Patents by Inventor Denis Bischoff

Denis Bischoff 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).

  • Container manufacturing plant comprising a robot positioned to operate on at least two units
    Patent number: 9227345
    Abstract: A plant (10) for manufacturing containers (12) from thermoplastic preforms (16), the plant (10) including at least:—a first unit (12) for thermally conditioning the preforms (16) which includes a first vertical lateral face (F1); and—a second unit (14) for shaping the containers (24) from the preforms (16) which have been thermally conditioned in the first unit (12), the second unit including a second vertical lateral face (F2); characterized in that the plant (10) includes at least one robot (50) which faces the first vertical lateral face (F1) and the second vertical lateral face (F2) in order to selectively operate through the first vertical lateral face (F1) and/or through the second vertical lateral face (F2) to carry out operations on the first unit (12) and/or the second unit (14).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2016
    Assignee: SIDEL PARTICIPATIONS
    Inventors: Damien Cirette, Eric Meunier, Denis Bischoff, Julien Auger
  • CONTAINER MANUFACTURING PLANT COMPRISING A ROBOT POSITIONED TO OPERATE ON AT LEAST TWO UNITS
    Publication number: 20150151455
    Abstract: A plant (10) for manufacturing containers (12) from thermoplastic preforms (16), the plant (10) including at least:—a first unit (12) for thermally conditioning the preforms (16) which includes a first vertical lateral face (F1); and—a second unit (14) for shaping the containers (24) from the preforms (16) which have been thermally conditioned in the first unit (12), the second unit including a second vertical lateral face (F2); characterized in that the plant (10) includes at least one robot (50) which faces the first vertical lateral face (F1) and the second vertical lateral face (F2) in order to selectively operate through the first vertical lateral face (F1) and/or through the second vertical lateral face (F2) to carry out operations on the first unit (12) and/or the second unit (14).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2013
    Publication date: June 4, 2015
    Inventors: Damien Cirette, Eric Meunier, Denis Bischoff, Julien Auger