Patents by Inventor Jacques Maximilien

Jacques Maximilien 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).

  • Process and device for cutting out cigar wrappers from a tobacco leaf
    Patent number: 4311155
    Abstract: The process comprises the step of determining the coordinates of each wrapper to be cut out, allocating a cut-out tool to each wrapper, displacing each of the tools individually to bring them all into similar relative starting positions, and simultaneously displacing the tools along identical paths. Each tool is fixed to a lever pivotally mounted on a rotary shaft perpendicular to respective wrappers, a connecting rod being pivotally mounted on the shaft and the lever.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 1979
    Date of Patent: January 19, 1982
    Assignee: Service d'Exploitation Industrielle des Tabacs et des Allumettes
    Inventors: Jean-Louis Dameret, Jacques Maximilien, Jacques Paret