24th week of 2020 patent applcation highlights part 18 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20200180163 | TRANSPORT APPARATUS - A substrate transport apparatus for transporting substrates, the substrate transport apparatus including a frame, at least one transfer arm connected to the frame, at least one end effector mounted to the at least one transfer arm and at least one substrate support pad disposed on the at least one end effector, the at least one substrate support pad has a configuration that effects increased friction force, resulting from an increased friction coefficient, in at least one predetermined direction. | 2020-06-11 |
20200180164 | SANDWICH STACKER - A sandwich stacker for grasping, rotating and stacking one half of a bisected sandwich on the other half. The stacker includes a half-sandwich gripper. A selectively actuable rotator is coupled to the gripper. The gripper is adapted to releasably hold a first half-sandwich of a bisected sandwich. The rotator selectively rotates the gripper about a first axis of rotation for stacking the first half-sandwich on the other half of the sandwich. The stacker is adapted to be coupled to a positioning device, such as a robotic arm. The rotator may be mounted on the stacker or on the positioning device. The first axis of rotation may be through a center of mass of the first half-sandwich when held by the gripper, or through a cut-line bisecting the bisected sandwich when the first half-sandwich is first held by the gripper. | 2020-06-11 |
20200180165 | ROBOT ARM - The present invention provides a robot arm. The robot arm is for forking a substrate, and includes: a substrate fork and vacuum cups. The substrate fork includes parallel spaced prongs, and an upper surface of each prong is provided with vacuum cups spaced along an extending direction of the prong; and vacuum cups on two prongs at outermost sides of the substrate fork are scratch-resistant vacuum cups, and a top face and a side face of each scratch-resistant vacuum cup are connected through an arc-shaped surface. By setting the top face of the scratch-resistant vacuum cup connected to the side face through the arc-shaped surface, when the substrate is bent with the gravity, the contact area between the substrate and the scratch-resistant vacuum cup can be increased, to improve the friction therebetween, prevent the substrate from being scratched in a transportation process, and ensure the security of substrate transportation. | 2020-06-11 |
20200180166 | GRIPPING DEVICE AND INDUSTRIAL ROBOT - A gripping device includes a bag-shaped gripping body, a plurality of elastic portions, and a shape holding portion. The gripping body includes a palm portion, and a plurality of finger portions protruding from a periphery of the palm portion and configured to fall toward the palm portion by deforming the palm portion in a thickness direction. The plurality of elastic portions is respectively provided in the plurality of finger portions, each of the plurality of elastic portions having a shape of each of the plurality of finger portions. The shape holding portion is provided in the gripping body to prevent contraction of an outer periphery of the palm portion. The shape holding portion includes a guide bore for receiving the palm portion when being deformed, and a curved portion provided on an outer side of a distal end of the guide bore and facing the plurality of finger portions. | 2020-06-11 |
20200180167 | ROBOT AND ARM ASSEMBLY THEREOF - An arm assembly includes a servo coupled to the chest of the robot, an upper arm driven by the servo, a forearm rotatably coupled to the upper arm, and a forearm transmission member comprising a first end rotatable with respect to the chest and a second end coupled to the forearm. The upper arm, the forearm and the forearm transmission member are arranged in such a way that the forearm rotates when the upper arm rotates with respect to the chest. | 2020-06-11 |
20200180168 | WORKING ROBOT - The present invention relates to a working robot. According to one embodiment of the present invention, the working robot comprises: a body; a plurality of traveling units connected to the body, having supporting members and traveling members rotatably connected to the supporting members, and provided so as to be travelable with respect to the ground; and a plurality of adjusting units connecting the body and the traveling units, and provided to enable the relative positions of the traveling units to the body to be adjusted, wherein the plurality of traveling units are traveled and the plurality of adjusting units are adjusted so as to maintain the horizontal state of the body. | 2020-06-11 |
20200180169 | BRAKE RELEASE DEVICE AND ROBOT MANIPULATOR EMPLOYING SAME - A brake release device and a robot manipulator employing the same are provided. The robot manipulator includes a housing and a brake element. The housing defines an inner space and has an opening, and the inner space is in communication with a space outside the housing through the opening. The brake element is disposed within the inner space. The robot manipulator stops or is allowed to actuate according to a position of the brake element. The brake release device is connected with the brake element. The brake release device is partially located in the inner space, and the brake release device partially penetrates through the opening and is exposed from the housing. When the part of the brake release device exposed from the housing is moved by an external force so as to drive the brake element to move synchronously, the robot manipulator is allowed to actuate. | 2020-06-11 |
20200180170 | CONVERTIBLE UTILITY KNIFE - A utility knife is provided for supporting a blade in use, the blade defining a cutting edge, the utility knife including a handle portion, a blade holder positioned proximate the handle and defining a longitudinal axis, the blade holder configured for retaining a blade, and a fastener for selectively retaining the blade within the blade holder in a plurality of orientations. In a first orientation the cutting edge extends substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of the blade holder, and in a second orientation the cutting edge of the blade extends transverse to the longitudinal axis of the blade holder. | 2020-06-11 |
20200180171 | FOLDING KNIFE WITH REPLACEABLE BLADE - A knife is provided that includes a replaceable blade element. The knife employs a blade carrier that is fixedly interconnected to or foldable with respect to a handle. The blade carrier selectively receives the replaceable blade element that is locked into the blade carrier by way of a hook and movable pin combination. The replaceable blade element is designed to be inserted within the blade carrier quickly, easily, and safely. | 2020-06-11 |
20200180172 | KNIFE WITH RICASSO ANGLE ASSIST BEVEL - A knife may include a blade having first and second blade ends. A blade point may be disposed at the second blade end. A spine may be disposed between the first blade end and the second blade end. A cutting edge may oppose the spine. A primary bevel may be disposed between the spine and the cutting edge. A secondary bevel may be disposed between the primary bevel and the cutting edge. The secondary bevel may include a secondary bevel start line parallel to the spine and along a first longitudinal axis. A ricasso may be positioned at the first blade end adjacent to the cutting edge, the ricasso including a ricasso angle assist bevel. The ricasso angle assist bevel may include a ricasso angle assist bevel start line along a second longitudinal axis, wherein the second longitudinal axis is closer to the spine than the first longitudinal axis. | 2020-06-11 |
20200180173 | SHINGLE CUTTING KNIFE BLADE - A novel cutting device useful for cutting asphalt shingles and other roofing products features a blade having a top edge, a bottom edge located on an opposite side of the blade relative to the top edge, and left and right edges; a lower cutting edge adjacent the left or right edge; an upper sharpened edge positioned above the lower cutting edge and adjacent the same edge as the lower cutting edge, wherein the upper sharpened edge and the lower cutting edge are configured for cutting; at least one inner edge emanating from the bottom edge and angled towards the top edge, wherein the inner edge is tangent to the upper sharpened edge; and at least on fin or nodule disposed between the lower cutting edge and the upper sharpened edge, wherein the bottom edge is parallel to and shorter than the top edge. | 2020-06-11 |
20200180174 | Multipurpose vehicular emergency tool - A multipurpose vehicular emergency tool has a power source and a plurality of electrical outputs sufficient to act as a jump-starter for a vehicle or to charge mobile electronic devices, in addition to powering a light source to act as a flashlight. A plurality of emergency tools are provided, including a seatbelt cutter and a window breaker, in order to facilitate one's safety and survival in an emergency vehicular situation. Additional features include an emergency flasher light, a plurality of reflective bands, a compass, an emergency alarm, and a thermometer. | 2020-06-11 |
20200180175 | MOTION TRANSMISSION UNIT, DRIVE TRAIN AND HAIR CUTTING APPLIANCE - The present disclosure relates to a motion transmission unit ( | 2020-06-11 |
20200180176 | HAIR CUTTING APPARATUS COMPRISING A LIGHT INDICATOR - The present invention is directed to a hair cutting apparatus ( | 2020-06-11 |
20200180177 | Razor Cartridge Connector - A safety razor has a handle with an extension having a pair of depressions to each receive a respective one of two detents of a razor cartridge and which extension provides cartridge support structure that engages a recess of the razor cartridge. The razor cartridge has a blade unit and a connector. The recess of the razor cartridge is in part defined by opposed walls of the connector providing a floor and a ceiling and the two detents are on the floor and extend into the recess. The floor has a slot between the two detents and the slot is sized such that deflection of any one detent on its respective floor portion is substantially independent of deflection of the other detent on its respective floor portion. | 2020-06-11 |
20200180178 | RAZOR ASSEMBLY - A razor assembly includes a razor cartridge, a connector and a recovering force provider. The razor cartridge includes at least one shaving blade having a cutting edge, and a blade housing configured to receive the at least one shaving blade in a transverse direction. The connector is configured to extend in parallel with the transverse direction, and to be coupled to the blade housing so as to be pivotable around a pivot axis movable between a first rest position and a first position spaced apart from the first rest position in a first shaving direction. The recovering force provider includes a first recovering member configured to provide the connector with a recovering force for recovering the pivot axis to the first rest position when the pivot axis is located between the first rest position and the first position. | 2020-06-11 |
20200180179 | SAFETY RAZOR - A safety razor handle comprising: a handle body ( | 2020-06-11 |
20200180180 | NEEDLE WITH ROUNDED EDGE - A chemically etched needle is provided herein. The chemically etched needle includes a metal base having a first side and a second side. The chemically etched needle also includes a chemically etched blade at one end of the metal base and formed at an intersection of a distal diverging surface and a proximal diverging surface, at least one of the diverging surfaces slopes inward towards the second side. | 2020-06-11 |
20200180181 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CHAIN DISPENSING AND CUTTING - A present application relates to a chain management system that includes a chain dispensing unit and/or a chain cutting device or table configured to conveniently store reels of roller chain and/or separate the reels into customized strand lengths while significantly reducing the amount of handling and manual disassembly tooling required. The chain dispensing unit includes a rotatable station carousel capable of holding a plurality of reels, which allows reels of neatly stored roller chain to be stored, moved and/or dispensed using a single control point. Reels of the chain dispensing unit can be cycled to a position from which the user can dispense the roller chain to the chain cutting table where the roller chain can be disassembled into customized strand lengths, and then the unused remainder of the roller chain can be returned to the reel. | 2020-06-11 |
20200180182 | COMPLIANT ANVIL - An anvil is configured to operatively engage with a tooling agent. The anvil includes an outer surface, an opposing surface opposite the outer surface and an inner surface. One or more spring elements are disposed between the opposing surface and the inner surface. The springs provide a compliance to the anvil. | 2020-06-11 |
20200180183 | Automatic wax tree planting device for jewelry making - The invention discloses a shaving blade with adjustable shaving depth for a high-grade floor, which includes a machine body. The machine body is provided with a working cavity penetrating up and down, and an opening space is provided on the right wall of the working cavity. The bottom side of the wheel groove is provided with a fixed cavity on the left side of the wheel groove to open the power motor, thereby driving the motor shaft, the fifth bevel gear, the sixth bevel gear, the water pump shaft, and the cam to rotate. The device can automatically Adjust the depth and angle of the blade of the planer, so that when using a planer, woodworkers can automatically adjust the amount of the knife according to the actual situation, and then cooperate with the function of adjusting the angle of the blade to extend the life of the blade. During the process, the wood chips shaved off by the planer can be discharged out of the device through the removing device. | 2020-06-11 |
20200180184 | VALVE ASSEMBLY FOR LOG SPLITTING APPARATUS - A system for a log splitter that is configured to automatically remove power to a pump and motor assembly for a hydraulic actuator when a valve assembly is in a position other than a first position causing the splitting assembly to advance in a first direction or a second position causing the splitting assembly to advance in an opposite first direction. The system incorporates one or more sensors (e.g., transducers) configured to detect different positions of the valve assembly and generate signals that may be processed by a system controller to respectively allow power to flow to or disallow power from flowing to the fluid pump. The disclosed system advantageously results in reduced overall power consumption and noise levels. | 2020-06-11 |
20200180185 | TILE SAW WITH ADJUSTABLE FENCE AND METHODS - A tile saw includes a saw with a cutting blade, a frame supporting the saw, a table supporting a workpiece and being slidable relative to the frame, and a rear fence secured to the table. The rear fence has an engagement surface and is adjustable between an operating position and a bypassed position. The bypassed position includes the engagement surface of the fence being no higher than even with the planar surface of the table to allow a workpiece to extend beyond a rear edge of the table. In the operating position, the engagement surface of the rear fence projects axially from the planar surface of the table to support the workpiece as the workpiece is pushed into the cutting blade during operation. The fence can be adjusted between the operating and bypassed positions by using any one of a cam lever clamp, pin and guideway, or rotatable latch. | 2020-06-11 |
20200180186 | TILE SAW - A cutting device including a stand and a saw supported by the stand. The saw includes a motor and a blade rotatably driven by the motor. A pair of rails is supported by the stand. A tray is configured to support an object to be cut on an upper surface and including a roller assembly on a lower surface. The tray is slidable along the pair of rails towards and away from the blade. At least one of the rails is disposed over a basin configured to hold water. | 2020-06-11 |
20200180187 | SEAL GASKET ELEMENT FOR A MIXING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR OBTAINING AND APPLYING THE SAME, AND SPECIAL EQUIPMENT FOR FITTING THE SAME - A method for obtaining and applying a sealing gasket element on a slide-valve sliding in a cavity of an apparatus for the recirculation and mixing of chemically reactive polymeric components, comprises the steps of: obtaining from an elastic-plastic material a precursor element of the seal element, with a grid structure having a reticular shape; positioning the precursor element around the slide-valve; exerting on the precursor element, through temporary clamping elements, a radial compression and contraction action to insert it and couple it to one or more housing seats provided on the slide-valve so as to obtain the seal element well coupled to the latter; progressively removing the clamping elements to sequentially release successive parts of the gasket element and gradually free the slide-valve to gradually introduce the parts of the slide-valve—freed in succession—in the housing cavity allowing the sealing gasket element to gradually expand radially due to the elastic return by adhering tightly to the inner surface of the same housing cavity. The special equipment for fitting the sealing gasket element on the slide-valve and the so obtained recirculation and mixing apparatus is also described. | 2020-06-11 |
20200180188 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A PREFORM FOR COMPOSITE MATERIALS - A method for manufacturing a preform has a non-developable end shape having, about a longitudinal axis (A), an end overall radius of curvature (R | 2020-06-11 |
20200180189 | MOBILE VULCANIZING PRESS - A mobile vulcanizing press including a bottom box and a top box, which can be arranged one above the other with material to be vulcanized in between. The bottom box and/or the top box has/have at least one first bolt receiving section, in which a tension bolt can be pivotally located and at least one detent point is located on the bottom box or the top box, such that a detent means of the tension bolt can engage in the at least one detent point in at least one predetermined pivoting position of the tension bolt. | 2020-06-11 |
20200180190 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PREVENTING OXYGEN INHIBITION OF A LIGHT-INITIATED POLYMERIZATION REACTION IN A 3D PRINTING SYSTEM USING UNIFORM PLANAR SURFACES - Systems and methods that prevent oxygen inhibition of a light-initiated polymerization reaction by forcing the oxygen away from the reaction surfaces. In some embodiments, oxygen is purged by bringing a planarizing surface (e.g., a thin transparent film and/or a transparent planar surface) into contact with a layer of UV curable material disposed on a workpiece and then moving the planarizing surface away from the workpiece one the UV material is cured. | 2020-06-11 |
20200180191 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MAKING DUST AGENT FREE VULCANIZED RUBBER PRODUCTS - Processes and systems for making a substantially smooth surfaced, dust agent free rubber or similar sheet product, are disclosed. To create the dust agent free sheet, a low-shrinkage thermoplastic textile fiber separator is inserted between layers of a calendered sheet so as to be able to separate layers of the sheeting after vulcanization. The use of the separator replaces the use of talc or dust that is commonly used to separate layers of sheeting during or after the calendering process and prior to a heating or vulcanization process. | 2020-06-11 |
20200180192 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MAKING DUST AGENT FREE VULCANIZED RUBBER PRODUCTS - Processes and systems for making a substantially smooth surfaced, dust agent free rubber or similar sheet product, are disclosed. To create the dust agent free sheet, a low-shrinkage thermoplastic textile fiber separator is inserted between layers of a calendered sheet so as to be able to separate layers of the sheeting after vulcanization. The use of the separator replaces the use of talc or dust that is commonly used to separate layers of sheeting during or after the calendering process and prior to a heating or vulcanization process. | 2020-06-11 |
20200180193 | Method for Producing Vehicle Replacement Parts - A method produces a vehicle replacement part for a first vehicle component of a connecting system, which is fixed to a second vehicle component via a detachable clip connection. The first vehicle component has a male fixing element, and the second vehicle component has a female fixing element. To connect the first vehicle component to the second vehicle component, the male fixing element is plugged into the female fixing element and is latched. The production method of the vehicle replacement part provides an unfinished part, which is dimensioned to produce the vehicle replacement part. Then, the unfinished part is reshaped in accordance with the geometry of the first vehicle component. Male fixing elements are then provided and, in the last step, the male fixing elements are joined to the reshaped unfinished part. | 2020-06-11 |
20200180194 | DAYLIGHTING DEVICE, MOLDING DIE, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING DAYLIGHTING FILM - A daylighting device according to an aspect of the invention includes at least a daylighting film that includes a base having optical transparency and daylighting portions having optical transparency and provided on one surface of the base. Each of the daylighting portions has a reflective surface by which light incident on the daylighting portion is reflected and the light reflected by the reflective surface and output from a second surface of the base has a characteristic that the light travels toward a space on a side where the light is incident on the reflective surface, the space being one of two spaces divided by a virtual plane as a boundary which is vertical to the second surface of the first substrate and parallel to a direction of the daylighting portion extending, and intervals s between adjacent daylighting portions are set to various values. | 2020-06-11 |
20200180195 | INJECTION MOLDING APPARATUS AND INJECTION MOLDING METHOD - An injection molding apparatus including a mold, a gas supply device, and an injection device is provided. The mold has a molding cavity. The gas supply device is adapted to supply a gas into the molding cavity to adjust a pressure in the molding cavity from a non-pressurized state to a pressurized state by the gas. The injection device is adapted to inject a material into the molding concavity. The material includes a foaming material, the foaming material is prevented from being gasified in the pressurized state, and the foaming material is gasified in the non-pressurized state. In addition, an injection molding method is also provided. | 2020-06-11 |
20200180196 | SYMBOL BUTTON FOR VEHICLE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A manufacturing method of a symbol button for a vehicle includes: preparing a button body comprising a side portion, a top portion formed of a polymer material on which a metal is able to be plated; forming an electrically conductive layer on an outside of the button body using a conductive polymer material; forming a plating shielding layer in a form of a symbol using a material on which a metal is not able to be plated on the electrically conductive layer; and performing metal plating on the outside of the button body having the plating shielding layer. | 2020-06-11 |
20200180197 | TWO-PART FASTENER - A fastener including a pin and a grommet. The pin is pre-engaged to the grommet with at least one flash connection, the pin is configured to be secured to the grommet at least by the flash connection being broken, and one of the pin or the grommet moves relative to the other of the pin or the grommet to break the at least one flash connection. Further, the pin is configured to engage and be secured to a first component and the grommet is configured to engage and be secured to a second component. | 2020-06-11 |
20200180198 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A SEAT FOR A SEATING OF ANY ONE ROAD VEHICLE AND PRODUCT THUS OBTAINED - Method for producing a seat for a vehicle, the bottom and the foam obtained by molding in a double mold by the following subsequent steps: gluing: in which a robot moves the molded product in front of a glue nozzle; activation: in which the robot transfers the molded product into a heating station, activating the glue; loading: in which a user arranges the cover in a loading station; superimposition: in which the cover is transferred into a superimposition station; simultaneously, a second robot grasps the molded product and moves it into the superimposition station; pressing: in which a plurality of grippers press the edge of the cover against the edge of the bottom, causing irreversible gluing between the bottom and cover, forming the seat; moving-away: in which the second robot grasps the seat from the superimposition station and places it on a conveyor belt to move it away. | 2020-06-11 |
20200180199 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING REAL MATERIAL PRODUCT HAVING COMPOSITE LAYER AND USING LIQUID-PHASE REACTIVE CURING METHOD - A method of manufacturing a real material product having a composite layer and using a liquid-phase reactive curing method according to the present invention can precisely and beautifully manufacture a real material product through a double injection process, and can implement various patterns. The bottom of a real material layer is coated with a plastic resin layer, and the top of the real material layer is coated with a PUA or PUR layer. | 2020-06-11 |
20200180200 | INJECTION MOLDING APPARATUS AND INJECTION MOLDING METHOD - An injection molding apparatus including a mold and an injection device is provided. The mold includes a fixed portion and a movable portion. A molding concavity is formed between the fixed portion and the movable portion, and the movable portion is adapted to move relative to the fixed portion to change a volume of the molding cavity, so that a pressure inside the molding concavity is adjusted between a pressurized state and a non-pressurized state. The injection device is adapted to inject a material into the molding concavity. The material includes a supercritical fluid, the supercritical fluid is prevented from being gasified in the pressurized state, and the supercritical fluid is gasified in the non-pressurized state. In addition, an injection molding method is also provided. | 2020-06-11 |
20200180201 | SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING A SHUTTER OF A PLASTICS INJECTION SYSTEM - The invention relates to a system for controlling a shutter arranged to slide in a plastic material injection nozzle, comprising:
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20200180202 | PRODUCTION OF AN ADHESIVE COMPOSITION IN AN EXTRUDER - The invention concerns a method for preparing an adhesive composition using an extruder having at least two rotating screws, successively comprising:
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20200180203 | INSTALLATION AND METHOD FOR COEXTRUSION - The installation is for producing a coextruded profiled element for tires that is made from rubber compounds of different compositions. The installation includes at least one first extruder having a screw with a longitudinal axis and at least one second extruder having a screw with a different longitudinal axis. An extrusion head is connected to each of the extruders by appropriate ducts. The feed inlet of each extruder is connected to the delivery orifice of a gear pump. | 2020-06-11 |
20200180204 | Machine and method for treating and in particular transporting plastic parisons - Disclosed is a device for handling plastic parisons with a storage device which serves for storing a plurality of plastic parisons and with at least one transport device which transports the plastic parisons along a predetermined transport path from the storage device to a processing device. At least one portion of the storage device and/or of the transport path is enclosed by a housing device and an application device is provided which applies a flowable and in particular gaseous medium to an interior of this housing device. | 2020-06-11 |
20200180205 | BLOW MOLD - A blow mold includes: a pair of movable molds for forming engagement grooves of a container body; and advancing/retreating mechanism units for advancing and retreating the movable molds between a standby position and a molding position. The advancing/retreating mechanism units are equipped with drive shafts to which the movable molds are fixed and which are rotatably supported with respect to a cavity mold; actuator devices which each have a linear-motion shaft capable of advancing and retreating in a direction orthogonal to the drive shaft and which are each swingably provided with respect to the cavity mold; and link members each having an end side fixed to the drive shaft outside the cavity mold and an opposite end side coupled to the linear-motion shaft. | 2020-06-11 |
20200180206 | DEVICE FOR PRODUCING CONTAINERS PROVIDED WITH DECORATIVE WRAPPERS - The device comprises at least one forming and wrap-around labeling assembly ( | 2020-06-11 |
20200180207 | METHOD OF FOLDING EDGES OF TRIM PARTS - A method of folding edges of trim parts includes the following steps. Place an inner surface of a substrate against a panel support so that an upper end of the substrate is disposed above a top end of the panel support. Press a backup blade against an outer surface of the substrate beneath the upper end of the substrate. A folder tool of an edge folding apparatus is urged against the inner surface of the upper end of the substrate in a horizontal direction which laterally folds the upper end | 2020-06-11 |
20200180208 | APPARATUS FOR CONTINUOUS SHEARING OF UNIDIRECTIONAL FIBER-PREFORMS FOR SWEPT ROTOR BLADES - Provided is an apparatus that is able to take preform and create a swept rotor blade in a continuous manner. The apparatus has a feeder frame across which the preform moves in a first direction. A main frame moves with respect to the feeder frame and moves the preform in a second direction that is different than the first direction. In order to avoid wrinkles forming in the preform during the creation of the swept rotor blade a tension component may be applied to a feed angle in order to form the shear angle for deformation. | 2020-06-11 |
20200180209 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONDITIONING PAINT-ROLLER COVER FABRIC - A system and method are provided for conditioning paint roller cover fabric inline in a continuous paint roller manufacturing process. The system and method provide an inline fabric conditioning unit upstream of the point in the process that the paint roller fabric cover strip is wrapped about the outer side of the outer strip, the fabric conditioning unit including a fabric conditioning device that conditions the paint roller fabric cover strip as it is being fed towards the outer side of the outer strip. The fabric conditioning unit may be used to perforate the fabric, to remove loose fibers from the fabric side of the paint roller fabric cover, to buff the paint roller fabric, and to orient the paint roller cover fibers. The continuous paint roller manufacturing process includes steps of feeding an inner strip and an outer strip towards a mandrel, wrapping the inner strip and the outer strip about the mandrel in offset relation, applying a strip adhesive to at least a portion of an outer side of the inner strip and at least a portion of an outer side of the outer strip, feeding a paint roller fabric cover strip having a fabric side and a backing side towards the outer side of the outer strip, the fabric side comprising loose fibers and attached fibers, forming a paint roller tube by wrapping the paint roller fabric cover strip about the outer strip at a point in the process after the strip adhesive has been applied to the outer side of the outer strip such that the backing side contacts the strip adhesive, applying compression to the paint roller tube, and cutting the paint roller tubes into like lengths. | 2020-06-11 |
20200180210 | TRANSPARENT ARTICLE - A transparent article is disclosed that includes a transparent base material. A main surface of the transparent base material includes a rough surface portion that is roughened. The rough surface portion has a root mean square height Sq of 0.08 μm or less and a mean width RSm of roughness curve profile elements of 20 μm or less. | 2020-06-11 |
20200180211 | GEAR PRODUCT HAVING REINFORCED DEPOSITION SURFACE AND DEPOSITION SYSTEM FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - Disclosed are a gear product having an enhance deposition surface and a deposition system for manufacturing the gear product. The gear product having a reinforced deposition surface according to the present disclosure includes: teeth in which valleys and crests are successively famed along an outer or inner circumference of a cylindrical body having a central rotation shaft; and a reinforced deposition layer, which is formed by radiating a laser beam in a coaxial nozzle system to be directed to the teeth and injecting powdered materials to be in contact with a radiation axis of the laser beam around the radiated laser beam such that the powdered materials are melted and integrated with a surface of the teeth. According to the present disclosure, a reinforced corrosion-resistant and wear-resistant deposition layer famed on a gear product is formed through a coaxial nozzle system in which powdered materials, which are injected so as to be in contact with the radiation axis of a laser beam radiated towards teeth around the radiated laser beam, is melted by the laser beam so as to be deposited on the surface of the teeth. Thus, it is possible to freely and finely control the laser beam power, the rotational speed of the gear, and the type and the injection amount of powdered materials according to the shape and size of the crests and valleys (teeth), and the physical properties of the raw material constituting the gear product, so that a deposition layer, optimized to the teeth having various shapes and physical properties, can be uniformly and precisely formed. | 2020-06-11 |
20200180212 | EXPANSION APPARATUS, SHAPING SYSTEM, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF SHAPED OBJECT - An expansion apparatus includes: a first expander for irradiating with electromagnetic waves emitted from a lamp a thermal conversion layer for conversion of the electromagnetic waves to heat, to cause at least a portion of a thermal expansion layer to expand, the thermal conversion layer being laminated to a molding sheet including a base and the thermal expansion layer laminated to a first main surface of the base; and a second expander for causing expansion of a region (C) of the thermal expansion layer that is smaller in size than a region (B) of the thermal expansion layer expanded by the first expander. | 2020-06-11 |
20200180213 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR VARIABLE MAGNETIC ALIGNMENT IN FUSED DEPOSTION MODELING (FDM) MAGNETS - An apparatus and a method for fabricating a magnetic material with variable magnetic alignment are disclosed. For example, the apparatus includes a reservoir storing magnetic particles, a heater coupled to the reservoir to melt the magnetic particles, a nozzle coupled to the reservoir to receive the magnetic particles that are melted, wherein the nozzle includes a rotatable collar that includes at least one magnet, a platform below the nozzle to receive the magnetic particles that are melted that are dispensed by the nozzle, and a controller communicatively coupled to the heater, the nozzle, and the platform to control operation of the heater, the nozzle, the rotatable collar of the nozzle, and the platform. | 2020-06-11 |
20200180214 | PHOTOCURABLE COMPOSITION FOR THREE-DIMENSIONAL STEREOLITHOGRAPHY AND THREE-DIMENSIONAL OBJECT - A photocurable composition for three-dimensional stereolithography which has a lower viscosity and from which a cured product having a high refractive index is obtained, and a three-dimensional object formed by using the composition. The composition is a photocurable composition for three-dimensional stereolithography containing a fluorene monomer, a carbazole monomer, a diluent monomer, and a photopolymerization initiator, the carbazole monomer being contained in an amount of less than 30 wt % with respect to the total amount of the fluorene monomer and the carbazole monomer, and the diluent monomer being contained in an amount of at least 20 wt % with respect to total solids. | 2020-06-11 |
20200180215 | CONTINUOUS LIQUID INTERFACE PRODUCTION WITH FORCE MONITORING AND FEEDBACK - A method of making a three-dimensional object ( | 2020-06-11 |
20200180216 | METHOD FOR CALIBRATING AN IRRADIATION DEVICE FOR AN APPARATUS FOR ADDITIVELY MANUFACTURING THREE-DIMENSIONAL OBJECTS - Method for calibrating an irradiation device for additively manufacturing three-dimensional objects by successive layerwise selective irradiation and consolidation of layers of a build material which can be consolidated by means of an energy beam, which irradiation device comprises a first and a second irradiation unit adapted to guide a first and a second energy beam, wherein at least two first and two second calibration patterns are generated, wherein the at least two first calibration patterns are generated in at least two different first positions via the first energy beam and the at least two second calibration patterns are generated in at least two different second positions via the second energy beam and position information are determined relating to the positions of the at least two first and second calibration patterns and calibration information are generated relating to a calibration status of the irradiation device based on the determined position information. | 2020-06-11 |
20200180217 | ENHANCED LAYER ADHESION IN ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING BY USE OF MULTIPLE HEATING STEPS - Provided are systems and methods for additive manufacturing, which systems and methods yield parts having improved interlayer adhesion. In the disclosed technology, additional heating steps are applied on the upper surface of the already printed workpiece so as to offset the dropping temperature of that surface during part fabrication. These heating steps elevate the temperature of the surface to a value that results in a molten interface with subsequently-applied build material, leading to improved interlayer adhesion. This technology is applicable to a variety of additive manufacturing processes, including but not limited to selective laser sintering, fused filament fabrication, and large format additive manufacturing approaches. | 2020-06-11 |
20200180218 | PRINTED PARTS WITH INTERLAYERS AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A method of manufacturing a part includes printing a layer of 3D printable material, positioning a layer of interlay material on the layer of 3D printable material, and printing another layer of 3D printable material on the layer of interlay material. A manufactured part includes a base layer of 3D printable material and a plurality of pairs of alternating layers disposed on the base layer of 3D printable material. Each pair of the plurality of pairs includes a layer of interlay material and another layer of 3D printable material printed on the layer of interlay material. The layers of interlay material provide at least one property to the manufactured part not provided by the layers of 3D printable material. | 2020-06-11 |
20200180219 | Systems and Methods for Additive Manufacturing Using Thermally Cross-Linkable Materials - The invention relates to additive manufacturing systems and methods using thermally cross-linkable materials. The thermally cross-linkable material includes at least one thermally cross-linkable polymeric material and an amount of at least one electromagnetic energy susceptor therein. A system with at least one print head and an electromagnetic energy generator is provided to produce electromagnetic energy in the area of the thermally cross-linkable material after being dispensed from the print head. This causes heating of the electromagnetic energy susceptor to cause curing of the thermally cross-linkable material. | 2020-06-11 |
20200180220 | ADDITIVE PROCESSING OF FLUOROPOLYMERS - Provided are methods for making shaped fluoropolymer by additive processing using fluoropolymer particles, polymerizable binder and extraction with supercritical fluids. Also provided are 3D printable compositions for making shaped fluoropolymer articles and articles comprising a shaped fluoropolymer. | 2020-06-11 |
20200180221 | 3D PRINTER - Examples relate to a 3D printer capable of positioning a printhead relative to a spittoon disposed within a maintenance region of the 3D printer, ejecting printing fluid from the printhead onto the spittoon, and positioning a moveable heat source proximate to the spittoon to evaporate printing fluid from the spittoon. | 2020-06-11 |
20200180222 | ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING DEVICE AND ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING METHOD - An additive manufacturing device includes a table that supports an additive manufactured object, and a manufacturing unit including a first nozzle that is movable with respect to the table and a second nozzle that is movable with respect to the table and also movable with respect to the first nozzle. The manufacturing unit discharges powder from at least one of the first nozzle and the second nozzle, and emits an energy beam from at least one of the first nozzle and the second nozzle to melt or sinter the powder to additively manufacture the object supported on the table. | 2020-06-11 |
20200180223 | SYSTEM FOR AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THREE-DIMENSIONAL STRUCTURE - Disclosed are a system for and a method of manufacturing a three-dimensional (3D) structure. The method may include injecting a fluid with a first pressure toward a surface of a first output layer to form a softening layer in the first output layer, injecting the fluid with a second pressure toward the softening layer to form an uneven structure in the softening layer, the second pressure being higher than the first pressure, and forming a second output layer on the softening layer with the uneven structure. | 2020-06-11 |
20200180224 | 3D PRINTING METHOD AND APPARATUS - A printing apparatus is for printing a three-dimensional object. The apparatus includes a frame configured to rotate about an axis; an operative surface mounted to the frame; a powder dispenser mounted to the frame, the powder dispenser being configured to deposit at least one powder layer onto the operative surface; and an energy source mounted to the frame for emitting at least one energy beam onto the powder layer. Rotational movement of the frame causes the operative surface to exert a centripetal force on the powder layer for securing the powder layer on the operative surface. | 2020-06-11 |
20200180225 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PREVENTING OXYGEN INHIBITION OF A LIGHT-INITIATED POLYMERIZATION REACTION IN A 3D PRINTING SYSTEM USING INERT GAS - Systems and methods that prevent oxygen inhibition of a light-initiated polymerization reaction by purging the oxygen from reaction surfaces using inert gas flow. In some embodiments, oxygen is purged using a gas diffusion system that introduces, via a diffuser, an inert gas into a workspace between a UV light source and a UV curable layer of a workpiece. The diffuser may be made of a transparent or diffuse material to allow UV light to pass through it, and includes an array of micro-holes for the gas to pass through towards the workpiece. The inert gas flow may be heated to maintain a desired and uniform reaction temperature. | 2020-06-11 |
20200180226 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL OBJECT PRECURSOR TREATMENT AGENT COMPOSITION - The three-dimensional object precursor treatment agent composition according to the present invention is for removing, from a three-dimensional object precursor having a support material and a modeling material, the support material, and contains an alkali metal hydroxide, an anionic emulsifier, and water. The three-dimensional object precursor treatment agent composition according to the present invention can remove the support material more quickly and sufficiently than in the prior art. Also, provided is a method for producing a three-dimensional object by an inkjet ultraviolet light curing technique using the three-dimensional object precursor treatment agent composition. | 2020-06-11 |
20200180227 | Improved Powder Distribution System for Three-Dimensional Printer - The present invention relates to apparatuses for distributing build powder in powder-layer three-dimensional printers ( | 2020-06-11 |
20200180228 | MICROSTRUCTURE-BASED TOPOLOGY OPTIMIZATION FOR STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS MADE BY ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING - Devices that use additively-manufactured connectible unit cells are described in which each unit cell comprises materials and voids. The materials occupy a certain volume of the unit cell with the voids occupying the balance of the volume. The unit cells form a lattice structure, which exhibits smooth transitions between each of the adjacent unit cells. The lattice structure exhibits periodicity along one (1), two (2), or all three (3) dimensions. The materials have a thickness that is a function of the material location within the device. | 2020-06-11 |
20200180229 | SHAPING SYSTEM, SHAPING METHOD, AND SHAPING CONTROL APPARATUS - A shaping system for shaping a stereoscopic shaped object, the shaping system including a shaping device serving as a shaping portion and a control PC serving as a shaping controller. At a time of shaping a shaped object, the shaping device further forms a support layer that supports at least a part of the shaped object being shaped, and the control PC predicts a support layer removal time which is a time required for removing the support layer after formation of the shaped object and the support layer in the shaping device is completed. | 2020-06-11 |
20200180230 | CONTROLLING DIRECTION AND MAGNITUDE OF WELD FORCE VECTOR DURING A PLASTIC WELDING OPERATION - A plastic welding machine for welding plastic parts together is capable of controlling the weld force vector in both magnitude and direction. | 2020-06-11 |
20200180231 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR THERMOPLASTIC WELDING - An apparatus for thermoplastic welding includes at least one tool configured to support first and second thermoplastic composite parts in a first welding position having one or more joint lines between the first and second thermoplastic composite parts. The tool includes a plurality of induction coils. The apparatus further includes a susceptor removably positioned along the one or more joint lines. The susceptor is configured to heat the one or more joint lines when exposed to a magnetic flux generated by the plurality of induction coils to bond the first and second thermoplastic composite parts along the one or more joint lines. The apparatus also includes a susceptor removal device coupled to the susceptor and configured to remove the susceptor during bonding of the first and second thermoplastic composite parts. | 2020-06-11 |
20200180232 | METHOD FOR BONDING RUBBER AND ADHESIVE FOR BONDING RUBBER - The invention relates to a high-strength and permanently elastic curable adhesive for bonding at least two surfaces, of which at least one surface is a surface of a permanently elastic plastic wherein the adhesive is an adhesive that cures in at least two different hardening mechanisms, wherein the first hardening mechanism comprises a chemical reaction to form a chemical bond including a sulphur atom, and the second hardening mechanism comprises the formation of crystalline structures from amorphous polymers. The invention also relates to a method for high-strength and permanently elastic bonding of at least two surfaces to one another, of which at least one surface is that of a permanently elastic plastic, by means of such an adhesive, said method comprising the steps of: applying the adhesive to at least a first of the surfaces to be connected, ensuring conditions under which at least the first hardening mechanism of the adhesive can take place, bringing the first surface into contact with the second surface, and ensuring conditions under which the second hardening mechanism of the adhesive can take place. | 2020-06-11 |
20200180233 | CONDUCTIVE FILM ADHESIVE - An inventive composition and process for formation of a conductive bonding film are disclosed. The invention combines adhesive bonding sheet technologies (e.g. die attach films, or DAFs) with the electrical and thermal conductivity performance of transient liquid phase sintered paste compositions. The invention films are characterized by high bulk thermal and electrical conductivity within the film as well as low and stable thermal and electrical resistance at the interfaces between the inventive film and metallized adherends. | 2020-06-11 |
20200180234 | HERMETIC SEALING DEVICE FOR PACKAGES CONTAINING FOOD PRODUCTS - The sealing device, forming the object of this invention, for packages containing food products, includes a unit for gripping and/or feeding a piece of thin flexible material forming a film used to cover and at least partly seal the food product; a sealing element which includes a rheostat having an annular body and two terminals extending from the annular body and connectable to a voltage generator capable of generating and maintaining an electrical potential difference at the ends of the two terminals in such a way as to cause to flow along the rheostat an electric current capable of heating the annular body to a predetermined sealing temperature. Each terminal has at the point of its connection to the annular body of the rheostat a cross section whose surface area is the smallest compared to the cross sections at all other points of the terminal. | 2020-06-11 |
20200180235 | HIGH TEMPERATURE COMPOSITE SEAL - A method of sealing a first component to a second component comprising the steps of locating at least one fiber reinforced polyimide resin layer against a first sealing surface on a first component and against a second sealing surface on a second component. At least one fiber reinforced polyimide resin layer is compressed against the first sealing surface and the second sealing surface prior to curing at least one fiber reinforced polyimide resin layer. At least one fiber reinforced polyimide resin layer is heated to promote flow and conformation to the first sealing surface and the second sealing surface. At least one fiber reinforced polyimide resin layer is cured to provide a fluid tight seal between the first component and the second component. | 2020-06-11 |
20200180236 | COMPOSITE THERMOPLASTIC LINER - A composite thermoplastic liner for use as a moisture barrier comprises a hollow tubular body made from a woven composite thermoplastic material configured to substantially block the ingress of moisture; and an opening at one end of the hollow tubular body for intake into the hollow of the hollow tubular body. In one aspect a welded closed opposite end forms a base configured to substantially block the ingress of moisture external to the hollow tubular body. In another aspect the woven composite thermoplastic material comprises an electrically conductive additive. In another aspect there is a gusset in at least one side of the hollow tubular body. The hollow tubular body is able to be flattened with the respective gussets formed from folds of the hollow tubular body, such that in the flattened state the tube is more readily stored in a narrow form, but is expandable when the gusset is unfolded. | 2020-06-11 |
20200180237 | Support and Method of Shaping Workpiece and Support - A support for supporting a workpiece from below efficiently while reducing the amount of necessary materials, and a shaping method for shaping the workpiece and support efficiently includes a hollow state support for supporting a workpiece from below, and the hollow state support has a lattice form with crossing of straight linear or curved columnar bodies, wherein a sintered strength at a connecting region with the workpiece is lower than the sintered strength at the other regions. | 2020-06-11 |
20200180238 | LOBED TUBULAR PIECE MADE OF A COMPOSITE WITH UNIDIRECTIONAL FIBERS - A method for manufacturing a fibrous tubular structure including lobes, in which fibers are draped/deposited on a mandrel having a shape corresponding to that of the fibrous structure, includes draping/deposition carried out such that at least one group of fibers has a same orientation with respect to the axis (A) of said fibrous structure, then, the fibers having been draped over an angular sector less than the total periphery of the mandrel, one of the ends of the fibrous structure is separated from the mandrel in order to allow the continuation of the draping on the same mandrel. | 2020-06-11 |
20200180239 | Composite Charge Positioning System - A composite charge positioning assembly configured to position a composite charge onto a forming tool is presented. The composite charge positioning assembly comprises a base; a first charge support arm associated with the base and movable in a first direction towards or away from the base; and a second charge support arm associated with the base and movable in the first direction. The first charge support arm has a first surface configured to contact a portion of a composite charge. The second charge support arm has a second surface configured to contact a second portion of the composite charge. | 2020-06-11 |
20200180240 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CONSOLIDATING A COMPOSITE FIBER STRUCTURE - A method and a device are provided for consolidating a fiber composite structure with at least one thermoplastic and/or thermoelastic polymer. The fiber composite structure is arranged between two pressing elements of a device for consolidating the fiber composite structure. The pressing elements are pushed toward one another such that the fiber composite structure is pressed therebetween. The fiber composite structure is heated at least into the range of a melting temperature of the at least one polymer. After cooling, the consolidated fiber composite structure is removed from the device. At least one separate compensating element is arranged in the region of at least one height difference of the fiber composite structure, between the structure and one of the pressing elements, such that the at least one height difference with respect to the one of the pressing elements is compensated with the at least one compensating element. | 2020-06-11 |
20200180241 | Method For Manufacturing An Aircraft Centre Wing Box Including At Least One Stiffener Having At Least One Through-Hole And Aircraft Centre Wing Box Obtained Using Said Method - A method for manufacturing a centre wing box which includes inner stiffeners, at least one of which has at least one through-hole is described. For each stiffener having at least one through-hole and having a first leg of a first U-shaped and C-shaped profile and a second leg of a second U-shaped and C-shaped profile, the method includes, for each through-hole, the steps of producing a first section of the through-hole in the first U-shaped or C-shaped profile and of producing a second section of the through-hole in the second U-shaped or C-shaped profile before the first and second U-shaped or C-shaped profiles are positioned on the mould. | 2020-06-11 |
20200180242 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PRODUCING A PLASTIC PROFILE - Plastic profiles are produced by a pultrusion method. For this, a mold is moved periodically relative to the stationary plastic profile and said profile is held by a holding means and transported away. In particular, the starting and the stopping of the method are problematical, since a tensile stress must be applied, by which both “slack” fibers and “rigid” profiles can be drawn through the mold. The invention creates a method and a device for simple and reliable manufacture of plastic profiles. For this, it is provided that at least one cross section of a receiving space of the at least one holding means is changed along a longitudinal axis of the holding means in order to grasp a reinforcement and/or the plastic profile. | 2020-06-11 |
20200180243 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING COMPOSITE MATERIAL COMPONENT AND DEVICE FOR PRODUCING COMPOSITE MATERIAL COMPONENT - A composite material component manufacturing method includes a molding step of applying, by a pressing device, heat and pressure to a prepreg to mold the prepreg, and a transfer step of transferring the prepreg. The transfer step includes moving the prepreg together with the pressing device in a state in which a pressing force is applied to the prepreg by the pressing device. | 2020-06-11 |
20200180244 | FLEXIBLE MANDREL, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING COMPOSITE COMPONENT - This flexible mandrel for molding a composite material containing a thermosetting resin includes: a main body containing a first material; and a thermally conductive layer containing a second material having a higher thermal conductivity than the first material, the thermally conductive layer being formed so as to cover at least a portion of the main body. The thermally conductive layer extends from a contacting surface of the flexible mandrel, which comes into contact with the composite material during molding, to a non-contacting surface which does not come into contact with the composite material. | 2020-06-11 |
20200180245 | TWO-PHASE COOLING IN VASCULAR COMPOSITES USING A PUMPED FLUID LOOP - A method to improve thermal performance of vascular composites by using a two-phase working fluid for isothermalization includes the steps of: manufacturing a vascular composite structure optimized for a design point; manufacturing a thermal back end sized for the application; integrating the vascular composite into a fluid loop; and evacuating and filling the fluid loop with working fluid to an amount resulting in two-phase operation at the design point. | 2020-06-11 |
20200180246 | MULTILAYER BALLOONS - An example medical device includes a balloon that is inflatable to an inflated configuration. The balloon includes a non-compliant layer coextruded on an inner layer, and an outer layer coextruded on the non-compliant layer. The non-compliant layer is configured to delaminate from the inner and the outer layers in the inflated configuration. The non-compliant layer may be configured to rupture in the inflated configuration. An example technique includes inflating the balloon to a predetermined pressure sufficient to rupture the non-compliant layer and insufficient to rupture both the inner and outer layers. The example technique further includes deflating the balloon, and introducing the balloon into a vasculature. Another example technique includes coextruding a non-compliant layer on an inner layer, coextruding an outer layer on the non-compliant layer, and forming a balloon from the inner layer, the non-compliant layer, and the outer layer. | 2020-06-11 |
20200180247 | Flat Tire Repair Kit - A puncture repair kit includes a container configured to house puncture repair liquid; a hose configured to be connected to the container and carry the puncture repair liquid into a tire; a compressor configured to supply compressed air for supplying under pressure the puncture repair liquid in the container through the hose; and an assistor configured to correct a tilt of the container when the container is connected to a tire valve via the hose and pendent from the tire valve. | 2020-06-11 |
20200180248 | MOLDING ELEMENT FOR MANUFACTURING A NOISE REDUCING TREAD - The molding element has a molding surface forming a contact face and a groove forming rib portion forming the groove comprising two opposed rib side faces and a rib top face connecting two rib side faces. The groove forming rib portion provides at least one cavity opening to the rib top face and to at least one of the rib side faces. The cavity has two opposed cavity faces. The molding element comprises at least one cutting means extending and/or projecting in a direction the groove forming rib portion extends for cutting a material filled in the cavity during demolding. | 2020-06-11 |
20200180249 | TIRE PRODUCTION METHOD, AND TIRE - An object of the present disclosure is to provide a tire production method which effectively inhibits the migration of sulfur to a vulcanizing bladder in a process of vulcanizing an unvulcanized tire provided at an inner surface thereof with a member having a high concentration of sulfur. Specifically, a tire production method includes a vulcanization process of vulcanizing an unvulcanized tire which is provided, in at least a portion of the innermost surface thereof, with a high sulfur concentration rubber member made of a rubber composition containing sulfur by ≥1.0 parts by mass with respect to 100 parts by mass of a rubber component, wherein the vulcanization process employs a vulcanizing bladder made of a rubber composition for a bladder, which rubber composition contains fluororubber by 50 mass % to 100 mass %. | 2020-06-11 |
20200180250 | BALL HITCH TIP OUT PLUG, TRIANGLE LEG TIP OUT PLUG, COMBINATION, AND TIP OUT PLUG TOOL - A combination of first and second plugs for a tire mold includes associated first and second receivers/jackets. Fasteners secure the receiver to an associated tire mold. A securing member extends from the receiver into the cavity of the first receiver to retain the first plug therein. The first plug is contoured and dimensioned for mating receipt in the first receiver cavity. The second plug is likewise contoured and dimensioned for mating receipt in the associated second receiver cavity, but will not be accepted in the first receiver. A tool is provided to facilitate insertion and removal of the first and second plugs, and limit the potential for damage to the associated tire mold. | 2020-06-11 |
20200180251 | INTERNALLY-DRIVEN PRESS ASSEMBLY - A press assembly includes an elongated guide, and a ram that is at least partially mounted to the elongated guide and axially movable relative to the elongated guide. A fabricating tool is disposed at an outboard end portion of the ram. The ram including an internal chamber. A cylinder is disposed within an internal chamber of the ram and is secured to the ram such that the cylinder is fixed relative to the ram axially and rotationally so that the cylinder and ram move in unison. A spindle having a driving end region and a driven end region opposite the driving end region is disposed at least partially within a cylindrical bore of the cylinder. A motor is adapted to rotate the driving end region of the spindle to effect an axial displacement of the cylinder and the ram. | 2020-06-11 |
20200180252 | PRESS SYSTEM - A press system capable of achieving a reduced number of man-hours required for generation of a motion is provided. A controller automatically generates a press motion based at least on a feed-allowable height, a touch position, and a work end position, automatically generates a feeder motion based at least on a feed-allowable height and a feed length, and automatically generates a synthesized motion by synthesizing the press motion and the feeder motion. | 2020-06-11 |
20200180253 | Apparatus for Controlling the Switch-Over of Hydraulic Cylinders - An electro-hydrostatic drive for realizing a rapid movement during a rapid movement phase, a force-building movement during a force-building movement phase. The apparatus comprises a hydro-machine with variable volume and/or rotational speed, driven by an electric motor, for providing a volume-stream of a hydraulic fluid, a first cylinder with a piston chamber, an rod chamber, and a plunger rod, a reservoir, a pressure source, a relief valve, a check valve, a fluid connection between the piston chamber and the hydro-machine, a fluid connection between the rod chamber and the hydro-machine, a fluid connection between the piston chamber and the reservoir, a fluid connection between the rod-chamber-side port of the hydro-machine and the reservoir, a fluid connection, through the relief valve, between the reservoir and the pressure source. The relief valve is for pressure safety of the reservoir, and the check valve has a fluid connection from the pressure source to the rod-chamber-side port of the hydro-machine, during the rapid movement phase, a first part of the hydraulic fluid is piped through the fluid connection between the piston chamber and the hydro-machine and the fluid connection between the rod chamber and the hydro-machine, and a second part of the hydraulic fluid communicates through the fluid connection between the piston chamber and the reservoir, during the force-building movement phase, a first part of the hydraulic fluid is piped through the fluid connection between the piston chamber and the hydro-machine and the fluid connection between the rod chamber and the hydro-machine, and a second part of the hydraulic fluid is piped through the fluid connection between the rod-chamber-side port of the hydro-machine and the reservoir. | 2020-06-11 |
20200180254 | BOX AND METHOD OF CONSTRUCTING THE SAME - A box suitable for the packaging of a consumer product is formed by helically wrapping an elongated continuous strip of material around a mandrel to form a main body with a plurality of bands. In one embodiment, adjacent bands partially overlie one another to form a multi-paneled main body with an open top end and an open bottom end. An adhesive is disposed within the region of contact between adjacent bands to retain the shape of the main body. First and second sets of slots are formed in the main body to create flaps dimensioned to selectively enclose the open top and bottom ends, respectively. To define the flaps and promote pivotal articulation, the main body is also preferably provided with score lines. By adjusting the configuration of the mandrel, a customized box can be constructed that is sized to receive a consumer product with limited wasted space. | 2020-06-11 |
20200180255 | DUNNAGE CONVERSION MACHINE AND METHOD - A dunnage conversion machine converts a sheet stock material into a dunnage product that is relatively thicker and less dense than the stock material. The conversion machine includes a conversion assembly that draws the sheet stock material therethrough and randomly crumples at least a portion of the sheet stock material. Before severing a discrete dunnage product of a desired length from the substantially continuous length of sheet stock material, the conversion assembly temporarily advances the sheet stock material therethrough while minimizing or eliminating the random crumpling of the sheet stock material in a reduced-crumpling zone, and then cuts the sheet stock material in the reduced-cutting zone to reduce or eliminate the production of scrap shards of sheet stock material. | 2020-06-11 |
20200180256 | DUNNAGE CONVERSION MACHINE AND METHOD - A conversion assembly for a dunnage conversion machine includes both a downstream pair of rotatable members and an upstream pair of rotatable members upstream of the downstream rotatable members. The downstream rotatable members include a pair of gears, and each gear has a plurality of teeth and is rotatable about a respective axis. The gears are positioned so that the teeth of one gear are sequentially interlaced with the teeth of the other gear as the gears rotate. The upstream rotatable members include a pair of feed wheels, and the gears and the feed wheels define a path for a sheet stock material from between the upstream pair of feed wheels to between the downstream pair of gears. The rate at which the sheet stock material is advanced by the feed wheels is the same as the rate at which the sheet stock material is advanced by the gears. | 2020-06-11 |
20200180257 | CUSHION SUPPLY SYSTEM AND METHOD OF OPERATION FOR A CUSHION SUPPLY SYSTEM - In a cushion supply system for a logistic center, for example a warehouse or a dispatch hall, which comprises a cushion source for providing cushion products, such as cushion pads, in particular paper cushion pads; several packing stations at which containers can be loaded with goods and filled with cushion products; and a cushion transport system, such as a belt conveyor, for transporting the cushion products from the cushion source to the packing stations, the one cushion source is configured to supply said plurality of packing stations. | 2020-06-11 |
20200180258 | Multi-Layer, Flexible Tubular Article for Fuel Line Applications - The invention provides a multi-layer, flexible tubular article useful in fuel line applications comprising a thermoplastic polyurethane layer ( | 2020-06-11 |
20200180259 | POLYMER FILM LAMINATED SUBSTRATE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING FLEXIBLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - [Problem] To provide a polyimide film laminated substrate in which stable peeling with a constant low force from an inorganic substrate is enabled when a polyimide film is to be peeled from an inorganic substrate even after heat treatment at a temperature exceeding 500° C. is performed. | 2020-06-11 |
20200180261 | COMPOSITE MATERIAL STITCHING STRUCTURE REINFORCED WITH Z-DIRECTION FIBER - The present invention relates to a fastening structure of a composite material structure, and more particularly, to a composite material stitching structure reinforced with z-direction fiber which improves strength in a lamination direction of a relatively weak composite material structure, for a composite material structure, in which composite materials are laminated and bonded. | 2020-06-11 |
20200180262 | ADAPTION OF TEXTILE ARTICLE FOR RADIO FREQUENCY (RF) ABSORPTION AND ATTENUATION - The present disclosure describes techniques for fabricating a textile article from a laminate formed by curing a reinforced fiber matrix and a resin substrate. The resin substrate may include iron oxide particles, such as iron oxide, Fe | 2020-06-11 |
20200180263 | Absorbent, Wicking, Expandable Bandrolls, and Waistbands and Garments With Same - A bandroll for a waistband for a garment, the bandroll having an absorption layer and a wicking layer. The wicking layer controls stretch properties of the absorption layer. The waistband comprises a second material and wherein a shrinkage of a material substrate of the bandroll substantially matches a shrinkage of the second material. | 2020-06-11 |