Patents by Inventor Alfred Testa

Alfred Testa 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: 9371610
    Abstract: The invention concerns a composition for thy-cleaning textile articles, characterised in that it is anhydrous and in that it comprises, as an active cleaning agent: dipropylene glycol monomethyl ether, an amphiphilic solvent A chosen from the group consisting of dipropylene glycol mono-n-propyl ether, dipropylene glycol mono-n-butyl ether, dipropylene glycol mono-tert-butyl ether or the mixtures thereof, and at least one dibasic ester B having a KB index higher than 30 and represented by the following general formula (I): R—O—C(?O)—(CH2)n-C(?O)—O—R? (I) in which n is a whole number between 1 and 9; R and R? are identical or different, each separately representing an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, or an alkenyl group having 2 to 6 carbon atoms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2016
    Assignee: ARCANE INDUSTRIES
    Inventors: Alfred Testa, Jean-Philippe Testa
  • Publication number: 20160010269
    Abstract: The invention relates to a unit for dry cleaning textile articles using a composite solvent comprising multiple components, said unit including: a dry cleaning chamber (1) configured to mix the textile articles to be cleaned with the composite solvent during a cleaning cycle; a device (7) for recovering the used composite solvent after a cleaning cycle; a treatment device (8) for removing water and dirt and recycling at least part of the used composite solvent in order to use same in another dry cleaning cycle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2014
    Publication date: January 14, 2016
    Applicant: ARCANE INDUSTRIES
    Inventors: Alfred TESTA, Jean-Philippe TESTA
  • Publication number: 20150252519
    Abstract: The invention concerns a composition for thy-cleaning textile articles, characterised in that it is anhydrous and in that it comprises, as an active cleaning agent: dipropylene glycol monomethyl ether, an amphiphilic solvent A chosen from the group consisting of dipropylene glycol mono-n-propyl ether, dipropylene glycol mono-n-butyl ether, dipropylene glycol mono-tert-butyl ether or the mixtures thereof, and at least one dibasic ester B having a KB index higher than 30 and represented by the following general formula (I): R—O—C(?O)—(CH2)n-C(?O)—O—R? (I) in which n is a whole number between 1 and 9; R and R? are identical or different, each separately representing an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, or an alkenyl group having 2 to 6 carbon atoms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2013
    Publication date: September 10, 2015
    Applicant: A.T DEVELOPPEMENTS
    Inventors: Alfred Testa, Jean-Philippe Testa