Patents by Inventor Massimo Farinone

Massimo Farinone 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: 9133961
    Abstract: An anti-freezing valve (1) comprises: a valve body (2) made of metal material (M), defining a passageway (5) for a liquid; an open/close member (9), mounted displaceable in the valve body (2), an anti-freezing arrangement. The valve body (2) is a valve body obtained by casting, which defines a valve seat (8), with respect to which the open/close member (9) is displaceable in a slidable manner between a raised position of opening and a lowered position of closing of the passageway (5). Embedded in the metal material (M) constituting the valve body (2) is an axially extended hollow member (13), belonging to the anti-freezing arrangement, for the passage of a thermovector fluid (F), the hollow member (13) having respective ends (14) accessible from outside the valve body (2), for connection to a circuit of the thermovector fluid (F).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2015
    Assignee: METALTECNICA S.R.L.
    Inventor: Massimo Farinone
  • Publication number: 20140096843
    Abstract: An anti-freezing valve (1) comprises: a valve body (2) made of metal material (M), defining a passageway (5) for a liquid; an open/close member (9), mounted displaceable in the valve body (2), an anti-freezing arrangement. The valve body (2) is a valve body obtained by casting, which defines a valve seat (8), with respect to which the open/close member (9) is displaceable in a slidable manner between a raised position of opening and a lowered position of closing of the passageway (5). Embedded in the metal material (M) constituting the valve body (2) is an axially extended hollow member (13), belonging to the anti-freezing arrangement, for the passage of a thermovector fluid (F), the hollow member (13) having respective ends (14) accessible from outside the valve body (2), for connection to a circuit of the thermovector fluid (F).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2012
    Publication date: April 10, 2014
    Applicant: METALTECNICA S.r.I.
    Inventor: Massimo Farinone