Patents by Inventor Mauro Bianchi

Mauro Bianchi 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: 20220250778
    Abstract: A machine for making capsules containing powder product including a plurality of processing stations configured for performing respective processes for making capsules and movement means configured for conveying said capsules along a processing path extending through the plurality of processing stations. The movement means include a transfer drum and a plurality of units each designed to receive at least one capsule body. Moreover, each unit is coupled to a lateral surface of the transfer drum and is configured to rotate relative to the lateral surface about a respective orientation axis parallel to an axis of rotation of the transfer drum.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2020
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Inventors: Sauro RIVOLA, Cristian BETTI, Mauro BIANCHI
  • Patent number: 11377243
    Abstract: A machine for making filter bags of different shapes for infusion products includes: a wheel defining a work surface and rotating about a relative axis; feed stations for placing tags on the work surface, a continuous thread, along a weave path, and a strip of filter material superposing the weave of thread and the tag. A sealing device is located downstream of the feed stations for sealing between the thread, tag and strip of filter material. A feed device moving the strip along a feed line is positioned downstream of the wheel. A station introduces a dose of infusion product in bag and closes the bag. The feed device has two feed rollers, for unwinding the strip, controlled by a control system for adjusting the speed of rotation of the feed rollers as a function of the length of the filter material needed to form the bag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: I.M.A. INDUSTRIA MACCHINE AUTOMATICHE S.P.A.
    Inventors: Sauro Rivola, Andrea Sermenghi, Mauro Bianchi
  • Publication number: 20210253285
    Abstract: A machine for making filter bags of different shapes for infusion products includes: a wheel defining a work surface and rotating about a relative axis; feed stations for placing tags on the work surface, a continuous thread, along a weave path, and a strip of filter material superposing the weave of thread and the tag. A sealing device is located downstream of the feed stations for sealing between the thread, tag and strip of filter material. A feed device moving the strip along a feed line is positioned downstream of the wheel. A station introduces a dose of infusion product in bag and closes the bag. The feed device has two feed rollers, for unwinding the strip, controlled by a control system for adjusting the speed of rotation of the feed rollers as a function of the length of the filter material needed to form the bag.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2019
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Inventors: Sauro RIVOLA, Andrea SERMENGHI, Mauro BIANCHI
  • Patent number: 10060677
    Abstract: Equipment for the measurement and control of load material and scrap metal feeding into an electrical arc furnace includes an automatic control device for feeding control of load material or scrap according to the energy supplied to the bath, and a measuring device for the added load material, in correlation with the automatic control device, and a weighing device for the furnace shell, its contents and any other components it may support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: TENOVA S.P.A.
    Inventors: Paolo Argenta, Silvio Reali, Claudio Lodati, Mauro Bianchi Ferri
  • Patent number: 9708086
    Abstract: A method for producing a single-use capsule (1) for extraction beverages comprises the steps of: positioning a flat piece (8) of filter paper over a cup-shaped rigid body (2); joining the flat piece (8) of filter paper along at least the rim (7) of the rigid body (2); forming the piece (8) of filter paper towards the interior of the rigid body (2) and by means of plastic deformation of the piece (8) of filter paper so as to define a containment chamber (5); filling of the containment chamber (5) with a dose (D) of product; closing of the chamber (5) and of the external rigid body (2) with a sheet lid (6). This invention also relates to a machine (100) which implements said method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: GIMA, S.P.A.
    Inventor: Mauro Bianchi
  • Patent number: 9458906
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a suspension method and to a shock-absorbing device for an automobile in the broadest sense of the term, i.e. any vehicle having a suspension and moving under its own power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignee: Astron Flamm Safety
    Inventor: Mauro Bianchi
  • Publication number: 20160061529
    Abstract: Equipment for the measurement and control of load material and scrap metal feeding into an electrical arc furnace includes an automatic control device for feeding control of load material or scrap according to the energy supplied to the bath, and a measuring device for the added load material, in correlation with the automatic control device, and a weighing device for the furnace shell, its contents and any other components it may support.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2015
    Publication date: March 3, 2016
    Applicant: TENOVA S.P.A.
    Inventors: Paolo Argenta, Silvio Reali, Claudio Lodati, Mauro Bianchi Ferri
  • Patent number: 9170050
    Abstract: An equipment for the measurement and control of load material and scrap metal feeding into an electrical arc furnace, including an automatic control device for feeding control of load material or scrap according to the energy supplied to the bath, and a measuring device for the added load material, in correlation with the automatic control device, comprising a weighing device for the furnace shell, its contents and any other components it may support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2015
    Assignee: TECHINT COMPAGNIA TECNICA INTERNAZIONALE S.P.A.
    Inventors: Paolo Argenta, Silvio Reali, Claudio Lodati, Mauro Bianchi Ferri
  • Publication number: 20140291087
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a suspension method and to a shock-absorbing device for an automobile in the broadest sense of the term, i.e. any vehicle having a suspension and moving under its own power.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 4, 2012
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Inventor: Mauro Bianchi
  • Publication number: 20140230370
    Abstract: A method for producing a single-use capsule (1) for extraction beverages comprises the steps of: positioning a flat piece (8) of filter paper over a cup-shaped rigid body (2); joining the flat piece (8) of filter paper along at least the rim (7) of the rigid body (2); forming the piece (8) of filter paper towards the interior of the rigid body (2) and by means of plastic deformation of the piece (8) of filter paper so as to define a containment chamber (5); filling of the containment chamber (5) with a dose (D) of product; closing of the chamber (5) and of the external rigid body (2) with a sheet lid (6). This invention also relates to a machine (100) which implements said method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2012
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Applicant: IMA INDUSTRIES S.R.L.
    Inventor: Mauro Bianchi
  • Patent number: 8538087
    Abstract: The invention deals with an aid device for reading a printed text, comprising a data acquisition peripheral with a camera and a communication interface, said peripheral being movable by a user on a printed text to frame a portion of text, a processing unit, communication means between the peripheral and the processing unit, and a vocal reproduction device. The processing unit is programmed to acquire a sequence of images framed by the camera, to detect when the user has stopped on the text, to recognize at least one word which the user intends reading, and to reproduce the sound of said at least one word by means of vocal synthesis by means of the vocal reproduction device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2013
    Assignee: Universita' Degli Studi di Brescia
    Inventors: Umberto Minoni, Mauro Bianchi
  • Publication number: 20110188783
    Abstract: The invention deals with an aid device for reading a printed text, comprising a data acquisition peripheral with a camera and a communication interface, said peripheral being movable by a user on a printed text to frame a portion of text, a processing unit, communication means between the peripheral and the processing unit, and a vocal reproduction device. The processing unit is programmed to acquire a sequence of images framed by the camera, to detect when the user has stopped on the text, to recognise at least one word which the user intends reading, and to reproduce the sound of said at least one word by means of vocal synthesis by means of the vocal reproduction device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2009
    Publication date: August 4, 2011
    Applicant: UNIVERSITA' DEGLI STUDI DI BRESCIA
    Inventors: Umberto Minoni, Mauro Bianchi
  • Patent number: 7942949
    Abstract: A method for the recovery of refractory debris materials and ladle slags as process slags in the iron metallurgy production in EAFs and the related metering to the furnace for the formation of the process slag comprises the following steps: grinding and screening of the refractory debris materials until powders of controlled granulometry are obtained, storage of the powders in storage sites, injection of the powders into an EAF furnace by means of automatic metering of the various components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2011
    Assignee: Techint Compagnia Tecnica Internazionale S.p.A.
    Inventors: Francesco Memoli, Osvaldo Brioni, Mauro Bianchi Ferri
  • Patent number: 7854785
    Abstract: A Method for the recovery of the secondary metallurgy (LF) slag from a plant for the production of steel, the method comprising a cooling step of the slag, by means of the passage of air and/or other gas, a breakdown step, a step of extracting the powder, wherein the breakdown step is accelerated by means of forced convection of a cooling fluid and/or another reaction, gas and by means of moving the slag mass by overturning and vibrating support gratings. The overturning and vibrating support gratings are provided inside closed metallic boxes which are connected in series and closed with movable containment partitions to form a treatment module. The breakdown, step is accelerated by means of overturning the slag mass from the support grating of one metallic box to the support grating of an adjoining box.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2010
    Assignee: Techint Compagnia Tecnica Internazionale S.p.A.
    Inventors: Francesco Memoli, Osvaldo Brioni, Mauro Bianchi Ferri
  • Patent number: 7767136
    Abstract: Apparatus for the combustion of gas exiting from an electric arc furnace where the heat of combustion is used for the preheating of scraps entering the furnace wherein the apparatus has an insertion device for introducing comburent substance into a preheating chamber or loading tunnel for scrap metal where the loding tunnel has an inlet section for scrap metal, a seal section to prevent an uncontrolled entrance of air in the tunnel, a heating section and an unloading section for delivering scrap metal to the furnace. The insertion device for the comburent substance has one or more adjustable openings placed in the loading tunnel, and said apparatus comprises a device or a series of devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2010
    Assignee: Techint Compagnia Tecnica Internazionale S.p.A
    Inventors: Paolo Argenta, Silvio Reali, Claudio Lodati, Mauro Bianchi Ferri
  • Patent number: 7611563
    Abstract: A multifunction injector (10, 11, 12) comprising a De Laval nozzle (20) adapted to act as a burner at subsonic or supersonic speed, combined with a plurality of nozzles (31, 32) for fuel and comburant respectively, arranged in two rings, concentric and co-axial to said De Laval nozzle (20) and externally protected by a specifically shaped protection cavity (40).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2009
    Assignee: Techint Compagnia Tenica Internazionale S.p.A.
    Inventors: Francesco Memoli, Mauro Bianchi Ferri, Marcello Pozzi, Enrico Malfa
  • Publication number: 20090107295
    Abstract: A method for the recovery of refractory debris materials and ladle slags as process slags in the iron metallurgy production in EAFs and the related metering to the furnace for the formation of the process slag comprises the following steps: grinding and screening of the refractory debris materials until powders of controlled granulometry are obtained, storage of the powders in storage sites, injection of the powders into an EAF furnace by means of automatic metering of the various components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2006
    Publication date: April 30, 2009
    Inventors: Francesco Memoli, Osvaldo Brioni, Mauro Bianchi Ferri
  • Publication number: 20090049955
    Abstract: A method for the recovery of the secondary metallurgy (LF) slag from a plant for the production of steel comprises a cooling step of the slag, by means of the passage of air and/or other gas, a breakdown step, i.e. transformation of several phases present in the mass into powder and a step of drawing the powder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2006
    Publication date: February 26, 2009
    Inventors: Francesco Memoli, Osvaldo Brioni, Mauro Bianchi Ferri
  • Publication number: 20090031854
    Abstract: An apparatus for the combustion of gas exiting from an electric arc furnace for the preheating of scraps entering the furnace itself foresees an insertion device of comburent substance into a preheating chamber or loading tunnel of the scrap metal having an inlet section of the scrap metal, a seal section to prevent an uncontrolled entrance of air in the tunnel, a heating section and an unloading section of the scrap metal in the furnace. Said insertion device of the comburent substance comprises one or more adjustable openings placed in the loading tunnel, and said apparatus comprises a device or a series of devices, also not equipped with autonomous movement, of mechanical seal nature placed in the insertion or inlet section of the scrap metal in the loading tunnel or preheating chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2006
    Publication date: February 5, 2009
    Applicant: Techint Compagnia Tecnica Internazionale S.p.A.
    Inventors: Paolo Argenta, Silvio Reali, Claudio Lodati, Mauro Bianchi Ferri
  • Publication number: 20080134838
    Abstract: A multifunction injector (10, 11, 12) comprising a De Laval nozzle (20) adapted to act as a burner at subsonic or supersonic speed, combined with a plurality of nozzles (31, 32) for fuel and comburant respectively, arranged in two rings, concentric and co-axial to said De Laval nozzle (20) and externally protected by a specifically shaped protection cavity (40).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2006
    Publication date: June 12, 2008
    Applicant: TECHINT COMPAGNIA TECNICA INTERNAZIONALE S.p.A
    Inventors: Francesco Memoli, Mauro Bianchi Ferri, Marcello Pozzi, Enrico Malfa