Patents by Inventor Massimo Faravelli

Massimo Faravelli 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).

  • Publication number: 20240008676
    Abstract: A device for delivering constant doses of products, comprising one or more containers (1), connected to respective vacuum pumps and inside which products to be selected and dosed are inserted. Each container (1) is mechanically connected to a rotor group (2), which is configured to select and dose the product in constant quantities. In particular, the rotor group (2) comprises an upper casing or shell (4), coupled to a lower casing or shell (5), and a cylindrical rotary selector (6) placed therein; the upper casing (4) has one or more through openings (13) placed at the container discharge hole (1) and the selector (6) is rotated by a motor (18), placed externally to the rotor group (2), by means of a joint (9) placed on the axis of the selector (6). The selector (6) also has a through opening (10), where an insert (11) is housed, adapted to collect a prefixed quantity of product or dose delivered from the container (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2021
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Applicant: Manea Vending S.R.L.
    Inventors: Antonio NICOLINI, Massimo FARAVELLI
  • Patent number: 10589922
    Abstract: A capsule for producing a beverage in an automatic beverage production device is provided that includes a cup-shaped body defined by a lateral wall and a bottom wall with a beverage outflow opening closed by a sealing film, and a filter member provided with a perforation member and extending transversely so as to ideally divide the cup-shaped body into an upper part containing the substance to be brewed, and a lower part containing a chamber for collecting the beverage. The bottom wall comprises an annular portion extending transversely to the capsule axis to define a stable support base for the capsule when the latter is arranged in a corresponding percolation seat of the automatic beverage production device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: Gruppo Gimoka S.r.l.
    Inventors: Massimiliano Valsecchi, Massimo Faravelli
  • Publication number: 20190300275
    Abstract: A capsule to prepare a beverage in an automatic beverage preparation device, the capsule including a cup-shaped body defined by a lateral wall and a bottom wall having a beverage outflow opening, and closed by a cover perforable to allow a fluid to be injected in the capsule. The capsule further includes a filter assembly extending transversally to a longitudinal axis of the capsule to divide an internal volume of the capsule into an upper chamber intended to contain a beverage preparation substance, and a lower chamber intended to collect the beverage. The filter assembly includes a relatively rigid filter disk provided with through openings, and two membranes stacked on, and directly coupled to, a face of the filter disk facing the lower chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2017
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Applicant: Gruppo Gimoka S.r.l.
    Inventor: Massimo Faravelli
  • Publication number: 20170327308
    Abstract: A capsule for producing a beverage in an automatic beverage production device is provided that includes a cup-shaped body defined by a lateral wall and a bottom wall with a beverage outflow opening closed by a sealing film, and a filter member provided with a perforation member and extending transversely so as to ideally divide the cup-shaped body into an upper part containing the substance to be brewed, and a lower part containing a chamber for collecting the beverage. The bottom wall comprises an annular portion extending transversely to the capsule axis to define a stable support base for the capsule when the latter is arranged in a corresponding percolation seat of the automatic beverage production device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2017
    Publication date: November 16, 2017
    Applicant: Gruppo Gimoka S.r.l.
    Inventors: Massimiliamo Valsecchi, Massimo Faravelli