Patents by Inventor Franco Esposito

Franco Esposito 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).

  • Process for the automatic production of ornamental link chains
    Patent number: 4972670
    Abstract: A method for rendering automatic the production of ornamental chains of the kind known as "partridge's eye" and the like, wherein two link elements shaped as a turn are linked to form a link of the chain so that the free ends of one are roughly at the center of the other. Then the link is compressed transversally and axially to cross said end portions of the two link elements, so that the free ends of one element come into contact with the internal contour of the other. The link formed in this way is twisted, at its ends, welded in correspondence with the overlap points of the two link elements, and then linked to a link element suitable to form the subsequent links.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 1989
    Date of Patent: November 27, 1990
    Assignee: C.M.S. S.p.A. Costruzione Macchine Speciali
    Inventors: Corrado Lapini, Franco Esposito
  • Process for the automatic production of ornamental link chains and relative apparatus
    Patent number: 4872305
    Abstract: An apparatus for rendering automatic the production of ornamental chains of the kind known as "partridge's eye", wherein two link elements shaped as a turn are linked to form a link of the chain so that the free ends of one are roughly at the center of the other. The link is compressed transversally and axially to cross the end portions of the two link elements, so that the free ends of one element come into contact with the internal contour of the other. The link formed in this way is twisted, at its ends, welded in correspondence with the overlap points of the two link elements, and then linked to a link element suitable to form the subsequent links.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 1988
    Date of Patent: October 10, 1989
    Assignee: Costruzione Macchine Speciali C.M.S. srl
    Inventors: Corrado Lapini, Franco Esposito