Patents by Inventor Dino NERI

Dino NERI 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: 11878828
    Abstract: There is described an outfeed device for a packaging assembly configured to form and seal a plurality of packages containing a pourable product; the outfeed device comprises an input station, at which it receives, in use, the packages, and an output station, at which the packages exit, in use, from the outfeed device; the outfeed device comprises at least one selectively operable cart element cyclically movable along an endless path, comprising a receiving portion defining a receiving seat for picking one single package at a time at input station, housing at least part of the package, and being configured to bring the package from the input station to the output station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: TETRA LAVAL HOLDINGS & FINANCE S.A.
    Inventors: Giorgio Mattioli, Massimiliano Barbi, Dino Neri, Massimo Fratti, Richard John Pedretti
  • Publication number: 20230242289
    Abstract: A package forming unit comprises plural jaw units, each having at least one respective operative assembly for engaging the tube and for at least partially forming the advancing tube, one respective sealing element for at least partially transversally sealing the tube along a transversal sealing band and a pair of interaction tabs for interacting with the tube. Each jaw unit is controllable as a function of the tube filling level in an operative configuration in which the respective operative assembly, the respective sealing element and the respective pair of interaction tabs are controlled in respective active states while advancing along respective operative portions and a partial operative configuration in which the respective sealing element is controlled in the respective active state and the respective operative assembly and/or the respective pair of interaction tabs is/are controlled in a respective inactive state while, in use, advancing along the respective operative portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2021
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Applicant: TETRA LAVAL HOLDINGS & FINANCE S.A.
    Inventors: Roberto MAGELLI, Marco POPPI, Dino NERI, Stefano CASELLI
  • Publication number: 20210380300
    Abstract: There is described an outfeed device for a packaging assembly configured to form and seal a plurality of packages containing a pourable product; the outfeed device comprises an input station, at which it receives, in use, the packages, and an output station, at which the packages exit, in use, from the outfeed device; the outfeed device comprises at least one selectively operable cart element cyclically movable along an endless path, comprising a receiving portion defining a receiving seat for picking one single package at a time at input station, housing at least part of the package, and being configured to bring the package from the input station to the output station.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2019
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Applicant: TETRA LAVAL HOLDINGS & FINANCE S.A.
    Inventors: Giorgio MATTIOLI, Massimiliano BARBI, Dino NERI, Massimo FRATTI, Richard John PEDRETTI
  • Patent number: 10189595
    Abstract: A feeding unit for receiving sealed packs of pourable food products from a forming unit arranged to form the packs and feed the packs to a folding unit arranged to fold the packs so as to obtain folded packages, the feeding unit comprising a feeding conveyor to carry the packs towards the folding unit, wherein the feeding unit further comprises a driving arrangement interacting with the packs so as to pull the packs from the forming unit and push the packs towards the feeding conveyor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: TETRA LAVAL HOLDINGS & FINANCE S.A.
    Inventors: Giorgio Mattioli, Richard John Pedretti, Dino Neri, Massimo Pradelli
  • Patent number: 10093484
    Abstract: A feeding unit for receiving sealed packs from a forming unit arranged to form the packs and feed the packs to a folding unit arranged to fold the packs so as to obtain folded packages comprises a feeding conveyor having at least one carrying element arranged for delivering the packs to the folding unit at an outlet region of the feeding unit, the feeding unit further comprising a braking conveyor arranged for slowing down the packs so that the packs are kept in contact with the at least one carrying element at the outlet region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: TETRA LAVAL HOLDINGS & FINANCE S.A.
    Inventors: Giorgio Mattioli, Richard John Pedretti, Dino Neri
  • Patent number: 10087008
    Abstract: A feeding unit for feeding sealed packs of pourable food products to a folding unit arranged to form folded packages from said packs, said feeding unit comprising a feeding conveyor having a carrying arrangement movable cyclically along an advancing path to carry said packs towards said folding unit, wherein said feeding unit further comprises a push arrangement arranged to push said packs towards said advancing path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: TETRA LAVAL HOLDINGS & FINANCE S.A.
    Inventors: Giorgio Mattioli, Richard John Pedretti, Dino Neri
  • Publication number: 20170166401
    Abstract: A feeding unit for receiving sealed packs from a forming unit arranged to form the packs and feed the packs to a folding unit arranged to fold the packs so as to obtain folded packages comprises a feeding conveyor having at least one carrying element arranged for delivering the packs to the folding unit at an outlet region of the feeding unit, the feeding unit further comprising a braking conveyor arranged for slowing down the packs so that the packs are kept in contact with the at least one carrying element at the outlet region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2015
    Publication date: June 15, 2017
    Applicant: TETRA LAVAL HOLDINGS & FINANCE S.A.
    Inventors: Giorgio MATTIOLI, Richard John PEDRETTI, Dino NERI
  • Publication number: 20170113877
    Abstract: A feeding unit for feeding sealed packs of pourable food products to a folding unit arranged to form folded packages from said packs, said feeding unit comprising a feeding conveyor having a carrying arrangement movable cyclically along an advancing path to carry said packs towards said folding unit, wherein said feeding unit further comprises a push arrangement arranged to push said packs towards said advancing path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2015
    Publication date: April 27, 2017
    Applicant: TETRA LAVAL HOLDINGS & FINANCE S.A
    Inventors: Giorgio MATTIOLI, Richard John PEDRETTI, Dino NERI
  • Publication number: 20170073103
    Abstract: A feeding unit for receiving sealed packs of pourable food products from a forming unit arranged to form the packs and feed the packs to a folding unit arranged to fold the packs so as to obtain folded packages, the feeding unit comprising a feeding conveyor to carry the packs towards the folding unit, wherein the feeding unit further comprises a driving arrangement interacting with the packs so as to pull the packs from the forming unit and push the packs towards the feeding conveyor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2015
    Publication date: March 16, 2017
    Applicant: TETRA LAVAL HOLDINGS & FINANCE S.A.
    Inventors: Giorgio MATTIOLI, Richard John PEDRETTI, Dino NERI, Massimo PRADELLI