Patents by Inventor Luciano Salice

Luciano Salice 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: 8668288
    Abstract: The self-closing and opening device (1) particularly of a movable furniture part (103) comprises a fixed guide (8) having a supporting body (2) in which a first slider (3) can slide reversibly along a sliding axis (100) in opposition to and through the action of first elastic means (5), the first slider (3) being engageable with first driving means (106) present on a driving element (6) which slides reversibly in the direction of the sliding axis (100), the supporting body (2) comprising first movement means (4) for movement of the first slider (3) suitable to engage with guide means (12, 13) of the first slider (3), so as to release it from the driving means (106), also provided with a mechanical or elastically yielding stop (9, 120) against which the first slider (3) rests directly or indirectly before it engages with the guide means (12,13) in the first movement means (4) the driving element (6) being then pushed by an ejector (20) generating an initial opening movement of said movable furniture part (103)
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2014
    Inventor: Luciano Salice
  • Publication number: 20140015392
    Abstract: The hooking device (10) for fixing a drawer (20) or the like to a pull-out longitudinal guide (11) premountable on a body of an article of furniture comprises a body (12) applicable to the pull-out part (11A) of the guide and a hooking member (17) which in the mounting condition extends upwards and is insertable in a hole (18) provided on the drawer (20); the hooking member (17) is separate and connected in a movable and adjustable way to the body (12) of the device, and adjusting means (23, 31) are provided for adjusting the position of the hooking member (17) with respect to the body (12) of the device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2012
    Publication date: January 16, 2014
    Applicant: ARTURO SALICE S.P.A.
    Inventor: Luciano Salice
  • Publication number: 20140009054
    Abstract: A pull-out guide assembly for a drawer, comprising a first guide part (2) and at least a second guide part (3) relatively and reversibly slidable in the pull-out direction of the drawer, at least one carriage (4) interposed between the first and second guide part (2, 3) and reversibly slidable in the pull-out direction of the drawer, the carriage (4) having a plurality of housing seats (8) for load-transmitting rolling elements (9) and at its ends elastically yielding stops (23, 23?) suitable for interacting with arrest elements (30, 31) provided on the first and second guide parts (2, 3) in order to the limit the relative sliding thereof, characterized in that each of said stops (23, 23?) is a component separate from the carriage (4) and has means of anchorage to the carriage (4), each stop (23, 23?) being a component separate from the carriage (4) and having means of anchorage to the carriage (4) comprising an anchorage element (28, 28?) insertable by means of mating shapes or by force or snap fitting into
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2012
    Publication date: January 9, 2014
    Applicant: ARTURO SALICE S.P.A.
    Inventor: Luciano Salice
  • Patent number: 8584316
    Abstract: The hinge (1) for furniture comprises at least one deceleration device attached to the outside of the hinge box (4), an actuating lever (12) for the deceleration device, supported in oscillating fashion in the hinge box (4), and elastic return means to bring the actuating lever (12) back to an initial position, the deceleration device comprising a housing body (15) which extends peripherally along a side wall (9) of the box (4) and has means for fixing it to the side wall (9), the elastic return means being located on the housing body (15) outside the box (4) and providing at least one elastic arm (16) which protrudes into the inside of the box (4) through an aperture (17) in the side wall (9) of the box (4) to connect operatively with the actuating lever (12).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: Arturo Salice S.p.A.
    Inventor: Luciano Salice
  • Publication number: 20130257244
    Abstract: The hooking device (1) for connecting drawer (3) to a longitudinal guide (3) comprises a support body (4) fixable to a front (5) and/or a bottom (6) of the drawer (2) and provided with an oscillating command lever (12) for a hooking member (13) of the support body (4) to the guide (3), the hooking member (13) being moveable between a hooking position and an unhooking position, the lever (12) exhibiting a first surface zone (16) and respectively a second surface zone (17) for manual gripping configured in such a way as to be selectively subjectable to a first manual activating force (F1) or respectively to a second manual activating force (F2) in reciprocally transversal directions and destined to generate an oscillation torque of the said command lever (12) in a same direction in order to bring the hooking member (13) into the unhooking position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2011
    Publication date: October 3, 2013
    Applicant: ARTURO SALICE S.p.A.
    Inventor: Luciano Salice
  • Patent number: 8511763
    Abstract: Disclosed is a self-closing device for a drawer or for a moveable part of a piece of furniture that includes a support body for a slider moveable within a guide between a rear and a front position and vice versa by the action of a first elastic element. The slider is actuated by a drawing element integral with an extractable part affixed to the drawer or the like, the guide, at the area corresponding to the rear position of the slider, includes an element for moving the slider, suitable for engaging with an element for guiding the slider during its engagement with a drawing part present on the drawing element. There is further provided a stop element against which the slider lies directly or indirectly before engaging with a first guide element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: Arturo Salice S.p.A.
    Inventor: Luciano Salice
  • Publication number: 20130180081
    Abstract: An opening device for a door (16) of an article of furniture supported oscillatingly with respect to a body of the article of furniture by means of at least a hinge having elastic automatic closing means (14) comprises an expulsion organ (11) for the door (16) and a reloading mechanism of the expulsion organ (11), and is conformed such as to be applicable to a part from between the fixed part or the mobile part of the hinge, the reloading mechanism being operatively connected to one from between the expulsion organ and an element of the hinge which is mobile with respect to the reloading mechanism and being operatively and selectively connectable to another between the expulsion organ and the element of the hinge which is mobile with respect to the reloading mechanism during at least a part of the opening movement of the door (16) such as to cause a reloading movement of the expulsion organ (11).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2012
    Publication date: July 18, 2013
    Inventor: Luciano Salice
  • Patent number: 8468652
    Abstract: A decelerating device (1) comprises a cylinder (2) filled with a fluid, a bushing (3) for the closure of the cylinder (2) traversed by a rod (4) sliding in the cylinder (2), and a piston (5) guided to slide inside the cylinder (2) and fitted with means (7) for the calibrated through passage of the fluid, the piston (5) is separate from the rod (4) and there are also first elastic means (8) for the movement of the piston (5) in the direction of extraction from the cylinder (2) and second elastic means (9) independent of the first elastic means (8} for the movement of the rod (4) in the direction of extraction from the cylinder (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2013
    Assignee: Arturo Salice S.p.A.
    Inventor: Luciano Salice
  • Patent number: 8464394
    Abstract: A device for decelerating the rotation of a hinge in particular for furniture, comprises a container accommodating at least one rotating friction element adapted to slide on a friction surface, a slider moveable along a translational direction during the rotation of the hinge, and kinematic means for transforming the translation of the slider into a rotation of the at least one friction element, the slider having first means for receiving its movement during the opening of the hinge, distinct and separated from second means for receiving its movement during the closure of the hinge, the kinematic means comprise a drawing element integrally joined to the slider and permanently confined inside the profile of a cam provided for on the friction element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2013
    Assignee: Arturo Salice S.p.A.
    Inventor: Luciano Salice
  • Publication number: 20130134852
    Abstract: The assembly of an automatic opening and closing device and a retaining device for a displaceable part of an article of furniture, the automatic opening and closing device comprising: a first cursor (8) mobile such as to be selectively engageable with drawing pins (39, 40, 43) operatively connected to the displaceable part of the article of furniture; and first elastic elements (9), operatively connected to said first cursor (8), said first elastic elements (9) soliciting the first cursor (8) in a closing direction of the displaceable part of the article of furniture, said retaining device comprising: a second cursor (21), mobile along a first sliding guide (20) on a base body (19) such as to be selectively engageable with said drawing pins (39, 40, 43); a hooking element (23) connected movably to the second cursor (21) and selectively slidable along a second sliding guide (22) or along a third sliding guide (24) provided in said base body (19), and blocking means (25) in said base body (19), associated to
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2012
    Publication date: May 30, 2013
    Applicant: ARTURO SALICE S.P.A.
    Inventor: Luciano Salice
  • Publication number: 20130113356
    Abstract: The hooking device of a drawer to a longitudinal guide, comprises a support body fixable to a front and/or a bottom of the drawer and is provided with an oscillating command lever of a hooking organ of the support body to the guide, the support body exhibiting a first part of body fixable to the drawer and at least one second part of body slidably connected with the first part of body and adjustably positioned at least in the longitudinal direction of the guide, the lever and the hooking organ being solidly constrained to said second part of body in displacement thereof in the longitudinal direction of the guide, at least first adjustment means being further provided for varying a position of said second part of body with respect to the first part of body in the longitudinal direction of the guide for adjusting the position of the drawer with respect to the guide in the longitudinal direction of the guide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2011
    Publication date: May 9, 2013
    Inventor: Luciano Salice
  • Publication number: 20130113355
    Abstract: The hinge, particularly for a furniture, comprises a hinge arm (5) which can be associated to a fixed part (1, 2) of the furniture, a hinge box (6) which can be associated to a movable part (3) of the furniture and connected to the hinge arm (5) in rotation between an opening position and a closing position of the hinge (4), at least one plate (28) having at least one seat (29) for at least one shock absorbing device (30) of the closing of the hinge (4) and/or for at least an assist device for the opening of the hinge (4), and at least one fixing element (21) in common with the hinge arm (5) and with the plate (28) for being fixed to the fixed part (1, 2) of the furniture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2011
    Publication date: May 9, 2013
    Inventor: Luciano Salice
  • Publication number: 20130081230
    Abstract: A deceleration device comprises a cylindrical container (14) housing at least one friction disc (16) against at least an internal wall of the cylindrical container (14), and a movable cursor (18), actuated by an external element, for the actuation of the friction disc (16), the friction disc (16) being bound to the cylindrical container (14) through constraint means which permit a roto-translational motion in order to acquire a further sliding contact surface in addition to the internal wall of the cylindrical container (14) at the end of the initial translation phase of the cursor (18) in which the friction disc (16) is subjected to a mainly or completely translational motion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2011
    Publication date: April 4, 2013
    Applicant: ARTURO SALICE S.p.A.
    Inventor: Luciano Salice
  • Publication number: 20130042431
    Abstract: The hinge (1) for furniture comprises at least one deceleration device attached to the outside of the hinge box (4), an actuating lever (12) for the deceleration device, supported in oscillating fashion in the hinge box (4), and elastic return means to bring the actuating lever (12) back to an initial position, the deceleration device comprising a housing body (15) which extends peripherally along a side wall (9) of the box (4) and has means for fixing it to the side wall (9), the elastic return means being located on the housing body (15) outside the box (4) and providing at least one elastic arm (16) which protrudes into the inside of the box (4) through an aperture (17) in the side wall (9) of the box (4) to connect operatively with the actuating lever (12).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2012
    Publication date: February 21, 2013
    Applicant: ARTURO SALICE S.p.A.
    Inventor: Luciano Salice
  • Publication number: 20120186042
    Abstract: The hinge (1) for furniture comprises a first and a second swinging arm (2, 3) hinged at their ends by means of pins (12, 13, 14, 15) to a box-shaped body (4) designed to be attached to a swinging portion (5) of the furniture and to a hinge arm (6) suitable for being attached to a fixed portion (7) of the furniture, a bending spring (8) also being provided, that has a first spring arm (9) presenting a profile (17a, 17b) for sliding against a cam (10) provided at one end of the first swinging arm (2), and a second spring arm (11) engaging with the hinge arm (6) or with the box-shaped body (4), the spring (8) being designed to exert a thrusting force on the cam (10) by means of its profile (17a, 17b) so as to enable the rotation of the first swinging arm (2) in the closing direction of the swinging portion (5), the sliding profile (17a, 17b) comprising a first stretch (17a) that engages with the cam (10) during the final part of the angular closing stroke of the swinging portion (5) and a second stretch (17b) t
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2010
    Publication date: July 26, 2012
    Applicant: ARTURO SALICE S.P.A.
    Inventor: Luciano Salice
  • Patent number: 8214973
    Abstract: A furniture hinge has a first and a second equalizers connecting to a box-shaped body and a hinge arm, the first equalizer being pivoted to the box-shaped body through a first pin and to the hinge arm through a second pin, the second equalizer being pivoted to the box-shaped body through a third pin and to the hinge arm through a fourth pin, a flexure spring being wound around a pin fixed to the hinge arm and having a first spring arm abutting against the hinge arm and a second spring arm abutting against a control cam formed on the first equalizer, a contact surface between the control cam and the second spring arm, during the rotation or the hinge the contact surface moving along both the profile of the control cam and the profile of the second spring arm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2012
    Assignee: Arturo Salice S.p.A.
    Inventor: Luciano Salice
  • Publication number: 20120118842
    Abstract: The hinge structure for a furniture with a foldable shelf (1) reversibly turnable downwards from a closing position of the furniture to a substantially horizontal opening position comprises a first and a second rocker arm (2, 3) hinged at their ends by means of a first, second, third and fourth pin (4, 5, 6, 7) to a first plate (8) able to be fixed to a stationary portion (9) of the furniture and to a second plate (10) able to be fixed to the shelf (1), first decelerating means (11) mainly of the final portion of the opening stroke of the shelf (1) independently from second decelerating means (12) mainly of the initial portion of the opening stroke of the shelf (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2010
    Publication date: May 17, 2012
    Applicant: AUTURO SALICE S.P.A.
    Inventor: Luciano Salice
  • Publication number: 20120110914
    Abstract: A decelerating device (1) comprises a cylinder (2) filled with a fluid, a bushing (3) for the closure of the cylinder (2) traversed by a rod (4) sliding in the cylinder (2), and a piston (5) guided to slide inside the cylinder (2) and fitted with means (7) for the calibrated through passage of the fluid, the piston (5) is separate from the rod (4) and there are also first elastic means (8) for the movement of the piston (5) in the direction of extraction from the cylinder (2) and second elastic means (9) independent of the first elastic means (8} for the movement of the rod (4) in the direction of extraction from the cylinder (2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2010
    Publication date: May 10, 2012
    Applicant: ARTURO SALICE S.P.A.
    Inventor: Luciano Salice
  • Publication number: 20120030906
    Abstract: The device (1) for decelerating the rotation of a hinge in particular for furniture, comprises a container (4) accommodating at least one rotating friction element (16) adapted to slide on a friction surface (17), a slider (18) moveable along a translational direction during the rotation of the hinge, and kinematic means for transforming the translation of the slider (18) into a rotation of the at least one friction element (16), the slider (18) having first means for receiving its movement during the opening of the hinge, distinct and separated from second means for receiving its movement during the closure of the hinge, the kinematic means comprise a drawing element (20) integrally joined to the slider (18) and permanently confined inside the profile of a cam (21) provided for on the friction element (16), the drawing element (20) being selectively engageable with a first section of the profile of said cam (21) for rotating the friction element (16) during the opening of the hinge or with a second section o
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2009
    Publication date: February 9, 2012
    Inventor: Luciano Salice
  • Patent number: 8091176
    Abstract: The device for decelerating at least the closing rotation of a furniture hinge, comprises a container housing a first rotating friction element in contact at a first friction surface with the bottom of the container, a second fixed friction element overlapped to the first rotating friction element with which it is in contact at a second friction surface, and at least a third rotating friction element overlapped to the second fixed friction element with which it is in contact with at least a third friction surface, constraint means between the first friction element and the third friction element, a slider movable along a direction of translation at least during closing rotation and kinematic means for conversion of the translation of the slider into a rotation of the first and third friction element in such a manner as to create a dragging friction at the first, second and third friction surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2012
    Inventor: Luciano Salice