Patents by Inventor Jean-Claude WAELDIN

Jean-Claude WAELDIN 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).

  • Publication number: 20240036588
    Abstract: Provided is an interface for supplying consumables to a product processing station, with an entry accessible to an autonomous mobile robot (AMR) transporting a consumable corresponding to the processing station and means for automatic transfer of the consumable from the AMR to a reception space. The reception space can be integrated with the processing station, where the transfer means has an automatic loading means dedicated to the consumable to be transferred and to each reception space of particular processing stations to be supplied with the corresponding consumable. Also provided is a production line in which at least one of the stations is equipped with the interface, as well a method for managing the supply of consumables to this production line. Also provided is a system for supervising the supply of consumables to particular stations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2023
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Inventors: Vincent BRACHET, Nicolas CHOMEL, Jean-Claude WAELDIN
  • Publication number: 20220002089
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a retention device for a product which is compatible with a plurality of different shapes of products, within an industrial line for producing and processing products, comprising a frame with a receiving base which is intended to support the bottom of a product; a gripping means for a product comprising a set of pincers which is provided with two jaws which can be moved between a spaced-apart position and a closed-up position. Each jaw is mounted freely in terms of rotation about a pivot point and has a concave vertical shape in order to retain the product at least at one upper support location and at least at one lower support location. The invention also relates to a conveying installation for products within an industrial line for producing and processing products, comprising at least one retention device according to the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2019
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Inventors: Michel BEGIN, Jérémy DUPONT, Vincent RODOT, Jean-Claude WAELDIN
  • Patent number: 11104519
    Abstract: Disclosed is an assembly line for processing products. The line includes, on one hand, a plurality of consecutive stations for processing the products and, on the other hand, a moving unit for moving the products between the stations within the line, in particular from an upstream station in which the products have just been processed, to a downstream station in which the products must later be processed. The moving unit essentially includes at least one self-contained, self-supported, movable carriage moving on the ground and having the products resting thereon during the movement thereof within the line. Also disclosed is a corresponding implementation method and to a corresponding use of the carriages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: SIDEL ENGINEERING & CONVEYING SOLUTIONS
    Inventors: Patrick Hutter, Jean-Claude Waeldin
  • Publication number: 20200039763
    Abstract: Disclosed is a carriage, for moving bottle products from one station to another of a processing line for processing the products, the carriage being movable on a floor and including a self-contained drive configured to allow it to move from one predefined station to another predefined station. The carriage includes a plate, provided with a receiving surface suitable for receiving a plurality of products, and a shuttle, provided with the self-contained drive and a unit for engaging with/disengaging from the plate. Also disclosed is a corresponding processing line and method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2017
    Publication date: February 6, 2020
    Inventor: Jean-Claude WAELDIN
  • Publication number: 20190283985
    Abstract: Disclosed is a device for handling products between a workstation and another station having a collecting surface, having at least two mobile tables that are each provided with a receiving surface, the at least two mobile tables being configured to be able to be disposed side by side, adjacent to the collecting surface, so as to be able to transfer products at the same time between the at least two tables and the collecting surface. Also disclosed is a method for handling products between a workstation and another station by the disclosed device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2017
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Inventor: Jean-Claude WAELDIN
  • Publication number: 20180086566
    Abstract: Disclosed is an assembly line for processing products. The line includes, on one hand, a plurality of consecutive stations for processing the products and, on the other hand, a moving unit for moving the products between the stations within the line, in particular from an upstream station in which the products have just been processed, to a downstream station in which the products must later be processed. The moving unit essentially includes at least one self-contained, self-supported, movable carriage moving on the ground and having the products resting thereon during the movement thereof within the line. Also disclosed is a corresponding implementation method and to a corresponding use of the carriages.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2016
    Publication date: March 29, 2018
    Inventors: Patrick HUTTER, Jean-Claude WAELDIN