Patents by Inventor Joel Labarthe

Joel Labarthe 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).

  • Process and machine for collecting of products, especially fruit, from the ground
    Patent number: 4884392
    Abstract: A process and machine for gathering products such as fruit from the ground and being of the type comprising a source of pressurized air connected to a delivery conduit having a nozzle near the ground, a chassis carrying an inclined ramp (12) resting on the ground opposite the nozzle, receiving means arranged near the upper end of the ramp, the delivery conduit and nozzle being arranged in such a manner that the nozzle delivers the flow of air toward the ramp (12) in a direction opposite the direction of travel of the machine, and the inclined ramp (12) is carried by articulation means adapted to confer upon the ramp a displacement movement such that its lower edge is displaced with respect to the chassis along a trajectory of which the tangent forms with the ground an acute angle opening toward the rear.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 1988
    Date of Patent: December 5, 1989
    Assignee: Conception, Elaboration, Realisation D'Ensembles Electroniques et Mecaniques (C.E.R.E.M.)
    Inventors: Didier Czajkowski, Joel Labarthe, Bertrand Bouyou