Patents by Inventor Piero Battegazzore

Piero Battegazzore 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: 8453857
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a closure preferably for containers which have a standard threaded neck, which comprises a metal cap to prevent liquid from escaping from the container, a metal sleeve and a polymer ring which are coaxial relative to the latter, wherein the polymer ring comprises a first portion which has a diameter D1 and a second portion which has a diameter D2<D1, the metal cap comprises an end portion which is disposed around the second portion before the initial opening takes place, the closure being able, during the initial opening, to allow said end portion to pass over the first portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2013
    Assignee: Guala Closures S.p.A.
    Inventor: Piero Battegazzore
  • Patent number: 8281944
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an anti-tamper closure (1, 1?) for threaded bottles (100, 100?) comprising an outer cap (20, 20?) and an outer skirt (22, 22?) which is connected to the outer cap (20, 20?) prior to initial opening, and an inner cap (30, 30?) and an inner annular element (32, 32?) which is connected to the inner cap (30, 30?) prior to initial opening, in which the inner annular element (32, 32?) is connected to the inner cap (30, 30?) with respect to both rotation and translation by inner connection means (31, 31?) which render the inner annular element (32, 32?) free to rotate and to translate relative to the inner cap (30, 30?) after initial opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2012
    Assignee: Guala Closures S.p.A.
    Inventor: Piero Battegazzore
  • Patent number: 8231019
    Abstract: Closure for bottles, particularly for a bottle with a neck (2) provided with a thread (5), the said closure comprising an inner cap of plastics material, having an end wall (9) and a tubular skirt (10) connected to the rim of the said end wall and extending axially along the neck, the said tubular skirt (10) being provided with an internal thread (12) which engages with the said thread (5) provided on the neck, together with an outer cap (14) of sheet metal which covers the said inner cap and which is fixed to the neck of the bottle by fixing means (22), at least one circular weakening line (19) being provided in the said sheet metal outer cap (14), the said outer cap (14) having a tubular shape and being provided with an annular enlargement (24) extending radially outwards and axially over a specified distance with the formation of an inner annular channel (25) delimited by corresponding axial end stops (26, 27) and facing the tubular skirt (10) of the inner cap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2012
    Assignee: Guala Closures, S.p.A.
    Inventor: Piero Battegazzore
  • Publication number: 20100018942
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a closure, preferably for containers which have a standard threaded neck, which comprises a metal cap to prevent liquid from escaping from the container, a metal sleeve and a polymer ring which are coaxial relative to the latter, wherein the polymer ring comprises a first portion which has a diameter D1 and a second portion which has a diameter D2<D1, the metal cap comprises an end portion which is disposed around the second portion before the initial opening takes place, the closure being able, during the initial opening, to allow said end portion to pass over the first portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2008
    Publication date: January 28, 2010
    Applicant: GUALA CLOSURES S.P.A.
    Inventor: Piero Battegazzore
  • Publication number: 20090321378
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an anti-tamper closure (1, 1?) for threaded bottles (100, 100?) comprising an outer cap (20, 20?) and an outer skirt (22, 22?) which is connected to the outer cap (20, 20?) prior to initial opening, and an inner cap (30, 30?) and an inner annular element (32, 32?) which is connected to the inner cap (30, 30?) prior to initial opening, in which the inner annular element (32, 32?) is connected to the inner cap (30, 30?) with respect to both rotation and translation by inner connection means (31, 31?) which render the inner annular element (32, 32?) free to rotate and to translate relative to the inner cap (30, 30?) after initial opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2007
    Publication date: December 31, 2009
    Applicant: GUALA CLOSURES S.P.A.
    Inventor: Piero Battegazzore
  • Publication number: 20080264893
    Abstract: Closure for bottles, particularly for a bottle with a neck (2) provided with a thread (5), the said closure comprising an inner cap of plastics material, having an end wall (9) and a tubular skirt (10) connected to the rim of the said end wall and extending axially along the neck, the said tubular skirt (10) being provided with an internal thread (12) which engages with the said thread (5) provided on the neck, together with an outer cap (14) of sheet metal which covers the said inner cap and which is fixed to the neck of the bottle by fixing means (22), at least one circular weakening line (19) being provided in the said sheet metal outer cap (14), the said outer cap (14) having a tubular shape and being provided with an annular enlargement (24) extending radially outwards and axially over a specified distance with the formation of an inner annular channel (25) delimited by corresponding axial end stops (26, 27) and facing the tubular skirt (10) of the inner cap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2004
    Publication date: October 30, 2008
    Inventor: Piero Battegazzore
  • Publication number: 20080023500
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a connector (1) able to be mounted on the neck of a container for liquids (100), in the form of a bottler consisting of a main body having, sliding longitudinally therein, a slider provided with a radially expandable bottom portion so as to engage reversibly with a hollow:, probe, in which the hollow probe is able to perform the longitudinal displacement of the the slider and connect the inside of the container (100) with its interior so as to allow the dispensing of liquid from the container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2007
    Publication date: January 31, 2008
    Applicant: Guala Closures S.p.A.
    Inventor: Piero Battegazzore
  • Patent number: 6981600
    Abstract: A closure particularly for a bottle for a good-quality liquor which renders the difference between an intact bottle and a wrongfully opened bottle unusually clear, comprises a pourer body of predetermined axis fixed axially and angularly to the bottle, a cap having a skirt screwed onto the pourer body, a sleeve in at least two portions extending around the bottle, and a tubular appendix forming around an extension of the skirt of the cap and extending around the sleeve in order to keep the at least tow portions juxtaposed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2006
    Assignee: Guala Closures S.p.A.
    Inventor: Piero Battegazzore
  • Patent number: 6619492
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a security closure for bottles for liquor and the like having a neck, comprising a stopper cap having an end wall, a skirt, and a longitudinal axis X—X perpendicular to said end wall of the stopper cap, a security seal attached to said skirt, a groove in the outer surface of said neck axially positioned onto said neck, said sleeve being provided with an upper edge and said upper edge snap-fitting into said groove of the neck, stop means on said skirt radially extending towards said longitudinal axis X—X, said stop means providing a bearing surface for an abutment present on said sleeve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2003
    Assignee: Guala Closures S.p.A.
    Inventor: Piero Battegazzore
  • Publication number: 20030000908
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a security closure for bottles for liquor and the like having a neck, comprising a stopper cap having an end wall, a skirt, and a longitudinal axis X-X perpendicular to said end wall of the stopper cap, a security seal attached to said skirt, a groove in the outer surface of said neck axially positioned onto said neck, said sleeve being provided with an upper edge and said upper edge snap-fitting into said groove of the neck, stop means on said skirt radially extending towards said longitudinal axis X-X, said stop means providing a bearing surface for an abutment present on said sleeve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2002
    Publication date: January 2, 2003
    Applicant: Guala Closures S.p.A.
    Inventor: Piero Battegazzore
  • Patent number: 6454126
    Abstract: An anti-fraud closure device for providing evidence of the initial opening of a container for liquids having a pouring body, a connecting element, a mixing element for connecting the pouring body to the neck of the container, a removable cap and an outer cap disposed over and housing a cap. The device further includes a sleeve, a tubular element inserted in the sleeve and connected thereto for partial angular movement and for axial movement between a first and a second position and an element for indicating that the initial opening of the container has taken place.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2002
    Assignee: Guala Closures S.p.A.
    Inventor: Piero Battegazzore
  • Patent number: 6276544
    Abstract: A security closure (1) for a glass bottle (2), which can be fitted on the bottle (2) quickly and can be manipulated conveniently, comprises a cap (3) having internal threading (16) with a predetermined large number of starts mating with external threading (17) on the bottle (2), the cap being connected, by means of a line of weakening (10), to a sleeve (11) restrained axially and angularly on the bottle (2), the closure further comprising lead-in means (20) in the sleeve (11) mating with matching lead-in means (21) on the bottle (2) in order to orient the cap (3) and the sleeve (11) angularly relative to the bottle (2) when the cap (3) and the sleeve (11) are fitted axially on the bottle (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2001
    Assignee: Guala Closures S.p.A.
    Inventor: Piero Battegazzore
  • Patent number: 6168050
    Abstract: A pump for dispensing liquids includes a hollow cylindrical support body having an annular channel formed at a first axial end of the body and open towards the internal cavity of the body. A pumping member in the form of a resiliently-flexible, cup-shaped diaphragm has its cavity facing the annular channel. A lever is pivoted about a pin carried by the hollow cylindrical body and includes a first end that engages the cup-shaped diaphragm of the pumping member for collapsing the diaphragm when it is desired to dispense liquid. A tubular element extends through the cup-shaped diaphragm of the pumping member and guides the axial movement of the pumping member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2001
    Assignee: Guala Dispensing S.p.A.
    Inventor: Piero Battegazzore
  • Patent number: 5839620
    Abstract: An atomizer for liquids, operated manually by a lever with a trigger operating a dispensing pump with a flexible suction tube penetrating into the container in which the liquid to be sprayed is located, and having a ballast weight fixed to the suction tube. The atomizer comprises retaining structure, which can be released when required, in the form of a lever which keeps the ballast weight locked to the dispensing pump and the suction tube gathered up against the dispensing pump. The ballast weight retaining structure is released after the atomizer has been mounted on the container, once the latter has been filled. In this way the flexible suction tube is extended and can follow the ballast weight by gravity regardless of the orientation of the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 24, 1998
    Assignee: Guala Dispensing S.r.l.
    Inventor: Piero Battegazzore
  • Patent number: 5813573
    Abstract: A dispenser for the simultaneous delivery of at least two paste-like products, comprising a container with a head and internally formed with two separate cylindrical chambers which lie side by side parallel to their longitudinal axes, each chamber being open towards the head and having an associated end wall which sealingly slides in a single direction towards the head. A resilient pump member under the head includes a tubular sleeve and is formed from a resiliently flexible cup-shape membrane for each cylindrical chamber of the container with the concave part facing towards these latter. An operating lever for pressing and releasing the pump member is pivoted about an axis which is fixed with respect to the container disposed perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the said cylindrical chambers and which is turnable about the said axis from a rest position to a paste delivery position and vice versa.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 29, 1998
    Assignee: Guala S.p.A.
    Inventor: Piero Battegazzore
  • Patent number: 5740932
    Abstract: A security closure for bottles and the like, which makes unauthorized opening clearly evident, comprises a pourer body, a cylindrical sleeve having an inner rim for retaining the pourer body, a cap screwed onto the pourer body, and a security band constituted by a ring which is divided into two structurally-independent, identical portions, and which is fixed to the cap by means of a weakened line, external teeth being formed on the cylindrical sleeve and opposing internal teeth being formed on the ring for engaging the teeth when the cap is first unscrewed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 1995
    Date of Patent: April 21, 1998
    Assignee: Guala Patents B.V.
    Inventor: Piero Battegazzore
  • Patent number: 5657930
    Abstract: An atomizer device for liquids pressurized by a manually operated pump, without pressurizers, comprises a nozzle with an obturator to which a plunger member is connected, The liquid pressurized by the pump acts on this plunger and moves the obturator against a spring, opening the nozzle. Interceptors, which allow the liquid to pass and consequently to be sprayed outwards only when the obturator has moved by a given amount, moving away from the nozzle and forming a predetermined chamber about the nozzle, are provided in the passage for the liquid to the nozzle. The uniformity of the fan of the jet of liquid within the course of each operating cycle of the pump and its constancy in the different cycles is thus ensured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 1995
    Date of Patent: August 19, 1997
    Inventor: Piero Battegazzore
  • Patent number: 5332126
    Abstract: A device for the automatic opening and closing of a container for pastes, such as toothpaste and the like, including a compressable tubular body closed at one end and provided with a dispenser head includes a dispensing duct including two portions at an angle forming an intersection aperture. A piston is positioned to slide sealingly inside the first portion of the dispensing duct so that it closes the intersection aperture when at rest but opens it when the user squezees the tubular body forcing the paste into the first portion of the dispensing duct. The piston is connected by its rod, through an aperture in the first portion of the dispensing duct, to a resilient arm supporting a plate-like element which covers the outlet orifice through which the product is dispensed. The movement of the piston also opens the outlet orifice and accumulates elastic energy in the arm which automatically returns the device to its closed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 1993
    Date of Patent: July 26, 1994
    Assignee: Guala S.p.A.
    Inventor: Piero Battegazzore
  • Patent number: D541155
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2007
    Assignee: Guala Closures S.p.A.
    Inventor: Piero Battegazzore
  • Patent number: D542657
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2007
    Assignee: Guala Closures S.p.A.
    Inventor: Piero Battegazzore