Patents by Inventor Gilberto Ripatonda

Gilberto Ripatonda 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).

  • Patent number: 4945826
    Abstract: The unit comprises a deep pan located within a casing, closed at the top by a cover that features a first window, facing a raw food magazine, and a second window, closed by a door turning upwards and facing a station accessible from outside in which a container is placed from a dispenser located above; a drainer is located between the deep pan and the cover and can rotate so that after receiving the raw food through the first window it empties the fried food into the container through the second window. The deep pan contains a mixture of oils that is kept at a preset level by a feeder and heated by an electrical heating element, while the fumes given off by the oils and frying food are conveyed to a purifier that discharges outside purified fumes with low temperature and humidity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 1989
    Date of Patent: August 7, 1990
    Inventor: Gilberto Ripatonda
  • Patent number: 4821633
    Abstract: The unit features a metal inner casing within which a deep pan is located, containing a mixture of oils heated, a drainer moving on a horizontal axis, and guiding means for conveying a portion of raw food towards the drainer, which is immersed in the oil mixture, the inner casing being fitted with a window mounted in a door that opens towards the outside of the inner casing, through which the drainer moves, enabling the fried food to be unloaded into a container located in a station that is accessible from outside the unit, and being kept under the action of a depression by a suction means, upstream of which is fitted a means for purifying the greasy fumes given off by the oil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 1987
    Date of Patent: April 18, 1989
    Inventor: Gilberto Ripatonda
  • Patent number: 4770588
    Abstract: A feeder for containers comprising a magazine having counter-positioned controls for positioning a pile of containers, and a trolley movable horizontally, relative to the pile, and with two sheets for engaging the lowermost container of the pile, and with components for separating the lowermost container from the pile and having various further components whereby it can accommodate containers of various sizes and shapes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 1986
    Date of Patent: September 13, 1988
    Assignee: Elettromeccanica Suzzarese
    Inventor: Gilberto Ripatonda