Patents by Inventor Patrice Chefson

Patrice Chefson 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: 4969494
    Abstract: This invention relates to a device for filtering a moving gaseous atmosphere in an installation for unloading pulverulent products in bulk, the installation being of the type constituted by a supply sleeve connecting the base of a silo or hopper to the circular filling orifice of a mobile container, wherein it is constituted by a discharge bushing extending the base of the sleeve, this bushing being engaged in the filling orifice of the container, and this bushing is associated with an outer cone concentric to said bushing and adapted to rest with self-centering on the edges of the orifice thus obturated, the cone being closed at its summit by a horizontal wall comprising an evacuation opening, and the annular space defined between the central tubular bushing and the outer cone constitutes a volume for decantation of the gaseous phase, particularly the air laden with solid particles in suspension and driven from the inner atmosphere of the container, this decantation volume communicating with the volume of th
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 1989
    Date of Patent: November 13, 1990
    Assignee: Spiragaine, S.A.
    Inventor: Patrice Chefson
  • Patent number: 4942953
    Abstract: A device for loading bulk products of the type comprising a sleeve adapted to guide bulk materials from an upper hopper towards a lower container, formed by a supple wall provided with reinforcing hoops. The sleeve is retractable by mechanical action. The device has an inner protecting liner disposed at one end, upper or lower, of the sleeve. The liner is concentric, and inside the sleeve, and of diameter corresponding substantially to a small clearance to the inner diameter of the portions folded in accordion manner between two reinforcing hoops. The liner is thus adapted to receive against its outer wall the folded part of the sleeve, placed in an inactive position, resulting in the active part of the sleeve conveying the bulk materials always remaining in a stretched position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 1989
    Date of Patent: July 24, 1990
    Assignee: Spiragaine S.A.
    Inventor: Patrice Chefson