Patents by Inventor Ivan-William Fontaine

Ivan-William Fontaine 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: 8393497
    Abstract: A powder-metering apparatus (1) for dispensing measured doses of a powder into a receiving container has a handling and positioning device (2) with a handling arm (3) designed to handle a metering device (4, 4a, 4b, 4c). The metering device has a reservoir container (31, 31a, 31b, 31c) with a metering head (32, 32a, 32b, 32c) which has a discharge orifice (5, 6) and a flow-control element (34, 35, 36). The flow-control element controls the rate at which powder leaves the discharge orifice. The powder-metering apparatus is equipped with an impact device (11, 111) adapted to shock the metering device with upward-directed force pulses of high intensity and short duration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2013
    Assignee: Mettler-Toledo AG
    Inventors: Ivan-William Fontaine, Didier Plier
  • Patent number: 7984835
    Abstract: A power measure-dispensing cap including a body having a first end face, which is designed to be brought into contact with a powder container, and a second end face which, together with the first end face, defines at least one feed opening which flares out towards the first end face, the feed opening supplying at least one endless screw; and at least one opening. The opening is disposed in the second end face in contact with the endless screw.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2011
    Assignee: Mettler-Toledo AG
    Inventors: Ivan-William Fontaine, Patrick Herbelin
  • Patent number: 7617849
    Abstract: An apparatus for dispensing substances, specifically powders and liquids, into a container, is designed as a compact module containing a weighing device with a load receiver, a holder device which is attached to the load receiver and serves to receive and loosely hold the container while the substances are dispensed into the container, and a liquid-dispensing device for dispensing a liquid into the container while the latter is seated in the holder device. The apparatus includes a clamping device for firmly gripping and immobilizing the container, so that a capping device that is not part of the apparatus can put a cap on the container or remove the cap from the container while the latter is seated in the holder device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2009
    Assignee: Mettler-Toledo AG
    Inventors: Alain Dubois, Damien Dupont, Ivan-William Fontaine, Patrick Herbelin, Denis Loisel, Didier Plier, Bertrand Stefani
  • Publication number: 20090140003
    Abstract: A powder-metering apparatus (1) for dispensing measured doses of a powder into a receiving container has a handling and positioning device (2) with a handling arm (3) designed to handle a metering device (4, 4a, 4b, 4c). The metering device has a reservoir container (31, 31a, 31b, 31c) with a metering head (32, 32a, 32b, 32c) which has a discharge orifice (5, 6) and a flow-control element (34, 35, 36). The flow-control element controls the rate at which powder leaves the discharge orifice. The powder-metering apparatus is equipped with an impact device (11, 111) adapted to shock the metering device with upward-directed force pulses of high intensity and short duration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2009
    Publication date: June 4, 2009
    Applicant: Mettler-Toledo Flexilab SAS
    Inventors: Ivan-William Fontaine, Didier Plier
  • Patent number: 7284574
    Abstract: An apparatus for accurately metering out powder, comprising a container of powder, comprising an adjustable opening through which the powder is dispensed, said opening being in direct communication with the container; adjusting means for adjusting said opening; and a checking means for checking the amount of powder dispensed, in relation with said adjusting means; and a vibrating and/or tapping means for vibrating or tapping the container, wherein the container further comprises a stirrer situated within the interior volume of said container, and wherein said stirrer is arranged along an axis passing through the opening, said stirrer comprising; a first end arranged near the mid-plane of the opening, and a second end at the opposite end to the first end and which is connected to a device transmitting to the stirrer a back-and-forth movement along said axis passing through the opening, and possibly a rotary movement about said axis passing through the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2007
    Assignee: Mettler-Toledo Flexilab SAS
    Inventors: Ivan-William Fontaine, Patrick Herbelin
  • Publication number: 20060137760
    Abstract: An apparatus for dispensing substances, specifically powders and liquids, into a container, is designed as a compact module containing a weighing device with a load receiver, a holder device which is attached to the load receiver and serves to receive and loosely hold the container while the substances are dispensed into the container, and a liquid-dispensing device for dispensing a liquid into the container while the latter is seated in the holder device. The apparatus includes a clamping device for firmly gripping and immobilizing the container, so that a capping device that is not part of the apparatus can put a cap on the container or remove the cap from the container while the latter is seated in the holder device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2005
    Publication date: June 29, 2006
    Applicant: Mettler-Toledo Flexilab SAS
    Inventors: Alain Dubois, Damien Dupont, Ivan-William Fontaine, Patrick Herbelin, Denis Loisel, Didier Plier, Bertrand Stefani
  • Publication number: 20060011653
    Abstract: The invention concerns an apparatus (1) for accurate powder metering comprising: a container (2) or powder (3), including an adjustable opening (4A, 4B) through which the powder (3) is dispensed, said opening (4A, 4B) communicating directly with the container (2); means for adjusting (5) said opening (4A, 4B); means for controlling (6) the amount of powder (3) dispensed, in relation with said adjusting means, and means for vibrating and/or tapping (28) the container (2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2003
    Publication date: January 19, 2006
    Inventors: Ivan-William Fontaine, Patrick Herbelin
  • Publication number: 20040155069
    Abstract: The invention relates to a powder measure-dispensing cap (1) comprising: a body (3) having a first end face (4), which is designed to be brought into contact with a powder container (10), and a second end face (5) which, together with the first end face (4), defines at least one feed opening (6) which flares out towards the first end face (4), said feed opening (6) supplying at least one endless screw (7); and at least one opening (12). The inventive device is characterised in that the opening (12) is disposed in the second end face (5) in contact with the endless screw (7).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2003
    Publication date: August 12, 2004
    Inventors: Ivan-William Fontaine, Patrick Herbelin