Patents by Inventor Roberto Ghiotti
Roberto Ghiotti 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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Patent number: 8402720Abstract: In a machine (1) for manufacturing pouches (2) filled with portions (36) of a tobacco mixture, comprising a rotating drum (8) on which a continuous stream (5) of the mixture is formed and conveyed to a station (13) where the portions (36) are divided from the stream, and where the portions (36) are transferred by a pneumatic ejection and feed system (21) to a wrapping station (7), moisturizing substances are added to the mixture by a dispensing system (22) associated with the ejection and feed system (21).Type: GrantFiled: October 9, 2008Date of Patent: March 26, 2013Assignee: Azionaria Costruzioni Macchine Automatiche A.C.M.A. S.p.A.Inventors: Fulvio Boldrini, Roberto Ghiotti
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Publication number: 20120000164Abstract: A machine for packaging fiber material comprises feed means (2) supplying predetermined portions of fiber material (3) in an ordered succession, compacting means (4) by which the portions of fiber material (3) are compacted initially, a feed station (8) to which packs (9) are supplied for filling with the fiber material (3), a filling station (D) at which the fiber material (3) is inserted into the packs (9), and a closure station (E) located downstream of the filling station (D), at which the filled packs (9) are sealed. The machine further comprises fiber material (3) compressing and forming means (7) by which each of the portions of fiber material (3) is maintained in a state of compression downstream of the compacting means (4) for a prescribed interval of time, in such a way that the selfsame portion of fiber material (3) is caused to assume a compact geometry of tablet-like form prior to its insertion into the respective pack (9).Type: ApplicationFiled: June 24, 2011Publication date: January 5, 2012Applicant: AZIONARIA COSTRUZIONI MACCHINE AUTOMATICHE A.C.M.A S.p.AInventors: Fulvio BOLDRINI, Roberto GHIOTTI
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Patent number: 7828198Abstract: A duct (1) applicable to a container (4) presents a connecting portion (9) with four substantially flat connecting surfaces (9a) and a internal bridging surface (13) by which the side walls (7a) of the container (4) are joined seamlessly to a spout (5) afforded by the duct (1); the bridging surface (13) is contoured in such a way that a flow of liquid food product can be directed through the spout (5) without becoming trapped and stagnating between the duct (1) and side walls (7a) of the container (4).Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2003Date of Patent: November 9, 2010Assignee: Azionaria Costruzioni Macchine Automatiche A.C.M.A. S.p.A.Inventors: Fulvio Boldrini, Roberto Ghiotti
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Publication number: 20100199601Abstract: In a machine (1) for manufacturing pouches (2) filled with portions (36) of a tobacco mixture, comprising a rotating drum (8) on which a continuous stream (5) of the mixture is formed and conveyed to a station (13) where the portions (36) are divided from the stream, and where the portions (36) are transferred by a pneumatic ejection and feed system (21) to a wrapping station (7), moisturizing substances are added to the mixture by a dispensing system (22) associated with the ejection and feed system (21) .Type: ApplicationFiled: October 9, 2008Publication date: August 12, 2010Applicant: Azionaria Costruzioni Macchine Automatiche A.C.M.A. S.p.A.Inventors: Fulvio Boldrini, Roberto Ghiotti
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Publication number: 20100101588Abstract: A machine manufacturing pouches of a smokeless tobacco product, or other similarly cohesionless material, comprises a feed system (100) by which the tobacco is supplied to a conveyor (4) at a delivery station (5), from where it is transported by the conveyor (4) to a transfer station (6), also a system (102) operating at the transfer station (6) by which predetermined portions (7) of the product are directed from the conveyor (4) into at least one duct (16) linked to a form-fill-and-seal wrapping station (8) where the portions (7) are enclosed in a continuous succession (101) of pouches (2). The wrapping station (8) is equipped with ultrasonic welders.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 19, 2008Publication date: April 29, 2010Applicant: Azionaria Costruzioni Macchine Automatiche A.C.M.A S.p.A.Inventors: Fulvio Boldrini, Roberto Ghiotti
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Publication number: 20090313944Abstract: A rotary assembly, for FFS (Form, Fill and Seal) machines, for ultrasound sealing a continuous tubular strip housing an orderly succession of products and travelling along a feed path extending through the sealing station; the rotary assembly having two rotors, which are located on opposite sides of the feed path, and rotate in opposite directions about respective axes; and at least one of the two rotors being fitted with at least one ultrasound sealing device, which cooperates at the sealing station with a corresponding anvil fitted to the other rotor with the interposition of elastic members.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 28, 2005Publication date: December 24, 2009Inventors: Roberto Ghiotti, Elena Poluzzi, Fulvio Boldrini
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Patent number: 7597244Abstract: A container (1) for liquid products fashioned from at least one blank of multi-layer paper material comprises an essentially parallelepiped body (2) with four side walls (4, 5, 6, 7), and a top section (9) presenting four angled faces (4a, 5a, 6a, 7a) that converge toward a tubular element (17) providing a spout (15) from which to pour the liquid contents. The tubular element (17) also presents four tags (24) designed to interact with the top section (9); the tags function as anchors insertable between and weldable together with the corresponding edges (11) of the blank to form joined areas (12) serving as both closure and reinforcing elements in the finished container (1).Type: GrantFiled: January 9, 2003Date of Patent: October 6, 2009Assignee: Azionaria Costruzioni Macchine Automatiche A.C.M.A. S.p.A.Inventors: Fulvio Boldrini, Roberto Ghiotti
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Publication number: 20090098989Abstract: A food-safe container (2) for liquids is composed of a tubular body (3) referable to a longitudinal axis (2a), and a neck (7) presenting a quadrangular base (16) fastened coaxially to an open top end (5) of the tubular body (3) afforded by a frustopyramidal connecting portion (6) of which the four tapered corner edges are pinched initially and left with four relative fins (22); the container (2) is formed by a machine (1) equipped with a folding and sealing or welding unit (24) including twin pairs of arms (26) by which the single fins (22) are folded flat against corresponding side walls (6a, 6b, 6c, 6d) of the connecting portion (6), and a pair of heat-sealers or ultrasonic welders (29) operating in conjunction with the arms (26), by which the fins (22) flattened against the respective side walls (6a, 6b, 6c, 6d) are secured in place.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 17, 2005Publication date: April 16, 2009Inventors: Fulvio Boldrini, Roberto Ghiotti, Stefaro Cavallari
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Patent number: 7399261Abstract: Containers (2) for food products are manufactured employing a system that includes a feed station (4) supplying a succession of tubular elements (2a), and a heat sealer (10) positioned to close and secure a first open end (2b) of each tubular element (2a) that coincides with the base of the container. The sealing operation occurs at a station associated with a conveyor (3) consisting in a wheel (11) rotatable in a feed direction (B) along a path (P) passing both through the feed station (4) and through the station occupied by the heat sealer (10). The tubular elements (2a) are carried by radial elements (13) of the wheel (11) such as can be indexed between a first operating position, where the tubular elements (2a) are taken up from the feed station (4), and a second operating position in which the open end (2b) is offered to the heat sealer (10).Type: GrantFiled: July 14, 2003Date of Patent: July 15, 2008Assignee: Azionaria Costruzioni Macchine Automatiche A.C.M.A. S.p.A.Inventors: Fulvio Boldrini, Roberto Ghiotti, Stefano Cavallari
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Patent number: 7329216Abstract: A system (1) for manufacturing containers (5) is designed around a supporting structure (2) with which all the stations (7, 18, 19, 21, 24, 25) and the devices (14, 15, 16, 17, 20, 22, 26) needed to produce the containers are associated. The system (1) is equipped with a feed station (7) supplying a forming material (9), a scoring station (18) by which crease lines (4a) are generated, and a cutting station (19), combining to prepare a succession of blanks (4). The system (1) also includes a prefolding station (21) where each blank (4) is bent initially along the creases lines (4a), a folding station (24) where the single blank (4) is fashioned to the shape of the container (5), and a sealing or welding station (26) at which the shape of the container (5) is fixed definitively.Type: GrantFiled: July 14, 2003Date of Patent: February 12, 2008Assignee: Azionaria Costruzioni Macchine Automatiche A.C.M.A. S.p.A.Inventors: Fulvio Boldrini, Roberto Ghiotti, Stefano Cavallari
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Patent number: 7325373Abstract: A rotary unit, of an FFS (Form, Fill and Seal) machine, for ultrasound sealing a continuous tubular strip housing an orderly succession of products and fed along a feed path extending through a sealing station; the rotary unit having two substantially identical rotors located on opposite sides of the feed path, and which rotate in opposite directions about respective axes, and have respective pitch surfaces tangent to each other and to the feed path; and an ultrasound sealing head, forming part of one of the two rotors, cooperates at the sealing station with a corresponding anvil forming part of the other rotor, to close the tubular strip along a transverse seal line located at a respective portion of the tubular strip extending between two respective adjacent products.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2005Date of Patent: February 5, 2008Assignee: Azionairia Constrizoni Macchine Automatiche A.C.M. S.p.A.Inventors: Fulvio Boldrini, Roberto Ghiotti, Stefano Cavallari
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Publication number: 20070062158Abstract: A rotary unit, of an FFS (Form, Fill and Seal) machine, for ultrasound sealing a continuous tubular strip housing an orderly succession of products and fed along a feed path extending through a sealing station; the rotary unit having two substantially identical rotors located on opposite sides of the feed path, and which rotate in opposite directions about respective axes, and have respective pitch surfaces tangent to each other and to the feed path; and an ultrasound sealing head, forming part of one of the two rotors, cooperates at the sealing station with a corresponding anvil forming part of the other rotor, to close the tubular strip along a transverse seal line located at a respective portion of the tubular strip extending between two respective adjacent products.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 20, 2005Publication date: March 22, 2007Inventors: Fulvio Boldrini, Roberto Ghiotti, Stefano Cavallari
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Patent number: 7090630Abstract: Containers (2) for food products are manufactured on a machine (1) equipped with a feed station (4) supplying a single file of tubular elements (2a), a first heat sealer (10) by which a first open end (2b) of each tubular element (2a) is closed and secured, and a first rotary conveyor (3) capable of movement between a first operating position in which the tubular elements (2a) are taken up from the feed station (4), and a second operating position in which the tubular elements (2a) are offered to the first heat sealer (10).Type: GrantFiled: July 14, 2003Date of Patent: August 15, 2006Assignee: Azionaria Costruzioni Macchine Automastiche A.C.M.A. S.p.A.Inventors: Fulvio Boldrini, Roberto Ghiotti, Stefano Cavallari
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Publication number: 20050266975Abstract: A system (1) for manufacturing containers (5) is designed around a supporting structure (2) with which all the stations (7, 18, 19, 21, 24, 25) and the devices (14, 15, 16, 17, 20, 22, 26) needed to produce the containers are associated. The system (1) is equipped with a feed station (7) supplying a forming material (9), a scoring station (18) by which crease lines (4a) are generated, and a cutting station (19), combining to prepare a succession of blanks (4). The system (1) also includes a prefolding station (21) where each blank (4) is bent initially along the creases lines (4a), a folding station (24) where the single blank (4) is fashioned to the shape of the container (5), and a sealing or welding station (26) at which the shape of the container (5) is fixed definitively.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 14, 2003Publication date: December 1, 2005Inventors: Fulvio Boldrini, Roberto Ghiotti, Stefano Cavallari
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Publication number: 20050250633Abstract: Containers (2) for food products are manufactured employing a system that includes a feed station (4) supplying a succession of tubular elements (2a), and a heat sealer (10) positioned to close and secure a first open end (2b) of each tubular element (2a) that coincides with the base of the container. The sealing operation occurs at a station associated with a conveyor (3) consisting in a wheel (11) rotatable in a feed direction (B) along a path (P) passing both through the feed station (4) and through the station occupied by the heat sealer (10). The tubular elements (2a) are carried by radial elements (13) of the wheel (11) such as can be indexed between a first operating position, where the tubular elements (2a) are taken up from the feed station (4), and a second operating position in which the open end (2b) is offered to the heat sealer (10).Type: ApplicationFiled: July 14, 2003Publication date: November 10, 2005Inventors: Fulvio Boldrini, Roberto Ghiotti, Stefano Cavallari
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Publication number: 20050236463Abstract: A container (1) for food products is fashioned in such a way that there are no interstitial spaces or stagnation traps on the inside. The bottom end (8) of the container is fashioned by bending and flattening one end portion (7) of a tubular blank in such a way as to produce two triangular stiffening folds (10) of double thickness, each penetrable along one open side coinciding with the base (10a) of the triangle; before the folds (10) are turned inward, the open sides are sealed by bonding the two triangular thicknesses together along the base (10a) so that the folds remain isolated from the inside of the container (1).Type: ApplicationFiled: July 14, 2003Publication date: October 27, 2005Inventors: Fulvio Boldrini, Roberto Ghiotti, Stefano Cavallari
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Publication number: 20050127118Abstract: A duct (1) applicable to a container (4) presents a connecting portion (9) with four substantially flat connecting surfaces (9a) and a internal bridging surface (13) by which the side walls (7a) of the container (4) are joined seamlessly to a spout (5) afforded by the duct (1); the bridging surface (13) is contoured in such a way that a flow of liquid food product can be directed through the spout (5) without becoming trapped and stagnating between the duct (1) and side walls (7a) of the container (4).Type: ApplicationFiled: March 17, 2003Publication date: June 16, 2005Applicant: Azionaria Costruzioni Macchine Automatiche A.C.M.A. S.p.A.Inventors: Fulvio Boldrini, Roberto Ghiotti
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Publication number: 20050061862Abstract: A container (1) for liquid products fashioned from at least one blank of multi-layer paper material comprises an essentially parallelepiped body (2) with four side walls (4, 5, 6, 7), and a top section (9) presenting four angled faces (4a, 5a, 6a, 7a) that converge toward a tubular element (17) providing a spout (15) from which to pour the liquid contents. The tubular element (17) also presents four tags (24) designed to interact with the top section (9); the tags function as anchors insertable between and weldable together with the corresponding edges (11) of the blank to form joined areas (12) serving as both closure and reinforcing elements in the finished container (1).Type: ApplicationFiled: January 9, 2003Publication date: March 24, 2005Inventors: Fulvio Boldrini, Roberto Ghiotti
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Patent number: D637903Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2010Date of Patent: May 17, 2011Assignee: Azionaria Costruzioni Macchine Automatiche A.C.M.A., S.p.A.Inventors: Roberto Ghiotti, Fulvio Boldrini
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Patent number: D683498Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2011Date of Patent: May 28, 2013Assignee: Azionaria Construzioni Macchine Automatiche A.C.M.A. S.p.A.Inventors: Roberto Ghiotti, Fulvio Boldrini