Patents by Inventor Alfio CHRISTOFARO

Alfio CHRISTOFARO 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: 9566635
    Abstract: An exchangeable plate is suspended on a top plate and held in a lower end position without force by a hydraulic clamps. In an upper end position, it is connected with force fit to, and re-detached from, the top plate as a function of a stripping operation of a scrap web from a V-ring pressure plate. The exchangeable plate is transferred from the lower into the upper end position by movement of a ram, and transferred from the upper into the lower end position by gravity. A sensing distance, adapted to the brake path of the drive system, is provided between the top plate and the exchangeable plate. A sensing device in the V-ring pressure plate outputs a signal to the computer for stopping the drive system and deactivating the hydraulic system. A. sensor detects premature movement of a pressure plate in the exchangeable plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: FEINTOOL INTERNATIONAL HOLDING AG
    Inventors: Juerg Ochsenbein, Alfio Christofaro, Hans-Rudi Honegger
  • Publication number: 20150158073
    Abstract: An exchangeable plate is suspended on a top plate and held in a lower end position without force by a hydraulic clamping means. In an upper end position, it is connected with force fit to, and re-detached from, the top plate as a function of a stripping operation of a scrap web from a V-ring pressure plate. The exchangeable plate is transferred from the lower into the upper end position by movement of a ram, and transferred from the upper into the lower end position by gravity. A sensing distance, adapted to the brake path of the drive system, is provided between the top plate and the exchangeable plate. A sensing device in the V-ring pressure plate outputs a signal to the computer for stopping the drive system and deactivating the hydraulic system. A sensor detects premature movement of a pressure plate in the exchangeable plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2014
    Publication date: June 11, 2015
    Inventors: Juerg OCHSENBEIN, Alfio CHRISTOFARO, Hans-Rudi HONEGGER