Patents by Inventor Paolo Cortese

Paolo Cortese 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: 7100392
    Abstract: A granita production machine includes a bowl (2) designed to receive a water solution to be transformed into granita. The bowl (2), which is provided with a cover (3) and a granita dispensing tap (4), surrounds a cooling drum (11), being arranged orthogonally to the bottom (9) of the bowl (2) and crossed by a rotating shaft (13), which is driven around an axis (y) by a first geared motor (41). The shaft (13) carries removing structure to remove crystals of iced solution from the external surface of the cooling drum (11), including a scraping element (15) and a conveying element (16) connected together. A granita stirring vane (22), being rotated around an axis (y?) by a second geared motor (23) housed in the same cover (3) is dependent inside the bowl (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2006
    Assignee: ELCOR S.R.L.
    Inventor: Paolo Cortese
  • Publication number: 20050103030
    Abstract: A granita production machine includes a bowl (2) designed to receive a water solution to be transformed into granita. The bowl (2), which is provided with a cover (3) and a granita dispensing tap (4), surrounds a cooling drum (11), being arranged orthogonally to the bottom (9) of the bowl (2) and crossed by a rotating shaft (13), which is driven around an axis (y) by a first geared motor (41). The shaft (13) carries removing structure to remove crystals of iced solution from the external surface of the cooling drum (11), including a scraping element (15) and a conveying element (16) connected together. A granita stirring vane (22), being rotated around an axis (y?) by a second geared motor (23) housed in the same cover (3) is dependent inside the bowl (2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2004
    Publication date: May 19, 2005
    Applicant: ELCOR S. R. L.
    Inventor: Paolo Cortese