAPABILITIES OF FOOD CONTAINERS TO BE USED IN A MICROWAVE OVEN. - A microwaveable food container that incorporates at least one microwave-obstructing movable object. An actuator-induced controlled movement of at least one said movable object serves to controllably vary the microwave power density reaching a material which is located within said food container | 2022-05-19 |
20220153502 | DISPOSABLE CONTAINER WITH BREACHABLE SAUCE PACKET - Disclosed are disposable containers, such as a stand-up pouch, for heating food in a microwave oven and while automatically dispensing sauce onto the food. Methods and apparatuses for making sauce packets and disposable containers are also disclosed. eodcmaster | 2022-05-19 |
20220153503 | Beverage Container and Shaker Combination - A beverage product has a beverage container, a quantity of a beverage in the beverage container, a flexible, compressible plug sealing the beverage container, and a contiguous molded lid having a cylindrical upper portion with a top having a matrix of openings, a cavity in the upper portion below the top, the cavity open to the underside, a shoulder facing downward, and a descending skirt below the shoulder, the descending skirt separated by a plurality of vertical slots into a plurality of flexible tabs having each a lowermost, inwardly facing lip, the contiguous molded lid engaged to the beverage container by the flexible tabs. | 2022-05-19 |
20220153504 | US CIP: Insulating Container Having Vacuum Insulated Panels and Method - Systems and methods for making an insulating container having at least one cavity in a lid insulating structure or base insulating structure and having at least one vacuum insulated panel disposed within the at least one cavity. | 2022-05-19 |
20220153505 | COLD CHAIN BARRIER WALL PACKAGING SYSTEM - A cold chain packaging system is disclosed that includes a first enclosure for receiving a payload, a second enclosure for receiving the first enclosure, wherein the first enclosure is adapted and configured to create a moat between an exterior surface of the first enclosure and an interior surface of the second enclosure for receiving a phase change material, a third enclosure for receiving the second enclosure, a plurality of spacer blocks for encapsulating the second enclosure within the third enclosure to create a void barrier between an exterior surface of the second enclosure and an interior surface of the third enclosure, and a fourth enclosure for receiving a phase change material, wherein the fourth enclosure is dimensioned and configured to be received within the second enclosure positioned above the first enclosure. | 2022-05-19 |
20220153506 | Method and Apparatus for Storage and Delivery of Test Strips - An easy to use, low-cost dispenser container delivers individual test strips ready for insertion into a glucometer without requiring extraction of individual strips manually from the package. The system may provide a dry, contaminant-free, storage device whereby stored strips are not repeatedly exposed to humidity. As each strip is removed from the device, a gasket seals the storage, Desiccants may be used to maintain the integrity of the storage environment. A convenient built-in waste receptacle for used strips may include a mechanical means for removing the used strips from the glucometer without the need for touching the bloodied end of the used strips. | 2022-05-19 |
20220153507 | VALVE HOLDING DEVICE FOR POCKET REFILL, POCKET REFILL AND REFILLABLE DISPENSER CASING COMPRISING SAME - A pouch reservoir for a pressurized dispenser casing, having a pouch and a dome provided, in its lower part, with a tubular base provided with an external profile for receiving and welding a neck of the pouch and, in its upper part, with a housing for receiving a valve for dispensing a product contained in the pouch. The tubular base and the neck of the pouch welded to the external profile are each provided with a degassing hole at the external profile. | 2022-05-19 |
20220153508 | BOX BLANK - A box blank useful for forming a container includes a first layer including paperboard, a second layer including a paper layer and a foil layer, and an adhesive layer adhering the first layer to the second layer. The foil layer is between the paperboard and the paper layer. | 2022-05-19 |
20220153509 | PACKET FOR CIGARETTE INDUSTRY PRODUCTS, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME - A packet for cigarette industry products, having a casing which at least partially surrounds a group of cigarette industry products as the packet content, wherein the casing is formed from a packaging material, and wherein folding tabs of the packaging material are connected to one another by seams, in which the casing is formed from a paper-based packaging material, and a corresponding method. | 2022-05-19 |
20220153510 | CONTAINER AND PROCESS OF MAKING THE SAME - The present invention regards a container comprising a support having a base, a lateral wall and an abutment flap emerging from the lateral wall. The container comprises a closure system movable between a closed condition and open condition, a first coupling portion carried by the closure system and a second coupling portion defined on the abutment flap. The first coupling portion is movable between a first operating position in which it is disengaged from the second coupling portion and a second operating position in which it is engaged with said second coupling portion. The first coupling portion comprises a central body from which a tab emerges that is engageable with the second coupling portion; the first coupling portion defines a removable portion configured for being separated from the closure system following a first opening of the container following an engagement between said first and second coupling portions. | 2022-05-19 |
20220153511 | ARRAY OF SANITARY TISSUE PRODUCTS - An array of toilet tissue products comprising first, second, and third packages, where first package conveys strength and a second package conveys softness. Lint, basis weight, total dry tensile, absorbency, and softness are common intensive properties of the first, second, and third toilet tissue products and one or more of these common intensive properties can be different between the first, second, and third toilet tissue products. | 2022-05-19 |
20220153512 | PREPARATION SYSTEM FOR EXTRACTING A PRODUCT CONTAINED IN A CAPSULE - The preparation system has a capsule | 2022-05-19 |
20220153513 | SPECIALTY INTERMODAL CONTAINER HAVING A ROLL COVER ROOF, METHOD OF USE AND MANUFACTURE - An intermodal container includes first and second ends, joined by first and second sides in a generally rectangular configuration. A generally continuous floor cooperates with the first and second ends and the first and second sides to form an open top container. A plurality of roof overhangs extend adjacent a top of the open top container, generally parallel to the floor. The intermodal container includes a roll cover having a first position in which the open top container is substantially open to the ambient environment to allow for loading from above the first and second sides and first and second ends of the open top container. The roll cover has a second position in which the open top container is substantially closed to the ambient environment to prevent any contents of the open top container to be ejected from the open top container during transport. A plurality of top reinforcement rails are disposed adjacent upper portions of the first and second sides, and extends from the first side to the second side. | 2022-05-19 |
20220153514 | PROFILE FOR A CONTAINER, METHODS FOR MANUFACTURING A PROFILE, BASE STRUCTURE FOR A CONTAINER AND CONTAINER - The invention relates to a profile in a container, where a profile ( | 2022-05-19 |
20220153515 | SECURITY SLEEVE - A security sleeve including a top panel, a bottom panel, two side panels, a first end, and a second end. The first end of the security sleeve is open and the second end is at least partially closed by at least one bar and the at least one bar is secured to the second end. The security sleeve can be installed in the opening of a wall or panel, e.g., in a shipping container. An air conditioning unit or a heating unit can be installed in the security sleeve through the first end. | 2022-05-19 |
20220153516 | Pre-Assembled, Self Contained, Portable Fluid Storage Tank and Method of Handling Flowback Fluids from a Hydrocarbon Production Operation Using Said Tank - Pre-assembled, self-contained, portable tank and method of using the tank for storing backflow fluids during hydrocarbon production operations. Tank is rapidly deployable and has a collapsible and refillable bladder for storing approximately 50,000 gallons or 1200 BBLS of fluids and a secondary containment with a holding capacity 120% of that of the bladder. When closed for transport, the tank is sufficiently compact and light to be movable with a light body pickup truck with an accompanying trailer over public roadways. After delivery to a site, a crew of two to five persons can set-up the tank for use within about 20 to 120 minutes. | 2022-05-19 |
20220153517 | DEVICE, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COMPRESSING WASTE - A device is for compressing waste. The device includes: a waste bag suspension member formed with an upper portion around which an opening of a flexible waste bag may be spanned; a lid movable between an open position, wherein waste may be added to a waste bag through the upper portion of the waste bag suspension member, and a closed position, wherein the lid covers the upper portion of the waste bag suspension member so that an at least partially closed volume may be formed between the lid and the waste bag; and a suction member adapted to evacuate air from the at least partially closed volume. The lid is perforated so that the suction device may evacuate the air through the perforation(s) in the lid. There is also disclosed a system for compressing waste as well as a method for operating the system. | 2022-05-19 |
20220153518 | ROBOTIC OBJECT HANDLING SYSTEM, DEVICE AND METHOD - A robotic object handling system and robotic load handling device for operation thereon is disclosed. The object handling system includes a number of robotic load handling devices operational on a grid-like structure, the structure having sets of parallel tracks, disposed above a hive of stacked bins. The bins contain inventory items to be picked by the system. Load handling devices capable of carrying multiple bins of a single grid-spacing size or single bins of a multiple grid spacings are operational on the grid and retrieve and transport bins under the control of a computerised order picking utility. | 2022-05-19 |
20220153519 | LOAD-HANDLING DEVICE - A load-handling device is provided for lifting and moving containers stacked in stacks in a storage system. The load-handling device includes a body; a wheel assembly arranged to support the body; a container-lifting mechanism configured to lift a container into or out of the body; and a wheel-positioning mechanism with wheel-engaging functionality for selectively engaging either a first set of wheels of the wheel assembly with a first set of rails or tracks of the storage system, or a second set of wheels of the wheel assembly with a second set of rails or tracks of the storage system. A wheel-engaging device can include at least one non-vertically-orientated linear actuator and/or at least one eccentric-rotation-based wheel-engaging device. | 2022-05-19 |
20220153520 | BIN HOLDING DEVICE - A bin holding device includes two side elements vertically spaced to accommodate a storage bin between the two side elements. Each side element is provided with a bin supporting assembly comprising a bin support. The bin support comprises an upper bin interacting part configured to interact with the storage bin when the storage bin is accommodated in the bin holding device, such that a top edge of the accommodated storage bin is held at a predetermined level. | 2022-05-19 |
20220153521 | INTELLIGENT SORTING SYSTEM AND METHOD, WAREHOUSE ROBOT, AND PROCESSING TERMINAL - This application relates to the technical field of intelligent logistics, and discloses an intelligent sorting system and method, a warehouse robot, and a processing terminal. The system includes a warehouse robot. The warehouse robot includes a box storage unit and a handling assembly. The warehouse robot may receive a box replacement instruction, where the box replacement instruction includes information of a to-be-replaced first box, and instruct, according to the box replacement instruction, the handling assembly to replace the first box with a second box stored in the box storage unit. Therefore, box replacement is realized by a robot. In this way, the efficiency of cargo sorting is enhanced. | 2022-05-19 |
20220153522 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING WAREHOUSE ROBOT TO STORE AND FETCH INVENTORY MATERIALS - The disclosure relates to a method for controlling a warehouse robot to store and fetch inventory materials. The method includes: instructing a material handling device to fetch a second inventory material located in the front row, and placing the second inventory material on a first tray; instructing the material handling device to fetch a first inventory material located in the back row, and placing the first inventory material on a second tray; and instructing the material handling device to return the second inventory material to the front row. By instructing the material handling device to fetch the inventory materials and storing the inventory materials in the trays, the inventory materials can be extracted from a designated shelf and stored in a warehouse, navigation is realized in a crowded warehouse filled with obstacles, and the inventory materials whose positions have been transferred can be processed. | 2022-05-19 |
20220153523 | ROBOTIC SHUTTLE SYSTEM - A robotic shuttle system includes a rack system and one or more shuttles. The rack system includes a rack and a shuttle frame. The rack has storage locations for containers containing items. The shuttle frame has rails disposed along the rack. The shuttle includes a powertrain, container transfer mechanism, and a robot arm. The power train is configured to move the shuttle along the rails of the rack and on a surface outside of the rack system. The container transfer mechanism is configured to transfer the containers between the rack and the shuttle. The robot arm extends from the shuttle to transfer the items between one of the containers on the shuttle and a container in a container holder of the shuttle. | 2022-05-19 |
20220153524 | CHUTE TUBE FOR TRANSFERRING PARTICLES - A chute tube for facilitating particle transfer and distribution. The chute tube for transferring particles has a charging chute tube with a charge inlet of particles, a discharging chute tube and an intermediate chute tube slantingly connected between the charging chute tube and the discharging chute tube. The intermediate chute tube includes a groove without steps formed by a combination of a first inclined surface and a second inclined surface, and the groove is of a cross-sectional shape corresponding to two adjacent sides of a triangle. | 2022-05-19 |
20220153525 | CORRELATOR AND CORRELATOR SYSTEM FOR GUIDING A VEHICLE WHEEL ONTO A VEHICLE CONVEYOR - In an aspect, there is provided a correlator for guiding a vehicle onto a vehicle conveyor. The correlator includes a wheel support surface defining a receiving end of the correlator and a conveyor-interfacing end of the correlator. The wheel support surface is positioned to support a wheel of the vehicle as the wheel rolls thereon. The correlator further includes at least one guide structure positioned to guide a wheel of the vehicle laterally during travel of the wheel on the wheel support surface from the receiving end towards the conveyor-interfacing end. The wheel support surface has a surface region having surface properties selected such that a coefficient of friction between the surface region and tire rubber is sufficiently low to prevent the wheel from having sufficient traction on the surface region to enable climbing of the wheel onto the at least one guide structure. | 2022-05-19 |
20220153526 | PACKAGING MACHINE AND APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ROUTING A TRANSPORT SECTION OF A PACKAGING MACHINE - A packaging machine for packaging and/or processing objects, having a transport section ( | 2022-05-19 |
20220153527 | APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING FOOD PRODUCTS - An apparatus for processing food products comprises a product conveyor having a frame and a conveyor unit for conveying products along a conveying direction, wherein the conveyor unit is arranged laterally projecting at the frame with respect to the conveying direction and comprises a work unit which is associated with the processing of the conveyed products and which is arranged at least partly beneath the projecting conveyor unit of the product conveyor. | 2022-05-19 |
20220153528 | HYGIENIC CONVEYOR ROLLER - A hygienic, cleanable conveyor roller for use in a conveyor includes a segmented hub, a plurality of spokes and a rim for contacting a conveyor belt. The segmented hub comprises a plurality of arcuate segments in different axial planes connected to each other. The conveyor roller is mounted upon and rotatable about a mounting shaft that may axially constrain the roller. During a single revolution of the conveyor roller about the mounting shaft, all surfaces of both the conveyor roller and the mounting shaft are fully exposed, allowing the surfaces to be cleaned in place, without requiring removal of the conveyor roller from the mounting shaft. | 2022-05-19 |
20220153529 | Roller Plate Assembly - A roller plate assembly includes a base plate having a plurality of openings distributed along a length and a width of the base plate. The roller plate assembly includes at least two cross supports coupled to the base plate. The roller plate assembly also includes a roller shaft extending at least partially through the at least two cross supports and a plurality of rollers rotatably mounted to the roller shaft. Each roller is disposed within a corresponding one of the plurality of openings and configured to project at least partly over the upper surface of the base plate. The plurality of rollers are configured to allow a package to move across the plurality of rollers from a first edge of the roller plate assembly to a second edge of the roller plate assembly in the length direction of the base plate. | 2022-05-19 |
20220153530 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ASSEMBLING FRAMING COMPONENTS - A system for assembling elements into framing components is provided along with a method for the use thereof. The system may comprise a frame, a fastening tool, a first conveyor, a second conveyor, and a holder. The pieces of the system may be connected so that they may operate automatically, with only minimal operation by a user. The system increases the speed, efficiency, precision, repeatability, and safety of assembling framing components. | 2022-05-19 |
20220153531 | METHOD FOR POSITIONING AN ARTICLE TO BE TRANSPORTED AND DEVICE FOR CARRYING OUT THE METHOD - In order to automatically correct the transverse position, rotational position and, if necessary, the folded position of articles, an actual position may be determined as far upstream as possible, preferably already on a portioning belt of a discharge conveyor unit, and depending on this, a change in position towards a target position may be carried out with a belt of the discharge conveyor unit, which preferably follows downstream. The aim is to make the discharge conveyor unit as short as possible and with as few conveyors as possible, in particular preferably with only three belts, of which a weighing belt or the portioning belt may be used as a detection belt, and the next belt may be used as a displacement belt, regardless of whether it is arranged in the second or third position. | 2022-05-19 |
20220153532 | PLATE MATERIAL CONVEYING SYSTEM - To provide a plate material conveying system configured to load plate materials produced by a press work onto a tray at regular intervals, prior to a cleaning process. | 2022-05-19 |
20220153533 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR FEEDING TRANSPORT POCKETS INTO A CONVEYING SYSTEM OF A HANGING CONVEYING INSTALLATION, AND THE HANGING CONVEYING INSTALLATION - An apparatus for feeding transport pockets into a conveying system of a hanging conveying installation includes a conveying rail which can be coupled conveyingly to the conveying system, along which the transport pockets can each be conveyed while being hanging by a hanging adapter, a detection unit for detecting the quantity of hanging adapters arranged within a detection zone on the conveying rail, a control unit which is in signal communication with the detection unit and is configured to variably set a transport spacing for conveying the transport pockets by the conveying system, a singularizing unit which is in signal communication with the control unit and is intended for singularized feeding the hanging adapters into the conveying system with the variably set transport spacing. | 2022-05-19 |