Patents by Inventor Bernard DOMINICI

Bernard DOMINICI 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 closing square or rectangular cross-section boxes by reducing the height of same to that of the contents thereof
    Patent number: 10633136
    Abstract: Method and machine for reducing the height of a box without removing a section of the material of the box and without the use of any cutting tool whatsoever, but by folding high sections of side walls towards the centre of the box. The method includes: breaking the connections between the side walls along the upper section of the vertical ridges of the box, from the height of the vertical walls of the box to the level of the top of the stack of objects previously positioned in the box, by exerting a force, directed towards the exterior of the box, on the high section of at least two of the side walls; simultaneously folding towards the exterior the high sections on which force is exerted; then folding all the high sections towards the interior of the box, in order to bring the side walls into a substantially horizontal plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: B+ Equipment
    Inventors: Bernard Dominici, Robert Casanova, Joris Peters, Claude Durand
  • METHOD AND MACHINE FOR CLOSING SQUARE OR RECTANGULAR CROSS-SECTION BOXES BY REDUCING THE HEIGHT OF SAME TO THAT OF THE CONTENTS THEREOF
    Publication number: 20170001746
    Abstract: Method and machine for reducing the height of a box without removing a section of the material of the box and without the use of any cutting tool whatsoever, but by folding high sections of side walls towards the centre of the box. The method includes: breaking the connections between the side walls along the upper section of the vertical ridges of the box, from the height of the vertical walls of the box to the level of the top of the stack of objects previously positioned in the box, by exerting a force, directed towards the exterior of the box, on the high section of at least two of the side walls; simultaneously folding towards the exterior the high sections on which force is exerted; then folding all the high sections towards the interior of the box, in order to bring the side walls into a substantially horizontal plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2015
    Publication date: January 5, 2017
    Applicant: B+ EQUIPMENT
    Inventors: Bernard DOMINICI, Robert CASANOVA, Joris PETERS, Claude DURAND