Patents by Inventor Fran.cedilla.ois Julien Saint Amand

Fran.cedilla.ois Julien Saint Amand 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: 6010593
    Abstract: A process and device for continuously measuring the quantity of particles spended in a liquid, which exist in at least two different physical states, such as detached or attached within the paper pulp. A separation assembly separates the particles into divisions depending on their size, and the separation assembly is continuously fed with liquid via an input pipe. A measuring and processing assembly has two channels or ducts coming from the separation assembly and are provided with translucent windows. A measurement and capture unit illuminates the windows, and at least two cameras located opposite each of the respective windows are synchronized with the illumination unit to capture, at regular intervals, an image of the windows. A system for digitizing the captured images and processing them to determine the quantity of particles for each physical states is forwarded to an output unit in a digital or analog form.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 1997
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2000
    Assignee: Centre Technique de L'Industrie des Papiers, Cartons et Celluloses
    Inventors: Guy Eymin Petot Tourtollet, Fran.cedilla.ois Julien Saint Amand, Bernard Perrin, Jacques Sabater