Patents by Inventor Alain Gachon

Alain Gachon 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).

  • Barrel docking and opening apparatus
    Patent number: 8439217
    Abstract: An apparatus including a flange topped by a fitting including a trap adapted to seize and drive a lid of a barrel for opening the same and two inflatable gaskets equipping the flange and the trap that are inflated for clamping the container and the lid of the barrel at the connection thereof. Contamination inside the barrel and inside the upper enclosure will only spread over small surfaces of the apparatus between the gaskets and to the connection of both parts of the barrel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2013
    Assignee: Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique et Aux Energies Alternatives
    Inventors: Christophe Brenneis, Atik Chaouch, Franck Laurent, Alain Gachon
  • BARREL DOCKING AND OPENING APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20110185678
    Abstract: An apparatus including a flange topped by a fitting including a trap adapted to seize and drive a lid of a barrel for opening the same and two inflatable gaskets equipping the flange and the trap that are inflated for clamping the container and the lid of the barrel at the connection thereof. Contamination inside the barrel and inside the upper enclosure will only spread over small surfaces of the apparatus between the gaskets and to the connection of both parts of the barrel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2009
    Publication date: August 4, 2011
    Inventors: Christophe Brenneis, Atik Chaouch, Frank Laurent, Alain Gachon