Patents by Inventor Marie Christine Curreno

Marie Christine Curreno 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).

  • Process for assembling a carriage for driving a marking apparatus on at least one guide member, and corresponding marking apparatus
    Patent number: 6602005
    Abstract: An assembly including a carriage for driving a marking apparatus on at least one guide member wherein the carriage is secured to a bearing allowing the carriage to slide on the guide member. The carriage includes at least one opening made with transverse dimensions substantially greater than those of the guide member so that when the carriage is placed in position, an intermediate space is defined between the walls of the opening and an opposite outer periphery of the guide member which space is filled with a polymerizable resin which forms a bearing sleeve between the walls of the opening and at least a part of the outer periphery of the guide member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2003
    Assignee: Technifor
    Inventor: Marie-Christine Curreno
  • Process for fixing a guiding member on a support, guiding device obtained by this process and marking apparatus incorporating such a device
    Patent number: 6309133
    Abstract: A process for securing a guiding member on a support which includes at least one opening which is substantially greater in dimension than an end of the guiding member which is supported therein. A space provided between the at least one opening and the end of the guiding member is filled with a polymerizable resin which is polymerized to secure the guide member within the opening after the guiding member has been precisely positioned in a predetermined position. A marking apparatus incorporates the guiding member secured to the support, and elements are provided for retaining the guiding member in position within the at least one opening and, in some embodiments, for selectively adjusting or removing the guide bar from the at least one opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2001
    Inventor: Marie-Christine Curreno
  • Process for assembling a carriage for driving a marking apparatus on at least one guide member, and corresponding marking apparatus
    Publication number: 20010027728
    Abstract: The invention relates to the assembly of a carriage for driving a marking apparatus on at least one guide member, said carriage being fast with a bearing allowing the carriage to slide on the guide member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2001
    Publication date: October 11, 2001
    Inventor: Marie-Christine Curreno
  • Marking device
    Patent number: 6188148
    Abstract: A marking device including a framework and a mechanism for driving a marking tool with respect to the framework, wherein the mechanism includes an element fixed with respect to the framework and a mobile element which carries the marking tool. First and second linear motor elements are provided to displace the mobile element in a first direction and a second direction perpendicular to the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2001
    Inventor: Marie Christine Curreno