Patents by Inventor Manuela Astro

Manuela Astro 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).

  • A Mat with yarns made of alkali-resistant glass
    Publication number: 20060172644
    Abstract: A mat formed of continuous yarns made of alkali-resistant glass. A composite includes the mat and a cementing matrix.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2006
    Publication date: August 3, 2006
    Applicant: SAINT-GOBAIN VETROTEX FRANCE S.A.
    Inventors: Michel Droux, Francois Roederer, Manuela Astro, Filippo Mauri
  • Method, installation for the production of mats and use associated therewith
    Patent number: 7069628
    Abstract: A plant for the manufacture of mats formed of continuous yarns originating from bobbins and thrown onto a conveyor belt. The plant includes at least one bobbin supported on a spindle, a guide for guiding a fiber bundle leaving the bobbin, a mechanism for pulling the fiber bundle, and a mechanism for throwing the yarns that make up the fiber bundle onto the conveyor belt. The guide for guiding, the mechanism for pulling, and the mechanism for throwing the fiber bundle are fixed, located in the continuation of one another and at one and a same level. The throwing mechanism includes a swinging arm for throwing the yarn transversely to the conveyor belt and the guide is arranged such that the fiber bundle is paid out from the bobbin from the outside.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2006
    Assignee: Saint-Gobain Vetrotex France S.A.
    Inventors: Michel Droux, François Roederer, Manuela Astro, Filippo Mauri
  • Method, installation for the production of mats and use associated therewith
    Publication number: 20040154147
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a plant for the manufacture of mats formed of continuous yarns originating from bobbins (1) and thrown onto a conveyor belt (10), comprising:
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2004
    Publication date: August 12, 2004
    Inventors: Michel Droux, Francois Roederer, Manuela Astro, Filippo Mauri