Patents by Inventor Xavier GOURLAOUEN

Xavier GOURLAOUEN 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).

  • Publication number: 20240130550
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a straw (1) for the consumption of a liquid or semi-liquid edible product from a package (2) wherein said edible product is contained, said straw comprising a hollow elongated channel (3) having two extremities (4), characterized in that it comprises a coating (6) comprising at least one volatile aromatic product, said coating (6) being adapted to release said volatile aromatic product with the air that is mixed to said liquid or semi-liquid edible product, at the time the latter is sipped through said hollow channel (3).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2022
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventors: STEFAN PALZER, GERHARD NIEDERREITER, MARIE-AMELIE FRANCOISE SUZANNE GLERON, NICOLA GALAFFU, XAVIER GOURLAOUEN
  • Publication number: 20100077703
    Abstract: A method of positioning containers in an installation for processing containers having mouth segments (103) of different cross-sections, the method comprising the step of moving the containers along a container movement line (1) in an installation while maintaining a reference point on each of the mouth segments on said movement line, the movement line being common to all mouth segment cross-sections, and the reference points on the mouth segments being the same regardless of the cross-sections of the mouth segments of the containers, wherein the reference point is situated on an outside side surface of the mouth segment in a manner such that the mouth segments are tangential to the movement line. A corresponding positioning device and an installation including such devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2009
    Publication date: April 1, 2010
    Inventor: Xavier GOURLAOUEN