Patents by Inventor Pietrandrea Gabriele Ficai

Pietrandrea Gabriele Ficai 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).

  • Apparatus and method for refilling a refillable container
    Patent number: 8448677
    Abstract: A refilling apparatus for a refillable container and associated methodology is described and wherein the apparatus includes a refillable dispensing container; a source of pressurized propellant for delivery to the refillable dispensing container; a valve coupled in fluid flowing relation relative to the source of pressurized propellant; a source of a liquid to be dispensed by the refillable container and which is coupled in fluid flowing relation relative to the valve, and a pressurized vessel positioned downstream relative to both the sources of the liquid to be dispensed, and the pressurized propellant, as well as the valve, and which encloses a volume of the liquid to be dispensed to refill a depleted refillable dispensing container when the refillable dispensing container engages the valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2013
    Assignee: Surface Technologies IP AG
    Inventors: Pietrandrea Gabriele Ficai, Pierre Somers
  • Apparatus and method for refilling a refillable container
    Publication number: 20100307634
    Abstract: A refilling apparatus for a refillable container and associated methodology is described and wherein the apparatus includes a refillable dispensing container; a source of pressurized propellant for delivery to the refillable dispensing container; a valve coupled in fluid flowing relation relative to the source of pressurized propellant; a source of a liquid to be dispensed by the refillable container and which is coupled in fluid flowing relation relative to the valve, and a pressurized vessel positioned downstream relative to both the sources of the liquid to be dispensed, and the pressurized propellant, as well as the valve, and which encloses a volume of the liquid to be dispensed to refill a depleted refillable dispensing container when the refillable dispensing container engages the valve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2009
    Publication date: December 9, 2010
    Inventors: Pietrandrea Gabriele Ficai, Pierre Somers