Patents by Inventor Federico TASSI

Federico TASSI 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).

  • Publication number: 20250120415
    Abstract: A machine for making and dispensing food emulsions, including: at least one containment body; a tank located inside the containment body and provided with walls having an outside surface; a container for holding the product to be emulsified, which is inside the tank; a processing system for processing the product which is inside the tank and comprising at least one product processing circuit, a pump connected to the container, and a texturizer, the product passing along the processing circuit in order: the pump and the texturizer; a dispensing duct connected to the texturizer and having a dispensing port for dispensing the emulsified product; a cooling chamber for cooling the tank, extending around the tank between the outside surface of the tank and the containment body, the cooling chamber being configured to enclose the evaporator within it.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2024
    Publication date: April 17, 2025
    Inventors: Roberto LAZZARINI, Federico TASSI
  • Patent number: 12256757
    Abstract: Described is an apparatus for controlling the quality of a food product, including a quality control module, equipped with: at least one sensorized device, the sensorized device being adapted to detect at least one parameter regarding a property of a food product; a processing and control unit connected to the sensorized device for receiving the detected value regarding a property of a food product; the processing unit is configured to derive a quality indication of the food product based on the value detected by the sensorized device, and the apparatus includes a communication module connected to the processing and control unit and configured to transmit information relating to the derived quality indication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: ALI GROUP S.R.L.—CARPIGIANI
    Inventors: Andrea Cocchi, Federico Tassi, Roberto Lazzarini
  • Publication number: 20250024852
    Abstract: A machine for making liquid or semiliquid or semisolid food products, comprising: a processing container for processing base products; a stirrer adapted to mix products inside the processing container that processes the base products; a thermal treatment system, configured to exchange heat with the processing container that processes the base products; a control unit, connected to the thermal treatment system and to the stirrer to drive them, at least one sensor, configured to detect an operating parameter of the machine; a first artificial intelligence control module, configured to define a pre-trained classifier having at least one input and at least one output, where the at least one input is connected to the sensor; a drive module connected to the output of the first control module and at least to the thermal treatment system and/or to the stirrer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2024
    Publication date: January 23, 2025
    Inventors: Federico TASSI, Roberto LAZZARINI, Elena BELLODI, Simon DAHDAL, Cesare STEFANELLI, Mauro TORTONESI
  • Patent number: 12178335
    Abstract: A display counter for making and keeping liquid or semi-liquid food products is characterized in that it is made up of a plurality of modules, each defining at least one product processing position and adapted to be connectable to each other in a plurality of configurations and combinations so that the display counter can adopt a plurality of operational compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: ALI GROUP S.R.L.—CARPIGIANI
    Inventors: Roberto Lazzarini, Federico Tassi
  • Patent number: 12167737
    Abstract: Described is a machine for making liquid or semi-liquid food products, including a first container for processing a liquid or semi-liquid base product defining a processing chamber and a stirrer for mixing the product of the first processing container. The machine also includes a plurality of detection devices designed to detect a quantity or an operating parameter of said machine and to generate a signal representative of the quantity or of the operating parameter. The machine includes a processing and control unit configured to receive the representative signals and to derive an operating condition of the machine based on the signals. The machine also includes a user interface connected to the processing and control unit and comprising a single control operable by an operator to selectively perform power on and power off of the machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Inventors: Federico Tassi, Roberto Lazzarini
  • Publication number: 20240358038
    Abstract: A machine for processing liquid or semi-liquid food products, including: a container for the product with walls having an outside surface; a stirrer mounted inside the container; an actuator connected to the stirrer to rotate the stirrer; a dispenser connected to the container to extract the product; a refrigeration system, including: a closed circuit circulating a first heat exchanger fluid, an evaporator, compressor, condenser and throttle element. The fluid flows in the closed circuit through the evaporator, compressor, condenser and throttle element, in order. A control unit controls the actuator. The evaporator is in contact with the outside surface of the container to cool the walls of the container and includes a cooling chamber extending around the container for cooling the container. The cooling chamber encloses the evaporator and is permeated by a second heat exchanger fluid, which increases a thermal inertia of the evaporator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2024
    Publication date: October 31, 2024
    Inventors: Roberto LAZZARINI, Federico TASSI
  • Patent number: 12048312
    Abstract: A machine for processing liquid or semi-liquid food products, including: a container holding the product and a dispenser. A stirrer, located inside the container, rotates about an axis to mix the product. An actuator is connected to the stirrer to rotate the stirrer. A refrigeration system, includes a closed circuit to circulate a primary heat exchanger fluid, an evaporator associated with the container, a compressor, a first air condenser and a throttle element; a control unit; a second condenser regulator for regulating the flow of the fluid and operating on the first and/or second condenser. The control unit drives the regulator to regulate the flow of fluid in the first and second condensers as a function of an operating parameter of the machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Assignee: ALI GROUP S.R.L.—CARPIGIANI
    Inventors: Roberto Lazzarini, Federico Tassi
  • Publication number: 20240238741
    Abstract: Described is a stirrer for liquid, semi-liquid or semi-solid products, including at least the following, in combination: a central shaft; a plurality of radial supports, connected to the central shaft; a plurality of mixing and centring elements, each configured to be connected to a radial support so as to define a first operating configuration for processing liquid or semi-liquid products; a plurality of vanes, each configured to be connected to a mixing and centring element so as to define a second operating configuration for processing semi-solid products.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2023
    Publication date: July 18, 2024
    Inventors: Roberto LAZZARINI, Federico TASSI
  • Publication number: 20240237671
    Abstract: A machine for processing liquid or semi-liquid food products, includes: a frame including a front wall and a lateral wall; at least one container for containing the product to be processed; a stirrer mounted inside the container; a thermal treatment system, operatively connected to the container to heat the walls thereof; a dispenser connected to the container to allow extracting the product to be processed, the dispenser being mounted on the front wall of the frame. A supporting rod, having a longitudinal axis, is coupled to the lateral wall and movable in rotation about an axis perpendicular to the lateral wall, between a rest position and an operatively active position. A shelf is rotatably coupled to the supporting rod. The supporting rod supports the shelf. The shelf is movable in rotation about the longitudinal axis between an inoperative position and an operative position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2024
    Publication date: July 18, 2024
    Inventors: Roberto LAZZARINI, Federico TASSI
  • Patent number: 12004533
    Abstract: A machine for making liquid or semi-liquid food products includes a frame and a thermal system, which performs at least one thermodynamic cycle using a main heat exchanger fluid, and a production unit. The production unit is provided with a processing container having a cavity which defines a processing chamber for making a liquid or semi-liquid food product, a stirrer, applied or applicable on the frame at a fixed position and fitted or fittable in the processing container, and coupling means between the processing container and the drive shaft to allow coupling and hence transmission of motion from the motor to the processing container. In particular, the stirrer is provided with an inner core and an outer covering made of different materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: ALI GROUP S.R.L.-CARPIGIANI
    Inventors: Roberto Lazzarini, Federico Tassi
  • Publication number: 20240049742
    Abstract: A system for processing liquid or semi-liquid food products includes a machine provided with: at least one containment vessel for containing the product to be processed; a stirrer arranged inside the containment vessel; the system is characterized in that said stirrer includes, in combination, at least: a rotating body rotating about an axis of rotation, said rotating body including a plurality of propellers extending about said axis of rotation; a plurality of scraping elements, supported by said rotating body; a drive shaft, connectable to the rotating body, for the rotation of the rotating body about the axis of rotation; a curvilinear element extending around the axis of rotation and configured to be inserted inside the rotating body and rotatably coupled with the drive shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2023
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Inventors: Roberto LAZZARINI, Federico TASSI
  • Patent number: 11866208
    Abstract: Described is an apparatus for filling food containers, including: a filling device for filling a food container including a neck through which the food product can be filled and a cap to cover the neck, wherein the filling device is configured to remove the cap and to fill the food container through the neck, a food container label printing device configured to print at least one label for the at least one food container; a user interface, configured at least to start the filling device; and a support for supporting at least the food container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: ALI GROUP S.R.L.—CARPIGIANO
    Inventors: Roberto Lazzarini, Federico Tassi
  • Patent number: 11771108
    Abstract: A machine for making and dispensing liquid or semi-liquid food products, includes, in combination: a container for containing liquid or semi-liquid products; a thermal treatment cylinder contained inside the container and having an axis that is inclined relative to the vertical; a stirrer mounted to the outside of the thermal treatment cylinder; a thermal system including a heat exchanger associated with the thermal treatment cylinder, wherein the container for containing liquid or semi-liquid products is defined by a first, inside wall and a second, outside wall, the first, inside wall and the second, outside wall forming between them a gap that is not affected by the liquid or semi-liquid products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: ALI GROUP S.R.L.—CARPIGIANI
    Inventors: Roberto Lazzarini, Federico Tassi
  • Patent number: 11751582
    Abstract: A stirrer of a machine for making and dispensing liquid or semi-liquid food products, rotating about an axis, comprises: a first end element and a second end element; longitudinal elements extending along the axis between the first end element and second end element; scraping elements which are removably couplable to the longitudinal elements, the scraping elements having a portion that is partly helical in shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: ALI GROUP S.R.L.—CARPIGIANI
    Inventors: Roberto Lazzarini, Federico Tassi
  • Publication number: 20230232859
    Abstract: A machine for making ice cream includes a production unit including a processing container. The machine also includes a thermal treatment system associated with the processing container and a dispenser operatively connected to the processing container to allow extracting an ice cream type product from the machine. The machine also includes a supporting body fitted under the dispenser and a supporting element connected removably to the supporting body. The supporting element includes a receiving cavity, configured to reversibly house a container used to contain the ice cream type product delivered by the dispenser, and cooling means configured to cool the supporting element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2023
    Publication date: July 27, 2023
    Inventors: Roberto LAZZARINI, Federico TASSI
  • Publication number: 20230234011
    Abstract: A machine for processing liquid or semi-liquid food products, comprising: a container for processing liquid or semi-liquid food products and provided with walls and an outlet; a stirrer, made at least partly from ferromagnetic material and disposed inside the processing container, the stirrer rotating about a mixing axis to mix the product to be dispensed; an actuator connected to the stirrer to set the stirrer in rotation about the mixing axis, the machine being characterized in that it comprises an induction element comprising one or more wound conductors for generating a magnetic field when an electric current flows through them, the induction element being disposed outside the processing container so that the magnetic field generated passes through at least part of the walls of the processing container to reach the stirrer and causes heating by magnetic induction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2023
    Publication date: July 27, 2023
    Inventors: Roberto LAZZARINI, Federico TASSI
  • Publication number: 20230086925
    Abstract: A machine for processing liquid or semi-liquid food products, includes: at least one container for containing the product to be processed; at least one stirrer, mounted inside the container, to rotate about an axis of rotation; the machine is characterized in that the stirrer comprises at least: a first protuberance extending along the axis of rotation; a plurality of scraping elements, each provided with a cavity for accommodating the first protuberance; a first locking element, removably associable with the first protuberance and movable between an engaged position, where it is locked to the first protuberance to couple the scraping elements to the first protuberance, and a disengaged position, where it is movable relative to the first protuberance to allow uncoupling the scraping elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2022
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Inventors: Roberto LAZZARINI, Federico TASSI
  • Patent number: 11576398
    Abstract: A machine for making ice cream includes a first transfer channel configured to transfer a base product from a processing container to a dispensing section; a second transfer channel configured to transfer additional product from a feed device to the dispensing section; a shutter movable between closed and opens positions for controlling opening and closing of the first transfer channel, and in which the second transfer channel is formed; a containing body in which the shutter is slidably movable and having an abutment portion configured to receive a head portion of the shutter at the closed position; a drive and control unit; the second transfer channel being made internally of the shutter and, a heating device associated as one with the shutter to heat the additional product inside the second channel and connected to and controlled by the drive and control unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: ALI GROUP S.R.L.—CARPIGIANI
    Inventors: Federico Tassi, Roberto Lazzarini
  • Publication number: 20220394996
    Abstract: A machine for processing liquid or semi-liquid food products, including: a container holding the product and a dispenser. A stirrer, located inside the container, rotates about an axis to mix the product. An actuator is connected to the stirrer to rotate the stirrer. A refrigeration system, includes a closed circuit to circulate a primary heat exchanger fluid, an evaporator associated with the container, a compressor, a first air condenser and a throttle element; a control unit; a second condenser regulator for regulating the flow of the fluid and operating on the first and/or second condenser. The control unit drives the regulator to regulate the flow of fluid in the first and second condensers as a function of an operating parameter of the machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2022
    Publication date: December 15, 2022
    Inventors: Roberto LAZZARINI, Federico TASSI
  • Patent number: D1035728
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Inventors: Roberto Lazzarini, Federico Tassi