16th week of 2013 patent applcation highlights part 31 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20130094846 | FRAME AND INSERT FOR MOUNTING MOBILE DEVICE TO A TRIPOD - An apparatus for mounting a mobile device on a tripod includes a frame with a rigid peripheral member defining an opening therethrough. The peripheral member includes a mount configured to releasably couple the frame to the tripod. An insert is sized and shaped to be placed into the opening of the frame and releasably engage at least a portion of the peripheral member in an assembled configuration. The insert has a membrane in the form of a cavity configured to releasably receive and support the mobile device. The membrane extends over at least a portion of the opening of the frame in the assembled configuration and includes at least one camera hole extending therethrough that is aligned with a camera lens of the mobile device when the mobile device is mounted in the cavity. | 2013-04-18 |
20130094847 | SYSTEM FOR CAMERA STABILIZATION - Apparatus for supporting a camera comprising two shoulder supports. Two elongate rods extend generally forwards, each rod having a front end and a back end. Each rod pivots about a point between the front end and the back end, the pivot point on each rod being supported by a respective shoulder support. The front ends of each rod are operably connected to each other via a support structure that is configured for receiving and supporting a camera, the support structure comprising three elongate plates connected to each other in series, namely, a left plate, a center plate, and a right plate, wherein each of two opposite ends of the center plate are rotatably pin jointed to an inner end of each of the left plate and the right plate. | 2013-04-18 |
20130094848 | DOME CAMERA - The dome camera is a fixed-type dome camera having a camera lens, a direction of which is manually set. An inner cover is supported to a parallel support portion of a base. A dome cover is supported on an inclined step portion of the inner cover with the dome cover inclined by an inclination angle θ | 2013-04-18 |
20130094849 | VIEWER ACCESSORY FOR CAMERA - A camera viewfinder viewer accessory includes an elongated body portion having first and second ends and a longitudinal axis. A connector for mounting the body portion to a camera viewfinder is located on a side of the body portion and adjacent to the first end. The body portion longitudinal axis is generally parallel to the camera viewfinder in a mounted disposition. An end assembly is connected to the body portion second end and is rotatable about the body portion longitudinal axis. A viewer assembly is connected to a side of the end assembly and has a longitudinal axis generally perpendicular to the body portion longitudinal axis. The viewer assembly extends away from the end assembly and terminates at an eyepiece. The viewer accessory directs an image from the camera viewfinder into the viewer assembly, to be viewed through the eyepiece in any rotatable disposition of the end assembly. | 2013-04-18 |
20130094850 | OPTICAL SIGNAL TRANSMITTING APPARATUS - There is provided an optical signal transmitting apparatus included in an optical communication system which performs communication by transmission and reception of an optical signal indicating digital data. The optical signal transmitting apparatus includes a transmission data generating unit configured to set a data length of each frame constituting the optical signal based on a frequency tolerance of a clock signal on a transmission side and a reception side, and generate digital transmission data having multiple consecutive frames of same contents, each frame having the set data length; and a light emission driving unit configured to drive a light emitting unit to output the optical signal indicating the digital transmission data. | 2013-04-18 |
20130094851 | Optical Spectral Shaping for Nonlinearity Enhancement in High Speed Digital Coherent Optical Transmissions - A method includes evaluating an optical signal spectrum for estimated filtering parameters of an optical spectral filtering device for shaping optical signal spectrum, determining a feedback for fine tuning the optical spectral filtering device for nonlinearity tolerance enhancement in the optical transmission system, responsive to received optical signal quality in the optical signal spectrum; and using the feedback to adjust said optical spectral filtering device for predetermined shaping and predetermined fiber nonlinearity tolerance in the optical transmission system. | 2013-04-18 |
20130094852 | FREQUENCY OFFSET MONITORING DEVICE AND OPTICAL COHERENT RECEIVER - The present invention provides a frequency offset monitoring device and an optical coherent receiver. A low speed frequency offset monitoring device comprises a signal speed lowering section, for lowering the speed of an inputted signal and outputting the speed lowered signal, and a frequency offset monitor, for monitoring frequency offset of the speed lowered signal outputted by the signal speed lowering section. | 2013-04-18 |
20130094853 | MULTIPLEXER/DEMULTIPLEXER AND MULTIPLEXING/DEMULTIPLEXING METHOD - In order to realize a multiplexer/demultiplexer in which utilization efficiency of a frequency is high, wavelength characteristics of a transmission band is flat, the cost is low, the size is small, and a wavelength and a band are variable, the multiplexer/demultiplexer includes: first light branching means for branching inputted light into plurality of pieces of light and outputting the branched pieces of light; a plurality of light wavelength separating means for separating and outputting light outputted from the first light branching means for each of predetermined frequency bands; and an optical coupling means for making outputs having frequency bands different from each other among outputs from the light wavelength separating means gather and be outputted. | 2013-04-18 |
20130094854 | Self-Characterization Tunable Optical Network Unit - A tunable optical transmitter, comprising a tunable laser comprising a distributed Bragg reflector (DBR) section, a phase section, and a gain section, a photodiode detector (PD) optically coupled to the tunable laser, wherein the tunable optical transmitter lacks a temperature controller, and wherein the tunable optical transmitter is configured to lock onto a wavelength at different operating temperatures. | 2013-04-18 |
20130094855 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MANAGING OPTICAL DISTRIBUTION NETWORK - A method for generating optical paths in a photonic network is provided. A model of a photonic network is used to store relationship information that describes the relationships between photonic network elements, as well as configuration information about the elements of the photonic network. A path manager receives a request to generate one or more paths based on an input port and one or more output ports. Using the information stored in the photonic network model, the path manager generates one or more candidate paths. | 2013-04-18 |
20130094856 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT IN MULTI-MODE SWITCHING DWDM NETWORKS - A Wavelength Division Multiplexing (WDM) multi-mode switching system and method and method provides concurrent switching in various switching modes including, but not limited to, an electronic packet switching (EPS) mode, optical circuit switching (OCS) mode, and optical burst switching (OBS) mode. Edge routers in the WDM multi-mode switching systems may provide a traffic management module that processes incoming data and routes the data for transmission in an electronic packet switching (EPS), optical burst switching (OBS), or optical circuit switching (OCS) modes via a WDM link. | 2013-04-18 |
20130094857 | REMOTE NODE AND NETWORK ARCHITECTURE AND DATA TRANSMISSION METHOD FOR A FIBER-OPTIC NETWORK, ESPECIALLY FOR LOW BIT-RATE DATA TRANSMISSION - A remote node architecture for a fiber-optic network, especially for low bit-rate data transmission, the fiber-optic network architecture comprises a central node and a plurality of remote nodes serially connected to each other or to the central node, respectively. The central node and the remote nodes are capable of communicating by means of digital optical signals created by the central node or a respective remote node, each digital optical signal comprising a data frame. The remote node comprises an optical connection network, a single transceiver device comprising an optical receiver unit and an optical transmitter unit, and an electronic controller device for controlling the transceiver device. The optical connection network defines a western optical connection port, an eastern optical connection port, an internal optical receiving port being connected to the optical receiver unit and an internal optical transmitting port being connected to the optical transmitter unit. | 2013-04-18 |
20130094858 | CONTROL OF BUFFERING IN MULTI-TOKEN OPTICAL NETWORK FOR DIFFERENT TRAFFIC CLASSES | 2013-04-18 |
20130094859 | CABLE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS EMPLOYING QAM UPSTREAM CHANNELS BELOW 16.4 MHZ FOR INCREASED AGGREGATE DEPLOYED UPSTREAM CAPACITY TO SUPPORT VOICE AND/OR DATA SERVICES - Cable communication systems and methods to provide voice and/or data services to subscriber premises via a cable plant that conveys upstream information over an upstream path bandwidth, and a cable modem system including one or more demodulation tuners to receive and demodulate one or more upstream radio frequency (RF) signals. One or more RF signals include an encoded carrier wave having a carrier frequency of between 5 MHz and 16.4 MHz that is modulated using a Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA) protocol or an Advanced Time Division Multiple Access (ATDMA) protocol and quadrature amplitude modulation (QAM) with voice and/or data information constituting at least some of the upstream information. An aggregate deployed upstream capacity of the one or more RF signals to convey the upstream information in a portion of the upstream path bandwidth between 5 MHz and 16.4 MHz is at least approximately 12 Megabits per second (Mbits/s). | 2013-04-18 |
20130094860 | DELIVERED-BANDWIDTH ADJUSTMENT METHOD AND MODULE, AND DYNAMIC BANDWIDTH ASSIGNMENT DEVICE - Embodiments of the present invention provide a delivered-bandwidth adjustment method and module, and a dynamic bandwidth assignment device. The method includes: obtaining a transmission container bandwidth; and adjusting a delivery cycle of a bandwidth delivery stage and a delivered bandwidth of each delivery cycle according to a preset set of bandwidth thresholds and the transmission container bandwidth, where the preset set of bandwidth thresholds include at least two bandwidth thresholds and a delivery cycle corresponding to each bandwidth threshold. Through the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention, the delivered bandwidth can be managed effectively, so as to improve the bandwidth utilization and the data transmission efficiency. | 2013-04-18 |
20130094861 | Wavelength Indication in Multiple-Wavelength Passive Optical Networks - An apparatus of a passive optical network (PON) comprising an optical line terminal (OLT) component configured to couple to an optical network unit (ONU) and send downstream wavelength identification to the ONU to indicate a wavelength that corresponds to the ONU, wherein the downstream wavelength identification is transmitted using a Media Access Control (MAC) layer frame for an embedded channel, a control message channel, or a data channel. Also included is an apparatus of a PON comprising an ONU component configured to couple to an OLT and send upstream wavelength feedback to the OLT to indicate a wavelength that corresponds to the ONU, wherein the upstream wavelength feedback is transmitted using a MAC layer frame for an embedded channel, a control message channel, or a data channel. | 2013-04-18 |
20130094862 | Wavelength Management in Multiple-Wavelength Passive Optical Networks - A system for supporting wavelength management in a passive optical network (PON), comprising an optical line terminal (OLT) configured to send an wavelength assignment for optical network unit (ONU) communications based on a wavelength tunability capability, and an ONU coupled to the OLT and configured to send the wavelength tunability capability to the OLT, wherein the wavelength assignment and the wavelength tunability capability are sent in media access control (MAC) messages. Also disclosed is an apparatus of an OLT for supporting wavelength management, comprising one or more component configured to couple to an ONU and exchange a wavelength assignment for transmission with the ONU based on a wavelength tunability of the ONU, wherein the wavelength indication and the wavelength tunability are exchanged via MAC layer frames. | 2013-04-18 |
20130094863 | LED LIGHT INTERIOR ROOM AND BUILDING COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - An LED light and communication system in communication with a broadband over power line communications system. The LED light and communication system includes at least one optical transceiver. The optical transceiver includes a light support having a plurality of light emitting diodes and at least one photodetector attached thereto, and a processor. The processor is in communication with the light emitting diodes and the at least one photodetector. The processor is constructed and arranged to generate a communication signal. The at least one optical transceiver is engaged to a clock, and the clock is in communication with the broadband over power line communications system. | 2013-04-18 |
20130094864 | OPTICAL INTERFACE FOR BIDIRECTIONAL COMMUNICATIONS - An optical interface comprising a first portion having at least one optical conduit interface with a first axis for optically coupling with at least one optical conduit, a second portion having at least one transmitter interface with a second axis for optically coupling with a transmitting optical device, and at least one receiver interface with a third axis for optical coupling with a receiving optical device, the first, second and third axes being essentially parallel; and a wavelength filter element (WFE) disposed between the first and second portions, the WFE defining a first optical path between the transmitter interface and the optical conduit interface, and a second optical path between the optical conduit interface and the receiver interface. | 2013-04-18 |
20130094865 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR OPTOELECTRONICS TRANSCEIVERS INTEGRATED ON A CMOS CHIP - Methods and systems for optoelectronics transceivers integrated on a CMOS chip are disclosed and may include receiving optical signals from optical fibers via grating couplers on a top surface of a CMOS chip, which may include a guard ring. Photodetectors may be integrated in the CMOS chip. A CW optical signal may be received from a laser source via grating couplers, and may be modulated using optical modulators, which may be Mach-Zehnder and/or ring modulators. Circuitry in the CMOS chip may drive the optical modulators. The modulated optical signal may be communicated out of the top surface of the CMOS chip into optical fibers via grating couplers. The received optical signals may be communicated between devices via waveguides. The photodetectors may include germanium waveguide photodiodes, avalanche photodiodes, and/or heterojunction diodes. The CW optical signal may be generated using an edge-emitting and/or a vertical-cavity surface emitting semiconductor laser. | 2013-04-18 |
20130094866 | Wearable accessory for monitoring whether user is looking at portable electronic device - An accessory that includes a light transmitter may be worn by a user of an electronic device that includes a light receiver and a display screen. When the accessory is paired to the electronic device, the device may be configured to perform one or more behaviors in response to a change intensity of light incident on the light receiver, the light having been transmitted from the accessory. Example behaviors include activating and deactivating the display screen, altering what is displayed on a display screen, and turning the electronic device on or off. The device may also be configured to determine one or more properties of the light incident on the light receiver and to perform the behaviors only if the one or more properties correspond to one or more prerequisite light properties stored in the device. | 2013-04-18 |
20130094867 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a carrying unit, a resistance unit, a jam detection unit, a paper detection unit and a control unit. Responding to the jam detection unit detecting that a jam occurring location is outside the resistance unit, the control unit sets a part of the carrying unit, the part including at least the resistance unit, as an accumulation unit where a remaining sheet is accumulated, in accordance with a size of the remaining sheet. The remaining sheet is detected by a paper detection unit when the jam occurs. The control unit releases, among a resistance roller pair and carrying roller pairs of the carrying unit, the rollers of a pair located in the accumulation unit from pressing against each other, and makes the carrying unit carry the remaining sheet to the accumulation unit. | 2013-04-18 |
20130094868 | VARIABLE HFSI COUNTER FOR THE CHARGING SUBSYSTEM BASED ON GOM (GRAINS OF MOISTURE) - As set forth herein, computer-implemented methods and systems facilitate adjusting an HFSI counter increment as a function of local relative humidity in order to adjust corona device lifespan. Adjustment factors are set for a plurality of GOM levels and an adjustment factor to be applied to the HFSI counter increment is assigned to or set for each GOM level. A curve is determined or calculated that approximates the adjustment factor, and a quadratic equation defining the curve is determined. Humidity measurement data is received from an environmental sensor coupled to the printer device, and depending on the relative humidity in the local environment of the printer, and an adjustment factor derived from the quadratic equation is applied to the HFSI counter increment to adjust for dry or humid conditions. | 2013-04-18 |
20130094869 | FUSING UNIT OF IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD FOR THE SAME - A fusing unit and an image forming apparatus including the same, and method are provided. The fusing unit senses an error such as local overheating in a surface heater, which uniformly emits heat throughout the surface of a belt member. The fusing unit includes a heating member with a pattern to heat a recording medium, a power supply to supply power to the heating member, a pressing member to transmit rotational force to the heating member while in contact with the heating member and to apply pressure to the recording medium, a driver to rotatably drive the pressing member, a pattern sensor to sense the pattern, and a controller to determine whether there is an error in the rotation of the heating member, based on an output from the pattern sensor. | 2013-04-18 |
20130094870 | IMAGE TRANSFER DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCORPORATING SAME - An image transfer device includes an image bearing member, a pair of opposed transfer members, a media separator, and an electrical bias applicator. The image bearing member defines an image bearing surface on which a toner image is created. The pair of opposed transfer members is disposed opposite each other via the image bearing member to form a transfer nip therebetween through which a recording medium is passed. One of the transfer members defines a first electrode to which a first electrical bias is applied. The media separator defines a second electrode downstream from the transfer nip to which a second electrical bias is applied. The electrical bias applicator includes a power supply connectable with each of the first and second electrodes to supply the first electrical bias to the first electrode and the second electrical bias to the second electrode. | 2013-04-18 |
20130094871 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM - An image forming apparatus includes a developer bearing member configured to bear a developer to develop a latent image, a developer regulating member configured to regulate an amount of the developer carried on the bearing member, a voltage application unit that can apply a plurality of direct current voltages of different values between the bearing member and the regulating member, and a current detection unit that can detect a plurality of direct currents of different values flowing in the regulating member when the voltage application unit applies the plurality of direct current voltages, wherein the image forming apparatus sets a direct current voltage value Vb applied by the voltage application unit when developing the latent image, so that the following expression is satisfied: |Vb|>|Vbmin|, where Vbmin indicates a direct current voltage value when the direct current detected by the current detection unit is a minimum value. | 2013-04-18 |
20130094872 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus capable of avoiding positional interference between an electrical potential sensor and a developing device during the installation or separation of the developing device. The positional interference is prevented by moving the electrical potential sensor out of the movement path of the developing device in association with the opening/closing movement a cover for an access opening in the body of the image forming apparatus for the installation/separation of the developing device. A link device connects the cover and the electrical potential sensor to each other so as to cause the movement of the electrical potential sensor in linkage with the opening/closing of the cover. The link device serves as an anti-interference device that prevents the positional interference between the developing device and the electrical potential sensor. | 2013-04-18 |
20130094873 | LABEL PRESS FUSER ALGORITHM FOR FEEDING A CONTINUOUS ROLL OF LABEL MATERIAL THROUGH A SHEET FED PRINTING DEVICE - According to aspects of the embodiments, there is provided an apparatus and method to use a fuser speed algorithm to engage a web print media to a rotatable image carrier (PR) during transfer of toner to paper without additional parts or tight web requirement. The fuser speed algorithm can drive the web through a sheet fed printer efficiently by only using the fuser nip as the main drive. The fuser speed algorithm leverages the advantage of fuser speed to enable the required speed and tension at transfer for proper engagement, then release tension to create slack web at transfer so the PR drives create a buckle zone prior to the fuser system. The fuser speed algorithm drives the fuser at the nominal desired speed which is slower than PR speed to maintain the buckle zone. | 2013-04-18 |
20130094874 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS PREVENTING FAILURE OF RECORDING MATERIAL DETACHMENT FROM CONVEYANCE BELT - A method controls the timing of conveying a recording material to a conveyance belt so that a leading edge position of the recording material overlaps with a separation assisting toner image transferred on the conveyance belt in advance to prevent failure of recording material detachment from the conveyance belt. | 2013-04-18 |
20130094875 | REFLECTION SENSOR AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A reflection sensor includes the following elements. A light emitting unit emits light to an area of an image forming apparatus where first detection images of plural colors used for detecting amounts of their misregistration are formed. A first light restricting member/configuration restricts light emitted from the light emitting unit. A light receiver is disposed in an optical path of regular reflection light, and receives reflected light and outputs a signal representing an amount of received light. A second light restricting member/configuration is disposed in the optical path of the regular reflection light and restricts light to be received by the light receiver. The value obtained by dividing a diameter of the first light restricting member/configuration by that of the second light restricting member/configuration ranges from substantially 0.5 to 1.9, and the diameters of the first and second light restricting members/configurations are each 1.5 mm or smaller. | 2013-04-18 |
20130094876 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS CALCULATING POWER CONSUMPTION AMOUNT - An image forming apparatus includes a first power calculator for calculating a power consumption amount of a driving load unit and a post-processing device based on at least one of measured values of a voltage and a current, which are supplied to the driving load unit and the post-processing device; second and third power calculators for calculating power consumption amounts of a fixing heater driving unit and a controller based on an operating state and an operating time of the image forming apparatus; and a power summing-up unit for calculating a power consumption amount of the image forming apparatus by summing up the power consumption amount calculated by the first power calculator and the power consumption amount predicted by each of the second and third power calculators. | 2013-04-18 |
20130094877 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - In a period that a first mode is executed, an image forming apparatus blows air at a first amount of flowing air in a period during which a recording material is conveyed on a conveying path and before a leading edge of the recording material reaches a fixing unit, and blows air at a second amount of flowing air smaller than the first amount in a period during which the recording material passes through the fixing unit. In a period that a second mode is executed, the image forming apparatus blows air at a third amount of flowing air larger than the second amount for at least a period during which a recording material on which an image is formed passes through the fixing unit. | 2013-04-18 |
20130094878 | CHARGING DEVICE - A charging device includes a corona charger including a grid electrode, a cleaning member configured to clean the grid electrode, a sheet-type shutter configured to open/close an opening of the corona charger, and a drive source configured to drive both the cleaning member and the shutter in a longitudinal direction of the corona charger, wherein the cleaning member is provided such that a cleaning ability thereof is higher in a case where the cleaning member and the shutter are moved in a closing direction of the opening of the corona charger than in a case where the cleaning member and the shutter are moved in an opening direction of the opening of the corona charger. | 2013-04-18 |
20130094879 | CHARGING DEVICE - A charging device includes a corona charger including a grid electrode, a cleaning member configured to clean the grid electrode, a sheet-type shutter configured to open/close an opening of the corona charger, a drive source configured to drive both the cleaning member and the shutter in a longitudinal direction of the corona charger, and a control unit configured to control drive of the drive source such that, when the shutter is moved in a closing direction of the opening of the corona charger after image formation is finished, the cleaning member and the shutter are driven at a first speed, and when the shutter is moved in an opening direction of the opening of the corona charger at least from when power is turned on until image formation is started, the cleaning member and the shutter are driven at a second speed higher than the first speed. | 2013-04-18 |
20130094880 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A container is detachably mountable on an apparatus body in a mounting-detaching direction that is along the same direction as a mounting-detaching direction of a transfer unit and that is in the reverse direction of the mounting-detaching direction of the transfer unit. When the transfer unit and the container are mounted on the apparatus body, a belt, a cleaning device, and the container are arranged in that order in a transport direction of the belt. A discharge portion is provided, the discharge portion extending in the mounting-detaching direction of the container, for discharging the toner removed by the cleaning device to the container. | 2013-04-18 |
20130094881 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a main body, a cover to open and close a front of the main body, a tray slidably mounted in the main body through the front of the main body, at least one developing cartridge mounted in the main body in a state in which the developing cartridge is received in the tray, at least one driving coupler member provided at one side of the main body to drive the developing cartridge mounted in the main body, a link member operating simultaneously with opening and closing of the cover to move in a first direction, and a guide member to support the at least one driving coupler member, the guide member operating simultaneously with the link member to move in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, wherein the guide member is pressed by the link member, when the cover opens the main body, to separate the driving coupler member from the developing cartridge. | 2013-04-18 |
20130094882 | CARTRIDGE, MOUNTING METHOD FOR COUPLING MEMBER, AND DISASSEMBLING METHOD FOR COUPLING MEMBER - A cartridge is detachably mountable to a main assembly of an electrophotographic image forming apparatus. The cartridge includes coupling member that is provided for receiving a rotational force for rotating a developing roller, with a cylindrical member movably supporting one end portion of the coupling member inside of the cylindrical member, and a cylindrical member side force receiving portion being provided inside the cylindrical member for receiving the rotational force received by the coupling member. The cartridge further includes a first regulating portion for preventing one end portion of the coupling member from disengaging in an axial direction of the cylindrical member; and a second regulating portion for regulating deformation of the first regulating portion in a state in which one end portion of the coupling member is mounted to an inside of the cylindrical member with deformation of the first regulating portion. | 2013-04-18 |
20130094883 | CHARGING DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - An charging device includes: capacitors connected in series; a charging unit that charges the capacitors; bypass units, each respectively connects in parallel to each capacitors, wherein each bypass unit causes, when a charged voltage of any capacitor has reached a set voltage, a charging current to bypass the capacitor whose charged voltage has reached the set voltage; and a control unit that controls the charging unit to charge the capacitors in such a manner that, when a charging voltage of the any capacitor has reached the set voltage, the control unit causes the charging unit to reduce the charging current, and if a predetermined period has elapsed since the charging voltage has reached the set voltage, and if a charging voltage of any of the other capacitors has not reached the set voltage after the predetermined period, the control unit causes the charging unit to increase the charging current. | 2013-04-18 |
20130094884 | CHARGING MEMBER AND ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - This invention provides a charging member exhibiting high electrical charge injection efficiency. | 2013-04-18 |
20130094885 | MULTI-CHAMBERED AIR KNIFE FOR IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM - An air knife for separating media from a roll in an image forming system includes a body; a first air plenum; a first plenum passage fluidly connected to the first air plenum; a first exit passage fluidly connected to the first plenum passage; a first air exit fluidly connecting the first exit passage to an outside of the body such that the first air plenum is fluidly connected to the outside of the body through the first air exit; a second air plenum separated from the first air plenum such that fluid in the second air plenum is separated from fluid in the first air plenum; a second plenum passage fluidly connected to the second air plenum; a second exit passage fluidly connected to the second plenum passage; and a second air exit fluidly connecting the second exit passage to an outside of the body. | 2013-04-18 |
20130094886 | CHEMICALLY TREATED CLEANING WEB - The present teachings provide a fuser cleaning apparatus that includes a rotatable fuser member and a cleaning web. The cleaning web is impregnated with a chelating agent comprising citric acid. The cleaning web is translatable and arranged to directly or indirectly contact the rotatable fuser member whereby the citric acid is transferred to the rotatable fuser member to inhibit Zn contamination on the rotatable fuser member. | 2013-04-18 |
20130094887 | IMAGE HEATING APPARATUS - An image heater a hollow heating roller having a hole at an axial end portion thereof; a bearing supporting the heating roller; a heat insulating bush fitted between an outer surface of the heating roller and the bearing; a retaining ring for retaining the heat insulating bush in an axial direction of the heating roller, the retaining ring including a projection engaging with the hole; an annular spacer provided between the retaining ring and the heat insulating bush, wherein the spacer includes a connecting portion having a connecting hole, the retaining ring includes a hooking portion engaging with the connecting hole. | 2013-04-18 |
20130094888 | RECORDING MATERIAL CONVEYANCE APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a conveyance unit configured to convey a recording material, a driving unit configured to drive the conveyance unit based on a manipulated variable corresponding to a deviation between a conveyance speed of the recording material and a target conveyance speed, and a control unit configured to change a control method for controlling the manipulated variable required to drive the driving unit according to a state in which the recording material is conveyed by the conveyance unit. | 2013-04-18 |
20130094889 | PRINTING CONTROL METHOD APPLIED TO PRINTING APPARATUS AND RELATED PRINTING APPARATUS - A method of controlling a printing apparatus is provided. The method is utilized for printing on a plurality of print media, and there are intervals between the print media. The method determines a starting reference point for printing on a print medium. The method includes generating a predicted interval position according to a interval reference position and an period average corresponding to an average width of a single print medium and an average width of a single interval; calculating a difference between a measured interval position and the predicted interval position; generating an error compensation value according to a compensation operation and updating the reference interval position by adjusting the reference interval position according to the error compensation value if the difference value is not greater than a threshold value; and controlling the printing apparatus to print by updating the predicted interval position according to the updated reference interval position. | 2013-04-18 |
20130094890 | TAPE CUTTER AND TAPE PRINTER INCLUDING THE SAME - A tape cutter including: a cutter for cutting a tape-shaped material; a cutter frame for supporting the cutter in such a condition that the cutter can carry out cutting; a cutter driving mechanism for allowing the cutter to perform cutting from a standby position to a cutting position; a tape pressing member for pressing the tape-shaped material in a cutting direction against a receiving member provided on the cutter frame prior to the cutting by the cutter; a pressing spring disposed between the cutter and the tape pressing member to urge the cutter and the tape pressing member in directions away from each other; and a return spring whose one urging end is hooked to the tape pressing member to return the cutter from the cutting position to the standby position by returning the tape pressing member. | 2013-04-18 |
20130094891 | MACHINE AND METHOD FOR PRINTING PRODUCTS AND MAKING CUT-OUTS AT THE EDGES OF THE SHEETS - A puncher cylinder includes a puncher knife, the cylinder being arranged for cooperation with a paper web such that the cylinder when in use can be rolled longitudinally along and in contact with the paper web, punching holes in the paper web by way of the puncher knife. The holes are punched a longitudinal distance from each other essentially corresponding to the circumference of the cylinder. A system is further disclosed including the punching cylinder, as is a method utilizing the punching cylinder, and a newspaper partly produced by way of the punching cylinder. | 2013-04-18 |
20130094892 | HAIR CARE PRODUCT APPLICATOR APPARATUS - A hair preparation applicator apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus includes a container for holding the hair preparation; a reservoir for holding a predefined amount of the hair preparation, wherein the reservoir is attached to the container; an orifice in the reservoir adjacent to the container for allowing hair preparation to flow from the container into the reservoir; at least one tubular element extending from the reservoir and having an interior volume continuous with an interior volume of the reservoir; and wherein each of the at least one tubular elements includes a roller ball on a first end that allows hair preparation to exit the first end for application to a consumer's skin via the roller ball. | 2013-04-18 |
20130094893 | ADJUSTABLE APPLICATOR - The present invention generally is an adjustable applicator employed for application of a cosmetic or a care product such as for application of mascara, coloring strands of hair, for dental flossing or for applying pharmaceuticals or cleaning agents. The invention discloses an adjustable applicator comprising an applicator element having a bore, a filament wherein the filament is housed inside the bore of the applicator element and a clasping means wherein the applicator element angularly deforms when a force is applied on the clasping means. Also disclosed is a device for packaging and dispensing a substance comprising said adjustable applicator. | 2013-04-18 |
20130094894 | Suntan oil applicator - An applicator device designed for applying oil or lotion to hard to reach areas of the body. The applicator comprises a hollow elongated body to allow the flow of fluid there through. The elongated body includes upper and lower portions hingedly connected together at a midpoint, thereby forming an elbow with a spring coupling. A coaxial flexible tube is disposed within the hollow elongated body for connecting the upper and lower portions. The distal end of the lower portion of the applicator includes a means for attachment to the neck of a bottle (e.g. sun tan oil bottle). The distal end of the upper portion of the applicator includes a convex sponge. When the applicator is attached to a bottle, the bottle many be squeezed to force oil through the coaxial flexible tube and out through the pores of the convex sponge for spreading lotion onto a user's skin. | 2013-04-18 |
20130094895 | CONSTRUCTION MACHINE WITH UPPER SLEWING BODY - Provided is a construction machine which comprises an upper slewing body including: a frame bottom plate formed with an downward opening; an undercover detachably attached to the frame bottom plate to close up the opening; and a connection member for connecting the undercover to the frame bottom plate. The undercover includes a cover-forming member made of a single plate fabricated to have a base portion extending along a lower surface of the frame bottom plate and a bulging portion bulging upwardly from the base portion to be inserted into the opening. The base portion has a contact area in an outer edge region thereof to make contact with the lower surface of the frame bottom plate from the lower side thereof. The connection member connects the bulging portion to a region of the frame bottom plate, the region located above the lower surface of the frame bottom plate. | 2013-04-18 |
20130094896 | CONNECTING ELEMENT FOR A FRICTION-WELDED CONNECTION FOR CONNECTING AT LEAST TWO PANEL-LIKE COMPONENTS - The invention relates to a connecting element ( | 2013-04-18 |
20130094897 | Radiation Beam Welding Method, Body and Lithographic Apparatus - A method for radiation beam welding of a first member to a second member of a cooling body for an electromagnetic actuator. The first member on a side thereof comprises a surface portion provided with a recess, which is delimited by a periphery, and wherein the second member comprises a substantially continuous first surface portion complementary to the surface portion of the first member in order to close off the recess, the second member being provided with a second surface portion opposite to the first surface portion. The method comprising arranging the first and second member such that the first surface portion engages with the surface portion of the first member; providing a radiation beam, directing the radiation beam towards the second surface portion such that the first and second member are welded together at the periphery of the recess. | 2013-04-18 |
20130094898 | COMPONENT, REINFORCEMENT MEMBER, STRUCTURAL ARRANGEMENT, AIRCRAFT OR SPACECRAFT AND METHOD - A component for connecting structures to intersection regions of said component is disclosed, particularly for an aircraft or spacecraft, including a coupling element, including a first fibre which wraps around the coupling element so that the first fibre extends in a first plane in front of the coupling element and in a second plane behind the coupling element, the first and second planes intersecting, and including a second fibre which wraps around the coupling element so that the second fibre extends in a third plane in front of the coupling element and in a fourth plane behind the coupling element, the third and fourth planes intersecting, and with the first fibre portions of the first and second fibres crossing over in a first region and the second fibre portions of the first and second fibres crossing over in a second region. | 2013-04-18 |
20130094899 | LOCKING APPARATUS - A locking apparatus includes a positioning member attached to a first device and a securing member rotatably attached to a second device. The securing member defines a guiding slot and a positioning slot communicating with the guiding slot. The securing member is rotatable about an axis substantially perpendicular to the electronic device, and the positioning member is passed along the guiding slot to engage in the positioning slot, for preventing the first device being moved away from the second device. | 2013-04-18 |
20130094900 | HARDFACING ALLOY, METHODS, AND PRODUCTS THEREOF - Disclosed is a hardfacing alloy deriving its usefulness from carbides and borides of molybdenum and niobium. The alloy does not rely on chromium as an alloying agent. The hardfacing alloy is capable of being applied to a number of industrial substrates in a crack-free manner, and once applied convert the substrate to a wear- and abrasion-resistant material having an extended service life, even when subjected to harsh wear conditions. | 2013-04-18 |
20130094901 | RADIALLY ALIGNED PLATES JOINED BY COMPRESSIVE FIT - A plate assembly, including: a first plate having a circumference and a plurality of indentations extending radially inward or outward from the circumference; and a second plate, at least partially aligned with the first plate in a radial direction, having a plurality of protrusions at least partly disposed within the plurality of indentations and compressively engaged with the first plate such that the second plate is fixed with respect to the first plate in axial, radial, and circumferential directions. | 2013-04-18 |
20130094902 | PARKING BARRICATE DEVICE WITH SENSING VEHICLE - A vehicle sensing parking barricade device includes: an RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) tag which is attached to a vehicle for identifying the vehicle; a barricade bar which limits entrance of the vehicle; an RFID reader which is installed in a portion of the barricade bar and receives information from the RFID tag to determine whether or not the vehicle is authenticated to be parked; and a motor driver which receives a signal from the RFID reader | 2013-04-18 |
20130094903 | ROADSIDE TRAFFIC BARRIER - The invention relates to a restraint system for vehicles in the region of roads, which is combined with substantially panel-shaped screening and/or noise protection elements ( | 2013-04-18 |
20130094904 | HOPPER FOR TRANSPORTATION OF MINERAL OR AGGREGATES - A hopper for transportation of mineral or aggregates which prevents the material from falling off due to movements or slope, and which improves load performance and facilitates the download. In the joining areas between the front and the floor and between the sides and the floor there are folded or cylindered pieces giving curvature to such joining points, thus adding anti-adherent features to this hopper. The front is folded with a wide radius, also achieving an anti-adherent feature. There are also folds in the front and the shield to avoid beams in those areas of the hopper, thus decreasing the total weight of such hopper and reducing the appearance of cracks and lessening the amount of welding. Additionally, the area of release is wider than the front and shield portions to allow for a better sliding of the material during unloading. | 2013-04-18 |
20130094905 | FLOOD WALL PROTECTION SYSTEM - A system and method for constructing any desired length of height linear cellular chain for use as a protective wall system, including a chain of fabric bulk bags, each having an open upper end, and interconnected along their sidewalls to define the cellular chain; and a fabric channel formed on the upper ends of each of the adjoining bags sidewalls for engaging a bag support and filling system, which includes a first metal frame member having a pair of arm members for threading through two adjacent fabric channels; the frame supported by a base member resting on the ground; a second metal frame member for receiving the distal ends of each of the arm members of the first metal frame member, at a level so that the bulk bag is supported by the arm members; bulk material to be poured into the supported bulk bag, to a level that the bag is substantially filled and no longer requires the support of the frame, so that the frame can be removed and positioned onto the next pair of fabric channels to fill the next empty bag. | 2013-04-18 |
20130094906 | WATER BARRIER - Water barrier including a frame having tow posts and at least one sill extending therebetween, which posts and sill bound a passage that can be closed off against water, further including a flexible water-retaining cloth, a storage space for the cloth and a transfer element for transferring the cloth from a storage condition accommodated in the storage space, wherein the passage is open, to a water-retaining condition, wherein the passage is at least partially closed off by the cloth. | 2013-04-18 |
20130094907 | ELECTRO-REMEDIATION - Embodiments provided herein relate to electro-remediation. In some embodiments, an apparatus for collecting metal is provided and includes a helically shaped electrode. An electrical current can be applied to the apparatus causing metal and ions thereof to become fixed to the electrode. | 2013-04-18 |
20130094908 | SOIL REMEDIATION - A device for agitating a material is provided. The device includes a casing that includes an opening at a first end and a valve configured to open and close the opening. | 2013-04-18 |
20130094909 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COLLECTING AND PROCESSING PERMAFROST GASES, AND FOR COOLING PERMAFROST - Systems and methods for collecting and processing permafrost gases and for cooling permafrost are disclosed herein. A method in accordance with a particular embodiment for processing gas in a permafrost region includes obtaining a gas from a sacrificial area of a thawing permafrost region, dissociating the gas in a non-combustive chemical process, and circulating a constituent of the gas through a savable area of the thawing permafrost region to cool the savable area. In particular embodiments, this process can be used to cool selected areas of permafrost and/or create clean-burning fuels and/or other products from permafrost gases. | 2013-04-18 |
20130094910 | PIPELINE LAYING APPARATUS AND METHOD - There is provided a marine pipeline laying aligner ( | 2013-04-18 |
20130094911 | PIPE SPLITTING APPARATUS WITH REPLACEABLE BLADE - Pipe splitting apparatuses and systems including a replaceable blade, and methods therefor, are provided. In various examples, a pipe splitting apparatus includes an outer surface including a recess. A blade including a portion is disposed within the recess. A hardenable material is disposed within the recess. The hardenable material is configured to flow upon application to fill empty space within the recess and at least partially around the portion of the blade disposed within the recess. The hardenable material is further configured to harden after application to secure the portion of the blade within the recess and fix the blade to the pipe splitting apparatus. | 2013-04-18 |
20130094912 | POWDER SUPPLYING DEVICE FOR A POWDER COATING INSTALLATION - A powder supplying device for a powder coating installation with at least one closed or closable powder container, which has a substantially cuboidal powder chamber for coating powder. In order to quickly change the powder, at least one cleaning compressed-air inlet to which a compressed air source can be connected in a cleaning operation of the powder coating installation for removing residual powder from the powder chamber, in order to introduce cleaning compressed air into the powder chamber, is provided in a side wall of the powder container. In addition, at least one residual powder outlet is provided, through which residual powder can be driven out from the powder chamber with the aid of the cleaning compressed air introduced into the powder chamber. The at least one cleaning compressed-air inlet has an inlet opening, which points in the same direction as the outlet opening of the residual powder outlet. | 2013-04-18 |
20130094913 | CUTTING INSERT AND INDEXABLE CUTTING TOOL - A cutting insert helps prevent the occurrence of burrs and enables highly efficient processing. The cutting edge of the insert includes a cutting corner portion, a first main cutting edge and a second main cutting edge. The second main cutting edge includes a descending inclination portion inclined toward the side of a surface facing the rake face as it separates from the cutting corner portion and an ascending inclination portion inclined toward the side of the surface on which the rake face is formed, as it separates from the cutting corner portion. The descending inclination portion is connected to the cutting corner portion, the ascending inclination portion is connected to the descending inclination portion, and at least a connection region between the ascending inclination portion and the descending inclination portion has a concave curved non-cutting recess portion. | 2013-04-18 |
20130094914 | CUTTING INSERT HAVING CHIP BREAKER - A cutting insert has an approximately polygonal plate shape with a cutting edge formed on a intersection portion between a rake face and a flank. A chip breaker is formed on the rake face, and a chip-breaker concave portion is defined by an inclined surface which is curved in a concave manner and which is smoothly connected to the bottom surface portion while being gradually inclined toward the bottom surface portion, from a peripheral edge portion on a nose portion side to a bottom surface portion. | 2013-04-18 |
20130094915 | POSITIONING SLEEVE FOR ELECTRICAL DRILL DUST COLLECTOR AND ELECTRICAL DRILL DUST COLLECTOR USING THE POSITIONING SLEEVE - The invention relates to a positioning sleeve for an electrical drill dust collector and an electrical drill dust collector using the positioning sleeve. The positioning sleeve comprises: a sleeve portion coupled with a flange at a front edge of an electrical drill and a support body forward extended from the sleeve portion, surrounding and isolating a rotated portion of the electrical drill to enhance the drill operating safety. The electrical drill dust collector using the aforesaid positioning sleeve comprises: a fixing base fixing on the support body, a telescoping sleeve having a ring body at an front end thereof, a dust collection section at a front end section thereof and a bellows section at a tail end section thereof, and an elastic member having a positioning end connected to the fixing base and a free end thereof connected to the ring body to improve the dustproof effect. | 2013-04-18 |
20130094916 | INSULATOR DRILLING JIG - A jig enabled method of attaching structures such as insulators to support. The jig has: a jig frame comprising a top surface, and two two sides have parallel contact edges at ends of the sides; the top surface has two holes passing through the top surface; within each of the holes is a hollow guide pipe passing from an exterior surface of the top surface through an interior surface of the top surface; and the hollow guide pipe passing past the interior surface of the top surface a distance that is less than a distance to plane formed by the two parallel contact edges. At least one bubble level may be oriented parallel to a surface on the jig and/or parallel to an edge of the jig. | 2013-04-18 |
20130094917 | Horizontal Gear Shaping Machine With Dual Shaping Heads - A gear shaping machine is provided. The gear shaping machine includes a pair of horizontally reciprocating gear shaping heads mounted to a column. Each gear shaping head includes a spindle assembly including an integral rotary drive for indexing the spindle. The spindle assembly is carried by a spindle slide. The spindle slide also carries a plurality of bearing blocks to allow for sliding movement of the gear shaping head relative to rails mounted on the column. A linear drive arrangement is operably coupled between each gear shaping head and the column. The linear guide arrangement allows for controlled linear translation of each gear shaping head independently of one another. Each gear shaping head also includes a back-off mechanism for independently moving the spindle assembly toward the workpiece during a cutting stroke and away from the workpiece during a return stroke of each gear shaping head. | 2013-04-18 |
20130094918 | KEY CUTTING MACHINE - A key cutting machine is provided for cutting a key blank from a master key. The key cutting machine comprises a first cutting member that rotates about a substantially horizontal axis for cutting a key pattern on a key blank and a second cutting member that rotates about a substantially vertical axis for cutting a key pattern on a key blank. Additional improvements or features of a key cutting machine are also described. | 2013-04-18 |
20130094919 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A STRUCTURE WITH A HIGH PERFORMANCE METAL ALLOY - The method of the present application includes machining complex part features in a flat metal sheet, and subsequently forming the machined flat metal sheet to have the desired shape and contours. Prior to the step of machining the complex part features, the method includes calculating a scaled location of the complex part features so that the subsequent forming step acts to translate and deform the complex part features into a desired location. The present application further includes a method for machining high performance metal alloy, such as titanium. Further, the present application includes a heated mandrel for applying heat to a high performance metal alloy, such as titanium, during stretch forming. | 2013-04-18 |
20130094920 | ANCHOR - An anchor comprises first, second and third flanges. A surface of the first flange facing the second flange defines a plane. A contour of the first flange projected onto the plane extending beyond a contour of the second flange projected onto the plane. A base connecting part includes the third flange and the second flange. An accessory connecting part operatively connected to the base connecting part includes the first flange. The third flange is movable relative to at least one of the first and second flanges between a first position and a second position. In the first position, a contour of the third flange projected onto the plane is contained within the contour of the second flange projected onto the plane. In the second position, the contour of the third flange projected onto the plane extends beyond the contour of the second flange projected onto the plane. | 2013-04-18 |
20130094921 | DYNAMIC SLEEVE INSERT FOR USE WITH A BLIND FASTENER SYSTEM - Methods, articles and systems for off-center, non-destructive association between at least two work pieces using a blind fastener component or system having a first part of a first two part anti-rotation arrangement such as disclosed in WO 03/069971, without deformation or loss of compressive association there between, and/or fastening system failure. Article and system embodiments include at least one dynamic sleeve insert having a second part of the first anti-rotation arrangement on an inner surface thereof and a first part of a second anti-rotation arrangement on an outer surface thereof, wherein the inner surface accommodates substantial axial translation of the blind fastener, the first part of the second anti-rotation arrangement is functionally complementary to an auxiliary structure having a second part of the second anti-rotation arrangement, and optionally the second anti-rotation arrangement accommodates greater than nominal lateral translation (shear movement) between the dynamic sleeve insert and the auxiliary structure. | 2013-04-18 |
20130094922 | COMPRESSION LIMITING NUT - A hollow fastening nut assembly including an upper head adapted to engage a wrench or other tightening tool and an integral co-axial, internally threaded lower section of reduced diameter adapted for insertion into an access opening in a fastened component. The lower section acts as a compression limiter. An optional annular disc spring may be disposed about the internally threaded lower section for engagement with the rear surface of the fastened component. A locking structure may be disposed at the exterior surface of the internally threaded lower section to engage the interior of the access opening to lock the nut assembly in place. | 2013-04-18 |
20130094923 | Self-Aligning Telescoping Internally Threaded Fastener - A telescoping, self-aligning, fastener comprising a telescoping nut assembly flexibly connected to a companion sleeve, wherein said telescoping nut assembly comprises a nut and two or more extensions depending from said nut; said nut comprises a head and an internally threaded portion; said extensions are configured such that at least one slot is formed between each extension; said companion sleeve comprises an opening at one end configured to couple to a telescoping nut assembly, an opening at the opposite end configured to accept a male fastener portion, and said openings are connected by an interior cavity; and said telescoping nut assembly is able to rotate and translate relative to the companion sleeve. | 2013-04-18 |
20130094924 | SELF-PIERCING RIVET - A self-piercing rivet is disclosed. The self-piercing rivet integrally joins an upper plate member and a lower plate member overlapped with each other. The self-piercing rivet includes: a head portion; and a shank portion integrally connected to the head portion and provided with more than two slits. | 2013-04-18 |
20130094925 | GLASS SUBSTRATE STORAGE AND TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM AND A GLASS SUBSTRATE STORAGE PLATFORM - A glass substrate storage and transportation system is provided, including a storage platform and a transportation platform. The storage platform includes a plurality of storage housings for receiving the upright glass substrates. A glass substrate storage platform is also provided. The glass substrate storage and transportation system and the glass substrate storage platform adopt a vertical storage mode to store the glass substrates for solving the technical problems of the space utilization rate being low and the product having defect resulted by the particle pollution. | 2013-04-18 |
20130094926 | RACK-SERVING UNIT AND ORDER-PICKING WAREHOUSE - A rack-serving unit for storing boxes having an open box bottom, including a load pick-up device and at least one substantially horizontally telescopic article transport gripper including at least one rest for the articles for gripping under an article, is provided with a single telescopic gripper pin serving as article transport gripper and having a rest for the articles for gripping under the article in a just unstable position and at least one telescopic flank and/or a telescopic hold-down device for setting a stable transport position of the gripped article. In an order-picking warehouse equipped with said rack-serving unit having storing boxes with bottoms which are open in the center thereof, the telescopic gripper pin includes a rest for the articles of a width which is transverse to the telescoping direction for supporting the article in a just unstable position on the rest for the articles and the box bottom opening being just slightly broader than the width. | 2013-04-18 |
20130094927 | VEHICLE SYSTEM - A vehicle system includes multiple vehicles which shuttle on linear paths; a reflecting member provided on one end-side of each path; a range finding device measuring, using a laser beam, a distance between a vehicle and the reflecting member; and a communications system including a stationary communications device provided on an other end-side of the traveling path for the traveling vehicle, and performing optical wireless communication; and a mobile communications device attached to the traveling vehicle performing wireless communication with the stationary communications device. | 2013-04-18 |
20130094928 | BARREL TRUCK - A barrel truck has a handle structure; a wheeled support, the wheels spaced apart such that the wheels can slide under a barrel when the barrel is pivoted; a cradling member pivotally coupled to the support for engaging the perimeter of the barrel but not extending past the center line of the barrel; and an upright structure having a gripping mechanism for gripping the top of the barrel adapted to have a force applied thereto to exert an upward force on the barrel to pivot the barrel off the ground causing the wheeled support to move forward and pivot with respect to the cradling member, allowing the wheels on the wheeled support to move underneath the barrel, with further force on the handle structure lifting the barrel off the ground balanced over the wheels. | 2013-04-18 |
20130094929 | Sliding platform with dual braking - A braking apparatus is described which is used to control the motion of a sliding platform of a pickup truck in order that the sliding platform may be stopped anywhere along its travel for convenience. The sliding platform is used to load and unload freight from the pickup truck when in an extended position at the rear of the truck. When the truck is parked on ground which is uneven the sliding platform is provided with energy which must be dissipated when it is moved from one position to another. When the usual braking device is released (usually a pin located appropriately in the tracks of the platform members) the sliding platform is in a “runaway” condition. The brake described here is capable of preventing this condition. | 2013-04-18 |
20130094930 | CARGO BOX EXTENSION ASSEMBLY FOR VEHICLE - A modular ramp and cargo box extension assembly is provided for use in connection with a pickup truck cargo box. The ramp assembly has a ramp connector assembly provided on the vehicle tailgate and ramps having a connector for connecting to the ramp connector to serve as loading ramps. The ramp connector has a pivoting clevis bracket and tangs that connects into a channel on the tailgate. Vertical tracks are provided proximate walls of the cargo box and rails are provided in the tracks to retain the ramps and move between retracted and extended positions so as to extend the height of the cargo box. | 2013-04-18 |
20130094931 | Extending vehicle platform having a built-In ramp - An extendible device, which comprises three parts, a first of which is a framework which is stationary. A second framework is mounted on the first framework, and rolls on the first framework. The third part is a ramp which is stored in a cavity provided in the second framework. | 2013-04-18 |
20130094932 | WORKPIECE TAKEOUT SYSTEM, ROBOT APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A TO-BE-PROCESSED MATERIAL - A workpiece takeout system includes a robot arm and a disposed-state detector. The robot arm is configured to perform a workpiece takeout operation to take out a workpiece disposed in an area among a plurality of areas. The disposed-state detector is configured to detect a disposed state of the workpiece and is configured to, while the robot arm is performing the workpiece takeout operation to take out the workpiece disposed in the area among the plurality of areas, detect a disposed state of another workpiece disposed in another area among the plurality of areas. | 2013-04-18 |
20130094933 | STACKING AND UNSTACKING MACHINE, PARTICULARLY FOR INSTRUMENT TRANSFORMER BOXES - A stacking and unstacking machine for transporting instrument transformer boxes, including a main frame, an elevator arranged underneath the main frame, a transporter disposed on the elevator, and a stacking/unstacking device disposed on an upper part of the main frame and above the transporter. | 2013-04-18 |
20130094934 | CASK - A cask for whisky ( | 2013-04-18 |
20130094935 | Merchandising Grapple - A merchandising grapple is disclosed for removing retail items such as beverage cans, bottles, boxes, and the like from shipping containers in groups and placing them in groups on display shelves within a retail establishment. The grapple has spaced features that receive and hold the items in groups of several items and may have a handle for gripping the grapple and a slip joint for adjusting a width of the grapple. A method includes stocking display shelves by removing items in groups from shipping containers and placing them in groups on display shelves. | 2013-04-18 |
20130094936 | Hard Rock Mined Ore Truck Body - A truck body designed for transporting hard rock mined ore. The truck body includes a body floor having a first material forming a floor structure and a liner structure including a second material covering at least a portion of the floor structure. The second material has a hardness that is greater than a hardness of the first material and prevents wear of the truck body floor by the hard rock ore. The truck body includes a front wall and two opposing body sidewalls that taper outwardly from front to rear of the truck body such that a width between the body sidewalls at a rear of the truck body is at least 10% greater than a width at the front of the truck body. The outward tapering of the body sidewalls promotes movement of the load away from the body sidewalls as the load is released from the truck body. | 2013-04-18 |
20130094937 | GAS TURBINE ENGINE OIL BUFFERING - A turbine engine includes a shaft, a fan, at least one bearing mounted on the shaft and rotationally supporting the fan, a fan drive gear system coupled to drive the fan, a bearing compartment around the at least one bearing and a source of pressurized air in communication with a region outside of the bearing compartment. | 2013-04-18 |
20130094938 | TURBOMACHINE - A turbomachine comprising a housing defining a bearing cavity and a turbine chamber separated by a first wall, a heat shield disposed between the first wall and the turbine wheel, a heat shield cavity defined between the first wall and the heat shield. The shaft extends through a passage defined in part by a first aperture in the wall and a second aperture in the heat shield. A first seal is provided between the shaft and the first aperture. The housing defines a first gas channel communicating with the heat shield cavity for connection to a pressure source for raising pressure within the heat shield cavity. A second channel is provided between the heat shield cavity and the passage, the second channel opening to the passage on the opposite side of the first seal to the bearing assembly. A second seal is provided between the shaft and the second aperture. | 2013-04-18 |
20130094939 | IN-PIPE HYDRO TURBINE WITH AIR BUBBLE - An in-pipe turbine with the use of an air bubble in a new and unique configuration with electronic controls can improve the efficiency of in-pipe hydroelectric turbines. | 2013-04-18 |
20130094940 | INNER-TO-OUTER SHELL DIFFERENTIAL EXPANSION MEASUREMENT - A shell differential expansion detector and turbomachine including a detector are disclosed. In an embodiment, the shell differential expansion detector device includes a housing; and a first rod including a distal part extending through a first opening in the housing. The first rod further includes a proximal part within the housing. A sleeve surrounds the distal part of the first rod on an exterior of the housing; and an actuator arm is affixed to the first rod. A second rod is disposed in physical contact at a distal end thereof with the actuator arm; and a shell expansion detector is operably connected with the second rod at a proximal end thereof. | 2013-04-18 |
20130094941 | VARIABLE-CAPACITY COMPRESSOR - Variable displacement compressor is provided with a displacement control valve ( | 2013-04-18 |
20130094942 | NON-UNIFORM VARIABLE VANES - Non-uniform variable stator vanes for a single stage of a gas turbine engine stage include non-uniform airfoils with a non-uniformity between airfoils of first and second portions of the stator vanes. The variable stator vanes may further include all outer buttons, from which the airfoils inwardly extend, in all of the variable stator vanes being equally sized and shaped and the same all inner buttons if used. The airfoils in the first and second portions may be counter-clockwise and clockwise biased respectively with respect to a nominal airfoil position. The airfoils in the first and second portions may be counter-clockwise and clockwise leaned respectively with respect to the nominal airfoil position. Outer ends of the airfoils in the first and second portions may be counter-clockwise and clockwise shifted respectively with respect to the nominal airfoil position. | 2013-04-18 |
20130094943 | UNDUCTED FAN FOR TURBINE ENGINE - An unducted fan of variable-pitch blades including roots engaged from outside in respective radial housings of an annular rotor element and guided to turn about their respective axes by pairs of rolling bearings, one of which is carried by an annular segment of a cylindrical skirt mounted in a groove of the annular body and by a locknut screwed onto the cylindrical skit. The bearing is covered externally by a ring including outer dog-clutch teeth co-operating with inner dog-clutch teeth of the housing to hold the ring axially in the housing. A blocking mechanism is engaged between the teeth of the housing and the teeth of the ring preventing the ring from turning and preventing the ring from being withdrawn axially from the housing. | 2013-04-18 |
20130094944 | BUCKET ASSEMBLY FOR TURBINE SYSTEM - A bucket assembly is disclosed. The bucket assembly includes an airfoil having a generally aerodynamic contour and defining a tip, and a lower body portion extending generally radially inward from the airfoil. The bucket assembly further includes a tip shroud disposed on the tip of the airfoil and comprising a main body and a rail. The rail includes an exterior surface. The exterior surface defines a microchannel. The bucket assembly further includes a cover layer configured on the exterior surface. | 2013-04-18 |
20130094945 | SEAL STRUCTURE, TURBINE MACHINE HAVING THE SAME, AND POWER GENERATING PLANT EQUIPPED WITH THE SAME - A seal structure includes shrouds that are provided at tips of a plurality of blades on which a main flow of fluid impinges and that come into contact with adjacent shrouds to form a cylindrical shape; a sealing part connected to a structure body facing the shrouds; and a space that is defined by downstream sides of the shrouds, a downstream side of the sealing part, and a wall on a downstream side of the structure body, and that communicates with the main flow of fluid that has impinged on the blades. An end of the wall on the downstream side of the structure body is formed so as to be disposed a predetermined distance away from a shroud extension and away from a sealing-part extension and so as to be located on the opposite side of the shroud extension with respect to the sealing-part extension. | 2013-04-18 |