Patents by Inventor Ferdinando Bertolotti

Ferdinando Bertolotti 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).

  • Machine for filling bags or the like comprising a control device with cams
    Patent number: 6786252
    Abstract: A machine for filling bags with comestible liquids, includes a transfer station rotatable about a vertical central axle mounted on a plate secured to the machine frame, multiple filling stations each comprising an element for gripping and holding the base of a removable closure for a bag and an element for manipulating the upper portion of the closure, and a filling device coacting with the opening of the open closure following removal of its upper portion and supplied with liquid by a pump connected to a reservoir, the assembly of these elements being managed by a control device. The control device is a device with cams mounted fixedly on the machine. The invention is more particularly applicable to the field of packaging and dispensing of liquids, in particular comestible liquids, in small flexible receptacles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2004
    Assignee: Flextainer (Societe Anonyme)
    Inventors: René Erb, Ferdinando Bertolotti
  • MACHINE FOR FILLING BAGS OR THE LIKE COMPRISING A CONTROL DEVICE WITH CAMS
    Publication number: 20040112459
    Abstract: A machine for filling bags with comestible liquids, includes a transfer station rotatable about a vertical central axle mounted on a plate secured to the machine frame, multiple filling stations each comprising an element for gripping and holding the base of a removable closure for a bag and an element for manipulating the upper portion of the closure, and a filling device coacting with the opening of the open closure following removal of its upper portion and supplied with liquid by a pump connected to a reservoir, the assembly of these elements being managed by a control device. The control device is a device with cams mounted fixedly on the machine. The invention is more particularly applicable to the field of packaging and dispensing of liquids, in particular comestible liquids, in small flexible receptacles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2003
    Publication date: June 17, 2004
    Applicant: FLEXTAINER (SOCIETE ANONYME)
    Inventors: Rene Erb, Ferdinando Bertolotti