Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Albert Josif
  • Apparatus for inserting tufting straps in a mattress
    Patent number: 6634307
    Abstract: An apparatus for inserting through a mattress tufting straps having a frame for locking said mattress, a device for inserting the tufting straps through the mattress, supported by the frame, and actuators for actuating the device to move above the mattress. The inserting device includes a magazine for tufting straps, a needle with a tip receptacle for receiving and transferring a clip through the mattress, a transfer element, with a seat for receiving the clip, and a pusher, movable transversely to the needle for engaging the clip and inserting the clip in the tip receptacle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2003
    Assignee: Resta S.r.l.
    Inventor: Roberto Resta
  • Composite polymeric material having high resistance to impact energy
    Patent number: 6635203
    Abstract: A method for producing manufactured articles made of composite material comprising the steps of: First completely filling a mold with granules of a pre-expanded polymer in granular form, selected from the group consisting of polystyrene, polypropylene, copolymer of polyphenylene oxide and polystyrene and mixtures thereof; subsequently injecting in the mold an isocyanate mixed with a compound possessing active hydrogen whereby they are filled in void spaces among the granules; and condensing said isocyanate with said compound possessing active hydrogen to yield a polyurethane foam which, by expanding, subsequently completely fills the spaces among the pre-expanded polymer granules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2003
    Inventor: Roberto Monaci
  • Spinneret holder assembly for producing a continuous plastic multiple-component yarn with a preset component ratio
    Patent number: 6626657
    Abstract: A spinneret holder assembly for producing a continuous plastic multiple-component yarn with a preset component ratio, comprising in a mutually superimposed arrangement: a plate for conveying a first component and at least one second component; a distribution plate with first channels for the passage of the first component and a first compensation element for the second component; a pre-spinneret with second channels for the passage of the first component which are aligned with the first channels and a second compensation element for the second component; and a spinneret with extrusion holes which are connected to the channels for the passage of the first component and extend from a region for the distribution of the second component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2003
    Inventors: Mario Miani, Paola Miani
  • Container for laser-readable discs with closure means
    Patent number: 6626291
    Abstract: A container for laser-readable discs with closure means, comprising a tray which is fixed to a flap of a sleeve element and forms at least one seat for detachably accommodating a disc. The container further comprises a permanent magnet that is fixed to the tray and a ferromagnetic body that is arranged inside a closure flap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2003
    Assignee: Pozzoli S.p.A.
    Inventor: Aldo Pozzoli
  • Bicycle connecting element, particularly for connecting carbon rear forks to frames
    Patent number: 6626604
    Abstract: A connecting element, particularly for connecting rear forks, also known as monostays, made of carbon to bicycle frames. The connecting element is constituted by a first insert and a second insert which are mutually detachably associable at a first end by way of mechanical connection element. The first and second inserts are respectively associated, at a second end, advantageously by way of adhesives, with the stem of a carbon monostay, and are associable with, or rigidly coupled to, a tubular extension of the frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2003
    Assignee: Cicli Pinarello S.r.l.
    Inventor: Fausto Pinarello
  • Amphibious vehicle for civil protection applications, derived from tracked vehicles
    Patent number: 6626712
    Abstract: An amphibious vehicle comprising: a chassis (10), which has a hull-like structure and comprises supporting wheels (11) and driving wheels (13-14) for tracks (12) of the rubber-clad type, a fore buoyancy reserve (21) and an aft buoyancy reserve (22) which are obtained by means of a corresponding fore element (21′) and aft element (22′) which are permanently applied by means of watertight welds (CS) to the chassis. A power plant (MP) comprises an internal-combustion engine and two hydraulic pumps (41′-41″) which, by virtue of corresponding delivery circuits (42′-42″), feed first hydraulic motors (44′-44″) for simultaneous or selective driving of tracks for propulsion and steering on land and second hydraulic motors (45′-45″) for simultaneous or selective rotation of hydrodynamic propulsion and steering propellers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2003
    Assignee: A.R.I.S. S.p.A.
    Inventors: Giorgio Bellezza Quater, Paolo Bellezza Quater, Silvia Bellezza Quater
  • Device for automatically moving vehicles along guide ways of lifts
    Patent number: 6622636
    Abstract: A device for automatically moving vehicles along guide ways of lifts is constituted by a pusher carriage movable horizontally with a corresponding actuator on a guide that is longitudinally fixable to at least one of the guide ways and is provided with at least one pair of arms that are articulated thereto and rotate in a scissor-like fashion on a horizontal plane flush with the upper resting surface of the guide way, from an active position, in which they are parallel one another and adjacent to at least one wheel and lie transversely above the wheel, to an inactive position, in which they are divaricated and aligned parallel to the wheel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2003
    Assignee: Giuliano S.r.l.
    Inventor: Fabrizio Bonacini
  • Self-orientating twin castor of the type comprising a pair of coaxial wheels
    Patent number: 6615448
    Abstract: A self-orientating twin castor of the type that comprises: a supporting body, having a substantially vertical wall; a slot, vertically elongated and passing through the wall; a shaft, driven through the slot; a pair of wheels associated with the opposite ends of the shaft; a vertical receptacle, which is provided in the wall and is axially offset with respect to the shaft; a pivot, being rotatable in the receptacle for connecting the castor to a piece of furniture; two tubular portions, which protrude from opposite sides of the vertical wall and are substantially coaxial to the shaft; a substantially vertical hole, which is provided in the wall above the slot and is connected thereto; a spring, accommodated in the hole and acting on the shaft; the hole being open upwards and closed by a closure element which acts as abutment for the spring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2003
    Assignee: Emilsider Meccanica S.p.A.
    Inventor: Francescantonio Melara
  • Multi-color flexographic rotary machine with main drum and independent separate color units
    Patent number: 6615716
    Abstract: A flexographic rotary printing machine has a supporting structure provided with two lateral shoulders, an impression roller over which a material in sheet form to be printed passes, at least one printing element or assembly arranged adjacent to the impression roller and having an inking unit, a printing plate cylinder and an anilox roller, which are sleeve cylinders, and a drive for transmitting motion between the impression roller and each printing assembly. At each shoulder there is at least one lateral support device for the advancement-retraction of the sleeve cylinders, adapted to move them between a retracted or resting position, in which a respective sleeve can be inserted or removed, and an advanced or active position, in which the cylinders are kept in contact with, and operatively connected to, the impression roller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2003
    Assignee: Uteco S.p.A. Roto-Flexo & Converting
    Inventors: Giovanni Freddo, Agostino Pertile
  • Bus bar for electrical power distribution
    Patent number: 6616465
    Abstract: A bus bar for electric power distribution, comprising a body made of conducting material, the body having, on at least one side, at least one slot which has a C-shaped cross-section, the back wall of said C-shaped slot comprising two substantially straight portions which form an angle of less than 180° between them.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2003
    Assignee: ABB Service S.r.l.
    Inventors: Rodolfo Fontana, Alessandro Leone
  • Power plant for electric earth-moving and agricultural vehicles with four-wheel drive
    Patent number: 6615946
    Abstract: A power plant for electric earth-moving and agricultural vehicles with four-wheel drive which comprises a supporting chassis, an electric motor drive for driving wheels of the vehicle; the motor drive comprises a gear-type reduction and distribution unit which is installed in a housing which is rigidly coupled to the chassis, at least two electric motors whose body is fixed to the housing, a front longitudinal distribution shaft and a rear longitudinal distribution shaft which protrude from the housing, two differentials which are fitted at the ends of the distribution shafts and from which a front axle and a rear axle respectively protrude for respective pairs of driving wheels, at least one of the axles being provided with steering elements; and an assembly for an oscillating support of the front axle which is fixed, in a downward region, to a front end of the supporting chassis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2003
    Assignees: VF Venieri S.p.A.
    Inventors: Paolo Pasquini, Giacomina Venieri
  • Method for producing a tubular knitted article, particularly a hosiery article, closed at one end, without a seam, with a circular machine
    Patent number: 6615617
    Abstract: A method for producing a closed end hosiery seamless knitted article, on a circular machine, comprising: knitting of the article starting from the end to be closed, forming a knot for retaining a closure thread by way of a set of contiguous needles, weaving the closure thread and feeding it to a preset number of needles to connect needles arranged opposite with respect to a central plane passing through the needle cylinder axis and through a central region of the set of contiguous needles, interrupting feeding the closure thread to the needles forming a few rows of knitting by using other threads and at least part of the needles of the machine, applying traction to the closure thread to close the initial end of the article, and continuing production of the article to completion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2003
    Assignee: Lonati S.p.A.
    Inventors: Ettore Lonati, Fausto Lonati, Tiberio Lonati
  • Seal with anti-theft device for items having rod-like portions
    Patent number: 6612139
    Abstract: A seal with anti-theft device for items having rod-like portions, particularly for eyeglasses. The seal comprises a hollow body which contains an electronic signal-emitting component and forms a plane of arrangement for a rod-like portion. Two parallel and mutually opposite guides protrude from the body and each guide has at least one sawtooth engagement surface for the nonreversible sliding, in a direction which is perpendicular to the plane of arrangement, of a slider which has complementary sawtooth engagement surfaces. The rod-like portion is retained between the plane of arrangement and a parallel plane of arrangement formed by the slider.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2003
    Inventor: Emilio Costa
  • Method and apparatus for safety control of the drying cycle in hydrocarbon-solvent dry-cleaning machines
    Patent number: 6609310
    Abstract: The method for safety control of the drying cycle in hydrocarbon-solvent dry-cleaning machines, comprising, in the first step of the drying cycle, when the temperature of the mixture of hot air and solvent at the outlet of the drying drum reaches values which are higher than a preset safety value passing, the drying air, before being returned to the drum, through an additional separator-heat exchanger having a high thermal capacity. The apparatus is constituted in particular by the additional separator-heat exchanger connected through at least one valve driven by a detection to the drying circuit of the machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2003
    Assignee: Donini International S.p.A.
    Inventor: Salvatore Carnovale
  • Sewing machine for forming running-stitch seams with high sewing reliability
    Patent number: 6609470
    Abstract: A sewing machine for forming running-stitch seams, comprises a needle provided with an open eye and orientated with the axis substantially perpendicular to a surface for supporting the sewn item and is actuated with a reciprocating motion to pass cyclically through the supporting surface. A thread take-up wheel, provided below the supporting surface, is composed of a fixed part, with a magazine for the taken-up thread, and a rotatable part, rotationally actuated about its own axis. The rotatable part supports a lower looper engaging a portion of the loop that protrudes from the eye along one side of the needle. A thread disengager is provided for disengaging the thread from the needle which engage the portion of the loop of thread protruding from the eye.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2003
    Assignee: Conti Complett S.p.A.
    Inventors: Ferruccio Perego, Mario Valle
  • Method for collecting data from electronic voting units
    Patent number: 6607126
    Abstract: A method for collecting data from electronic voting units standing by to receive enabling commands, comprising: sending in parallel a vote opening/control command from a central logic unit to a plurality of peripheral logic units by way of first connection elements and to voting units by way of second connection elements; storing the vote in the voting unit if the vote opening/control command is a vote opening command; setting the voting units to the stored vote sending mode; sending in succession, from each individual peripheral logic unit, a vote collection command; sending to the peripheral logic units a vote signal from each one of the voting units in a preset time interval; and transmitting the votes collected by the peripheral logic units to the central logic unit and to a computer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2003
    Inventors: Giovanni Altini, Sergio Sangiorgi
  • Modular cage
    Patent number: 6606964
    Abstract: A modular cage comprising a bottom surmounted by, and associated with, grille-like walls which are mutually connected by connecting means; the connecting means comprise a first corner joint constituted by a first component that has a hollow corner body in which there are first seats for positioning three convergent grille-like walls, the first component being associated, by way of reversible interlocking anchoring means, with a complementary substantially plate-like second component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2003
    Assignee: Marchioro S.p.A. Stampaggio Materie Plastiche
    Inventor: Domenico Marchioro
  • Twin-head beveling machine for high-precision machining on heads of large-and medium-diameter pipes
    Patent number: 6604442
    Abstract: A twin-head beveling machine for high-precision machining on heads of pipes, comprising two mutually opposite pressers and machining heads with a rotating disk; the pressers are rigidly connected to each other by a central fixed shaft and the heads are mounted so that they can rotate and move axially individually on the central fixed shaft. The machining heads are subjected to the action of hydraulic or pneumatic motors and of axial movement elements, which are activated by a respective hydraulic or pneumatic actuator and produce the axial working advancement of the respective head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2003
    Assignee: Goriziane S.p.A.
    Inventor: Pierluigi Zanin
  • Sewing machine for forming running-stitch seams, with highly regular stitch forming
    Patent number: 6604476
    Abstract: A sewing machine for forming running-stitch seams, comprises a needle provided, proximate to its tip, with an open eye and orientated so that its axis is substantially perpendicular to a surface for supporting the item being sewn. The needle is actuated with a reciprocating motion along its own axis passing cyclically through the supporting surface. A thread take-up wheel is provided below the supporting surface and is composed of a fixed part, with a magazine for the taken-up thread, and a rotatable part, rotationally actuated about its own axis. The rotatable wheel part supports a lower looper engaging the thread loop below the supporting surface to load the thread in the magazine formed in the wheel fixed part. Pneumatic tensioning means for the thread portion lying below the supporting surface are further provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2003
    Assignee: Conti Complett S.p.A.
    Inventors: Mario Valle, Ferruccio Perego
  • Tail pipe for muffler
    Patent number: D480030
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2003
    Assignee: Supersprint S.r.l.
    Inventor: Alessandro Gilli