Patents by Inventor Charles A. Authier

Charles A. Authier 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).

  • Conveyor
    Patent number: 9169073
    Abstract: A conveyor (3) having a first belt (7a) which is configured to move in a closed loop (19); a support element (15) which includes first surface (16a) which is configured to cooperate with a first surface (17a) of the first belt (7a) to support the first belt (7a) during an outgoing part of the closed loop (19) and a second surface (16b) and is configured to cooperate with a second surface (17b) of the first belt (7a) to support the first belt (7a) during a return part of the closed loop (19), so that the first belt (7a) is prevented from hanging.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2015
    Assignee: Mikron SA
    Inventors: Jose-Andres Gutierrez, Serge Thiebaud, Olivier Neumann, Jean-Charles Authier
  • CONVEYOR
    Publication number: 20140346012
    Abstract: A conveyor (3) comprising, a first belt (7a) which is configured to move in a closed loop (19); a support element (15) which comprises first surface (16a) which is configured to cooperate with a first surface (17a) of the first belt (7a) to support the first belt (7a) during an outgoing part of the closed loop (19) and a second surface (16b) which is configured to cooperate with a second surface (17b) of the first belt (7a) to support the first belt (7a) during a return part of the closed loop (19), so that the first belt (7a) is prevented from hanging; a second belt (7b) which is configured to move in a closed loop (19), and the support element (15) comprises a third surface (16c) which is configured to cooperate with a first surface (18a) of the second belt (7b) to support the second belt (7b) during an outgoing part of the closed loop (19) and a fourth surface (16d) which cooperates with a second surface (18b) of the second belt (7b) to support the second belt (7b) during a return part of the closed loop (
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2013
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Inventors: Jose-Andres Gutierrez, Serge Thiebaud, Oliver Neumann, Jean-Charles Authier
  • Woven slide fastener stringer with molded reinforcing projections on upper connecting threads
    Patent number: 4313244
    Abstract: A woven stringer for a slide fastener has reinforcing projections integral with molded coupling elements. The reinforcing projections extend only along upper connecting threads of four spaced connecting threads upon which the coupling elements are molded to permit free compressing and flexing of the lower connecting threads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 1979
    Date of Patent: February 2, 1982
    Assignee: Talon, Inc.
    Inventor: Charles A. Authier