Patents by Inventor Jean-Pierre Corlier

Jean-Pierre Corlier 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).

  • Separator
    Patent number: 8113212
    Abstract: A separator for pneumatically transported particulate material comprises a separation surface through which, in use, a vacuum is drawn, for separating the particulate material from a gaseous medium in which it is transported and an inlet (30) for feeding a stream of the pneumatically transported io particulate material to the separation surface. The inlet (30) is moveable to sweep the particulate material over the separation surface, which may be a cylindrical sieve drum (2) mounted for rotation about its longitudinal axis. A rotary airlock (18) for pneumatically transported particulate material is comprises a plurality of radial vanes (32) mounted for rotation about a central axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2012
    Assignee: Philip Morris USA Inc.
    Inventors: Bernard Tallier, Jean-Pierre Corlier, Joshua Rossouw
  • Separator
    Publication number: 20080216849
    Abstract: A separator for pneumatically transported particulate material comprises a separation surface through which, in use, a vacuum is drawn, for separating the particulate material from a gaseous medium in which it is transported and an inlet (30) for feeding a stream of the pneumatically transported io particulate material to the separation surface. The inlet (30) is moveable to sweep the particulate material over the separation surface, which may be a cylindrical sieve drum (2) mounted for rotation about its longitudinal axis. A rotary airlock (18) for pneumatically transported particulate material is comprises a plurality of radial vanes (32) mounted for rotation about a central axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2005
    Publication date: September 11, 2008
    Inventors: Bernard Tallier, Jean-Pierre Corlier, Joshua Rossouw