Patents Examined by Kenneth F. Peterson
  • Well forming apparatus
    Patent number: 5156074
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus which is able to form a desired number of wells in gelatinous media, as for example agar-based media contained in dishes or plates such as the normal microbiological culture dishes or plates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 1989
    Date of Patent: October 20, 1992
    Assignee: Gruppo Lepetit S.p.A.
    Inventors: Angelo De Ros, Luigi Cavenaghi
  • Method of replacing and adjusting preprinted strip material on a manufacturing machine
    Patent number: 5129294
    Abstract: A method of replacing a first strip having equally-spaced preprinted graphics with a second identical strip on a manufacturing machine having an input traction unit for feeding the first strip along a first route defined by a first and second branch forming a given angle; the second strip, after being accelerated along the first branch and adjusted in relation to the first strip, being cut and fed on to the second branch by a spoon-shaped guide plate operating in a direction substantially coincident with that of the second branch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 1991
    Date of Patent: July 14, 1992
    Assignee: G. D Societa' per Azioni
    Inventors: Fulvio Boldrini, Antonio Gamberini