Patents by Inventor Esterino Corti

Esterino Corti 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: 11684044
    Abstract: An automatic feeding dispenser with a cylindrical feed supply conduit, an accumulation tray to supply feed to poultry and a shutter having at least one cylindrical portion, outer sliding and rotatable with respect to the supply conduit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: CORTI ZOOTECNICI S.R.L.
    Inventor: Esterino Corti
  • Publication number: 20230061279
    Abstract: An automatic drinking trough (10) for breeding birds, comprising valve means (30) arranged along a water supply channel (12) and at least one bowl (20) for collecting the water delivered through the valve means, is described. The drinking trough further comprises a drive assembly (40) having a lever member (41) and a tubular actuator (50) integral with the lever member, suspended at the center of the bowl (20). A movable piston (51) is placed between the valve means (30) and the lever member (41) in the drive assembly (40) for intercepting or delivering the flow of water depending on the inclination taken by the lever member (41).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2021
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Inventor: Esterino CORTI
  • Publication number: 20210153481
    Abstract: An automatic feeding dispenser (100) for poultry breeding is described, comprising in general a cylindrical feed supply conduit (10), an accumulation tray (20) to supply the feed to poultry and a shutter (30) having at least one cylindrical portion (35), outer sliding and rotatable with respect to the supply conduit (10). The cylindrical portion (35) of the shutter (30) and the cylindrical supply conduit (10) are coupled and free to slide between one another by means of a protuberance (231, 31) engaged in a groove (11, 211). The groove (11, 211) is shaped to provide two bearing seats at different heights, respectively an upper height and a lower height.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2019
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Inventor: Esterino CORTI
  • Patent number: 6779488
    Abstract: A feedbox for breeding poultry includes at least one main protection grate mounted on a feed storage tub and with dividing plates and openings to allow the poultry access to the feed. The feedbox utilizes an auxiliary grate slidingly or rotationally joined to the main protection grate and equipped with a plurality of peripheral tips. The tips do not interfere with the openings of the main protection grate in at least a first relative position of the auxiliary grate with respect to the main grate and, vice versa, the tips at least partially obstruct one or more of the openings in at least a second relative position of the auxiliary grate with respect to the main grate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2004
    Assignee: Corti Zootecnici S.r.l.
    Inventors: Esterino Corti, Paolo Tancredi
  • Publication number: 20030056730
    Abstract: A feedbox for breeding poultry is described, of the type comprising at least one main protection grate mounted on a feed storage tub and with dividing plates and openings to allow the poultry access to the feed. Besides, the feedbox comprises an auxiliary grate slidingly or rotationally joined to the main protection grate, the auxiliary grate being equipped with a plurality of peripheral tips and arranged so that the tips do not interfere with said openings of the main protection grate in at least a first relative position of the auxiliary grate with respect to the main grate and, vice versa, at least partially obstruct one or more of the openings in at least a second relative position of the auxiliary grate with respect to the main grate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2002
    Publication date: March 27, 2003
    Inventors: Esterino Corti, Paolo Tancredi