Patents by Inventor Pierre Genty

Pierre Genty 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).

  • Packaging machine and method of forming a carton
    Patent number: 7093408
    Abstract: An apparatus for regulating the flow of articles from an infeed stream at an infeed end of a packaging machine which apparatus comprises a plurality of article feed lanes for supplying a row of articles converging at a predetermined position, each feed lane having a regulator to control article flow, one of said regulators providing a reference position by which the relative positions of the articles may be controlled such that as the lanes converge one row of articles is offset from the or each other rows of articles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2006
    Assignee: Meadwestvaco Packaging Systems, LLC
    Inventors: Philippe Duperray, Joel Mennetrat, Pierre Genty
  • Packaging machine and method of carton set up
    Patent number: 6571539
    Abstract: A carton manipulating device for rotating a carton in a packaging machine, which apparatus comprises carton pick up means adapted to engage at least one carton from the infeed stream and to convey the carton through a working reach of the apparatus and wherein the pick up means is rotatable intermittently along the working reach to cause the carton to be rotated during continuous forward movement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2003
    Assignee: The Mead Corporation
    Inventors: Patrick Gendre, Pascal Martini, Pierre Genty
  • Packaging machine and method of carton set up
    Publication number: 20020088206
    Abstract: A carton manipulating device for rotating a carton in a packaging machine, which apparatus comprises carton pick up means adapted to engage at least one carton from the infeed stream and to convey the carton through a working reach of the apparatus and wherein the pick up means is rotatable intermittently along the working reach to cause the carton to be rotated during continuous forward movement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2001
    Publication date: July 11, 2002
    Inventors: Patrick Gendre, Pascal Martini, Pierre Genty
  • Packaging machine and method of forming a carton
    Publication number: 20020083680
    Abstract: An apparatus for regulating the flow of articles from an infeed stream at an infeed end of a packaging machine which apparatus comprises a plurality of article feed lanes for supplying a row of articles converging at a predetermined position, each feed lane having a regulator to control article flow, one of said regulators providing a reference position by which the relative positions of the articles may be controlled such that as the lanes converge one row of articles is offset from the or each other rows of articles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2001
    Publication date: July 4, 2002
    Inventors: Philippe Duperray, Joel Mennetrat, Pierre Genty