Patents by Inventor Merate Riva

Merate Riva 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: 4478375
    Abstract: Conveying device for continuous threads with a thread accumulator to which there is coordinated a brake mechanism, regulating the thread feed, and a coupling mechanism comprising an annular magnet (10) whose winding (9) is surrounded by a two-piece housing concentrating the magnetic field lines, one housing part (7) being rotatably mounted and permanently connected with the drive and forming a slot (11) relative to the other, stationary housing part (8), the slot width, in the peripheral direction, varying in uniform distribution, and into which slot there is inserted a ring (14) made of electrically conducting material, which ring is jointly rotatably connected with the power take-off axle (18).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 1981
    Date of Patent: October 23, 1984
    Assignee: Sobrevin Societe de brevets industriels-Etablissment
    Inventors: Alberto G. Sarfati, Massimiliano Bianchi, Merate Riva