Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Albert Josif
  • Patent number: 6736628
    Abstract: A device for manufacturing, in particular, plastic caps for closing containers, comprising molding units, each of which is composed of a male mold part and of a female mold part. The male mold part has a punch which is directly provided with compressed air which exits through ports, so as to cause the separation of the cap from the punch and facilitate the removal of the cap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2004
    Assignee: Sacmi Cooperativa Meccanici Imola S.c.r.l.
    Inventor: Zeno Zuffa
  • Patent number: 6735961
    Abstract: A device for reducing the permeability of tubing in climate control, air conditioning and refrigeration systems, comprising elements for recovering gas escaped by permeation from at least one tube that is at a first temperature and pressure, adapted to convey the permeated gas to a region of the system that is at a second temperature and pressure, the second pressure being lower than the first pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2004
    Assignee: Manuli Automotive S.p.A.
    Inventors: Piero Mancinelli, Gianluca Dolente, Vincenzo Salvia
  • Patent number: 6735923
    Abstract: A mattress packaging machine with an automatic roll replacement device for automatically replacing a roll for feeding a sheet for wrapping the mattress, having: a horizontal frame upon which the mattress slides; a sheet guiding mechanism so the sheet is arranged over and under the mattress; a sheet joiner and cutter after the mattress is wrapped; a sliding carriage with feed roll supporting assemblies for unwinding and takeup of a respective sheet and with a transferable take-up roll with which an end of the sheet is connected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2004
    Assignee: Resta S.r.l.
    Inventor: Roberto Resta
  • Patent number: 6736183
    Abstract: A tool for facilitating operations for removing and fitting tires on wheels consists of a lever element provided, at one end, with a grip and maneuvering region and, at the opposite end, with an element for resting on the wheels and for acting as a fulcrum and with an element for mutually spacing the wheel rims and the tire beads that can be wedged between them.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2004
    Assignee: Sicam S.r.l.
    Inventor: Franco Magnani
  • Patent number: 6729093
    Abstract: A prefabricated concrete panel for industrialized building, with high thermal and/or acoustic insulation, comprising a first sheet and a second sheet which are embedded in the concrete body of the panel and face each other on planes which are parallel to the planes of arrangement of the two larger faces of the panel. At least one of the sheets is made of thermally insulating material and the sheets delimit, therebetween, an air chamber which is divided into a plurality of mutually connected recesses in order to increase thermal and/or acoustic insulation of the panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2004
    Inventors: Sergio Zambelli, Benito Zambelli
  • Patent number: 6729080
    Abstract: A supporting device for prefabricated units, particularly for buildings having a metallic structure, comprising a main body which can be fixed to an outer face of a first unit and a supporting element which forms, with one of its portions, a resting region for a second unit to be connected to the first unit. The supporting element is detachably associated with the main body and can be moved along the main body in order to vary the position of the resting region with respect to the first unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2004
    Inventors: Sergio Zambelli, Benito Zambelli
  • Patent number: 6727742
    Abstract: A high-voltage level shifting circuit with optimized response time, comprising: an inverter having an input and an output, the inverter being connected between a first voltage and a second voltage whose difference remains constant over time; a resistor, in which one terminal is connected to the first voltage and a second terminal is connected to the input of the inverter; a high-voltage transistor, which is connected between the second terminal of the resistor and a current source whose switching on and off determine the level shifting of a digital signal; and a clamp transistor, which is connected between the first voltage and a node that is common to the resistor and to the high-voltage transistor. The gate terminal of the clamp transistor is connected to the output of the inverter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2004
    Assignee: STMicroelectronics S.r.l.
    Inventors: Adalberto Mariani, Giulio Corva
  • Patent number: 6723963
    Abstract: A quick-cooking pot, comprising two complementary containers to be stacked in a hermetic reversible coupling, the first container being provided with means for heating the water contained therein and with at least one first controlled-opening valve for the passage of a preset and presettable dose of hot water and/or water vapor into the second container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2004
    Assignee: Ronda S.p.A.
    Inventor: Giovanni Ronda
  • Patent number: 6718873
    Abstract: A proof press for the mounting of flexographic printing plates, comprising a printing cylinder, which is covered by a blanket for the mounting of at least one printing plate with double adhesive tape interposed, the printing cylinder being movable at right angles to its own axis in order to be placed in contact, along a generatrix, with a respective impression roller for performing proof prints, an optical system for collimating points of the impression roller with respective points of the printing plate by direct viewing, and a compression device for producing the forced adhesion of the printing plate to the double-adhesive tape and to the blanket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2004
    Assignee: Bieffebi S.p.A.
    Inventors: Stefano Sambri, Alberto Zanoli
  • Patent number: 6718606
    Abstract: An apparatus for molding and inserting in caps liners made of plastic material dispensed by an extruder, comprising: a dosage carousel; a molding carousel; an insertion carousel; a cap feeder for feeding the insertion carousel with caps, the carousels being rotatable about vertical axes and provided with seats for supporting multiple shuttles that are angularly equidistant concentrically to the rotation axes of the respective carousels, the dosage carousel having assemblies for taking in succession doses of plastic material from the extruder and depositing them onto the shuttles, the molding carousel having assemblies for molding in succession liners on the shuttles and the insertion carousel having assemblies for removing in succession the liners from the shuttles and inserting them in respective caps fed by the feeder; and a first, second and third star, for shuttle transferring at the respective carousels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2004
    Assignee: Sacmi Cooperativa Meccanici Imola S.c.r.l.
    Inventor: Giovanni Bassi
  • Patent number: 6715528
    Abstract: An actuation assembly for double-glazing units with a frame with two glazed panes that form a hermetic air space accommodating shutters movable to be gathered or rolled-up, which comprises rotary motion speed varying elements, with a first rotor, with a magnet ring external to the unit and a second rotor, with a magnet ring arranged inside the unit to surround coaxially thereto, the rotation shaft on which the cords, from which the shutters hangs, are wound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2004
    Assignee: Finvetro S.p.A.
    Inventor: Mauro Rossini
  • Patent number: 6716349
    Abstract: A filter for Diesel engine fuel, comprising a filtering mass which is contained within an enclosure and is provided so as to be crossed by the fuel in its path inside the filter between an intake connector and a discharge connector. The enclosure comprises a water collection chamber at its bottom. The filter further comprises at least two micromeshes which are adapted to be crossed sequentially by the fuel that exits from the filtering mass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2004
    Assignee: Sogefi Filtration S.p.A.
    Inventors: Paolo Baracchi, Claudio Crovetti, Sergio Tallano
  • Patent number: 6717089
    Abstract: An electric pole for a low-voltage power circuit breaker, comprising: a fixed contact and a movable contact which can be mutually coupled/uncoupled; at least two conducting elements, suitable to electrically connect the movable contact to a power supply grid, the conducting elements being arranged so that the electric currents flowing through them are equally orientated; means for mechanically supporting and actuating the movable contact; and at least one insulating element which is interposed between the conducting elements and is suitable to contrast, by friction with the conducting elements, electrodynamic repulsion forces that are generated between the fixed contact and the movable contact during opening in short-circuit operating conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2004
    Assignee: ABB Service S.r.l.
    Inventors: Lucio Azzola, Eligio Zanchi
  • Patent number: 6715238
    Abstract: A safety device for the building field, for individually protecting against falls workers assigned to walking at high elevations in buildings under construction. The device comprises at least one pole, a detachable connection for the pole base with the surface of a building, the pole having at its top end, an engagement for a cable element forming a safety parapet, at least one leg connected laterally to rest, with its lower end, on the surface of the building, laterally to the region engaged by the base of the pole, to form, for the pole, an auxiliary resting element for pushing against the surface of the building.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2004
    Inventors: Sergio Zambelli, Benito Zambelli
  • Patent number: 6706057
    Abstract: A compression suture device for the surgical treatment of hemorrhoids, comprising two mutually opposite sections, each of which has a portion for mutual irreversible connection and a clamping portion for at least two flaps of organic tissue which are arranged in contact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2004
    Inventors: Gianfranco Bidoia, Riccardo Annibali
  • Patent number: 6705162
    Abstract: A probe assembly for monitoring the water level in boilers with an electric immersion resistor heater, of the type that comprises at least one sensor element to be arranged inside a hollow body which is in turn associated and partially inserted in the boiler. The hollow body has, on the portion arranged outside the boiler, a plug which axially supports the sensor element; the end of the sensor element arranged at the plug is connected, when the plug is installed, by way of at least one electrical contact, to an electrical power supply cable, whose contact end is arranged at the portion of hollow body that is arranged outside the boiler.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2004
    Assignee: T.P.A. Impex S.p.A.
    Inventor: Luigi Amoretti
  • Patent number: 6703942
    Abstract: An industrial system for measuring a physical quantity, related to an industrial process and/or application, comprising: first means for detecting said physical quantity and for transmitting first data and/or signals related to said physical quantity; second means for receiving said first data and/or signals, said second means being connected to said first means through one or more data/signal transmission lines; third means for reading said first data and/or signals and for programming said first means, said third means being detachable from said means and fixable in a remote position from said first means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2004
    Assignee: ABB Sace S.p.A.
    Inventors: Riccardo Borelli, Gianfranco Bianchi
  • Patent number: D488692
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2004
    Assignee: Ghidini Cipriano S.p.A.
    Inventor: Diego Andina
  • Patent number: D489865
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2004
    Assignee: Mafin S.p.A.
    Inventor: Stefano Pavan
  • Patent number: D490196
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2004
    Assignee: Lavorwash S.p.A.
    Inventor: Giancarlo Lanfredi