Patents by Inventor Daniele Capetta

Daniele Capetta 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: 6132199
    Abstract: Measured quantities of cereal flakes are loaded into suitable forming moulds in which they are subjected to successive pressure pulses spaced by respective periods in which the pressure is released, so as to compact the cereal flakes, producing cereal aggregates in which the tendency to crumble is considerably reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 1995
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2000
    Assignee: Barilla G.ER.F.LLI - Societa per Azioni
    Inventors: Antonio Chierici, Daniele Capetta, Enrico Schiaretti
  • Patent number: 6105270
    Abstract: A device is provided for positioning single bakery products, supplied by dropping, in recesses of a tin. At least one centering recess is disposed above the tin, which is formed by bringing together two facing half-shells. Structure for moving the half-shells away from each other synchronizes the drop of the bakery products with the advancing tin. Excess bakery products can be expelled from the centering recess into adjacent centering recesses, with the centering recesses forming an alignment corresponding to the at least one row of receiving recesses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2000
    Assignee: Barilla Alimentare S.p.A.
    Inventors: Daniele Capetta, Antonio Chierici, Enrico Schiaretti
  • Patent number: 5893321
    Abstract: An apparatus (10) for rolling sheets (S) of dough for bakery products (P) has a simplified structure and optimum efficiency and comprises a pair of shaping rollers (17, 19), arranged transversely with respect to the direction of forward movement (A) of the dough sheets (S), with axes of rotation (R1, R2) essentially parallel to the surface (12) on which the dough sheets (S) are conveyed and defining a first shaping surface (18), located at a short distance from the conveying surface (12), in such a way as to lift the dough sheet (S), and a second shaping surface (20) approximately tangential to the first surface (18), the second shaping roller (19) being located in such a way as to define a rolling space (21) whose transverse dimensions are roughly comparable to those of the shaped bakery product (P).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 13, 1999
    Assignee: Barilla Alimentare S.p.A.
    Inventors: Daniele Capetta, Antonio Chierici, Enrico Schiaretti