Patents by Inventor Frédéric NORMAND

Frédéric NORMAND 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).

  • Kneading device fitted with a shaft retention device
    Patent number: 9457328
    Abstract: A paste kneading device includes an oblong barrel, two shafts arranged parallel within the barrel, being held and driven at their first ends, defining an upstream end, by a drive device, two screws each formed by threads carried by the shafts, each screw having a transport section carrying a main thread to cause the paste to advance along the two screws, and an outlet orifice formed in the wall of the barrel to discharge the kneaded paste, the kneading device further including a holder device to hold each shaft at its second end, defining a downstream end, and enabling the shaft to rotate freely, the holder device including, for each shaft, a first portion secured to the shaft and a second portion secured to a cap end portion of the barrel, the cap end portion being removable and the first and second portions being configured to engage and disengage freely.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignees: HERAKLES, CENTRE NATIONAL D'ETUDES SPATIALES CNES
    Inventor: Frédéric Normand
  • KNEADING DEVICE FITTED WITH A SHAFT RETENTION DEVICE
    Publication number: 20150298079
    Abstract: A paste kneading device includes an oblong barrel, two shafts arranged parallel within the barrel, being held and driven at their first ends, defining an upstream end, by a drive device, two screws each formed by threads carried by the shafts, each screw having a transport section carrying a main thread to cause the paste to advance along the two screws, and an outlet orifice formed in the wall of the barrel to discharge the kneaded paste, the kneading device further including a holder device to hold each shaft at its second end, defining a downstream end, and enabling the shaft to rotate freely, the holder device including, for each shaft, a first portion secured to the shaft and a second portion secured to a cap end portion of the barrel, the cap end portion being removable and the first and second portions being configured to engage and disengage freely.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2013
    Publication date: October 22, 2015
    Applicant: HERAKLES
    Inventor: Frédéric NORMAND