Patents by Inventor Bertrand Gruau

Bertrand Gruau 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).

  • Patent number: 8025825
    Abstract: A method for the compression molding of a plastic part including a neck which is equipped with an orifice, in which a blank is created and compressed. The part is molded with a neck which is equipped with a top wall including a thin area with a notch, the contour of this thin area defining the orifice, and two zones which can withstand the mechanical stress necessary in order to break the top wall at the notch. One of the two zones is intended to transmit the mechanical stress and the other is used as a support. The section of the notch is slightly inclined in relation to the axis of the neck. After molding, mechanical stress is applied to one part of the top wall, other than the thin area, so that the top wall tears at the notch, thereby producing the dispensing orifice.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2011
    Assignee: Cebal SAS
    Inventors: Bertrand Gruau, Herve Zakrzewski
  • Patent number: 7037456
    Abstract: Apparatus for manufacturing flexible tubes comprising a skirt and a head provided with a neck and a shoulder linking the neck to the skirt, the apparatus having a first zone devoted to manufacturing the skirts, a second zone devoted to manufacturing the flexible tubes, a third zone devoted to finishing the flexible tubes thus produced, a first transfer device transferring the skirts in continuous motion from the first zone to the second zone, and a second transfer device transferring, in continuous motion synchronized with the former, the tubes from the second zone to the third zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2006
    Assignee: Cebal SA
    Inventors: Bertrand Gruau, Hervé Zakrzewski, Michel Bosshardt
  • Patent number: 7022277
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing objects and object parts formed by an assembly comprising at least two plastic parts (10 and 5; 10? and 5?), which can move in relation to one another with at least one degree of freedom and which are provided with surfaces having at least partially complementary shapes such that, in at least one geometric configuration, they are solidly interconnected on a common surface (11; 11?) in close, clearance-free contact The inventive method comprises the following steps: 1) molding of a first part (10, 10?) by compression or injection; 2) removal of the second tool, the first part (10, 10?) remaining solidly connected to the first tool which serves as a piece of support equipment or is installed on a piece of support equipment (60); 3) compression molding of the second part using the whole (110) of the first part which is integral to the support equipment and a third tool; 4) removal of the first support tool (60) and the third tool (55) and extraction of the assembly
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2006
    Assignee: CEBAL S.A.S
    Inventors: Michel Bosshardt, Bertrand Gruau
  • Publication number: 20050051928
    Abstract: A method for the compression molding of plastic parts including a neck which is equipped with an orifice. In the method, the first step involves the creation of a blank and the second step involves the compression of the blank. The part is molded with a neck which is equipped with a top wall including a thin area with a notch, the contour of this thin area defining the orifice, and two zones which can withstand the mechanical stress necessary in order to break the top wall at the notch. One of the two zones is intended to transmit the aforementioned mechanical stress and the other is used as a support. The section of the notch is slightly inclined in relation to the axis of the neck. According to the invention, after molding, the mechanical stress is applied to one part of the top wall, other than the above-mentioned thin area, so that the top wall tears at the notch, thereby producing the dispensing orifice.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2003
    Publication date: March 10, 2005
    Inventors: Bertrand Gruau, Herve Zakrzewski
  • Publication number: 20040061256
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing objects and object parts formed by an assembly comprising at least two plastic parts (10 and 5; 10′ and 5′), which can move in relation to one another with at least one degree of freedom and which are provided with surfaces having at least partially complementary shapes such that, in at least one geometric configuration, they are solidly interconnected on a common surface (11; 11′) in close, clearance-free contact The inventive method comprises the following steps: 1) moulding of a first part (10, 10′) by compression or injection; 2) removal of the second tool, the first part (10, 10′) remaining solidly connected to the first tool which serves as a piece of support equipment or is installed on a piece of support equipment (60); 3) compression moulding of the second part using the whole (110) of the first part which is integral to the support equipment and a third tool; 4) removal of the first support tool (60) and the third tool (55
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2003
    Publication date: April 1, 2004
    Inventors: Michel Bosshardt, Bertrand Gruau
  • Publication number: 20020175445
    Abstract: Apparatus for manufacturing flexible tubes comprising a skirt and a head provided with a neck and a shoulder linking the neck to the skirt, the apparatus having a first zone devoted to manufacturing the skirts, a second zone devoted to manufacturing the flexible tubes, a third zone devoted to finishing the flexible tubes thus produced, a first transfer device transferring the skirts in continuous motion from the first zone to the second zone, and a second transfer device transferring, in continuous motion synchronized with the former, the tubes from the second zone to the third zone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2002
    Publication date: November 28, 2002
    Applicant: Cebal SA
    Inventors: Bertrand Gruau, Herve Zakrzewski, Michel Bosshardt