Patents by Inventor Eric J. Blondeel

Eric J. Blondeel 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).

  • Web controlling apparatus
    Patent number: 4385716
    Abstract: An apparatus for controlling an outgoing web leaving an air cushion turning bar, which enables a convenient transport of longitudinally curved webs over such air turning bar. The apparatus comprises at least one axially displaceable roller adapted to be moved laterally upon a deviation in the web to bring the same to its outgoing path, and a second roller capable of bodily tilting movement and preferably axial movement as well, to differentially lengthen the path of the web edge margin remote from the direction of deviation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 1980
    Date of Patent: May 31, 1983
    Assignee: AGFA-Gevaert N.V.
    Inventors: Joseph I. De Roeck, Eric J. Blondeel, Lucien A. Christiaen