Patents by Inventor Stéphane Lorange

Stéphane Lorange 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: 7972088
    Abstract: A conveyor which can be used to route oriented objects, such as caps, covers, lids, etc. from a finishing machine of the type including a belt, a vibrating bowl or other. The conveyor includes a module having a vertical conveyor in the form of a column with an adjustable height and an intermediate conveyor in the form of a casing which is disposed between the finishing machine and the column. In addition, the module includes channel-type devices for guiding the objects and devices for propelling the objects, in the form of jets of air pulsed through eyes. The channel and the eyes form a continuous assembly between the finishing machine and the upper end of the column. The conveyor also includes devices enabling the automatic ejection of objects from grooves provided in the belt of the machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2011
    Assignee: Sidel Participations
    Inventors: Sean Dotson, Bill Klawonn, Mina Klawonn, legal representative, Stéphane Lorange, Samuel Mathis, Doug Robertson, Emmanuel Roth, Gilles Waeldin, Curtis Welter
  • Patent number: 7850403
    Abstract: An improvement to finishing machines that are used to orient objects. The finishing machine includes a hopper for receiving loose objects, such as lids, and an endless belt for extracting the lids from the hopper. The belt moves vertically upwards with the lids and sorts the lids automatically, such that only correctly-oriented lids are retained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2010
    Assignee: Sidel Participations
    Inventors: Stéphane Lorange, Samuel Mathis, Emmanuel Roth, Gilles Waeldin
  • Publication number: 20090166153
    Abstract: The invention relates to a conveyor which can be used to route oriented objects, such as caps, covers, lids, etc. from a finishing machine of the type comprising a belt, a vibrating bowl or other. The inventive conveyor consists of a module (12) comprising (i) a vertical conveyor in the form of a column (14) with an adjustable height and (ii) an intermediate conveyor in the form of a casing (13) which is disposed between the finishing machine and the column (14). In addition, the module (12) comprises channel-type means (15) for guiding the objects and means for propelling said objects, in the form of jets of air pulsed through eyes (32). The channel (15) and the eyes (32) form a continuous assembly between the finishing machine and the upper end of the column (14). The conveyor also comprises means enabling the automatic ejection of objects from grooves (7) provided in the belt (3) of the machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2005
    Publication date: July 2, 2009
    Applicant: SIDEL PARTICIPATIONS
    Inventors: Sean Dotson, Bill Klawonn, Mina Klawonn, Stephane Lorange, Samuel Mathis, Emmanuel Roth, Gilles Waeldin, Curtis Welter
  • Publication number: 20080314716
    Abstract: An improvement to finishing machines that are used to orient objects. The finishing machine includes a hopper for receiving loose objects, such as lids, and an endless belt for extracting the lids from the hopper. The belt moves vertically upwards with the lids and sorts the lids automatically, such that only correctly-oriented lids are retained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2005
    Publication date: December 25, 2008
    Applicant: SIDEL PARTICIPATIONS
    Inventors: Stephane Lorange, Samuel Mathis, Emmanuel Roth, Gilles Waeldin
  • Patent number: 6491152
    Abstract: A conveying system for lifting and orienting bottle caps comprises a conveyer belt of articulated sections and with guide rollers with an upper lifting section having an essentially vertical path of travel and a lower loading section with an angled path of travel. Sprockets on the guide rollers effect movement of the belt in an upward path of travel through the lower section and then the upper section. Cleats are secured to the exterior surface of the conveyer belts. Supporting surfaces of the cleats extend at right angles from the exterior surface of the conveyer belt for retaining bottle caps thereon when the upper surface of the bottle cap is in contact with the conveyer belt and the lower edge thereof supported in a trough of the supporting surfaces of the cleats but to effect the dropping thereof when the bottle caps are not in the proper orientation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2002
    Assignee: Gebo Corporation
    Inventors: Fred W. Evers, Jr., Marc Aury, Stephane Lorange
  • Patent number: RE45025
    Abstract: A conveying system for lifting and orienting bottle caps comprises a conveyer belt of articulated sections and with guide rollers with an upper lifting section having an essentially vertical path of travel and a lower loading section with an angled path of travel. Sprockets on the guide rollers effect movement of the belt in an upward path of travel through the lower section and then the upper section. Cleats are secured to the exterior surface of the conveyer belts belt. Supporting surfaces of the cleats extend at right angles from the exterior surface of the conveyer belt for retaining bottle caps thereon when the upper top surface of the bottle cap is in contact with the conveyer belt and the lower edge thereof generally cylindrical perimeter of the bottle cap is supported in a trough of on the supporting surfaces of the cleats but to effect. The trough effects the dropping thereof when the of bottle caps that are not in the proper orientation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Inventors: Fred W. Evers, Jr., Marc Aury, Stephane Lorange