Patents by Inventor Luca BENNI

Luca BENNI 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: 10875673
    Abstract: A calibrated coupling station for components of capsules includes an external body and a bag. A through seat for stably housing the external body supports the bag and is arranged on an articulated sector of a respective advancement component movable along a frame. At least one grip element is aligned with a predefined stop area of the at least one through seat and is movable from a raised configuration in which its terminal end rests on a bottom of the bag, in turn juxtaposed against an inner face of the base of the external body/The grip element is adapted to define an intermediate configuration for a calibrated positioning in which the terminal end, stably coupled to the bottom of the bag, is arranged at a predefined distance from the inner face of the base of the external body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: GIMA S.P.A.
    Inventors: Giorgio Manaresi, Luca Benni
  • Patent number: 10118718
    Abstract: An apparatus for packing a food product in a container to be used in infusion machines, preferably to obtain a beverage such as coffee, includes a frame for supporting means for feeding an external body of the container and means for making and inserting a bag configured with fluted sidewalls in the external body. The means for making and inserting the bag has at least one operating unit with a bag making component, an insertion component, and a conveyance for transporting the bag between the making component and the insertion component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: GIMA S.P.A
    Inventors: Giorgio Manaresi, Luca Benni
  • Publication number: 20160288936
    Abstract: An apparatus for packing a food product in a container to be used in infusion machines, preferably to obtain a beverage such as coffee, includes a frame for supporting means for feeing an external body of the container and means for making and inserting a bag configured with fluted sidewalls in the external body. The means for making and inserting the bag has at least one operating unit with a bag making component, an insertion component, and a conveyance for transporting the bag between the making component and the insertion component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2014
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Inventors: Giorgio MANARESI, Luca BENNI