Patents by Inventor Giacinto Zilioli
Giacinto Zilioli 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: 20220270867Abstract: A tuning system may acquire, from a mass spectrometer during a batch of one or more analytical runs performed with the mass spectrometer, tune data associated with an operating characteristic of the mass spectrometer. The tuning system may determine, based on the tune data, a value of an operating parameter configured to adjust the operating characteristic of the mass spectrometer and set the operating parameter to the determined value.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 2, 2022Publication date: August 25, 2022Inventors: Scott T. QUARMBY, Giacinto ZILIOLI, Charles H. VOGT, Dustin J. KREFT, Nathaniel L. SANDERS, George B. GUCKENBERGER, John G. VOSS
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Publication number: 20220107334Abstract: An autosampler for dispensing samples is provided. The autosampler comprises a sample tray for holding the samples to be dispensed. The sample tray is moveable between a plurality of dispensing positions. The autosampler also comprises a noncontact coupling configured to move the sample tray between the plurality of dispensing positions. An autosampler for dispensing samples is also provided, comprising: a sample tray for holding the samples to be dispensed, the sample tray being moveable between a plurality of dispensing positions, the sample tray and a body of the autosampler comprising respective contact surfaces that contact each other as the sample tray moves between the plurality of dispensing positions, wherein the contact surface of at least one of the sample tray and the body of the autosampler comprises a self-lubricating material.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2021Publication date: April 7, 2022Inventors: Giacinto ZILIOLI, Christopher BRODIE, Jens GRIEP-RAMING
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Patent number: 11282685Abstract: A tuning system may acquire, from a mass spectrometer during a batch of one or more analytical runs performed with the mass spectrometer, tune data associated with an operating characteristic of the mass spectrometer. The tuning system may determine, based on the tune data, a value of an operating parameter configured to adjust the operating characteristic of the mass spectrometer and set the operating parameter to the determined value.Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2019Date of Patent: March 22, 2022Assignee: THERMO FINNIGAN LLCInventors: Scott T. Quarmby, Giacinto Zilioli, Charles H. Vogt, Dustin J. Kreft, Nathaniel L. Sanders, George B. Guckenberger, John G. Voss
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Publication number: 20210111013Abstract: A tuning system may acquire, from a mass spectrometer during a batch of one or more analytical runs performed with the mass spectrometer, tune data associated with an operating characteristic of the mass spectrometer. The tuning system may determine, based on the tune data, a value of an operating parameter configured to adjust the operating characteristic of the mass spectrometer and set the operating parameter to the determined value.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 11, 2019Publication date: April 15, 2021Inventors: Scott T. QUARMBY, Giacinto ZILIOLI, Charles H. VOGT, Dustin J. KREFT, Nathaniel L. SANDERS, George B. GUCKENBERGER, John G. VOSS
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Patent number: 8871149Abstract: This invention is related to a gas chromatograph wherein more substitutable modules are foreseen, in particular injector modules and/or detector modules, as well as one embodiment in an oven module. Each module is insertable in a seat of the gas chromatograph mainframe with fast connections of its electronic and pneumatic means to corresponding outlets on said mainframe. Each module has its own heating element.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 2009Date of Patent: October 28, 2014Assignee: Thermo Fisher Scientific S.p.A.Inventors: Giacinto Zilioli, Stefano Pelagatti, Paolo Magni
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Publication number: 20120006095Abstract: This invention is related to a gas chromatograph wherein more substitutable modules are foreseen, in particular injector modules and/or detector modules, as well as one embodiment in an oven module. Each module is insertable in a seat of the gas chromatograph mainframe with fast connections of its electronic and pneumatic means to corresponding outlets on said mainframe. Each module has its own heating element.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 6, 2009Publication date: January 12, 2012Applicant: THERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC S.P.A.Inventors: Giacinto Zilioli, Stefano Pelagatti, Paolo Magni
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Patent number: 7603888Abstract: This invention concerns an automatic sampler (AS) associable with two or more chromatographic analysis instruments (GC1, GC2, GCn), such as gas chromatographs for example, which can be interfaced with two or more separate data systems (DS1, DS2, DSn), each operating in an independent manner.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2005Date of Patent: October 20, 2009Assignee: Thermo Electron S.p.A.Inventor: Giacinto Zilioli
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Publication number: 20090235719Abstract: The invention relates to a CO2-absorption device within an elemental analysis instrument, comprising at least one combustion reactor and one detector, connected by a pneumatic line for the gasses undergoing analysis emerging from the combustion reactor, along which said CO2-absorption device is arranged downstream of the combustion reactor and upstream of the detector. In order to accelerate the operational cycle and improve efficiency without excessive bulk, two regenerable CO2 filters, valve means for feeding the gasses undergoing analysis to one of said filters, alternating between one another for each analysis, and for supplying a regenerating flow of wash gas to the second filter, in the opposite direction with respect to the direction of flow of the gas undergoing analysis in the same filter are envisaged, as well as means for temporarily heating the filter during the regeneration stage.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 5, 2006Publication date: September 24, 2009Applicant: THERMO ELECTRON S.P.A.Inventors: Paolo Magni, Martino Villa, Giacinto Zilioli
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Publication number: 20090126467Abstract: The invention concerns a device for washing the injector in a liquid chromatography equipment, comprising a sealed passage for the injection needle and, upstream, a mobile valve for alternatively connecting said passage with the outside for introduction of the needle, or with at least one source of washing fluid.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 6, 2006Publication date: May 21, 2009Applicant: THERMO ELECTRON S.P.A.Inventors: Giacinto Zilioli, Paolo Magni, Stefano Pelagatti
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Patent number: 7485175Abstract: The invention relates to a device for positioning and holding one or more chromatographic column lengths being subjected to one or more jets of fluid to change the temperature, especially in a modulator for GC×GC. The device comprises one or more V-shaped seats in which the column is housed, and pushed within the groove.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2006Date of Patent: February 3, 2009Assignee: Thermo Electron S.p.A.Inventors: Giacinto Zilioli, Daniela Cavagnino, Tiziano Bosaglia
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Publication number: 20080250880Abstract: The present invention relates to a device for washing samples that are intended to be introduced in an analysis apparatus, particularly for elemental analysis, which has a chamber sized such as to house only one sample at a time, means for feeding the samples, from a condition in contact with the ambient atmosphere, one at a time to said chamber, means for closing said sample-containing chamber relative to the environment, means for feeding and releasing a washing gas to and from said chamber, and means for opening this chamber to the analysis apparatus in sealed conditions relative to the atmosphere.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 18, 2005Publication date: October 16, 2008Applicant: THERMO ELECTRON S.P.A.Inventors: Giacinto Zilioli, Luigi Ragaglia
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Publication number: 20080156119Abstract: This invention concerns an automatic sampler (AS) associable with two or more chromatographic analysis instruments (GC1, GC2, GCn), such as gas chromatographs for example, which can be interfaced with two or more separate data systems (DS1, DS2, DSn), each operating in an independent manner.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 22, 2005Publication date: July 3, 2008Inventor: Giacinto Zilioli
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Patent number: 7303610Abstract: Chromatography column assembly of the direct heating type, comprising at least a capillary column, at least a tubular structure which envelops the capillary column and is coaxial with it, means to directly heat the column, means to detect the temperature of the column and one or more electrically insulating covering elements, wherein the tubular structure comprises a plurality of tubular meshes each formed of a plurality of filaments woven together (FIG. 3).Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 2003Date of Patent: December 4, 2007Assignee: Thermo Electron S.p.A.Inventors: Giacinto Zilioli, Riccardo Facchetti, Paolo Magni
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Patent number: 7228067Abstract: A direct-heating column assembly for chromatography, includes at least one capillary column and at least one element made of electrically conductive material in contact with the capillary column. The element includes a plurality of filaments woven together to form a tubular mesh that uniformly envelops the outer surface of the capillary column both in radial and longitudinal directions.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2001Date of Patent: June 5, 2007Assignee: Thermo Finnigan Italia S.p.A.Inventors: Paolo Magni, Giacinto Zilioli, Riccardo Facchetti
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Publication number: 20060266218Abstract: The invention relates to a device for positioning and holding one or more chromatographic column lengths being subjected to one or more jets of fluid to change the temperature, especially in a modulator for GC×GC. The device comprises one or more V-shaped seats in which the column is housed, and pushed within the groove.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 17, 2006Publication date: November 30, 2006Applicant: Thermo Electron S.p.A.Inventors: Giacinto Zilioli, Daniela Cavagnino, Tiziano Bosaglia
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Patent number: 7107818Abstract: A method for detecting substances or mixtures of substances within a sample in an apparatus for comprehensive two-dimensional gas-chromatographic analysis according to the present invention, comprising the steps of: subjecting the sample to a first separation within a first capillary column; modulating in time the effluents from the first column by means of the subdivision into adjacent fractions of the effluents from the first column and subsequently sending each fraction into a second capillary column, the modulation of the effluents being periodic with a first modulation frequency f1 of the sample; separating each of the fractions in the aforesaid second capillary column; and detecting, at the end of the second capillary column, the effluents by means of periodic sampling by discrete time points at a second frequency f2.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2003Date of Patent: September 19, 2006Assignee: Thermo Electron S.p.A.Inventors: Giacinto Zilioli, Jan Beens
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Publication number: 20050189298Abstract: Chromatography column assembly of the direct heating type, comprising at least a capillary column, at least a tubular structure which envelops the capillary column and is coaxial with it, means to directly heat the column, means to detect the temperature of the column and one or more electrically insulating covering elements, wherein the tubular structure comprises a plurality of tubular meshes each formed of a plurality of filaments woven together (FIG. 3).Type: ApplicationFiled: October 22, 2003Publication date: September 1, 2005Inventors: Giacinto Zilioli, Riccardo Facchetti, Paolo Magni
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Publication number: 20050106743Abstract: This invention relates to a modulator for use in gas chromatographic analyses, in particular for comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatography, adapted to alternatively trap and release fractions of solutes in a length of a capillary column within a chromatographic oven, of the type comprising one nozzle placed to spray one jet in one corresponding capillary column section along said capillary column length, said nozzle being connected to a source of liquid CO2 and means for alternatively causing a jet of gaseous CO2 to impinge during a predetermined time on said capillary column section and to leave the oven atmosphere to heal said capillary column section after said predetermined time. By controlling said capillary column section cooling time by the single jet and said column section heating time by the oven atmosphere in each modulation cycle comprising a heating time and a cooling time a perfect modulation of the sample fractions can be ontained.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 18, 2002Publication date: May 19, 2005Applicant: THERMO ELECTRON S.p.AInventors: Giacinto Zilioli, Jan Beens
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Publication number: 20040149010Abstract: A method for detecting substances or mixtures of substances within a sample in an apparatus for comprehensive two-dimensional gas-chromatographic analysis according to the present invention, comprising the steps of:Type: ApplicationFiled: November 6, 2003Publication date: August 5, 2004Inventors: Giacinto Zilioli, Jan Beens
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Patent number: 6653143Abstract: Elemental analysis of a sample is carried out in an oxygen atmosphere in a combustion reactor and the volume of oxygen required for analysis is determined by means of the algorithm Qo=&Dgr;(Qc) [1] where Qo is the volume of oxygen required and Qc is the weight of the sample to be analyzed and &Dgr;=Qo1/Qc1 where Qo1 is the volume of oxygen necessary for the combustion of a predetermined quantity Qc1 of the sample to be analyzed, the volume of oxygen Qo is then fed in pulsed mode to the combustion reactor, by means of a flow detector.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 1998Date of Patent: November 25, 2003Assignee: Thermoquest Italia S.p.A.Inventors: Luigi Ragaglia, Giacinto Zilioli, Franca Andreolini, Liliana Noemi Krotz