Patents by Inventor Patrice Deeplante

Patrice Deeplante 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).

  • Contrivance for passing a grasping device for a thread into the eye of a sewing needle, and application of this contrivance
    Patent number: 5143005
    Abstract: This contrivance includes a support (1), in which a tubular element (5) is mounted to slide, the tubular element containing a rod (6) mounted to slide in it and subjected to the action of a restoring spring (7) fixed to the support (1). At its lower end, the element (5) has two shells (10, 11) forming a cage (9) in cooperation with a belt (13) that is solid with the rod (6) and is moreover connected to the shell (11) by a second restoring spring (15). An element (17) is mounted to slide horizontally in the shell (10) and carries a hook (18) for grasping the thread, the movement of which hook is controlled by the joint action of a slideway (19), solid with the belt (13), and a dog point (17a) solid with the element (17).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 1991
    Date of Patent: September 1, 1992
    Assignee: Mefina S.A.
    Inventors: Antonio Jimenez, Yves Combepine, Patrice Deeplante