Patents by Inventor Roberto Polloni

Roberto Polloni 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).

  • Publication number: 20220127066
    Abstract: A pack for smoking articles having a group of smoking articles; an inner element with at least one wall; and a cup-shaped rigid outer container, housing the inner element and the group of smoking articles, and having an open upper end, a lower wall, oppositely disposed front and rear walls, and oppositely disposed side walls. A cup-shaped lid is hinged to the outer container to rotate, relative to the outer container, between open and closed positions to open and close the open upper end and has: an open lower end, an upper wall, oppositely disposed front and rear walls, and oppositely disposed side walls. The inner element is longitudinally shorter than the outer container coupled to the lid in the closed position and, keeping the lid in the closed position, can linearly slide inside the outer container along a longitudinal sliding direction, perpendicular to the outer container lower wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2020
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Inventors: Roberto Polloni, Luca Paradiso, Luca Federici, Marco Ghini
  • Publication number: 20220055822
    Abstract: A pack for smoking articles having; a container; an inner wrap, which encloses a group of smoking articles and is housed in the container; a hinged lid, movable between a closed position and an open position, a collar, which embraces the inner wrap and is glued on the inside of the container so as to partially project out of the open top end and engage a corresponding inner surface of the lid, when the lid is arranged in a closed position; a slider, which is firmly connected to the lid and is coupled to the container in a sliding manner so as to slide relative to the container along a sliding direction; a locking system, which is interposed between the container and the slider and, in the closed position of the lid, prevents the slider from sliding relative to the container. The hindering of the sliding of the slider relative to the container, determined by the locking system, can be deactivated by an external action by the user to elastically deform at least part of at least one wall of the container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2019
    Publication date: February 24, 2022
    Inventors: Roberto Polloni, Giuseppe Marchitto, Luca Federici
  • Publication number: 20220048698
    Abstract: A pack of smoking articles includes: a group of smoking articles; an inner wrapper folded around said group forming a tubular wall wrapping said group, and an upper wall covering a head end of said group; an outer wrapper folded around said group wrapped in said inner wrapper, to form a tubular wall that wraps said group wrapped in said inner wrapper, and a lower wall covering a bottom end of said group; wherein said upper wall is formed by at least two upper flaps which are connected to said tubular wall of said inner wrapper and are folded against said head end to completely cover said head end. The pack includes a tab, arranged protruding from an edge of one of said upper flaps and fixed on a corresponding portion of said inner or outer wrapper to keep said upper flaps against the head end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2019
    Publication date: February 17, 2022
    Inventors: Giuseppe MARCHITTO, Roberto POLLONI, Luca FEDERICI
  • Patent number: 11230406
    Abstract: The invention relates to a packet of smoking articles having: a container; a wrapping wrapping the smoking articles disposed into the container and provided with an accessing zone for the smoking articles; a first coupon, disposed between a front wall of the container and a front wall of the wrapping and comprising a first end disposed at the access zone and a second end, opposed respect to the first end; and a second coupon, interposed between the first coupon and the front wall of the wrapping and comprising a first end at the access zone and a second end, opposed respect to the first end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: G.D SOCIETA' PER AZIONI
    Inventors: Marcello Tenaglia, Francesca Galletti, Alver Tacchi, Roberto Polloni, Luca Federici
  • Patent number: 11148874
    Abstract: A rigid package for tobacco articles with a hinged lid having: a group of tobacco articles; an inner container which houses the group of tobacco articles; an outer container which houses the inner container in a movable manner, so as to allow the inner container itself (3) to move relative to the outer container; a hinged lid; and a moving mechanism, which moves the inner container relative to the outer container using the rotation movement of the lid and has a rigid connection tab, which connects a wall of the inner container inner to a wall of the lid; a lower wall of the inner container has an extension that is coplanar to the lower wall and extends from the opposite side of the rear wall of the inner container relative to the lower wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: G.D SOCIETA' PER AZIONI
    Inventors: Roberto Polloni, Marco Ghini, Giuseppe Marchitto, Luca Federici
  • Publication number: 20210179302
    Abstract: A method for producing a packet of smoking articles, including the steps of: providing a wrapping sheet having a first layer of first material; removing a portion of the wrapping sheet to define a shaped profile; wrapping a group of smoking articles with the wrapping sheet; arranging a containing frame having an open zone around the wrapping sheet, to contain the group of smoking articles and the wrapping sheet, forming a semi-finished unit, with the open zone facing the shaped profile; supplying a sheet of a heat-sealable material having an opening; providing an adhesive label having a first layer of the first material; attaching the adhesive label onto the opening of the sheet of heat-sealable material; wrapping the semi-finished unit with the sheet of heat-sealable material, so that the layer of first material of the label faces the open zone; sealing the sheet of heat-sealable material, forming a barrier-like envelope.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2018
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Inventors: Roberto POLLONI, Luca FEDERICI
  • Patent number: 10994887
    Abstract: Package for smoking articles having: a group of smoking articles; an outer container having an open top end; a lid hinged to the outer container to close the open top end; a collar which is glued on the inside of the outer container so as to partially project outwards from the open top end and has a through pull-out opening, through which the smoking articles can be pulled out; and a sealing flap, which is glued to the collar, is arranged on the outside of the collar and on top of the collar itself, covers, at least when the lid is in the closed position, the pull-out opening, and is provided with a connecting tab which is permanently and non-removably glued to a front wall of the lid by means of a permanent glue so that the opening and closing of the lid also simultaneously opens and closes the pull-out opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: G.D SOCIETA' PER AZIONI
    Inventors: Roberto Polloni, Marcello Tenaglia, Luca Federici
  • Patent number: 10981718
    Abstract: Packet of smoke articles, including: a container, which has a parallelepiped shape and has a front wall, a rear wall, a bottom wall and two lateral walls; a parallelepiped-shape inner wrapper that wraps a group of smoke articles, which is housed inside the container and has a front wall, a rear wall, a top wall, a bottom wall and two lateral walls; and a separating element, which is arranged inside the inner wrapper and divides the inner volume of the inner wrapper so as to form several partitions of the group of smoke articles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: G.D S.p.A.
    Inventors: Roberto Polloni, Alver Tacchi, Lorena D'Alfonso, Giuseppe Marchitto, Marcello Tenaglia, Stefano Negrini
  • Patent number: 10947031
    Abstract: A rigid package for tobacco articles with a hinged lid and having: at least one group of tobacco articles; at least one wrap, which encloses the group of tobacco articles and has a tobacco article extraction opening closed by a re-stick sealing flap; an outer container, which houses the wrap; a lid having a rear wall, which is hinged to the rear wall of the outer container so as to allow the lid to rotate relative to the outer container; an inner container, which houses the wrap and is arranged inside the outer container in a sliding manner; and a lifting mechanism, which moves the inner container relative to the outer container, using the rotation movement of the lid, between a lowered position, in which the inner container is completely inserted into the outer container, and an extracted position, in which the inner container is partially extracted from the outer container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: G.D SOCIETA' PER AZIONI
    Inventors: Roberto Polloni, Alver Tacchi, Luca Federici, Luca Paradiso
  • Publication number: 20200369458
    Abstract: A pack for smoking articles having: an inner container housing a group of smoking articles and provided with an extraction opening for the smoking articles; a closing tab coupled to the inner container in the area of the extraction opening to close the extraction opening, the closing tab being glued to the inner container in a releasable manner; a rigid outer container that houses the inner container; and a cup-shaped lid hinged to the outer container so as to rotate, relative to the outer container, between an opening position and a closing position. The closing tab has: a plastic layer arranged internally, a through opening arranged in the area of the extraction opening, and directly glued to an outer surface of the inner container using re-stick glue; and a paper layer arranged in contact with the plastic layer and more on the outside than the plastic layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2020
    Publication date: November 26, 2020
    Inventors: Roberto Polloni, Luca Federici
  • Publication number: 20200317426
    Abstract: Package for components of aerosol generating devices, comprising: at least two components; a sleeve comprising a first wall and a second wall opposite and parallel to each other, and a first opening and a second opening opposite to each other; a first and a second blister pack containing the components and slidable relative to the sleeve through the first opening and the second opening, respectively; a first guide flap extending from the second wall of the sleeve at the second opening to create a first slot with the second wall; a second guide flap extending from the first wall of the sleeve at the first opening to create a second slot with the first wall; a first sliding flap integral with the first blister pack and a second sliding flap integral with the second blister pack which are arranged in the first slot and in the second slot, respectively, and that are shaped to slide in the first slot and in the second slot, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2018
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Inventors: Lorena D'Alfonso, Roberto Polloni, Luca Federici
  • Publication number: 20200247605
    Abstract: A rigid package for tobacco articles with a hinged lid and having: at least one group of tobacco articles; at least one wrap, which encloses the group of tobacco articles and has a tobacco article extraction opening closed by a re-stick sealing flap; an outer container, which houses the wrap; a lid having a rear wall, which is hinged to the rear wall of the outer container so as to allow the lid to rotate relative to the outer container; an inner container, which houses the wrap and is arranged inside the outer container in a sliding manner; and a lifting mechanism, which moves the inner container relative to the outer container, using the rotation movement of the lid, between a lowered position, in which the inner container is completely inserted into the outer container, and an extracted position, in which the inner container is partially extracted from the outer container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2016
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Inventors: Roberto Polloni, Alver Tacchi, Luca Federici, Luca Paradiso
  • Publication number: 20200115146
    Abstract: The invention relates to a packet of smoking articles having: a container; a wrapping wrapping the smoking articles disposed into the container and provided with an accessing zone for the smoking articles; a first coupon, disposed between a front wall of the container and a front wall of the wrapping and comprising a first end disposed at the access zone and a second end, opposed respect to the first end; and a second coupon, interposed between the first coupon and the front wall of the wrapping and comprising a first end at the access zone and a second end, opposed respect to the first end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2019
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Applicant: G.D SOCIETA' PER AZIONI
    Inventors: Marcello Tenaglia, Francesca Galletti, Alver Tacchi, Roberto Polloni, Luca Federici
  • Publication number: 20200002034
    Abstract: A method for producing a package of smoking articles. The method includes a) wrapping a group of smoking articles with a wrap; b) arranging a containing frame around the wrap, so as to contain the group of smoking articles and the wrap, forming a semi-packaged unit; c) feeding a sheet of heat-sealable material having at least a cut; d) arranging an adhesive label on the cut of the sheet, to cover the same; e) wrapping the semi-packaged unit with the sheet of heat-sealable material; and f) welding the sheet of heat-sealable material, forming a sealed envelope.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2018
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Inventors: Roberto Polloni, Luca Federici
  • Patent number: 10517328
    Abstract: An electric cartridge for an electronic cigarette including a piece of flexible substrate material including at least a flexible film which mounts an electrically conductive network in the form of an array and defining a plurality of resistive zones (pixels) and a plurality of power supply pins for supplying one or more electric currents and connected to the resistive zones. The resistive zones define heating means and are grouped into distinct modules. Each module corresponds to an uninterrupted portion of the electrically conductive network and includes at least one resistive zone and respective power supply pins. The electric cartridge includes a plurality of portions of aromatic substance positioned on at least one face of the piece of flexible material. Each portion is associated with a resistive zone and positioned in proximity to a heating surface of the respective resistive zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: G.D S.P.A.
    Inventors: Roberto Polloni, Ivan Eusepi, Luca Federici
  • Publication number: 20190352041
    Abstract: Package for smoking articles having: a group of smoking articles; an outer container having an open top end; a lid hinged to the outer container to close the open top end; a collar which is glued on the inside of the outer container so as to partially project outwards from the open top end and has a through pull-out opening, through which the smoking articles can be pulled out; and a sealing flap, which is glued to the collar, is arranged on the outside of the collar and on top of the collar itself, covers, at least when the lid is in the closed position, the pull-out opening, and is provided with a connecting tab which is permanently and non-removably glued to a front wall of the lid by means of a permanent glue so that the opening and closing of the lid also simultaneously opens and closes the pull-out opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2018
    Publication date: November 21, 2019
    Inventors: Roberto Polloni, Marcello Tenaglia, Luca Federici
  • Patent number: 10440998
    Abstract: The electric cartridge for an electronic cigarette of this invention comprises a piece of flexible substrate material comprising at least a flexible film which mounts an electrically conductive network in the form of an array and defining a plurality of resistive zones (pixels) and a plurality of power supply pins for supplying one or more electric currents and connected to the resistive zones. The resistive zones define heating means and are grouped into distinct modules. Each module corresponds to an uninterrupted portion of the electrically conductive network and comprises at least one resistive zone and respective power supply pins. The electric cartridge includes a plurality of portions of aromatic substance positioned on at least one face of the piece of flexible material. Each portion is associated with a resistive zone and positioned in proximity to a heating surface of the respective resistive zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: G.D S.P.A.
    Inventors: Roberto Polloni, Ivan Eusepi, Luca Federici
  • Patent number: 10427864
    Abstract: Rigid pack for tobacco articles comprising: a container, which has a parallelepiped shape and has an open upper end; a lid which is hinged to the container and has a parallelepiped shape; an inner wrap which encloses a group of tobacco articles, and is housed on the inside of the container; and a collar, which embraces the inner wrap, is internally glued to the container, protrudes from the open upper end of the container, and has a front wall which is superimposed and glued to a front wall of the container, and two lateral walls which are superimposed and glued to the lateral walls of the container; the collar has an upper wall, a rear wall, and a pull-out opening for the tobacco articles that is defined by a through-incision and involves a portion of the front wall and a portion of the upper wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: G.D SOCIETA' PER AZIONI
    Inventors: Roberto Polloni, Giuseppe Marchitto, Michele Ferrari, Alessandro Venturoli, Luca Federici
  • Publication number: 20190152687
    Abstract: Packet of smoke articles, including: a container, which has a parallelepiped shape and has a front wall, a rear wall, a bottom wall and two lateral walls; a parallelepiped-shape inner wrapper that wraps a group of smoke articles, which is housed inside the container and has a front wall, a rear wall, a top wall, a bottom wall and two lateral walls; and a separating element, which is arranged inside the inner wrapper and divides the inner volume of the inner wrapper so as to form several partitions of the group of smoke articles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2019
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Inventors: Roberto Polloni, Alver Tacchi, Lorena D'Alfonso, Giuseppe Marchitto, Marcello Tenaglia, Stefano Negrini
  • Patent number: 10294014
    Abstract: A packet for bar-shaped articles including an outer wrapper defining an internal space for housing the bar-shaped articles and accessible through an access opening. The packet includes an internal drawer located inside the outer wrapper and a sleeve located inside the outer wrapper with an upper free edge accessible through the opening. The sleeve is configured to receive and support the evenly spaced bar-shaped articles with their longitudinal axes parallel to a longitudinal axis of the sleeve itself. The sleeve is wrapped round the outside of the internal drawer. The outer wrapper has at least one opening facing a sidewall of the sleeve at the internal drawer to allow applying at least one sliding force on the sleeve and to produce a rotation of the selfsame sleeve relative to the internal drawer and the outer wrapper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: G.D S.P.A.
    Inventors: Giulia Corte Coi, Manuele Cucchi, Roberto Polloni, Luca Federici