Patents by Inventor Philip Torres

Philip Torres 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).

  • Publication number: 20090212482
    Abstract: A mailpiece selector device for separating mailpieces one-by-one from a stack of mailpieces and for transporting them downstream, the device comprising at least a first guide co-operating with a plurality of opposite selector rollers to select said mailpieces one-by-one and to transport them downstream, said first guide being comb-shaped and able to pivot about a first pivot axis in opposition to first resilient return means, one end of at least one tooth of the comb being coated with a wear-resistant material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2009
    Publication date: August 27, 2009
    Applicant: NEOPOST TECHNOLOGIES
    Inventors: Yannick Claris, Francis Coret, Philip Torres, Michel De Oliveira
  • Patent number: 7556261
    Abstract: This invention relates to a mail item receiving device for receiving the mail items ejected through an exit slot of a folding and inserting machine, comprising a support plate on which the ejected mail items will accumulate, a front wall on which these mail items will abut upon their ejection, two lateral walls and a rear wall intended to align these mail items once they have fallen on the support plate, said support plate comprising two hollows made on either side of its longitudinal axis at the level of its join with said front wall, the two lateral walls each comprising an opening, at the level of each hollow and over the whole of their height, and the rear wall comprises hooking means for connecting the receiving device to the folding and inserting machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2009
    Assignee: NEOPOST Technologies
    Inventors: Jean-Laurent Luquet, Philip Torres
  • Patent number: 7419243
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for conveying and guiding mail items in a postage meter provided with an inkjet print head, in which postage meter each mail item, which has a top face and a bottom face, passes under the print head between a top reference surface defined by the bottom surface of a stationary guide plate and a bottom reference surface, said device having at least two drive assemblies mounted transversely side-by-side and to move vertically independently from each other, so that the top surfaces of the mail items remain continuously pressed against said stationary guide plate regardless of the thickness of the mail item, and in particular when said thickness varies over the width of the mail item.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2008
    Assignee: NEOPOST Technologies
    Inventors: Régis Desire, Hervé Duval, Stéphane Legallo, Philip Torres
  • Publication number: 20070208675
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for conveying and guiding mail items in a postage meter provided with an inkjet print head, in which postage meter each mail item, which has a top face and a bottom face, passes under the print head between a top reference surface defined by the bottom surface of a stationary guide plate and a bottom reference surface, said device having at least two drive assemblies mounted transversely side-by-side and to move vertically independently from each other, so that the top surfaces of the mail items remain continuously pressed against said stationary guide plate regardless of the thickness of the mail item, and in particular when said thickness varies over the width of the mail item.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2007
    Publication date: September 6, 2007
    Applicant: NEOPOST Technologies
    Inventors: Regis Desire, Herve Duval, Stephane Legallo, Philip Torres
  • Publication number: 20050017439
    Abstract: This invention relates to a mail item receiving device for receiving the mail items ejected through an exit slot of a folding and inserting machine, comprising a support plate on which the ejected mail items will accumulate, a front wall on which these mail items will abut upon their ejection, two lateral walls and a rear wall intended to align these mail items once they have fallen on the support plate, said support plate comprising two hollows made on either side of its longitudinal axis at the level of its join with said front wall, the two lateral walls each comprising an opening, at the level of each hollow and over the whole of their height, and the rear wall comprises hooking means for connecting the receiving device to the folding and inserting machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2004
    Publication date: January 27, 2005
    Inventors: Jean-Laurent Luquet, Philip Torres