Patents by Inventor Franco Cani
Franco Cani 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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Publication number: 20230373690Abstract: A closure assembly for a container filled or fillable with a pourable product, the closure assembly comprising: a collar including an outer threaded portion; a lid including inner threaded portion, wherein the inner threaded portion and the outer threaded portion are configured to allow for fastening the lid to the collar by rotating the lid relative to the collar in a first rotation direction and for loosening the lid from the collar by rotating the lid relative to the collar in a second rotation direction; a ring member; a cutting device; a control device configured to control the cutting device; one or more coupling elements, each having a first end connected to the lid and a second end connected to the ring member, wherein the first end is positioned downstream of the second end along the second rotation direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2021Publication date: November 23, 2023Inventors: Martina LINGUITI, Angelo SORBARA, Franco CANI, Tiziano VIANI, Luca GORI
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Publication number: 20230365311Abstract: A closure assembly for a container filled or fillable with a pourable product comprising at least a lid having a first rim, a ring member having a second rim facing the first rim and one or more coupling elements, each one being connected to the first rim and to the second rim. Each coupling element comprises at least one respective intermediate portion, one respective first curved portion connected to the first rim and the intermediate portion and one respective second curved portion connected to the second rim and the intermediate portion. The intermediate portion is inclined with respect to the first rim and/or the second rim.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2021Publication date: November 16, 2023Inventors: Martina LINGUITI, Angelo SORBARA, Franco CANI, Tiziano VIANI, Luca GORI
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Patent number: 11724864Abstract: An opening device configured to be applied to packaging for pourable products comprises: a pouring spout defining a pouring opening through which to pour, in use, the pourable product; a cap configured to engage and disengage the pouring spout to respectively close and open the pouring opening; a closing element closing and/or sealing the pouring opening, formed in one piece with the pouring spout and connected to the pouring spout by a breakable connecting portion configured to break during first opening of the opening device; the closing element comprising a protruding portion extending through the pouring opening and connected to the cap; and tamper-evidence device fitted to the pouring spout and initially connected to the cap by at least one breakable connecting bridge configured to break during first opening of the opening device; wherein the cap is hinged to the tamper-evidence device thereby being permanently tethered to the pouring spout.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2020Date of Patent: August 15, 2023Assignee: TETRA LAVAL HOLDINGS & FINANCE S.A.Inventors: Davide Corradi, Rocco De Paola, Franco Cani, Massimo Tedeschi, Francesca Tavoni, Giulio Bertani, Pietro Martini, Livio Veronesi
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Publication number: 20230150719Abstract: An opening device for a sealed package containing pourable product defines an axis and comprises a frame fittable about a pierceable portion of the package and defining a pour opening coaxial with axis; a cap coaxially fitted onto the frame to close the pour opening; a tubular cutter engaging the pour opening coaxially with axis and movable relative to the frame to cut the pierceable portion; and a cutter protruding from one axial end of the cutter and cooperable with the pierceable portion to unseal the package; the cutter comprising at least one tooth having first and second cutting faces extending transversally to axis; the tooth also comprises one third cutting face between the first and second cutting faces and extending transversally to the first and second cutting faces; a first edge between the third and first cutting faces; and a second edge between the third and second cutting faces.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 19, 2021Publication date: May 18, 2023Applicant: TETRA LAVAL HOLDINGS & FINANCE S.A.Inventors: Angelo SORBARA, Rocco DE PAOLA, Franco CANI, Tiziano VIANI
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Publication number: 20230044435Abstract: A spout for a container filled with a pourable product. The spout comprises at least a collar having a pouring outlet configured to allow an out-pouring of the pourable product and a lid assembly having a coupling ring rotatably arranged around the collar and a lid hinged to the coupling ring and angularly movable around a respective hinge axis. The lid is controllable between at least a closing configuration, an open configuration and an intermediate configuration. The spout comprises an interaction device partially associated to the collar and partially associated to the lid.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 11, 2021Publication date: February 9, 2023Inventors: Angelo SORBARA, Rocco DE PAOLA, Franco CANI, Tiziano VIANI, Martina LINGUITI, Luca GORI
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Publication number: 20220363447Abstract: There is described a closure assembly for a container filled or fillable with a pourable product. The closure assembly comprises a lid, a first ring member, a second ring member, a coupling element connected to the lid and one of the first ring member and the second ring member, at least one rupturable first coupling bridge connecting the first ring member and the second ring member to one another; and at least one rupturable second coupling bridge connecting the second ring member and the lid to one another.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 15, 2020Publication date: November 17, 2022Inventors: Angelo SORBARA, Rocco DE PAOLA, Franco CANI, Pietro MARTINI, Tiziano VIANI
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Publication number: 20220185552Abstract: An opening device configured to be applied to packaging for pourable products comprises: a pouring spout defining a pouring opening through which to pour, in use, the pourable product; a cap configured to engage and disengage the pouring spout to respectively close and open the pouring opening; a closing element closing and/or sealing the pouring opening, formed in one piece with the pouring spout and connected to the pouring spout by a breakable connecting portion configured to break during first opening of the opening device; the closing element comprising a protruding portion extending through the pouring opening and connected to the cap; and tamper-evidence device fitted to the pouring spout and initially connected to the cap by at least one breakable connecting bridge configured to break during first opening of the opening device; wherein the cap is hinged to the tamper-evidence device thereby being permanently tethered to the pouring spout.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 19, 2020Publication date: June 16, 2022Applicant: TETRA LAVAL HOLDINGS & FINANCE S.A.Inventors: Davide CORRADI, Rocco DE PAOLA, Franco CANI, Massimo TEDESCHI, Francesca TAVONI, Giulio BERTANI, Pietro MARTINI, Livio VERONESI
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Publication number: 20220119174Abstract: A spout includes a base frame fittable about a designated package pour opening surface area, an opening assembly moveably coupled to the base frame and adapted to at least partially cut/rupture/open/pierce the pour opening surface area, and a control device configured to control the opening assembly. The control device comprises at least one interaction element connected to the opening assembly, at least one control ring rotatably coupled to the base frame and at least one interaction member connected/coupled to the control ring and configured to interact with the interaction element. In use, upon rotating the control ring, the interaction member interacts with the interaction element to induce translation of a cutter of the opening assembly for controlling the opening assembly from a rest configuration to an operative configuration and an axial end portion of the interaction member is arranged within a rotation plane fixed relative to the base frame.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 30, 2020Publication date: April 21, 2022Applicant: TETRA LAVAL HOLDINGS & FINANCE S.A.Inventors: Rocco DE PAOLA, Angelo SORBARA, Franco CANI, Joachim Kristofer BJURENHEIM, Sara BERTONCINI, James Maxwell EELBECK, Sarah Anne DICKINS, Alessandro MORSELLI, Mariastella ORIOLO, Tiziano VIANI, Pietro MARTINI, Livio VERONESI, Giulio BERTANI
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Patent number: 10414551Abstract: A lid for an opening device for a container includes a body having a longitudinal axis and provided with a top wall and with a side wall internally provided with a thread element suitable for cooperating with a further thread element of a spout of the opening device, the lid further including at least one driving element arranged to receive the fingers of a user during unscrewing of the lid from the spout and during screwing of the lid on the spout, the at least one driving element being delimited by an upper wall and by a lower wall extending from the side wall and spaced apart from each other along the longitudinal axis, the lower wall diverging from the upper wall when moving away from the side wall.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2015Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: TETRA LAVAL HOLDINGS & FINANCE S.A.Inventors: Pietro Martini, Livio Veronesi, Franco Cani, Ivan Orlandi, Domenico Didonna, Massimiliano Cereda, Davide Corradi, Rocco De Paola, Diego Cavanna
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Patent number: 10293972Abstract: An opening device for a package made of a sheet packaging material—said sheet packaging material comprising at least a first layer and a second layer, and having a hole formed through said first layer and sealed by a cover portion of said second layer—is made of plastic material molded onto said cover portion, and in turn comprises a spout defining a pouring opening and a wall portion closing said pouring opening, said wall portion defining, together with said cover portion, a user-removable sealing portion of said spout, a weakening region being interposed between said wall portion and said spout and said cover portion covering said weakening region; a molding apparatus for molding an opening device on a sheet packaging material is also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 2015Date of Patent: May 21, 2019Assignee: TETRA LAVAL HOLDINGS & FINANCE S.A.Inventors: Daniele Golfieri, Franco Cani
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Patent number: 10196178Abstract: A lid for an opening device for a container includes a body having a longitudinal axis and provided with an end wall and with a side wall internally provided with a thread element suitable for cooperating with a further thread element of a spout of the opening device, the lid further includes at least one driving element having a first side arranged to receive the fingers of a user during unscrewing of the lid from the spout and a second side arranged for receiving the fingers of a user during screwing of the lid on the spout, the first side being defined by a wall and the second side being defined by a cavity.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2015Date of Patent: February 5, 2019Assignee: TETRA LAVAL HOLDINGS & FINANCE S.A.Inventors: Pietro Martini, Livio Veronesi, Franco Cani, Ivan Orlandi, Domenico Didonna, Massimiliano Cereda, Davide Corradi, Rocco De Paola, Diego Cavanna
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Publication number: 20180327146Abstract: A lid for an opening device for a container includes a body having a longitudinal axis and provided with a top wall and with a side wall internally provided with a thread element suitable for cooperating with a further thread element of a spout of the opening device, the lid further including at least one driving element arranged to receive the fingers of a user during unscrewing of the lid from the spout and during screwing of the lid on the spout, the at least one driving element being delimited by an upper wall and by a lower wall extending from the side wall and spaced apart from each other along the longitudinal axis, the lower wall diverging from the upper wall when moving away from the side wall.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 28, 2015Publication date: November 15, 2018Inventors: Pietro MARTINI, Livio VERONESI, Franco CANI, Ivan ORLANDI, Domenico DIDONNA, Massimiliano CEREDA, Davide CORRADI, Rocco DE PAOLA, Diego CAVANNA
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Publication number: 20170327276Abstract: A lid for an opening device for a container includes a body having a longitudinal axis and provided with an end wall and with a side wall internally provided with a thread element suitable for cooperating with a further thread element of a spout of the opening device, the lid further includes at least one driving element having a first side arranged to receive the fingers of a user during unscrewing of the lid from the spout and a second side arranged for receiving the fingers of a user during screwing of the lid on the spout, the first side being defined by a wall and the second side being defined by a cavity.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 28, 2015Publication date: November 16, 2017Inventors: Pietro MARTINI, Livio VERONESI, Franco CANI, Ivan ORLANDI, Domenico DIDONNA, Massimiliano CEREDA, Davide CORRADI, Rocco DE PAOLA, Diego CAVANNA
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Publication number: 20170113834Abstract: An opening device for a package made of a sheet packaging material—said sheet packaging material comprising at least a first layer and a second layer, and having a hole formed through said first layer and sealed by a cover portion of said second layer—is made of plastic material molded onto said cover portion, and in turn comprises a spout defining a pouring opening and a wall portion closing said pouring opening, said wall portion defining, together with said cover portion, a user-removable sealing portion of said spout, a weakening region being interposed between said wall portion and said spout and said cover portion covering said weakening region; a molding apparatus for molding an opening device on a sheet packaging material is also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 28, 2015Publication date: April 27, 2017Applicant: TETRA LAVAL HOLDINGS & FINANCE S.A.Inventors: Daniele GOLFIERI, Franco CANI
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Patent number: D778724Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2015Date of Patent: February 14, 2017Assignee: TETRA LAVAL HOLDINGS & FINANCE S.A.Inventors: Pietro Martini, Livio Veronesi, Franco Cani, Ivan Orlandi, Domenico Didonna, Massimiliano Cereda, Davide Corradi, Rocco De Paola, Diego Cavanna
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Patent number: D779324Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2015Date of Patent: February 21, 2017Assignee: TETRA LAVAL HOLDINGS & FINANCE S.A.Inventors: Pietro Martini, Livio Veronesi, Franco Cani, Ivan Orlandi, Domenico Didonna, Massimiliano Cereda, Davide Corradi, Rocco De Paola, Diego Cavanna
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Patent number: D783402Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2015Date of Patent: April 11, 2017Assignee: TETRA LAVAL HOLDINGS & FINANCE S.A.Inventors: Pietro Martini, Livio Veronesi, Franco Cani, Ivan Orlandi, Domenico Didonna, Massimiliano Cereda, Davide Corradi, Rocco De Paola, Diego Cavanna
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Patent number: D968218Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2020Date of Patent: November 1, 2022Assignee: TETRA LAVAL HOLDINGS & FINANCE S.A.Inventors: Angelo Sorbara, Rocco De Paola, Franco Cani, Tiziano Viani
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Patent number: D977964Type: GrantFiled: August 18, 2020Date of Patent: February 14, 2023Assignee: TETRA LAVAL HOLDINGS & FINANCE S.A.Inventors: Angelo Sorbara, Rocco De Paola, Franco Cani, Tiziano Viani