Patents by Inventor Claude Barlier

Claude Barlier 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).

  • Device for producing plates designed for a fast prototyping process, method for machining and assembling said plates and resulting plates and prototype workpieces
    Publication number: 20030145445
    Abstract: The invention concerns a device for producing plates made of metal, plastic or metallo-plastic composite material, whether they are non-exclusively thermofusible, thermoplastic or thermosetting designed more particularly to be machined with a machining tool in a fast prototyping process. The invention is characterised in that it consists of a plate mould integrated in the prototyping machine, said mould being adapted to receive a material matching the shape of the mould after being subjected to a heating/cooing cycle with heating/cooling means integrated in the mould body. It essentially comprises: a vat (2); a base plate (3); a heating circuit (4); a fluid circulation circuit (5).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2003
    Publication date: August 7, 2003
    Inventors: Claude Barlier, Alain Wadsworth