Patents by Inventor Massimo Barnaba'

Massimo Barnaba' 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).

  • Apparatus for preparing a coffee beverage
    Patent number: 8127665
    Abstract: Apparatus comprising a containing element for heating an extracting fluid, a transferring arrangement for causing the passage of the fluid through a dose of coffee and a collecting arrangement for collecting a beverage produced with the extracting fluid during the passage: there being provided a separating arrangement arranged for separating a fraction of the beverage obtained with a prevalently liquid phase of the fluid from a further fraction of the beverage obtained with a prevalently steam phase of the fluid, the separating arrangement leading into distinct zones of the collecting arrangement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2012
    Assignee: Illycaffe' S.p.A.
    Inventors: Luciano Navarini, Furio Suggi Liverani, Massimo Barnaba', Franciscus Benedictus Maria Van Eeden
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING BEVERAGES
    Publication number: 20090223376
    Abstract: An apparatus for preparing a coffee beverage comprises a containing element for heating an extracting fluid, a transferring arrangement for causing the fluid to pass through a dose of coffee and an inhibiting arrangement arranged for inhibiting the passing through when the fluid contains a substantial steam phase, the inhibiting arrangement comprising a pressure-adjusting arrangement arranged for adjusting a pressure of the fluid inside the containing element and distinct from an overpressure adjusting arrangement comprised in the apparatus; a method for obtaining a coffee beverage comprises heating an extracting fluid of the beverage to induce the fluid to pass through a dose of coffee, inhibiting the passing through when the fluid contains a substantial steam phase and suitably adjusting a pressure of the extracting fluid before the passing through, the adjusting being obtained through a pressure-adjusting arrangement distinct from an overpressure adjusting arrangement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2007
    Publication date: September 10, 2009
    Applicant: ILLYCAFFE'S S.P.A.
    Inventors: Luciano Navarini, Massimo Barnaba, Riccardo De Luca, Furio Suggi Liverani, Luca Mastropasqua, Claudio Bolzicco
  • APPARATUS FOR PREPARING A COFFEE BEVERAGE
    Publication number: 20090126576
    Abstract: Apparatus comprising a containing element for heating an extracting fluid, a transferring arrangement for causing the passage of the fluid through a dose of coffee and a collecting arrangement for collecting a beverage produced with the extracting fluid during the passage: there being provided a separating arrangement arranged for separating a fraction of the beverage obtained with a prevalently liquid phase of the fluid from a further fraction of the beverage obtained with a prevalently steam phase of the fluid, the separating arrangement leading into distinct zones of the collecting arrangement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2006
    Publication date: May 21, 2009
    Applicant: ILLYCAFFE' S.P.A.
    Inventors: Luciano Navarini, Furio Suggi Liverani, Massimo Barnaba, Franciscus Benedictus Maria Van Eeden