Patents by Inventor Alver Tacchi

Alver Tacchi 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: 11530087
    Abstract: The invention relates to a pack of electrically heated cigarettes, which comprises a container and a lid hinged one another; wherein the container comprises a top chamber which houses a group of cigarettes, a bottom chamber and a dividing wall, which divides the top chamber from the bottom chamber; and wherein a drawer is provided, which is arranged in the area of the bottom chamber and can slide between a closed position, in which the drawer is completely arranged inside the container and an open position, limited by a limit stop device, in which the drawer is partially pulled out of the container; the distance between the dividing wall and the top wall of the lid when the latter closes the top opening of the container, being between 4.5 and 5.5 centimetres; and the distance between the bottom wall of the drawer, when the latter is in the relative closed position, and the dividing wall being between 3.5 centimetres and 4.5 centimetres.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: G.D SOCIETA' PER AZIONI
    Inventors: Angelo LiVigni, Alver Tacchi, Luca Federici
  • Patent number: 11230406
    Abstract: The invention relates to a packet of smoking articles having: a container; a wrapping wrapping the smoking articles disposed into the container and provided with an accessing zone for the smoking articles; a first coupon, disposed between a front wall of the container and a front wall of the wrapping and comprising a first end disposed at the access zone and a second end, opposed respect to the first end; and a second coupon, interposed between the first coupon and the front wall of the wrapping and comprising a first end at the access zone and a second end, opposed respect to the first end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: G.D SOCIETA' PER AZIONI
    Inventors: Marcello Tenaglia, Francesca Galletti, Alver Tacchi, Roberto Polloni, Luca Federici
  • Patent number: 10981718
    Abstract: Packet of smoke articles, including: a container, which has a parallelepiped shape and has a front wall, a rear wall, a bottom wall and two lateral walls; a parallelepiped-shape inner wrapper that wraps a group of smoke articles, which is housed inside the container and has a front wall, a rear wall, a top wall, a bottom wall and two lateral walls; and a separating element, which is arranged inside the inner wrapper and divides the inner volume of the inner wrapper so as to form several partitions of the group of smoke articles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: G.D S.p.A.
    Inventors: Roberto Polloni, Alver Tacchi, Lorena D'Alfonso, Giuseppe Marchitto, Marcello Tenaglia, Stefano Negrini
  • Patent number: 10947031
    Abstract: A rigid package for tobacco articles with a hinged lid and having: at least one group of tobacco articles; at least one wrap, which encloses the group of tobacco articles and has a tobacco article extraction opening closed by a re-stick sealing flap; an outer container, which houses the wrap; a lid having a rear wall, which is hinged to the rear wall of the outer container so as to allow the lid to rotate relative to the outer container; an inner container, which houses the wrap and is arranged inside the outer container in a sliding manner; and a lifting mechanism, which moves the inner container relative to the outer container, using the rotation movement of the lid, between a lowered position, in which the inner container is completely inserted into the outer container, and an extracted position, in which the inner container is partially extracted from the outer container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: G.D SOCIETA' PER AZIONI
    Inventors: Roberto Polloni, Alver Tacchi, Luca Federici, Luca Paradiso
  • Publication number: 20200247605
    Abstract: A rigid package for tobacco articles with a hinged lid and having: at least one group of tobacco articles; at least one wrap, which encloses the group of tobacco articles and has a tobacco article extraction opening closed by a re-stick sealing flap; an outer container, which houses the wrap; a lid having a rear wall, which is hinged to the rear wall of the outer container so as to allow the lid to rotate relative to the outer container; an inner container, which houses the wrap and is arranged inside the outer container in a sliding manner; and a lifting mechanism, which moves the inner container relative to the outer container, using the rotation movement of the lid, between a lowered position, in which the inner container is completely inserted into the outer container, and an extracted position, in which the inner container is partially extracted from the outer container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2016
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Inventors: Roberto Polloni, Alver Tacchi, Luca Federici, Luca Paradiso
  • Publication number: 20200115146
    Abstract: The invention relates to a packet of smoking articles having: a container; a wrapping wrapping the smoking articles disposed into the container and provided with an accessing zone for the smoking articles; a first coupon, disposed between a front wall of the container and a front wall of the wrapping and comprising a first end disposed at the access zone and a second end, opposed respect to the first end; and a second coupon, interposed between the first coupon and the front wall of the wrapping and comprising a first end at the access zone and a second end, opposed respect to the first end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2019
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Applicant: G.D SOCIETA' PER AZIONI
    Inventors: Marcello Tenaglia, Francesca Galletti, Alver Tacchi, Roberto Polloni, Luca Federici
  • Patent number: 10556739
    Abstract: A rigid pack for tobacco articles having: at least one wrap of parallelepiped shape, which encloses a group of tobacco articles; a rigid container whose inner volume is divided into a top chamber, which houses the wrap and a bottom chamber which is available; a rigid lid hinged to the container; a rigid collar, which is folded in a “U”-shape, and is arranged inside the container; a drawer, which is arranged in the area of the bottom chamber, is cup-shaped and has a sliding opening by means of linear movement between a closed position in which the drawer is completely arranged inside the container and an open position in which the drawer is partially pulled out of the container and projects outwards from the container; and a limit stop device, which fulfils the function of stopping the outward movement of the drawer from the container in a maximum open position, namely of preventing the drawer from being completely pulled out of the container by setting a maximum limit for the pull-out movement of the drawer f
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: G.D SOCIETA' PER AZIONI
    Inventors: Angelo LiVigni, Alver Tacchi, Luca Federici
  • Patent number: 10549880
    Abstract: Rigid box for smoking articles having a parallelepiped shape and provided with: a first panel which defines a top wall; a second panel which is folded 90° with respect to the first panel and defines a first lateral wall; a third panel which is folded 90° with respect to the second panel and defines a bottom wall; a fourth panel which is folded 90° with respect to the third panel and defines a second lateral wall opposite the first lateral wall; a fifth panel which is folded 90° with respect to the fourth panel and rests on an inner surface of the first panel; a sixth panel which is folded 90° with respect to the fifth panel and divides the inner volume of the rigid box; and a seventh panel which is folded 90° with respect to the sixth panel and rests on an inner surface of the third panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: G.D SOCIETA' PER AZIONI
    Inventors: Alver Tacchi, Stefano Negrini
  • Publication number: 20190202626
    Abstract: A rigid pack for tobacco articles having: at least one wrap of parallelepiped shape, which encloses a group of tobacco articles; a rigid container whose inner volume is divided into a top chamber, which houses the wrap and a bottom chamber which is available; a rigid lid hinged to the container; a rigid collar, which is folded in a “U”-shape, and is arranged inside the container; a drawer, which is arranged in the area of the bottom chamber, is cup-shaped and has a sliding opening by means of linear movement between a closed position in which the drawer is completely arranged inside the container and an open position in which the drawer is partially pulled out of the container and projects outwards from the container; and a limit stop device, which fulfils the function of stopping the outward movement of the drawer from the container in a maximum open position, namely of preventing the drawer from being completely pulled out of the container by setting a maximum limit for the pull-out movement of the drawer f
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2017
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Inventors: Angelo LiVigni, Alver Tacchi, Luca Federici
  • Publication number: 20190177077
    Abstract: The invention relates to a pack of electrically heated cigarettes, which comprises a container and a lid hinged one another; wherein the container comprises a top chamber which houses a group of cigarettes, a bottom chamber and a dividing wall, which divides the top chamber from the bottom chamber; and wherein a drawer is provided, which is arranged in the area of the bottom chamber and can slide between a closed position, in which the drawer is completely arranged inside the container and an open position, limited by a limit stop device, in which the drawer is partially pulled out of the container; the distance between the dividing wall and the top wall of the lid when the latter closes the top opening of the container, being between 4.5 and 5.5 centimetres; and the distance between the bottom wall of the drawer, when the latter is in the relative closed position, and the dividing wall being between 3.5 centimetres and 4.5 centimetres.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2017
    Publication date: June 13, 2019
    Inventors: Angelo LiVigni, Alver Tacchi, Luca Federici
  • Publication number: 20190152687
    Abstract: Packet of smoke articles, including: a container, which has a parallelepiped shape and has a front wall, a rear wall, a bottom wall and two lateral walls; a parallelepiped-shape inner wrapper that wraps a group of smoke articles, which is housed inside the container and has a front wall, a rear wall, a top wall, a bottom wall and two lateral walls; and a separating element, which is arranged inside the inner wrapper and divides the inner volume of the inner wrapper so as to form several partitions of the group of smoke articles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2019
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Inventors: Roberto Polloni, Alver Tacchi, Lorena D'Alfonso, Giuseppe Marchitto, Marcello Tenaglia, Stefano Negrini
  • Publication number: 20170240345
    Abstract: Packet of smoke articles, including: a container, which has a parallelepiped shape and has a front wall, a rear wall, a bottom wall and two lateral walls; a parallelepiped-shape inner wrapper that wraps a group of smoke articles, which is housed inside the container and has a front wall, a rear wall, a top wall, a bottom wall and two lateral walls; and a separating element, which is arranged inside the inner wrapper and divides the inner volume of the inner wrapper so to as to form several partitions of the group of smoke articles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2015
    Publication date: August 24, 2017
    Inventors: Roberto POLLONI, Alver TACCHI, Lorena D'ALFONSO, Giuseppe MARCHITTO, Marcello TENAGLIA, Stefano NEGRINI
  • Publication number: 20170210505
    Abstract: Rigid box for smoking articles having a parallelepiped shape and provided with: a first panel which defines a top wall; a second panel which is hinged to the first panel, folded 90° with respect to the first panel and defines a first lateral wall; a third panel which is hinged to the second panel, folded 90° with respect to the second panel and defines a bottom wall; a fourth panel which is hinged to the third panel, folded 90° with respect to the third panel and defines a second lateral wall opposite the first lateral wall; a fifth panel which is hinged to the fourth panel, is folded 90° with respect to the fourth panel and rests on and is glued to an inner surface of the first panel; a sixth panel which is hinged to the fifth panel, is folded 90° with respect to the fifth panel and divides the inner volume of the rigid box in two adjacent chambers; and a seventh panel which is hinged to the sixth panel, is folded 90° with respect to the sixth panel and rests on and is glued to an inner surface of the third
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2015
    Publication date: July 27, 2017
    Inventors: Alver Tacchi, Stefano Negrini
  • Patent number: 9714134
    Abstract: A packet having: a group of articles; a sealed package enclosing the group of articles and having a first cover flap, which is defined by a first cut through the sealed package and is movable to allow access to the group of articles; a rigid container enclosing the sealed package and having a second cover flap, which is defined by a second cut through the container, is superimposed on the first cover flap of the sealed package, and is movable to allow access to the sealed package; and a reclosable adhesive panel, which is coated on the inside with re-stick adhesive, and has a grip tab with no re-stick adhesive and located at an edge of the adhesive panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2017
    Assignee: G.D SOCIETA' PER AZIONI
    Inventors: Alver Tacchi, Lorena D'Alfonso, Roberto Polloni, Stefano Negrini
  • Publication number: 20160096678
    Abstract: A packet having: a group of articles; a sealed package enclosing the group of articles and having a first cover flap, which is defined by a first cut through the sealed package and is movable to allow access to the group of articles; a rigid container enclosing the sealed package and having a second cover flap, which is defined by a second cut through the container, is superimposed on the first cover flap of the sealed package, and is movable to allow access to the sealed package; and a reclosable adhesive panel, which is coated on the inside with re-stick adhesive, and has a grip tab with no re-stick adhesive and located at an edge of the adhesive panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2014
    Publication date: April 7, 2016
    Inventors: Alver TACCHI, Lorena D'ALFONSO, Roberto POLLONI, Stefano NEGRINI
  • Patent number: 7127873
    Abstract: A unit for packing products, wherein a feed line, for supplying a strip of packing material, feeds the strip with a given movement to a cutting device for cutting the strip into a succession of sheets of packing material, and then to a feed station for feeding each sheet to a packing wheel moving with a further movement through the feed station; and wherein a compensating roller, having a compensating store, is interposed between the cutting device and the feed station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2006
    Assignee: G.D. Societa' per Azioni
    Inventors: Alver Tacchi, Mario Spatafora
  • Patent number: 6990783
    Abstract: A machine for packing products having a first packing unit for producing a succession of first packed groups of products and a second packing unit for grouping the first packed groups into second packed groups, each presenting a number of the first packed groups. A flat support serves for supporting the first packed groups and is interposed between the two packing units. A step-conveying device extends over the flat support and has a succession of pockets for receiving respective first packed groups, and provides an output portion whose pockets are detachable from the first packed groups to release the first packed groups on the flat support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2006
    Assignee: G. D Societa' per Azioni
    Inventors: Mario Spatafora, Alver Tacchi
  • Patent number: 6945009
    Abstract: An operating wheel of a packing machine comprises an annular drum, a number of through pockets carried by the annular drum and each for receiving a respective product, a first drive for rotating the annular drum in steps to feed the pockets along an annular path extending through a loading station and an unloading station, first and second pusher for engaging respective pockets at the loading station and the unloading station respectively, a second electric drive for imparting to the pushers respective substantially radial reciprocating movements to and from respective withdrawn rest positions inside the annular drum and through the respective pockets, a first safety device for preventing the annular drum from rotating when at least one of the pushers engages a respective pocket, and a second safety device for preventing the pushers from moving from the respective withdrawn positions when the annular drum is rotating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2005
    Assignee: G.D. Societa' per Azioni
    Inventors: Mario Spatafora, Alver Tacchi
  • Patent number: 6910849
    Abstract: A method and device for turning over stacks of products on a cartoning machine, whereby a group of products, arranged in at least one stack, is fed into a container, from which the group is expelled by a push device after the container is rotated 90° about an axis from a loading position to a turned-over unloading position; the container has a first and a second passage enabling the push device to move through the container when the container is in the turned-over unloading position and the loading position respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2005
    Assignee: G.D. Societa' per Azioni
    Inventors: Ivanoe Bertuzzi, Alver Tacchi, Simone Scagliarini, Fiorenzo Draghetti
  • Publication number: 20050126121
    Abstract: A unit for packing products, wherein a feed line, for supplying a strip of packing material, feeds the strip with a given movement to a cutting device for cutting the strip into a succession of sheets of packing material, and then to a feed station for feeding each sheet to a packing wheel moving with a further movement through the feed station; and wherein a compensating roller, having a compensating store, is interposed between the cutting device and the feed station.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2004
    Publication date: June 16, 2005
    Inventors: Alver Tacchi, Mario Spatafora