Patents by Inventor Dario Locatelli

Dario Locatelli 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).

  • Equipment for measurement and control of load material fed into a furnace
    Patent number: 10830537
    Abstract: A system and equipment to measure and control the feeding of load material into an electrical arc furnace (EAF) includes an automatic control device feeding the load material; a measuring device positioned between the EAF and the tilting platform that includes an upper plate adapted to slide against the EAF, a lower plate engaged to the tilting platform, and a ring structure therebetween having a peripheral ring wall, a ring plate extending across the ring structure, and a contact member coupled to the ring plate that upperly contacts the upper plate and lowerly approaches, without contacting the lower plate; and one or more sensors measuring a deformation of the ring plate upon application of a load on the upper plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: TENOVA S.p.A.
    Inventors: Dario Locatelli, Silvio Maria Reali, Paolo Argenta
  • Equipment for measurement and control of load material fed into a furnace
    Publication number: 20180347908
    Abstract: A system and equipment to measure and control the feeding of load material into an electrical arc furnace (EAF) includes an automatic control device feeding the load material; a measuring device positioned between the EAF and the tilting platform that includes an upper plate adapted to slide against the EAF, a lower plate engaged to the tilting platform, and a ring structure therebetween having a peripheral ring wall, a ring plate extending across the ring structure, and a contact member coupled to the ring plate that upperly contacts the upper plate and lowerly approaches, without contacting the lower plate; and one or more sensors measuring a deformation of the ring plate upon application of a load on the upper plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2018
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Applicant: TENOVA S.p.A.
    Inventors: Dario Locatelli, Sivio Maria Reali, Paolo Argenta