Patents by Inventor Gilles Cattacin

Gilles Cattacin 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: 8322568
    Abstract: A sheet product dispenser includes a housing comprising a dispenser opening for dispensing sheet product, and a water resistance means attached to a periphery of the dispenser opening, the water resistance means includes a means for housing the sheet product, a repositionable chute door movable between an open and a closed position, a chute seal between the housing means and the dispenser opening, and at least a door seal between the housing means and the chute door.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignee: Georgia-Pacific France
    Inventors: Gilles Cattacin, Nicolas Pommier, Brian K. Linstedt, Sally A. Stark, Timothy C. Rothwell, Luke C. Stonis
  • Patent number: 8298640
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a roll made of a succession of single-use absorbing paper sheets separated along at least one side thereof, perpendicular to the unwinding direction of the roll by parallel pre-cuts, the sheets being further separated by cuts extending along at least 80% of the cut side of the sheets, and the cuts and pre-cuts alternating in the roll unwinding direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2012
    Assignee: Georgia-Pacific Consumer Products LP
    Inventors: Gilles Cattacin, Yves Enggasser, Jean-Louis Neveu
  • Publication number: 20120237711
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method of manufacturing a web of sheet product, with a discontinuous perforation arrangement such that manufacture of a web of sheet product provides for an increase in the breaking strength of the web of sheet product while feeding the web in a machine direction, thereby reducing the risk of breaking and maintaining the yield and throughput of the production of the perforated web as an intermediate product, yet providing a low breaking force for individual strips produced from the web.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2012
    Publication date: September 20, 2012
    Applicant: GEORGIA-PACIFIC CONSUMER PRODUCTS LP
    Inventors: Gilles Cattacin, Pierre Laurent, Julien Marietta-Tondin, Remy Ruppel, Ann M. Andres, Abby C. Case
  • Patent number: 7988085
    Abstract: A system for dispensing a strip of absorbent product in the form of a roll, of the type comprising a roll, formed of a wound strip of absorbent product, axially delimited by a first lateral side and a second lateral side, a dispenser for dispensing the absorbent product in the form of a roll, of the type comprising a frame and a cover which is mounted such that it can move, means for holding and guiding the rotation of the roll with respect to the frame, which means comprise a first holding element for holding the roll and which is borne by the frame, and a second guiding and positioning element which is borne by the cover such that it is fixed in terms of rotation and which can be housed axially in a lateral housing of the roll, characterized in that the second guiding and positioning element comprises at least one projecting portion on which an internal wall of the second housing is able to slide for guiding the rotation of the roll if the roll is a complementary roll, and which is able to dig into the stri
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2011
    Assignee: Georgia-Pacific France
    Inventors: Gilles Cattacin, Jean-Louis Jehl, Nicolas Pommier
  • Patent number: 7810641
    Abstract: The invention relates to a flexible packaging of parallelepipedal form for flexible, superposed flat elements, which may or may not be interlinked, forming a stack of axis XX, comprising a breakable zone (1) capable of constituting a dispensing opening that is initially closed and delimited by a line of weakening (2), said zone (1) extending over three faces (11, 12, 13) of the packaging. The breakable zone (1) is circular, or substantially circular, of diameter D, the greater part of the zone (1) is centred on one (11) of the faces of the packaging perpendicular to the stacking axis XX, and the other two parts of the breakable zone (1) being arranged on two faces (12, 13) of the packaging that are parallel to the axis XX of the stack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2010
    Assignee: Georgia-Pacific France
    Inventors: Joel Hungler, Yves-Michel Malecot, Nicolas Pommier, Gilles Cattacin
  • Publication number: 20100075094
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a roll made of a succession of single-use absorbing paper sheets (1) separated along at least one side thereof, perpendicular to the unwinding direction of the roll, by parallel pre-cuts (2), the sheets (1) being further separated by cuts (3) extending along at least 80% of the cut side of the sheets, and the cuts and pre-cuts alternating in the roll unwinding direction. The invention also relates to a method for producing such rolls and to the related manufacturing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2007
    Publication date: March 25, 2010
    Applicant: GEORGIA-PACIFIC FRANCE
    Inventors: Gilles Cattacin, Yves Enggasser, Jean-Louis Neveu
  • Patent number: 7648097
    Abstract: The invention relates to a dispenser of rolls placed side by side, each held in rotation about a horizontal spindle (1), comprising a casing (10) surrounding the rolls, a cover (14) that complements the casing, at least one opening (2) in the lower part of the dispenser, and a sliding access panel (3) intended to partially close off the said opening so as to allow access to one of the rolls known as the roll in use, and at the same time, prevent access to the other roll known as the spare roll contained in the dispenser. According to the invention, the dispenser further comprises a mechanism intended to immobilize the access panel (3) under the spare roll and release it automatically and only when the roll in use is empty.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2010
    Assignee: Georgia-Pacific France
    Inventors: Gilles Cattacin, Nicolas Pommier, Philippe Cador
  • Publication number: 20090218433
    Abstract: The invention relates to a system of dispensing a product rolled around an element such as a tube (50), such product defining a structure such as a cylinder, and such system comprising in particular: a frame, a means of support and connection of the roll in the frame. It is claimed for the invention that the tube (50) includes an electrically conductive element (50c) designed to operate in conjunction with an element of the frame so as together to form an electric circuit element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2009
    Publication date: September 3, 2009
    Applicant: Georgia-Pacific France
    Inventors: Jean-Louis Neveu, Gilles Cattacin
  • Publication number: 20090159735
    Abstract: A system for dispensing a strip of absorbent product in the form of a roll, of the type comprising a roll, formed of a wound strip of absorbent product, axially delimited by a first lateral side and a second lateral side, a dispenser for dispensing the absorbent product in the form of a roll, of the type comprising a frame and a cover which is mounted such that it can move, means for holding and guiding the rotation of the roll with respect to the frame, which means comprise a first holding element for holding the roll and which is borne by the frame, and a second guiding and positioning element which is borne by the cover such that it is fixed in terms of rotation and which can be housed axially in a lateral housing of the roll, characterized in that the second guiding and positioning element comprises at least one projecting portion on which an internal wall of the second housing is able to slide for guiding the rotation of the roll if the roll is a complementary roll, and which is able to dig into the stri
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2008
    Publication date: June 25, 2009
    Applicant: GEORGIA-PACIFIC FRANCE
    Inventors: Gilles Cattacin, Jean-Louis Jehl, Nicolas Pommier
  • Publication number: 20090120952
    Abstract: A sheet product dispenser includes a housing comprising a dispenser opening for dispensing sheet product, and a water resistance means attached to a periphery of the dispenser opening, the water resistance means includes a means for housing the sheet product, a repositionable chute door movable between an open and a closed position, a chute seal between the housing means and the dispenser opening, and at least a door seal between the housing means and the chute door.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2008
    Publication date: May 14, 2009
    Applicant: GEORGIA-PACIFIC FRANCE
    Inventors: Gilles Cattacin, Nicolas Pommier, Brian K. Linstedt, Sally A. Stark, Timothy C. Rothwell, Luke C. Stonis
  • Patent number: 7513453
    Abstract: A system for dispensing a strip of absorbent product in a coreless roll, of the type including a roll and a dispenser for dispensing the absorbent product, of the type including a first guiding and positioning element which can be received in a first housing of the roll and including a second holding element which can be received in a second housing of the roll, wherein the first guiding and positioning element includes a portion of revolution with a cross section decreasing towards the inside of the dispenser, which can be received in the first associated housing of the roll.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2009
    Assignee: Georgia-Pacific France
    Inventors: Gilles Cattacin, Jean-Louis Neveu, Nicolas Pommier
  • Publication number: 20090057172
    Abstract: The invention relates to a flexible packaging of parallelepipedal form for flexible, superposed flat elements, which may or may not be interlinked, forming a stack of axis XX, comprising a breakable zone (1) capable of constituting a dispensing opening that is initially closed and delimited by a line of weakening (2), said zone (1) extending over three faces (11, 12, 13) of the packaging. The breakable zone (1) is circular, or substantially circular, of diameter D, the greater part of the zone (1) is centred on one (11) of the faces of the packaging perpendicular to the stacking axis XX, and the other two parts of the breakable zone (1) being arranged on two faces (12, 13) of the packaging that are parallel to the axis XX of the stack.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2008
    Publication date: March 5, 2009
    Applicant: GEORGIA-PACIFIC FRANCE
    Inventors: Joel Hungler, Yves-Michel Malecot, Nicolas Pommier, Gilles Cattacin
  • Publication number: 20080156926
    Abstract: The invention relates to a dispenser of rolls placed side by side, each held in rotation about a horizontal spindle (1), comprising a casing (10) surrounding the rolls, a cover (14) that complements the casing, at least one opening (2) in the lower part of the dispenser, and a sliding access panel (3) intended to partially close off the said opening so as to allow access to one of the rolls known as the roll in use, and at the same time, prevent access to the other roll known as the spare roll contained in the dispenser. According to the invention, the dispenser further comprises a mechanism intended to immobilize the access panel (3) under the spare roll and release it automatically and only when the roll in use is empty.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2007
    Publication date: July 3, 2008
    Applicant: GEORGIA-PACIFIC FRANCE
    Inventors: Gilles Cattacin, Nicolas Pommier, Philippe Cador
  • Publication number: 20080099593
    Abstract: A material control groove is pressed into one of the lateral faces of a dispenser roll of absorbent paper in the form of a continuous sheet rolled about an axis forming helical coils, provided in the form of a groove defining a closed contour about the axis such that the width of the sheet forming the coils spaced axially inward of the groove is reduced by displacement of portions of the continuous sheet in a direction parallel to the axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2007
    Publication date: May 1, 2008
    Applicant: GEORGIA-PACIFIC FRANCE
    Inventors: Remy Ruppel, Gilles Cattacin, Arnaud Jaegler
  • Publication number: 20070114321
    Abstract: A system for dispensing a strip of absorbent product in a coreless roll, of the type including a roll and a dispenser for dispensing the absorbent product, of the type including a first guiding and positioning element which can be received in a first housing of the roll and including a second holding element which can be received in a second housing of the roll, wherein the first guiding and positioning element includes a portion of revolution with a cross section decreasing towards the inside of the dispenser, which can be received in the first associated housing of the roll.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2006
    Publication date: May 24, 2007
    Applicant: GEORGIA-PACIFIC FRANCE
    Inventors: Gilles Cattacin, Jean-Louis Neveu, Nicolas Pommier
  • Patent number: D613538
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2010
    Assignee: Georgia-Pacific France
    Inventors: Gilles Cattacin, Yoann Denis, Nicolas Pommier
  • Patent number: D620733
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2010
    Assignee: Georgia-Pacific France
    Inventors: Eric Denis, Gilles Cattacin
  • Patent number: D625535
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2010
    Assignee: Georgia-Pacific France
    Inventors: Gilles Cattacin, Nicolas Pommier, Yoann Denis
  • Patent number: D664795
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2012
    Assignee: Georgia-Pacific France
    Inventors: Gilles Cattacin, Yves Stoeffler, Yoann Denis, Eric Denis
  • Patent number: D664796
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2012
    Assignee: Georgia-Pacific France
    Inventors: Gilles Cattacin, Yves Stoeffler, Yoann Denis, Eric Denis