 Patent Application Title |
Patent App Num. |
Date |
| Optical head | 20130115454 | 20130509 |
 Disclosed is an optical head, including a hollow micro-pipe and a stuffing member, the micro-pipe having a diameter-extended portion and a diameter-diminishing portion adapted allowing the incident light to transmit from the diameter-extended portion to the diameter-diminishing portion to emerge from its tip, and the stuffing member being disposed inside of the micro-pipe compared to prior techniques. The optical head of the invention is easier to be made, and it has a better focus for achieving optical exposure of sub-wave length focal spot and deep depth of focus.
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| Tine control for balers | 20130104512 | 20130502 |
 An agricultural piston bale press includes a pressing piston, a main driving mechanism, an intake device to take in crop material, and a stuffing device. The stuffing device includes a feed passage and a stuffing mechanism that has a tine arm supporting tines that can be moved along a stuffing trajectory, and a drive mechanism for driving the tine arm. The drive mechanism is configured to move the tine arm in a cyclic movement along a constant trajectory, and that the tines are movably supported on the tine arm so that the tines can be arranged in different positions with respect to the tine arm to follow different trajectories.
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| Stuffing box for a fluid production well, and associated surface assembly | 20130105141 | 20130502 |
 This stuffing box (46) defines a circulation passage (66) of a cable working line (28), a packer (70), and a back-pressure resistant valve (74). The passage (66) extends between an upstream end (62) of the stuffing box (46), intended to be connected to a well, and a downstream end (64). The back-pressure resistant valve (74) is arranged in the passage (66) to prevent, in case of break of the line (28), the back-pressure of a fluid from the upstream end (62) towards the downstream end (64). The or each packer (70) is situated between the upstream end (62) of the stuffing box (46) and the back-pressure resistant valve (74). No packer (70) is arranged between the back-pressure resistant valve (74) and the downstream end (64).
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| Stuffing box leak containment apparatus | 20130105142 | 20130502 |
 An apparatus for containing leaks from a stuffing box on a wellhead production assembly is provided. The apparatus comprises a containment vessel consisting of two half shells that are joined below the stuffing box. The apparatus further comprises a seal subassembly. The components of the seal subassembly are positioned one the nipple and pumping tee below the stuffing box. The half shells are positioned about and joined to the seal subassembly in a manner that provides a liquid tight seal. Additionally, the apparatus comprises a transparent topper having an upper opening to receive a polished rod extending from the stuffing box. The topper is secured to the containment vessel in a liquid tight manner such that the stuffing box is substantially isolated from the environment. As... |
| Enhanced pet bed structures, systems and processes | 20130098296 | 20130425 |
 An enhanced pet bed comprises an outer cover having an inner volume, and at least one stuff sack that is preferably porous, for placement within the inner volume of the outer cover. While the inner stuff sack may be filled with a wide variety of stuffing items, the stuff sack is preferably filled with a plurality of items supplied by the owner, and may preferably inherently include a scent that is desirable or comforting to the intended animal, e.g. the scent of a known person or animal. For embodiments having permeable stuff sacks, the entire stuff sack assembly may preferably be laundered, e.g. washed and dried, as a unit, i.e. with the stuffing retained. Since the enhanced pet beds are typically provided without stuffing, the intended... |
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| Method for stuffing a monolith with a mounting mat into a housing | 20130086806 | 20130411 |
| A method for stuffing a monolith wrapped with a mounting mat into a housing includes the steps of radially elastically clamping the housing during stuffing at several locations, and compensating for at least one of a housing tolerance and a housing rotation through an elastic deformation of the housing caused by the clamping.
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| Remotely adjustable shaft seal | 20130069319 | 20130321 |
| A shaft seal arrangement includes a stuffing box defining a stuffing box central shaft opening extending around a shaft axis, packing arranged in the stuffing box around the central shaft opening, a packing gland defining a packing gland central shaft opening, and at least one adjuster assembly remotely operable to vary an engagement force between the packing gland and the packing. The adjuster assembly can be arranged around a packing gland stud and include an adjuster piston that is hydraulically operable to advance against the packing gland to vary the engagement force.
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| Underwater stuffing box and method for running a drill string through the stuffing box | 20130056274 | 20130307 |
| The invention relates to a stuffing box consists of an outer housing, an upper set and a lower set of support plates for a sleeve-shaped, flexible sealing element enclosed by a liquid filled, pressurised annulus The sets of support plates in the top and bottom of the housing respectively have an opening in the middle, exceeding the diameter of the tool joint. The inner sealing element seals radially against the drill string and axially against the support plates with pressure assistance from the annulus between the sealing element and the middle stuffing box housing. When the sealing element is rotated by the drill string the ends of the sealing element abut the upper and lower support plate set respectively and seals against the pressure from the... |
| Enhanced bolster structures, systems, and processes | 20130047926 | 20130228 |
| An enhanced bolster, such as connectable to a pet bed, comprises an outer cover having an inner volume, and a mechanism for attachment to a pet bed. The inner volume may be filled directly with stuffing, or may include an inner stuff sack. While the stuffing may comprise a wide variety of stuffing items, the enhanced bolster or bolster stuff sack may preferably be filled with a plurality of items supplied by the owner, and may preferably inherently include a scent that is desirable or comforting to the intended animal, e.g. the scent of a known person or animal. For embodiments having permeable bolster stuff sacks, the entire bolster stuff sack assembly may preferably be laundered, e.g. washed and dried, as a unit, i.e. with the... |
| Anti-rotation device for wellahead stuffing box | 20130039695 | 20130214 |
| A device for preventing rotation of a stuffing box cap to avoid leakage of contents, the device comprising an upwardly projecting stop member mounted on the stuffing box body which is configured to abut a protuberance on the cap and thereby prevent cap rotation. The stop member is preferably configured to pivot away from the stuffing box cap when cap removal is desired.
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| Cloth stuffed toy and method for producing the same | 20130017756 | 20130117 |
| A cloth stuffed toy has a cloth body and a PU stuffing formed by a polyurethane foam material fully filled in and adhered to the cloth body. A method for producing the cloth stuffed toy has a cloth body preparing step, a polyurethane foam material filling step and a foaming process performing step. As the PU stuffing is securely bonded to the cloth body and is not easily fragmented, the cloth stuffed toy has advantages in providing a safety stuffed toy. Besides, in the foaming process of the polyurethane foam material, the polyurethane foam material spontaneously and extensively spreads inside the cloth body to facilitate stuffing the body effectively.
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| Stuffing tube mounting assembly and follower | 20130017770 | 20130117 |
| A stuffing tube mounting assembly and follower includes an elongated member with a tapered portion at one end that fits within a tapered end of a stuffing horn. The stuffing horn is inserted through a bore of a collar. The bore of the collar has a tapered section that engages the tapered end of the horn when the collar is attached to the member. The follower has a housing having a bore. An opening in a sidewall of the housing is in communication with the bore. Disposed within the bore is a wiper. A cap having a central opening in an end wall is attached to the housing.
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| Stuffing box leak containment apparatus | 20120312524 | 20121213 |
| An apparatus for containing leaks from a stuffing box on a wellhead production assembly is provided. The apparatus comprises a containment vessel consisting of two half shells that are joined below the stuffing box. The apparatus further comprises a seal subassembly. The components of the seal subassembly are positioned one the nipple and pumping tee below the stuffing box. The half shells are positioned about and joined to the seal subassembly in a manner that provides a liquid tight seal. Additionally, the apparatus comprises a transparent topper having an upper opening to receive a polished rod extending from the stuffing box. The topper is secured to the containment vessel in a liquid tight manner such that the stuffing box is substantially isolated from the environment. As... |
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| Stuffing box leak containment apparatus | 20120312525 | 20121213 |
| An apparatus for containing leaks from a stuffing box on a wellhead production assembly is provided. The apparatus comprises a containment vessel consisting of two half shells that are joined below the stuffing box. The apparatus further comprises a seal subassembly. The components of the seal subassembly are positioned one the nipple and pumping tee below the stuffing box. The half shells are positioned about and joined to the seal subassembly in a manner that provides a liquid tight seal. Additionally, the apparatus comprises a transparent topper having an upper opening to receive a polished rod extending from the stuffing box. The topper is secured to the containment vessel in a liquid tight manner such that the stuffing box is substantially isolated from the environment. As... |
| Drip pump system and method | 20120315154 | 20121213 |
| A system and method for pumping an underground drip includes a pump barrel housing with a plunger and an elongated stroke actuator cylinder sealed to the pump barrel that vertically reciprocates the plunger. The pump barrel and plunger are preferably vented to avoid vacuum lock during pumping. The plunger pumps the fluid located in the drip upwardly to a low pressure tank or a pressurized surface vessel. A ball valve may be screwed onto the siphon line to allow for insertion and removal of the pump barrel and seals the siphon line if the pump is removed. A stuffing box seals the pump barrel to the upper end of the siphon line to prevent air from entering the system. The stuffing box also allows the pump... |
| Apparatus and kit for stuffing plush toys and method thereof | 20120304442 | 20121206 |
| An apparatus and kit for stuffing plush toys and a method of stuffing using the device. The apparatus including a stuffing hopper with an inlet for receiving stuffing, an auger housing located below and in communication with the stuffing hopper, a device located in the stuffing hopper for feeding stuffing from the stuffing hopper into the auger housing and a rotatable auger located within the auger housing to feed stuffing out of the apparatus and into a plush toy casing.
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| Sootblower stuffing box and seal | 20120301061 | 20121129 |
| A lance tube stuffing box assembly includes within a seal cavity, a first and a second sleeve bearing oriented to be axially aligned with the bore and with each other and spaced apart within the bore to define a packings space. A plurality of braided packings are situated within the packings space and oriented to be axially aligned with each of the first and second sleeve bearings; and inserted within the bore in opposed relation to the annular wall of the seal cavity a gland follower which is likewise axially aligned and bears against the first bearing with an axial force to narrow the packings space, urging the plurality of braided packings to expand radially, such that when a lance tube is inserted axially. The axial... |
| Temperature sensor | 20120294330 | 20121122 |
| A temperature sensor is provided that can easily make possible stuffing with the filler or burying of the temperature detector element so that faster temperature response can be achieved. A temperature sensor has a closed-bottom tubular shaped case, a temperature detector element inserted and accommodated in the case, and a filler filled in the case and sealing the temperature detector element. The temperature sensor is provided with a filler flowing portion formed in a relative gap between the case and the temperature detector element along an insertion direction of the temperature detector element and having a gap relative to the temperature detector element larger than that relative to the remainder portion of the gap.
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| Apparatus and method for dry spice application | 20120295005 | 20121122 |
| An apparatus and method of applying dry ingredients to a meat includes a stuffing horn with separate flow channels. An outer elongated flow channel is configured to have tubular casings disposed therearound. An inner elongated flow channel is disposed within the outer elongated flow channel. A first inlet is configured to introduce a meat stream into the inner elongated flow channel. A second inlet, connected to the inner elongated flow channel, is configured to introduce dry ingredients into the conduit between the outer and inner elongated flow channels. At the end of the stuffing horn, the inner and outer elongated flow channels are configured to create a void space around the meat stream where the dry ingredients are deposited onto an outside surface of the meat... |
| Process and apparatus for rapid preparation of dry sausage | 20120282372 | 20121108 |
| A process for manufacturing dry sausage. The process includes preparing a dry sausage meat mixture, stuffing the mixture into a casing or mould, fermenting the mixture, heat treating the mixture, cooling the mixture to a temperature sufficiently low to permit slicing, slicing the sausage, placing the sausage onto a conveyor, and passing the conveyor and sausage through a chamber. The process also includes introducing a supply of conditioned air into the chamber, the air having a relative humidity below about 60% and a temperature in the range of at least about 40° F. to 130° F., and introducing a supply of microwaves into the chamber. The air supply and microwaves are selected to reduce the moisture content of the meat to a predetermined moisture to protein... |
| Fabricated most water-saving toilet made of novel thermoplastic resin compound material and a preparation method thereof | 20120260415 | 20121018 |
| A water-saving toilet is made of a novel thermoplastic resin compound material. The material includes inorganic stuffing provided by an injection technique and includes a main body with a water outlet in the lower part and a flushing water pipe outlet in side wall of the water outlet, a water tank with a cavity at the bottom which is provided with a main pipe opening and a flushing pipe inlet opposite the water tank and communicating with the main body by the main pipe opening, a flushing pipe and a siphon pipe the upper end of which including a water inlet connected with the water outlet. The present invention also provides a method of producing the toilet, featuring easily available and sufficient raw material, simple operation,... |
| Method and device for protecting the end of an anchored cable | 20120255272 | 20121011 |
| To protect the end of a cable composed of a set of tendons individually held in an anchorage system, the device comprises a skirt extending from the front of the anchorage system and placed around the set of tendons, and several sleeves. The tendons have respective end portions which extend beyond the front of the anchorage system and which are individually received in the sleeves, said sleeves being sealed off beyond the end portions of the tendons. A connection between the skirt and the sleeves encloses a chamber delimited by the front of the anchorage system, the skirt, and the sleeves, the connection comprising an active stuffing box kind of system. The volume of this chamber is filled in with a filling product.
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| Stuffing box assembly | 20120247754 | 20121004 |
| A stuffing box assembly (4) comprising a primary housing (8) having a longitudinally oriented hollow bore (11) extending therethrough, a hanger assembly (9) within the longitudinally oriented hollow bore of the primary housing, and drive means (10) received within the hollow bore of the hanger assembly. The hanger assembly has a longitudinally oriented hollow bore extending therethrough. The drive means has means (15) to releasably secure the drive means to a pump rod such that the pump rod is hung from and supported within the primary housing by the hanger assembly. Rotation of the drive means causes a corresponding rotation of the pump rod. The hanger assembly includes one or more seals (17) to contain well fluids and to help prevent the flow of well fluids... |
| Meat processing assembly | 20120252331 | 20121004 |
| An improved processing assembly having a meat emulsion pump connected to a stuffing horn. The stuffing horn positioned to fill casings with meat emulsion which form a strand of processed meat that is received by a twister, then a linker, and subsequently deposited on a conveyor.
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| Meat processing assembly | 20120252332 | 20121004 |
| An improved processing assembly having a meat emulsion pump connected to a stuffing horn. The stuffing horn positioned to fill casings with meat emulsion which form a strand of processed meat that is received by a twister, then a linker, and subsequently deposited on a conveyor.
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| Meat processing assembly | 20120252333 | 20121004 |
| An improved processing assembly having a meat emulsion pump connected to a stuffing horn. The stuffing horn positioned to fill casings with meat emulsion which form a strand of processed meat that is received by a twister, then a linker, and subsequently deposited on a conveyor.
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| Meat processing assembly | 20120252334 | 20121004 |
| An improved processing assembly having a meat emulsion pump connected to a stuffing horn. The stuffing horn positioned to fill casings with meat emulsion which form a strand of processed meat that is received by a twister, then a linker, and subsequently deposited on a conveyor.
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| Meat processing assembly | 20120252335 | 20121004 |
| An improved processing assembly having a meat emulsion pump connected to a stuffing horn. The stuffing horn positioned to fill casings with meat emulsion which form a strand of processed meat that is received by a twister, then a linker, and subsequently deposited on a conveyor.
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| Vehicle seat side bolster pillow and barrier | 20120242115 | 20120927 |
| An automotive bolster pillow for providing a barrier that prevents personal items from falling into a gap between a vehicle seat and a center console. The device comprises an elongated pillow adapted to be pressed into the seat/console gap and optionally have an attached insertion tab or seat belt securement loop. Tab insertion or loop attachment limits the bolster freedom of movement such that the apparatus stays securely in place while the vehicle is in motion. The compressible nature of the interior pillow stuffing material provides users with a comfortable cushion for the driver or passenger while its outward appearance is that of a decorative bolster pillow that matches the interior decor. The device provides a boundary to prevent personal articles and loose change from falling... |
| Grilling rack | 20120219673 | 20120830 |
| A food grilling rack provides a frame defined by a plurality of connected side walls forming a closed geometric shape. The frame includes a lower corrugated sheet that provides multiple troughs, each trough having a lowest portion. The lower sheet is attached to at least some of the side walls. An upper sheet is supported (e.g., removably) above the lower sheet. There are a plurality of openings in the upper sheet, each opening being vertically aligned with a lowest portion of a trough. A food stuffing apparatus provides a receptacle having an interior, an upper end portion with a larger opening and a lower end portion with a smaller opening, and a tapering portion in between the upper and lower end portions. A plunger is provided... |
