Patents by Inventor Maurice Granger

Maurice Granger 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: 12320337
    Abstract: A system includes two mechanisms each including a first support shaft equipped with a toothed wheel and with an element that is eccentric relative to the axis of rotation of the support shaft, and a second support shaft equipped with a toothed wheel and with an element that is eccentric relative to the axis of rotation of the support shaft. The eccentric elements of at least one mechanism are disposed at least partially in a plane of rotation perpendicular to the associated support shafts and, when the system is in operation, positions of the eccentric elements of one mechanism are constantly diametrically opposed to positions of the eccentric elements of the other mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2025
    Inventor: Maurice Granger
  • Patent number: 12137845
    Abstract: A box for dispensing pre-cut wiping material. The box includes: a body delimiting a space for receiving the wiping material, which can be unwound in a strip on a front side of the body; a lid hinged on a rear side of the body; and a roller which is pivotably mounted on the front side of the body, which includes at least two sections of different diameters, including a first diameter and a second diameter smaller than the first diameter, and which is provided to support the strip with the lid mounted thereon. The sections of different diameters are configured to pull the strip with a speed differential, so as to tear the strip at a pre-cut line, when a user pulls on the strip from the front side of the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Inventor: Maurice Granger
  • Patent number: 12064062
    Abstract: A wiping material dispenser in the form of a spool from which the material can be unwound in a strip. The dispenser includes a housing and a cutting system for cutting the strip pulled manually by a user. The cutting system includes a flexible blade and at least one tooth mounted on a front side of the housing. The flexible blade includes at least one slot positioned opposite the at least one tooth. The flexible blade can be deformed under the pressure of the strip, when a user pulls on the strip from the front side of the housing, so that the at least one tooth protrudes through the at least one slot, comes into contact with the strip pressed onto the flexible blade and tears the strip at a pre-cut line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Inventor: Maurice Granger
  • Publication number: 20230417226
    Abstract: A system includes two mechanisms each including a first support shaft equipped with a toothed wheel and with an element that is eccentric relative to the axis of rotation of the support shaft, and a second support shaft equipped with a toothed wheel and with an element that is eccentric relative to the axis of rotation of the support shaft. The eccentric elements of at least one mechanism are disposed at least partially in a plane of rotation perpendicular to the associated support shafts and, when the system is in operation, positions of the eccentric elements of one mechanism are constantly diametrically opposed to positions of the eccentric elements of the other mechanism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2023
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Inventor: Maurice GRANGER
  • Publication number: 20220279990
    Abstract: A box for dispensing pre-cut wiping material. The box includes: a body delimiting a space for receiving the wiping material, which can be unwound in a strip on a front side of the body; a lid hinged on a rear side of the body; and a roller which is pivotably mounted on the front side of the body, which includes at least two sections of different diameters, including a first diameter and a second diameter smaller than the first diameter, and which is provided to support the strip with the lid mounted thereon. The sections of different diameters are configured to pull the strip with a speed differential, so as to tear the strip at a pre-cut line, when a user pulls on the strip from the front side of the body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2020
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Inventor: Maurice Granger
  • Publication number: 20220279989
    Abstract: A wiping material dispenser in the form of a spool from which the material can be unwound in a strip. The dispenser includes a housing and a cutting system for cutting the strip pulled manually by a user. The cutting system includes a flexible blade and at least one tooth mounted on a front side of the housing. The flexible blade includes at least one slot positioned opposite the at least one tooth. The flexible blade can be deformed under the pressure of the strip, when a user pulls on the strip from the front side of the housing, so that the at least one tooth protrudes through the at least one slot, comes into contact with the strip pressed onto the flexible blade and tears the strip at a pre-cut line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2020
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Inventor: Maurice Granger
  • Patent number: 10724506
    Abstract: A mechanism with a base; a pendulum mounted pivotally relative to the base about a pendulum axis; first/second eccentric elements generating first/second moments of gravitational force about first/second axes; and a synchronization system of the first/second eccentric elements according to a synchronized counter-rotating rotational movement. The pendulum axis and eccentric elements' axes are parallel and arranged in the plane integral to the pendulum. The eccentric elements' axes are supported by the pendulum, above and below the pendulum axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Inventor: Maurice Granger
  • Patent number: 10682022
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a dispenser for dispensing precut wiping material, in the form of a reel that can be unwound as a strip. The dispenser comprises a housing, a cover and a module. The module comprises two side walls, a guide device, a flap and a plate. A space for guiding and clamping the strip is delimited between the flap and the plate. The module comprises a system providing relative clearance between the flap and the plate, varying the configuration of said space. The clearance system comprises four transverse rods formed projecting from the side edges of the flap, with two spaced-apart rods per side edge, and four housings provided in the side walls, with two housings per side wall. Each housing receives one of the rods and comprises a longitudinal part and a vertical part. A clearance is thus defined longitudinally and vertically between each rod and the corresponding housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Inventor: Maurice Granger
  • Publication number: 20190059660
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a dispenser (1) for dispensing precut wiping material, in the form of a reel that can be unwound as a strip. The dispenser (1) comprises a housing (2), a cover and a module (4). The module (4) comprises two side walls (5), a guide device, a flap and a plate (9). A space for guiding and clamping the strip is delimited between the flap and the plate (9). The module (4) comprises a system providing relative clearance (10) between the flap and the plate (9), varying the configuration of said space. The clearance system (10) comprises four transverse rods (86) formed projecting from the side edges of the flap, with two spaced-apart rods per side edge, and four housings (56) provided in the side walls (5), with two housings (56) per side wall (4). Each housing (56) receives one of the rods (86) and comprises a longitudinal part (57) and a vertical part (58). A clearance is thus defined longitudinally and vertically between each rod (86) and the corresponding housing (56).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2017
    Publication date: February 28, 2019
    Inventor: Maurice GRANGER
  • Publication number: 20180283364
    Abstract: A mechanism with a base; a pendulum mounted pivotally relative to the base about a pendulum axis; first/second eccentric elements generating first/second moments of gravitational force about first/second axes; and a synchronization system of the first/second eccentric elements according to a synchronized counter-rotating rotational movement. The pendulum axis and eccentric elements' axes are parallel and arranged in the plane integral to the pendulum. The eccentric elements' axes are supported by the pendulum, above and below the pendulum axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2018
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Inventor: Maurice GRANGER
  • Patent number: 10082131
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a mechanism (1), comprising one support (2) including a base (3) and two mobile cog wheels (12; 22) in rotation around their respective axis (A1; A2). The axis (A1; A2) are parallel within a horizontal or vertical reference plane (P0). The cog wheels (12; 22) engage one with the other using a unitary transmission ratio and are mobile in rotation (R1; R2) in opposing directions. The mechanism (1) is characterized in that it comprises two eccentric elements (14; 24) integral with the cog wheels (12; 22) in rotation (R1; R2) and generating moments (M1; M2) of gravity force (P1; P2) around their respective axis (A1; A2); in that the moments (M1; M2) have a same value and a same direction, both being variable depending on their angular position around the axis (A1; A2); and in that for each angular position of the cog wheels (12; 22) and of the eccentric elements (14; 24) around the axis (A1; A2), the mechanism (1) presents an equilibrium configuration at rest.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Inventor: Maurice Granger
  • Patent number: 10082132
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a mechanism (1), comprising: one support (2) including a base (3), one pendulum (4), and connecting suspension rods (5) articulated on the base (3) and on the pendulum (4); two mobile cog wheels (12; 22) in rotation around their respective axis (A1; A2); two eccentric elements (14; 24) integral with the cog wheels (12; 22) in rotation and generating moments of gravity force around their axis (A1; A2); and one connecting link rod (60; 160) comprising a rotary head (62) and an eccentric head (63). The axis (A1; A2) are parallel within a horizontal or vertical reference plane (P0). The pendulum (4) supports the axis (A1; A2) of the cog wheels (12; 22) and of the eccentric elements (14; 24). The connecting rods (5) are slanting in accordance with an angle comprised between 45 degrees and 80 degrees in relation to a vertical plane. The cog wheels (12; 22) engage one with the other using a unitary transmission ratio and are mobile in rotation in opposing directions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Inventor: Maurice Granger
  • Patent number: 9962045
    Abstract: A dispensing apparatus for strips of coiled flexible material having at regular intervals tear lines to form the strips. The apparatus includes a casing receiving the coil, the casing having a circular opening for the passage and distribution of a strip of coiled flexible material under a tensile stress. The casing also includes at least one washer fixed on the casing concentrically with the distribution opening, wherein the internal diameter of the at least one washer is smaller than the diameter of the opening. The one or more washers are made of an elastomeric material capable of being deformed under the effect of the material distribution through the opening for achieving, concomitantly, a strip cut along a tear line. The one or more washers cooperate with an element manually operable and arranged to reduce the internal diameter of the one or more washers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Inventor: Maurice Granger
  • Publication number: 20180020885
    Abstract: A dispensing apparatus for strips of coiled flexible material having at regular intervals tear lines to form the strips. The apparatus includes a casing receiving the coil, the casing having a circular opening for the passage and distribution of a strip of coiled flexible material under a tensile stress. The casing also includes at least one washer fixed on the casing concentrically with the distribution opening, wherein the internal diameter of the at least one washer is smaller than the diameter of the opening. The one or more washers are made of an elastomeric material capable of being deformed under the effect of the material distribution through the opening for achieving, concomitantly, a strip cut along a tear line. The one or more washers cooperate with an element manually operable and arranged to reduce the internal diameter of the one or more washers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2016
    Publication date: January 25, 2018
    Inventor: Maurice Granger
  • Patent number: 9872589
    Abstract: The device for dispensing pre-cut rolled wiping material comprising a housing receiving a roll of wiping material, said housing comprising a back wall, and two lateral walls, said walls forming external walls of the housing, said housing receiving a flap hinged with respect to the housing, ensuring the guiding and the unwinding of the roll of material, and a cover hinged with respect to the housing, defining after closing a space between said flap and said cover to enable the strip of material to come out, said flap and said cover defining a space between them to ensure the guiding and the letting out of the strip of material and the separation of a format of material, said device being remarkable in that it has an external wall for supporting the roll of material having a profile comprising a horizontal central portion and, on either side, two raised front and back oblique portions enabling to receive, to center, and to hold in a stabilized way the roll of material, and in that the front oblique portion is,
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2018
    Inventor: Maurice Granger
  • Publication number: 20170306931
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a mechanism (1), comprising one support (2) including a base (3) and two mobile cog wheels (12; 22) in rotation around their respective axis (A1; A2). The axis (A1; A2) are parallel within a horizontal or vertical reference plane (P0). The cog wheels (12; 22) engage one with the other using a unitary transmission ratio and are mobile in rotation (R1; R2) in opposing directions. The mechanism (1) is characterised in that it comprises two eccentric elements (14; 24) integral with the cog wheels (12; 22) in rotation (R1; R2) and generating moments (M1; M2) of gravity force (P1; P2) around their respective axis (A1; A2); in that the moments (M1; M2) have a same value and a same direction, both being variable depending on their angular position around the axis (A1; A2); and in that for each angular position of the cog wheels (12; 22) and of the eccentric elements (14; 24) around the axis (A1; A2), the mechanism (1) presents an equilibrium configuration at rest.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2016
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Inventor: Maurice Granger
  • Publication number: 20170298910
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a mechanism (1), comprising: one support (2) including a base (3), one pendulum (4), and connecting suspension rods (5) articulated on the base (3) and on the pendulum (4); two mobile cog wheels (12; 22) in rotation around their respective axis (A1; A2); two eccentric elements (14; 24) integral with the cog wheels (12; 22) in rotation and generating moments of gravity force around their axis (A1; A2); and one connecting link rod (60; 160) comprising a rotary head (62) and an eccentric head (63). The axis (A1; A2) are parallel within a horizontal or vertical reference plane (P0). The pendulum (4) supports the axis (A1; A2) of the cog wheels (12; 22) and of the eccentric elements (14; 24). The connecting rods (5) are slanting in accordance with an angle comprised between 45 degrees and 80 degrees in relation to a vertical plane. The cog wheels (12; 22) engage one with the other using a unitary transmission ratio and are mobile in rotation in opposing directions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2016
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Inventor: Maurice Granger
  • Patent number: 9526382
    Abstract: An apparatus for dispensing pre-cut material wound into a coil or folded into a ā€œZā€ comprises a casing forming a receptacle with a bottom plate, a lower horizontal wall, vertical walls with a lid that is hinged at the base of the casing and raised vertically up to its closure. The apparatus also comprises a shutter attached to the side walls of the casing and is positioned vertically. The said shutter has in its upper portion a curvilinear configuration for the passage and guidance of the pre-cut strip of material. The said strip of material passes between the said shutter and said lid. The said shutter and said lid each has an identical central cut to allow the release of the pre-cut strip of material and its gripping.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Inventor: Maurice Granger
  • Publication number: 20160227971
    Abstract: This appliance for dispensing strips of pre-cut material rolled into spools includes a case to accommodate the spool, with a bottom face, a horizontal lower part and lateral faces, and a hinged closing cover, with the case and the cover being designed at their lower part with a central opening allowing passage and dispensing of the strip of material. The case has a horizontal lower part with a central opening in its thickness and, on its bottom face, a profiled ring positioned in a plane that is eccentric in relation to the central opening, defining a passage between them for the pulled strip of material. Under the bottom face of the case, there is a hinged flap designed to accommodate a circular profiled dome form, to integrate opposite the interior opening formed on the ring, while allowing continuity of passage for the pulled strip of material, and its exit from the appliance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2014
    Publication date: August 11, 2016
    Inventor: Maurice Granger
  • Patent number: 9408505
    Abstract: The machine includes a housing receiving an articulated cover closed by raising it and a module which accommodates a pre-cut wound strip of material. The module has a flap located opposite the inner face of the cover and articulated relative to the module, and a device enabling pulling on the end of the strip. The module enables positioning and articulation of the flap, and includes a support plate for the device. The device includes a vertically arranged pusher which slides in a controlled, limited manner relative to a face of the support plate. The pusher has a lower gripping and contact part and an upper end that forms a cam. A roller of the device cooperates with the upper end of the pusher. The pusher cooperates with the flap. The device acts on the flap to ensure its rearward swivelling to allow un-jamming and strip emergence from the machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Inventor: Maurice Granger