Patents by Inventor Didier Plier

Didier Plier 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: 8393497
    Abstract: A powder-metering apparatus (1) for dispensing measured doses of a powder into a receiving container has a handling and positioning device (2) with a handling arm (3) designed to handle a metering device (4, 4a, 4b, 4c). The metering device has a reservoir container (31, 31a, 31b, 31c) with a metering head (32, 32a, 32b, 32c) which has a discharge orifice (5, 6) and a flow-control element (34, 35, 36). The flow-control element controls the rate at which powder leaves the discharge orifice. The powder-metering apparatus is equipped with an impact device (11, 111) adapted to shock the metering device with upward-directed force pulses of high intensity and short duration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2013
    Assignee: Mettler-Toledo AG
    Inventors: Ivan-William Fontaine, Didier Plier
  • Patent number: 7617849
    Abstract: An apparatus for dispensing substances, specifically powders and liquids, into a container, is designed as a compact module containing a weighing device with a load receiver, a holder device which is attached to the load receiver and serves to receive and loosely hold the container while the substances are dispensed into the container, and a liquid-dispensing device for dispensing a liquid into the container while the latter is seated in the holder device. The apparatus includes a clamping device for firmly gripping and immobilizing the container, so that a capping device that is not part of the apparatus can put a cap on the container or remove the cap from the container while the latter is seated in the holder device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2009
    Assignee: Mettler-Toledo AG
    Inventors: Alain Dubois, Damien Dupont, Ivan-William Fontaine, Patrick Herbelin, Denis Loisel, Didier Plier, Bertrand Stefani
  • Publication number: 20090140003
    Abstract: A powder-metering apparatus (1) for dispensing measured doses of a powder into a receiving container has a handling and positioning device (2) with a handling arm (3) designed to handle a metering device (4, 4a, 4b, 4c). The metering device has a reservoir container (31, 31a, 31b, 31c) with a metering head (32, 32a, 32b, 32c) which has a discharge orifice (5, 6) and a flow-control element (34, 35, 36). The flow-control element controls the rate at which powder leaves the discharge orifice. The powder-metering apparatus is equipped with an impact device (11, 111) adapted to shock the metering device with upward-directed force pulses of high intensity and short duration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2009
    Publication date: June 4, 2009
    Applicant: Mettler-Toledo Flexilab SAS
    Inventors: Ivan-William Fontaine, Didier Plier
  • Publication number: 20060137760
    Abstract: An apparatus for dispensing substances, specifically powders and liquids, into a container, is designed as a compact module containing a weighing device with a load receiver, a holder device which is attached to the load receiver and serves to receive and loosely hold the container while the substances are dispensed into the container, and a liquid-dispensing device for dispensing a liquid into the container while the latter is seated in the holder device. The apparatus includes a clamping device for firmly gripping and immobilizing the container, so that a capping device that is not part of the apparatus can put a cap on the container or remove the cap from the container while the latter is seated in the holder device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2005
    Publication date: June 29, 2006
    Applicant: Mettler-Toledo Flexilab SAS
    Inventors: Alain Dubois, Damien Dupont, Ivan-William Fontaine, Patrick Herbelin, Denis Loisel, Didier Plier, Bertrand Stefani