Patents by Inventor Mario Erba

Mario Erba 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: 4210091
    Abstract: An automatic machine for continuously producing tinned strap caps fitted with a tear opening device, characterized by comprising a disc rotating about its axis at a constant speed, including a central portion and an outer circular crown, the latter being provided with a first plurality of supporting elements or lower slides, only radially movable to receive the caps supplied by a shaped double blade magazine, and a second plurality of supporting elements or upper slides, also only radially movable, to receive the tear opening devices supplied by a second double blade magazine, said crown being also provided with a plurality of passage holes, through which each of the tear elements are positioned on the corresponding cap, the central portion carrying a plurality of joining members only vertically movable, further characterized in that the radial movement for the lower slides adjacent the cap dispenser or magazine is controlled by a flat metal cam-shaped guide, during the movement of the rotable disc, drive rol
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 1978
    Date of Patent: July 1, 1980
    Inventor: Mario Erba