Patents by Inventor Andre Frene

Andre Frene 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).

  • Patent number: 5215261
    Abstract: An electrostatic sprayer installation for powder coating product comprises a plurality of powder sprayers and a plurality of powder storage tanks each adapted to contain powder of a specific color. Connecting ends of a plurality of suction tubes for each storage tank are disposed side by side on a connecting socket of the storage tank. A connecting block is provided with powder suction devices each establishing communication between a hose connected to a sprayer or a group of sprayers and one of the suction tubes. The connecting block is removable so that it can be mounted on the connecting socket of a selected storage tank. An air blower station has a connecting socket analogous to that of a storage tank and comprises air ejector orifices disposed to be connected to the suction devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 1992
    Date of Patent: June 1, 1993
    Assignee: Sames S.A.
    Inventor: Andre Frene
  • Patent number: 5106024
    Abstract: A coating product sprayer installation enabling a rapid change of coating product. The installation includes two parallel distribution branches each containing a piston or membrane type intermediate storage tank defining an actuation chamber actuated by a liquid, the branches being connected by means of valves between a coating product change unit and at least one coating product sprayer. The apparatus can be used advantageously for electrostatic spraying of conductive coating products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 1990
    Date of Patent: April 21, 1992
    Assignee: Sames, S.A.
    Inventors: Andre Frene, Eric Prus, Caryl Thome
  • Patent number: 4928880
    Abstract: An installation for spraying a coating product in liquid form, as in the automobile industry, comprises at least one circuit and, in that circuit, a pump, at least one sprayer, and a flexible conduit connecting an outlet of the pump to the sprayer. The flowrate of liquid in the conduit is controlled by a servo-system which controls the pump. The pump is preferably a gear pump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 1988
    Date of Patent: May 29, 1990
    Assignee: Sames S.A.
    Inventors: Eric Prus, Andre Frene, Pascal Bordaz, Patrick Guerange, Caryl Thome