Patents by Inventor Jean-Pierre Semain

Jean-Pierre Semain 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).

  • Transfer device and a conveyor fitted with such a device
    Patent number: 6220421
    Abstract: A transfer device for a linear conveyor (1) comprising means for displacing objects (2) along a direction different of the conveying direction (XX′) of the conveyor, whereby a pendulum lever (5) is capable of exerting selectively onto the objects a thrust load (E), whereas the pendulum lever is controlled by a rod (11) brought into rotation by a driving assembly (8), whereby the cinematic link between the rod and the lever is a sliding link, in order to enable pivotless evacuation of the objects (2) outside the conveyor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2001
    Assignee: Gallet Systemes Automatises
    Inventors: Jean Hugon, Jean-Pierre Semain