Patents by Inventor Gerard Lebret

Gerard Lebret 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 conveying and redistributing objects
    Patent number: 4449624
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for continuously distributing parallelepipedic loads which comprises a conveyor constituted by power-driven rollers whose axis is perpendicular to that of the push-bars of an endless chain conveyor arranged above the rollers, whereas an element for guiding the objects driven simultaneously by the rollers and the push-bars is arranged obliquely between the roller conveyor and the push-bar conveyor, the push-bars being provided with stops for transverse positioning of the objects on the roller conveyor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 1981
    Date of Patent: May 22, 1984
    Assignee: E. P. Remy et Cie
    Inventors: Didier Lemaire, Gerard Lebret
  • Extensible head for gripping and modifying a group of objects
    Patent number: 4444424
    Abstract: An extensible head for seizing and reorienting a group of objects includes a frame to which is swivelled a member which drives swivelled first links to cause the translation of carriages on which are rotatably mounted supports for gripping members, these supports being connected to a plate by second links swivelled to the plate and to lugs provided on the supports.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 1981
    Date of Patent: April 24, 1984
    Assignee: E. P. Remy et Cie
    Inventor: Gerard Lebret
  • Pincers-type gripper for seizing objects and gripping head equipped with such grippers
    Patent number: 4395069
    Abstract: A pincers-type gripper for seizing bottles includes an operating rod provided with a pin extending transversely to the rod and each end of which is loosely fitted in an aperture provided in each jaw, each aperture including two internal cam surfaces contacting the ends of the pin to allow the jaws to be moved towards or from one another when the operating rod is actuated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 1981
    Date of Patent: July 26, 1983
    Assignee: E. P. Remy et Cie.
    Inventor: Gerard Lebret