Patents by Inventor Giovanni Franzetti

Giovanni Franzetti 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: 6545251
    Abstract: A cooking oven comprises a cavity having a separating and insulating plate which can be inserted horizontally in the cavity in order to split it in two sub-cavities. Each sub-cavity has heating elements on its side walls. The oven sub-cavities can be singularly or separately and this increases flexibility in use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2003
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Riccardo Allera, Giovanni Franzetti, Marco Maritan, Salvatore Sanna, Massimo Maroni, David Ward, Galli Rocco, Ermanno Buzzi, Massimiliano Comolli, Robert Meyer, Marco Poma
  • Publication number: 20020060215
    Abstract: A cooking oven comprises a cavity having a separating and insulating plate which can be inserted horizontally in the cavity in order to split it in two sub-cavities. Each sub-cavity has heating elements on its side walls. The oven sub-cavities can be singularly or separately and this increases flexibility in use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2001
    Publication date: May 23, 2002
    Inventors: Riccardo Allera, Giovanni Franzetti, Marco Maritan, Salvatore Sanna, Massimo Maroni, David Ward, Galli Rocco, Ermanno Buzzi, Massimiliano Comolli, Robert Meyer, Marco Poma
  • Patent number: 5193522
    Abstract: An electric, gas combined or similiar oven (1) is provided comprising a door (3) provided with a window (4), said window having an outer (5) and an inner surface (6) and a panel (9) interposed therebetween, said panel (9) comprises at least one mobile portion (25, 26) which when moved within the door (3) allows visual access to the interior of the usual cooking chamber (2) of the oven (1), the movement of said portion (25, 26) being controlled from the outside of said oven (1) by a suitable control member (40).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 1992
    Date of Patent: March 16, 1993
    Assignee: Whirlpool International B.V.
    Inventors: Johannes A. G. P. Damsteegt, Mario Fioroli, Giovanni Franzetti, Franciscus Kokkeler
  • Patent number: 5167003
    Abstract: A food preparation oven includes a cooking chamber (1) in which a device (12) is provided for generating heat waves and for directing them in a suitably concentrated manner onto the surfaces (6, 7, 8, 9, 10,11) of the walls of the chamber (1); the device (12) is removably arranged in the cooking chamber (1) and is mobile therein so as to direct the heat waves onto the entire surface of the walls, the concentrated waves scanning the surfaces (6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11) but covering only portions of them at any given time, creating only in and around these portions a high temperature which results in the pyrolysis of the impurities which have been deposited on the surfaces (6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11) during the use of the oven. The heat waves can also be used for food preparation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 1991
    Date of Patent: November 24, 1992
    Assignee: Whirlpool International B.V.
    Inventors: Carlo Montanari, Giovanni Franzetti
  • Patent number: 5157940
    Abstract: A refrigerator, freezer or the like comprises a cabinet (1), a pump (6) for producing vacuum and, in a refrigeration compartment (10) thereof, a container (17) closable in a vacuum-tight manner and able to be moved within said compartment (10), said container (17) comprising a lid (19) guided to open and close during its movement by elements (40) associated with said lid (19), which moves in guide tracks (41) provided in opposing walls (16) of said compartment (10) or in elements (42) associated with said walls (16), there being provided on said lid (19) mobile members (48) associated with pins (46, 50) acting as hinges about which, during the movement of said lid (19), said members (48) rotate under the action of a thrust exerted by pusher means (51), said movement taking (48), during their rotation about said pins (46, 50), exceed an equilibrium position beyond which the pusher means (51) act to provide independent guided movement of said lid (19).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 1991
    Date of Patent: October 27, 1992
    Assignee: Whirlpool International B.V.
    Inventors: Angelo Bertu, Giovanni Franzetti, Franco Germi
  • Patent number: 5142125
    Abstract: An electric oven comprising a housing (100) enclosing a cavity (6) provided on at least one wall with an electrical resistance element (7), there being provided in said cavity (6) a metal box structure (16) defining a cooking chamber (16A) which is open on one side (17) and in which food (50A, 50B) is disposed during its preparation, said box structure (16) being positioned in such a manner as to create an interspace (23, 88) between its walls (18, 19, 20) and the walls (4, 8, 22) of the cavity (6) of the oven (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 1989
    Date of Patent: August 25, 1992
    Assignee: Whirlpool International B.V.
    Inventors: Mario Fioroli, Franciscus Kokkeler, Johan H. de Wilde de Ligny, Giovanni Franzetti