Patents by Inventor Enrico Zoppas

Enrico Zoppas 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: 10196185
    Abstract: A bottle push-pull aseptic dispenser cap comprising a guide-body having a reference axis and designed to be coupled to the mouth of a bottle; the guide-body being provided with a tubular shaped inner chamber closed at the bottom, and with through openings designed to place the inner space of the bottle in communication with the inner chamber. The cap further comprises a shutter-nipple which is coupled in an axially sliding manner to the guide-body so as to translate axially inside the inner chamber along the reference axis, between a retracted position, in which the shutter-nipple closes the through openings in a fluid-tight manner, and an extracted position, in which the shutter-nipple projects cantilevered outwardly from the guide-body and disengages the through openings so as to be able to receive, from the latter, said beverage through said inner chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: Acqua Minerale San Benedetto S.P.A.
    Inventor: Enrico Zoppas
  • Patent number: 10150243
    Abstract: A gripping device for supporting preforms made of a thermoplastic material, having necks with a different length, such necks having, in turn, a step obtained therein which may abut against a step obtained on the outer surface of the gripping device, i.e., the chuck, such a step of the chuck being located, for each preform, always at the same distance from the neck ring base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: S.I.P.A. Societa' Industrializzazione Progettazione E Automazione S.p.A.
    Inventors: Ernesto Eusebione, Damiano Vardiero, Matteo Zoppas, Enrico Zoppas
  • Publication number: 20170152080
    Abstract: A bottle push-pull aseptic dispenser cap comprising a guide-body having a reference axis and designed to be coupled to the mouth of a bottle; the guide-body being provided with a tubular shaped inner chamber closed at the bottom, and with through openings designed to place the inner space of the bottle in communication with the inner chamber. The cap further comprises a shutter-nipple which is coupled in an axially sliding manner to the guide-body so as to translate axially inside the inner chamber along the reference axis, between a retracted position, in which the shutter-nipple closes the through openings in a fluid-tight manner, and an extracted position, in which the shutter-nipple projects cantilevered outwardly from the guide-body and disengages the through openings so as to be able to receive, from the latter, said beverage through said inner chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2016
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Inventor: Enrico ZOPPAS
  • Publication number: 20170095961
    Abstract: A gripping device for supporting preforms made of a thermoplastic material, having necks with a different length, such necks having, in turn, a step obtained therein which may abut against a step obtained on the outer surface of the gripping device, i.e., the chuck, such a step of the chuck being located, for each preform, always at the same distance from the neck ring base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2015
    Publication date: April 6, 2017
    Inventors: Ernesto Eusebione, Damiano Vardiero, Matteo Zoppas, Enrico Zoppas
  • Patent number: 9540153
    Abstract: The invention relates to a cap (100) for containers for carbonated and non carbonated beverages, of the type used by sportsmen. The plastic cap consists of a supporting element (1) which is screwed on the bottleneck; a pivotal element (2) which pivots by an angle of approximately 120° with respect to the supporting element (1), acting as opening and closing valve for dispensing the beverage; and optionally, a protective cap (3). The pivotal element (2) closes the container in fluid-tight manner. Unscrewing the cap (3) in a certain direction causes the simultaneous pivoting and translation motion of the pivotal element (2), thereby putting the container in communication with the external environment. A kinematic coupling is also provided, which allows the activation of the pivotal element (2) as opening and closing valve by pushing and pulling the vertex of the pivotal element in axial direction, for the cases in which the protective cap is not available.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: Acqua Minerale San Benedetto S.P.A.
    Inventor: Enrico Zoppas
  • Patent number: 9359099
    Abstract: A plastic material container, e.g. a beverage bottle, having a neck which requires the use of a smaller amount of plastic than the bottle necks of the prior art, and which is able to ensure a complete functionality for coupling the cap, ensuring at the same time the possibility of implementing the traditional supporting; sealing and handling operations of the bottle carried out during the various steps of manufacturing the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignees: S.I.P.A. SOCIETA' INDUSTRIALIZZAZIONE PROGETTAZIONE E AUTOMAZIONE S.P.A., ACQUA MINERALE SAN BENEDETTO S.P.A.
    Inventors: Matteo Zoppas, Enrico Zoppas, Ernesto Eusebione
  • Publication number: 20150274385
    Abstract: The invention relates to a cap (100) for containers for carbonated and non carbonated beverages, of the type used by sportsmen. The plastic cap consists of a supporting element (1) which is screwed on the bottleneck; a pivotal element (2) which pivots by an angle of approximately 120° with respect to the supporting element (1), acting as opening and closing valve for dispensing the beverage; and optionally, a protective cap (3). The pivotal element (2) closes the container in fluid-tight manner. Unscrewing the cap (3) in a certain direction causes the simultaneous pivoting and translation motion of the pivotal element (2), thereby putting the container in communication with the external environment. A kinematic coupling is also provided, which allows the activation of the pivotal element (2) as opening and closing valve by pushing and pulling the vertex of the pivotal element in axial direction, for the cases in which the protective cap is not available.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2013
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Inventor: Enrico Zoppas
  • Publication number: 20110011824
    Abstract: A stopper of the push-pull type, comprising a main threaded-ring body, to be screwed onto the neck of a corresponding container of liquids, from which a tubular projection protrudes which surrounds externally the exit hole of the main body, for guiding and supporting an upper stopper, the upper stopper, provided with a flow control element for blocking the exit hole, and designed to be extracted reversibly therefrom; the upper stopper and the tubular projection forming a suction dispensing nozzle, a capsule- or cap-shaped covering element, for covering the upper stopper and coupled, by its edge, in a reversibly removable manner, to the main body; the covering element is constituted by an annular lateral stopper protection portion and by a central portion for protecting the head of the upper stopper.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2009
    Publication date: January 20, 2011
    Inventor: Enrico Zoppas
  • Publication number: 20100314348
    Abstract: A plastic material container, e.g. a beverage bottle, having a neck which requires the use of a smaller amount of plastic than the bottle necks of the prior art, and which is able to ensure a complete functionality for coupling the cap, ensuring at the same time the possibility of implementing the traditional supporting; sealing and handling operations of the bottle carried out during the various steps of manufacturing the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2008
    Publication date: December 16, 2010
    Applicants: S.I.P.A. SOCIETA' INDUSTRIALIZZAZIONE PROGETTAZIONE E AUTOMAZIONE S.p.A., ACQUA MINERALE S. BENEDETTO S.p.A.
    Inventors: Matteo Zoppas, Enrico Zoppas, Ernesto Eusebione
  • Patent number: 7789255
    Abstract: A bottle base made of plastic material, particularly for beverages, of the type which has, on its bottom, reinforcement recesses. The reinforcement recesses comprise a recess which runs along a transverse reference dimension of the base; the recess forms a main rib inside the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2010
    Assignee: Acqua Minerale S. Benedetto - S.p.A.
    Inventor: Enrico Zoppas
  • Patent number: D578000
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2008
    Assignee: Acqua Minerale S. Benedetto S.p.A.
    Inventor: Enrico Zoppas
  • Patent number: D607337
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2010
    Assignee: Acqua Minerale San Benedetto S.p.A.
    Inventor: Enrico Zoppas
  • Patent number: D607338
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2010
    Assignee: Acqua Minerale San Benedetto S.p.A.
    Inventor: Enrico Zoppas
  • Patent number: D610018
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2010
    Assignee: Acqua Minerale San Benedetto S.p.A.
    Inventor: Enrico Zoppas
  • Patent number: D618107
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2010
    Assignee: Acqua Minerale San Benedetto S.p.A.
    Inventor: Enrico Zoppas
  • Patent number: D618553
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2010
    Assignee: Acqua Mineral San Bendetto S.p.A.
    Inventor: Enrico Zoppas
  • Patent number: D619011
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2010
    Assignee: Acqua Minerale San Benedetto S.p.A.
    Inventor: Enrico Zoppas
  • Patent number: D626850
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2010
    Assignee: Acqua Minerale San Benedetto S.p.A.
    Inventor: Enrico Zoppas
  • Patent number: D630513
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2011
    Assignee: Acqua Minerale S. Benedetto - S.p.A.
    Inventor: Enrico Zoppas
  • Patent number: D781150
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2017
    Assignee: ACQUA MINERALE SAN BENEDETTO S.p.A.
    Inventor: Enrico Zoppas