Patents by Inventor Giovanni B. Righele

Giovanni B. Righele 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).

  • Machine for the separation of one continuous sausage into individual sausages
    Patent number: 5156566
    Abstract: The machine comprises a rotary drum provided with a circumferential series of twisting and cutting parts arranged along generatrices of the drum. The twisting parts are composed of pairs of male-female pliers made to translate relatively between an open position and a closed position and with partially telescoping of the same. The cutting parts are composed of sliding knives normally housed in corresponding recesses of one of the pliers and which can be driven to project therefrom to cut the continuous sausage when the pliers are in the closed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 1992
    Date of Patent: October 20, 1992
    Inventor: Giovanni B. Righele
  • Operating device for the hopper of a rotary pump for packing ground meat
    Patent number: 5154663
    Abstract: The device comprises means suitable for operating in rotation a lower annular portion of a hopper provided with a delivery unit suitable for allowing the progressive delivery of meat in a rotary pump for packing ground meat. The transmission means comprise a ring constituting the lower annular portion of the hopper and made in a single piece with a gear, arranged round a fixed bush, suitable for receiving the rotary motion from a pinion located at the upper extremity of the pump's driving shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 1991
    Date of Patent: October 13, 1992
    Inventor: Giovanni B. Righele
  • Rotary pump for sacking ground meat with means for driving the feeder unit of the hopper connected directly to the driving shaft of the pump itself
    Patent number: 4975033
    Abstract: The pump has a pumping chamber defined by a stator and by a rotor with a driving shaft. A hopper with a feeder unit is positioned above the pumping chamber and is connected with it. The feeder unit receives its motion from the upper end of the driving shaft through means for the transmission of motion positioned above the pump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 1988
    Date of Patent: December 4, 1990
    Inventors: Giovanni B. Righele, Giuseppe Scorzato
  • Bagging and apportioning machine for sausages and various bagged products
    Patent number: 4797973
    Abstract: The machine comprises a device for feeding the product to be bagged under constant pressure toward an outlet orifice, a filling spout and a cutoff valve placed between said outlet orifice and said filling spout. The cutoff valve is periodically moved to the open position for adjustable predetermined time periods corresponding to adjustable amounts of the product delivered.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 1987
    Date of Patent: January 17, 1989
    Assignee: Risco Brevetti S.p.A.
    Inventors: Giovanni B. Righele, Giuseppe Scorzato
  • Rotary feed pump for a continuous machine for filling skins with mincemeat
    Patent number: 4313240
    Abstract: The pump comprises an outer stator and an inner rotor provided with axially movable radial blades controlled by upper and lower annular cams. The upper cam and a dividing baffle disposed immediately downstream of a tangential delivery mouth are rigid with an upper closure plate to constitute a single-piece cover mounted on a raised central part of the rotor. An annular collar integral with said cover is disposed between said central part of the rotor and the rotor blades.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 1980
    Date of Patent: February 2, 1982
    Assignee: Risco Brevetti S.p.A.
    Inventors: Giovanni B. Righele, Giuseppe Scorzato