Patents by Inventor Tonino De Zaiacomo

Tonino De Zaiacomo 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: 4092845
    Abstract: A simulator of the aerosol particle disposition in the human respiratory tract comprises a duct along which the following devices are included in the order: an air humidifier comprising a trunk with longitudinal partitions of blotted paper soaked with water, a cyclone, a vibrated bubbler comprising a cylindrical vertical vessel partially filled with water and provided with a pierced horizontal partition at a level lower than the water level within said vessel, a vacuum pump, a flowmeter. The air to be tested is passed through said duct for a predetermined time period and at a predetermined flow rate. Subsequent to said passage, physical, chemical, toxicological, radiometric analyses are carried out either on the water itself or on the solid therein contained or on both.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 1977
    Date of Patent: June 6, 1978
    Assignee: Comitato Nazionale per l'Energia Nucleare -- Cnen
    Inventors: Vittorio Prodi, Carlo Melandri, Giuseppe Tarroni, Massimo Formignani, Tonino De Zaiacomo, Gianfranco Bompane