Patents by Inventor Francois Martineau

Francois Martineau 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).

  • Process and device for deburring and chamfering edges of openings extending through a plate maintaining a bundle of tubes
    Patent number: 5683287
    Abstract: At least one brush rotatable about an axis parallel to the plate (1) and to a plane containing a row of bearing surfaces (4) of openings (2) of the plate (1), is moved along a rectilinear path (5a, 5b, 5c) parallel to the plane of the bearing surfaces (4) of the openings (2) of the row of the plate (1). Preferably, the device comprises a brushing unit mounted at the end of an articulated arm of a robot permitting the movement of the brushing unit in succession along rectilinear paths (5a, 5b, 5c) constituting several groups in which the paths are parallel to the same direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 1995
    Date of Patent: November 4, 1997
    Assignee: Framatome
    Inventors: Francois Martineau, Noel Martin