Patents by Inventor Jean P. Briand

Jean P. Briand 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 for continuously manufacturing products of thermoplastic material and equipment for carrying out said method
    Patent number: 4925512
    Abstract: The method ensures that the core of thermoplastic material of the product is completely enveloped by a continuous covering formed by at least one sheet of a flexible material. Equipment for carrying out the method comprises an extruder 7 for delivering the thermoplastic material in a pasty state and in the form of a rod 16-18 having a regular section, means 20 for unrolling under this rod a sheet 19 of a flexible material, means 34 and 41 for completely enveloping said rod with said flexible material, and means for pulling on said sheet of flexible material and conveying the rod to calendering rolls 43 and 44, and means 46 for forming and means 47 for cutting to the desired length said rod which is thus completely enveloped by said sheet of flexible material. This equipment is applicable to the manufacture of shapes and plates for in particular the packaging and transportation of products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 1987
    Date of Patent: May 15, 1990
    Assignee: Sonoco Gunther S.A.
    Inventor: Jean P. Briand
  • Conical bobbin and method of forming same
    Patent number: 4645483
    Abstract: A cone-shaped bobbin is formed by rolling and gluing a paper or the like blank on a mounting mandrel with the cone being formed with a decreasing number of layers of paper or the like from bottom to top. Three embodiments of the blank are disclosed respectively in the shape of a crescent, a half-crescent, and a comma.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 1985
    Date of Patent: February 24, 1987
    Inventor: Jean P. Briand
  • Conical bobbin and method of forming same
    Patent number: 4526566
    Abstract: A cone-shaped bobbin is formed by rolling and gluing a paper or the like blank on a mounting mandrel with the cone being formed with a decreasing number of layers of paper or the like from bottom to top. Three embodiments of the blank are disclosed respectively in the shape of a crescent, a half-crescent, and a comma.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 1982
    Date of Patent: July 2, 1985
    Inventor: Jean P. Briand