Patents by Inventor Modesto Pratolongo

Modesto Pratolongo 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: 5735080
    Abstract: A rigid bearing staff, substantially C shaped, the central element of which is hinged along the axis passing within the thickness of a wall of a wardrobe, fitted with two arms the free ends of which are rotatingly linked to two opposite pins anchored to end of the medial axis, or quasi medial axis, lying in the internal part of a door to be governed, while two other arms, next to an appropriate distance from and to one side only common to the previous ones to which they are parallel and of equal length, have their four ends rotatingly linked to other two axes again parallel to the previous ones and located one in the rigid structure of the wardrobe and the other along the inside of the same door: all this constitutes the functional design of two articulated parallelogram hinges, superimposed and distanced, rigidly and directly linked and invisible inside and on all external sides of a wardrobe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 1996
    Date of Patent: April 7, 1998
    Inventor: Modesto Pratolongo
  • Patent number: 5397283
    Abstract: A driving hub (6) connected to a first shaft (3) rotatably carries primary planet wheels (10) meshing with first (11) and second (12) sun wheels in coaxial relation. The first sun wheel (11) is fastened to a helical crown gear (16) meshing with auxiliary planet wheels (18) rotatably linked to the second sun wheel (12). Eccentrically projecting from the auxiliary planet wheels are respective interconnecting elements (22) guided in a trochoidal rolling track (23) formed in a guide member (24) fastened to a second shaft (5). Each auxiliary planet wheel (18) is driven by a piston (28) engaged in a pressurization chamber (29) formed in the second sun wheel (12). A fluid supplying circuit (30-35) sends oil under pressure into the pressurization chambers (29) in order to transmit axial thrusts to the auxiliary planet wheels (18), which thrusts, by effect of the helical toothings, produce balanced forces interacting with a motive power so as to transmit motion from the first (3) to the second (5) shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 1993
    Date of Patent: March 14, 1995
    Assignee: Mercantile Lombard Company Ltd.
    Inventor: Modesto Pratolongo
  • Patent number: 5232413
    Abstract: The device comprises a driving hub (4, 18) coaxially connected to one shaft (20) and oscillatably engaging a number of planetary gear elements (8, 25) homogeneously distributed around the axis of said hub. The planetary gear elements (8, 25) are engaged between a driven crown wheel (6, 21) which is coaxially fastened to a second shaft (3, 23) and an intermediate crown wheel (7, 24) oscillatably linked to the driven crown wheel (6, 21). The planetary gear elements (8, 25) driven in rotation by the hub (4, 18), are guided by the driven crown wheel (6, 21) and the intermediate crown wheel (7, 24) according to an elliptic path submitting them to a cyclic reciprocating movement relative to the axis of the driving hub (4, 18). An actuator (12, 35) tends to cause the driven crown wheel (6, 21) and intermediate crown wheel (7, 24) to rotate in opposite ways in view of transmitting resultant forces counteracting their being driven by the hub (4, 18) to the planetary gear elements (8, 25).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 1992
    Date of Patent: August 3, 1993
    Assignee: Mercantile Lombard Company Ltd.
    Inventor: Modesto Pratolongo
  • Patent number: 5197703
    Abstract: The device is comprised of a plate (2) secured to a wall (3) and exhibiting an engagement recess (12) into which an end portion (11) of a supporting arm (8) on which the shelf (10) is mounted, is oscillatably introduced. An adjusting cam member (15) operable through a hole (25) formed in the shelf (10) acts between the supporting arm (8) and the plate (2) for adjusting the arm inclination and therefore the shelf inclination in a transverse direction. A set pin (21) acts between the plate (22) and the cam element (15) for adjusting the vertical positioning of the arm and therefore the shelf inclination in a longitudinal direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 1991
    Date of Patent: March 30, 1993
    Assignee: Lema S.p.A.
    Inventor: Modesto Pratolongo
  • Patent number: 4954359
    Abstract: In a process for the fast cooking of pasta and the like, a metered quantity of food is introduced from the top, into a containing chamber 8 embodied in a boiler 7, in said containing chamber 8 pasta being homogeneously distributed. Subsequently water at high pressure and temperature coming from the boiler is also introduced into the containing chamber. The expansion of water in the containing chamber takes place without forming over-heated vapor so that water can homogeneously impregnate and soften pasta within a period shorter than 40 seconds. Pasta is then conveyed into a pause chamber 9 where cooking goes on for a period shorter than 40 seconds. The last cooking operation takes place in the consuming vessel 76 where pasta is finally transferred, while the final consumer is putting dressing thereon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 1989
    Date of Patent: September 4, 1990
    Assignee: Electronics for Industry, Ltd.
    Inventor: Modesto Pratolongo
  • Patent number: 4869160
    Abstract: In a process for the fast cooking of pasta and the like, a metered quantity of food is introduced from the top, into a containing chamber 8 embodied in a broiler 7, in said containing chamber 8 pasta being homogeneously distributed. Subsequently water at high pressure and temperature coming from the boiler is also introduced into the containing chamber. The expansion of water in the containing chamber takes place without forming overheated vapor so that water can homogeneously impregnate and soften pasta within a period shorter than 40 seconds. Pasta is then conveyed into a pause chamber 9 where cooking goes on for a period shorter than 40 seconds. The last cooking operation takes place in the consuming vessel 76 where pasta is finally transferred, while the final consumer is putting dressing thereon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 1987
    Date of Patent: September 26, 1989
    Assignee: Electronics For Industry, Ltd.
    Inventor: Modesto Pratolongo
  • Patent number: 3944678
    Abstract: A process for cooking quantities of foodstuffs comprises introduction of food and water into a pressurized cooking chamber where the food is cooked under pressure at temperatures of over 100.degree.C. The cooked food is then conveyed into a centrifugal separator wherein excess cooking water and its vapour are removed from the cooked food by subjecting the cooked food to centrifugal force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 1974
    Date of Patent: March 16, 1976
    Assignee: Santa Martha Bay Shipping and Trading Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Modesto Pratolongo
  • Patent number: 3937135
    Abstract: Fast cooking apparatus for dosed quantities of foodstuffs comprises a dosing device for the introduction, into a pressurized cooking chamber a desired quantity of food which is cooked under pressure at temperatures of over 100.degree. C. The cooked food is conveyed, by the pressure within the cooker, into a separator, wherein the excess of cooking water and its vapour are removed from the cooked food.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 1974
    Date of Patent: February 10, 1976
    Assignee: Santa Martha Bay Shipping and Trading Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Modesto Pratolongo