Patents by Inventor Marc Bernoin

Marc Bernoin 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: 7156606
    Abstract: An article aligning apparatus for aligning a plurality article tiers to be loaded into a carton. Each article tier comprises an article array delivered from an in-feed stream at an in-feed end of a packaging machine. The apparatus comprises an article conveyor for conveying a lower article tier, a first article conveying means including one or more lugs mounted on an endless track for selecting an upper article tear and for conveying the upper article tier to a point of vertical alignment with the lower article tier, thereafter to be stacked and conveyed to the out feed end of the apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2007
    Assignee: MeadWestvaco Packaging Systems, LLC
    Inventors: Patrice Bridier, Alain Vergnaud, Marc Bernoin
  • Publication number: 20050274091
    Abstract: An article aligning apparatus for aligning a plurality article tiers to be loaded into a carton. Each article tier comprises an article array delivered from an in-feed stream at an in-feed end of a packaging machine. The apparatus comprises an article conveyor for conveying a lower article tier, a first article conveying means including one or more lugs mounted on an endless track for selecting an upper article tear and for conveying the upper article tier to a point of vertical alignment with the lower article tier, thereafter to be stacked and conveyed to the out feed end of the apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2005
    Publication date: December 15, 2005
    Inventors: Patrice Bridier, Alain Vergnaud, Marc Bernoin