Patents by Inventor Bruno Symoens

Bruno Symoens 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: 10422529
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a heat exchanger for the supply of oxygen or of a gas mixture containing at least 50% oxygen, the temperature at the outlet of the exchanger not being below 300° C., it preferably being above 400° C., the oxygen or the oxygen-rich gas feeding one or more burners of a glass melting furnace, the heat of the combustion gases being used directly or indirectly to heat the oxygen or the oxygen-rich gas in the exchanger, in which the exchange power is between 20 and 300 kW, preferably between 40 and 250 kW and particularly preferably between 80 and 170 kW.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignees: AGC GLASS EUROPE, L'Air Liquide Societe Anonyme Pour L'Etude Et L'Exploitation Des Procedes Georges Claude
    Inventors: Olivier Douxchamps, Eric Baudelet, Bertrand Leroux, Gabriel Constantin, Remi Tsiava, Bruno Symoens
  • Patent number: 9803860
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a heat exchanger for the supply of oxygen or of a gas mixture containing at least 50% oxygen, the temperature at the outlet of the exchanger not being below 300° C., it preferably being above 400° C., the oxygen or the oxygen-rich gas feeding one or more burners of a glass melting furnace, the heat of the combustion gases being used directly or indirectly to heat the oxygen or the oxygen-rich gas in the exchanger, in which the exchange power is between 20 and 300 kW, preferably between 40 and 250 kW and particularly preferably between 80 and 170 kW.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignees: AGC GLASS EUROPE, L'Air Liquide Societe Anonyme Pour l'Etude Et l'Exploitation des Procedes Georges Claude
    Inventors: Olivier Douxchamps, Eric Baudelet, Bertrand Leroux, Gabriel Constantin, Remi Tsiava, Bruno Symoens
  • Publication number: 20170217813
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a heat exchanger for the supply of oxygen or of a gas mixture containing at least 50% oxygen, the temperature at the outlet of the exchanger not being below 300° C., it preferably being above 400° C., the oxygen or the oxygen-rich gas feeding one or more burners of a glass melting furnace, the heat of the combustion gases being used directly or indirectly to heat the oxygen or the oxygen-rich gas in the exchanger, in which the exchange power is between 20 and 300 kW, preferably between 40 and 250 kW and particularly preferably between 80 and 170 kW.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2017
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Applicants: AGC GLASS EUROPE, L'Air Liquide Societe Anonyme Pour L'Etude Et L'Exploitation Des Procedes Georges Claude
    Inventors: Olivier DOUXCHAMPS, Eric BAUDELET, Bertrand LEROUX, Gabriel CONSTANTIN, Remi TSIAVA, Bruno SYMOENS
  • Publication number: 20130323477
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for manufacturing a decorated glass sheet covered with a functional coating, including the sequential steps of applying at least one decorative pattern onto at least a portion of a surface of the glass sheet by printing, drying the printed decorative pattern, and depositing the functional coating such that it at least partially covers said decorative pattern, by magnetron cathode sputtering. The invention further relates to the use of the resulting covered decorated glass sheet as a facing element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2012
    Publication date: December 5, 2013
    Applicant: AGC Glass Europe
    Inventors: Jean-Michel Depauw, Nerio Lucca, Bruno Symoens
  • Publication number: 20100258263
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a heat exchanger for the supply of oxygen or of a gas mixture containing at least 50% oxygen, the temperature at the outlet of the exchanger not being below 300° C., it preferably being above 400° C., the oxygen or the oxygen-rich gas feeding one or more burners of a glass melting furnace, the heat of the combustion gases being used directly or indirectly to heat the oxygen or the oxygen-rich gas in the exchanger, in which the exchange power is between 20 and 300 kW, preferably between 40 and 250 kW and particularly preferably between 80 and 170 kW.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2008
    Publication date: October 14, 2010
    Applicants: AGC Flat Glass Europe SA, L'AIR LIQUIDE SOC ANON POUR L'ETUDE ET L'EXPLOIT
    Inventors: Olivier Douxchamps, Eric Baudelet, Bertrand Leroux, Gabriel Constantin, Remi Tsiava, Bruno Symoens