Patents by Inventor Giorgio Zapparoli

Giorgio Zapparoli 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: 4330710
    Abstract: An apparatus for the dosimetry of fast neutrons comprises one or more personal detectors in the form of test tubes made of transparent insulating material and a tank with a holder for suspending said test tubes in an upright position within the tank all at the same level. After exposure of said test tubes to radiation of fast neutrons, they are placed in the tank and filled with an electrolyte into which an electrode is immersed. The tank also is filled with the same liquid up to the same level as the test tubes and an electrode is immersed also into the liquid within the tank. The electrodes within the test tubes are collectively connected to one terminal of a high voltage alternating or pulsating function generator of which the other terminal connects with the electrode within the tank. The tracks of damage by said neutrons are thus developed to the required extent and subsequently inspected for evaluating the amount of the traces of damage.Different forms of the test tubes are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 1978
    Date of Patent: May 18, 1982
    Assignee: Comitato Nazionale per l'Energia Nucleare-CNEN
    Inventors: Luigi Tommasino, Giorgio Zapparoli
  • Patent number: 4238309
    Abstract: An apparatus for the electrochemical development of damage tracks in dielectric transparent material sheets comprises a first elongated prismatic vessel within which an axial cavity is provided extending over most of the prism length and communicating with a circular transverse cavity which extends from an opening on one face of the prism thereinto for less than one half of the prism thickness; said longitudinal and transverse cavities being so dimensioned that when enough liquid is supplied thereinto for abundantly flooding the transverse cavity with the vessel upright and the transverse cavity lowermost, the same liquid will not reach the bottom of the transverse cavity when the vessel is set horizontally with the transverse cavity opening up.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 1979
    Date of Patent: December 9, 1980
    Assignee: Comitato Nazionale per l'Energia Nucleare--CNEN
    Inventors: Giorgio Zapparoli, Luigi Tommasino