Patents by Inventor Alain Douaud

Alain Douaud 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).

  • Method and installation for treatment of a band product
    Publication number: 20030230663
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for driving a band product through an installation comprising at least three successive sections, respectively a feeding section (1), a treatment section (2) placed between two tensioners, respectively upstream (61) and downstream (61′) and a discharge section (3).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2003
    Publication date: December 18, 2003
    Inventor: Alain Douaud
  • Compact strip processing facility
    Patent number: 5826818
    Abstract: A compact facility for treating flexible strip material, particularly cold rolled metal strip, has a strip entry section, a strip treating section and a strip exit section, in which at least one of the strip entry section and the strip exit section is disposed in spaced-apart, side-by-side and parallel relationship with the treating section, resulting in facility installation space savings and elimination of all but one operator's pulpit. The moving strip is turned by two or more turning devices from the direction of travel in the entry section to a direction along the length of the treating section and from the treating section to a direction along the length of the exit section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 27, 1998
    Assignee: Kvaerner U.S. Inc.
    Inventor: Alain Douaud