Patents by Inventor Alain Vadrot

Alain Vadrot has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20020070009
    Abstract: In an arrangement for mounting a fan motor on a heat exchanger comprising a body extending between two heat-exchange fluid tanks connected together by tubes carrying cooling fins and in which a heat-exchange fluid flows, the motor is fixed to a support at least one portion of which is molded onto the body. The motor is preferably fixed to the support by at least one screw, for example a self-tapping screw, screwed into the support. The molded material is preferably a plastics material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2002
    Publication date: June 13, 2002
    Applicant: ECIA INDUSTRIE
    Inventors: Alain Vadrot, Alain Battel, David Negre
  • Patent number: 6360815
    Abstract: In an arrangement for mounting a fan motor on a heat exchanger comprising a body extending between two heat-exchange fluid tanks connected together by tubes carrying cooling fins and in which a heat-exchange fluid flows, the motor is fixed to a support at least one portion of which is molded onto the body. The motor is preferably fixed to the support by at least one screw, for example a self-tapping screw, screwed into the support. The molded material is preferably a plastics material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2002
    Assignee: Ecia Industrie
    Inventors: Alain Vadrot, Alain Battel, David Negre
  • Patent number: 5620359
    Abstract: A knife sharpener (1) having a flexible grinding system includes a grinding wheel (2) and means for rotating the wheel, and has a fixed guide surface (14) for roughly positioning a knife for sharpening. A movable member (21) is disposed adjacent to the grinding member (17) of the grinding wheel, with the movable biased by a spring (26) in a direction towards the wheel. In operation, when a knife is moved into contact with the grinding wheel, the movable member is displaced inwardly to reduce the contact pressure such that only the knife edge contacts the wheel. Thus, rather than recontouring the knife edge, the knife edge is most closely returned to its original contour. Using such a flexible grinding system substantially maintains the original edge contour of the blade.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 1994
    Date of Patent: April 15, 1997
    Assignee: Cuisine de France, Ltd.
    Inventors: Marc Harrison, Alain Vadrot
  • Patent number: D363867
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 1994
    Date of Patent: November 7, 1995
    Assignee: Cuisine de France, Ltd.
    Inventors: Marc Harrison, Alain Vadrot