Patents by Inventor Giancarlo Giuffredi

Giancarlo Giuffredi 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: 5791527
    Abstract: The vaporizer comprises a casing (1A) of moulded plastics, an atomizing pump non-removably mounted in the upper part of the casing, and a plug (29A) mounted in the lower part of the casing. The plug (29A) is provided with channels (30A) through which the liquid product is loaded when the plug is in a first position (FIG. 1); when the plug (29A) is urged into a second position (FIG. 2) the channels (30A) are blocked to trap the loaded liquid product in the casing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 1996
    Date of Patent: August 11, 1998
    Assignee: Coster Technologie Speciali S.p.A.
    Inventor: Giancarlo Giuffredi
  • Patent number: 5222637
    Abstract: A manually operated pump device for dispensing fluids from containers is disclosed. The pump device is provided with a mobile cylinder, a trigger lever for operating the cylinder, and a fixed piston located inside the cylinder. In the pump device, there is also a gasket and a stem-like member located inside a delivery and suction valve. The gasket and stem-like member act together to permit fluid to flow from the cylinder and to a delivery head during a delivery stage. During a sealing stage, the gasket and stem-like member operate in conjunction to seal the cylinder. A spring acts between the cylinder and the piston to allow fluid to flow again through the delivery valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 1991
    Date of Patent: June 29, 1993
    Assignee: Coster Tecnologie Speciali S.p.A.
    Inventor: Giancarlo Giuffredi
  • Patent number: 5209273
    Abstract: The cabin is integral with a shield which separates it from the working environment and which can replace a perimetral part of the wall or the like which separates said environment from the outside. In correspondence with said shield the cabin comprises a sealed (by suitable seal gaskets), flameproof and explosion-proof door providing access from said environment and comprising an armoured viewing window. On the side opposite that comprising the door the cabin has a movable wall which is hinged and ejectable. In the walls perpendicular to the preceding there are apertures or passageways for the entry and exit of the can conveyor. Analogous apertures or passageways are provided in the shield, these being at least partly closable by guillotine plates when required. In the region in which the conveyor extends in the open between the shield and cabin, means are provided to direct air streams onto the cans.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 1992
    Date of Patent: May 11, 1993
    Assignee: Coster Tecnologie Speciali S.p.A.
    Inventors: Giancarlo Giuffredi, Domenico Crespiatico, Carmelo Rigano
  • Patent number: 5002207
    Abstract: The improved precompression pump has a body in which a hollow stem is slidingly disposed under the control of a knob or pushbutton provided with a nozzle. On the stem there is mounted a piston arranged to move along the stem against the action of a spring to uncover ports through the stem which communicate with the cavity in the stem. A non-return (intake) valve is positioned between the piston and a dip tube which is immersed in the product to be dispensed. The spring has a portion which is substantially cylindrical and another portion which is substantially conical, and moreover is not in contact with the product. The spring is secured at an intermediate point to the stem, acts at one end against the piston and is secured at its other end to the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 1989
    Date of Patent: March 26, 1991
    Assignee: Coster Technologie Speciali S.p.A.
    Inventor: Giancarlo Giuffredi
  • Patent number: 4896799
    Abstract: The device comprises a pump with its plunger mobile in a cylinder against the action of a spring, and a delivery button associated with the plunger for controlling its delivery movement. The button incorporates a shut-off member provided on a flexible diaphragm fixed peripherally in a seat in the button.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 1988
    Date of Patent: January 30, 1990
    Assignee: Coster-Technologie Speciali S.p.A.
    Inventor: Giancarlo Giuffredi
  • Patent number: 4417674
    Abstract: A valve for the admixture of a gas with a fluid pressure stored in a container, comprising a hollow body associated with a drawing tube for the fluid transport and provided with at least one through hole for the gas transport, as well as a shutter element movable in the body against a spring and provided with a hollow stem having at least one opening which can be shut off by a sealing gasket. The body has therein a nozzle which is hydraulically connected with the drawing tube and cooperates with a venturi effect conduit which with such a nozzle defines an annular space communicating with said through hole for the gas transport.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 1979
    Date of Patent: November 29, 1983
    Assignee: Coster Tecnologie Speciali S.p.A.
    Inventor: Giancarlo Giuffredi
  • Patent number: 4216884
    Abstract: Improvements in or relating to an aerosol dispensing valve comprising a body of resilient plastics material connected to a rigid or metal cup for connection to a container (bottle), a partially hollow stem provided with transverse holes, movable against a spring in the tubular body, and partially projecting from the latter through a passage in the cup, and a resilient annular seal or gasket located between the cup and tubular body and, at inoperative condition of the valve, shutting off the communication between the inside and outside of the container or bottle and against which the end of the body adheres. At the end portion of the tubular body facing the cup and externally of the body a crown gear having inclined lower face is provided which adheres against a continuous inclined surface of an inner projection of the cup.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 1978
    Date of Patent: August 12, 1980
    Assignee: Coster Tecnologie Speciali S.p.A.
    Inventor: Giancarlo Giuffredi
  • Patent number: 4215804
    Abstract: Reciprocating manual dispensing pump comprising a delivery valve provided with a shutter and associated with the movable part of the pump, and a suction or intake valve comprising a single piston movable against a spring within a tubular body forming therewith a compression chamber, which is hydraulically connected with an expansion chamber of a larger cross-section in the piston defined by a resiliently deformable part with which the delivery valve shutter is associated for closing a delivery conduit in such a piston.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 1978
    Date of Patent: August 5, 1980
    Assignee: Coster Tecnologie Speciali S.p.A.
    Inventor: Giancarlo Giuffredi
  • Patent number: 4122982
    Abstract: An aerosol metering valve provided with a pumping effect, comprising a first hollow piston movable within a cylinder or chamber housing a second piston movable against a spring and normally urged thereby to a position closing the hollow piston, wherein the second piston has at least one passage which, under inoperative conditions of the valve, provides communication between the interior of the container and the cylinder or chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 1977
    Date of Patent: October 31, 1978
    Assignee: Coster Tecnologie Speciali S.p.A.
    Inventor: Giancarlo Giuffredi
  • Patent number: 4062478
    Abstract: A filling valve for an aerosol container or the like has an endless channel surrounding a predetermined axis and having a transverse wall, an inner rim projecting from an inner region of this transverse wall and an outer rim projecting from an outer region of the transverse wall to an extent greater than the inner rim, this transverse wall being formed with at least one opening passing therethrough. A mounting cup has a central wall portion extending transversely with respect to the above axis and engaging the outer rim at an edge thereof distant from the transverse wall of the channel and extending inwardly from the outer rim toward the above axis. This central wall portion of the mounting cup is formed with a central opening through which the above axis extends, and the central wall portion of the mounting cup has an inner peripheral edge defining the central opening and situated closer to the above axis than the inner rim.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 1976
    Date of Patent: December 13, 1977
    Inventor: Giancarlo Giuffredi