Patents by Inventor Lionel DELESTRE

Lionel DELESTRE 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).

  • Patent number: 12012766
    Abstract: The invention relates to a strip applicator (1) for ensuring the joint between two plaster boards. The applicator comprises a coating container (4) wherein a strip unwinds in use, the container having a rear wall, a bottom wall, a front wall, a top wall and two side walls, one of which forms a removable side cover for accessing the inside of the container. According to the invention, the lower wall comprises an opening (14) provided with a removable plug (15) for accessing the inside of the container, the opening being directed towards the upper wall of the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: ÉTABLISSEMENTS PIERRE GRÉHAL ET CIE SA
    Inventor: Lionel Delestre
  • Publication number: 20240133187
    Abstract: The invention relates to a taping knife handle (100) comprising a gripping part (110) connected to a blade attachment part (130) by a central part (120). The griping part (110) has a convex upper face (111) for receiving the palm and fingers of the user's hand. According to the invention, the convex curved upper face (111) is connected to the central part (120) by means of: ? an engagement region (112) having a front convex curved engagement face (114) directly connected to a concave curved engagement face (121) located at the front of the central part (120), and ? a lever region (113) comprising a convex lower lever face (115) located under the convex upper face (111) and connected, by a bent region (117), to a concave bearing face (122) located at the rear of the central part (120).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2020
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventor: Lionel DELESTRE
  • Patent number: 11927021
    Abstract: An applicator of jointing tape for joining two sheets of plasterboard includes a mud chamber through which the tape is paid out. The chamber has a tape inlet slot formed between a free end of a rear wall of the chamber and a first free end of a lower wall of the chamber. The free end of the rear wall of the chamber and the first free end of the lower wall of the chamber comprise a cylinder with a cross section greater than a thickness of the wall to which each cylinder is attached, each cylinder being covered by a removable protective sleeve with an interior cross section that complements the cylinder that the sleeve covers, each protective sleeve having a longitudinal opening delimited by two immobilization edges for immobilization against the wall bearing the cylinder that the sleeve covers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: ÉTABLISSEMENTS PIERRE GRÉHAL ET CIE SA
    Inventor: Lionel Delestre
  • Publication number: 20220266441
    Abstract: A pole is provided for a coating knife provided with a profiled handgrip that is easy, practical, rapid and safe to use. The pole includes a handle and a first fixing part for fixing to the handgrip of the coating knife and having a contact surface of complementary shape to the profile of the handgrip of the coating knife. The pole also includes a distal part that is near the blade of the coating knife in the position of use. A proximal part is provided arranged opposite the distal part. The first fixing part further includes at least two fixing lugs mounted in a pivoting manner on the proximal part of the first fixing part and conformed to be swung over the distal part of the first fixing part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2022
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Inventor: Lionel DELESTRE
  • Publication number: 20220228375
    Abstract: An applicator of jointing tape for joining two sheets of plasterboard includes a mud chamber through which the tape is paid out. The chamber has a tape inlet slot formed between a free end of a rear wall of the chamber and a first free end of a lower wall of the chamber. The free end of the rear wall of the chamber and the first free end of the lower wall of the chamber comprise a cylinder with a cross section greater than a thickness of the wall to which each cylinder is attached, each cylinder being covered by a removable protective sleeve with an interior cross section that complements the cylinder that the sleeve covers, each protective sleeve having a longitudinal opening delimited by two immobilization edges for immobilization against the wall bearing the cylinder that the sleeve covers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2019
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Inventor: Lionel DELESTRE
  • Publication number: 20220228376
    Abstract: The invention relates to a strip applicator (1) for joining two plaster boards. The applicator comprises a container (4) having an output slot (9) for the strip which has a determined height and is provided with height adjustment means comprising: —a height adjustment plate (16) arranged inside the container, —a securing plate slidably secured against the front wall (13) and comprising a sliding guide provided with an elongate opening, the securing plate comprising a sliding stop (111b) provided with a central hole (115) and cooperating with the sliding guide—a shaft (17) for coupling and clamping the plate, the shaft being engaged in an opening (16a) of the plate, in the elongate opening, and in the central hole—means (116, 117) for tensioning/de-tensioning the coupling and clamping shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2019
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Inventor: Lionel DELESTRE
  • Publication number: 20220220750
    Abstract: An application head for an applicator for applying jointing tape between two plaster boards includes a fixing core and two sides receiving two rotation shafts parallel to each other, two notched rollers being carried by the first rotation shaft, and two link rods being mounted so as to be able to pivot on the second rotation shaft, one end of each link rod being mounted so as to be able to rotate freely on a third rotation shaft, to either side of a corner roller. The application head also includes a spring comprising two legs bearing against the fixing core, extended by an elbow linked to a blocking arm provided with a notch for immobilizing the link rods in the use position, the blocking arms being linked together by a return hoop and reversible blocking mechanism for immobilizing the link rods in the retracted position, separate from the spring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2019
    Publication date: July 14, 2022
    Inventor: Lionel DELESTRE
  • Publication number: 20220213698
    Abstract: The invention relates to a strip applicator (1) for ensuring the joint between two plaster boards. The applicator comprises a coating container (4) wherein a strip unwinds in use, the container having a rear wall, a bottom wall, a front wall, a top wall and two side walls, one of which forms a removable side cover for accessing the inside of the container. According to the invention, the lower wall comprises an opening (14) provided with a removable plug (15) for accessing the inside of the container, the opening being directed towards the upper wall of the container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2019
    Publication date: July 7, 2022
    Inventor: Lionel DELESTRE