Patents by Inventor Luca Zerpelloni

Luca Zerpelloni 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).

  • Method and system for feeding a continuous rod of elastomeric material automatically to a user unit
    Patent number: 8246879
    Abstract: A method and system for feeding a continuous rod of elastomeric material automatically to a user unit along a feed line having at least one powered portion and extending between an extruder, for forming the rod, and the user unit, and wherein, upstream from the powered portion, the rod is fed along a supporting device defining, for the rod and when at rest, a first path of given fixed length; and wherein, once the rod reaches and is engaged by the powered portion, a movable part of the supporting device is withdrawn from the first path to feed the rod along a second path, one portion of which is a bend of variable length.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Assignee: Marangoni Meccanica S.p.A.
    Inventors: Giorgio Marangoni, Paolo Martinelli, Luca Zerpelloni
  • Method and System for Feeding a Continuous Rod of Elastomeric Material Automatically to a User Unit
    Publication number: 20090026243
    Abstract: A method and system for feeding a continuous rod of elastomeric material automatically to a user unit along a feed line having at least one powered portion and extending between an extruder, for forming the rod, and the user unit, and wherein, upstream from the powered portion, the rod is fed along a supporting device defining, for the rod and when at rest, a first path of given fixed length; and wherein, once the rod reaches and is engaged by the powered portion, a movable part of the supporting device is withdrawn from the first path to feed the rod along a second path, one portion of which is a bend of variable length.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2006
    Publication date: January 29, 2009
    Inventors: Giorgio Marangoni, Paolo Martinelli, Luca Zerpelloni