Patents by Inventor Athos Rippa

Athos Rippa 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: 5228604
    Abstract: The dosage dispensing device associable with filling machines is provided with at least one lower nozzle which includes a main body, which has a vertical axis, which is hollow and which has an internal diameter which reduces gradually at least proximate to its lower end down to a discharge outlet, and by a stem, which is arranged so as to be coaxially movable inside the main body. The stem defines, at its lower end, a shutter for the discharge outlet, and is provided with longitudinal fins for guiding the stem inside the main body; the shutter is constituted by a solid of revolution which is coaxial to the stem and which has a cross-section which decreases from a median region thereof down to a lower pointed end thereof, and the inner surface of the main body which is proximate to the discharge outlet has a shape which can be sealingly coupled to a lower portion of the shutter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 1991
    Date of Patent: July 20, 1993
    Assignee: Azionaria Costruzioni Macchine Automatiche A.C.M.A. S.p.A.
    Inventors: Gianpietro Zanini, Carlo Corniani, Athos Rippa