Patents by Inventor Edward Brossard

Edward Brossard 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).

  • Apparatus and method for stabilizing a moving web having transitions in a surface adjacent the web
    Patent number: 8177940
    Abstract: A web stabilizer adapted to stabilize a web moving across a span between two components of a web machine or machines, the stabilizer including: a surface facing and adjacent the moving web, and at least one transition in the surface of the stabilizer, wherein the transition is a protrusion or recess in the surface between a leading edge of the stabilizer facing a direction of web travel and a trailing edge of the stabilizer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2012
    Assignee: Andritz Inc.
    Inventors: Gerald Kramer, Alain Chamberland, Rudy Chang, Paul Richards, Kurt Mitterboeck, Edward Brossard, Joseph Guadagno, Dave Gamble
  • APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR STABILIZING A MOVING WEB HAVING TRANSITIONS IN A SURFACE ADJACENT THE WEB
    Publication number: 20100224340
    Abstract: A web stabilizer adapted to stabilize a web moving across a span between two components of a web machine or machines, the stabilizer including: a surface facing and adjacent the moving web, and at least one transition in the surface of the stabilizer, wherein the transition is a protrusion or recess in the surface between a leading edge of the stabilizer facing a direction of web travel and a trailing edge of the stabilizer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2010
    Publication date: September 9, 2010
    Applicant: ANDRITZ INC.
    Inventors: Gerald Kramer, Alain Chamberland, Rudy Chang, Paul Richards, Kurt Mitterboeck, Edward Brossard, Joseph Guadagno, Dave Gamble
  • APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR STABILIZING A MOVING WEB
    Publication number: 20100213305
    Abstract: An apparatus for causing an air movement in a cross-machine direction and substantially parallel with a stabilizer surface adjacent a moving web, the apparatus positioned adjacent the stabilizer at or outside a sheet edge of the stabilizer, the apparatus directing a fluid movement in a direction moving away from the side edges of the moving web to stabilize the edges of the web.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2010
    Publication date: August 26, 2010
    Applicant: ANDRITZ INC.
    Inventors: Gerald Kramer, Edward Brossard