Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Guido Modiano
  • Prefabricated concrete panel for building floors in civil or industrial structures
    Patent number: 6457288
    Abstract: A prefabricated concrete panel for building floors in civil or industrial structures, comprising a concrete body with a reinforcement provided with portions which protrude from one of the larger faces of the body of the panel which constitutes extrados of a floor and are designed to be embedded in the casting of the topping of the floor. At least one first shaped sheet is provided inside the body of the panel, is made of thermally insulating material, is interposed between the two larger faces of the panel body and forms, between the two larger faces of the panel body, a ventilation chamber which is composed of a plurality of mutually connected cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2002
    Inventors: Sergio Zambelli, Benito Zambelli
  • Motor wheel for driving the driving wheel of an industrial vehicle and the like
    Patent number: 6458057
    Abstract: A motor wheel for driving the driving wheel of an industrial vehicle and the like, comprising upstream of a two-stage rotary-ring reduction unit, a gearbox with fixed-ring epicyclic gear train, with at least two positions which respectively correspond to the high or travel speed and to the low or working speed. A parking brake is further provided downstream of the gearbox with respect to the motion input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2002
    Assignee: S.O.M. S.p.A.
    Inventors: Gianni Massaccesi, Stefano Pivetti
  • Massager to be inserted in the back of a massage chair or the like, provided with massage pressure adjustment
    Patent number: 6454731
    Abstract: A massager to be inserted in the back of massage chairs, comprising a frame which supports a massage assembly constituted by a plurality of massage wheels actuated by at least one gearmotor; the frame is movable in a vertical direction, and the massage assembly is independent of the frame and can move at right angles to a plane in which the frame is formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2002
    Assignee: Ciar S.p.A.
    Inventor: Egidio Marcantoni
  • Stator for synchronous motors having more than two poles
    Patent number: 6452303
    Abstract: A stator for synchronous motors with more than two poles, comprising a plurality of sectors formed by lamination packs which are joined at their ends, forming as a whole a closed annular structure, at least one pole shoe protruding from each one of the sectors. The ends of the stator define, at each connecting region, thanks to respective facing shaped portions, at least one tab with mutually opposite undercuts, one for each end; the tabs accommodate corresponding portions of an elastic connecting element which surrounds the tab and rigidly couples the sectors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2002
    Assignee: Askoll Holding S.r.l.
    Inventor: Elio Marioni
  • Waste collection device
    Patent number: 6447235
    Abstract: A waste collection device, comprising at least one container which is arranged in a pit in the presence of at least one pillar for waste insertion, elements being provided for emptying the container into a vehicle arranged at the rim of the pit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2002
    Inventors: Carlo Galeazzi, Gianpietro Galeazzi
  • Fluid control valve with butterfly-type flow control element with high operating reliability
    Patent number: 6446934
    Abstract: A fluid control valve with a butterfly-type flow control element, with high operating reliability, comprising a valve body which is crossed by a passage with an inlet and an outlet which can be connected to two branches of a duct for a fluid to be controlled by means of the valve. The valve body accommodates, in an intermediate region of the passage, a butterfly-type flow control element which can be actuated in order to open or close the passage. The valve body supports, in the intermediate region of the passage, an annular gasket which can be engaged by the flow control element in the closure position. The valve body is provided in at least two parts which are mutually coupled at the region that is occupied by the annular gasket and lock the annular gasket between the parts in a mutual coupling position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2002
    Assignee: Rubinetterie Bresciane Bonomi S.p.A.
    Inventor: Aldo Bonomi
  • Mechanical-hydrostatic transmission, particularly for tools and vehicles suitable for gardening, such as lawn-mowers or the like
    Patent number: 6443036
    Abstract: A mechanical-hydrostatic transmission particularly for tools and vehicles suitable for gardening, such as lawn-mowers or the like, comprising a reduction unit, a clutch unit, an oil pump and a hydraulic motor which are integrated and contained within a single casing, the pump and the clutch unit being arranged coaxially on a first shaft which is connected externally, by means of a coupling, to motor means, the pump being hydraulically connected to the hydraulic motor and the hydraulic motor being in turn axially associated with a second shaft from which a power take-off extends. The casing contains kinematic connections for transmitting motion to the driving wheels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2002
    Assignee: Antonio Carraro S.p.A.
    Inventor: Girolamo Martignon
  • Domestic waste treatment system
    Patent number: 6443057
    Abstract: A domestic waste treatment system, comprising: a compaction and disposal device; a curbside bin, which is adapted to receive the waste, contained in a tray provided with an openable bottom and divided according to type in the compartments of the tray; a truck which is adapted to receive the waste, contained in a bin provided with an openable bottom and divided according to type in the compartments of the bin; a final treatment plant, which is adapted to receive the waste, contained in a container provided with an openable bottom and divided according to type in the compartments of the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2002
    Inventor: Renzo Gazzoli
  • Apparatus for unwinding/rewinding a suction hose for draining cesspools, septic tanks and sewers in general
    Patent number: 6438792
    Abstract: An apparatus for unwinding/rewinding a suction hose for draining or purging cesspools, septic tanks, sewers or the like which includes, on a truck, a reel with which, in a peripheral region, a radial hose guide is associated, the hose guide including a composite am with guiding elements for the hose, wherein the arm is peripherally articulated to the reel so as to pitch, in an adjustable manner actuated by actuation elements, about an axis which is parallel to a tangent to the reel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2002
    Assignee: Cappellotto S.p.A.
    Inventor: Luigi Cappellotto
  • Machine tool for working stone and agglomerates of inert materials
    Patent number: 6439219
    Abstract: A machine tool for working stones and agglomerates of inert materials having a support for the abrasive or, respectively, cutting material to contact the stone during working and a connecting part for connecting the tool to the machine which generates and transmits to the tool the movement that the tool performs during working; the support and the connecting part are fastened to each other, in a detachable manner, by way of removable locking elements. Between the support and the connecting part a layer is interposed, made of a material which is suitable to damp the mechanical vibrations of the machine, reducing their transmission from the connecting part to the support, and suitable to damp the vibrations that occur in the support during working, and reducing further their transmission from the support to the connecting part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2002
    Inventor: Vittorio Pareti
  • Track sliding facilitating method and device for a wire stranding machine
    Patent number: 6434922
    Abstract: A method and a device for facilitating the sliding, along a track, of an element having a predominant axial dimension subjected to an intense force pressing it against the track, particularly for facilitating the sliding of a wire subjected to stranding in stranding machines. The method consists in interposing between the element and the track a pressurized fluid which contrasts the force that presses the element against the track. In this way, the sliding friction of the element on the track is reduced and it is possible to reduce the force to be applied to the element in order to achieve its advancement along the track.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2002
    Inventor: Angelo Dalerba
  • Magnetic closure for items of clothing
    Patent number: 6434801
    Abstract: A magnetic closure particularly for items of clothing and the like, comprising a magnetic body which is accommodated in a seat which is closed hermetically and is formed by two plate-like elements which are mutually coupled at least in a region which peripherally surrounds the magnetic body. The coupled plate-like elements (10,11) can be applied to each one of a couple of flaps to be joined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2002
    Assignee: SAMA S.p.A.
    Inventor: Erico Grunberger
  • Machine for preparing food products
    Patent number: 6435079
    Abstract: A machine for preparing food products, for example lasagne, comprising a feeder which is suitable to take a plurality of lines of product and to feed each line to a respective product conveyor; each line comprises product distribution units suitable to distribute the product in respective containers fed by a conveyance device. The product conveyors extend parallel to each other and one above the other and have different lengths, each product conveyor having a delivery end at a distribution station which is suitable to deposit the product, which arrives from the respective product conveyor, in a container which is supplied to the distribution station by the conveyance device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2002
    Assignee: G. Mondini S.p.A.
    Inventor: Giovanni Mondini
  • Machine for opening dies for extruding aluminum and alloys thereof
    Patent number: 6430793
    Abstract: A machine for opening dies for extruding aluminum and alloys thereof, comprising a table for supporting a die to be opened which is connected to translatory motion elements for placing the die at a parting unit which has a plurality of tools distributed around the die and provided with a parting blade which can be gradually moved closer and inserted between the two parts that constitute the die.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2002
    Assignee: Compes S.p.A.
    Inventor: Mario Pedersoli
  • Method for controlling the assembly cycle of a frame assembling machine and machine for carrying out the method
    Patent number: 6434439
    Abstract: A cross-section of one of the strips in a frame is digitized in binary format by means of a scanner and graphically visualized; dimensions of the cross-section and points suitable for positioning a strip locking device are determined, together with points of application of the stapling elements and the number of the elements to be applied in each point. A frame assembling machine is then activate to perform the actual stapling of the strips.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2002
    Inventor: Giuseppe Raffoni
  • Back protection shield
    Patent number: 6427695
    Abstract: A back protection shield, which includes at least one anatomic shell-like body made of substantially rigid material and longer than wider, so as to extend longitudinally and cover a substantial portion of user's backbone. The shield has a concave inner surface designed to face, in use, the user's back and a convex outer surface and at least one series of spaced stiffening ribs which extend at least partly in a transverse direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2002
    Assignee: Spidt Sport S.r.l.
    Inventors: Pietro Zanetti, Gianni Zago
  • Refrigeration system having a refrigeration cycle which provides optimized consumption
    Patent number: 6427460
    Abstract: A refrigeration system having a refrigeration cycle which provides optimized consumption, comprising a main section, which is constituted by at least one main compressor, a main condenser, which is connected between the compressor and at least one expansion valve, and at least one evaporator, which is connected to the expansion valve, which comprises an auxiliary section comprising at least one auxiliary compressor which is connected to a low-pressure intake line of the main compressor, at least one auxiliary condenser which is connected to the auxiliary compressor, and a first auxiliary reservoir and a second auxiliary reservoir which are respectively connected to the output of the auxiliary condenser and to the output of the main condenser, for connection to the at least one expansion valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2002
    Inventor: Luciano Zanon
  • Pattern, particularly for textiles, fabrics and sheet-like elements in general
    Patent number: D461643
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2002
    Assignee: Missoni S.p.A.
    Inventor: Ottavio Missoni
  • Watches
    Patent number: D462279
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2002
    Assignee: Pomellato S.p.A.
    Inventor: Francesco Minoli
  • Yarn feeder with fixed drum for knitting machines
    Patent number: D463463
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2002
    Assignee: L.G.L. Electronics S.p.A.
    Inventors: Pietro Zenoni, Giovanni Pedrini