Patents by Inventor Giovacchino Giurlani

Giovacchino Giurlani 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).

  • Publication number: 20200009847
    Abstract: Plant for the production of paper logs, including at least one unwinder that supports a reel from which corresponding ply of paper unwounds, at least one processing unit that is supplied with the ply and is configured to modify the structure or conformation of the same ply, guiding means for guiding the ply arranged along a predetermined path between the at least one unwinder and the processing unit. The guide means are configured to provide a nip traversed by the ply at a preliminary stage of drawing-in of the ply, the nip being subsequently eliminated when the step of drawing-in is completed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2017
    Publication date: January 9, 2020
    Applicant: FUTURA S.P.A.
    Inventors: Fabio PERINI, Giovacchino GIURLANI, Andrea CATALINI
  • Publication number: 20190344463
    Abstract: A method for checking the correct operation of a pre-cutting device in a plant for production of logs of paper material. The method includes realization and assembly of the pre-cutting device, with relative positioning and adjustment of said first and second element; activation of the pre-cutting device with the measurement of the vibrations emitted relating to the interaction between said first and said second element; storage of at least a value or of a set of values relative to the measurement of the vibrations corresponding to an optimal or reference operating configuration of the device; measuring, the values of the vibrations emitted by the interaction between said first and second element and comparison with the value or set of values related to the reference operating configuration, with the emission of a signal if there is a non-correspondence between the detected value and the reference value or set of reference values.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2018
    Publication date: November 14, 2019
    Applicant: FUTURA S.P.A.
    Inventor: Giovacchino GIURLANI
  • Publication number: 20190337748
    Abstract: Rewinder for the production of paper logs adapted to guide and transversely pre-cut a paper web along a predetermined path, adapted to wind a predetermined amount of the paper web on a core in a winding station, and including a threading mechanism for threading the web along said path. The threading mechanism includes a dragging unit provided to engage the web to drag it along the path with a predetermined feed direction and at least one dragging member to engage a respective flap of the web preceding the production of the logs. The dragging unit is located downstream of the winding station and is adapted to release the flap of the web from the dragging member, the release means being arranged downstream of the dragging so as to intercept the flap of the web and disengage it from the dragging while the web is fed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2017
    Publication date: November 7, 2019
    Applicant: FUTURA S.P.A.
    Inventors: Fabio PERINI, Giovacchino GIURLANI, Francesco PELAIA
  • Publication number: 20190322068
    Abstract: An embossing system including: an embossing unit with at least one embossing roller arranged to emboss a web of paper intended to be joined with a further web by gluing; and a gluing unit associated with the embossing unit, with a tank containing the glue used to perform the gluing and a glue dispensing device including a cliche roller adapted to distribute by contact the glue contained in the tank on one of the webs while the embossing is performed, the cliche roller rotating with a pre-fixed angular velocity around an axis parallel to said at least one embossing roller. The system further includes: a sensor to produce electrical signals having amplitude and/or frequency related to the vibrations at which the cliche roll is instantaneously subject.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2018
    Publication date: October 24, 2019
    Applicant: FUTURA S.P.A.
    Inventor: Giovacchino GIURLANI
  • Patent number: 10343866
    Abstract: Dragging element for dragging web materials comprising at least a portion with at least one through cut (2) apt to engage a part (40) of a web material (4) intended to be moved in a direction imposed by the same dragging element that follows a predetermined operating path, said at least one cut (2) is helicoidal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: FUTURA S.P.A.
    Inventors: Giovacchino Giurlani, Roberto Gaspari
  • Publication number: 20190071272
    Abstract: Paper converting plant, including means for producing logs of paper material starting from one or more paper webs fed by corresponding reels, an embossing unit, a bridge crane with arms provided with grippers, and a rewinder that produces logs using the webs coming from the embossing unit, wherein the embossing unit is arranged to be configured in a first use configuration in which one or more embossing rollers positioned inside it are stably locked to respective support means and a second removal configuration in which said one or more embossing rollers are disengaged from said support means and can be extracted from the embossing unit, the plant also includes a storing unit in which are stored one or more embossing rolls according to a predefined storage order such that each embossing roller occupies a predetermined position in the same storage unit, each embossing roller having a respective longitudinal axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2016
    Publication date: March 7, 2019
    Applicant: FUTURA S.P.A.
    Inventors: Fabio PERINI, Giovacchino GIURLANI
  • Patent number: 10035235
    Abstract: Sharpening device for sharpening blades mounted on cutting machines, comprising two grinding wheels (2, 3) supported by respective movable supports (20, 30) adapted to move said grinding wheels (2, 3) from a standby or rest configuration in which the grinding wheels (2, 3) are positioned at a predetermined distance from the blade (4) to an active configuration in which the grinding wheels (2, 3) are in contact with a cutting edge (40) of the blade (4) and vice-versa along a predetermined trajectory (R2, R3). The movable supports (20, 30) are adapted to move said grinding wheels (2, 3) along respective arcuate trajectories, such that the contact of each grinding wheel (2, 3) with a respective side of the cutting edge (40) of the blade (4) is progressive, whereby the contact between the grinding wheels and the blade increases progressively when the device passes from the standby rest configuration to the active configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignee: FUTURA S.P.A.
    Inventors: Giovacchino Giurlani, Ciro Guarini
  • Patent number: 10029380
    Abstract: Device for controlling the sharpening state of a blade (2) having a cutting edge (20) delimited by two sides (21, 22) converging towards a plane (X) that contains the cutting edge itself. The device comprises two control surfaces each of which is in contact with a corresponding side (21, 22) of the cutting edge (20) and is connected with a transducer (R4), which produces an electrical displacement signal (S4) proportional to a displacement of the control surface with respect to said plane (X). Furthermore, the device comprises a processing unit (E) that receives said displacement signals (S4) and compares them, emitting an error signal if the comparison produces a value that exceeds a predetermined limit. The control surfaces are the surfaces that delimit an external groove (40) of a roller (4) that is free to translate along an axis (A4) perpendicular to said plane (X) and spaced from the blade (2) by an amount such that said cutting edge (20) passes in said groove (40).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: FUTURA S.P.A.
    Inventor: Giovacchino Giurlani
  • Patent number: 10029381
    Abstract: Device for controlling the sharpening state of a blade (2) having a cutting edge (20) delimited by two sides (21, 22) converging towards a plane (X) that contains the cutting edge itself. The device comprises two control surfaces each of which is in contact with a corresponding side (21, 22) of said cutting edge (20) and is connected with at least one transducer (R1, R2, R4), which produces an electrical displacement signal (S1, S2; S4) proportional to a displacement of the control surface with respect to said plane (X). Furthermore, the device comprises a processing unit (E) that receives said displacement signals (S1, S2, S4) and compares them, emitting an error signal if the comparison produces a value that exceeds a predetermined limit. The processing unit is connected to means (101, 102) for supporting and moving sharpening means (100).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: FUTURA S.P.A.
    Inventor: Giovacchino Giurlani
  • Patent number: 10016869
    Abstract: Device for sharpening blades of cutting-off machines, comprising two grinding wheels (1) each positioned on a corresponding side of a cutting edge (20) of a blade (2) of a cutting machine. The device comprises means adapted for controlling the symmetry of said cutting edge (20), with a sensor (3) placed at a predetermined distance from a corresponding side of the cutting edge (20. The sensor (3) is adapted to detect possible differences (d) between the lengths (n, p) of the two sides of the cutting edge (20). The sensor (3) is connected to a programmable unit (4) that processes the said difference (d) possibly detected by the sensor (3).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: FUTURA S.P.A.
    Inventor: Giovacchino Giurlani
  • Publication number: 20180133999
    Abstract: An apparatus for the production of a paper web, includes: a first embossing unit (1) with a first embossing cylinder (2) and a corresponding counter-cylinder (3) for embossing a first paper ply (4); a second embossing unit (5) with a second embossing cylinder (6) and a corresponding counter-cylinder (7) for embossing a second paper ply (8), such that, once embossed, the plies have a series of oppositely oriented reliefs (R4, R8), the embossing units (1, 5) being synchronized so that the reliefs are nested into each other; a sizing unit (1C, 2C, 3C) associated with the first embossing cylinder (2) to distribute a predetermined amount of glue on the side of the second ply (8) opposed to that from which the respective reliefs (R8) emerge; a structure (11) for joining to each other the plies (4, 8) exiting from the apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2018
    Publication date: May 17, 2018
    Inventors: Giovacchino GIURLANI, Stefano PETRI
  • Publication number: 20170036316
    Abstract: Sharpening device for sharpening blades mounted on cutting machines, comprising two grinding wheels (2, 3) supported by respective movable supports (20, 30) adapted to move said grinding wheels (2, 3) from a standby or rest configuration in which the grinding wheels (2, 3) are positioned at a predetermined distance from the blade (4) to an active configuration in which the grinding wheels (2, 3) are in contact with a cutting edge (40) of the blade (4) and vice-versa along a predetermined trajectory (R2, R3). The movable supports (20, 30) are adapted to move said grinding wheels (2, 3) along respective arcuate trajectories, such that the contact of each grinding wheel (2, 3) with a respective side of the cutting edge (40) of the blade (4) is progressive, whereby the contact between the grinding wheels and the blade increases progressively when the device passes from the standby rest configuration to the active configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2014
    Publication date: February 9, 2017
    Inventors: Giovacchino GIURLANI, Ciro GUARINI
  • Publication number: 20170021520
    Abstract: Device for controlling the sharpening state of a blade (2) having a cutting edge (20) delimited by two sides (21, 22) converging towards a plane (X) that contains the cutting edge itself. The device comprises two control surfaces each of which is in contact with a corresponding side (21, 22) of the cutting edge (20) and is connected with a transducer (R4), which produces an electrical displacement signal (S4) proportional to a displacement of the control surface with respect to said plane (X). Furthermore, the device comprises a processing unit (E) that receives said displacement signals (S4) and compares them, emitting an error signal if the comparison produces a value that exceeds a predetermined limit. The control surfaces are the surfaces that delimit an external groove (40) of a roller (4) that is free to translate along an axis (A4) perpendicular to said plane (X) and spaced from the blade (2) by an amount such that said cutting edge (20) passes in said groove (40).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2014
    Publication date: January 26, 2017
    Inventor: Giovacchino GIURLANI
  • Publication number: 20170021521
    Abstract: Device for controlling the sharpening state of a blade (2) having a cutting edge (20) delimited by two sides (21, 22) converging towards a plane (X) that contains the cutting edge itself. The device comprises two control surfaces each of which is in contact with a corresponding side (21, 22) of said cutting edge (20) and is connected with at least one transducer (R1, R2, R4), which produces an electrical displacement signal (S1, S2; S4) proportional to a displacement of the control surface with respect to said plane (X). Furthermore, the device comprises a processing unit (E) that receives said displacement signals (S1, S2, S4) and compares them, emitting an error signal if the comparison produces a value that exceeds a predetermined limit. The processing unit is connected to means (101, 102) for supporting and moving sharpening means (100).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2014
    Publication date: January 26, 2017
    Inventor: Giovacchino GIURLANI
  • Publication number: 20170014966
    Abstract: Device for sharpening blades of cutting-off machines, comprising two grinding wheels (1) each positioned on a corresponding side of a cutting edge (20) of a blade (2) of a cutting machine. The device comprises means adapted for controlling the symmetry of said cutting edge (20), with a sensor (3) placed at a predetermined distance from a corresponding side of the cutting edge (20. The sensor (3) is adapted to detect possible differences (d) between the lengths (n, p) of the two sides of the cutting edge (20). The sensor (3) is connected to a programmable unit (4) that processes the said difference (d) possibly detected by the sensor (3).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2014
    Publication date: January 19, 2017
    Applicant: FUTURA S.P.A.
    Inventor: Giovacchino GIURLANI
  • Publication number: 20150259169
    Abstract: Dragging element for dragging web materials comprising at least a portion with at least one through cut (2) apt to engage a part (40) of a web material (4) intended to be moved in a direction imposed by the same dragging element that follows a predetermined operating path, said at least one cut (2) is helicoidal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2013
    Publication date: September 17, 2015
    Applicant: FUTURA S.P.A.
    Inventors: Giovacchino Giurlani, Roberto Gaspari
  • Publication number: 20140251530
    Abstract: Apparatus for the production of a paper web, comprising: a first embossing unit (1) with a first embossing cylinder (2) and a corresponding counter-cylinder (3) for embossing a first paper ply (4); a second embossing unit (5) with a second embossing cylinder (6) and a corresponding counter-cylinder (7) for embossing a second paper ply (8), such that, once embossed, the said plies have a series of oppositely oriented reliefs (R4, R8), said embossing units (1, 5) being synchronized so that the said reliefs are nested into each other; a sizing unit (1C, 2C, 3C) associated with said first embossing cylinder (2) to distribute a predetermined amount of glue on the side of the second ply (8) opposed to that from which the respective reliefs (R8) emerge; means (11) for joining to each other the plies (4, 8) exiting from the apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2012
    Publication date: September 11, 2014
    Inventors: Giovacchino Giurlani, Stefano Petri
  • Publication number: 20080029636
    Abstract: Winder (1) for continuous web material, comprising: a motor-driven winding cylinder (13), a rod-holder structure (4), and at least one elastic element (7) for protecting said structure (4) against possible contact pressures greater than a preset value (P).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2007
    Publication date: February 7, 2008
    Applicant: FOCUS S.R.L. SOCIETA UNIPERSONALE
    Inventor: Giovacchino Giurlani
  • Publication number: 20070012811
    Abstract: The present invention refers to a footboard (1), especially for winding machines (2), and a winding machine (2) comprising said footboard (1). The footboard (1) comprises one or more support columns (10) that can be associated with the winding machine (2) in correspondence of a side panel of the latter and a suspended walkable surface (12). The walkable surface (12) exhibits one or more segments (12a) movable independently of each other to disengage the area close to the machine (2) and allow access to the blades (7) region thereof located in correspondence of the rest base (11). When it is required to have access to the upper region (2b) of the machine (2), the segments (12a) are brought back to the original position thereby defining a single bearing plane (12b) upon which the operators can transit during the working procedures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2006
    Publication date: January 18, 2007
    Inventor: Giovacchino Giurlani