Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Guido Modiano
  • Apparatus for the continuous production of expanded plastics panels with inserts on the longitudinal edges thereof
    Patent number: 6655944
    Abstract: An apparatus for the continuous production of expanded plastic panels with inserts on their longitudinal edges, comprising a head for pouring a reactive mixture between a first and a second containment layers in order to obtain a foamed layer, a containment and advancement assembly for the layers being constituted by a lower slat conveyor and by an upper slat conveyor. The lower slat conveyor has lateral containment blocks at the ends of its slats. At least some of the blocks are provided thereon with the inserts to be incorporated in the foamed layer, for picking and placing the inserts on the engaging elements provided in the apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2003
    Assignee: Impianti Oms S.p.A.
    Inventors: Loris Massarotto, Enrico Lombardini
  • Apparatus for feeding stapling elements to a stapling machine suitable to join strips at an angle
    Patent number: 6651861
    Abstract: An apparatus for feeding stapling elements grouped in sets to a stapling machine which is suitable to insert the elements astride the joint of strips arranged at an angle in order to provide perimetric frames, supporting frames and the like, comprising a magazine which is composed of at least one inclined channel suitable to accommodate a plurality of aligned sets and having a downward outlet for the sets, means for individually releasing the sets from the at least one channel through the outlet, a holder which comprises at least one seat arranged below the outlet of the at least one channel, actuators for actuating the holder between a position for receiving a set from the at least one channel in the at least one seat and a position for positioning the set with respect to the stapling machine so as to align the punch of the machine with the stapling elements to be inserted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2003
    Inventor: Giuseppe Raffoni
  • Device for mating strips joined at an angle for forming rectangular frames
    Patent number: 6651859
    Abstract: A device for mating strips joined at an angle for forming rectangular frames having a L-shaped element, acting as movable abutment for the strips, has a symmetrical hinged connection to a pair of linkages, pivotally connected to a free end to the supporting element fixed to the platform, and an arm protruding outside the L-shaped element along the extension of its bisecting line and undergoing elastic centering. The element and linkages are accommodated in the supporting element in two mutually aligned seats which lie transversely to the slot of the platform, and are each constituted by a bush from which a slider protrudes; the slider is pushed, until it rests against an abutment of the bush, by a cylindrical spring which acts between the slider and the screw-type cap used also to adjust the preloading of the spring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2003
    Inventor: Giuseppe Raffoni
  • Mold for manufacturing plastic items
    Patent number: 6652259
    Abstract: A mold for manufacturing plastic items, composed of a female mold half and of a male mold half which are mutually aligned along a vertical axis, the male mold half being composed of a sleeve and a plug which is guided inside the sleeve and is movable with respect thereto; the female mold half comprises a base plate, a bush which is guided on the base plate and forms, together with the base plate, a cavity for receiving a dose of plastic material to be molded, the bush being provided with an abutment which acts as a locator for the sleeve during molding, the bush being movable with respect to the base plate in contrast with elastic return means which allow the plug to enter said cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2003
    Assignee: Sacmi Cooperativa Meccanici Imola S.c.r.l.
    Inventor: Dario Beltrandi
  • Dispenser for sanitizing/deodorant surfactant liquids, particularly for toilet bowls
    Patent number: 6647558
    Abstract: A dispenser for sanitizing/deodorant surfactant liquids, particularly for toilet bowls, including a container, which is provided at an end thereof with a tray element having at least one cavity in continuous communication with the container; the cavity is provided with at least one outlet for the controlled dispensing of a surfactant liquid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2003
    Assignee: Falp S.r.l.
    Inventor: Roberto Falchieri
  • Device for connecting prefabricated beams to pillars or similar load-bearing structural elements
    Patent number: 6647678
    Abstract: A device for connecting a beam to pillars, or similar load-bearing structural elements, for constructing buildings, particularly multi-story buildings, by way of prefabricated concrete components. The device comprises a first connection for connecting the two end regions of the beam to the pillars and a second connection for connecting two intermediate regions of the longitudinal extension of the beam to the pillars. The first connection is constituted by connection elements of the interlocking type and the second connection comprises at least two rigid inclined ties, each of which connects an intermediate region of the beam to a region of the respective pillar which lies at a higher level than the region where the tie is coupled to the beam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2003
    Inventors: Sergio Zambelli, Benito Zambelli
  • Magazine with removable inclined frames for storing and transferring panel-like products
    Patent number: 6648572
    Abstract: A magazine with removable inclined frames comprising a plurality of inclined frames arranged side by side in a parking area, each frame having, at its base, a carriage-like structure which carries the inclined frame so that it is mounted on, and slideable in, a pair of rails dedicated thereto in the parking area. A transfer structure is provided to the side of the parking area and comprises a shuttle to receive one or more carriages and to convey the carriage at right angles to the plane of arrangement of the frame. A motor is provided for producing the translational motion of the carriages on the shuttle, and additional motors are provided for producing the translational motion of the shuttle parallel to the parking area of the set of frames.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2003
    Inventor: Antonio Piazza
  • Fast-fit clamp for regulating flow along flexible tubes, in particular for medical use
    Patent number: 6644618
    Abstract: A fast-fit clamp for partly or fully closing flexible tubes, in particular for medical use, has a laminar body bent backwards on itself, fitted through longitudinally with a tube, and having two elastically competing ends between which project radially inwards two opposite transverse teeth for gripping the tube; at least two split through holes being formed in the laminar body, with openings facing outwards on opposite sides; and provision being made for centering means for centering the competing ends, and latch means for fastening the competing ends simply or gradually.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2003
    Inventor: Enrico Balbo
  • Sewing machine for forming running-stitch seams
    Patent number: 6644228
    Abstract: The machine comprises a needle with an open eye orientated perpendicular to a supporting surface for the sewn item and actuated with reciprocating motion to pass cyclically through the supporting surface and the sewn item, carrying a thread loop; a thread take-up wheel having a fixed part, with a magazine for taken-up thread, and a rotatable part; a lower looper engaging the thread loop below the supporting surface and loading the thread into the magazine; and comprises a thread handly unit allowing correct formation of the stitches.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2003
    Assignee: Conti Complett S.p.A.
    Inventors: Mario Valle, Ferruccio Perego
  • Device for the manufacture of self-sustaining cups of thin paper
    Patent number: 6641515
    Abstract: A frustoconical matrix and a punch of a complementary shape and coaxial to the former can be brought together to shape an inserted sheet of thin paper. The matrix has a cylindrical peripheral surface along which a beading member comprising a cylindrical foil is slidable in a close running fit. A shoulder extends coaxially to the punch to define a pit having a cylindrical internal wall having a diameter smaller than the outside diameter of the beading member. Heating means are controllable to heat the shoulder to a temperature such that the pit is expanded to a diameter of close running fit between its internal wall and the beading member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2003
    Assignee: Ecopack S.p.A.
    Inventors: Luigi Ferri, Francesco Ferri
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Wheel rim
    Patent number: D481663
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2003
    Assignee: Due Emme Mille Miglia S.r.l.
    Inventor: Fulvio Maifrini