Patents by Inventor Frantz M. Boucraut

Frantz M. Boucraut 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).

  • Device for gripping and displacing knitted or woven articles
    Patent number: 4231563
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for taking up and displacing knitted or woven articles which are disposed in a pile, both when folded and not folded. The device is a combination of a first needle type gripping means with a vacuum gripping means and a supplying means. The needle type gripping means raises an edge of an article in the pile and, during a relative movement occurring between the vacuum gripping means and the supplying means, the latter progressively conveys this article towards the vacuum gripping means until said article adheres thereto as a result of a vacuum effect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 1978
    Date of Patent: November 4, 1980
    Assignee: Valton S.A.
    Inventor: Frantz M. Boucraut