Patents by Inventor Jacques Baert

Jacques Baert 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).

  • Gas filter installation with improved unclogging means
    Patent number: 5171338
    Abstract: An installation for filtering air comprises a plurality of cells in parallel and each including an inlet, at least one filter, and an outlet, the inlets being connected to an inlet manifold, and means being provided for causing the gas to flow through said cells. The installation further comprises: a first shutter in each inlet; and dust-removal manifold connected to the bottom of each cell via a dust-removal passage in which a second shutter is provided; and means for establishing a backflow of gas through each cell. For filtering, the first shutter is open and the second shutter is closed. For unclogging the first shutter is closed and the second shutter is open, and the backflow means unclog particles and remove them.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 1991
    Date of Patent: December 15, 1992
    Assignee: W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.
    Inventor: Jacques Baert
  • Reinforced filtering hose
    Patent number: 5167818
    Abstract: A reinforced gas filter conduit where the conduit contains an interior stiffening band attached to a securing band which is adhered to the interior circumference of the conduit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 1991
    Date of Patent: December 1, 1992
    Inventors: Jacques Baert, Bruno Thuillier, Maria Bianco
  • Cartridge device for gas filtration
    Patent number: 5074896
    Abstract: A gas filtration device embodying in a frame a multiplicity of elongated porous polytetrafluoroethylene membrane filter pouches supported within by individual frames and without by a cradle. Useful for air filtration as a cartridge filter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 1990
    Date of Patent: December 24, 1991
    Inventors: Jacques Baert, Loic Gautier, Herve H. Brel, Bruno Thuillier, Maria Bianco