Patents by Inventor Luciano Maccaferri

Luciano Maccaferri 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 making cartons from flattened tubular blanks
    Patent number: 5127894
    Abstract: A device for the transformation of a flattened tubular blank into a carton includes a pickup unit for withdrawing a tubular blank from a magazine, wherein the blanks are arranged, flat, in a pile, and an angle plate for opening a selected blank into shape of a carton, while transferring the blank to a station, where the carton is placed on a step-driven conveyor running along a packaging line. A pusher, actuated synchronously with the pickup unit and the conveyor, keeps the carton on the conveyor during an initial forward motion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 1991
    Date of Patent: July 7, 1992
    Assignee: I.M.A. Industria Macchine Automatiche S.p.A.
    Inventor: Luciano Maccaferri