Patents by Inventor Fabrizio Rimondi

Fabrizio Rimondi 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: 8231514
    Abstract: A folding assembly for producing a gable portion of a sealed package of pourable product, wherein the gable portion has first and second walls sloping with respect to each other and joined at a seal, and a flap connecting lateral edges of the first and second walls. The folding assembly is supplied with packs, each having an axis and, at one end and on opposite sides of the axis, two end portions which are folded to form the gable portion, with the end portions having, respectively, a first and a second portion to be folded, which are joined by a lateral face of the pack. The folding assembly includes a folding mechanism which interacts, on opposite sides of the axis, with the first and second portion of the pack to fold the second portion onto the lateral face, and the first portion onto the second portion to form the flap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2012
    Assignee: Tetra Laval Holdings & Finance S.A.
    Inventors: Fabrizio Rimondi, Massimo Pradelli, Paolo Fontanazzi, Lars Jeppsson
  • Patent number: 7955242
    Abstract: A folding unit for producing sealed packages of pourable food products from respective packs, each having a main portion folded into a desired shape, and opposite end portions to be folded to form respective folded ends of a relative finished package. The unit has a first folding station, in turn having a first retaining mechanism for securing each pack by a relative first end portion, and a first folding mechanism for folding a relative second end portion of the pack. The unit also has a second folding station located downstream from the first folding station in the traveling direction of the packs, a second retaining mechanism for securing each pack by the relative folded second end portion, and a second folding mechanism for folding the relative first end portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2011
    Assignee: Tetra Laval Holdings & Finanace S.A.
    Inventors: Paolo Fontanazzi, Fabrizio Rimondi, Massimo Pradelli, Giorgio Mattioli, Mauro Ferrari
  • Publication number: 20090193763
    Abstract: A folding unit for producing sealed packages of pourable food products from respective packs, each having a main portion folded into a desired shape, and opposite end portions to be folded to form respective folded ends of a relative finished package. The unit has a first folding station, in turn having a first retaining mechanism for securing each pack by a relative first end portion, and a first folding mechanism for folding a relative second end portion of the pack. The unit also has a second folding station located downstream from the first folding station in the traveling direction of the packs, a second retaining mechanism for securing each pack by the relative folded second end portion, and a second folding mechanism for folding the relative first end portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2007
    Publication date: August 6, 2009
    Applicant: TETRA LAVAL HOLDINGS & FINANCE S.A.
    Inventors: Paolo Fontanazzi, Fabrizio Rimondi, Massimo Pradelli, Giorgio Mattioli, Mauro Ferrari
  • Publication number: 20090005227
    Abstract: A folding assembly for producing a gable portion of a sealed package of pourable product, wherein the gable portion has first and second walls sloping with respect to each other and joined at a seal, and a flap connecting lateral edges of the first and second walls. The folding assembly is supplied with packs, each having an axis and, at one end and on opposite sides of the axis, two end portions which are folded to form the gable portion, with the end portions having, respectively, a first and a second portion to be folded, which are joined by a lateral face of the pack. The folding assembly includes a folding mechanism which interacts, on opposite sides of the axis, with the first and second portion of the pack to fold the second portion onto the lateral face, and the first portion onto the second portion to form the flap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2007
    Publication date: January 1, 2009
    Applicant: TETRA LAVAL HOLDINGS & FINANCE S.A.
    Inventors: Fabrizio Rimondi, Massimo Pradelli, Paolo Fontanazzi, Lars Jeppsson