Patents by Inventor Antonio Flotats Molinas

Antonio Flotats Molinas 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: 10881128
    Abstract: The invention relates to a squeezing machine of the type in which the juice is obtained in a squeezing unit comprising at least one male drum (5) and at least one female drum, the female drum (4) having recesses for holding the fruit and the male drum having protrusions that insert in the recesses of the female drum to catch the fruit, the squeezing unit (2) and other auxiliary elements are joined to each other, preferably by a casing, such that they can engage and be released from the drive element (1) as a single block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: ZUMEX GROUP, S.A.
    Inventor: Antonio Flotats Molinas
  • Patent number: 10820619
    Abstract: Squeezing system that comprises at least one female drum (1) and at least one male drum (2), one close to the other and which rotate in a synchronous manner, one in the opposite direction to the other, the female (1) having on its side at least one cavity (6) apt for lodging the fruit to be squeezed, and the male drum (2) likewise having on the side at least one protuberance (5) apt for engaging in a portion of the rotation path and apt for being tightly lodged in the cavity (6) of the female drum (1) during each rotation, compressing and squeezing the fruit; the rotation axle (3) of the female drum (1) not being parallel to the rotation axle (4) of the male drum (2), both crossing at a point in space, being preferably coplanar and concurrent and being deployed one with respect to the other at an angle other than 0° or 180°, in which the female (1) and male (2) drums have one of their bases larger than the other, preferably adopting a a frustoconical shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: Zumex Group S.A.
    Inventor: Antonio Flotats Molinas
  • Publication number: 20170224002
    Abstract: The invention relates to a squeezing machine of the type in which the juice is obtained in a squeezing unit comprising at least one male drum (5) and at least one female drum, the female drum (4) having recesses for holding the fruit and the male drum having protrusions that insert in the recesses of the female drum to catch the fruit, the squeezing unit (2) and other auxiliary elements are joined to each other, preferably by a casing, such that they can engage and be released from the drive element (1) as a single block.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2015
    Publication date: August 10, 2017
    Inventor: Antonio FLOTATS MOLINAS
  • Publication number: 20160166102
    Abstract: Squeezing system that comprises at least one female drum (1) and at least one male drum (2), one close to the other and which rotate in a synchronous manner, one in the opposite direction to the other, the female (1) having on its side at least one cavity (6) apt for lodging the fruit to be squeezed, and the male drum (2) likewise having on the side at least one protuberance (5) apt for engaging in a portion of the rotation path and apt for being tightly lodged in the cavity (6) of the female drum (1) during each rotation, compressing and squeezing the fruit; the rotation axle (3) of the female drum (1) not being parallel to the rotation axle (4) of the male drum (2), both crossing at a point in space, being preferably coplanar and concurrent and being deployed one with respect to the other at an angle other than 0° or 180°, in which the female (1) and male (2) drums have one of their bases larger than the other, preferably adopting a a frustoconical shape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2013
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Applicant: Zumex Group S.A.
    Inventor: Antonio Flotats Molinas
  • Patent number: D774848
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: Zumex Group S.A.
    Inventors: Antonio Flotats Molinas, Eloy Herrero Gimeno, Sèbastien Jennequin