Patents by Inventor Luca Sassatelli

Luca Sassatelli 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: 9452539
    Abstract: A safety device for a glove port includes a hatch that is rotatably fixable by a hinge to an outer frame of a glove port so as to rotate between a closing position and an opening position for preventing or allowing access to the glove port, respectively. The device further includes a sensor associated with the glove port and arranged for engaging and/or detecting an abutment portion of said the hatch in the closing condition and generating an alarm signal when the abutment portion does not engage the sensor means, in particular when the hatch is not in the closing position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2016
    Assignee: I.M.A. Industria Macchine Automatiche S.p.A.
    Inventor: Luca Sassatelli
  • Publication number: 20150082700
    Abstract: A safety device for a glove port includes a hatch that is rotatably fixable by a hinge to an outer frame of a glove port so as to rotate between a closing position and an opening position for preventing or allowing access to the glove port, respectively. The device further includes a sensor associated with the glove port and arranged for engaging and/or detecting an abutment portion of said the hatch in the closing condition and generating an alarm signal when the abutment portion does not engage the sensor means, in particular when the hatch is not in the closing position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2014
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Inventor: Luca Sassatelli
  • Patent number: 8944291
    Abstract: A dosing unit includes a piston movable along a first axis in a cavity of a casing, provided with an inlet and with an outlet for a product to be dosed, and in a further cavity of the casing, connected to and substantially coaxial with the cavity and provided with a further outlet for cleaning and/or sterilizing fluids. The casing includes an internal tubular element in which the cavity is made and a covering element that externally envelops the internal tubular element and extends from an end of the internal tubular element in such a way as to form the further cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: IMA Life, S.r.l.
    Inventors: Luca Sassatelli, Claudio Trebbi
  • Patent number: 8944988
    Abstract: A safety device for a glove port includes a hatch that is rotatably fixable by a hinge arrangement to an outer frame of the glove port so as to rotate between a closing position and an opening position for preventing or allowing access to the glove port, respectively. The device further includes a sensor associated associable with the glove port and arranged for engaging and/or detecting an abutment portion of the hatch in the closing condition and generating an alarm signal when the abutment portion does not engage the sensor, in particular when the hatch is not in the closing position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: I.M.A. Industria Macchine Automatiche S.p.A.
    Inventor: Luca Sassatelli
  • Patent number: 8915405
    Abstract: A dosing apparatus includes a dosing unit provided with a casing for supporting or containing a dosing device and a support device that are associated in particular with a filling machine, for supporting and locking the dosing unit in a mounting configuration. The apparatus further includes a coupling device associated with a casing and slidingly insertable into or disconnectable from a guide of the support device along a first direction. The support device further includes a fixing device for reversibly locking the coupling device to the guide in the mounting configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2014
    Assignee: IMA Life S.R.L.
    Inventors: Luca Sassatelli, Claudio Trebbi
  • Patent number: 8915404
    Abstract: A dosing apparatus includes a dosing unit having a piston movable along a first axis in a cavity of a casing and a joint for removably connecting a first end portion of the piston t to a movement mechanism arranged for moving the piston. The first end portion includes a seat that is suitable for receiving a clutch portion of the joint, that is connectable in and detachable from the seat along a coupling direction that is almost parallel to the first axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2014
    Assignee: IMA Life S.r.l.
    Inventors: Alessandro Farneā€², Mauro Maccagnani, Luca Sassatelli
  • Publication number: 20130269254
    Abstract: A safety device for a glove port includes a hatch that is rotatably fixable by a hinge arrangement to an outer frame of the glove port so as to rotate between a closing position and an opening position for preventing or allowing access to the glove port, respectively. The device further includes a sensor associated associable with the glove port and arranged for engaging and/or detecting an abutment portion of the hatch in the closing condition and generating an alarm signal when the abutment portion does not engage the sensor, in particular when the hatch is not in the closing position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2011
    Publication date: October 17, 2013
    Applicant: I.M.A. INDUSTRIA MACCHINE AUTOMATICHE S.P.A.
    Inventor: Luca Sassatelli
  • Publication number: 20120168465
    Abstract: A dosing unit includes a piston arrangement movable along a first axis in a cavity of a casing arrangement, provided with an inlet and with an outlet for a product to be dosed, and in a further cavity of the casing arrangement, connected to and substantially coaxial with the cavity and provided with a further outlet for cleaning and/or sterilizing fluids. The casing arrangement includes an internal tubular element, in which the cavity is made and a covering element that externally envelops the internal tubular element and extends from an end of the internal tubular element in such a way as to form the further cavity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2010
    Publication date: July 5, 2012
    Applicant: IMA LIFE S.R.L.
    Inventors: Luca Sassatelli, Claudio Trebbi
  • Publication number: 20120132318
    Abstract: A dosing apparatus includes a dosing unit provided with a casing arrangement for supporting and/or containing a dosing arrangement, and a supporting arrangement, that are associable in particular with a filling machine, for supporting and locking the dosing unit in a mounting configuration. The apparatus further includes a coupling arrangement associated with a casing arrangement and slidingly insertable into or disconnectable from a guiding arrangement of the supporting arrangement along a first direction. The supporting arrangement further includes a fixing arrangement for reversibly locking the coupling arrangement to the guiding arrangement in the mounting configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2010
    Publication date: May 31, 2012
    Applicant: IMA LIFE S.R.L.
    Inventors: Luca Sassatelli, Claudio Trebbi
  • Publication number: 20120114509
    Abstract: A dosing apparatus includes a dosing unit having a piston arrangement movable along a first axis in a cavity of a casing arrangement and a joint arrangement for removably connecting a first end portion of the piston arrangement to a movement arrangement arranged for moving the piston arrangement. The first end portion includes a seat that is suitable for receiving a clutch portion of the joint arrangement, that is connectable in and detachable from the seat along a coupling direction that is almost parallel to the first axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2010
    Publication date: May 10, 2012
    Applicant: IMA LIFE S.R.L.
    Inventors: Alessandro Farne', Mauro Maccagnani, Luca Sassatelli