Patents by Inventor Franck Flecheux

Franck Flecheux 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).

  • Non-separable attachment for dispensing device
    Patent number: 6886722
    Abstract: Metal housing provided with a sidewall and a neck connected to the sidewall via a shoulder, the neck being constructed and arranged for irreversible fixation to a dispensing head for perfect leaktightness to liquids. The dispensing head includes a plastic flange provided with a sealing skirt and an outer catching skirt provided with a snap-fit rim on its inner surface, wherein the neck has a wall and the shoulder has a wall, both said walls being of substantially the same thickness as the sidewall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2005
    Assignee: Cebal Aerosol France
    Inventor: Franck Flecheux
  • Non-separable attachment for dispensing device
    Publication number: 20040232176
    Abstract: Metal housing provided with a sidewall and a neck connected to the sidewall via a shoulder, the neck being constructed and arranged for irreversible fixation to a dispensing head for perfect leaktightness to liquids. The dispensing head includes a plastic flange provided with a sealing skirt and an outer catching skirt provided with a snap-fit rim on its inner surface, wherein the neck has a wall and the shoulder has a wall, both said walls being of substantially the same thickness as the sidewall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2004
    Publication date: November 25, 2004
    Applicant: CEBAL S.A.S.
    Inventor: Franck Flecheux
  • Method for making an aerosol housing with threaded neck
    Patent number: 6543636
    Abstract: Process for manufacturing a metal can with a threaded neck on which a removable head can be fitted, includes the steps of forming a can with a closed bottom end, a cylindrical wall and an open top end, forming a neck at the open top end, obtaining a ring with a spindle hole of known diameter and a threaded external surface, sleeve fitting the ring by driving the spindle hole over the neck, and plastically expanding the neck by an amount sufficient that its outer diameter exceeds the diameter of the spindle hole when unstressed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2003
    Assignee: Cebal, S.A.
    Inventors: Franck Flecheux, Jacques Granger, Bernard Schneider
  • METHOD FOR MAKING AN AEROSOL HOUSING WITH THREADED NECK
    Publication number: 20010040167
    Abstract: Process for manufacturing a metal can (1) equipped with a threaded neck on which any type of removable head can be fitted, comprising at least the following steps:
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 1999
    Publication date: November 15, 2001
    Inventors: FRANCK FLECHEUX, JACQUES GRANGER, BERNARD SCHNEIDER
  • Container
    Patent number: D499336
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2004
    Assignee: Cebal SA
    Inventor: Franck Flecheux