Patents by Inventor Xavier Cluzel

Xavier Cluzel 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).

  • DEVICE FOR SECURING A FURNACE PROVIDED WITH A RAPID COOLING AND HEATING SYSTEM OPERATING UNDER CONTROLLED ATMOSPHERE
    Publication number: 20090158975
    Abstract: A device enabling limitation of the risk of formation of an explosive atmosphere in the furnace of a continuous heat treatment line of metal strips the sections of which are under an atmosphere consisting of a mixture of inert gas and hydrogen the hydrogen volume content of which is between 5 and 100%, provided with a rapid induction heating section and a rapid cooling section comprising: a chamber (9) maintained under inert gas at the inlet of the rapid heating section of the furnace and at the outlet of the rapid cooling section, the pressure in the chamber (9) being equal to or greater than the atmospheric pressure when the heating of the furnace operates normally; a device (10) for entering the strip into the chamber (9), from the atmospheric air; a device (11) for atmosphere separation and for entering the strip in the heating section of the furnace from the chamber (9) under inert gas, said device (11) being provided with a gas take-off (4); a device (13) for atmosphere separation and for removing the s
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2007
    Publication date: June 25, 2009
    Applicant: FIVES STEIN
    Inventors: Xavier Cluzel, Christian Gaillard, Gérard Jodet, Frederic Marmonier
  • Method and apparatus for reducing wrinkles on a strip in a rapid cooling zone of a heat treatment line
    Patent number: 6464808
    Abstract: A method is disclosed for reducing the formation of wrinkles on metal strip subject to cooling in continuous heat treatment lines in which the strip passes through cooling zones through which cooling gas flows. The method includes the step of gradually modifying the cooling intensity at each change in the slope of the cooling cycle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2002
    Assignees: Stein Heurtey, Sollac
    Inventors: Catherine Pasquinet, Xavier Cluzel, Akli Elias, Jérôme Muller
  • Method and apparatus for reducing wrinkles on a strip in a rapid cooling zone of a heat treatment line
    Publication number: 20020124916
    Abstract: Method for reducing the formation of wrinkles on metal strip subjected to cooling in continuous heat treatment lines in which the said strip passes through cooling zones having boxes provided with means for blowing a cooling gas, comprising the step of gradually modifying the cooling intensity at each change in the slope of the cooling cycle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2001
    Publication date: September 12, 2002
    Inventors: Catherine Pasquinet, Xavier Cluzel, Akli Elias, Jerome Muller