Patents by Inventor Francesco Modica
Francesco Modica 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).
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Patent number: 10259675Abstract: A cutting equipment for continuous paper strips having images arranged in sequence along multiple rows comprising a longitudinal cutting mechanism for separating the rows from the strips and a transversal cutting mechanism for separating image sheets from the rows and in which the image sheets have different longitudinal dimensions and possibility of random variations between row and row, The equipment further comprises individual feeding mechanisms for feeding, in an independent way, the rows with respect to the transversal cutting mechanism; a buffer device, of compensation for the different feeds of the rows, and an electronic control unit for actuating the feeding mechanisms and the transversal cutting mechanism so as to present the trailing edges of said image sheets in alignment for a simultaneous cutting by the transversal cutting mechanism and extracting one or more images from the cutting mechanism, after its actuation, as preparation of collecting.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2013Date of Patent: April 16, 2019Assignee: Tecnau S.R.L.Inventors: Giuliano DeMarco, Armando Aprato, Francesco Terrusi, Francesco Modica
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Patent number: 9731430Abstract: Cutting equipment (41) which processes overlapped continuous forms (23H, 23L) is disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2014Date of Patent: August 15, 2017Assignee: Technu S.r.l.Inventors: Giuliano De Marco, Armando Aprato, Francesco Terrusi, Francesco Modica
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Patent number: 9592621Abstract: Perforating equipment (111) for high speed transversal perforations of variable lengths on a continuous form (32) in movement is disclosed. The perforations are carried out by means of a perforating blade (39a) against a projecting profile (41a) of a blade contrast (39a) and blade and contrast servomechanisms (43, 128) for rotating a support for the blade and the blade contrast. The projecting profile (41a) has sectors with axial extensions different in dependence on their angular positions. The contrast servomechanism (128) is settable for selecting an angular phase of the blade contrast (39a), such to positioning, for the contrast with the blade, a sector of the projecting profile (41a) having axial extension equal to the requested length of the perforation (P). The blade contrast can be constituted by a hollow cylinder (113) rotatable around a support shaft (114) as a radial air bearing of pneumostatic type.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2012Date of Patent: March 14, 2017Assignee: Tecnau S.r.l.Inventors: Giuliano DeMarco, Armando Aprato, Francesco Terrusi, Francesco Modica, Gianrico Scarton
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Publication number: 20140318336Abstract: A cutting equipment (41) processes overlapped continuous forms (23H, 23L) and comprises a cutting device (29), which separates the sheets from the forms, introduction devices (28H and 28L), which enter the continuous forms (23H, 23L) into the cutting device and a singularizing device (46) for overlapped sheets, which includes two transport paths (81 and 82), the one above the other, with differentiable transfer times; the singularizing device comprises a diverter (83) upstream of the transport paths (81 and 82) and wherein the introduction devices (28H and 28L) are actuatable for temporarily projecting a leading edge of one of the overlapped forms (23H, 23L) with respect to the other form up to a switching zone of the diverter (83), or for advancing together said overlapped forms (23H, 23L); the diverter (83) is configurable for addressing a continuous form or both forms (23H, 23L) to one or to both transport paths (81 and 82); and the introduction devices (28H and 28L) are also actuatable, in the case of proType: ApplicationFiled: April 25, 2014Publication date: October 30, 2014Applicant: Tecnau S.r.L.Inventors: Giuliano De Marco, Armando Aprato, Francesco Terrusi, Francesco Modica
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Patent number: 8858148Abstract: Binding equipment and false cover forming equipment for hardcover books are disclosed. The false cover forming equipment carries out false covers, by positioning a pair of endpapers in correspondence of lateral binding flaps of a respective backstrip, arranging folds of the endpapers at a pre-assembling distance associated with the thickness of the text block and gluing margins of past-down sheets of the endpapers with binding edges of the backstrip. The binding equipment is feedable, at a cover input “IC”, with the false covers for carrying out book blocks by gluing the backstrips of the false covers with the binding edges of corresponding text blocks and refolding the pairs of endpapers on the respective text blocks. An electronic processing unit is settable for the control of the false cover forming equipment and the binding equipment as a function of the dimensions of the hardcover book to be bound.Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 2011Date of Patent: October 14, 2014Assignee: Tecnau S.R.L.Inventors: Giuliano De Marco, Armando Aprato, Francesco Modica, Gianrico Scarton, Francesco Terrusi
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Publication number: 20140174270Abstract: An equipment (111) for high speed transversal perforations of variable lengths on continuous forms (32) in movement comprising a blade support (34) with at least a perforating blade (39a) and a blade contrast (112) having at least one projecting profile (41a) of contrast for the perforating blade (39a) and blade and contrast servomechanisms (43, 128) for rotating the support blade and the blade contrast to carry the perforating blade against the projecting profile in synchronism with the form. The blade contrast (112) comprises a hollow cylinder (113) of low rotational inertia, defining the projecting profile (41a) as sectors with axial extensions different in dependence on their angular positions.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 18, 2012Publication date: June 26, 2014Inventors: Giuliano DeMarco, Armando Aprato, Francesco Terrusi, Francesco Modica, Gianrico Scarton
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Publication number: 20140116212Abstract: A cutting equipment for continuous paper strips having images arranged in sequence along multiple rows comprising a longitudinal cutting mechanism for separating the rows from the strips and a transversal cutting mechanism for separating image sheets from the rows and in which the image sheets have different longitudinal dimensions and possibility of random variations between row and row, The equipment further comprises individual feeding mechanisms for feeding, in an independent way, the rows with respect to the transversal cutting mechanism; a buffer device, of compensation for the different feeds of the rows, and an electronic control unit for actuating the feeding mechanisms and the transversal cutting mechanism so as to present the trailing edges of said image sheets in alignment for a simultaneous cutting by the transversal cutting mechanism and extracting one or more images from the cutting mechanism, after its actuation, as preparation of collecting.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 28, 2013Publication date: May 1, 2014Applicant: Tecnau S.r.l.Inventors: Giuliano DeMarco, Armando Aprato, Francesco Terrusi, Francesco Modica
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Patent number: 8353236Abstract: A perforating equipment (111) for continuous forms in movement comprises tree transversal perforating device (54, 56, 57) for executing transversal perforations on continuous forms (58) to be divided in three longitudinal sections and continuous forms to be divided in two longitudinal sections. Each perforating device includes a contrast member (61, 62, 79), a blade support mounting a blade (116a, 117a, 118a) for the three section form and a blade (116b, 117b, 118b) for the two section form, a blade servomechanism (73, 74, 85) and an activation group (104, 106, 107). The blade servomechanism rotates the blade support for a condition of interference of a blade in the position of perforation; and the activation group causes the contrast member to contrast a corresponding blade for the perforations of the forms to be divided into three sections, or the forms to be divided into two longitudinal sections.Type: GrantFiled: February 9, 2010Date of Patent: January 15, 2013Assignee: TECNAU, S.r.l.Inventors: Giuliano De Marco, Armando Aprato, Francesco Terrusi, Francesco Modica
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Patent number: 8308153Abstract: A transversal cutting equipment for sheets separable from overlapped continuous forms, wherein the forms are longitudinally divided from a basic continuous form for producing documents with a single sheet or more sheets, and wherein the documents and the respective sheets are printed according to a predetermined order. The equipment comprises a cutting device for joined separation of the sheets; an accumulating and forwarding device; transport paths; and differentiating means for modifying the transport times of the sheets along one or more transport paths. The cutting device operates in a continuous way, while the accumulating and forwarding device collects the sheet or sheets of a partially formed document and sends the sheet or sheets upon the completion of the document.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2010Date of Patent: November 13, 2012Assignee: Tecnau S.r.l.Inventors: Giuliano De Marco, Armando Aprato, Francesco Terrusi, Alberto Massucco, Francesco Modica
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Publication number: 20110262248Abstract: A binding plant for hardcover books comprising a binding equipment and a false cover forming equipment. The false cover forming equipment carries out false covers, by positioning a pair of endpapers in correspondence of lateral binding flaps of a respective backstrip, arranging folds of the endpapers at a pre-assembling distance associated with the thickness of the text block and gluing margins of past-down sheets of the endpapers with binding edges of the backstrip. The binding equipment is feedable, at a cover input “IC”, with the false covers for carrying out book blocks by gluing the backstrips of the false covers with the binding edges of corresponding text blocks and refolding the pairs of endpapers on the respective text blocks. An electronic processing unit is settable for the control of the false cover forming equipment and the binding equipment as a function of the dimensions of the hardcover book to be bound.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 21, 2011Publication date: October 27, 2011Applicant: Tecnau S.r.l.Inventors: Giuliano De Marco, Armando Aprato, Francesco Modica, Gianrico Scarton, Francesco Terrusi
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Publication number: 20110210495Abstract: A transversal cutting equipment for sheets separable from overlapped continuous forms, wherein the forms are longitudinally divided from a basic continuous form for producing documents with a single sheet or more sheets, and wherein the documents and the respective sheets are printed according to a predetermined order. The equipment comprises a cutting device for joined separation of the sheets; an accumulating and forwarding device; transport paths; and differentiating means for modifying the transport times of the sheets along one or more transport paths. The cutting device operates in a continuous way, while the accumulating and forwarding device collects the sheet or sheets of a partially formed document and sends the sheet or sheets upon the completion of the document.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 29, 2010Publication date: September 1, 2011Applicant: Tecnau S.r.l.Inventors: Giuliano De Marco, V, Armando Aprato, Francesco Terrusi, Alberto Massucco, Francesco Modica
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Publication number: 20110192263Abstract: Equipment for transversal perforation, on the fly, of continuous forms in movement, comprises a perforating device having a blade support with a perforating blade, which is actuated for the rotation by a blade servomechanism, in synchronism with the form for the perforation. A contrast member including active sections and remaining inactive sections is rotated by a contrast servomechanism parallel to the support blade. In a condition of perforation, each active section, in synchronism with the form, can provide function of contrast for the perforation blade. In a condition of non-perforation, each inactive section is spaced away from a surface of movement of the form, whereby avoiding the perforation on the passage of the blade.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 7, 2011Publication date: August 11, 2011Applicant: Tecnau S.r.l.Inventors: Giuliano De Marco, Armando Aprato, Francesco Terrusi, Francesco Modica
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Publication number: 20100199822Abstract: A perforating equipment (111) for continuous forms in movement comprises tree transversal perforating device (54, 56, 57) for executing transversal perforations on continuous forms (58) to be divided in three longitudinal sections and continuous forms to be divided in two longitudinal sections. Each perforating device includes a contrast member (61, 62, 79), a blade support mounting a blade (116a, 117a, 118a) for the three section form and a blade (116b, 117b, 118b) for the two section form, a blade servomechanism (73, 74, 85) and an activation group (104, 106, 107). The blade servomechanism rotates the blade support for a condition of interference of a blade in the position of perforation; and the activation group causes the contrast member to contrast a corresponding blade for the perforations of the forms to be divided into three sections, or the forms to be divided into two longitudinal sections.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 9, 2010Publication date: August 12, 2010Applicant: TECNAU S.r.l.Inventors: Giuliano DE MARCO, Armando APRATO, Francesco TERRUSI, Francesco MODICA