Patents by Inventor Philippe Barbieri

Philippe Barbieri 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).

  • Apparatus and method for the continuous pickling of steel strip
    Patent number: 8834636
    Abstract: The pickling of a continuously running steel strip and, more particularly, a pickling method, includes centralized control of all of the pickling operations. The invention further includes an apparatus for implementing the pickling process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: Siemens VAI Metals Technologies SAS
    Inventors: Philippe Barbieri, Sandra Crowther, Jean-François Clavel, Jacques Leroyer
  • Apparatus and Method for the Continuous Pickling of Steel Strip
    Publication number: 20100269854
    Abstract: The pickling of a continuously running steel strip and, more particularly, a pickling method, includes centralized control of all of the pickling operations. The invention further includes an apparatus for implementing the pickling process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2008
    Publication date: October 28, 2010
    Applicant: SIEMENS VAI METALS TECHNOLOGIES SAS
    Inventors: Philippe Barbieri, Sandra Crowther, Jean-François Clavel, Jacques Leroyer
  • Installation for pickling a metal band
    Patent number: 6612318
    Abstract: This invention relates to an installation for pickling a metal band by immersion through at least one bath (3) filled with a pickling liquid contained in a tank (1). According to the invention, each tank (1) is provided with at least one row of injection nozzles (5) distributed longitudinally and supplied with pressurized pickling liquid in order to make at least one series of liquid jets reaching inside the bath (3), whereas the said nozzles (5) are placed at different levels matching the shape of the curve followed by the band (2) in the tank (1) so that the liquid jet injected into the bath (3) by each nozzle (5) is directed straightforwardly to the portion (23) of the band (2) passing in front of the nozzle in question.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2003
    Assignee: Vai Clecim
    Inventors: Daniel Sylvain, Philippe Barbieri