Patents by Inventor Patrick Mie
Patrick Mie 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).
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Patent number: 11147894Abstract: The invention concerns a device, an installation and a method for conveying a hollow body secured to a transport device, comprising a step of injection of a disinfecting fluid through at least one bore designed to pass through said transport device and opening into the inner volume of the hollow body secured to said transport device.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2013Date of Patent: October 19, 2021Assignee: SIDEL PARTICIPATIONSInventors: Patrick Mie, Frédéric Lethuillier
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Publication number: 20140044597Abstract: The invention concerns a device, an installation and a method for conveying a hollow body secured to a transport device, comprising a step of injection of a disinfecting fluid through at least one bore designed to pass through said transport device and opening into the inner volume of the hollow body secured to said transport device.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 18, 2013Publication date: February 13, 2014Applicant: SIDEL PARTICIPATIONSInventor: Patrick MIE
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Publication number: 20110209731Abstract: The invention relates to equipment consisting of a stationary base (2) to which a rotary frame (3) is attached, which includes: on the one hand, means for supporting the containers (1) to be cleaned, on the other hand, in correlation with said containers (1), insufflation tubes (4) forming the rods of cylinders (6), suitable for being inserted, on the fly, into the correlating containers. The insufflation tubes comprise a ring (15) the travel of which is adjustable by means of abutments (16) arranged on a plate. Said plate-abutment (16), shared by all the insufflation tubes (4), can be controlled by means of a screw (17) and nut (18) system or by any other means, to adjust the position of the nozzles (9) located at the end of said tubes (4) to adapt said position according to the size of the containers (1).Type: ApplicationFiled: November 2, 2009Publication date: September 1, 2011Applicant: SIDEL PARTICIPATIONSInventor: Patrick Mie
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Patent number: 7867440Abstract: The invention concerns decontamination of the neck of thermoplastic performs (4) designed for making containers through a blow forming or extrusion blow molding process, when feeding (in A) the performs (4) sequentially into a unit (B) for manufacturing containers, which consists in passing the neck of the performs (4) through a mist (in 9) of a decontaminating product, then in subjecting the neck of the performs (4) wetted by the decontaminating products to the action of an ultraviolet radiation (in 7) for a least a predetermined minimum time interval.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2003Date of Patent: January 11, 2011Assignee: Sidel ParticipationsInventors: François Quetel, Patrick Mie
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Patent number: 7824166Abstract: The present invention relates to a blow-molding installation for manufacturing thermoplastic hollow bodies by blow-molding or stretch-blow-molding containers (37) in a molding cavity of a mold, this blow-molding installation comprising a double-acting nozzle actuator (1) with two stages in series, equipped with two pistons (5, 6), these being an upper piston and a lower piston respectively, the nozzle (15, 16) being fixed removably, and pneumatic control means being designed to make said pistons (5, 6) slide according to a first operating mode used when the nozzle (15) is of the type that makes sealed contact with the mouth of the neck of the container, and a second operating mode used when the nozzle (16) is of the bell type with sealed contact against the surface of the mold in which the container (37) is placed.Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 2007Date of Patent: November 2, 2010Assignee: Sidel ParticipationsInventors: Patrick Mie, Denis Souffes
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Publication number: 20100244298Abstract: The preform conveying installation (2) comprises gripping members (6) and heads (7) for feeding them into the heating oven, and includes a detection system that selects preforms likely to cause incidents in said heating oven, and means for detaching each selected preform from its gripping head (7), which means apply pressure to the interior of the selected preform (2), on its base, and these consist of a nozzle (15) capable of directing a jet of pressurized fluid at said base. The gripping member (6) and the gripping head (7) comprise an orifice in the form of a bore (9) that enables the jet of pressurized fluid to be applied directly into the selected preform.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 18, 2008Publication date: September 30, 2010Applicant: SIDEL PARTICIPATIONSInventor: Patrick Mie
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Patent number: 7699599Abstract: The inventive carousel-type rotating machine includes a rotating frame bearing several work stations, a power and fluid supply rotating column which is coaxial to the axis of the rotating frame and incorporates a rotatable electric collector connected to a fixed power source for supplying power to the work stations and a rotatable fluid connection connected to a fixed fluid source for supplying fluid to the work stations, wherein the rotatable fluid connection is disposed on the top of the rotating column above the rotatable electric collector, thereby having the reduced diameter of the part thereof rotatable at reduced linear speeds between the fixed and rotatable parts thereof.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2005Date of Patent: April 20, 2010Assignee: Sidel ParticipationsInventors: Laurent Danel, Gilles Robert, Cyril Savary, Patrick Mie
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Patent number: 7563092Abstract: A blow molding system for a thermoplastic blank which is supported in a mold. The system includes a fixed tubular body connected to a high-pressure fluid source and, at the lower end thereof, supporting moveable equipment consisting of a tuyere, the tuyere being defined laterally by a terminal sleeve of the moveable equipment and the bottom thereof being the front wall of the body, wherein the lateral inner wall of the sleeve is configured in such a way that the pressure of a fluid inside the tuyere does not result in a reaction force component on the lateral wall, which is directed opposite to the wall of the mold.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2005Date of Patent: July 21, 2009Assignee: Sidel ParticipationsInventor: Patrick Mie
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Publication number: 20080286402Abstract: A blow molding system for a thermoplastic blank which is supported in a mold. The system includes a fixed tubular body connected to a high-pressure fluid source and, at the lower end thereof, supporting moveable equipment consisting of a tuyere, the tuyere being defined laterally by a terminal sleeve of the moveable equipment and the bottom thereof being the front wall of the body, wherein the lateral inner wall of the sleeve is configured in such a way that the pressure of a fluid inside the tuyere does not result in a reaction force component on the lateral wall, which is directed opposite to the wall of the mold.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 18, 2005Publication date: November 20, 2008Applicant: SIDEL PARTICIPATIONSInventor: Patrick Mie
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Patent number: 7407375Abstract: An arrangement for removeably fixing a stretching rod (22) on a movable slide by an attachment device including a casing (24) and a bearing element (42) clamped onto the rod (22), characterized in that the top end section of the bearing element (42) is formed by at least two radial lugs (64) of rounded profile, in transverse section, which form a top transverse bearing surface (44), and in that the transverse profile formed by the peripheral edge (65) of the top opening (36) of the casing (24) substantially matches the profile of the lugs (64).Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2004Date of Patent: August 5, 2008Assignee: Sidel ParticipationsInventors: Pascal Dupuis, Patrick Mie
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Patent number: 7384261Abstract: A molding device for blow molding recipients made of a thermoplastic material, including a mold having two mold halves which are movable with respect to each other and provided with a locking device extending along the total height of the mold halves and including two respective hooks, which are oriented toward each other, two respective recesses adjacent to the hooks and a rotatable gib adjacent to the hook and interacting with the other hook in such a way that the two mold-halves are locked in the closed position thereof or are released from each other, the gib being inserted into the recess.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2004Date of Patent: June 10, 2008Assignee: Sidel ParticipationsInventors: Patrick Mie, Eric Lemaistre, Nicolas Rousseau, Pierre-François Langlois
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Publication number: 20080124424Abstract: The present invention relates to a blow-molding installation for manufacturing thermoplastic hollow bodies by blow-molding or stretch-blow-molding containers (37) in a molding cavity of a mold, this blow-molding installation comprising a double-acting nozzle actuator (1) with two stages in series, equipped with two pistons (5, 6), these being an upper piston and a lower piston respectively, the nozzle (15, 16) being fixed removably, and pneumatic control means being designed to make said pistons (5, 6) slide according to a first operating mode used when the nozzle (15) is of the type that makes sealed contact with the mouth of the neck of the container, and a second operating mode used when the nozzle (16) is of the bell type with sealed contact against the surface of the mold in which the container (37) is placed.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 28, 2007Publication date: May 29, 2008Applicant: Sidel ParticipationsInventors: Patrick Mie, Denis Souffes
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Publication number: 20080088061Abstract: A cooling circuit for a tunnel for heating preforms of the type having two parallel cooling rails, inside which a coolant fluid circulates, a common fluid inlet pipe which is connected to an upstream end of the cooling rails, and a common fluid outlet pipe which is connected to the downstream end of the cooling rails the cooling circuit including elements for measuring the temperature of the fluid, characterized in that the circuit includes a bypass which connects the common outlet pipe to the common inlet pipe so as to form a loop for recirculation of the coolant fluid in the cooling rails in which the coolant fluid is set in circulation by a fluid pump. A method for implementing the cooling circuit is also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 8, 2005Publication date: April 17, 2008Inventor: Patrick Mie
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Publication number: 20070284789Abstract: The inventive carousel-type rotating machine includes a rotating frame bearing several work stations, a power and fluid supply rotating column which is coaxial to the axis of the rotating frame and incorporates a rotatable electric collector connected to a fixed power source for supplying power to the work stations and a rotatable fluid connection connected to a fixed fluid source for supplying fluid to the work stations, wherein the rotatable fluid connection is disposed on the top of the rotating column above the rotatable electric collector, thereby having the reduced diameter of the part thereof rotatable at reduced linear speeds between the fixed and rotatable parts thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 21, 2005Publication date: December 13, 2007Applicant: Sidel ParticipationsInventors: Laurent Danel, Gilles Robert, Cyril Savary, Patrick Mie
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Publication number: 20070190202Abstract: A molding device for blow molding recipients made of a thermoplastic material, including a mold having two mold halves which are movable with respect to each other and provided with a locking device extending along the total height of the mold halves and including two respective hooks, which are oriented toward each other, two respective recesses adjacent to the hooks and a rotatable gib adjacent to the hook and interacting with the other hook in such a way that the two mold-halves are locked in the closed position thereof or are released from each other, the gib being inserted into the recess.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 4, 2004Publication date: August 16, 2007Applicant: SIDEL PARTICIPATIONSInventors: Patrick Mie, Eric Lemaistre, Nicolas Rousseau, Pierre-Francois Langlois
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Publication number: 20070108157Abstract: An arrangement for removeably fixing a stretching rod (22) on a movable slide by an attachment device including a casing (24) and a bearing element (42) clamped onto the rod (22), characterized in that the top end section of the bearing element (42) is formed by at least two radial lugs (64) of rounded profile, in transverse section, which form a top transverse bearing surface (44), and in that the transverse profile formed by the peripheral edge (65) of the top opening (36) of the casing (24) substantially matches the profile of the lugs (64).Type: ApplicationFiled: November 19, 2004Publication date: May 17, 2007Inventors: Pascal Dupuis, Patrick Mie
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Publication number: 20050118057Abstract: The invention concerns decontamination of the neck of thermoplastic performs (4) designed for making containers through a blow forming or extrusion blow molding process, when feeding (in A) the performs (4) sequentially into a unit (B) for manufacturing containers, which consists in passing the neck of the performs (4) through a mist (in 9) of a decontaminating product, then in subjecting the neck of the performs (4) wetted by the decontaminating products to the action of an ultraviolet radiation (in 7) for a least a predetermined minimum time interval.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2003Publication date: June 2, 2005Applicant: SIDELInventors: Francois Quetel, Patrick Mie
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Patent number: 6681816Abstract: A device for injecting a product towards a predetermined site of objects continuously moving along a given path while being spaced apart from one another by a specific step. The device (10) includes a series of injectors (26) borne by a mobile support (28) while being spaced apart on the support by a pitch corresponding to that of the objects, and the support (28) is driven in a reciprocating movement such that, during a forward phase of the movement, the injectors (26) move each opposite the predetermined site of one of the objects, and in the time interval of the reciprocating movement of the support is equal to the time interval between the passage of two consecutive objects in front of a common fixed point, multiplied by the number of injectors on the support.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2002Date of Patent: January 27, 2004Assignee: SidelInventor: Patrick Mie
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Patent number: 6562281Abstract: In a system for manufacturing containers by blow-molding or drawing/blow molding of previously heated preforms, sterile containers (110) are obtained by wetting (45) the preforms (3) using an appropriated heat-activated sterilizing product by activating the product by heating means (100) which also provide a suitable heating profile to the preforms to prepare them for blowing.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2000Date of Patent: May 13, 2003Assignee: SidelInventors: Bernard Marchau, Patrick Mie, Christian Bonnel, Francois Quetel
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Publication number: 20030000969Abstract: The invention concerns a device for injecting a product towards a predetermined site of objects continuously moving along a given path while being spaced apart from one another by a specific step. The invention is characterized in that the device (10) comprises a series of injectors (26) borne by a mobile support (28) while being spaced apart on the support by a pitch corresponding to that of the objects, and the support (28) is driven in a reciprocating movement such that, during a forward phase of the movement, the injectors (26) move each opposite the predetermined site of one of the objects, and in the time interval of the reciprocating movement of the support is equal to the time interval between the passage of two consecutive objects in front of a common fixed point, multiplied by the number of injectors on the support.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 30, 2002Publication date: January 2, 2003Inventor: Patrick Mie