Patents by Inventor Maurizio Gasparin

Maurizio Gasparin 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: 11529014
    Abstract: A dispensing assembly for cold beverages includes a beverage supply conduit, an opening and closing tap for closing or opening the beverage supply conduit, a beverage dispensing conduit delimiting a fluid passage, a dispensing outlet arranged at the end of the dispensing conduit, an air supply conduit delimiting an air passage. The tap is directly connected to the dispensing outlet by providing a connecting coupling which connects the air supply conduit to the beverage dispensing conduit, the beverage dispensing conduit comprising a Venturi segment between the tap and the outlet in which, by flowing through the Venturi segment, the fluid passage reduces the cross section thereof and then increases the cross section thereof as in a Venturi conduit. An air passage regulating valve is provided in said air supply conduit for regulating the width of the air passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: ILLYCAFFÉ S.P.A.
    Inventors: Mark Romano, Paola Muggia, Maurizio Gasparin, Claudio Bolzicco
  • Patent number: 11083325
    Abstract: Modular machine for preparing beverages from capsules, including a unit to supply electric and hydraulic services and a plurality of modules for the automatic preparation of beverages from capsules, each electrically and hydraulically autonomous with respect to every other module. The modules are respectively connected by means of an electric circuit and a hydraulic circuit to a single outlet electric connector and to an outlet hydraulic collector of the unit to supply electric and hydraulic services.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: ILLYCAFFE' S.P.A. CON UNICO SOCIO
    Inventors: Riccardo Piras, Furio Suggi Liverani, Eleuterio Proia, Maurizio Gasparin, Cosimo Fusco
  • Publication number: 20210022545
    Abstract: A dispensing assembly for cold beverages comprises a beverage supply conduit, an opening and closing tap for closing or opening the beverage supply conduit, a beverage dispensing conduit delimiting a fluid passage, a dispensing outlet arranged at the end of the dispensing conduit, an air supply conduit delimiting an air passage. The tap is directly connected to the dispensing outlet by providing a connecting coupling which connects the air supply conduit to the beverage dispensing conduit, the beverage dispensing conduit comprising a Venturi segment between the tap and the outlet in which, by flowing through the Venturi segment, the fluid passage reduces the cross section thereof and then increases the cross section thereof as in a Venturi conduit. An air passage regulating valve is provided in said air supply conduit for regulating the width of the air passage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2018
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Inventors: Mark Romano, Paola Muggia, Maurizio Gasparin, Claudio Bolzicco
  • Publication number: 20180146817
    Abstract: Modular machine for preparing beverages from capsules, including a unit to supply electric and hydraulic services and a plurality of modules for the automatic preparation of beverages from capsules, each electrically and hydraulically autonomous with respect to every other module. The modules are respectively connected by means of an electric circuit and a hydraulic circuit to a single outlet electric connector and to an outlet hydraulic collector of the unit to supply electric and hydraulic services.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2016
    Publication date: May 31, 2018
    Applicant: ILLYCAFFE' S.P.A. CON UNICO SOCIO
    Inventors: Riccardo Piras, Furio Suggi Liverani, Eleuterio Proia, Maurizio Gasparin, Cosimo Fusco
  • Publication number: 20180110358
    Abstract: Automated device to prepare beverages from cartridges includes a beverage extraction unit configured to extract and deliver the beverage from a cartridge that comprises a cartridge feeder chamber configured to contain and supply a plurality of cartridges, a cartridge transfer slider, automatically mobile between at least a cartridge loading position, in correspondence with the cartridge feeder chamber, to receive a cartridge, a beverage extraction position, different from the cartridge loading position, aligned with the beverage extraction unit and a cartridge expulsion position, different from the cartridge loading position and from the beverage extraction position. The cartridge transfer slider has, both in the cartridge loading position and in the beverage extraction position, a cartridge support configuration, and also has, in the cartridge expulsion position, a cartridge release configuration to discharge a used cartridge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2016
    Publication date: April 26, 2018
    Applicant: ILLYCAFFE' S.P.A. CON UNICO SOCIO
    Inventors: Riccardo Piras, Furio Suggi Liverani, Eleuterio Proia, Maurizio Gasparin, Cosimo Fusco