US Patent Issued to COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELIN on March 4 for "Separation device for removing a profiled element from a conveying surface, and extrusion machine provided with such a separation device" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,240,720, issued on March 4, was assigned to COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELIN (Clermont-Ferrand, France).

"Separation device for removing a profiled element from a conveying surface, and extrusion machine provided with such a separation device" was invented by Thomas Mosnier (Clermont-Ferrand, France), Christophe Ougier (Clermont-Ferrand, France) and Miguel Torres-Castellano (Clermont-Ferrand, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A separation device (1) intended to separate a profiled element (2) from a conveying surface (3) which conveys the profiled element (2) in a longitudinal direction (L0) comprises a detachment rolle...