Patents by Inventor Luca Giovanni Lanza

Luca Giovanni Lanza 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).

  • Device for checking the calibration of catching instruments measuring rainfall intensity
    Patent number: 9519078
    Abstract: Device (1) for checking the calibration of catching instruments measuring rainfall intensity, which comprises a plurality of containers (2a, 2b, 2c) having a predetermined internal volume (V1, V2, V3), the volume of at least two of said containers being different from each other, said containers being intended to contain respective amounts of a liquid, wherein each container (2a, 2b, 2c) is provided with a single exhaust nozzle (3a, 3b, 3c) intended to put the internal volume (V1, V2, V3) of said container (2a, 2b, 2c) in fluid communication with an outer environment such to allow said liquid discharged from said nozzle (3a, 3b, 3c) to flow out by gravity in a substantially horizontal direction, each one of said containers (2a, 2b, 2c) further comprising air intake means (4a, 4b, 4c) intended to put the internal volume (V1, V2, V3) in fluid communication with the outer environment in order to define a compensation of the air pressure inside the container, such to make piezometric head constant at the height o
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2016
    Assignee: UNIVERSITA' DEGLI STUDI DI GENOVA
    Inventors: Luca Giovanni Lanza, Luigi Stagi
  • DEVICE FOR CHECKING THE CALIBRATION OF CATCHING INSTRUMENTS MEASURING RAINFALL INTENSITY
    Publication number: 20140137632
    Abstract: Device (1) for checking the calibration of catching instruments measuring rainfall intensity, which comprises a plurality of containers (2a, 2b, 2c) having a predetermined internal volume (V1, V2, V3), the volume of at least two of said containers being different from each other, said containers being intended to contain respective amounts of a liquid, wherein each container (2a, 2b, 2c) is provided with a single exhaust nozzle (3a, 3b, 3c) intended to put the internal volume (V1, V2, V3) of said container (2a, 2b, 2c) in fluid communication with an outer environment such to allow said liquid discharged from said nozzle (3a, 3b, 3c) to flow out by gravity in a substantially horizontal direction, each one of said containers (2a, 2b, 2c) further comprising air intake means (4a, 4b, 4c) intended to put the internal volume (V1, V2, V3) in fluid communication with the outer environment in order to define a compensation of the air pressure inside the container, such to make piezometric head constant at the height o
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2012
    Publication date: May 22, 2014
    Applicant: UNIVERSITA' DEGLI STUDI DI GENOVA
    Inventors: Luca Giovanni Lanza, Luigi Stagi