46th week of 2018 patent applcation highlights part 15 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20180326413 | A KIT FOR CENTRIFUGAL SEPARATION OF BIOLOGICAL FLUID COMPONENTS AND A METHOD FOR CENTRIFUGAL SEPARATION OF BIOLOGICAL FLUID COMPONENTS - A kit for centrifugal isolation of a fraction of interest from a multi-component composition according to density, comprising: a separation chamber ( | 2018-11-15 |
20180326414 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR FLOW CONTROL - A flow control device, a system and a method are disclosed. The flow control device comprises a displaceable means ( | 2018-11-15 |
20180326415 | MICROFLUIDIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE OF MICROFLUIDIC DEVICE - A microfluidic device includes first and second outer layers each having one or more microfluidic formations and an intermediate layer bonded between the first and second outer layers; in which the glass transition temperature of the first outer layer is higher than the glass transition temperature of the second outer layer. | 2018-11-15 |
20180326416 | METHODS OF MAKING MICROFLUIDIC DEVICES - Microfluidics has advanced in terms of designs and structures, however, fabrication methods are either time consuming or expensive to produce, in terms of the facilities and equipment needed. A fast and economically viable method is provided to allow, for example, research groups to have access to microfluidic fabrication. Unlike most fabrication methods, a method is provided to fabricate a microfluidic device in one step. In an embodiment, a resolution of 50 micrometers was achieved by using maskless high-resolution digital light projection (MDLP). Bonding and channel fabrication of complex or simple structures can be rapidly incorporated to fabricate the microfluidic devices. | 2018-11-15 |
20180326417 | MULTICOMPARTMENT LAYERED AND STACKABLE MICROFLUIDIC BIOREACTORS AND APPLICATIONS OF SAME - In certain aspects of the invention, a stackable device includes multiple elements stacked sequentially. A chamber is formed in each of the elements or between adjacent two of the elements, and each chamber is in fluid communication with an input channel and an output channel. The chambers are aligned with each other, and adjacent two chambers are separated from each other by a membrane. In certain aspects of the invention, a system includes at least one stackable device, each stackable device having multiple chambers; and at least one of a perfusion controller, a microformulator, and a microclinical analyzer in fluid communication with the at least one stackable device. In other aspects of the invention, the use of four microformulators, electrodes and an impedance analyzer can measure the impedance spectrum of each barrier in a multi-transwell plate. | 2018-11-15 |
20180326418 | CAPILLARITY-BASED DEVICES FOR PERFORMING CHEMICAL PROCESSES AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS - The present technology is directed to capillarity-based devices for performing chemical processes and associated system and methods. In one embodiment, for example, a device can include a base configured to receive one or more fluids, a porous wick carried by the base portion, and a flow-metering element along the porous wick to modify a rate or volume of fluid flow along the porous wick. The porous wick can comprise a first pathway, a second pathway, and an intersection at which the first pathway and the second pathway converge. Input ends of the first and second pathways can be wettably distinct. Upon wetting of the input ends, fluid is configured to travel by capillary action along each pathway. The device may also include volume-metering features configured to automatically and independently control or modify a volume of fluid flow along one or more pathways of the porous wick. | 2018-11-15 |
20180326419 | MICROFLUIDIC CHIP, APPARATUS FOR ENRICHING CELLS AND METHOD FOR ENRICHING CELLS IN A MICROFLUIDIC CHIP - In accordance with an embodiment, a microfluidic chip including a first cells enrichment system and a second cells enrichment system is provided. Channel layouts of the first and the second cells enrichment systems are symmetric with respect to a reflection plane vertical to the microfluidic chip. Each of the first the second cells enrichment systems includes a first fluid channel, a second fluid channel, a sample channel, an inlet channel, and a filtration chamber. The sample channel of the first cells enrichment system has a first inner wall and a first outer wall. The sample channel of the second cells enrichment system has a second inner wall and a second outer wall. The first outer wall and the second outer wall are both far from the reflection plane. A distance between the first outer wall and the second outer wall is in the range from about 10 μm to about 1 cm. | 2018-11-15 |
20180326420 | DEVICE FOR USE IN MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTICS TESTING - The invention relates to a device for use in molecular diagnostics testing comprising: at least one reagent storage container, the reagent storage container being sealed;—at least one opener for unsealing the reagent storage container; an actuator coupled to at least one of the reagent storage container and the opener such that moving the actuator brings the reagent storage container and the opener together so that the opener unseals the reagent storage container, but inadvertently opening is prevented. | 2018-11-15 |
20180326421 | INSECT TIPPING ASSEMBLY AND METHOD - A tipping assembly for transferring insects from one or more first vials to one or more second vials, the tipping assembly comprising: a turnable attachment member comprising a first side to which the one or more first vials are selectively attachable and a second side to which the one or more second vials are selectively attachable; and a cover portion configured to be slidably received in a slot in the attachment member, wherein the attachment member defines one or more passages therethrough for the selective transfer of insects from the one or more first vials to the one or more second vials respectively when the cover portion is in a retracted position, and wherein the cover portion is configured to restrict the one or more passages through the attachment member when the cover portion is in an inserted position in the slot. | 2018-11-15 |
20180326422 | Detection Mechanism for Polymerase Chain Reaction and Polymerase Chain Reaction Device - The present invention relates to a detection mechanism for polymerase chain reaction and a polymerase chain reaction device, wherein the detection mechanism comprises at least one excitation module group, each of the excitation module groups comprising two excitation modules for providing excitation light with two wavelengths; an excitation optical fiber, connected to the excitation modules, the excitation optical fiber transmitting the excitation light to at least one reaction tube, each of the reaction tubes receiving excitation light with two wavelengths; a receiving optical fiber, for collecting and transmitting a fluorescent signal from the reaction tube; at least one receiving module group, connected to the receiving optical fiber, each of the receiving module groups comprising two receiving modules, to respectively receive the fluorescent signal of two wavelengths from the same said reaction tube, and convert the fluorescent signal into an electrical signal for output; the detection mechanism is configured to detect the reaction tube in a time division manner, and multiplex the receiving module group to obtain an output result. | 2018-11-15 |
20180326423 | APPARATUS FOR CONDUCTING AN ASSAY - The present invention discloses an apparatus for conducting an assay, wherein the apparatus comprises a turntable ( | 2018-11-15 |
20180326424 | SELF-CONTAINED BIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS - Devices, containers, and methods are provided for performing biological analysis in a closed environment. Illustrative biological analyses include nucleic acid amplification and detection and immuno-PCR. | 2018-11-15 |
20180326425 | PULVERIZER ATTACHMENT WITH TOOTH RAILS - A pulverizing attachment for an excavator and a method of removably rigidly retaining teeth to one or more jaws of a pulverizer. A plurality of tooth members each have a longitudinal slot with a cross-sectional shape and a relief slot extending substantially transverse to the longitudinal slot producing a flexible end portion capable of deflection upon application of a longitudinal compression force. The tooth rails having a complimentary cross-sectional shape to the longitudinal slot slidably receive the tooth members. The complimentary shape of the longitudinal slot and tooth rail in cooperation with a longitudinal compression force applied to deflect the flexible end portions of each of the tooth members rigidly retains the tooth members on the tooth rails fixed to the pulverizer jaws. | 2018-11-15 |
20180326426 | EXTRACTION MECHANISM FOR COMMINUTION DEVICE - A comminution device can include a crushing body extraction mechanism. The crushing body extraction mechanism can be configured to permit one or more crushing bodies (e.g. rollers of a roller press, etc.) to be continuously moved linearly away from a frame to expose the crushing bodies from the frame. In some embodiments, the extraction mechanism may be configured to utilize one or more rack and pinion mechanisms. The pinion for each such mechanism may be powered by one or more rotary motors or other type of rotary drive mechanism. In other embodiments, the extraction mechanism can include one or more rack and ratchet mechanisms. Each rack and ratchet mechanism may include a hydraulic cylinder or other linear actuator that is extendable and retractable for actuating motion of a ratchet along a rack having columns of differently angled steps to facilitate extension and retraction of one or more crushing bodies. | 2018-11-15 |
20180326427 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR AN APRON RETURN ASSEMBLY - An apron return assembly having a pump that is adapted to convey a fluid, an apron actuator having an apron actuator cap side and an apron actuator rod side and being in fluid communication with the pump, an accumulator that is in fluid communication with the apron actuator cap side, a reservoir that is in fluid communication with the apron actuator, and a tension rod having a frame end and an apron end. In the preferred apron return assembly, the apron actuator and the tension rod are adapted to move the apron between a closed position and an open position. A method for moving the apron from the open position to the closed position. | 2018-11-15 |
20180326428 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR HARD CONTAMINATE SEPARATION FROM A PARTICULATE - A system, apparatus and method for separating hard contaminates of a compound from softer elements using a milling process wherein particle size reduction if effectuated on the softer elements. The milled material is then subjected to particle separation devices to remove the larger particles thereby reducing the percentage of hard particles in the remaining compound. Additional milling and separation steps are used to hard material concentration to less than a predetermined threshold. | 2018-11-15 |
20180326429 | REFILLABLE COLUMN SYSTEM - The invention is directed to a column system for separation of particles comprising a reservoir section with a input opening; a filter section provided with a filter matrix and an output opening and a plunger having a first and a second end, the first end fitting into the reservoir section characterized in that the plunger is provided with at least one channel providing gaseous communication from the first end to the second end. The column system may be used for magnetic cell separation. | 2018-11-15 |
20180326430 | REMOVING ULTRAFINE PARTICLES FROM AN AIR STREAM OF A VEHICULAR AC SYSTEM - In order, in the case of a device for separating ultra-fine particles (UFP) from an air flow ( | 2018-11-15 |
20180326431 | NOZZLE ASSEMBLY - The present disclosure relates to a nozzle assembly for use in a servo valve. The nozzle assembly comprises three nozzle parts and a housing. The second part is coaxial with the first part and surrounds at least a first portion of the first part. The third part is coaxial with the first part, and a first portion of the third nozzle part surrounds a first portion of the second nozzle part, and a second portion of the third part is attached to a second portion of the first part. First and second nozzle parts are made of materials having approximately the same first coefficient of thermal expansion (TE | 2018-11-15 |
20180326432 | SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR ESTIMATING FLUID FLOW BASED ON VALVE CLOSURE TIME - A method of detecting fluid flow through a solenoid valve in a fluid application system includes dispensing fluid through the solenoid valve, de-energizing a solenoid coil of the solenoid valve to close the solenoid valve and control a fluid flow through the solenoid valve, determining a closing time of the solenoid valve based on a signal from a poppet measuring sensor, determining a time delay between the de-energizing the solenoid coil and the closing time, and determining a fluid flow value based on the time delay. | 2018-11-15 |
20180326433 | ALTERNATING CURRENT ELECTROSPRAY MANUFACTURING AND PRODUCTS THEREOF - Provided in certain embodiments herein are alternating current electrospray systems and processes for manufacturing depositions, such as thin layer depositions. In some embodiments, processes and systems provided herein are suitable for and configured to manufacture uniform depositions, such as having uniform thickness. | 2018-11-15 |
20180326434 | FOAM DISPENSER - The present invention provides a foam dispensing unit ( | 2018-11-15 |
20180326435 | PAINT RECEPTACLE COMPRISING A SUPPLE POUCH - A receptacle to be fitted to a spraying tool includes an outer container, a contractible supple container housed within the outer container and containing a liquid component to be sprayed, and a removable closure member provided at the upper part of the outer container. The base of the supple container includes a locking member that is intended to protrude downwards from the underside of said base, through a through-hole provided within the base of the outer container. The receptacle also includes an immobilizing device in order to releasably lock the locking member, through said through-hole, such as to immobilize the supple container within the base of the outer container. The supple container may include at least one secondary removable container containing a product to be mixed with the liquid product contained within the supple container. | 2018-11-15 |
20180326436 | MIST COATING FORMING APPARATUS AND MIST COATING FORMING METHOD - In the present invention, a coating solution atomization mechanism implements a coating solution mist generating process for generating a coating solution mist by atomizing a coating solution using an ultrasonic transducer generating ultrasonic waves. A mist coating mechanism implements a coating solution mist coating process for coating the coating solution mist to the surface of a substrate by supplying the coating solution mist from a mist coating head to the surface of the substrate mounted on a moving stage. A baking and drying mechanism implements a baking and drying process for baking and drying, on a hot plate, the substrate to the surface of which the coating solution mist is coated to evaporate a solvent of a liquid film formed of the coating solution mist, thereby forming a thin film on the surface of the substrate. | 2018-11-15 |
20180326437 | ON-DEMAND, INLINE, ADJUSTABLE PSI COMMERCIAL GRADE BATTERY POWERED FLUID PUMP APPARATUS WITH MANUAL PUMP OPTION - An automated chemical fluid applicator apparatus includes a container of fluid chemical having an integrated pressurization device and an outlet for releasing the fluid chemical. A portable, battery-powered fluid pumping apparatus is retrofitable to the container and has housing having at least one fluid inlet port and at least one fluid outlet port, wherein the at least one fluid inlet port is connectable to the outlet of the container. A liquid diaphragm pump is positioned within the housing. A battery is removably connectable to a battery terminal connector formed on the housing, wherein the battery powers the liquid diaphragm pump. A control switch is positioned on the housing and controls activation of the liquid diaphragm pump to expel the quantity of fluid chemical from the at least one fluid outlet port. | 2018-11-15 |
20180326438 | DISPENSING DEVICE - Among other things, a dispensing device and/or a refill container are provided. The dispensing device may comprise a dispenser component configured to dispense a refill material. A sensor component may be configured to identify an optical property (e.g., whether an optical brightener is present in the refill material) of the refill material. The dispensing device may evaluate the optical property against an optical profile to determine whether the refill material is a valid refill material (e.g., comprises the optical brightener) or an invalid refill material (e.g., does not comprise the optical brightener). Operation of the dispensing device may be enabled based upon the refill material being the valid refill material. If the refill material comprises the invalid refill material, then operation of the dispensing device may be disabled and/or a flush option (e.g., evacuating the invalid refill material from the dispensing device) may be activated. | 2018-11-15 |
20180326439 | Device and Method for Measurement of the Thickness of Sprayed-On Internal Pipe Liners - A method and device for measuring the thickness of a liner applied onto the inner wall of a pipe, the device comprising a sprayer assembly adapted to deposit a polymer resin onto the inner wall of a pipe to create a liner upon curing, the sprayer assembly being moved through the pipe. The sprayer assembly has a leading sensor assembly that measures the inner diameter of the pipe and trailing sensor assembly that measures the inner diameter of the liner. The trailing sensor assembly has a housing with windows through which sensor devices take readings, and a transparent film is disposed across the windows to protect the sensors from occluding contamination. The transparent film is advanced as the exposed portion of the film becomes excessively contaminated. | 2018-11-15 |
20180326440 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING WATER TEMPERATURE IN TOILETS AND BIDETS - A process includes setting a preset temperature; setting up a counter, wherein a first number is displayed on the counter in response to a water control switch switching from a low position to a high position, a second number is displayed on the counter in response to the water control switching from the high position to the low position; setting a target temperature in response to a first determination as to whether the first number or the second number is displayed on the counter, wherein the target temperature is equal to the preset temperature in response to the first number being displayed and the target temperature is equal to preset temperature less an adjustment temperature in response to the second number being displayed; and maintaining the target temperature for a period of time, then restoring the target temperature to the preset temperature after the period of time. | 2018-11-15 |
20180326441 | TETHERED UNMANNED ROTORCRAFT CHAIN PLATFORM SYSTEM AND LIQUID CONTINUOUS SPRAYING SYSTEM - A tethered unmanned rotorcraft chain platform system and liquid continuous spraying system includes a mobile mooring platform, a power system, a tether, multiple unmanned rotorcrafts, a central control system and a liquid continuous spraying system. The power system moves with the mobile mooring platform and provides electrical power to the multiple unmanned rotorcrafts by the tether. The tether is lifted in the air by the multiple unmanned rotorcrafts to form a three-dimensional polyline/curve, so as to avoid or bypass obstacles and adapt to the terrain variation, thus greatly expanding the horizontal space that can be reached by the tethered unmanned rotorcraft chain and its payload. The delivery pipeline of the liquid continuous spraying system is arranged along the tether to continuously supply a liquid such as agricultural chemicals to spraying nozzles mounted on the delivery pipeline or the unmanned rotorcrafts. | 2018-11-15 |
20180326442 | COATING METHOD AND CORRESPONDING COATING INSTALLATION - The disclosure relates to a coating method for coating a component with a coating agent, comprising the following steps:
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20180326443 | Self-Propelled Internal Pipe Lining System Having Multiple Propulsion Devices - A self-propelled pipe lining system adapted to create an internal liner member on a pipe or other tubular structure, the system being the combination of a sprayer apparatus, an umbilical member connected to the sprayer apparatus and supplying the lining material, electrical power and communication, a plurality of propulsion devices mounted onto the umbilical member, and an accumulator reel for retaining the umbilical member. The spraying apparatus and propulsion devices are independently powered and controlled such that each may be accelerated or decelerated as required to maintain the sprayer apparatus at a constant speed during the application process. The propulsion devices are detachable from the umbilical member. | 2018-11-15 |
20180326444 | Spinner Assembly for Applying Lining Materials in Pipes - A spinner apparatus for applying lining material to the interior of a pipe, the spinner apparatus having a cylindrical material accelerator coaxially positioned about a distribution manifold, the distribution manifold having a plurality of equally spaced, radially oriented slots extending from an axial chamber that receives lining material, wherein lining material is extruded through the slots onto the interior of the material accelerator and slung onto the pipe interior in an annular pattern. Movement of the spinner apparatus along the pipe produces a tubular lining member. | 2018-11-15 |
20180326445 | ULTRASONIC HUMIDIFIER WITH A CENTRAL ATOMIZING TUBE - An ultrasonic humidifier is comprised of an oscillating transducer which can emit ultrasonic waves to the water above it, an open water container which maintain the water level above the transducer, a central atomizing tube, which separates the central vibrating water column from the water around it, on the water surface to certain distance below, and a guide mechanism for maintaining a corresponding position between the center atomizing tube and the transducer. The central atomizing tube needs to keep its centerline coincide with the centerline of the oscillating water column generated by the transducer. The upper end of the central atomizing tube is flush with the water surface, so that the mist generating performance is kept basically stable regardless changing height of the water level. The central atomizing tube may be fitted with an end face or side structure to cooperate with the guide mechanism or other mechanism to achieve the above functional and performance requirements. An ultrasonic humidifier with a central atomizing tube can have increased mist performance by adding a separation tube, which separates a water column from surrounding water. | 2018-11-15 |
20180326446 | TIRE DRESSING MACHINE AND APPLICATION METHOD - A vehicle tire dressing machine comprises a longitudinal linear guide system and a lateral linear guide system. The longitudinal linear guide system is adjacent and parallel to a transport conveyor for a vehicle having a vehicle tire, and the longitudinal linear guide system has a drive motor and is adapted for reciprocal motion thereon. | 2018-11-15 |
20180326447 | MANUFACTURING DEVICE OF ORGANIC SEMICONDUCTOR FILM - A device for manufacturing an organic semiconductor film, including a coating member disposed to face a substrate surface while spaced therefrom for forming the film, and forming a liquid reservoir of an organic semiconductor solution between the coating member and the substrate; a supply portion that supplies the solution; and a cover portion that covers at least a crystal growth portion of the solution. The cover portion includes a guide that guides a deposit formed of an evaporated solvent of the solution to a film-unformed region of the organic semiconductor film. While the solution is supplied between the coating member and the substrate surface by the supply portion, the coating member is moved in a first direction parallel to the substrate surface in a state of being in contact with the solution, to form the film with the crystal growth portion as a starting point. | 2018-11-15 |
20180326448 | APPLICATOR WITH DIVERTER PLATE - An applicator for dispensing multiple adhesives on a substrate is disclosed. The applicator includes a manifold that includes a first dispensing module and a second dispensing module. The first dispensing module has a first inlet and a first nozzle. The first inlet receives a first adhesive and the first nozzle applies the first adhesive to the substrate. The second dispensing module is adjacent the first dispensing module and has a second inlet and a second nozzle. The second inlet receives a second adhesive that is different from the first adhesive. The second nozzle applies the second adhesive to the substrate. | 2018-11-15 |
20180326449 | NOZZLE ADAPTER - A nozzle adapter for a caulking tube nozzle. Such a nozzle adapter includes a shoulder portion which has a hole into which a tapered nozzle of the caulking tube is inserted, a header portion which is protruded on the shoulder portion and configured to engage with an external nozzle which the user may select depending on a working environment; and a clutch plate which is provided under the shoulder portion and configured to engage with the tapered nozzle and fix the hole of the shoulder portion at the tapered nozzle. The header portion, the shoulder portion and the clutch plate forms an internal passageway through which the tapered nozzle is inserted and a caulking material flow from the tapered nozzle of the caulk tube to the external nozzle. Accordingly, the nozzle adapter is attached to a tapered nozzle of caulking tube or gun, and enables the user to select various taper dimensions or angles of external nozzles by engaging the external nozzle with the nozzle adapter which is attached to the caulking tube nozzle. | 2018-11-15 |
20180326450 | FLOCKING POWDER COATED ARTICLE - This flocking powder coated article comprises a base material ( | 2018-11-15 |
20180326451 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MAKING SHEAR-ALIGNED, SOLVENT-CAST FILMS - A coating head includes a coating device and at least a first flexible blade that is capable of being shaped into contact with a solvent-containing film on a substrate upon pressing the first flexible blade against the film, thereby providing contact between the blade and the film over a contact distance when the coating head is drawn over the substrate. The coating device and the blade are separated by a spacing distance such that partial loss of solvent occurs from a starting film formed on the substrate by the coating device as the coating head is drawn over the substrate, the partial solvent loss forming the solvent-containing film. A method of producing a film having a hierarchical structure includes drawing a coating head across a substrate to form on the substrate via the coating device a starting film including a solvent and a material for forming the hierarchical structure. | 2018-11-15 |
20180326452 | SELF-CLEANABLE TRANSPARENT CONDUCTIVE SURFACE/FILM - A self-cleaning transparent conductive surface includes a hydrophobic film and a metal nano-web coupled to the hydrophobic film. The metal nano-web imparts conductive properties to the surface of the film and texturing formed by either the hydrophobic film, substrate or metal nano-web create a super-hydrophobic surface. This super-hydrophobic and conductive surface may be created by etching and layering a metal nano-web over the surface of a hydrophobic film or a rigid substrate, the metal grid may the hydrophobic film or substrate may also be etched in a moth's eye pattern. Both the hydrophobic film or substrate and metal nano-web may be coated in a layer of hydrophobic material to further increase the hydrophobic effect. | 2018-11-15 |
20180326453 | MAGNETIC ASSEMBLIES AND PROCESSES FOR PRODUCING OPTICAL EFFECT LAYERS COMPRISING ORIENTED NON-SPHERICAL MAGNETIC OR MAGNETIZABLE PIGMENT PARTICLES - The present invention relates to the field of magnetic assemblies and processes for producing optical effect layers (OEL) comprising magnetically oriented non-spherical magnetic or magnetizable pigment particles on a substrate. In particular, the present invention relates magnetic assemblies and processes for producing said OELs as anti-counterfeit means on security documents or security articles or for decorative purposes. | 2018-11-15 |
20180326454 | Self-Healing Actuation Systems for Haptic Systems - Examples of devices, systems, and methods for self-healing actuation systems for haptic systems in portable electronic devices are disclosed. In one example, a flexible display in a smartphone, tablet, or phablet has soft, thin electroactive polymer actuators bonded to the flexible display. These actuators contain or are coated with a self-healing material. Depending on the self-healing material used, the soft, thin electroactive polymer actuators can autonomously or non-autonomously self-heal when physical damage or electrical breakdown occurs. | 2018-11-15 |
20180326455 | MOUNTING STRUCTURE, ULTRASONIC DEVICE, ULTRASONIC PROBE, ULTRASONIC APPARATUS, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A mounting structure includes a first substrate that has a first surface on which a functional element is provided, a wiring that is provided at a position which is different from a position of the functional element on the first surface, and is connected to the functional element, a second substrate that has a second surface facing the first surface, and a conductor that is provided on the second surface, and is connected to the wiring and the functional element, in which the shortest distance between the functional element and the second substrate is longer than a distance between a position where the wiring is connected to the conductor, and the second substrate. | 2018-11-15 |
20180326456 | PRESSURE SENSOR, AND COMPOSITE ELEMENT AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE HAVING SAME - A pressure sensor includes first and second electrode layers spaced apart from each other; and a dielectric layer provided between the first and second electrode layers provided between the first and second electrode layers. The dielectric layer is compressible and restorable, and includes at least one among a material with a hardness of 10 or less, a plurality of dielectric bodies with a dielectric constant of 4 or less, and a plurality of pores. | 2018-11-15 |
20180326457 | ECCENTRIC ASSEMBLY FOR A VIBRATION COMPACTING MACHINE - Provided is an eccentric assembly controlled by a rotational speed thereof. The eccentric assembly includes: a housing driven and rotated by a motor; an eccentric shaft installed in the housing to have a changeable angular position by rotating relative to the housing; a locking device adopted to lock the eccentric shaft by engaging with one side of the eccentric shaft and to unlock the eccentric shaft when a rotational speed of the housing is greater than a locking critical speed; a clamping device adopted to clamp an opposite side of the one side of the eccentric shaft that engages with the locking device and to release clamping to the eccentric when a rotational speed of the housing is greater than a clamping critical speed; and a stopper installed in the housing so as to limit a rotation angle of the eccentric shaft generated when locking and clamping to the eccentric shaft are released. | 2018-11-15 |
20180326458 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SORTING RESIDUAL ITEMS - Embodiments of a system and method for sorting and delivering articles in a processing facility. Delivery endpoints are divided and grouped into stop groups. A first sorter sorts items according to stop group and outputs the items to trays. The output trays from the first sorter are loaded to a second sorter. The second sorter sorts items for each stop group into trays based on carrier route segments. A manifest is created that comprises a list of the items in a tray. A mobile computing device alerts a delivery carrier when there is an item that needs to be delivered. | 2018-11-15 |
20180326459 | A METHOD OF MANUALLY MERGING POSTAL ARTICLES WITH A STACK OF MAILPIECES THAT ARE ALREADY SORTED - A method of merging postal articles with a stack of mailpieces that have already been machine-sorted into a delivery round comprises the following steps: inserting the postal articles in sequence into a sorting frame having slots; placing the stack of mailpieces on a merge table; displaying on a display screen of a monitoring and control unit an indication representative of a number of current postal articles to be merged, and of an insertion position at which the postal articles should be inserted into the stack of mailpieces; then manually taking from the frame the number of postal articles indicated on the screen, and inserting them into the stack to perform a current merger; and having the monitoring and control unit measure a distance before and after the current merger to detect any error in taking the postal articles from the frame. | 2018-11-15 |
20180326460 | PAINTBALL SWAB - There are disclosed embodiments for a paintball swab. For example, embodiments can include a rod with at least one tab extending radially and a hollow tube connected to a cleaning element. The tube can include an internal ring to fit over or beyond the tab. | 2018-11-15 |
20180326461 | PRESSURE WASHING SYSTEM AND METHOD - Disclosed herein are various embodiments of a system and method for operating a surface pressure washer with a wand component. The method may include the steps of cleaning a first surface through a first fluid path, where the first fluid path includes a pump, a pressure regulating valve, a diversion block, and a spray gun, while spray nozzles are not discharging fluid to a second surface, actuating a valve connected to the diversion block, thereby reducing the pressure available to the first fluid path and creating a second fluid path, where the second fluid path includes the pump, the pressure regulating valve, the diversion block and the spray nozzles, where the spray nozzles are configured to rotate above the second surface when the second fluid path is open, and cleaning a second surface underneath the pressure washer system through the second fluid path. | 2018-11-15 |
20180326462 | LENS CLEANING VIA ELECTROWETTING - An apparatus includes a mass detection circuit coupled to a surface covered with a plurality of electrodes. The mass detection circuit is configured to detect a mass of a first droplet present on the surface. The apparatus further includes a transducer circuit coupled to a transducer, which is coupled to the surface and form a lens unit. The transducer circuit configured to excite a first vibration of the surface at a resonant frequency to form a high displacement region on the surface. The apparatus also includes a voltage excitation circuit coupled to the plurality of electrodes. In response to the detection of the mass of the first droplet, the voltage excitation circuit is configured to apply a sequence of differential voltages on one or more consecutive electrodes which moves the first droplet to the high displacement region. | 2018-11-15 |
20180326463 | METHOD FOR CONTAMINATION PREVENTION IN FLUID STORAGE TANK REQUIRING TEMPERATURE CONTROL, AND DEVICE THEREFOR - A method is disclosed herein for detecting cracks of a fluid storage tank due to breakage of a wall of the fluid storage tank. In an example embodiment, the method includes positioning an enclosed pressure-resistant jacket around an outer wall of the fluid storage tank, controlling a temperature of the fluid in the fluid storage tank by allowing a liquid cooling or heating medium to flow in the enclosed pressure-resistant jacket at a pressure lower than a pressure x applied within the fluid storage tank, maintaining the pressure in the pressure-resistant jacket lower than the pressure x, sampling the cooling or heating medium from an air pool provided in a passage of the cooling or heating medium, and analyzing components of the cooling or heating medium, while preventing contamination of the fluid in the fluid storage tank with the liquid cooling or heating medium. | 2018-11-15 |
20180326464 | SYSTEM AND METHOD TO CONTROL A BIOGAS COLLECTION PLANT - System to control a biogas collection plant having a manifold and a plurality of collection units connecting respective capturing wells to the manifold and having respective biogas flow rate regulation valves; the system having a control board with a pressure sensor, a methane sensor, an oxygen sensor, a biogas pressure monitoring network connecting the pressure sensor to the collection units by means of respective control valves, and a chemical biogas monitoring network connecting the methane sensor and the oxygen sensor to the collection units by means of as many control valves; the control board selectively controlling the control valves to measure pressure, methane concentration and oxygen concentration of the biogas in the collection units and controlling the regulation valves as a function of the pressure and methane and oxygen concentration values measured. | 2018-11-15 |
20180326465 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DECONTAMINATING SOIL - A thermal desorption system for remediating contaminated material in a zero oxygen environment by heating a gas and flowing the heated gas through a core heating conduit traversing the interior of a material compartment of a bin filled with contaminated material, redirecting the flow of heated gas from the core heating conduit to a space between the exterior of the bin and the interior of a bin housing insulator encapsulating the bin to provide dual indirect heating to the contaminated material within the bin, directing off gases of contaminated vapors released by desorption from the material to an exhaust header through a plurality of vapor outlets, and condensing the offgas in the exhaust header. | 2018-11-15 |
20180326466 | DEVICE FOR ADJUSTING AN EDGING ROLL OF AN EDGING STAND - The invention relates to a device | 2018-11-15 |
20180326467 | ROLLER TABLE APPARATUS AND METHOD OF USING ROLLER TABLE APPARATUS - Roller table apparatus ( | 2018-11-15 |
20180326468 | Ultrasonically Vibrated Die Rings - An ultrasonically vibrated die comprises a generally cylindrical die ring supported by a coaxial resonant mounting tube. The die ring is vibrated in a radial bending mode of vibration, in which an end surface of the die ring oscillates between a concave and a convex state. The mounting tube joins the end surface of the die ring at a radius R where the amplitude of the oscillation of the end surface is at a minimum, in order to reduce transmission of the vibration into the mounting tube. | 2018-11-15 |
20180326469 | SMOOTHING ROLLER ASSEMBLY - A turret head assembly for forming an article includes at least one smoothing roller. Each of the at least one smoothing roller is rotatably mounted on a respective at least one roller support member. The turret head assembly further includes an upper ring member and a lower ring member. The upper and lower ring members include respective apertures located in the centers thereof. The at least one roller support member extends between the upper ring member and the lower ring member. The turret head assembly further includes a turret head-assembly support member defining a turret-head axis. The turret-head-assembly member extends through the respective apertures in the upper and lower ring members. | 2018-11-15 |
20180326470 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A SLEEVE-LIKE PASSAGE - The disclosure comprises a method for producing a sleeve-like passage for a bearing accommodation in a metallic wheel control arm of a vehicle. The method may include placing a wheel control arm end of the wheel control arm onto a pressing plate of a pressing tool; and forming a tapered wall in the wheel control arm end and a circumferential collar around the tapered wall in the wheel control arm end, wherein the forming comprises pressing the wheel control arm end against the pressing plate using a pressing punch, wherein a volume of metal of the wheel control arm end is displaced into a circumferential cavity due to the pressing of the wheel control arm end against the pressing plate,; and perforating the tapered wall to obtain the sleeve-like passage. | 2018-11-15 |
20180326471 | FIN STACKING APPARATUS - Provided is a fin stacking apparatus, which is configured to stack a fin having a flat-plate shape and a plurality of holes formed therein. The fin stacking apparatus includes: a plurality of stacking pins to be inserted into the plurality of holes of the fin; a suction plate which is arranged above the plurality of stacking pins and is configured to suck the fin through a plurality of holes formed in the suction plate; and a roller arranged in a slide region on the suction plate where a flat surface portion of the fin moves. | 2018-11-15 |
20180326472 | METHOD OF NEAR-NET-SHAPE FORGED MOLDING OF COUPLER KNUCKLE OF RAILWAY VEHICLE - The present invention provides a method of near-net-shape forged molding of the coupler knuckle of the railway vehicle. The present invention solves the problems that the manufacturing the forged coupler knuckle is difficult, and the process is complex, etc. The method of the present invention includes the following steps: material preparation, heating, blank prefabrication, pre-forging, closed-die forging, quenched-tempered heat treatment using waste heat, finish machining, flaw detection, etc. With the closed-die forging technology, the near-net-shape molding of the coupler knuckle can be achieved. The energy and the material are saved. The contour shape and the size do not need to be machined. The use ratio of the material can reach more than 92%. Moreover, during the entire molding, the workpiece is in the three-dimensionally stressed state all the time. The product has a dense texture, a high toughness, a good fatigue resistance, and a long lifetime. | 2018-11-15 |
20180326473 | METHOD OF PRODUCING FOAMED SAND AND PRODUCTION APPARATUS FORPRODUCING FOAMED SAND - Provided is a method of producing foamed sand (s) for forming a sand mold. The foamed sand (s) includes sand particles (p) and foam (f) adhering to surfaces of the sand particles (p). The foam (f) contains water glass (b), water (w), and a surfactant (c). According to the method, an aqueous surfactant solution (e) in which the surfactant (c) is dissolved is frothed to generate froth (d) from the aqueous surfactant solution (e). Then, the generated froth (d), the water glass (b), and the water (w) are kneaded with the sand constituted by the sand particles (p). | 2018-11-15 |
20180326474 | Mould for Producing a Casting Core - A mould assembly for producing a casting core for a cooling jacket of an electric motor has an external mould and an internal mould enclosed by the external mould. The external mould forms an outer wall and the internal mould an inner wall of the core moulding cavity fillable with a core material and having a cylindrical shape. The internal mould has two first mould shells and two second mould shells. The two first mould shells and the two second mould shells jointly form the inner wall of the core moulding cavity. The second mould shells are arranged between the first mould shells. A first demoulding mechanism is arranged between the first mould shells and enables movement of the first mould shells toward one another. A second demoulding mechanism is arranged between the second mould shells and enables movement of the second mould shells toward one another. | 2018-11-15 |
20180326475 | DEVICE AND METHOD THAT CAN DETECT MISALIGNMENT BETWEEN COPE AND DRAG - To provide a device and a method for detecting, before pouring starts, any misalignment between a cope and a drag that have been molded by a flaskless molding machine and then assembled. The device ( | 2018-11-15 |
20180326476 | GUIDING UNIT FOR SLABS IN A CONTINUOUS CASTING PLANT - A guiding unit for slabs comprising at least two rolls ( | 2018-11-15 |
20180326477 | Cast Inflow And Outflow Openings For Cast-Steel And Cast Iron Pistons - Method for producing a piston having a cooling channel produced by a lost core casting process. A lost core extends into a casting mold which forms the inner region of the piston blank. The lost core is used to form at least one opening having a rounded profile in communication with the cooling channel. A jet splitter may be formed in the cooling duct to divert injected cooling oil into the cooling duct. | 2018-11-15 |
20180326478 | DENDRITIC SILVER POWDER - Disclosed is a new dendritic silver powder which, when mixed with a synthetic resin, gives electroconductive films having sufficient electroconductivity. Even when the films produced from a mixture of the dendritic silver powder and a synthetic resin vary in thickness, the electroconductivity of the films can be maintained. The volume-cumulative particle diameter D50 (referred to as “D50D”) determined by adding the silver powder to water containing a dispersant, applying 300-watt ultrasonic waves to the resultant mixture for 3 minutes, and examining the dispersion with a laser diffraction/scattering type particle size analyzer is 1.0-15.0 μm and that the ratio of the volume-cumulative particle diameter D50 (referred to as “D50”) determined by adding the silver powder to the water containing a dispersant and examining the mixture under the same conditions as for the D50D except that no ultrasonic waves are applied, to the D50D, D50N/D50D, is 1.0-10.0. | 2018-11-15 |
20180326479 | COMPOSITIONS OF NANOPARTICLES WITH RADIAL GRADIENTS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF - A nanoparticle with tunable radial gradients of compositions extending from the center of the nanoparticles. The nature of the gradient preserves the metallic state of the nanoparticles, the diffusion of the constituents, and the oxidation of the interface. The gradients can be purposely varied to allow for specific applications in fields ranging from corrosion, magnetics, information technology, imaging, electromagnetic absorption, coating technologies, and immuno-precipitation. The nanoparticles can be easily used to advance many areas of industry, technology, and life sciences. | 2018-11-15 |
20180326480 | ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING OF METAL OBJECTS - The present invention relates to a radiation-curable slurry for additive manufacturing of three-dimensional metal objects, said slurry comprising: a) 2-45 wt % of a polymerizable resin; b) 0.001-10 wt % of one or more polymerization photoinitiators; c) 55-98 wt % of metal precursor particles; with the proviso that the metal precursor is not AI | 2018-11-15 |
20180326481 | Crack-Free Fabrication of Near Net Shape Powder-Based Metallic Parts - Crack-free powder-based, near net shaped parts are fabricated using a die assembly and cold isostatic pressing. Soft materials are introduced on both sides of die components in order to balance compression loads applied to the die component, and thereby avoid deformation of the die component. | 2018-11-15 |
20180326482 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL OBJECT SHAPING DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD - A three-dimensional object that is bigger than an irradiation area of a light beam by one irradiation device is simply, easily and precisely shaped. | 2018-11-15 |
20180326483 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING METAL SINTERED BODY - Provided is a method for producing a metal sintered body. The method for producing a metal sintered body in accordance with an embodiment includes (a) disposing a metal powder in a chamber of a spark plasma sintering apparatus, (b) applying a electric current to the metal powder to raise a temperature inside the chamber from a standby temperature to a first sintering temperature, (c) lowering the temperature inside the chamber to a second sintering temperature lower than the first sintering temperature and performing sintering, and (d) lowering the temperature inside the chamber from the second sintering temperature to the standby temperature. | 2018-11-15 |
20180326484 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FABRICATING AND ASSEMBLING SECTIONAL BINDER JET PRINTED PARTS - A green body multi-sectional binder jet printed part includes a plurality of binder jet printed strategic sections. Each of the plurality of strategic sections comprises a powdered material adhered together with at least one binder and define a portion of an internal feature of the green body multi-sectional part. The plurality of binder jet printed strategic sections are adhered together by a modified binder disposed at interfaces between the plurality of binder jet printed strategic sections of the green body multi-sectional part. | 2018-11-15 |
20180326485 | MODULE FOR ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING APPARATUS AND METHOD - A module for an additive manufacturing apparatus including more than one optical train, each optical train providing a route for a laser beam to pass through the module and including steering optics for steering the laser beam towards the material to be consolidated as part of a layer-by-layer additive manufacturing process. The module is configured to deliver laser beams from the more than one optical trains through a single window in a build chamber of the additive manufacturing apparatus. | 2018-11-15 |
20180326486 | METHOD FOR ADDITIVE PRODUCTION, COMPONENT, AND APPARATUS FOR ADDITIVE PRODUCTION - A method for additive production of a component, which includes the additive construction of the component on a component platform having an opening, wherein, during the first part of the additive construction of the component an auxiliary structure is produced additively around the opening of the component platform. The method further includes the introduction of a device through the opening into a cavity defined by the auxiliary structure, wherein, during a second part of the additive construction, following the first part of the additive construction, properties of the component to be produced are influenced and/or measured by the device. A component is produced by the method and an apparatus for the additive production of the component, includes the component platform having the opening and the closure. | 2018-11-15 |
20180326487 | LAYER-BY-LAYER CONSTRUCTION METHOD AND LAYER-BY-LAYER CONSTRUCTION APPARATUS FOR THE ADDITIVE MANUFACTURE OF AT LEAST ONE REGION OF A COMPONENT - The invention relates to a layer-by-layer construction method for the additive manufacture of at least one region of a component. The layer-by-layer construction method comprises at least the following steps: a) application of at least one powder layer of a metallic and/or intermetallic material onto at least one buildup and joining zone of at least one lowerable building platform; b) layer-by-layer and local melting and/or sintering of the material for the formation of a component layer by selective exposure of the material with at least one high-energy beam in accordance with a predetermined exposure strategy; c) layer-by-layer lowering of the building platform by a predefined layer thickness; and d) repetition of steps a) to d) until the component region has been finished. The invention further relates to a layer-by-layer construction apparatus for the additive manufacture of at least one region of a component by an additive layer-by-layer construction method. | 2018-11-15 |
20180326488 | APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR THREE-DIMENSIONAL PRINTING - The present disclosure various apparatuses, and systems for 3D printing. The present disclosure provides three-dimensional (3D) printing methods, apparatuses, software and systems for a step and repeat energy irradiation process; controlling material characteristics and/or deformation of the 3D object; reducing deformation in a printed 3D object; and planarizing a material bed. | 2018-11-15 |
20180326489 | Method for Modifying Grain Boundary of Nd-Fe-B Base Magnet, and Body with Modified Grain Boundary Treated by the Method - An improvement of coercive force of Nd—Fe—B base sintered magnet can be realized while suppressing a decrease in remanent magnetic flux density to the minimum using a method for modifying grain boundary which comprises heat-treating an Nd—Fe—B base magnet with a specific alloy disposed on its surface, the alloy having the following Formula 1: | 2018-11-15 |
20180326490 | METHOD OF PRODUCING SINTERED AND FORGED MEMBER - A method of producing a sintered and forged member includes a mixing process in which a manganese-containing powder made of Fe—Mn—C—Si containing manganese as a main component, an iron powder made of Fe, a copper powder made of Cu, and a graphite powder made of graphite are mixed together to prepare a mixed powder; a molding process in which the mixed powder is compression-molded into a molded product; a sintering process in which, when the molded product is heated, copper derived from the copper powder and manganese contained in the manganese-containing powder are alloyed, the alloyed copper-manganese alloy is brought into a liquid phase state, and the molded product is sintered to produce a sintered product while elements of the copper-manganese alloy diffuse into an iron base of the molded product; and a process in which the sintered product is forged. | 2018-11-15 |
20180326491 | DEVICE FOR FABRICATING THREE-DIMENSIONAL FABRICATION OBJECT AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THREE-DIMENSIONAL FABRICATION OBJECT - A device for fabricating a three-dimensional fabrication object includes a fabrication part, a flattening member to place powder in the fabrication part to form an excessively thick powder layer and remove the powder on the top surface side of the excessively thick powder layer multiple times to obtain a powder layer while moving in a direction orthogonal to a lamination direction of the powder layer, and a fabrication unit to bind the powder in the powder layer to form a laminar fabrication object, (wherein the laminar fabrication object is formed repeatedly to fabricate the three-dimensional fabrication object), wherein the amount of a layer thickness of the powder removed for the last time is less than that for any other time. | 2018-11-15 |
20180326492 | POWDER INJECTION MOLD ASSEMBLY AND METHOD OF MOLDING - A mold assembly for powder injection molding of a shaped element includes a first mold portion having a first surface defining a first portion of the mold cavity and releasably engageable to the feedstock and a second mold portion having a second surface defining a second portion of the mold cavity and releasably engageable to the feedstock. The first mold portion has a first thermal capacity and a first thermal conductivity, and the second mold portion has a second thermal capacity and a second thermal conductivity. At least one of the first thermal capacity and the first thermal conductivity is lower than a respective one of the second thermal capacity and the second thermal conductivity and/or than a respective one of the thermal conductivity and thermal capacity of solid metal. A method of molding a green part is also discussed. | 2018-11-15 |
20180326493 | PROCESSES FOR ADDITIVELY MANUFACTURING ORTHOPEDIC IMPLANTS - Orthopedic implants produced by additive manufacture, followed by refinement of exterior and interior surfaces trough mechanical erosion, chemical erosion, or a combination of mechanical and chemical erosion. Surface refinement removes debris, and also produces bone-growth enhancing micro-scale and nano-scale structures. | 2018-11-15 |
20180326494 | COMPOSITE PROCESSING MACHINE, MACHINING TOOL, AND COMPOSITE PROCESSING METHOD - A machining tool includes a light irradiator, a cover, and a light blocking filter. The light irradiator is to irradiate a workpiece to process the workpiece. The cover covers the light irradiator and the workpiece in the cover. The light blocking filter is configured to change light transmissivity of the light blocking filter in accordance with light from an inside of the cover, which the light blocking filter receives. | 2018-11-15 |
20180326495 | A METHOD OF FABRICATING AN AIRFOIL PREFORM, AN AIRFOIL, AND A NOZZLE SECTOR, BY SELECTIVE MELTING ON A BED OF POWDER - A method of fabricating an airfoil preform for a turbine engine by selective melting on a bed of powder, the preform including an airfoil and a removable support secured to the airfoil, the airfoil being fabricated layer by layer from a first edge to a second edge of the airfoil, the method including fabricating the removable support and the airfoil, the removable support being for securing to a fabrication platform and to a portion of a face of the airfoil situated near the first edge and facing the fabrication platform. The face of the airfoil facing the fabrication platform includes a flat extending away from the face, the flat being present over a portion of the face that is situated outside the first edge, the support being secured to the flat or both to the flat and to the portion of the face that is situated outside the first edge. | 2018-11-15 |
20180326496 | METHODS FOR PRODUCING GAS TURBINE ENGINE ROTORS AND OTHER POWDERED METAL ARTICLES HAVING SHAPED INTERNAL CAVITIES - Embodiments of a methods for producing gas turbine engine rotors and other powdered metal articles having shaped internal cavities are provided. In one embodiment, the method includes consolidating a powdered metal body utilizing a hot isostatic pressing process to produce a rotor preform in which elongated sacrificial tubes are embedded. Acid or another solvent is directed into solvent inlet channels provided in the elongated sacrificial tubes to chemically dissolving the elongated sacrificial tubes and create shaped cavities within the rotor preform. The rotor preform is subject to further processing, such as machining, prior to or after chemical dissolution of the elongated sacrificial tubes to produce the completed gas turbine engine rotor. | 2018-11-15 |
20180326497 | SILVER POWDER AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME - There is provided a silver powder which has a small average particle diameter and a small thermal shrinkage percentage, and a method for producing the same. While a molten metal of silver heated to a temperature (1292 to 1692° C.), which is higher than the melting point (962° C.) of silver by 330 to 730° C., is allowed to drop, a high-pressure water is sprayed onto the molten metal of silver (preferably at a water pressure of 90 to 160 MPa) to rapidly cool and solidify the molten metal of silver to powderize silver to produce a silver powder which has an average particle diameter of 1 to 6 μm and a shrinkage percentage of not greater than 8% (preferably not greater than 7%) at 500° C., the product of the average particle diameter by the shrinkage percentage at 500° C. being 1 to 11 μm·% (preferably 1.5 to 10.5 μm·%). | 2018-11-15 |
20180326498 | METHODS TO PRODUCE ULTRA-THIN METAL NANOWIRES FOR TRANSPARENT CONDUCTORS - The disclosure provides methods to produce ultrathin metal nanowires, the metal nanowires produced therefrom, and the use of the metal nanowires as transparent conductors. | 2018-11-15 |
20180326499 | WHEEL RECUTTING - A method of recutting the surface of a wheel includes mounting the wheel on a rotatable mount, moving a probe across the surface of the wheel between an outer radial position and an inner radial position to obtain a radial surface profile and rotating the wheel about its axis on the rotatable mount. During rotation of the wheel, the position of a cutting tool with respect to the surface of the wheel is controlled to recut the surface of the wheel in accordance with the cutting profile. The wheel is tagged with a unique wheel identifier, and the unique wheel identifier is recorded into a database in association with an indication of an amount of material which has been removed from the surface of the wheel. | 2018-11-15 |
20180326500 | PARTING LATHE TOOL - A parting lathe tool for machining metal is described. This has a clamping seat for receiving a cutting insert and an internal coolant supply system for supplying coolant to a cutting zone. In this case, the coolant supply system comprises at least three coolant outlets. The coolant outlets are fluidically connected to a coolant supply port via at least two separate coolant lines running within the parting lathe tool. | 2018-11-15 |
20180326501 | SURFACE-COATED CUTTING TOOL - A surface-coated cutting tool includes a tool body and a hard coating layer including a lower layer and an upper layer. The lower layer is made of a complex nitride layer of Al, Ti, and Si with the thickness of 0.3 to 3.0 μm. It satisfies 0.3≤α≤0.5 and 0.01≤β≤0.10 (atomic ratio) being expressed by (Al | 2018-11-15 |
20180326502 | CUTTING INSERT HAVING A SPLIT CUTTING EDGE WITH LEADING AND TRAILING COMPONENT CUTTING EDGES - A cutting insert includes a split cutting edge, formed at an intersection of the insert forward surface and the insert upper surface, the split cutting edge includes an axially leading cutting edge and an axially trailing cutting edge. An undercut is located in the insert forward surface and interrupts the split cutting edge at an undercut edge portion that extends between the leading and trailing cutting edges. The undercut edge portion transitions into the axially trailing cutting edge at a straight trailing cutting edge portion of the trailing cutting edge. | 2018-11-15 |
20180326503 | TOOL HOLDER AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A tool holder holds a cutting tool that cuts a workpiece while revolving about a rotational axis. The tool holder has a fixed part and a cutting part. The fixed part is held by a main shaft of a machine tool. The cutting part is provided integrally with the fixed part and has an asymmetric shape with respect to the rotational axis. The cutting tool is attached to the cutting part. The cutting part has a one-side part and an other-side part. The one-side part has a largest protruding amount from the rotational axis in the cutting part when viewed from an axial direction. The other-side part is located on a side of the rotational axis opposite to the one-side part. A bulk density of the one-side part is smaller than a bulk density of the other-side part. | 2018-11-15 |
20180326504 | CUTTING TOOL - An object of the present invention is to provide a cutting tool capable of expanding a range in which adjustment work can be readily performed and reducing manufacturing cost. Provided is a cutting tool including: a cartridge to which a cutting member having a cutting edge is fixed; a body having at least one cartridge mounting part in which the cartridge is installed; and an adjustment plate installed between walls or a bottom surface constituting the cartridge mounting part and the cartridge, wherein the walls or the bottom surface of the cartridge mounting part has a recessed part for housing the adjustment plate. | 2018-11-15 |
20180326505 | CLAMPING DEVICE FOR HOLDING A COLLET - A clamping device includes a first clamping segment which has a first mounting flange and a tubular member extending axially away therefrom. A first bore extends through the first mounting flange and the tubular member. The first mounting flange is configured for attachment to a rotatable spindle of a machine tool. The clamping device includes a draw bar assembly which has an axially extending elongate shaft. The elongate shaft extends through the first bore of the first clamping segment. A biasing unit is mounted on or in the tubular member. A locking member is removably secured to the elongate shaft such that the biasing unit is compressed between the locking member and a portion of the first clamping segment. The biasing member remains compressed when the first clamping segment is separated from the spindle of the machine tool. | 2018-11-15 |
20180326506 | Drill Chuck Assembly - A drill chuck assembly. The drill chuck assembly includes a rapid change mechanism configured to retain a drill bit shank inserted therein. The drill chuck assembly includes a body having a bore with a trilobe cross-section that is configured to receive a triangular and hexagonally shaped drill bit shank, interchangeably. The bore includes a slot positioned in each lobe that slidably contains a detent ball therein. A collar is affixed annularly around the body and defines a channel extending around the body. A sleeve is slidably mounted around the body. The sleeve includes a tapered end that is slidably disposed within the channel and has circular apertures that are in communication with the slots of the bore for reception of the detent balls. The sleeve is spring biased towards the collar, which forces the detent balls against an angular wall within the channel. The angular wall in turn forces the detent balls laterally towards a center of the bore, thereby exerting a force on a drill bit shank inserted into the bore and preventing the withdrawal of the shank from the bore. When the bias force of the sleeve is counteracted by sliding the sleeve about its longitudinal axis, the detent balls move outwardly along the angular wall, thereby relieving the force exerted onto the shank by the wall and allowing the shank to be withdrawn. | 2018-11-15 |
20180326507 | MOBILE ROBOTIC DRILLING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DRILLING CEILINGS AND WALLS - A robotic drilling apparatus is described which has been adapted for drilling holes in ceilings and walls on a construction site. The apparatus ( | 2018-11-15 |
20180326508 | SCREWING TOOL PROVIDED WITH HIGH-TORSION HANDLE - A screwing tool provided with a high-torsion handle including a screwing tool body and a screwing tool handle is provided. An inner hole in an irregular shape is formed in the screwing tool handle, and the shape of the top end of the screwing tool body is the same as that of the inner hole. The screwing tool body and the screwing tool handle are fixed to each other via high-strength glue, and the inner hole of the screwing tool handle is a semi-cylindrical inner hole, a triangular inner hole, a quadrilateral inner hole, a hexagonal inner hole, an octagonal inner hole or a decagonal inner hole. Since the inner hole of the handle is machined into the irregular polygon, all types of screwing tools including drill bits can be fixed to the screwing tool handle via the high-strength glue. | 2018-11-15 |
20180326509 | MACHINING TOOL - A machining tool for machining fiber-reinforced materials, which comprises a plurality of flutes which separate lands from each other in the circumferential direction, wherein at least one land includes a plurality of cutting edges on its circumferential side, the cutting edges extending at a helix angle (a | 2018-11-15 |
20180326510 | ROTARY CUTTING TOOL - A rotary cutting tool is provided which, although it has a simple configuration, allows the arrangement of each cutting edge to be easily adjusted. A first cartridge mounting seat has an upper wall surface opposing an outer side surface of a cartridge and further has a first recessed part into which a protrusion is inserted and which comes into contact, at a bottom thereof, with a leading end of the protrusion. A second cartridge mounting seat has an upper wall surface opposing an outer side surface of a cartridge and further has a second recessed part into which a protrusion is inserted and which comes into contact, at a bottom thereof, with a leading end of the protrusion. A depth of the second recessed part is greater than a depth of the first recessed part. An amount of protrusion P of the protrusion is equal to or greater than the depth of the second recessed part. | 2018-11-15 |
20180326511 | AUTOMATIC DEVICE FOR LOCKING TOOL-HOLDERS ON LATHES AND MACHINES WHICH PERFORM MACHINING WITH CHIP REMOVAL - An automatic device for locking of tool holders ( | 2018-11-15 |
20180326512 | ROTARY SERRATOR KNIFE - A coil slitting tool in the form of a rotary serrator knife for use on coil slitting machines comprises a plurality of serration undulations disposed on one or more faces about the outer periphery. The rotary serrator knife tool may comprise a concentrically located bore about an inner diameter for mounting on an arbor and may further incorporate a keyway. The rotary serrator knife may be formed from an assembly comprising, a central rotary disk about which mount one or more removable inserts comprising the serration undulation portion. The one or more removable inserts may comprise serration undulations on one side or two sides and mount substantially to the perimeter of a mounting disk by use of fasteners. | 2018-11-15 |