Patents by Inventor Francis Chevillon

Francis Chevillon 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: 5255020
    Abstract: A printing assembly having a guiding and driving system for moving an article past ink emission nozzles. A detecting device detects the movement of the article through the assembly and based on that detection triggers emission of ink by the nozzles. Compressed air jets are forced toward the article, creating suction due to the Bernoulli effect which effectively maintains the article a set distance from the nozzles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 1992
    Date of Patent: October 19, 1993
    Assignee: Secap
    Inventors: Claude Martin, Francis Chevillon
  • Patent number: 5126753
    Abstract: A printing assembly having a guiding and driving system for moving an article past ink emission nozzles. A detecting device detects the movement of the article through the assembly and based on that detection triggers emission of ink by the nozzles. Compressed air jets are forced toward the article, creating suction due to the Bernoulli effect which effectively maintains the article a set distance from the nozzles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 1990
    Date of Patent: June 30, 1992
    Assignee: Secap
    Inventors: Claude Martin, Francis Chevillon
  • Patent number: 4999616
    Abstract: The invention includes a device and a method for recognizing the instantaneous position of a plurality of mechanical parts, the parts being linearly and incrementally movable between a departure position and an arrival position. The device includes a plurality of radiation modifying tags respectively associated and movable with the mechanical parts. There are a plurality of pairs of radiation emitters and receivers located on the opposite sides of the parts at incremental positions, whereby the pressence of a tag between a given pair causes modification of the radiation received by an associated receiver. The device further provides for generating detect signals from the receivers, and for recognizing that corroborating detect signals from the receivers correspond to a specific set of positions of the mechanical parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 1990
    Date of Patent: March 12, 1991
    Assignee: SECAP
    Inventors: Claude Martin, Francis Chevillon