Patents by Inventor Antonio Piazza

Antonio Piazza 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: 7644917
    Abstract: An apparatus for handling sheet-like products having: a truck glidable on rails, a supporting structure for an assembly for gripping a sheet, the supporting structure performing a translational motion on the truck through a lateral translational motion with respect to the direction of advancement of the truck, a grip assembly for a sheet, which is rotatably coupled to the supporting structure by way of rotation elements adapted to move it from a first raised grip configuration to a second substantially horizontal configuration, and a worktable arranged above the rails and provided with through openings that can be crossed downward from above by the grip assembly during the rotary motion from the first raised configuration to the second substantially horizontal configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2010
    Inventor: Antonio Piazza
  • Publication number: 20080079217
    Abstract: An apparatus for handling sheet-like products having: a truck glidable on rails, a supporting structure for an assembly for gripping a sheet, the supporting structure performing a translational motion on the truck through a lateral translational motion with respect to the direction of advancement of the truck, a grip assembly for a sheet, which is rotatably coupled to the supporting structure by way of rotation elements adapted to move it from a first raised grip configuration to a second substantially horizontal configuration, and a worktable arranged above the rails and provided with through openings that can be crossed downward from above by the grip assembly during the rotary motion from the first raised configuration to the second substantially horizontal configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2007
    Publication date: April 3, 2008
    Inventor: Antonio Piazza
  • Publication number: 20060196376
    Abstract: An apparatus for picking up and conveying sheet-like products, for storage units which perform a perpendicular translational motion, constituted by a wheeled and motorized structure that can slide on rails, to which a supporting and movement arm for a grip assembly for a sheet-like product is hinged by way of an articulation device; the articulation device being suitable to turn the arm from a central configuration to lateral inclined configurations and vice versa, in order to arrange the grip assembly in front of an inclined frame for sheet-like products, and to return the arm and the grip assembly to the central configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2006
    Publication date: September 7, 2006
    Inventor: Antonio Piazza
  • Patent number: 6648572
    Abstract: A magazine with removable inclined frames comprising a plurality of inclined frames arranged side by side in a parking area, each frame having, at its base, a carriage-like structure which carries the inclined frame so that it is mounted on, and slideable in, a pair of rails dedicated thereto in the parking area. A transfer structure is provided to the side of the parking area and comprises a shuttle to receive one or more carriages and to convey the carriage at right angles to the plane of arrangement of the frame. A motor is provided for producing the translational motion of the carriages on the shuttle, and additional motors are provided for producing the translational motion of the shuttle parallel to the parking area of the set of frames.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2003
    Inventor: Antonio Piazza
  • Patent number: 6510950
    Abstract: The storage system has two base members (1, 2) that support rails (3) that allow the carriages (4), provided with inclined frames (5), to slide longitudinally in both directions. At the opposite ends of the base members, there are two parallel transverse tracks (6, 6′) that lie at right angles to the base members and in which transfer units (7) run in order to transfer from one base member (1) to the other (2), the carriages (4) which support the inclined frames (5) and which have been transferred onto the transfer units (7). Parking stations (8, 9) are provided to pick up or deposit the material, while movement of the carriages (4) from one base member (1) to the other (2) along the transverse tracks (6, 6′) is.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 1996
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2003
    Inventor: Antonio Piazza
  • Patent number: 6347713
    Abstract: A multilevel modular storage system composed of a plurality of modules arranged side by side and stacked on a plurality of levels which can slide horizontally and transversely in both directions. Each module has a substantially rectangular elongated supporting base. A first end of each one of the modules can slide on sliders which are rigidly coupled to a wall, while the other end is supported by vertical uprights which are substantially shaped like an inverted L and rest on a floor rail. The entire storage system has a motor drive which allows the translatory motion of the modules of each level so as to provide top and/or front access to the item of interested, both for loading and unloading the products to be stored or removed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2002
    Inventor: Antonio Piazza
  • Publication number: 20020005332
    Abstract: A magazine with removable inclined frames comprising a plurality of inclined frames arranged side by side in a parking area, each frame having, at its base, a carriage-like structure which carries the inclined frame so that it is mounted on, and slideable in, a pair of rails dedicated thereto in the parking area. A transfer structure is provided to the side of the parking area and comprises a shuttle to receive one or more carriages and to convey the carriage at right angles to the plane of arrangement of the frame. A motor is provided for producing the translational motion of the carriages on the shuttle, and additional motors are provided for producing the translational motion of the shuttle parallel to the parking area of the set of frames.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2001
    Publication date: January 17, 2002
    Inventor: Antonio Piazza
  • Patent number: 5738482
    Abstract: The apparatus has a carriage (1) which moves along rails (4) and which is provided with a rod (9) which may have a circular cross-section and which carries the vertical uprights (10). The apparatus also has a rotation group (6) and a translation group (7) along longitudinal axis of the rod (9) and a gripping group of different types of the feeding suckers (11), the latter being integral with the uprights (10) so that the operations of loading and unloading slabs of glass or other material from the storehouses may be carried out.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 1996
    Date of Patent: April 14, 1998
    Inventor: Antonio Piazza
  • Patent number: 5505574
    Abstract: The storehouse consists of a plurality of frames (1) which are transversally movable and are supported by a base (2), which has beams. The storehouse is also provided with guiding wheels (4) which permit the displacement in the transversal direction of one group of frames with respect to the remainder for the purpose of providing a space through which some articles may be stored or removed. The storehouse is also provided with some eccentric pins and revolving rollers for the purpose of avoiding turnover at the time when the frames operate in an inclined position, which turnover would be dangerous to the working people.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 1993
    Date of Patent: April 9, 1996
    Inventor: Antonio Piazza