Patents by Inventor Roland Dubos

Roland Dubos 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: 6772473
    Abstract: Removable container (1, 44) for collecting waste (8) separated by a cyclonic or inertial device (12, 22, 31) for a waste collecting appliance of the vacuum cleaner type, the container having several walls (2, 4, 6, 45a, 45b, 46, 48, 50) delimiting a storage volume (10, 54), including a base wall (2, 46) forming the base of the container (1, 44), and at least one link wall (4, 48) provided with an opening (5, 49). The base wall (2, 46) and the link wall (4, 48) are contiguous with one another while presenting either a curve of one and/or the other wall, or an inclination between the walls, and the opening (5, 49) of the link wall (4, 48) is located in immediate proximity to the zone of contiguity between the link wall and the base wall (2, 46).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2004
    Assignee: SEB S.A.
    Inventors: Roland Dubos, Gilles Diascorn
  • Publication number: 20020120998
    Abstract: Removable container (1, 44) for collecting waste (8) separated by a cyclonic or inertial device (12, 22, 31) for a waste collecting appliance of the vacuum cleaner type, the container having several walls (2, 4, 6, 45a, 45b, 46, 48, 50) delimiting a storage volume (10, 54), including a base wall (2, 46) forming the base of the container (1, 44), and at least one link wall (4, 48) provided with an opening (5, 49). The base wall (2, 46) and the link wall (4, 48) are contiguous with one another while presenting either a curve of one and/or the other wall, or an inclination between the walls, and the opening (5, 49) of the link wall (4, 48) is located in immediate proximity to the zone of contiguity between the link wall and the base wall (2, 46).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2002
    Publication date: September 5, 2002
    Inventors: Roland Dubos, Gilles Diascorn
  • Patent number: 6332239
    Abstract: The invention concerns a device for separating and collecting trash for a trash collecting apparatus such as a vacuum cleaner, said device comprising a first tube with an air intake (13) capable of receiving the air sucked in and an air delivery outlet, a screw (11) substantially axially positioned in said first tube (8a), a second tube (9) with a diameter smaller than the screw external diameter and coaxially located in the first tube (8a) extension, in ventilating communication though one end to the first tube (8a) delivery end and connected by its other end to the suction unit by a first discharge conduit (14). The invention is characterised in that said device comprises a third tube (8b) arranged around the second tube (9) and connected to the first tube (8a) delivery end so as to provide between the second and third tubes (9, 8b) a second conduit for discharging the trash towards a filter and/or a container (10) in a secondary output flow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2001
    Assignee: SEB S.A.
    Inventors: Roland Dubos, Vincent Fleurier, Marc Thery
  • Patent number: 6261331
    Abstract: A device for connecting a dust bag, the device having a mounting flange (1) and a ring (21) capable of being fixed, matching, one to a vacuum cleaner frame or to a removable vacuum cleaner support or to a linerboard, and the other to the dust bag via one of their two faces, the flange (1) and ring (21) being provided with additional matching elements for being mutually maintained by their free face, and with at least a visual mark (4,24) to facilitate their connection. The invention is characterized in that the diameter of the device is twice as much as the length of the assembled device, when the ring (21) and the flange (1) are arranged one on the other. Advantageously, the flange (1) and the ring (32) have a non-planar surface at their free face, resulting from the difference in height of the two parts, for guiding one of the parts onto the other when they are being connected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2001
    Assignee: SEB S.A.
    Inventors: Vincent Fleurier, Roland Dubos, Patrick Morin