Patents by Inventor Gilbert Beaud

Gilbert Beaud 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).

  • Closure and discharge device for a winding of an elongated element
    Patent number: 6513745
    Abstract: The closure device is intended to hold the free end of an elongated element on a winding collected on a winding station during the operations of making ligatures on this winding. The device includes a support, capable of being set in rotation about a shaft coaxial with the winding, and two means of actuating bent arms, pressing portions of which are capable of clamping the last layer of the winding. This device makes it possible to automate the finishing operations of the winding. Furthermore it makes it possible to aid in discharging the finished winding from the winding station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2003
    Assignee: Nextrom Holding SA
    Inventors: Hans Suter, Gilbert Beaud, Franz Jermann