Patents by Inventor Andrea Nespoli

Andrea Nespoli 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).

  • Hopper for elongate elements, in particular smoking articles
    Patent number: 5464027
    Abstract: A hopper (5) for elongate elements (2), in which an exit (11) of the hopper (5) is defined by a plurality of substantially vertical side-by-side channels (17); each channel (17) is defined by two substantially vertical baffles (18), and is associated with an agitator element (24) of pendulum type having a substantially triangular cross-sectional shape and positioned above a respective baffle (18) to oscillate, in synchronism with the other agitator elements (24), about a respective substantially horizontal axis (25).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 1994
    Date of Patent: November 7, 1995
    Assignee: G.D Societa per Azioni
    Inventors: Roberto Bina, Andrea Nespoli, Antonio Gamberini