Patents by Inventor Luis Filipe Peixoto MACHADO DA SILVA

Luis Filipe Peixoto MACHADO DA SILVA 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 device for testing the tightness of cork stoppers
    Patent number: 10018528
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process and a device (1) to test the sealing of cork stoppers (R). The device (1) comprises a partitioning mechanism dividing a chamber in two compartments (8a, 8b). The partitioning mechanism comprises: an adjustable insulator (9) configured to hermetically seal a central part of the stopper (R) from the outside environment and simultaneously to arrange each end of the stopper (R) in one of the compartments (8a, 8b); and an insulator actuation member (10) to arrange the insulator (9) on the central part of the stopper (R). The device farther comprises a block (11a) for closing the compartment (8a); an inlet (12) connected to a test fluid source, the source arranged in the block (11a), and a detection member (13) connected to the same block (11a). The present invention finds application in the field of cork stopper production and in the cork industry in general.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: AMORIM CORK RESEARCH & SERVICES, LDA
    Inventors: Luis Filipe Peixoto Machado Da Silva, Nuno Duarte de Figueiredo Seabra Amador
  • METHOD AND DEVICE FOR TESTING THE TIGHTNESS OF CORK STOPPERS
    Publication number: 20160334299
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process and a device (1) to test the sealing of cork stoppers (R). The device (1) comprises a partitioning mechanism dividing a chamber in two compartments (8a, 8b). The partitioning mechanism comprises: an adjustable insulator (9) configured to hermetically seal a central part of the stopper (R) from the outside environment and simultaneously to arrange each end of the stopper (R) in one of the compartments (8a, 8b); and an insulator actuation member (10) to arrange the insulator (9) on the central part of the stopper (R). The device farther comprises a block (11a) for closing the compartment (8a); an inlet (12) connected to a test fluid source, the source arranged in the block (11a), and a detection member (13) connected to the same block (11a). The present invention finds application in the field of cork stopper production and in the cork industry in general.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2015
    Publication date: November 17, 2016
    Inventors: Luis Filipe Peixoto MACHADO DA SILVA, Nuno Duarte de Figueiredo Seabra AMADOR