Patents by Inventor Francesco La Gala

Francesco La Gala 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: 7425298
    Abstract: A thermal deburring machine (1) is described, comprising a press (2) into which a deburring chamber (3) containing the workpieces to be deburred is inserted. The press (2) and the chamber (3) have a horizontal axis and the chamber (3) is extracted from the press (2) with a horizontal movement to unload the deburred workpieces and to load the workpieces to be deburred. The chamber (3) is preferably axially slidable in a chamber holder (4) carried by a support (5) moveable in a horizontal direction, at right angles to the axis of the chamber (3). The machine (1) advantageously comprises two chambers (3) to carry out simultaneously the deburring of the workpieces loaded into the chamber (3) inserted in the press (2) and the unloading/loading of the other chamber (3) positioned outside the press (2). The machine (1) can also comprise a palletised and robotised system (20) for loading/unloading the workpieces from the chamber (3) positioned outside the press (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2008
    Assignee: S.G.M. S.r.L.
    Inventor: Francesco La Gala
  • Publication number: 20060192327
    Abstract: A thermal deburring machine (1) is described, comprising a press (2) into which a deburring chamber (3) containing the workpieces to be deburred is inserted. The press (2) and the chamber (3) have a horizontal axis and the chamber (3) is extracted from the press (2) with a horizontal movement to unload the deburred workpieces and to load the workpieces to be deburred. The chamber (3) is preferably axially slidable in a chamber holder (4) carried by a support (5) moveable in a horizontal direction, at right angles to the axis of the chamber (3). The machine (1) advantageously comprises two chambers (3) to carry out simultaneously the deburring of the workpieces loaded into the chamber (3) inserted in the press (2) and the unloading/loading of the other chamber (3) positioned outside the press (2). The machine (1) can also comprise a palletised and robotised system (20) for loading/unloading the workpieces from the chamber (3) positioned outside the press (2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2006
    Publication date: August 31, 2006
    Inventor: Francesco La Gala