Patents by Inventor Franco Sala

Franco Sala 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).

  • Device for automatically reducing excess play in movable parts of brakes
    Patent number: 4326609
    Abstract: A device for automatically reducing excess play in moving parts of brakes comprises a stem moved axially from a rest position to an operative position.The stem can be threaded into a coupling lever such as to accommodate the drift of the rest position, to this end the stem being furthermore provided with a projecting arm imparting thereto a play compensating torque by engagement against an end-of-travel detent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 29, 1980
    Date of Patent: April 27, 1982
    Assignee: Steelyamamoto International Company Ltd.
    Inventor: Franco Sala
  • Device for detecting the defrosting of frozen products
    Patent number: 4280361
    Abstract: A process for detecting and signaling the defrosting, even temporary, of frozen products which consist in providing a detecting device consisting of a closed container having therein a colorless and a colored element which, under frozen conditions, are separate from each other but will admix and form a single colored mixture on defrosting. The presence of said single mixture indicates that defrosting has taken place. The device is also disclosed and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 1979
    Date of Patent: July 28, 1981
    Assignee: Franco Sala
    Inventor: Franco Sala