Patents by Inventor Andrea Marelli

Andrea Marelli 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: 9884335
    Abstract: A manually operated pump (1) for dispensing a fluid substance in which the movable element (16) of the delivery valve has an at least partially conical surface adapted to be coupled with a corresponding surface of a seat of the delivery valve, in a manner so as to be fit therein due to the action of the spring (10) that loads the movable element (16).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2018
    Assignee: SILGAN DISPENSING SYSTEMS MILANO S.R.L.
    Inventor: Andrea Marelli
  • Publication number: 20160167072
    Abstract: A manually operated pump (1) for dispensing a fluid substance in which the movable element (16) of the delivery valve has an at least partially conical surface adapted to be coupled with a corresponding surface of a seat of the delivery valve, in a manner so as to be fit therein due to the action of the spring (10) that loads the movable element (16).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2014
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Inventor: Andrea Marelli
  • Patent number: 8152077
    Abstract: A flat pump for producing liquid spray or for producing an atomized liquid stream may have a thickness of 6 millimeters or less. The flat pump may include an internal reservoir, a valve, a valve conduit and a vortex chamber wherein fluid from the reservoir may be pumped through the valve, along the valve conduit, and into the vortex chamber. An atomized liquid stream, spray, or mist formed in the vortex chamber may be expelled from the flat pump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: MeadWestvaco Calmar, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrea Marelli, Oscar Faneca Llesera, Victor Ribera Turro
  • Patent number: 7837070
    Abstract: A simplified pump for dispensing fluid substances withdrawn from a container of said substances, comprising a cup-shaped body into which a hollow stem extends, an endpiece of the cup-shaped body, said cup-shaped body presenting a passage, closable by a valve, and a seat for housing one end of a dip tube, a piston, an elastic member and a movable valve for closing the stem cavity, an elongated rod, a first end of which is inserted into and retained in a seat provided at the second end of the cup-shaped body, an intermediate portion of the rod having a cylindrical profile of diameter less than the diameter of the stem cavity into which said rod portion extends, said movable valve for closing the stem cavity comprising a continuous elastic lip projecting from a second end of the rod towards the outside of said cylindrical chamber, said lip being sealedly slidable in contact with the cylindrical surface of the stem cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2010
    Assignee: MEADWESTVACO CALMAR S.r.l.
    Inventor: Andrea Marelli
  • Publication number: 20100243679
    Abstract: A flat pump for producing liquid spray or for producing an atomized liquid stream may have a thickness of 6 millimeters or less. The flat pump may include an internal reservoir, a valve, a valve conduit and a vortex chamber wherein fluid from the reservoir may be pumped through the valve, along the valve conduit, and into the vortex chamber. An atomized liquid stream, spray, or mist formed in the vortex chamber may be expelled from the flat pump.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2010
    Publication date: September 30, 2010
    Inventors: Andrea Marelli, Oscar Faneca Llesera, Victor Ribera Turro
  • Patent number: 7735754
    Abstract: A flat pump for producing liquid spray or for producing an atomized liquid stream may have a thickness of 6 millimeters or less. The flat pump may include an internal reservoir (3), a valve (19), a valve conduit (45) and a vortex chamber (49) wherein fluid from the reservoir may be pumped through the valve, along the valve conduit, and into the vortex chamber. An atomized liquid stream, spray, or mist formed in the vortex chamber may be expelled from the flat pump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2010
    Assignee: Meadwestvaco Calmar, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrea Marelli, Oscar Faneca Llesera, Victor Ribera Turro
  • Patent number: 7735753
    Abstract: A flat pump for producing liquid spray or for producing an atomized liquid stream may have a thickness of 6 millimeters or less. The flat pump may include an internal reservoir, a valve, a valve conduit and a vortex chamber wherein fluid from the reservoir may be pumped through the valve, along the valve conduit, and into the vortex chamber. An atomized liquid stream, spray, or mist formed in the vortex chamber may be expelled from the flat pump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2010
    Assignee: Meadwestvaco Calmar, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrea Marelli, Oscar Faneca Llesera, Victor Ribera Turro
  • Publication number: 20100012682
    Abstract: A simplified delivery pump for fluid substances may include a cup unit having an extended rod positioned inside the cup unit, a first end of the extended rod being inserted and held in a housing at the second end of the cup unit, and an intermediate portion of the rod having a cylindrical profile with a diameter which is less than the diameter of the cavity of this shaft within which the portion of the rod extends, and that this mobile stop valve for the cavity of the shaft includes a continuous flexible lip which protrudes out from a second end of the rod towards the outside of this cylindrical chamber, this lip sliding on contact and sealing the cylindrical surface of the cavity of the shaft itself.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2007
    Publication date: January 21, 2010
    Inventor: Andrea Marelli
  • Publication number: 20090020627
    Abstract: A flat pump for producing liquid spray or for producing an atomized liquid stream may have a thickness of 6 millimeters or less. The flat pump may include an internal reservoir (3), a valve (19), a valve conduit (45) and a vortex chamber (49) wherein fluid from the reservoir may be pumped through the valve, along the valve conduit, and into the vortex chamber. An atomized liquid stream, spray, or mist formed in the vortex chamber may be expelled from the flat pump.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2007
    Publication date: January 22, 2009
    Inventors: Andrea Marelli, Oscar Faneca Llesera, Victor Ribera Turro
  • Publication number: 20080054022
    Abstract: A flat pump for producing liquid spray or for producing an atomized liquid stream may have a thickness of 6 millimeters or less. The flat pump may include an internal reservoir, a valve, a valve conduit and a vortex chamber wherein fluid from the reservoir may be pumped through the valve, along the valve conduit, and into the vortex chamber. An atomized liquid stream, spray, or mist formed in the vortex chamber may be expelled from the flat pump.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2007
    Publication date: March 6, 2008
    Inventors: Andrea Marelli, Oscar Llesera, Victor Turro
  • Publication number: 20080029550
    Abstract: A closable dispensing pump for fluid substances comprising a chamber in which a piston is slidable, drivable by a stem, said stem presenting in its interior at least one first passage communicating with said compression chamber and a dispensing pushbutton presenting a second passage opening towards the outside of said dispensing pushbutton. The first passage presents a first aperture which opens onto said first contacting surface, said second passage presenting a second aperture which opens onto said second contacting surface, said pushbutton and said stem being mutually rotatable about a longitudinal axis between at least one open position in which said first and second aperture face each other and are in mutual communication, and a closed position in which they are mutually isolated and displaced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2007
    Publication date: February 7, 2008
    Applicant: MeadWestvaco Calmar S.p.A.
    Inventor: Andrea Marelli
  • Publication number: 20080000933
    Abstract: A simplified pump for dispensing fluid substances withdrawn from a container of said substances, comprising a cup-shaped body into which a hollow stem extends, an endpiece of the cup-shaped body, said cup-shaped body presenting a passage, closable by a valve, and a seat for housing one end of a dip tube, a piston, an elastic member and a movable valve for closing the stem cavity, an elongated rod, a first end of which is inserted into and retained in a seat provided at the second end of the cup-shaped body, an intermediate portion of the rod having a cylindrical profile of diameter less than the diameter of the stem cavity into which said rod portion extends, said movable valve for closing the stem cavity comprising a continuous elastic lip projecting from a second end of the rod towards the outside of said cylindrical chamber, said lip being sealedly slidable in contact with the cylindrical surface of the stem cavity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2007
    Publication date: January 3, 2008
    Applicant: MeadWestvaco Calmar S.p.A.
    Inventor: Andrea MARELLI
  • Publication number: 20070175925
    Abstract: An operating pushbutton for dispensing pumps for fluid substances contained in containers on which the pumps are mounted. The pushbutton has an end portion which can translate on a portion thereof applicable to the pump stem, such that when a pressure is exerted on said end portion it undergoes a free translation before causing the other pushbutton portion to move, hence preventing accidental dispensing of the fluid substance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2006
    Publication date: August 2, 2007
    Applicant: MICROSPRAY DELTA S.p.A.
    Inventors: Andrea MARELLI, Victor RIBERA TURRO'
  • Publication number: 20070175926
    Abstract: A pushbutton for a pump or valve for dispensing fluid substances contained in a container on which the pump is mounted. The main portion of the pushbutton has a substance dispensing nozzle and elements for securely retaining said main portion on the pump or on a body rigid therewith. The pushbutton also has an upper or movable portion with a seat for sealedly housing the free end of the pump stem. The two pushbutton portions can translate one relative to the other and are connected together by tubular appendices which are inserted into and sealedly translatable one within the cavity of the other and are connected to said stem seat and to said nozzle respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2006
    Publication date: August 2, 2007
    Applicant: MICROSPRAY DELTA S.p.A
    Inventors: Andrea MARELLI, Victor Ribera Turro
  • Patent number: 7243819
    Abstract: Manually operated invertible pump for dispensing atomized liquids, the pump having a very compact structure and an aperture which can be intercepted by the pump piston to control liquid entry into the pump when this is in a downwardly inverted position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2007
    Assignee: Meadwestvaco Calmar S.p.A.
    Inventor: Andrea Marelli
  • Patent number: 7073690
    Abstract: Manually operable pump for dispensing atomized liquids, the pump having passageways enabling air to enter the container on which the pump is mounted, when a vacuum forms in the container on dispensing liquid through the pump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2006
    Assignee: Microspray Delta S.p.A.
    Inventor: Andrea Marelli
  • Patent number: 6942125
    Abstract: Manually operable invertible pump for dispensing atomized liquids, the pump having a very compact structure and a flexible diaphragm valve for controlling liquid entry into the pump when this is in an inverted or partly inverted position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2005
    Assignee: Microspray Delta S.p.A.
    Inventor: Andrea Marelli
  • Publication number: 20050098585
    Abstract: Manually operable pump for dispensing atomized liquids, the pump having passageways enabling air to enter the container on which the pump is mounted, when a vacuum forms in the container on dispensing liquid through the pump.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2004
    Publication date: May 12, 2005
    Applicant: MICROSPRAY DELTA S.p.A.
    Inventor: Andrea Marelli
  • Publication number: 20050089423
    Abstract: Manually operated invertible pump for dispensing atomized liquids, the pump having a very compact structure and an aperture which can be intercepted by the pump piston to control liquid entry into the pump when this is in a downwardly inverted position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2004
    Publication date: April 28, 2005
    Applicant: MICROSPRAY DELTA S.p.A.
    Inventor: Andrea Marelli
  • Publication number: 20050087564
    Abstract: Manually operable invertible pump for dispensing atomized liquids, the pump having a very compact structure and a flexible diaphragm valve for controlling liquid entry into the pump when this is in an inverted or partly inverted position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2004
    Publication date: April 28, 2005
    Applicant: MICROSPRAY DELTA S.p.A.
    Inventor: Andrea Marelli