Patents by Inventor Benoit Pottier

Benoit Pottier 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).

  • Method and machine for preparing and depositing a stretch-film packaging sleeve on a palletized load
    Patent number: 7937910
    Abstract: A packaging machine comprises a preparation station for preparing a sleeve from a stretchable plastic film wound flat around a storage reel, and a gripper device for taking hold of the sleeve and transferring it to the depositing station for enveloping the load. According to the invention, the gripper device comprises at least one set of grippers which is equipped with notched bars to create differential stretch with the formulation of a lunula. Each bar is given a translational and/or rotational movement so that the bar can be extracted and the sleeve disengaged at the end of the depositing cycle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2011
    Assignee: Thimon
    Inventors: Jean-Christophe Jaconelli, Benoît Pottier
  • Method and Machine for Preparing and Depositing a Stretch-Film Packaging Sleeve on a Palletized Load
    Publication number: 20100162660
    Abstract: A packaging machine comprises a preparation station for preparing a sleeve from a stretchable plastic film wound flat around a storage reel, and a gripper device for taking hold of the sleeve and transferring it to the depositing station for enveloping the load. According to the invention, the gripper device comprises at least one set of grippers which is equipped with notched bars to create differential stretch with the formulation of a lunula. Each bar is given a translational and/or rotational movement so that the bar can be extracted and the sleeve disengaged at the end of the depositing cycle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2006
    Publication date: July 1, 2010
    Applicant: THIMON
    Inventors: Jean-Christophe Jaconelli, Benoit Pottier
  • Quick release system for mounted rollers
    Patent number: 6598378
    Abstract: A quick release mechanism for a roller (6, 7) wherein the roller (6, 7) is mounted in a frame and rotationally driven (for example, a roller (6, 7) carrying a roll of stretch wrapping film (4) in a stretch wrapping head (1)). The quick release mechanism includes a pair of stub axles (22, 43) which support either end of the roller (6, 7) in the frame. One of the stub axles (22) are fixed within the frame and driven by a motor (8). The connection between this driven stub axle (22) and the roller (6, 7) ensures that no relative rotational movement occurs. The other stub axle (43) is “lockable” in a hole in the frame but is removable therefrom. The connection between the removable stub axle (43) and the roller (6, 7) allows free relative rotational movement. Withdrawal of the removable stub axle (43) from the frame allows the roller (6, 7) to be disconnected from its connection with the driven stub axle (22) and removed from the frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2003
    Assignee: ITW Mima Systems, SA
    Inventor: Benoit Pottier