Patents by Inventor Alberto Falzone

Alberto Falzone has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 6592656
    Abstract: There is provided apparatus for treating water containing industrial waste products. A first tank contains water at a determined pressure. A second tank is placed inside the first tank and communicated with a lower portion thereof. It contains water at a lower pressure than that of the first tank. An inlet device of the discharge product is located in the second tank. A first dilution sector of the waste product is external to the tanks but in communication with the second tank at one end and connected to the other end with a Venturi tube and has an outlet duct for waste product diluted by said second tank. The Venturi tube is in communication with the first tank and creates a depression of the second tank with respect to the first tank. The second tank has an internal portion for the dilution of the industrial waste product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2003
    Assignee: Chemitronic s.r.l.
    Inventor: Alberto Falzone
  • Publication number: 20020000162
    Abstract: The present invention refers to a water apparatus for treating industrial waste products comprising a first tank (2) containing water at a determined pressure, a second tank (4) placed inside the first tank and with which it is in communication in the lower part and which contains water at a lower pressure than that of the first tank (2), an inlet device (6, 7) of the discharge product in the second tank (4), a first dilution sector (14) of the waste product which is external to the tanks (2, 4) but in communication with the second tank (4) at one end (15) and connected to the other end with a Venturi tube (17), an outlet duct (18) of the waste product diluted by said second tank (4). The Venturi tube (17) is in communication with the first tank (2) and is suitable to create the depression of the second tank (4) with respect to the first tank (2). The second tank (4) comprises internally a further sector (10) for the dilution of the industrial waste product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2001
    Publication date: January 3, 2002
    Inventor: Alberto Falzone
  • Patent number: 5878811
    Abstract: An apparatus for the controlled cooling of chemical tanks containing a chemical which must be kept at a first prescribed temperature includes at least one heat-exchanger coil immersed inside a chemical tank and through which there is made to circulate a flow of an inert gas. The apparatus includes a storage system for storing and cooling a prescribed volume of inert gas at a second prescribed temperature lower than the first prescribed temperature, feeding means for feeding the storage means with inert gas coming from a main supply line, and valve means interposed between the storage means and an inlet of the at least one heat-exchanger coil for controlling the supply of cooled inert gas to the heat-changer coil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 1995
    Date of Patent: March 9, 1999
    Assignee: Consorzio per la Ricerca sulla Microelttronica nel Mezzogiorno
    Inventor: Alberto Falzone
  • Patent number: 5353369
    Abstract: A device for heating chemical tanks includes at least one heat exchanger coil immersed inside a chemical tank. An inert gas, such as nitrogen, is heated and made to flow through the coil to heat a solution in the chemical tank to the desired temperature, which is sensed by a sensor. If microfractures form in the heat exchanger coil, the inert gas simply bubbles out of the solution and does not adversely impact the purity of the solution. In addition, the bubbling of the gas indicates the presence of a microfracture. A second heating coil is provided, and also provides heated inert fluid for heating the solution in the tank. The fluid flow through the first coil is controlled linearly to maintain the temperature at the desired temperature. The fluid flow through the second coil is controlled impulsively to quickly return the solution to the desired temperature after a temperature transient occurs, such as after a relatively cool object is immersed into the solution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 1992
    Date of Patent: October 4, 1994
    Assignee: SGS-Thomson Microelectronics s.r.l.
    Inventors: Cirino Scarpa, Giuseppe Musco, Alberto Falzone