Patents by Inventor Mario Molina

Mario Molina 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).

  • Method and apparatus for controlling the level of liquids
    Patent number: 6763714
    Abstract: Method for controlling the level of a liquid (2) contained in at least one vessel (3), which comprises the following operative steps: inserting a measure tube (1) in the liquid (2); arranging an auxiliary duct (6; 21) inside or outside the vessel (3); measuring the pressure in said measure tube (1); measuring the pressure in said auxiliary duct (6; 21); determining the difference between the pressures in the measure tube (1) and in the auxiliary duct (6; 21); determining the value of the density or the specific weight of the liquid (2) in the vessel (3); dividing said pressure difference by said value of the density or specific weight of the liquid (2). The present invention also relates to an apparatus for carrying out said method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2004
    Assignee: Gigi Molina Brevetti Plastici, S.p.A.
    Inventors: Mario Molina, Antonio Pasquale
  • Method and apparatus for controlling the level of liquids
    Publication number: 20030131661
    Abstract: Method for controlling the level of a liquid (2) contained in at least one vessel (3), which comprises the following operative steps: inserting a measure tube (1) in the liquid (2); arranging an auxiliary duct (6; 21) inside or outside the vessel (3); measuring the pressure in said measure tube (1); measuring the pressure in said auxiliary duct (6; 21); determining the difference between the pressures in the measure tube (1) and in the auxiliary duct (6; 21); determining the value of the density or the specific weight of the liquid (2) in the vessel (3); dividing said pressure difference by said value of the density or specific weight of the liquid (2). The present invention also relates to an apparatus for carrying out said method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2002
    Publication date: July 17, 2003
    Inventors: Mario Molina, Antonio Pasquale