Patents by Inventor Andrea Saccocci
Andrea Saccocci 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).
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Publication number: 20250237090Abstract: The present invention concerns an actuator device (1) for operating a door-lock device (BP) of a door of a household appliance, such as a washing machine, a dishwasher, and the like, comprising: an electric motor (2) having an output shaft (21); an activation assembly (3) comprising an activator member (31), having a moving pin (33); a slider (4), movable from a rest position to an actuation position (A), having an eccentric shaped opening (41), presenting an internal lateral surface (42), wherein said moving pin (33) is intended to engage with said internal lateral surface (42), and comprising an operating pin (43) intended to engage with said door-lock device (BP), so as to activate it when said slider (4) is in said actuation position; characterized in that said activation assembly (3) comprises a cycloidal reducer (32) coupled to said shaft (21) of said electric motor (2) and said activating member (31), to operate said shaft (21) of said electric motor (2).Type: ApplicationFiled: January 23, 2025Publication date: July 24, 2025Applicant: Elbi International S.p.A.Inventor: Andrea SACCOCCI
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Publication number: 20240417909Abstract: The present invention concerns door-lock device (1) for a door of a household appliance having a door and a prong (N) associated with said door, wherein said door-lock device (1) comprises: a containment casing (2); a blocking assembly (3) arranged in said containment casing (2), which includes a blocking slider (32), constrained to slide between a retracted position and an extracted position, wherein said blocking slider (32) is arranged to interfere with a prong (N) when the door is opened; and an electric module (4) comprising a blocking pin (41), wherein said blocking pin (41) is capable of assuming an unlocking position on command, and a blocking position to hold said blocking slider (32) in said blocking position.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 14, 2024Publication date: December 19, 2024Applicant: Elbi International S.p.A.Inventor: Andrea SACCOCCI
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Patent number: 11739575Abstract: The present invention relates to a Door-locking device (1) for a household appliance (E), said household appliance (E) being of the type comprising a door provided with a lug (14), said door locking device (1) comprising a containment casing (10), fixable to said household appliance (E), a hook (11), arranged into said containment casing (10), capable of moving from a disengagement position, in which said lug (14) does not contact said hook (11), to an engagement position, in which said lug (14) is engaged with said hook (11) and said hook (11) is free to move along the movement direction of said lug (14), an abutment element (15) fixed on said containment casing (10), and elastic means (13), interposed between said hook (11) and said abutment element (15), wherein when said hook (11) is in said disengagement position, said elastic means (13) are compressed, and when said hook (11) is in said engagement position, said elastic means (13) expand, so that said hook (11) moves.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2021Date of Patent: August 29, 2023Assignee: Bitron S.p.A.Inventors: Fabrizio Promutico, Marcello Pollastri, Andrea Saccocci
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Publication number: 20210363802Abstract: The present invention relates to a Door-locking device (1) for a household appliance (E), said household appliance (E) being of the type comprising a door provided with a lug (14), said door locking device (1) comprising a containment casing (10), fixable to said household appliance (E), a hook (11), arranged into said containment casing (10), capable of moving from a disengagement position, in which said lug (14) does not contact said hook (11), to an engagement position, in which said lug (14) is engaged with said hook (11) and said hook (11) is free to move along the movement direction of said lug (14), an abutment element (15) fixed on said containment casing (10), and elastic means (13), interposed between said hook (11) and said abutment element (15), wherein when said hook (11) is in said disengagement position, said elastic means (13) are compressed, and when said hook (11) is in said engagement position, said elastic means (13) expand, so that said hook (11) moves.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 25, 2021Publication date: November 25, 2021Applicant: Bitron S.p.A.Inventors: Fabrizio PROMUTICO, Marcello POLLASTRI, Andrea SACCOCCI
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Publication number: 20210238888Abstract: The present invention relates to a door-lock device (1) for an household appliance, such as a washing machine, a dishwasher and the like, having a door provided with a prong (P), wherein said door-lock device (1) comprises a containment casing (2), a blocking assembly (4), arranged in said containment envelope (2), and having a hook (44), intended to engage with the prong (P) when the household appliance door is closed, wherein said hook (44) is configured to translate when engaging with said prong (P), characterized in that said blocking assembly (4) comprises at least one or more rolling members (46, 47), associated to said hook (44) and arranged to roll so as to allow translational motion of said hook (44). The present invention also relates to a household appliance, such as a washing machine, a dishwasher and the like.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 7, 2021Publication date: August 5, 2021Applicant: BITRON S.P.A.Inventors: Fabrizio PROMUTICO, Andrea SACCOCCI
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Patent number: 8733802Abstract: A door-locking device for locking a door of a household appliance, the door providing a closure hook, and at least a gasket provided on the door and/or on the household appliance. The device providing a locking hook, coupling with the household appliance closure hook, a slider, movable along a direction substantially parallel to a household appliance wall on which the door is provided, a recovery lever compensating for clearance of the gasket sealing closure, and a mechanical coupling for the locking hook and the recovery lever, the locking hook being rotably coupled with the mechanical coupling and being movable according to a direction substantially perpendicular with respect to the movement direction of the slider, an elastic arm being further provided in a second embodiment, aiming to maintain the mechanical coupling in a door closure position, and interaction elements arranged between the slider and the mechanical coupling for locking each other in the door closure position.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2012Date of Patent: May 27, 2014Assignee: Bitron S.p.A.Inventors: Fabrizio Promutico, Gianpaolo Barone, Andrea Saccocci
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Publication number: 20120292924Abstract: A door-locking device for locking the door of household appliance, the door providing a closure hook, and at least a gasket provided on the door and/or on the household appliance. The device providing a locking hook, coupling with the household appliance closure hook, a slider, movable along a direction substantially parallel to the household appliance wall on which the door is provided, a lever compensating clearance of said gasket sealing closure, and kinematic means coupling the locking hook and the recovery lever, the locking hook being rotably coupled with said kinematic means and being movable according to a direction substantially perpendicular with respect to the movement direction of the slider, elastic means being further provided, aiming maintaining said kinematic means in a door closure position, and interaction means between the slider and the kinematic means for locking position each other in the door closure position.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 26, 2012Publication date: November 22, 2012Inventors: Fabrizio Promutico, Gianpaolo Barone, Andrea Saccocci