Patents by Inventor Didier Duc

Didier Duc 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).

  • Safety system for a container door
    Patent number: 6154271
    Abstract: A safety system for preventing the exposure of photosensitive sheets wound on at least one core in a container. The container has a door moveable between opened and closed positions, a projection mounted spindle for supporting the at least one core, and a fixing device coupled to the projection mounted spindle for attaching the door to the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2000
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Didier Duc, Matthieu Joseph Helas
  • U-shaped light-tight structure
    Patent number: 5901849
    Abstract: A closure of a container and more particularly a removable light-tight door. The door includes a plane surface and sides having two partitions and each orientated at 90.degree. with respect to the plane surface. The outer partition of the edge is obtained by folding the wall and the inner partition consists of an attached folded panel with four elements, spot welded. The sides of the door form a U which comes to cooperate with the U formed by the sides of the container. Guide elements are provided in at least two corners of the door.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 11, 1999
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Christophe L. Blandin, Didier Duc
  • Container for a photosensitive product in strip form
    Patent number: 5680202
    Abstract: A container for a photosensitive product in strip form wound on a spool including a) a lightproof enclosure having two end walls, at least one of the end walls being able to be opened so as to define an end opening allowing the insertion/withdrawal of a roll of the photosensitive product in strip form; b) a cantilevered spindle mounted inside the enclosure in order to receive the spool, the spindle being mounted perpendicular to the end walls; and c) a ring for driving the roll out of the enclosure, through the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 1995
    Date of Patent: October 21, 1997
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Christophe Louis Michel Blandin, Jean-Pierre Lucien Martel, Didier Duc