Patents by Inventor Giovanni Faoro

Giovanni Faoro 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: 20230020315
    Abstract: A system for the expulsion of bars or metal ingots from the molds in which they are formed and a plant for the production of bars or ingots including such system and to a process for the expulsion of bars or metal ingots from molds are detailed herein. The expulsion system of metal bars or ingots from molds includes a load-bearing structure to which a rotation cradle is rotatably associated adapted to support and hold back at least a mold having at least a body or ingot mold having at least one cavity for the formation of at least one ingot or bar. The rotation cradle is adapted to rotate to cause the expulsion by fall of the bar or ingot contained within the ingot mold. An impact plane or impact surface is arranged below the rotation cradle and adapted to receive the bar or ingot falling from the body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2021
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Inventor: Giovanni FAORO
  • Patent number: 11427885
    Abstract: An apparatus for separating and recovering the components of an alloy, particularly a noble alloy, including a high vacuum chamber housing at least one crucible for the alloy to be separated; at least one heating element arranged, during use, around the crucible; at least one condensation device, which faces, during use, an upper mouth of the crucible. The particularity of the present invention resides in that the condensation device includes at least one cold element and at least one deflector that is adapted to divert the flow of the aeriform substances derived from the melting and evaporation of the alloy toward the cold element. The invention also relates to a process for separating and recovering the components of an alloy, particularly a noble alloy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: IKOI S.P.A.
    Inventors: Giovanni Faoro, Aleksandr Khlebnikov, Denis Borovkov, Sergey Medvedev, Sergey Grokhovsky
  • Patent number: 11154924
    Abstract: A process for producing metal ingots includes the steps of: a) filling at least one ingot mould at a filling temperature with at least one metal charge in the solid state, which has a melting temperature higher than ambient temperature, b) melting the metal charge by heating the ingot mould to a heating temperature higher than or equal to the melting temperature of the metal charge, c) solidifying the molten metal charge into an ingot by cooling the ingot mould to a cooling temperature lower than the melting temperature of the metal charge and higher than the ambient temperature, d) extracting the ingot from the ingot mould at an extraction temperature, and e) repeating steps a) to d). At steady state, both the filling temperature and the extraction temperature are lower than or equal to the cooling temperature and higher than the ambient temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: IKOI S.P.A.
    Inventor: Giovanni Faoro
  • Patent number: 10933463
    Abstract: An apparatus for producing metal bars and ingots with quality monitoring, includes at least one mold essentially constituted by a body that forms at least one cavity for forming an ingot or a bar and by at least one cover that is detachably associated with the body in order to upwardly close the cavity. The apparatus has at least one passage, provided on the body of the mold, on the cover or on both, for connecting the inside of the cavity to the outside even when the cover is associated with the body in order to upwardly close the cavity. The apparatus according to the invention also has the particularity that it includes a means for taking a sample of the melted material contained in a mold, constituted essentially by a body that forms at least one cavity for forming an ingot or a bar and by at least one cover that is detachably associated with the body in order to upwardly close the cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: IKOI S.R.L.
    Inventor: Giovanni Faoro
  • Publication number: 20210053109
    Abstract: A process for producing metal ingots includes the steps of: a) filling at least one ingot mould at a filling temperature with at least one metal charge in the solid state, which has a melting temperature higher than ambient temperature, b) melting the metal charge by heating the ingot mould to a heating temperature higher than or equal to the melting temperature of the metal charge, c) solidifying the molten metal charge into an ingot by cooling the ingot mould to a cooling temperature lower than the melting temperature of the metal charge and higher than the ambient temperature, d) extracting the ingot from the ingot mould at an extraction temperature, and e) repeating steps a) to d). At steady state, both the filling temperature and the extraction temperature are lower than or equal to the cooling temperature and higher than the ambient temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2019
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Applicant: IKOI S.P.A.
    Inventor: Giovanni FAORO
  • Publication number: 20200215603
    Abstract: An apparatus for producing metal bars and ingots with quality monitoring, includes at least one mold essentially constituted by a body that forms at least one cavity for forming an ingot or a bar and by at least one cover that is detachably associated with the body in order to upwardly close the cavity. The apparatus has at least one passage, provided on the body of the mold, on the cover or on both, for connecting the inside of the cavity to the outside even when the cover is associated with the body in order to upwardly close the cavity. The apparatus according to the invention also has the particularity that it includes a means for taking a sample of the melted material contained in a mold, constituted essentially by a body that forms at least one cavity for forming an ingot or a bar and by at least one cover that is detachably associated with the body in order to upwardly close the cavity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2020
    Publication date: July 9, 2020
    Applicant: IKOI S.R.L.
    Inventor: Giovanni FAORO
  • Publication number: 20200165700
    Abstract: An apparatus for separating and recovering the components of an alloy, particularly a noble alloy, including a high vacuum chamber housing at least one crucible for the alloy to be separated; at least one heating element arranged, during use, around the crucible; at least one condensation device, which faces, during use, an upper mouth of the crucible. The particularity of the present invention resides in that the condensation device includes at least one cold element and at least one deflector that is adapted to divert the flow of the aeriform substances derived from the melting and evaporation of the alloy toward the cold element. The invention also relates to a process for separating and recovering the components of an alloy, particularly a noble alloy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Applicant: IKOI S.P.A.
    Inventors: Giovanni FAORO, Aleksandr KHLEBNIKOV, Denis BOROVKOV, Sergey MEDVEDEV, Sergey GROKHOVSKY
  • Patent number: 10550449
    Abstract: An apparatus for separating and recovering the components of an alloy, particularly a noble alloy, including a high vacuum chamber housing at least one crucible for the alloy to be separated; at least one heating element arranged, during use, around the crucible; at least one condensation device, which faces, during use, an upper mouth of the crucible. The particularity of the present invention resides in that the condensation device includes at least one cold element and at least one deflector that is adapted to divert the flow of the aeriform substances derived from the melting and evaporation of the alloy toward the cold element. The invention also relates to a process for separating and recovering the components of an alloy, particularly a noble alloy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: IKOI S.P.A.
    Inventors: Giovanni Faoro, Aleksandr Khlebnikov, Denis Borovkov, Sergey Medvedev, Sergey Grokhovsky
  • Patent number: 10279389
    Abstract: A mold for producing ingots and bars made of precious metal, comprising a body defining at least one cavity for forming an ingot, or a bar, closed in an upward region by at least one removable lid. The particularity of the mold according to the present invention resides in that it comprises at least one recess for forming a sample to be assayed, which is formed on the body, on the lid or on both.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: IKOI S.P.A.
    Inventor: Giovanni Faoro
  • Patent number: 10137495
    Abstract: A machine for forming metal bars, in particular for producing ingots made of precious metal such as gold, silver, precious alloys, as well as other pure metals or different alloys, in the form of solid metal powder, grits or swarf of various sizes, having an ingot mold and a cover for closing the ingot mold when filled, the ingot mold has a dimension in height such that the cover passes from a first position to a second position when the volume occupied by the mass of metal that fills the ingot mold reduces gradually up to one third of the initial solid volume.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: IKOI S.P.A.
    Inventor: Giovanni Faoro
  • Publication number: 20180147623
    Abstract: A machine for forming metal bars, in particular for producing ingots made of precious metal such as gold, silver, precious alloys, as well as other pure metals or different alloys, in the form of solid metal powder, grits or swarf of various sizes, having an ingot mould and a cover for closing the ingot mould when filled, the ingot mould has a dimension in height such that the cover passes from a first position to a second position when the volume occupied by the mass of metal that fills the ingot mould reduces gradually up to one third of the initial solid volume.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2018
    Publication date: May 31, 2018
    Applicant: IKOI S.R.L.
    Inventor: Giovanni FAORO
  • Publication number: 20180030570
    Abstract: An apparatus for separating and recovering the components of an alloy, particularly a noble alloy, including a high vacuum chamber housing at least one crucible for the alloy to be separated; at least one heating element arranged, during use, around the crucible; at least one condensation device, which faces, during use, an upper mouth of the crucible. The particularity of the present invention resides in that the condensation device includes at least one cold element and at least one deflector that is adapted to divert the flow of the aeriform substances derived from the melting and evaporation of the alloy toward the cold element. The invention also relates to a process for separating and recovering the components of an alloy, particularly a noble alloy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2016
    Publication date: February 1, 2018
    Applicants: |KOI S. R. L., LLC "ENFMPP - ENGINEERING"
    Inventors: Giovanni FAORO, Aleksandr KHLEBNIKOV, Denis BOROVKOV, Sergey MEDVEDEV, Sergey GROKHOVSKY
  • Publication number: 20170182549
    Abstract: An apparatus for producing metal bars and ingots with quality monitoring, includes at least one mold essentially constituted by a body that forms at least one cavity for forming an ingot or a bar and by at least one cover that is detachably associated with the body in order to upwardly close the cavity. The apparatus has at least one passage, provided on the body of the mold, on the cover or on both, for connecting the inside of the cavity to the outside even when the cover is associated with the body in order to upwardly close the cavity. The apparatus according to the invention also has the particularity that it includes a means for taking a sample of the melted material contained in a mold, constituted essentially by a body that forms at least one cavity for forming an ingot or a bar and by at least one cover that is detachably associated with the body in order to upwardly close the cavity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2015
    Publication date: June 29, 2017
    Applicant: IKOI S.R.L.
    Inventor: Giovanni FAORO
  • Publication number: 20160228944
    Abstract: A machine for forming metal bars, in particular for producing ingots made of precious metal such as gold, silver, precious alloys, as well as other pure metals or different alloys, which includes a solidification station provided with a cooling surface having passage holes and being cooled with cooling fluid. The cooling surface being made of copper, aluminium or alloys thereof or other materials suitable for the controlled dispersion of heat and having a sliding surface on which the ingot moulds are inserted and rested. The cooling fluid passes longitudinally and/or transversely to the direction of insertion of said ingot moulds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2015
    Publication date: August 11, 2016
    Inventor: Giovanni FAORO
  • Publication number: 20160008875
    Abstract: A machine for forming metal bars, in particular for producing ingots made of precious metal such as gold, silver, precious alloys, as well as other pure metals or different alloys, in the form of solid metal powder, grits or swarf of various sizes, having an ingot mould and a cover for closing the ingot mould when filled, the ingot mould has a dimension in height such that the cover passes from a first position to a second position when the volume occupied by the mass of metal that fills the ingot mould reduces gradually up to one third of the initial solid volume.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2015
    Publication date: January 14, 2016
    Inventor: Giovanni FAORO
  • Publication number: 20160008874
    Abstract: A machine for forming metal bars, in particular for producing ingots made of precious metal such as gold, silver, precious alloys, as well as other pure metals or different alloys, including a melting station for melting the metal contained in an ingot mould, wherein the ingot mould contains an accurate amount of metal, in the form of powder, grits or swarf of various sizes and a chemical additive, which creates a chemical reaction with the impurities contained in the metal. The chemical additive may be any of boric acid, borax, potassium nitrates, ammonium, sodium, lithium and potassium and sodium chlorides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2015
    Publication date: January 14, 2016
    Inventor: Giovanni FAORO
  • Patent number: 9168582
    Abstract: There is provided a machine for forming metal bars particularly suitable for melting and the subsequent continuous solidification of precious metal such as gold, silver, precious alloys, as well as other pure metals or different alloys, in the form of powder, grits or swarf of various sizes, for producing ingots having weights varying from 50 g to 50 kg. The machine having six operating stations arranged in succession.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2015
    Assignee: IKOI S.R.L.
    Inventor: Giovanni Faoro
  • Publication number: 20140041825
    Abstract: There is provided a machine for forming metal bars particularly suitable for melting and the subsequent continuous solidification of precious metal such as gold, silver, precious alloys, as well as other pure metals or different alloys, in the form of powder, grits or swarf of various sizes, for producing ingots having weights varying from 50 g to 50 kg. The machine having six operating stations arranged in succession.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2012
    Publication date: February 13, 2014
    Applicant: IECO KEEPS ON IMPROVING S.R.L.
    Inventor: Giovanni Faoro