Patents by Inventor David Champel

David Champel 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).

  • Device for Handling a Strip of Product Containing Rubber and Method for Producing a Winding Device onto which said Strip is a Wound
    Publication number: 20130126660
    Abstract: A device for handling a rubber-containing product web (20) intended for the manufacture of a tire, of the type comprising: an endless belt (24) for conveying the web (20), which belt is guided and driven by a set of rollers (R1 to R8) rotatably mounted about axes parallel to a direction (Y), termed the transverse direction, at least some of these rollers (R1 to R8) separating a carrier strand (24P) of the belt, which is intended to carry the web (20), from a return strand (24R) of the belt, a reel (28) for winding the web (20), which reel is arranged above the carrier strand (24P) and rotatably mounted about an axis substantially parallel to the transverse direction; and (Y), means (46) for temporarily diverting the path of the carrier strand (24P) between a normal path of the carrier strand (24P), substantially tangential to the reel (28), and a temporary path for winding the carrier strand (24P) around a sector of the reel (28) that is more than 90°.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2010
    Publication date: May 23, 2013
    Applicants: Michelin Recherche et Technique S.A., Compagnie Generale Des Etablissements Michelin
    Inventors: Eugénie Guyomard, Jean-Michel Fournier, Frédéric Cottais, David Champel, Yves Hilbert