Patents by Inventor Patrizio Ricci
Patrizio Ricci 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).
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Patent number: 7147692Abstract: The method involves contacting the air with an aqueous or non-aqueous liquid in a stand-alone system. The air may be brought into contact with the liquid using a number of different types of apparatus, including a packed column scrubber. The liquid may be non-evaporative.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2004Date of Patent: December 12, 2006Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Daniele Fornai, Stylianos Kouvroukoglou, Patrizio Ricci, Renzo Rizzo, Sergio Rossi, Andrea Filippo Argentieri, Stefano Scialla
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Publication number: 20050263003Abstract: An air cleaning apparatus is disclosed which, in one embodiment, has: an inlet for ambient air; an outlet for purified air; a mechanism for the uptake of a scrubbing liquor and for the removal of impurities dissolved or dispersed in the ambient air by contact with said scrubbing liquor; an inlet for feeding a scrubbing liquor from a scrubbing liquor feeding tank; an outlet for discharging used scrubbing liquor; and a blower for drawing ambient air into the apparatus, flowing the air through the apparatus and discharging the purified air from the apparatus. A kit including an apparatus as described above and a refill of scrubbing liquor ingredients, or of a scrubbing liquor concentrate or of a ready-to-use scrubbing liquor is also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2004Publication date: December 1, 2005Inventors: Daniele Fornai, Stylianos Kouvroukoglou, Patrizio Ricci, Renzo Rizzo, Sergio Rossi, Andrea Argentieri, Stefano Scialla
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Patent number: 6843835Abstract: An air cleaning apparatus is disclosed which, in one embodiment, has: an inlet for ambient air; an outlet for purified air; a mechanism for the uptake of a scrubbing liquor and for the removal of impurities dissolved or dispersed in the ambient air by contact with said scrubbing liquor; an inlet for feeding a scrubbing liquor from a scrubbing liquor feeding tank; an outlet for discharging used scrubbing liquor; and a blower for drawing ambient air into the apparatus, flowing the air through the apparatus and discharging the purified air from the apparatus. A kit including an apparatus as described above and a refill of scrubbing liquor ingredients, or of a scrubbing liquor concentrate or of a ready-to-use scrubbing liquor is also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2002Date of Patent: January 18, 2005Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Daniele Fornai, Stylianos Kouvroukoglou, Patrizio Ricci, Renzo Rizzo, Sergio Rossi, Andrea Filippo Argentieri, Stefano Scialla
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Dispensing device comprising a reservoir and attachment means provided with protected piercing means
Patent number: 6685056Abstract: The present invention is directed to a device comprising an appliance, and a reservoir suitable for being removably connected to said appliance, said appliance comprising at least one piercing means and said reservoir comprising one pierceable means, said appliance comprising a releasable protecting means for preventing access to said piercing means when said reservoir is not connected to said appliance. The present invention is further directed to said appliance, and also to said reservoir. In a preferred embodiment of the invention, the appliance comprises an actuation trigger to release said protecting means and give access to said piercing means, and said reservoir comprises a releasing means to cooperate with said actuation trigger in releasing said protecting means. Also preferably, said appliance and said reservoir are provided with cooperating securing means, so as to ensure that said reservoir is secured into said appliance, ones connected thereinto.Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 2002Date of Patent: February 3, 2004Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Andrea Argentieri, Yvon Crozet, John Russell Lawson, Patrizio Ricci, Jelle Dankert Vuijk -
Patent number: 6589932Abstract: A multi-phase detergent tablet for use in a washing machine, the tablet comprising: a) a first phase in the form of a shaped body having at least one mould therein; and b) a second phase in the form of a particulate solid compressed within the mould. The multi-phase tablets provide improved dissolution and cleaning characteristics together with excellent tablet integrity and strength.Type: GrantFiled: January 17, 2001Date of Patent: July 8, 2003Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Patrizio Ricci, Brenda Frances Bennie, Christopher James Binder
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Patent number: 6551982Abstract: A multi-phase detergent tablet for use in a washing machine, the tablet comprising: a) a first phase in the form of a shaped body having at least one mould therein; and b) a second phase in the form of a compressed body adhesively contained within the mould, wherein the tablet composition comprises one or more detergent actives which is predominantly concentrated in the second phase, and wherein the second phase additionally comprises a binder. The multi-phase tablets provide improved dissolution and cleaning characteristics together with excellent tablet integrity and strength.Type: GrantFiled: January 17, 2001Date of Patent: April 22, 2003Assignee: Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Patrizio Ricci, Brenda Frances Bennie, Christopher James Binder
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Patent number: 6551981Abstract: A multi-phase detergent tablet for use in a washing machine, the tablet comprising: a) a first phase in the form of a shaped body having at least one mould therein; and b) a second phase in the form of a particulate solid compressed within the mould. The multi-phase tablets provide improved dissolution and cleaning characteristics together with excellent tablet integrity and strength.Type: GrantFiled: January 17, 2001Date of Patent: April 22, 2003Inventors: Patrizio Ricci, Brenda Frances Bennie, Christopher James Binder, Valerio Del Duca, Andrea Esposito
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Patent number: 6544944Abstract: A multi-phase detergent tablet comprising: a) a first phase in the form of a shaped body having at least one mould therein; and b) a second phase in the form of a compressed body adhesively contained within the mould, and wherein the second phase comprises an enzyme. The multi-phase tablets provide improved dissolution and cleaning characteristics together with excellent tablet integrity and strength.Type: GrantFiled: January 17, 2001Date of Patent: April 8, 2003Assignee: Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Patrizio Ricci, Brenda Frances Bennie, Christopher James Binder
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Patent number: 6544943Abstract: A multi-phase detergent tablet comprising: a) a first phase in the form of a shaped body having at least one mould therein; and b) a second phase in the form of a compressed, body adhesively contained within the mould, wherein the tablet composition comprises one or more detergent actives which is predominantly concentrated in the second phase, and wherein the second phase additionally comprises a disrupting agent. The multi-phases tablets provide improved dissolution and cleaning characteristics together with excellent tablet integrity and strength.Type: GrantFiled: January 17, 2001Date of Patent: April 8, 2003Assignee: Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Patrizio Ricci, Brenda Frances Bennie, Christopher James Binder
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Publication number: 20030056648Abstract: An air cleaning apparatus is disclosed which, in one embodiment, has: an inlet for ambient air; an outlet for purified air; a mechanism for the uptake of a scrubbing liquor and for the removal of impurities dissolved or dispersed in the ambient air by contact with said scrubbing liquor; an inlet for feeding a scrubbing liquor from a scrubbing liquor feeding tank; an outlet for discharging used scrubbing liquor; and a blower for drawing ambient air into the apparatus, flowing the air through the apparatus and discharging the purified air from the apparatus.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 25, 2002Publication date: March 27, 2003Applicant: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Daniele Fornai, Stylianos Kouvroukoglou, Patrizio Ricci, Renzo Rizzo, Sergio Rossi, Andrea Filippo Argentieri, Stefano Scialla
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Publication number: 20020066747Abstract: The present invention is directed to a device for the delivery of products, preferably cleaning products comprising an active ingredient, more preferably cleaning products comprising a surfactant. The device comprises at least one vented reservoir for containing at least one liquid product and a dispensing appliance for dispensing the product from the reservoir. In one embodiment, the reservoir comprises at least one recess and/or protrusion and the dispensing appliance comprises at least one corresponding protrusion and/or recess. The reservoir is releasably secured in a leak-tight manner with the dispensing means such that fluid communication between the reservoir and the dispensing appliance is established, only when the protrusion(s) and the recess(es) are fitted into each other, and the protrusion(s) and the recess(es) of the reservoir have a shape which is complementary, preferably exactly complementary, to the protrusion(s) and/or recess(es) of the dispensing appliance.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 7, 2001Publication date: June 6, 2002Inventors: Andrea Argentieri, Yvon Loic Crozet, John Russell Lawson, Patrizio Ricci, Jelle Dankert Vuijk
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Patent number: 6386392Abstract: A reservoir for use with a dispensing appliance for spraying a liquid is provided, wherein the dispensing appliance comprises a protecting plate and at least two needles for engaging the reservoir. The protecting plate has a locked position and an unlocked position, wherein the protecting plate is movable in the unlocked position to expose the needles and is immovable in the locked position. The reservoir comprises a finish with an opening which communicates with the interior of the reservoir and a membrane disposed across the opening, wherein the membrane has an exposed length of less than about 45 mm.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2000Date of Patent: May 14, 2002Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Andrea Argentieri, Yvon Loic Crozet, John Russell Lawson, Patrizio Ricci, Jelle Dankert Vuijk
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Patent number: 6321941Abstract: The present invention is directed to a device for the delivery of products, preferably cleaning products comprising an active ingredient, more preferably cleaning products comprising a surfactant, the device comprising at least one vented reservoir for containing at least one liquid product and a means for dispensing the product from the reservoir, the device being characterized in that the reservoir comprises at least one recess and/or protrusion and the dispensing means comprises at least one corresponding protrusion and/or recess, said reservoir being releasably secured in a leak-tight manner with the dispensing means such that fluid communication between said reservoir and said means is established, only when said protrusion(s) and recess(es) are fitted into each other, and said protrusion(s) and said recess(es) of said reservoir have a shape which is complementary, preferably exactly complementary, to said protrusion(s) and/or recess(es) of said dispensing means.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2000Date of Patent: November 27, 2001Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Andrea Argentieri, Yvon Loic Crozet, John Russell Lawson, Patrizio Ricci, Jelle Dankert Vuijk
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Patent number: D520185Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 2005Date of Patent: May 2, 2006Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Jenny Zheng Zeng, Frederique Hennebelle, Patrizio Ricci, Muriel Leila Gisele Cordier, Peter Robert Jozef Mayeur, Timothy Frederik Perry, Dominic Burke