Patents by Inventor Paolo ABELLI

Paolo ABELLI 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: 11760617
    Abstract: Sanitisation process for sanitising a filling device (1) of a receptacle, the filling device (1) comprising a valve body (2), an inlet (4) for a fluid, a dispensing nozzle (5), and a shutter (8) that can be moved inside the valve body (2), comprising the steps of: bringing the shutter (8) into a position whereby it engages the dispensing nozzle (5) so as to close it completely; supplying the inlet (4) with the sanitisation fluid so as to fill the valve body (2) with the sanitisation fluid; moving the shutter (8) away from the dispensing nozzle (5) so as to discharge the condensation that has formed inside the valve body (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: GEA PROCOMAC S.P.A.
    Inventors: Paolo Abelli, Simone Antiga, Michele Bonfanti
  • Publication number: 20220063979
    Abstract: Sanitisation process for sanitising a filling device (1) of a receptacle, the filling device (1) comprising a valve body (2), an inlet (4) for a fluid, a dispensing nozzle (5), and a shutter (8) that can be moved inside the valve body (2), comprising the steps of: bringing the shutter (8) into a position whereby it engages the dispensing nozzle (5) so as to close it completely; supplying the inlet (4) with the sanitisation fluid so as to fill the valve body (2) with the sanitisation fluid; moving the shutter (8) away from the dispensing nozzle (5) so as to discharge the condensation that has formed inside the valve body (2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2019
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Inventors: PAOLO ABELLI, SIMONE ANTIGA, MICHELE BONFANTI
  • Patent number: 11167467
    Abstract: A bottling apparatus (1) in aseptic conditions of containers (100) made of a thermoplastic material, comprising: at least one mobile organ such as, for example, a blowing nozzle (24) that is partially located in a contamination-controlled environment (3) isolated from an external environment (4); a linear motor (6) for driving the mobile organ (24), the linear motor (6) comprising a cylindrical stator (7) and a rotor or magnetic shaft (8) integrally connected to the mobile organ (24), the separation volume between the rotor (8) and the cylindrical stator (7) being sanitisable by means of a sanitising fluid that passes through a grooved surface (14, 15, 18).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: GEA PROCOMAC S.P.A.
    Inventors: Fabio Callegari, Paolo Abelli
  • Patent number: 11014282
    Abstract: An aseptic molding process of a container starting from a parison (20) made of a thermoplastic material, comprising steps of: blowing a first fluid into the parison (20) located in a mould (10); introducing the first fluid into the compensating chamber (14) of the mould (10) through an inlet (15); evacuating the first fluid from the molded container; evacuating the first fluid from the compensating chamber (14) through an outlet (16) fashioned therein; sterilising the compensating chamber (14) by supplying to the inlet (15) a second fluid containing a sterilising agent and evacuating the second fluid from the outlet (16) of the compensating chamber (14).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: GEA PROCOMAC S.P.A.
    Inventors: Paolo Abelli, Fabio Callegari
  • Patent number: 10933574
    Abstract: A bottling apparatus (200) in aseptic conditions of containers (100) made of a thermoplastic material, comprising: a stretching rod (5) partially located in a contamination-controlled environment (3) isolated from an external environment (4); a linear motor (6) comprising a cylindrical stator (7) and a rotor (8) integrally connected to the stretching rod (5); a first support (107) and a second support (207) for the rotor (8), arranged at opposite ends of the cylindrical stator (7) and integrally connected thereto, in each of the supports (107, 207) at least one passage (707, 807; 107a, 207a) being obtained to allow a sanitising fluid to pass through a separation volume (30) defined between the cylindrical stator (7) and the rotor (8).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: GEA PROCOMAC S.P.A.
    Inventors: Paolo Abelli, Fabio Callegari
  • Publication number: 20210053272
    Abstract: A bottling apparatus (1) in aseptic conditions of containers (100) made of a thermoplastic material, comprising: at least one mobile organ such as, for example, a blowing nozzle (24) that is partially located in a contamination-controlled environment (3) isolated from an external environment (4); a linear motor (6) for driving the mobile organ (24), the linear motor (6) comprising a cylindrical stator (7) and a rotor or magnetic shaft (8) integrally connected to the mobile organ (24), the separation volume between the rotor (8) and the cylindrical stator (7) being sanitisable by means of a sanitising fluid that passes through a grooved surface (14, 15, 18).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2019
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Inventors: FABIO CALLEGARI, PAOLO ABELLI
  • Publication number: 20200346388
    Abstract: A bottling apparatus (200) in aseptic conditions of containers (100) made of a thermoplastic material, comprising: a stretching rod (5) partially located in a contamination-controlled environment (3) isolated from an external environment (4); a linear motor (6) comprising a cylindrical stator (7) and a rotor (8) integrally connected to the stretching rod (5); a first support (107) and a second support (207) for the rotor (8), arranged at opposite ends of the cylindrical stator (7) and integrally connected thereto, in each of the supports (107, 207) at least one passage (707, 807; 107a, 207a) being obtained to allow a sanitising fluid to pass through a separation volume (30) defined between the cylindrical stator (7) and the rotor (8).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Publication date: November 5, 2020
    Inventors: PAOLO ABELLI, FABIO CALLEGARI
  • Publication number: 20200338803
    Abstract: An aseptic molding process of a container starting from a parison (20) made of a thermoplastic material, comprising steps of: blowing a first fluid into the parison (20) located in a mould (10); introducing the first fluid into the compensating chamber (14) of the mould (10) through an inlet (15); evacuating the first fluid from the molded container; evacuating the first fluid from the compensating chamber (14) through an outlet (16) fashioned therein; sterilising the compensating chamber (14) by supplying to the inlet (15) a second fluid containing a sterilising agent and evacuating the second fluid from the outlet (16) of the compensating chamber (14).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2018
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Inventors: PAOLO ABELLI, FABIO CALLEGARI
  • Publication number: 20190381715
    Abstract: Apparatus (1) for manufacturing sterile containers (2), comprising: a shaping unit (3) for shaping the containers (2); a chemical sterilising unit (4) for sterilising the shaped containers (2) by means of a sterilising agent; a first box-like case (5) configured to delimit a first volume (6) inside which the containers (2) move forward during their transferral from the shaping unit (3) to the sterilising unit (4), a first air pressurising device (7) for pressurising the air, which is located externally of the first volume (6) and configured to introduce therein air having pressure comprised between 1 Pa and 10 Pa, the pressurising device (7) comprising at least one first fan (8) and at least one first heating element (9) configured to maintain the temperature of the pressurised air over the dew point of the sterilising agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2018
    Publication date: December 19, 2019
    Inventors: PAOLO ABELLI, SIMONE ANTIGA
  • Patent number: 10029900
    Abstract: A treatment apparatus (1), using a sterilizing substance, for closures (2) for containers, including: a rotating unit (6); a plurality of longitudinal rails (7) able to house the closures (2) arranged by force of gravity, the rails (7) being solidly connected to the rotating unit (6) and being arranged such as to follow a circumferential extension of the rotating unit (6); dispensing apparatus (16) of the sterilizing substance, a variable-height support profile (15) located below the rails (7) and also having a circumferential extension such as to support the lines (8) of closures (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: GEA PROCOMAC S.P.A.
    Inventors: Paolo Abelli, Fabio Callegari
  • Patent number: 9522204
    Abstract: A treatment apparatus (1) of closures (2, 22) for containers using a sterilizing substances, comprising: a rotating unit (6); dispensing means (16) of the sterilizing substance; at least two types of rails (7a, 7b), longitudinal and parallel, of which a first type of rails (7a) houses, by force of gravity, a first format of closures (2) and a second type of rails (7b) houses, by force of gravity, a second format of closures (22), the rails (7a, 7b) being solidly constrained to the rotating unit (6) and being arranged in such a way as to follow a circumferential extension thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Assignee: GEA PROCOMAC S.P.A.
    Inventors: Paolo Abelli, Fabio Callegari
  • Publication number: 20150367009
    Abstract: A treatment apparatus (1), using a sterilizing substance, for closures (2) for containers, comprising: a rotating unit (6); a plurality of longitudinal rails (7) able to house the closures (2) arranged by force of gravity, the rails (7) being solidly connected to the rotating unit (6) and being arranged such as to follow a circumferential extension of the rotating unit (6); dispensing means (16) of the sterilizing substance, a variable-height support profile (15) located inferiorly of the rails (7) and also having a circumferential extension such as to support the lines (8) of closures (2)
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2014
    Publication date: December 24, 2015
    Inventors: Paolo ABELLI, Fabio CALLEGARI
  • Publication number: 20150367010
    Abstract: A treatment apparatus (1) of closures (2, 22) for containers using a sterilising substances, comprising: a rotating unit (6); dispensing means (16) of the sterilising substance; at least two types of rails (7a, 7b), longitudinal and parallel, of which a first type of rails (7a) houses, by force of gravity, a first format of closures (2) and a second type of rails (7b) houses, by force of gravity, a second format of closures (22), the rails (7a, 7b) being solidly constrained to the rotating unit (6) and being arranged in such a way as to follow a circumferential extension thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2014
    Publication date: December 24, 2015
    Inventors: Paolo ABELLI, Fabio CALLEGARI