Patents by Inventor Marcel Boursier

Marcel Boursier 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: 11643274
    Abstract: The present invention concerns an endless conveyor belt for a conveyor device, which conveyor belt comprises a belt body that can be transversely deformed between a flat configuration, at rest, and a tubular configuration. This belt body comprises two transition regions over its width which between them define a central belt portion, as well as two side belt portions situated between each of them and the nearby side edge. At least one thickness of the side belt portions is greater than at least one thickness of the central belt portion, forming at least one over thickness region on each of the side belt portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: LIFTVRAC
    Inventor: Marcel Boursier
  • Publication number: 20220135335
    Abstract: The present invention concerns an endless conveyor belt for a conveyor device, which conveyor belt comprises a belt body that can be transversely deformed between a flat configuration, at rest, and a tubular configuration. This belt body comprises two transition regions over its width which between them define a central belt portion, as well as two side belt portions situated between each of them and the nearby side edge. At least one thickness of the side belt portions is greater than at least one thickness of the central belt portion, forming at least one over thickness region on each of the side belt portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2020
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Applicant: LIFTVRAC
    Inventor: Marcel Boursier
  • Patent number: 8997974
    Abstract: An endless conveyor belt for a conveyor device, includes a planar body (2) that is transversely deformable into a tubular configuration, the body having a plurality of longitudinal reinforcing members built into the body thereof. The body has an upper layer (10), a portion of the lower surface of which is combined with a lower layer (11). The two layers are made of two different elastomer materials, with the lower layer made of a first elastomer material, whose hardness is greater than that of the second elastomer material constituting the upper layer, and the lower layer includes a plurality of softening recesses (13) that are distributed across the entire length of the lower layer and each of which extend over at least a portion of the body thereof so as to reduce the resistance thereof to longitudinal deformations in order to reduce the resistance to the bending of the conveyor belt into the tubular configuration thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: Liftvrac
    Inventor: Marcel Boursier
  • Patent number: 8439186
    Abstract: An endless carrier belt for a conveyor system, which carrier belt is produced flat from a flexible material, includes a flat body of width L, of central longitudinal plane X and of thickness e, whose top face is designed to support a product to be carried. The flat body contains in its thickness a plurality of longitudinal reinforcing members located in only two regions of the width of the flat body, situated at about a quarter of the way across the width, on each side of the central plane. When formed into a tube, the reinforcing members can be positioned on the horizontal diameter of the cross section of the tube, thus limiting the internal stresses on the structure, especially when the structure is following non-straight paths (corners or curves) in a plane perpendicular to the axes of the endmost rollers of the conveyor on which it is used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2013
    Assignee: LIFTVRAC
    Inventor: Marcel Boursier
  • Publication number: 20120000751
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an endless conveyor belt for a conveyor device, including a planar body (2) that is transversely deformable into a tubular configuration, the body (2) having a plurality of longitudinal reinforcing members built into the body thereof. According to the invention, said body (2) consists of an upper layer (10), a portion of the lower surface of which is combined with a lower layer (11).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2010
    Publication date: January 5, 2012
    Applicant: LIFTVRAC
    Inventor: Marcel Boursier
  • Publication number: 20110114455
    Abstract: An endless carrier belt for a conveyor system, which carrier belt is produced flat from a flexible material, includes a flat body of width L, of central longitudinal plane X and of thickness e, whose top face is designed to support a product to be carried. The flat body contains in its thickness a plurality of longitudinal reinforcing members located in only two regions of the width of the flat body, situated at about a quarter of the way across the width, on each side of the central plane. When formed into a tube, the reinforcing members can be positioned on the horizontal diameter of the cross section of the tube, thus limiting the internal stresses on the structure, especially when the structure is following non-straight paths (corners or curves) in a plane perpendicular to the axes of the endmost rollers of the conveyor on which it is used.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2009
    Publication date: May 19, 2011
    Applicant: LIFTVRAC
    Inventor: Marcel Boursier