Patents by Inventor Giovanni Madera
Giovanni Madera 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).
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Publication number: 20230150779Abstract: A conveyor for transporting assembled or semi-assembled cartridges for electronic cigarettes includes a rail extending along a path and a carriage movable on the rail and including a unit for housing cartridge that includes: a seat on which a single cartridge is received; first and second levers positioned on opposite sides of the seat, and being reciprocally rotatable between an open position, to allow the arrangement and/or picking-up of a cartridge, and a closed position, to retain the cartridge in its receiving position on the seat; a follower member for bringing the first lever into rotation as a result of a pushing action executed on the follower member. The housing unit includes a gear mechanism for rotationally connecting the first and second levers, so that the rotation of the first lever induced by the follower member causes, via the gear mechanism, a corresponding rotation of the second lever.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 16, 2022Publication date: May 18, 2023Inventors: Giovanni MADERA, Fabio Roversi, Luca Lanzarini
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Publication number: 20230091368Abstract: A manufacturing machine includes a feeding system that has first and second processing conveyors arranged in series along the processing path, and a transfer unit interposed between there-between that cyclically transfers the products from the first processing conveyor to the second processing conveyor, picking up the products in a pick-up station arranged in the area of the first processing conveyor and releasing the products in a release station arranged in the area of the second processing conveyor. The transfer unit has a plurality of trays, each having a series of seats designed to house a product, a moving system, which cyclically moves the trays between the pick-up and release stations, a first transferring and second transfer devices arranged in the pick-up station and release stations, respectively to transfer the products from the first processing conveyor to a tray, and from a tray to the second processing conveyor, respectively.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 26, 2021Publication date: March 23, 2023Inventors: Giovanni Madera, Luca Lanzarini
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Publication number: 20230063630Abstract: An operating station for a machine for filling and capping cartridges for electronic cigarettes is arranged along a feeding path of a conveying fine of the machine and includes: an operating device having operative positions for operating on the cartridges arranged in series along a direction parallel to the feeding path; and a device for transferring cartridges, which includes a first and second series of pick-up members, each having a number of pick-up members corresponding to the number of operative positions, and which is actuatable according to a movement of rotation about a vertical axis, for selectively interchanging positions of the series of pick-up members, between a loading/unloading position at the conveying line, wherein the pick-up members pick up or release the cartridges and a working position at the operative positions of the operating device, wherein the pick-up members pick up or release the cartridges from/into the operative positions.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2022Publication date: March 2, 2023Inventors: Luca TESTONI, Giovanni MADERA, Daniele GROSSO, Luca LANZARINI
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Patent number: 11576439Abstract: A welding station for welding parts of electronic cigarettes includes feeding means, set in a feeding area for feeding parts of electronic cigarettes to be welded; welding means, set in a welding area, downstream of the feeding area, for welding the parts of electronic cigarettes; and a transfer device, set between the feeding means and the welding means for receiving from the feeding means the parts of electronic cigarettes to be welded and transferring them from the feeding area to the welding area. The transfer device includes a first transfer sector and a second transfer sector, pre-arranged for receiving from the feeding means, respectively, first parts and second parts of electronic cigarettes to be welded and transferring them into the welding area. The first transfer sector and the second transfer sector are mobile in rotation about an axis, independently of one another.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2018Date of Patent: February 14, 2023Assignee: G.D S.p.A.Inventors: Giovanni Madera, Luca Lanzarini, Luca Testoni, Luca Federici
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Patent number: 11530128Abstract: Method and device for controlling the quantity of liquid contained in a cartridge for an aerosol generating device, wherein the cartridge has a container and a liquid contained in the container and wherein, according to which is measured the quantity of liquid contained in the cartridge; and compared the quantity of liquid with a reference quantity of liquid.Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 2018Date of Patent: December 20, 2022Assignee: G.D SOCIETA' PER AZIONIInventors: Giovanni Madera, Gianpiero Lamborghini, Sergio Morelli, Eugenio Navacchia, Catello Sorrentino, Luca Federici
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Patent number: 11191305Abstract: A manufacturing machine for the production of disposable cartridges for electronic cigarettes provided with a base; a support body, coupled to the base and is provided with a number of electrodes; a heating member electrically connected to the electrodes; and a substrate which surrounds the heating member. The manufacturing machine is provided with feeding conveyor, which feeds a semi-finished disposable cartridges along a forming path; and a number of operating stations arranged along the first forming path to alternatively carry out the supplying of a corresponding component of the semi-finished disposable cartridges or to carry out a processing of the components of the semi-finished disposable cartridges. The feeding conveyor has an annular guide arranged in a fixed position along the forming path; and a number of slides, each of which is coupled to a respective carriage designed to house the semi-finished disposable cartridges.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2017Date of Patent: December 7, 2021Assignee: G.D SOCIETA' PER AZIONIInventors: Giovanni Madera, Carlo Moretti, Luca Lanzarini, Luca Federici
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Patent number: 11186396Abstract: Method and device for filling a cartridge for an aerosol generating device with a liquid, according to which is: supplied a cartridge comprising a container comprising a lateral wall and an absorbent element arranged in the container; arranged one dispensing end of at least one cannula between the lateral wall of the container and the absorbent element; and injected, a dosed quantity of liquid in the container through the cannula.Type: GrantFiled: February 15, 2018Date of Patent: November 30, 2021Assignee: G.D SOCIETA' PER AZIONIInventors: Franco Serventi, Catello Sorrentino, Giovanni Madera, Luca Federici
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Patent number: 10994353Abstract: A laser soldering device for laser soldering an electric circuit of a heating portion of an electronic cigarette, the soldering device including a head having an emitting area where a laser beam is emitted and a feeding device to feed a heating portion of an electronic cigarette along a feed path, where the heating portion faces the head at the emitting area. A movement device is operatively connected to the head to move the head between first and second points of the electric circuit such that the laser beam is perpendicular to the respective surface to be soldered at the first and second points to form first and second connections, respectively. The head generates two distinct pulses of the laser beam at the first and second points.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2016Date of Patent: May 4, 2021Assignee: G.D S.P.A.Inventors: Michael Andre Lemay, Giovanni Madera, Enrico Medina, Alessandro Venturi, Alexander Shneyder, Massimo Sartoni, Luca Federici
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Publication number: 20200288784Abstract: A welding station for welding parts of electronic cigarettes includes feeding means, set in a feeding area for feeding parts of electronic cigarettes to be welded; welding means, set in a welding area, downstream of the feeding area, for welding the parts of electronic cigarettes; and a transfer device, set between the feeding means and the welding means for receiving from the feeding means the parts of electronic cigarettes to be welded and transferring them from the feeding area to the welding area. The transfer device includes a first transfer sector and a second transfer sector, pre-arranged for receiving from the feeding means, respectively, first parts and second parts of electronic cigarettes to be welded and transferring them into the welding area. The first transfer sector and the second transfer sector are mobile in rotation about an axis, independently of one another.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 22, 2018Publication date: September 17, 2020Inventors: Giovanni MADERA, Luca LANZARINI, Luca TESTONI, Luca FEDERICI
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Publication number: 20200189903Abstract: Method and device for controlling the quantity of liquid contained in a cartridge for an aerosol generating device, wherein the cartridge has a container and a liquid contained in the container and wherein, according to which is measured the quantity of liquid contained in the cartridge; and compared the quantity of liquid with a reference quantity of liquid.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 20, 2018Publication date: June 18, 2020Inventors: Giovanni Madera, Gianpiero Lamborghini, Sergio Morelli, Eugenio Navacchia, Catello Sorrentino, Luca Federici
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Publication number: 20200024018Abstract: Method and device for filling a cartridge for an aerosol generating device with a liquid, according to which is: supplied a cartridge comprising a container comprising a lateral wall and an absorbent element arranged in the container; arranged one dispensing end of at least one cannula between the lateral wall of the container and the absorbent element; and injected, a dosed quantity of liquid in the container through the cannula.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 15, 2018Publication date: January 23, 2020Inventors: Franco Serventi, Catello Sorrentino, Giovanni Madera, Luca Federici
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Publication number: 20190246697Abstract: A manufacturing machine for the production of disposable cartridges for electronic cigarettes provided with a base; a support body, which is coupled to the base and is provided with a number of electrodes suited to be electrically connected to the base; a heating member, which is electrically connected to the electrodes; and a substrate which surrounds the heating member; the manufacturing machine is provided with a first feeding conveyor, which feeds the semi-finished disposable cartridges along a first forming path; and a number of operating stations arranged along the first forming path to alternatively carry out the supplying of a corresponding component of the semi-finished disposable cartridges carried by the first feeding conveyor or to carry out a processing of the components of the semi-finished disposable cartridges; wherein the first feeding conveyor comprises an annular guide which is arranged in a fixed position along the first forming path; and a number of slides, each of which is coupled to a rType: ApplicationFiled: October 26, 2017Publication date: August 15, 2019Inventors: Giovanni Madera, Carlo Moretti, Luca Lanzarini, Luca Federici
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Publication number: 20170361389Abstract: A laser soldering device for laser soldering an electric circuit of a heating portion of an electronic cigarette, the soldering device including a head having an emitting area where a laser beam is emitted and a feeding device to feed a heating portion of an electronic cigarette along a feed path, where the heating portion faces the head at the emitting area. A movement device is operatively connected to the head to move the head between first and second points of the electric circuit such that the laser beam is perpendicular to the respective surface to be soldered at the first and second points to form first and second connections, respectively. The head generates two distinct pulses of the laser beam at the first and second points.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2016Publication date: December 21, 2017Inventors: Michael Andre LEMAY, Giovanni MADERA, Enrico MEDINA, Alessandro VENTURI, Alexander SHNEYDER, Massimo SARTONI, Luca FEDERICI
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Patent number: 9844908Abstract: The invention relates to a sonotrode for the ultrasonic welding of plastic components of an electronic cigarette. The sonotrode comprises: a body comprising a first end which can be connected to an ultrasound generator, and a second end; a cavity that develops from the second end towards the first end, for receiving at least partially a plastic component of an electronic cigarette to be welded. The cavity defines an opening at the second end of the body, communicating with the outside of the sonotrode. In particular, at the opening, the cross section of the cavity has an outline comprising: a first portion that has the shape of a first arc of a reference circumference, which comprises a first end and a second end, opposite each other; and a second portion, that has the shape of a second arc of said reference circumference, which comprises a first end and a second end, opposite each other.Type: GrantFiled: August 8, 2016Date of Patent: December 19, 2017Assignee: G.D SOCIETA' PER AZIONIInventors: Michael Andre Lemay, Giovanni Madera, Carlo Moretti, Marco Mazzoni, Massimo Sartoni, Luca Federici
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Publication number: 20170341308Abstract: The invention relates to a sonotrode for the ultrasonic welding of plastic components of an electronic cigarette. The sonotrode comprises: a body comprising a first end which can be connected to an ultrasound generator, and a second end; a cavity that develops from the second end towards the first end, for receiving at least partially a plastic component of an electronic cigarette to be welded. The cavity defines an opening at the second end of the body, communicating with the outside of the sonotrode. In particular, at the opening, the cross section of the cavity has an outline comprising: a first portion that has the shape of a first arc of a reference circumference, which comprises a first end and a second end, opposite each other; and a second portion, that has the shape of a second arc of said reference circumference, which comprises a first end and a second end, opposite each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 8, 2016Publication date: November 30, 2017Inventors: Michael Andre Lemay, Giovanni Madera, Carlo Moretti, Marco Mazzoni, Massimo Sartoni, Luca Federici
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Publication number: 20050098937Abstract: A feed unit for feeding sheets to a packing line, wherein a pickup device engages a withdrawal opening, formed in a vertical hopper housing a stack of sheets, to withdraw a single sheet from the stack and feed the sheet to the packing line; two rollers are located on opposite sides of the stack at the withdrawal opening in the hopper, and each has a lateral surface, on which rests a bottom portion of the stack, and rotates continuously about a respective longitudinal axis of symmetry in such a direction as to push the sheets in the stack upwards.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 22, 2004Publication date: May 12, 2005Applicant: G.D SOCIETA' PER AZIONIInventors: Andrea Biondi, Nadio Di Nunzio, Giovanni Madera, Flavio Trebbi, Fiorenzo Draghetti