Patents by Inventor François BRETON

François BRETON 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).

  • Publication number: 20210039276
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a phase shifting debarker comprising crank arm mechanisms. The shifting debarker comprises a phase shifting mechanism powered by a main motor and connected to an operative assembly by the mean of timing belts. The main motor is configured to control, by means of a belt, the movement of the phase shifting mechanism which is adapted to control the movement of the operative assembly by means of the timing belts. The operative assembly generally comprises an actuator ring and a main ring. The activation of the shifting mechanism creates a shift phase between the actuator ring and the main ring while rotating at the same speed. The shift phase creates pressure from the rings to a crank arm mechanism, the crank arm mechanism transmitting said pressure to a pressure control system that finally transmits it to the operative assembly arms for debarking.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2020
    Publication date: February 11, 2021
    Inventors: Nicholas Jaccob Thuemler, Francois Breton, Bernard Giguere
  • Patent number: 9095101
    Abstract: A gear assembly for a tree felling head having a frame securable to a manipulator arm of a tree cutting carrier, the gear assembly includes a final gear securable to the frame and rotatably engageable over a bearing-like member mounted to the manipulator arm for pivotally mounting the frame to the manipulator arm; and a driving gear generating a torque, the torque of the driving gear being applied to at least two intermediate gears drivingly connected with the final gear.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: Les Industries Forestieres Pro Pac Ltee
    Inventors: Jacques Lajoie, François Breton
  • Publication number: 20110132495
    Abstract: A gear assembly for a tree felling head having a frame securable to a manipulator arm of a tree cutting carrier, the gear assembly includes a final gear securable to the frame and rotatably engageable over a bearing-like member mounted to the manipulator arm for pivotally mounting the frame to the manipulator arm; and a driving gear generating a torque, the torque of the driving gear being applied to at least two intermediate gears drivingly connected with the final gear.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2010
    Publication date: June 9, 2011
    Inventors: Jacques LAJOIE, François BRETON