Patents by Inventor Vincenzo Cavallo

Vincenzo Cavallo 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: 6644518
    Abstract: A tear-off opening device for drink cans by means of a tab (1) with grip device (2) for tearing, comprising, underneath the tab (1), a shaped lamina (4), secured underneath the lid (6) for a segment (41) which partially surrounds the edge of the opening (3), whilst at least a remaining segment (42) stays free, the lamina (4) having a conformation that is able to vary from a first stable configuration in which, with the can closed, it is drawn up underneath the tab (1), to successive and transitory configurations that take place during the extraction of the lamina (4) through the opening (3) and to a final stable configuration in which, with the extraction completed, the lamina (4) constitutes a stable spout (8) with related opening (9) whose free edges belong to the free segment (42) of the lamina (4).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2003
    Inventor: Vincenzo Cavallo
  • Patent number: 5417148
    Abstract: An apparatus for dry-cooking food products, having a thermo-ventilated cooking chamber (35) and a rotatable container (2) for food products, internal to the cooking chamber (35), with rotatably supported holed walls (8), which retains and mixes the food products. The container (2) is interpositioned between loading and unloading stations (90, 91) of the products positioned at levels respectively overlying and underlying the container (2), has a single opening (13) with a hatch (12), mobile from an initial open position in which the opening (13) is turned towards the loading station (90), to an intermediate closed position in which the container (2) rotates, to a final open position in which the opening (13) is turned towards the unloading station (91). The container (2) is blocked by rotation stop means (6). The apparatus (1) also comprises command means (7) of the activating and stop means (5, 6).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 1993
    Date of Patent: May 23, 1995
    Inventor: Vincenzo Cavallo