Patents by Inventor Orlando Bosio

Orlando Bosio 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: 6691933
    Abstract: A water jet deliver disk in kitchen sprayer, comprising a first element, made of a rigid material such as plastic, and constituted by a peripheral body fixable to the sprayer body, by a hub adapted to convey a central jet, and by cross-members connecting the peripheral body and the hub in a monolithic structure and arranged to provide water passage openings, and a second annular element, made of an elastic material and associated with the first element to embed the cross-members in the region between the peripheral body and the hub, and comprising holes for water passage which are arranged at the passage openings formed by the cross-members to provide jet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2004
    Assignee: AMFAG S.p.A.
    Inventor: Orlando Bosio
  • Publication number: 20030188381
    Abstract: A faucet with pull-out dispenser comprising a tubular body that is adapted to accommodate a flexible element to which the dispenser is fixed at one end, the tubular body comprising snap-acting elements that are adapted to retain detachably, by elastic deformation, the dispenser in the position in which the flexible element is fully retracted into the body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2003
    Publication date: October 9, 2003
    Applicant: AMFAG S.p.A.
    Inventor: Orlando Bosio
  • Publication number: 20030189108
    Abstract: A pull-out kitchen sprayer, comprising a central body that is accommodated within an outer enclosure whose shape is such as to require assembly with a particular orientation, the central body comprising a switching device with a slider and a rod provided with a flow control element and with actuation buttons at its two ends, the outer enclosure having facing openings that allow to access the buttons, one of the openings being formed so as to face the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2003
    Publication date: October 9, 2003
    Applicant: AMFAG S.P.A.
    Inventor: Orlando Bosio
  • Publication number: 20030189107
    Abstract: A pull-out kitchen sprayer, comprising a central body accommodated within an outer enclosure, designed to convey water between an inlet associated with a flexible water feed hose and an outlet disk that comprises a central passage and peripheral passages, and comprising a switching device, and two elements constituted by the central body and by the outlet disk that are provided with arrangements for mutual locking with the interposition of a raised portion that protrudes from the internal surface of the enclosure, to lock the enclosure with respect to the elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2003
    Publication date: October 9, 2003
    Applicant: AMFAG S.P.A.
    Inventor: Orlando Bosio
  • Patent number: 6370713
    Abstract: A pull-out spray head, which is connectable with a faucet by a flexible hose, has a water conveyance body disposed within an outer enclosure. The water conveyance body has a cavity which is arranged substantially transversely to the water delivery direction, has an opening facing toward the water intake duct defined by the body, and is divided into two facing portions on opposite sides with respect to the opening. Each facing portion has a water delivery port connected, respectively, to the peripheral ports and to the central port of a disk which locks the body within the enclosure. One of the facing portions is provided with a hollow plug or slider which includes a port for connection to the water delivery port of that one facing portion. A flow control element is positioned within the body and has a rod which protrudes outwardly of the enclosure so as to be connected to an actuation lever.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2002
    Assignee: AMFAG S.p.A.
    Inventor: Orlando Bosio
  • Publication number: 20010020302
    Abstract: A pull-out shower head for kitchens, wherein the water conveyance body comprises a cavity which is arranged substantially transversely to the water delivery direction and has an opening toward a water intake duct and is divided into two portions on opposite sides with respect to the opening; each portion comprises water delivery ports suitable to be connected respectively to the peripheral ports and to the central port of the delivery disk, at least one portion being provided with a hollow plug which comprises a port for connection to the water delivery port that is comprised within the portion, a flow control element being further provided which is connected to an actuation lever.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2001
    Publication date: September 13, 2001
    Applicant: AMFAG S.p.A.
    Inventor: Orlando Bosio
  • Patent number: 6045062
    Abstract: A shower head comprising an insert which is suitable to make the cap that covers the monolithic assembly formed by a button and a return lever for the actuation of the device for switching from a central jet to a peripheral jet and viceversa appear to be divided into two portions: one which lies above the button and one which lies above the return lever.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2000
    Assignee: Amfag S.p.A.
    Inventor: Orlando Bosio
  • Patent number: 5707011
    Abstract: A shower head includes an outer casing that is shaped so as to form a tubular portion which contains an elongated insert for connection to a water supply duct. A cylindrical insert, connected with the elongated insert, is contained in a head of the casing and is locked by a plug provided with at least one outlet port for the exit of water. A ring is located peripherally with respect to the cylindrical insert, and is kept in position by the plug, and is adapted to abut against a raised portion which is provided at the end portion of the elongated insert so as to lock the elongated insert.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 1994
    Date of Patent: January 13, 1998
    Assignee: AMFAG S.r.l.
    Inventor: Orlando Bosio
  • Patent number: 5467929
    Abstract: The aerator has a body having openings formed therein and containing meshes and a perforated plate. A monolithic convex diaphragm, defining a wall, has holes formed in a central region thereof and is perimetrically ultrasonically welded to a seat formed in the plate. The convexity of the diaphragm is oriented in a fluid flow direction, whereby retained particles are collected at the base of the perimeter of the diaphragm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 1994
    Date of Patent: November 21, 1995
    Assignee: AMFAG S.r.l.
    Inventor: Orlando Bosio
  • Patent number: 5402819
    Abstract: Device including a disk provided with two through holes suitable to be arranged at two ducts which extend from the bottom openings of the cartridge for the inflow of hot and cold water, and including a flat face suitable to connect to the end of the ducts, as well as a dividing element extending from the other face and dividing the portion of the well comprised between the base and the disk into two separate chambers for the inflow of hot and cold water respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 1993
    Date of Patent: April 4, 1995
    Assignee: AMFAG S.r.l.
    Inventor: Orlando Bosio
  • Patent number: 5386852
    Abstract: Flow-rate limiting device in a single-control mixer cartridge for hot and cold water including a body associated with a bottom for containing a fixed plate and a movable plate coupled with an actuation lever pivoted on a rotating coupling; the flow-rate limiting device includes a bush suitable to be associated with the lever and having a plurality of protrusions of different thicknesses which are adapted to selectively constitute an element for contrast against the stroke limiter of the lever which corresponds to the maximum flow-rate position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 1993
    Date of Patent: February 7, 1995
    Assignee: AMFAG S.r.l.
    Inventor: Orlando Bosio
  • Patent number: 5331997
    Abstract: The device has a disk provided with two holes for the inflow of hot and cold water and with a hole for the outflow of hot, cold or mixed water. The disk has two faces: a first face which faces the cartridge, and a second face provided with an adjacent tunnel which connects the outflow hole formed in the disk to at least one well outflow opening, and forms two separate chambers for the inflow of hot and cold water respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 1993
    Date of Patent: July 26, 1994
    Assignee: Amfag S.r.l.
    Inventor: Orlando Bosio
  • Patent number: 5329958
    Abstract: Single-control mixer cartridge for hot and cold water, comprising a body which is associated with a bottom for containing a fixed plate and a movable plate provided with a plate cover which is coupled to an actuation lever pivoted on a rotating coupling; characterized in that the bottom is provided with elements for the stable engagement of a supplemental bottom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 1993
    Date of Patent: July 19, 1994
    Assignee: AMFAG S.r.l.
    Inventor: Orlando Bosio
  • Patent number: 5320129
    Abstract: Supplemental bottom for a single-control mixer cartridge for hot and cold water in a type of faucet particularly suitable for wash-bowls or bidets, including a disk provided with holes at the openings formed in the bottom of the cartridge and with a peripheral gasket, connection teeth to associate with coupling holes provided in the bottom of the cartridge, and ducts for connecting the holes provided in the disk so as to match the openings for the separate inflow of hot and cold water, which are present in the bottom of the cartridge, to the water inflow holes which are present at the base of the cavity for accommodating the cartridge in the faucet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 1993
    Date of Patent: June 14, 1994
    Assignee: Amfag S.r.l.
    Inventor: Orlando Bosio
  • Patent number: D348505
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 1992
    Date of Patent: July 5, 1994
    Assignee: AMFAG S.r.l.
    Inventor: Orlando Bosio
  • Patent number: D404116
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 12, 1999
    Assignee: AMFAG S.p.A.
    Inventor: Orlando Bosio
  • Patent number: D404117
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 12, 1999
    Assignee: AMFAG S.p.A.
    Inventor: Orlando Bosio
  • Patent number: D416979
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 23, 1999
    Assignee: AMFAG S.p.A.
    Inventor: Orlando Bosio
  • Patent number: D420426
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2000
    Assignee: Amfag S.p.A.
    Inventor: Orlando Bosio
  • Patent number: D425177
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2000
    Assignee: AMFAG S.p.A.
    Inventor: Orlando Bosio