Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Daniel O'Byrne
  • Patent number: 6685507
    Abstract: An electrical connector comprising a body made of plastics in which there are multiple side-by-side cavities, which in turn form seats that accommodate electrical terminals and ends of cables wired to the terminals; a cover is coupled to the body by way of flexible straps, and respective complementary male and female tabs protrude from the ends of the cover for series engagement so as to form belts for winding on reels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2004
    Assignee: Inarca S.p.A.
    Inventor: Gianni Piovesan
  • Patent number: 6682246
    Abstract: A container-applicator for fluid products, particularly for cosmetic and pharmaceutical use, comprising, at the mouth of a container body, an applicator provided with a spongy matrix body that can be extracted for washing and is arranged proximate to a passage for connection to the inside of the container body. The passage for connection to the inside of the container body is controlled by a valve element that can be operated from the outside of the container body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2004
    Inventor: Fulvio Reggiani
  • Patent number: 6683267
    Abstract: A gas-insulated switchgear device for high- and medium-voltage applications, comprising an enclosure which contains a disconnection unit which is electrically connected to a first electric terminal and is arranged in the enclosure in a substantially central position, and a first interruption unit and a second interruption unit which can be connected electrically to the disconnection unit and, respectively, to a second electric terminal and a third electric terminal, the first and second interruption units being arranged mutually opposite with respect to the disconnection unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2004
    Assignee: ABB Service S.r.l.
    Inventors: Costante Piazza, Giuliano Guerra
  • Patent number: 6681522
    Abstract: A flower box having posts and wall elements connected by first reversible anchoring devices, the wall elements being in turn reversibly associated with at least one corresponding bottom so as to provide, as a whole, full vertical and horizontal flexibility in assembling the flower box.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2004
    Assignee: Marchioro S.p.A. Stampaggio Materie Plastiche
    Inventor: Domenico Marchioro
  • Patent number: 6678973
    Abstract: A vapor distribution device, usable particularly with electrical household appliances which comprise a boiler for producing water vapor or steam, which is connected through a first duct to at least one first element for distributing the steam. The distribution device comprises at least one separate second duct for feeding the steam to at least one second distribution element, with the interposition of suitable flow control elements for one or more containers of separate additives.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2004
    Inventor: Ezio de Mori
  • Patent number: 6675566
    Abstract: A tool such as a lawnmower, particularly for gardening vehicles, of the type that comprises a protective housing, suitable to provide a supporting chassis for front wheels and cutting blades arranged substantially within its dimensions of the chassis, the housing being provided, in an upper region and at the front of the central region, with two mutually adjacent blades and with an opening on which there is a fan/aspirator from which a connection for a discharge duct to be connected to a collection container branches out.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2004
    Assignee: Antonio Carraro S.p.A.
    Inventor: Girolamo Martignon
  • Patent number: 6675448
    Abstract: A magnetic closure, comprising a male element and a female element, each of which comprises: a keeper plate, which is suitable to support a pair of magnets and to support in a downward region means for fixing the male element or the female element; a dome for covering the keeper plate that supports the magnets, the covering dome being provided with a slot that allows the passage of an engagement pin in the male element, the engagement pin being adapted to engage the slot of the covering dome of the female element; its particularity consisting in that the magnets are supported by the keeper plate so that they are spaced apart.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2004
    Assignee: SAMA S.p.A.
    Inventor: Franco Revel
  • Patent number: 6671982
    Abstract: A shell, particularly for a ski boot, constituted by a box-like main body which is open in an upward region and is rigidly coupled to a sole. The shell has, at the foot instep region, two arc-like partially overlapping plates, each of which is rotatably pivoted to the shell by pivots arranged laterally to the shell on an axis which is approximately parallel to the resting plane of the sole. The rotation of the two plates is limited by a pivot and slot connection arranged in the region in front of the heel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2004
    Assignee: Benetton Group S.p.A.
    Inventor: Francesco Caeran
  • Patent number: 6668757
    Abstract: A crawling tube for small mammals comprising a plurality of circumferential slotted holes which are arranged side by side on at least one row along a longitudinal extension of the tube so as to provide ventilation grilles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2003
    Assignee: Marchioro S.p.A. Stampaggio Materie Plastiche
    Inventor: Domenico Marchioro
  • Patent number: 6669120
    Abstract: A universal head for fixing a nozzle to a fluid distribution duct comprises a cap-like sleeve adapted to be associated with the outlet of the duct, a nozzle insertion slot formed at the top of the sleeve, and wings for locking the nozzle that can expand radially and are formed proximate to the slot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2003
    Assignee: Arag - S.R.L. Con Socio Unico
    Inventor: Marco Vernia
  • Patent number: 6669496
    Abstract: A device for connecting bus bars comprising a body made of conducting material which has three elements which lie along three substantially mutually perpendicular planes, of which: a first flat base element has a first outer side and a second outer side which are arranged in an L-shaped configuration with respect to each other, a third inner side and a fourth inner side being arranged in an L-shaped configuration with respect to each other and being substantially parallel to the corresponding outer sides; a second flat element is arranged along said first outer side of the first element; a third flat element is arranged along said second outer side or along said fourth inner side of the first element, the second flat element and the third flat element having such a length that their minimum relative distances allow the free passage of the bars, said first, second and third flat elements being further provided with a plurality of slots suitable to receive means for connection to the bars.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2003
    Assignee: ABB Service S.r.l.
    Inventors: Rodolfo Fontana, Alessandro Leone
  • Patent number: 6663389
    Abstract: An implant for artificial teeth, including: an intrabony insert or implant (1) which is designed to be inserted in a fixed manner in the jawbone and is provided with a cavity (10); an artificial tooth assembly with a tooth stump (3) for the respective artificial tooth and a stem to be inserted and fixed in the cavity of the intrabony insert or implant; the cavity (10) of the intrabony implant has an undercut annular recess (12) below and above which there are hole portions (11,13,14) having a smaller diameter, one (11) of the hole portions, above the recess (12), being interrupted by at least one longitudinal access slot (121) for the passage of at least one lug of the stem of the tooth stump (3) by axial sliding and subsequent rotation, the outer upper end of the intrabony implant being polygonal, the tooth stump (3) protruding beyond the lug with a polygonal region for the insertion of a polygonal annular bush for the mutual locking of the stump (3) with respect to the intrabony implant (1) so as to prevent
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2003
    Inventor: Antonio Gallicchio
  • Patent number: 6664100
    Abstract: A method for converting organic solid waste into humic products and the corresponding apparatus, in which a preliminary aerobic fermentation of the organic solid waste is performed, followed by a second aerobic fermentation of the organic waste in the presence of specific microorganisms in order to provide a basic precursor on which the selective metabolization occurs of specific bacterial strains to provide the humic product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2003
    Inventor: Riccardo Reverso
  • Patent number: 6659770
    Abstract: An improved implant for fixing dental prostheses, of the type constituted by an intrabony section that is fixed, upon assembly, within the gum, and to which a dental prosthesis anchoring superstructure is fixed; the superstructure is constituted by an abutment provided with an axial through hole that is partially accommodated in a seat formed in the intrabony section and suitable to provide the support around which the tooth is constituted, and an abutment fixing pin that is inserted axially in the abutment and is provided with a threaded portion that is associated, upon assembly, with a threaded blind hole formed axially in the bottom of the seat. The seat has a portion provided with a triangular cross-section with radiused vertices and coupled, upon assembly, to a complementarily shaped portion of a shank formed in the abutment element. The seat and the shank are complementarily shaped and provided with a circular cross-section in their remaining parts as well.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2003
    Inventor: Vincenzo Crudo
  • Patent number: 6648572
    Abstract: A magazine with removable inclined frames comprising a plurality of inclined frames arranged side by side in a parking area, each frame having, at its base, a carriage-like structure which carries the inclined frame so that it is mounted on, and slideable in, a pair of rails dedicated thereto in the parking area. A transfer structure is provided to the side of the parking area and comprises a shuttle to receive one or more carriages and to convey the carriage at right angles to the plane of arrangement of the frame. A motor is provided for producing the translational motion of the carriages on the shuttle, and additional motors are provided for producing the translational motion of the shuttle parallel to the parking area of the set of frames.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2003
    Inventor: Antonio Piazza
  • Patent number: 6647558
    Abstract: A dispenser for sanitizing/deodorant surfactant liquids, particularly for toilet bowls, including a container, which is provided at an end thereof with a tray element having at least one cavity in continuous communication with the container; the cavity is provided with at least one outlet for the controlled dispensing of a surfactant liquid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2003
    Assignee: Falp S.r.l.
    Inventor: Roberto Falchieri
  • Patent number: 6647678
    Abstract: A device for connecting a beam to pillars, or similar load-bearing structural elements, for constructing buildings, particularly multi-story buildings, by way of prefabricated concrete components. The device comprises a first connection for connecting the two end regions of the beam to the pillars and a second connection for connecting two intermediate regions of the longitudinal extension of the beam to the pillars. The first connection is constituted by connection elements of the interlocking type and the second connection comprises at least two rigid inclined ties, each of which connects an intermediate region of the beam to a region of the respective pillar which lies at a higher level than the region where the tie is coupled to the beam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2003
    Inventors: Sergio Zambelli, Benito Zambelli
  • Patent number: 6644228
    Abstract: The machine comprises a needle with an open eye orientated perpendicular to a supporting surface for the sewn item and actuated with reciprocating motion to pass cyclically through the supporting surface and the sewn item, carrying a thread loop; a thread take-up wheel having a fixed part, with a magazine for taken-up thread, and a rotatable part; a lower looper engaging the thread loop below the supporting surface and loading the thread into the magazine; and comprises a thread handly unit allowing correct formation of the stitches.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2003
    Assignee: Conti Complett S.p.A.
    Inventors: Mario Valle, Ferruccio Perego
  • Patent number: 6644618
    Abstract: A fast-fit clamp for partly or fully closing flexible tubes, in particular for medical use, has a laminar body bent backwards on itself, fitted through longitudinally with a tube, and having two elastically competing ends between which project radially inwards two opposite transverse teeth for gripping the tube; at least two split through holes being formed in the laminar body, with openings facing outwards on opposite sides; and provision being made for centering means for centering the competing ends, and latch means for fastening the competing ends simply or gradually.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2003
    Inventor: Enrico Balbo
  • Patent number: 6641515
    Abstract: A frustoconical matrix and a punch of a complementary shape and coaxial to the former can be brought together to shape an inserted sheet of thin paper. The matrix has a cylindrical peripheral surface along which a beading member comprising a cylindrical foil is slidable in a close running fit. A shoulder extends coaxially to the punch to define a pit having a cylindrical internal wall having a diameter smaller than the outside diameter of the beading member. Heating means are controllable to heat the shoulder to a temperature such that the pit is expanded to a diameter of close running fit between its internal wall and the beading member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2003
    Assignee: Ecopack S.p.A.
    Inventors: Luigi Ferri, Francesco Ferri