Patents by Inventor Stéphane Legallais

Stéphane Legallais 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).

  • Patent number: 7931465
    Abstract: A device for transferring objects, in particular containers such as preforms or bottles, comprising a support (2) which is rotated about an substantially vertical rotational axis and which supports at least one transfer arm (3) with an inner radial part fixed to the support (2) and an outer radial part (6) adapted for sliding with respect to said inner radial part along an elongation axis held within a plane substantially perpendicular to the rotational axis of said support (2), the outer radial part (6) having a gripper head (13) adapted for supporting at least one object, wherein said head (13) is adapted for sliding, with respect to the inner radial part, along an elongation axis substantially parallel to the rotational axis of the support (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2011
    Assignee: Sidel Participations
    Inventor: Stéphane Legallais
  • Patent number: 7766645
    Abstract: A molding device for manufacturing thermoplastic containers by blow-molding or stretch-blow-molding heated parisons. The molding device having a blow-molding mold of the hinged mold type with at least two mold halves which can be separated from one another by rotation about a common axle of articulation under the action of an actuating device. The actuating device is designed in such a way that the two mold halves have respective angles of opening on each side of the parting plane of the mold which are not equal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2010
    Assignee: Sidel Participations
    Inventor: Stéphane Legallais
  • Patent number: 7736142
    Abstract: A blow moulding machine (10) for the manufacture of containers based on preforms, includes at least one rotating turntable (12) furnished with a console (16) supporting two half-moulds (20, 22) that are designed to form the body of the container and a mould base (32) that is designed to form the bottom of the container, of the type in which the mould base (32) is driven so as to slide vertically by a cam system (46), characterized in that the console (16) includes at least one return member that forces the mould base (32) towards its top position, and in that the cam system (46) includes a cam follower element (52) that is slidingly connected to the mould base (32) and that interacts with a control surface (54) oriented downwards.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2010
    Assignee: Sidel Participations
    Inventors: Stephane Legallais, Jose Blanchard
  • Publication number: 20090220630
    Abstract: A molding device for manufacturing thermoplastic containers by blow-molding or stretch-blow-molding heated parisons. The molding device having a blow-molding mold of the hinged mold type with at least two mold halves which can be separated from one another by rotation about a common axle of articulation under the action of an actuating device. The actuating device is designed in such a way that the two mold halves have respective angles of opening on each side of the parting plane of the mold which are not equal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2009
    Publication date: September 3, 2009
    Applicant: SIDEL PARTICIPATIONS
    Inventor: Stephane LEGALLAIS
  • Patent number: 7543697
    Abstract: Rotary device for transferring containers, with a base (21) rotating about an axis (23) and supporting a mobile assembly (25) comprising: a main arm (26) pivoting (27) on the base, a gripping pincer (30) at the free end of the main arm, and a rotary roller (32) which is solidly connected to the main arm and interacts with a fixed curvilinear cam (33) with a closed contour; the pivot shaft (27) and the free end of the main arm define a line (L) which extends approximately tangentially to the circular trajectory of the pivot axis, which precedes the free end of the arm in the direction (F) of rotation of the base; the cam is such that, when the base rotates, the end of the main arm is moved approximately radially; and the gripping pincer mounted on the free end of the main arm follows a predetermined circular path, having inverse convexity with respect to the trajectory of the rotary base, within a fixed angular range (?) of rotation of the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2009
    Assignee: Sidel Participations
    Inventor: Stéphane Legallais
  • Publication number: 20090004322
    Abstract: A device for transferring objects, in particular containers such as preforms or bottles, comprising a support (2) which is rotated about an substantially vertical rotational axis and which supports at least one transfer arm (3) with an inner radial part fixed to the support (2) and an outer radial part (6) adapted for sliding with respect to said inner radial part along an elongation axis held within a plane substantially perpendicular to the rotational axis of said support (2), the outer radial part (6) having a gripper head (13) adapted for supporting at least one object, wherein said head (13) is adapted for sliding, with respect to the inner radial part, along an elongation axis substantially parallel to the rotational axis of the support (2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2008
    Publication date: January 1, 2009
    Applicant: SIDEL PARTICIPATIONS
    Inventor: Stephane LEGALLAIS
  • Patent number: 7451868
    Abstract: Device for conveying objects, includes a rotating support having a transfer arm which consists of a plate and a gripper head which can bear at least one object and which is slidingly mounted in relation to the plate according to a direction. The gripper head (20) is coupled to a slider sliding in a slide rail fixed to the plate, and including a first and second cam system in order to respectively slidingly drive the gripper head and to pivotingly drive the plate, according to the angular position of the arm around the axis of rotation of the support. The slider is constructed as a single part which has an overall rail shape, and the profile of the slider is complementary with respect to the profile of the slide rail. The gripper head is fixed such that it overhangs on the distal end section of the slider.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2008
    Assignee: Sidel Participations
    Inventors: Stéphane Legallais, Vincent Brachet, Denis Gillet
  • Publication number: 20080210520
    Abstract: Rotary device for transferring containers, with a base (21) rotating about an axis (23) and supporting a mobile assembly (25) comprising: a main arm (26) pivoting (27) on the base, a gripping pincer (30) at the free end of the main arm, and a rotary roller (32) which is solidly connected to the main arm and interacts with a fixed curvilinear cam (33) with a closed contour; the pivot shaft (27) and the free end of the main arm define a line (L) which extends approximately tangentially to the circular trajectory of the pivot axis, which precedes the free end of the arm in the direction (F) of rotation of the base; the cam is such that, when the base rotates, the end of the main arm is moved approximately radially; and the gripping pincer mounted on the free end of the main arm follows a predetermined circular path, having inverse convexity with respect to the trajectory of the rotary base, within a fixed angular range (a) of rotation of the base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2006
    Publication date: September 4, 2008
    Applicant: SIDEL PARTICIPATIONS
    Inventor: Stephane Legallais
  • Patent number: 7399177
    Abstract: A rotary machine for producing recipients made of a thermoplastic material by drawing and blowing performs by a molding device which is provided with an openable mold and a movable drawing rod, a device for supporting and driving the drawing rod, which is embodied in such a way that it is mechanical and includes a power take-off device for generating, on the basis of a monodirectional rotary rotation, two rotary motions of given angular amplitudes of a rocker in two predetermined angular places of a merry-go-round path and a device for converting the two rotary movements of the rocker into two opposite linear alternately descending and ascending displacements of a drive unit connected to the drawing rod.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2008
    Assignee: Sidel Participations
    Inventors: Vincent Brachet, Stéphane Legallais
  • Publication number: 20080143022
    Abstract: A method of controlling the opening and closing of a book-type blow mold that is used to produce containers from a thermoplastic material, such as PET, by blowing or blow-drawing heated preforms. The mold includes at least two mold halves which can be moved away from one another by rotating the same around a shared fixed pivot pin. The two mold halves are opened asymmetrically on either side of the parting plane thereof and, as a result, the mold half that is open the most forms a larger passage for introducing an auxiliary member, such as a clamp arm, into the mold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2006
    Publication date: June 19, 2008
    Inventor: Stephane Legallais
  • Publication number: 20080063742
    Abstract: A blow moulding machine (10) for the manufacture of containers based on preforms, includes at least one rotating turntable (12) furnished with a console (16) supporting two half-moulds (20, 22) that are designed to form the body of the container and a mould base (32) that is designed to form the bottom of the container, of the type in which the mould base (32) is driven so as to slide vertically by a cam system (46), characterized in that the console (16) includes at least one return member that forces the mould base (32) towards its top position, and in that the cam system (46) includes a cam follower element (52) that is slidingly connected to the mould base (32) and that interacts with a control surface (54) oriented downwards.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2005
    Publication date: March 13, 2008
    Applicant: SIDEL PARTICIPATIONS
    Inventors: Stephane Legallais, Jose Blanchard
  • Publication number: 20070256911
    Abstract: Device for conveying objects, includes a rotating support having a transfer arm which consists of a plate and a gripper head which can bear at least one object and which is slidingly mounted in relation to the plate according to a direction. The gripper head (20) is coupled to a slider sliding in a slide rail fixed to the plate, and including a first and second cam system in order to respectively slidingly drive the gripper head and to pivotingly drive the plate, according to the angular position of the arm around the axis of rotation of the support. The slider is constructed as a single part which has an overall rail shape, and the profile of the slider is complementary with respect to the profile of the slide rail. The gripper head is fixed such that it overhangs on the distal end section of the slider.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2005
    Publication date: November 8, 2007
    Applicant: SIDEL PARTICIPATIONS
    Inventors: Stephane Legallais, Vincent Brachet, Denis Gillet
  • Publication number: 20070148276
    Abstract: A rotary machine for producing recipients made of a thermoplastic material by drawing and blowing performs by a molding device which is provided with an openable mold and a movable drawing rod, a device for supporting and driving the drawing rod, which is embodied in such a way that it is mechanical and includes a power take-off device for generating, on the basis of a monodirectional rotary rotation, two rotary motions of given angular amplitudes of a rocker in two predetermined angular places of a merry-go-round path and a device for converting the two rotary movements of the rocker into two opposite linear alternately descending and ascending displacements of a drive unit connected to the drawing rod.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2004
    Publication date: June 28, 2007
    Applicant: SIDEL PARTICIPATIONS
    Inventors: Vincent Brachet, Stephane Legallais
  • Patent number: 7165956
    Abstract: A blow-molding installation for manufacturing receptacles from blanks of thermoplastic polymer, said installation comprising a bell-nozzle for blowing a fluid under pressure into a blank (3) disposed in a cavity (2) of a mold (1), the end of the nozzle being in the shape of a bell (11) which is suitable, during blow-molding, for being pressed into leaktight end-to-end abutment against a wall (F) of the mold while capping the neck (7) of the blank that emerges from said wall; said installation further comprises means (161) for securing the nozzle to the wall of the mold by mutual attraction, which means can be activated, after the nozzle has been brought into end-to-end contact with the wall (F) of the mold without flattening a sealing gasket (13), so as to attract the nozzle (10) and the wall (F) towards each other with an attraction force greater than the repulsion force due to the pressure of the blow-molding fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2007
    Assignee: Sidel
    Inventors: Didier Santais, Stéphane Legallais
  • Publication number: 20060115546
    Abstract: A blow-molding installation for manufacturing receptacles from blanks of thermoplastic polymer, said installation comprising a bell-nozzle for blowing a fluid under pressure into a blank (3) disposed in a cavity (2) of a mold (1), the end of the nozzle being in the shape of a bell (11) which is suitable, during blow-molding, for being pressed into leaktight end-to-end abutment against a wall (F) of the mold while capping the neck (7) of the blank that emerges from said wall; said installation further comprises means (161) for securing the nozzle to the wall of the mold by mutual attraction, which means can be activated, after the nozzle has been brought into end-to-end contact with the wall (F) of the mold without flattening a sealing gasket (13), so as to attract the nozzle (10) and the wall (F) towards each other with an attraction force greater than the repulsion force due to the pressure of the blow-molding fluid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2003
    Publication date: June 1, 2006
    Inventors: Didier Santais, Stephane Legallais