Patents Assigned to Thimon, S.A.
  • Patent number: 6170772
    Abstract: A wrapping method comprises the prior stretching of a film wherein the prior stretching of the film advantageously includes a step of paying out the film from a feed reel, a stretching step, and a step of winding the stretched film onto a mandrel or a take-up reel in readiness for subsequent use. The film of the present invention is previously stretched under a large amount of tension, is released, and is then wound under moderate tension, under which the film is allowed to relax. The present invention is applicable to preparing film for wrapping loads that are optionally palletized and suitable for being put into place either manually, or mechanically.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2001
    Assignee: Thimon, S.A.
    Inventors: Jean-Paul Martin-Cocher, Georges Jaconelli
  • Patent number: 6170776
    Abstract: A wrapping method comprises the prior stretching of a film. The prior Stretching of the film advantageously includes a step of paying out the film from a feed reel, a stretching step, and a step of winding the stretched film onto a mandrel or a take-up reel in readiness for subsequent use. The film of the present invention is previously stretched under a large amount of tension, is released, and is then wound under moderate tension, under which the film is allowed to relax. The present invention is applicable to preparing film for wrapping loads that are optionally palletized and suitable for being put into place either manually, or mechanically.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2001
    Assignee: Thimon, S.A.
    Inventors: Jean-Paul Martin-Cocher, Georges Jaconelli
  • Patent number: 6070393
    Abstract: A wrapping method comprises the prior stretching of a film wherein the prior stretching of the film advantageously includes a step of paying out the film from a feed reel, a stretching step, and a step of winding the stretched film onto a mandrel or a take-up reel in readiness for subsequent use. The film of the present invention is previously-stretched under a large amount of tension, is released, and is then wound under moderate tension, under which the film is allowed to relax. The present invention is applicable to preparing film for wrapping loads that are optionally palletized and suitable for being put into place either manually, or mechanically.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2000
    Assignee: Thimon, S.A.
    Inventors: Jean-Paul Martin-Cocher, Georges Jaconelli
  • Patent number: 5953888
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a pre-stretched film, and to apparatus and a method of applying outer packaging to packages and to loads, optimized as a function of the structure and in particular the shape of the package or the load, in particular a palletized load, and also as a function of the transport and handling that the package or the load must be capable of withstanding without the outer packaging being dislocated. According to the invention, a stretchable film is stretched over at least one roller having a diameter that varies along its axis of rotation so as to form parallel longitudinal zones in the film that have different degrees of stretching. These zones make it possible, in particular, to track the external outlines of objects to be packaged and/or to provide locally-reinforced bonding, or on the contrary to present surfaces that are more relaxed. The present invention applies in particular to packaging and grouping together loads that may optionally be palletized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 21, 1999
    Assignee: Thimon, S.A.
    Inventors: Jean-Paul Martin-Cocher, Jaconelli Georges
  • Patent number: 5884857
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a pre-stretched film, and to apparatus and a method of applying outer packaging to packages and to loads, optimized as a function of the structure and in particular the shape of the package or the load, in particular a palletized load, and also as a function of the transport and handling that the package or the load must be capable of withstanding without the outer packaging being dislocated. According to the invention, a stretchable film is stretched over at least one roller having a diameter that varies along its axis of rotation so as to form parallel longitudinal zones in the film that have different degrees of stretching. These zones make it possible, in particular, to track the external outlines of objects to be packaged and/or to provide locally-reinforced bonding, or on the contrary to present surfaces that are more relaxed. The present invention applies in particular to packaging and grouping together loads that may optionally be palletized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 23, 1999
    Assignee: Thimon, S.A.
    Inventors: Jean-Paul Martin-Cocher, Jaconelli Georges
  • Patent number: 5797246
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a pre-stretched film, and to apparatus and a method of applying outer packaging to packages and to loads, optimized as a function of the structure and in particular the shape of the package or the load, in particular a palletized load, and also as a function of the transport and handling that the package or the load must be capable of withstanding without the outer packaging being dislocated. According to the invention, a stretchable film is stretched over at least one roller having a diameter that varies along its axis of rotation so as to form parallel longitudinal zones in the film that have different degrees of stretching. These zones make it possible, in particular, to track the external outlines of objects to be packaged and/or to provide locally-reinforced bonding, or on the contrary to present surfaces that are more relaxed. The present invention applies in particular to packaging and grouping together loads that may optionally be palletized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 1996
    Date of Patent: August 25, 1998
    Assignee: Thimon, S.A.
    Inventors: Jean-Paul Martin-Cocher, Georges Jaconelli