Patents by Inventor Jurgen MALBRANCKE

Jurgen MALBRANCKE 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: 11331705
    Abstract: An industrial facility includes: a metal strip in motion; and/or at least one work cylinder; a contactless wiping system of a cooling liquid and/or lubricant jet or stream driven by a surface of the metal strip in motion or the work cylinder, the wiping system including a separating cleat with integrated supply of cooling liquid ending with a nozzle bar to be placed along a width of the metal strip or the cylinder and separated, during use, by a determined interval with respect to the metal strip or the work cylinder, the nozzle bar being oriented so as to supply a jet in a for of a liquid curtain oriented along a direction that is substantially opposite a scrolling direction of the strip or a rotation direction of the cylinder; and a liquid recovery trough, oriented such that during use, liquid sprayed by the nozzles deflects the jet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: CENTRE DE RECHERCHES MÉTALLURGIQUES ASBL—CENTRUM VOOR RESEARCH IN DE METALLURGIE VZW
    Inventors: Bart Vervaet, Hugo Uijtdebroeks, Pepijn Adriaen, Jurgen Malbrancke
  • Publication number: 20200188976
    Abstract: An industrial facility includes: a metal strip in motion; and/or at least one work cylinder; a contactless wiping system of a cooling liquid and/or lubricant jet or stream driven by a surface of the metal strip in motion or the work cylinder, the wiping system including a separating cleat with integrated supply of cooling liquid ending with a nozzle bar to be placed along a width of the metal strip or the cylinder and separated, during use, by a determined interval with respect to the metal strip or the work cylinder, the nozzle bar being oriented so as to supply a jet in a for of a liquid curtain oriented along a direction that is substantially opposite a scrolling direction of the strip or a rotation direction of the cylinder; and a liquid recovery trough, oriented such that during use, liquid sprayed by the nozzles deflects the jet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2018
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Inventors: Bart VERVAET, Hugo UIJTDEBROEKS, Pepijn ADRIAEN, Jurgen MALBRANCKE