The present disclosure is directed to a lockout for use with a gladhand connector. The lockout includes a body defined by a lockout first end and a lockout second end. The body includes a grip portion, a lockout compartment positioned proximate to the lockout first end, a lockout protruding member positioned proximate to the lockout second end, and an opening configured to receive at least a portion a locking member. The lockout further includes a mounting post positioned on the body and located between the lockout compartment and the lockout protruding member.
B60D 1/01 - Traction couplings or hitches characterised by their type
B60D 1/62 - Auxiliary devices involving supply lines, electric circuits, or the like
B60T 7/12 - Brake-action initiating means for automatic initiationBrake-action initiating means for initiation not subject to will of driver or passenger
The present disclosure is directed to an identification system for an elongate object. The identification system includes a panel, a standoff configured to retain the panel at a distance from the elongate object, a connection member configured to couple the standoff to the elongate object, and a spring member configured to engage the panel when the panel is installed on the standoff. The standoff includes a first retention mechanism positioned proximate to a first end of the standoff and a second retention mechanism positioned proximate to a second end of the standoff. The first retention mechanism configured to receive a first edge of the panel, and the second retention mechanism is configured to receive a second edge of the panel.
B41J 2/325 - Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed characterised by selective application of heat to a heat sensitive printing or impression-transfer material using thermal heads by selective transfer of ink from ink carrier, e.g. from ink ribbon or sheet
B41J 29/08 - Sound-deadening or shock-absorbing stands, supports, cases, or pads separate from machines
B41J 29/38 - Drives, motors, controls, or automatic cut-off devices for the entire printing mechanism
B41J 2/325 - Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed characterised by selective application of heat to a heat sensitive printing or impression-transfer material using thermal heads by selective transfer of ink from ink carrier, e.g. from ink ribbon or sheet
B41J 29/38 - Drives, motors, controls, or automatic cut-off devices for the entire printing mechanism
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SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VOICE-ACTIVATED LABEL PRINTING USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
B41J 3/407 - Typewriters or selective printing or marking mechanisms characterised by the purpose for which they are constructed for marking on special material
B41J 15/04 - Supporting, feeding, or guiding devicesMountings for web rolls or spindles
10.
MACHINE LEARNING-BASED SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATICALLY DETERMINING CHARACTERISTICS OF PRINTED LABELS
ABSTRACT Aspects of the present disclosure simplify label printing for an object that includes a plurality of features, such as a patch panel that includes a plurality of ports. When a user wants to print a label for a group within an object (e.g., a group of ports within a patch panel), an image can be captured of at least one feature within the group. The image can be processed by a machine learning model (MLM) that has been trained to detect the presence of such features in captured images and to determine location information indicating where the features are located in the captured images. The label printing module can automatically determine characteristic(s) of the printed label (e.g., the length of the printed label, markings on the printed label) based at least in part on the location information determined by the MLM.
A lockout device for securing a rotary circuit breaker switch is provided. The lockout device is provided in the form of an outer housing having a plurality of side walls extending away from a base wall to define a cavity and at least one of the side walls having a slot formed therein. The lockout device further includes an inner housing received within a portion of the cavity. The inner housing has a first component and a second component to receive the rotary circuit breaker switch therein. The lockout device has a biasing element positioned between the base wall and the inner housing to translate the inner housing axially relative to the outer housing, and a fastener with a thumbwheel having at least one projection designed to be positioned within the slot of the outer housing to hold the fastening mechanism and the lockout device in a locked position.
12.
SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FACILITATING THE CREATION OF DIGITAL LABELS TO SUPPLEMENT PRINTED PHYSICAL LABELS
A label printing module can be configured to perform at least two actions in response to a request to create a label for an item. The label printing module can create a print job that will produce a physical label for the item. In addition, the label printing module can cause a digital label to be created and stored in a digital label database, which can be accessible via the Internet. The digital label can include an identifier that is uniquely associated with the item to which the physical label corresponds. The digital label can be associated with an Internet address. The Internet address of the digital label can be included in a machine-readable object on the corresponding printed physical label. Someone who has the item corresponding to the printed physical label can view informational content within the corresponding digital label by using a reader to read the machine-readable object.
A lockout device can be used to secure a valve, a valve stem, or other control. The lockout device includes a cover having an internal cavity and an opening about the internal cavity, a cable that is flexible, a cable attachment point attached to the cover to which the cable is attached at its securable end, and a cable lockout module attached to the cover. The cable lockout module includes a cable engagement element having a cable-receiving pathway extending therethrough for reception of a free end of the cable and selective securement thereof to create a cable loop. The cable lockout module further has a door. When the door is in a closed position, the cable engagement element is securely covered by the door and the door is lockable relative to a remainder of the cable lockout module to prevent the door from being opened.
E05B 73/00 - Devices for locking portable objects against unauthorised removalLocking devices not provided for in other groups of this subclass
F16G 11/10 - Quick-acting fasteningsClamps holding in one direction only
F16K 35/06 - Means to prevent accidental or unauthorised actuation using a removable actuating or locking member, e.g. a key
F16P 1/00 - Safety devices independent of the control or operation of any machine
G05G 5/28 - Means for preventing, limiting or returning the movements of parts of a control mechanism, e.g. locking controlling member for preventing unauthorised access to the controlling member or its movement to a command position
A multicable lockout device comprises a housing including at least two cable end securement points, a stationary cleat fixed relative to the housing, and at least two rotatable cleats attached to the housing. Each of the rotatable cleats is positioned adjacent to the stationary cleat with a respective cable-receiving pathway being defined between the shared stationary cleat and each of the respective rotatable cleats. The respective rotatable cleats each have a tip biased towards the shared stationary cleat to facilitate one-way gripping action of a cable along the respective cable-receiving pathway. This structure permits two cable loops to be independently formed utilizing only three cleats for gripping the cables.
The present disclosure provides a floor marking tape. The floor marking tape has a total thickness of less than 40 mil (1.016 mm). The floor marking tape includes (A) a top layer including a polymer having a flexural strength of greater than 2,100 psi (14.48 MPa) and (B) an adhesive layer including a pressure sensitive adhesive (PSA) in contact with the top layer.
B32B 7/06 - Interconnection of layers permitting easy separation
B32B 7/12 - Interconnection of layers using interposed adhesives or interposed materials with bonding properties
B32B 27/08 - Layered products essentially comprising synthetic resin as the main or only constituent of a layer next to another layer of a specific substance of synthetic resin of a different kind
A wall switch lockout device for selectively limiting access to a wall switch relative to which the wall switch lockout device is mounted. The wall switch lockout device includes a mountable base having a switch opening extending therethrough for receiving the wall switch, a cover positionable and securable over a front face of the mountable base for selectively covering and limiting access to the switch opening, and one or more inserts received in the mountable base and slidable relative thereto. The wall switch lockout device further has a pair of mounting openings for mounting the mountable base and at least one of the pair of mounting openings is on the one or more inserts such that, when the one or more inserts are slid relative to the mountable base, a hole-to-hole distance between the pair of mounting openings is variably adjusted.
H01H 9/22 - Interlocking, locking, or latching mechanisms for interlocking between casing, cover, or protective shutter and mechanism for operating contacts
A cable lockout device includes a housing receiving a cable in which the cable forms a loop external to the housing. The housing has a passageway extending therethrough through which the cable extends and has a cable gripping location positioned along the passageway. The cable lockout device further includes a locking arm rotationally coupled to the housing that actuates a cleat or cam spaced from the axis of the locking arm, which cleat or cam can be brought towards another cleat or cam in the cable gripping location (upon closure) or away from the other cleat or cam (upon opening). In a closed position of the locking arm, the locking arm is lockable relative to the body to prevent movement of the locking arm back to the opened position without first unlocking the locking arm relative to the body.
E05B 73/00 - Devices for locking portable objects against unauthorised removalLocking devices not provided for in other groups of this subclass
F16G 11/14 - Devices or coupling-pieces designed for easy formation of adjustable loops, e.g. choker hooksHooks or eyes with integral parts designed to facilitate quick attachment to cables or ropes at any point, e.g. by forming loops
F16P 1/00 - Safety devices independent of the control or operation of any machine
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FLEXOGRAPHICALLY-PRINTABLE, FULL-COLOR-INKJET-RECEPTIVE TOPCOAT FORMULA AND ARTICLE
A full-color-inkjet receptive topcoat can be flexographically printed on a substrate. The flexographically-printed, full-color- inkjet receptive topcoat includes a pigment and a polymeric binder, in which a ratio of the pigment to polymeric binder is in a range of from 3:1 to 5:1 by dry parts. Such a coating provides good printablity with color inkjet printing, which conventionally has not been possible with flexographically-printed topcoats.
A handle lockout device can be placed around a handle of a valve to prevent operation of the handle by rotation of the handle about a stem. The handle lockout device includes a housing and one or more adjustable slides. The housing has an internal cavity, in which the housing is bifurcated into two halves at a parting line with a stem opening positioned on the housing along the parting line. The two halves are movable relative to one another between an opened position in which the two halves are separated at the parting line to provide access to the internal cavity and a closed position in which the two halves are bought together at the parting line. The adjustable slide(s) are positioned adjacent to the stem opening, are slidable relative to the housing, and have an edge that can alter a size of the stem opening of the housing.
F16K 35/00 - Means to prevent accidental or unauthorised actuation
F16K 35/10 - Means to prevent accidental or unauthorised actuation with locking caps or locking bars
F16K 37/00 - Special means in or on valves or other cut-off apparatus for indicating or recording operation thereof, or for enabling an alarm to be given
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ASYMMETRIC PEEL PLATE FOR A LABEL-DISPENSING APPARATUS AND PEEL ASSIST PLATE
An asymmetric peel plate for a label-dispensing apparatus for separating labels from a liner as the liner travels along a liner path extending in a longitudinal direction through the label-dispensing apparatus. The asymmetric peel plate includes one or more liner support surfaces defining a portion of the liner path and further includes a peel edge disposed at a longitudinally forward end of the liner support surface(s) in which the peel edge extends forwardly along the longitudinal direction to a peel edge apex. No plane exists perpendicular to the liner path if the liner was unbent that is collinear with a bending line in which the peel edge is reflectionally symmetrical about the plane.
The flag label for attachment around an elongated object has a pair of faces oppositely facing from one another surrounded by a peripheral edge, One of the pair of faces is bifurcated into uneven portions at a line. Those uneven portions include an adhesive-bearing portion having adhesive received thereon and further include a non-adhesive bearing portion not having adhesive thereon. The non-adhesive bearing portion may be larger in surface area than the adhesive bearing portion such that, when folded onto one another, there is little to no possibility that adhesive remains exposed about the periphery of joining due to imperfect alignment of the edges of the two contacting portions.
B65D 23/14 - Means for the attachment of smaller articles of tags
G09F 3/00 - Labels, tag tickets, or similar identification or indication meansSealsPostage or like stamps
G09F 3/04 - Labels, tag tickets, or similar identification or indication meansSealsPostage or like stamps to be fastened or secured by the material of the label itself, e.g. by thermo-adhesion
G09F 3/10 - Fastening or securing by means not forming part of the material of the label itself by an adhesive layer
G09F 7/18 - Means for attaching signs, plates, panels, or boards to a supporting structure
Systems and methods include a label wrapper assembly that can retain elongate objects while adhering a label thereto. The assembly can include a wrapping subassembly with a wrapping subassembly axis that can be configured to apply a label to an elongate object by rotating around the elongate object about the wrapping subassembly axis. A set of clamp assemblies can be axially spaced apart along the wrapping subassembly axis on both sides of the wrapping subassembly. Each of the clamp assemblies can have a set of clamp members slidably movable relative to each other between an open position and a clamping position, and the clamp members can provide a clamping force in the clamping position. Each of the clamp members can have a retention element to retain the elongate object therebetween when in the clamping position, and the retention elements can be elastomeric.
Systems and methods include an assembly for a label wrapper to adhere a label to an elongated object, such as a wire. The assembly can include a roller having a roller axis and a compliant block with a notch. The notch can be parallel with the roller axis. The compliant block and the roller can be biased toward each other, and when the elongate object is received between the roller and the compliant block, a pressure can be applied to the elongate object whereby the compliant block at least in part conforms to the elongate object.
Printer systems and associated ink cartridges can have specialized inksets and alternative fluids for use in printing. In such sys- tems and cartridges, the inkset of a unique cartridge may be deliberately limited relative to traditional inksets that seek to have a wide color gamut such that chemistries having greater durability may be employed. Still further, such cartridges may include one or more functional inks that have a purpose other than merely coloration, Particularly in compact printers, for which space is limited, the system can be designed to accept vari- ous unique cartridges based on the intended printing application and print based on the characteristics of the received cartridge. Beyond this, the system may advise the user when a different cartridge is necessary and/ or may be beneficially used for a particular application.
Systems and methods include an assembly for a label wrapper to adhere a label to an elongated object, such as a wire, The assembly includes a support structure defining a receiving space. One or more resilient members are positioned within the receiving space and define one or more channels, One or more flexible sheets are disposed over the resilient members and within the channels. The first and second flexible sheets may provide a substantially uniform pressure on the label being applied to the wire regardless of the size of the wire and the label. In some instances, the label is configured to fold around the wire and have first and second opposing end segments that couple with one another remotely from the wire thereby forming a flag label.
A lockout assembly is configured to lockout a battery connector including a connector head connected to a wire, The lockout assembly includes a connector cover part and a sliding part. The connector cover part includes a cupped portion providing a cavity and a guide rail extending away from the cavity in which the cavity is dimensioned to receive an end of the connector head. The sliding part is dimensioned to slidably engage the guide rail and has a hooking foot configured to selectively engage the connector head opposite the cavity of the connector cover part.
An ink receptive substrate including an ink receptive layer configured to receive at least one inkjet ink. The ink receptive layer having a plurality of first silica particles and a plurality of second silica particles, wherein the average particle diameter of the first silica particles is different than the average particle diameter of the second silica particles. The ink receptive layer also having a first acrylic polymer and a second acrylic polymer, wherein the first acrylic polymer and second acrylic polymer are partially miscible. In one aspect, the includes ink receptive substrate includes a base layer configured to support the ink receptive layer and a high water capacity layer configured to reduce water accumulation in the ink receptive layer.
B41M 5/50 - Recording sheets characterised by the coating used to improve ink, dye or pigment receptivity, e.g. for ink-jet or thermal dye transfer recording
A battery connector lockout device is configured to lockout a battery connector including a connector head connected to a wire. The device includes an enclosure body having a first base wall and a second base wall opposite one another that are selectively movable in relative to one another between an open and closed positions. A cavity is defined by the enclosure body and dimensioned to receive the connector head and a wire access opening extends through the enclosure body into the cavity. A peg projects into the cavity from the enclosure body. A locking mechanism is configured to be selectively locked to hold the first base wall and the second base wall in the closed position thereby retaining the connector head in the cavity (that is, locking out the battery connector in the lockout device so that the connector head cannot be used).
An audible alert device and method of playing an audible message. The audible alert device includes a motion sensor, a speaker, and a control unit. The control unit is configured to store an audible message, determine whether an activating condition is met in which the activating condition is based on a directionality of movement of the person relative to the motion sensor, and play a corresponding audible message when the activating condition has been met.
A multilayer time indicator comprises a multilayer first part and a multilayer second part. The first part comprises a topsheet in contact with an enhancement layer and an optional reference layer, and the enhancement layer is in contact with a timing layer. The second part comprises a dye layer, an optional dark layer, and a substrate layer. The timing layer and the dye layer are separate from one another, and are optionally protected by one or more release liners. To activate the indicator, the timing and dye layers are separated from the one or more release liners and then joined to one another.
G04F 1/00 - Apparatus which can be set and started to measure-off predetermined or adjustably-fixed time intervals without driving mechanisms, e.g. egg timers
G09F 3/00 - Labels, tag tickets, or similar identification or indication meansSealsPostage or like stamps
A multilayer time indicator comprises: A. A topsheet, B. An activating layer, C. A timing layer, D. A dye layer, and E. A substrate, In one embodiment the topsheet and activating layer comprise a first or activation section of the indicator while the timing layer, dye layer and substrate comprise a second or base section of the indicator. In one embodiment the activating layer of the first section and the timing layer of the second section are each protected with a release sheet. In one embodiment, the first and second sections of the indicator comprise a kit which can be converted into an active time indicator by removal of the release sheets and joining of the activating layer to the timing layer. In one embodiment the first and second section are joined to one another by a common release sheet or liner which maintains the indicator in an inactive state until the release sheet is removed and the activating layer is joined to the timing layer.
G04F 1/00 - Apparatus which can be set and started to measure-off predetermined or adjustably-fixed time intervals without driving mechanisms, e.g. egg timers
G09F 3/00 - Labels, tag tickets, or similar identification or indication meansSealsPostage or like stamps
32.
SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR LABEL CREATION USING OBJECT RECOGNITION
Systems and methods create labels (32) and include a mobile device (22) including communication circuitry (33), an imaging device (26), an object recognition application (28), and a label creation application (20). A label printer (30) includes printer memory (54) and printer communication circuitry (38). The object recognition application is configured to analyze an image of a device taken by the imaging device (26) and generate device data for the device in the image. The label creation application the uses the device data to automatically populate at least a portion of a label data entry screen. Once the label data entry screen is populated, the label creation application creates a print job and, via the mobile device communication circuitry (33), communicate the print job to the label printer (30) to print at least one label sized specifically for the device.
B41J 3/407 - Typewriters or selective printing or marking mechanisms characterised by the purpose for which they are constructed for marking on special material
B41J 3/46 - Printing mechanisms combined with apparatus providing a visual indication
A wrapper assembly (10) is disclosed that can be used, for example, to wrap a label around a wire (86, 88). In the wrapper assembly (10), a pair of supports (46) are spaced apart from one another and a plurality of rollers (62) are disposed there between. The wrapper assembly (10) further includes at least one yoke (60). Both the pair of supports (46) and the yoke (60) have positioning slots (70, 72, 74) formed therein that support the rollers (62). By moving the yoke or yokes (60) relative to the supports (46), the positioning slots (74) in the yoke or yokes (60) shifts relative to the positioning slots (70, 72) in the supports (46) and thereby adjusting the positions of rollers (62) relative to one another.
A cartridge assembly is disclosed. The cartridge assembly (12) includes a core, a cartridge housing defining a cavity that receives the core (58), a shaft extending from the cartridge housing (48) into the cavity and at least part way into the core, and a torsion spring. The torsion spring (78) is helically wound to define a coiled outer surface that is received in the core and also includes at least one end that engages the shaft (84). When the core is rotated in a first direction about the shaft, a circumference of the coiled outer surface of the torsion spring increases thereby restricting a rotation of the core in the first direction. When the core is rotated in a second direction opposite the first direction, the coiled outer surface provides a controlled amount of drag to resist a rotation of the core in the second direction.
A method and system for restricting access to a valve stem (116) of a valve (114) by employing a valve locking assembly (104) is disclosed. The locking assembly comprises a first means (124) for receiving a valve stem of a valve and an engaging member (140). The locking assembly additionally comprises a second means (120) for receiving the valve stem of the valve and comprising a slide (128) for engaging the engaging member of the first means, the slide having a first length (132) along an outer periphery of the second means and a second length (134) intersecting the first length such that the second length is shorter than the first length. The locking assembly additionally comprises a third means (122) for releasably securing the second means in position about the valve stem of the valve, wherein the first means is capable of being positioned over the second and the third means about the valve stem.
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