Patents by Inventor Eligio BAÙ

Eligio BAÙ 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: 11931850
    Abstract: A sanding machine, in particular for processing wood surfaces, includes a support and transport plane for the forwarding of the workpieces to be processed; and a belt sanding unit with a transverse abrasive belt inside which a pressure pad is arranged obliquely. The pressure pad is divided into a plurality of pressure elements which can be actuated individually and are controlled by respective sensors that constitute a control beam. Methods are described for compensating the different distances between sensor and respective pressure elements that avoid adaptations of the position of the workpiece to be processed, in particular if the machine contains further non inclined processing units. The sanding machine is particularly suitable even for the processing of large workpieces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: COSTA LEVIGATRICI S.P.A.
    Inventors: Eligio Baù, Alessandro Costa
  • Publication number: 20210402544
    Abstract: A sanding machine, in particular for processing wood surfaces, includes a support and transport plane for the forwarding of the workpieces to be processed; and a belt sanding unit with a transverse abrasive belt inside which a pressure pad is arranged obliquely. The pressure pad is divided into a plurality of pressure elements which can be actuated individually and are controlled by respective sensors that constitute a control beam, Methods are described for compensating the different distances between sensor and respective pressure elements that avoid adaptations of the position of the workpiece to be processed, in particular if the machine contains further non inclined processing units. The sanding machine is particularly suitable even for the processing of large workpieces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2019
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Applicant: COSTA LEVIGATRICI S.P.A.
    Inventors: Eligio BAÙ, Alessandro COSTA
  • Patent number: 7101270
    Abstract: A sanding machine (1; 300) comprising a support structure (2; 302) for the piece (3) to be processed and a sanding unit (4) for the piece (3) itself. The sanding unit (4) comprises a frame (40) that supports a winding element (8) cooperating with kinematic means (9) suitable for setting it in motion according to a closed ring configuration on a plane (?1) substantially parallel to the plane (?2) defined by the support structure (2; 302) and a plurality of abrasive elements (10) combined with the winding element (8) spaced from one another and provided with an abrasive surface (16; 416) that comes in contact with the piece (3) during the movement of the winding element (8).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2006
    Assignee: Costa Levigatrici SpA
    Inventors: Eligio Bau', Nevio Zanuso
  • Publication number: 20050164614
    Abstract: A sanding machine (1; 300) comprising a support structure (2; 302) for the piece (3) to be processed and a sanding unit (4) for the piece (3) itself. The sanding unit (4) comprises a frame (40) that supports a winding element (8) cooperating with kinematic means (9) suitable for setting it in motion according to a closed ring configuration on a plane (?1) substantially parallel to the plane (?2) defined by the support structure (2; 302) and a plurality of abrasive elements (10) combined with the winding element (8) spaced from one another and provided with an abrasive surface (16; 416) that comes in contact with the piece (3) during the movement of the winding element (8).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2003
    Publication date: July 28, 2005
    Inventors: Eligio Bau, Nevio Zanuso
  • Patent number: 6299512
    Abstract: A sanding machine for sanding the surfaces of work pieces placed upon a conveyor that transports the work pieces along a first direction towards and beneath a sanding head. The sanding head comprises a sanding belt entrained around an upper tension roller and a lower contact roller. The tension roller and contact roller are provided with a single translational orbital movement by a pair of eccentric shafts operatively connected thereto and rotatably driven by an operatively connected motor. At least one of the upper tension roller and lower contact roller is also driven by an operatively connected motor so as to provide the endless rotation of the sanding belt around the upper tension roller and lower contact roller. In this fashion, the sanding belt is provided with two contemporaneous superimposed movements consisting of rotational movement about the tension roller and contact roller and a single orbital translational movement imparted by the rotating pair of eccentric shafts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2001
    Inventors: Alessandro Costa, Eligio Bau
  • Patent number: 6089958
    Abstract: A sanding machine for sanding the surfaces of work pieces placed upon a conveyor that transports the work pieces along a first direction towards and beneath a sanding head. The sanding head comprises a sanding belt entrained around an upper tension roller and a lower contact roller. The tension roller and contact roller are provided with a single translational orbital movement by a pair of eccentric shafts operatively connected thereto and rotatably driven by an operatively connected motor. At least one of the upper tension roller and lower contact roller is also driven by an operatively connected motor so as to provide the endless rotation of the sanding belt around the upper tension roller and lower contact roller. In this fashion, the sanding belt is provided with two contemporaneous superimposed movements consisting of rotational movement about the tension roller and contact roller and a single orbital translational movement imparted by the rotating pair of eccentric shafts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2000
    Inventors: Alessandro Costa, Eligio Bau