Patents by Inventor Philippe Lac

Philippe Lac 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).

  • Cement clinker manufacturing plant
    Patent number: 9321684
    Abstract: A cement clinker manufacturing plant that includes a plant for producing purified syngas, obtained from solid waste, and process for transferring ash recovered from the ash pan of the gasifier to at least one inlet of the feedstock conversion device, which the plant includes, and/or of the furnace for the purpose of incorporating said ash into the feedstock; and a process for conveying the purified syngas to the main tuyere of the furnace and/or to at least one inlet of the feedstock conversion device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: VICAT
    Inventors: Francois Hue, Michel Pasquier, Martine Pasquier, Philippe Lac
  • CEMENT CLINKER MANUFACTURING PLANT
    Publication number: 20140065028
    Abstract: A cement clinker manufacturing plant that includes a plant for producing purified syngas, obtained from solid waste, and process for transferring ash recovered from the ash pan of the gasifier to at least one inlet of the feedstock conversion device, which the plant includes, and/or of the furnace for the purpose of incorporating said ash into the feedstock; and a process for conveying the purified syngas to the main tuyere of the furnace and/or to at least one inlet of the feedstock conversion device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2011
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Applicant: VICAT
    Inventors: Francois Hue, Philippe Lac
  • Functional aiming system for an automatic data collection device, such as an image acquisition device
    Patent number: 7967206
    Abstract: An automatic data collection device is provided for reading barcodes, matrix codes, stacked codes, or other machine-readable symbol. The data collection device generates an aiming beam that serves a dual purpose of target locating and data acquisition, such as data acquisition using imaging methods. The aiming beam defines the field of view of the data collection device for imaging. The illumination pattern provided by the aiming beam for imaging can have its shape, size, and/or intensity adaptively changed depending on conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2011
    Assignee: Intermec IP Corp.
    Inventors: Christophe Lopez, Vincent Bessettes, Pierre Cabrera, Mustapha Krichi, Philippe Lac, Pierre-Marie Manine, Jean-Michel Puech, Bernard Serres, Serge Thuries, Michael W. Dant, H. Sprague Ackley
  • FUNCTIONAL AIMING SYSTEM FOR AN AUTOMATIC DATA COLLECTION DEVICE, SUCH AS AN IMAGE ACQUISITION DEVICE
    Publication number: 20070084926
    Abstract: An automatic data collection device is provided for reading barcodes, matrix codes, stacked codes, or other machine-readable symbol. The data collection device generates an aiming beam that serves a dual purpose of target locating and data acquisition, such as data acquisition using imaging methods. The aiming beam defines the field of view of the data collection device for imaging. The illumination pattern provided by the aiming beam for imaging can have its shape, size, and/or intensity adaptively changed depending on conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2006
    Publication date: April 19, 2007
    Applicant: INTERMEC IP CORP.
    Inventors: Christophe Lopez, Vincent Bessettes, Pierre Cabrera, Mustapha Krichi, Philippe Lac, Pierre-Marie Manine, Jean-Michel Puech, Bernard Serres, Serge Thuries, Michael Dant, H. Ackley