Patents by Inventor Xavier Bastien

Xavier Bastien 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).

  • Sorting machine for sorting flat articles having non-uniform physical characteristics, and a method of sorting said flat articles
    Patent number: 9539617
    Abstract: A sorting machine (1) for sorting flat articles (100, 101) having non-uniform physical characteristics, the sorting machine having sorting outlets equipped with stackers (3) controlled by a monitoring and control unit in compliance with a plurality of programs, each of which is assigned to a predefined type of flat article (100, 101) having predetermined physical characteristics and setting predetermined operating parameters such as, in particular, the pitch between said flat articles (100, 101), and the speed at which said flat articles (100, 101) are conveyed, the sorting machine (1) having means for determining the predetermined physical characteristics of each incoming flat article (101) arriving in said stacker (3), said monitoring and control unit being arranged to act after said determination to assign a predefined type of flat article to said flat article (101) arriving in said stacker (3) and to activate the corresponding unstacking program so as to apply predetermined operating parameters while said
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: SOLYSTIC
    Inventors: Guy Darmon, Xavier Bastien, Pierre Campagnolle, Jean-Michel Reboul
  • SORTING MACHINE FOR SORTING FLAT ARTICLES HAVING NON-UNIFORM PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS, AND A METHOD OF SORTING SAID FLAT ARTICLES
    Publication number: 20140231317
    Abstract: A sorting machine (1) for sorting flat articles (100, 101) having non-uniform physical characteristics, the sorting machine having sorting outlets equipped with stackers (3) controlled by a monitoring and control unit in compliance with a plurality of programs, each of which is assigned to a predefined type of flat article (100, 101) having predetermined physical characteristics and setting predetermined operating parameters such as, in particular, the pitch between said flat articles (100, 101), and the speed at which said flat articles (100, 101) are conveyed, the sorting machine (1) having means for determining the predetermined physical characteristics of each incoming flat article (101) arriving in said stacker (3), said monitoring and control unit being arranged to act after said determination to assign a predefined type of flat article to said flat article (101) arriving in said stacker (3) and to activate the corresponding unstacking program so as to apply predetermined operating parameters while said
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2012
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Inventors: Guy Darmon, Xavier Bastien, Pierre Campagnolle, Jean-Michel Reboul