Patents by Inventor Raffaele Ubaldi
Raffaele Ubaldi 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: 12195278Abstract: A conveyor device includes a first axis equipped with at least two first pulleys rotating coaxially around a first rotation axis and spaced apart, a second axis provided with at least two second pulleys coaxially rotating around a second rotation axis and spaced apart, wherein each first pulley is aligned with a corresponding second pulley along a movement direction of the conveyor device. A conveyor belt extends between the first and the second axis and is wrapped around the first and second pulleys. The conveyor belt includes a substantially flat base body made of rubberized cloth and having a first face, a second face and a traction body made in one piece with its lateral zone, projecting from the first face and couplable to a first pulley and to the respective second pulley for moving the conveyor belt, and a plurality of cross bars extending transversely to the movement direction between the lateral zones.Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 2021Date of Patent: January 14, 2025Assignee: ROC S.R.L.Inventor: Raffaele Ubaldi
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Publication number: 20240180081Abstract: Described is a windrow merger for collecting agricultural products from a field comprising: a frame; a pick-up device; a conveyor; a guiding device; a support structure, equipped with arms connected to the guiding device and articulated to the frame to rotate relative to the frame about an axis of oscillation, comprising a rod rotating relative to the frame about an axis of rotation parallel to the axis of oscillation and connected to the arms by bars, in such a way that a rotation of the rod about the axis of rotation is linked to a rotation of the support structure about the axis of oscillation; an actuator is connected to the frame and to the rod, so that a position of the actuator is kinetically linked to the angular position of the rod about the axis of rotation for managing the position of the guiding device.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 29, 2023Publication date: June 6, 2024Inventors: Raffaele UBALDI, Stefano UBALDI
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Publication number: 20230096139Abstract: A conveyor device includes a first axis equipped with at least two first pulleys rotating coaxially around a first rotation axis and spaced apart, a second axis provided with at least two second pulleys coaxially rotating around a second rotation axis and spaced apart, wherein each first pulley is aligned with a corresponding second pulley along a movement direction of the conveyor device. A conveyor belt extends between the first and the second axis and is wrapped around said first and second pulleys. Said conveyor belt includes a substantially flat base body made of rubberized cloth and having a first face, a second face and a traction body made in one piece with its lateral zone, projecting from the first face and couplable to a first pulley and to the respective second pulley for moving the conveyor belt, and a plurality of cross bars extending transversely to said movement direction between the lateral zones.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 5, 2021Publication date: March 30, 2023Inventor: Raffaele UBALDI
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Publication number: 20220264802Abstract: An agricultural machine, includes a frame with a pair of wheels enabling movement in one direction, at least two harvesting devices for agricultural products connected to the frame that, in a work position, are arranged frontally to the wheels and aligned with each other transversely to the one direction. Unloading equipment is arranged operationally downstream of the harvesting devices to receive the harvested agricultural products and to move them in an unloading direction transverse to the one direction. The unloading equipment includes a central unloading device that is movable with respect to the harvesting devices between a work position, wherein it directly receives the harvested agricultural products from the harvesting devices, and a non-operational position, wherein it is offset with respect to the work position so as to enable the harvested agricultural products to fall immediately downstream of the first harvesting device.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 21, 2020Publication date: August 25, 2022Inventor: Raffaele UBALDI
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Patent number: 10827678Abstract: An agricultural machine includes a frame, and a lifting unit configured to vary a height of an operating unit with respect to a supporting surface for the machine. The lifting unit includes hydraulic cylinder with a liner and first and second pistons both slidingly housed inside the liner and arranged in series to define first and second chambers inside the liner, wherein the first and second pistons are controllable independently. The lifting unit includes a pressure stabilizer in fluid connection with the first chamber and that controls a pressure in the first chamber so that the first piston moves therein as a force generated on the first piston varies. A second control element for the second chamber carries out a volumetric control of the second chamber to control a position of the second piston regardless of a pressure inside the second chamber.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2018Date of Patent: November 10, 2020Assignee: ROC GROUP S.R.L.Inventor: Raffaele Ubaldi
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Patent number: 10238037Abstract: A harvesting device for agricultural products having an elongated shape, includes a frame having a main extension direction, a plurality of harvesting elements for agricultural products, each including an elongated harvesting prong, a plurality of bands attached to the frame, arranged along the main extension direction and spaced apart so that each harvesting element is at least partially interposed between two successive bands. A transport path includes a first section, where a prong portion radially outside the band has a constant or increasing size, and a second section, where a prong portion radially outside the band has a decreasing size to a disengagement point. A plurality of sorting members is each associated to a band and positioned below the band, along the second section of the transport path, in which each sorting member is rotatable about its central axis.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2016Date of Patent: March 26, 2019Assignee: ROC S.R.L.Inventor: Raffaele Ubaldi
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Publication number: 20180213723Abstract: An agricultural machine including a frame, at least one operating unit connected to the frame, at least one wheel or crawler track rotatably attached to the frame to allow the movement of the machine on a supporting surface and a lifting unit operatively interposed between the frame and the wheel or between the frame and the operating unit, configured to vary the height of the operating unit with respect to the supporting surface of the machine. The lifting unit includes at least one hydraulic cylinder provided with a liner, a first and a second piston both slidingly housed inside the liner and arranged in series to define at least a first and a second chamber inside the liner, wherein the first and the second piston can be controlled independently of each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 30, 2018Publication date: August 2, 2018Inventor: Raffaele Ubaldi
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Publication number: 20170181377Abstract: A harvesting device for agricultural products having an elongated shape, includes a frame having a main extension direction, a plurality of harvesting elements for agricultural products, each including an elongated harvesting prong, a plurality of bands attached to the frame, arranged along the main extension direction and spaced apart so that each harvesting element is at least partially interposed between two successive bands. A transport path includes a first section, where a prong portion radially outside the band has a constant or increasing size, and a second section, where a prong portion radially outside the band has a decreasing size to a disengagement point. A plurality of sorting members is each associated to a band and positioned below the band, along the second section of the transport path, in which each sorting member is rotatable about its central axis.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2016Publication date: June 29, 2017Inventor: Raffaele UBALDI
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Patent number: 9668422Abstract: A device for harvesting long agricultural products, such as grass, straw, pulses, biomass products and the like, includes a frame having a main axis of extension, a plurality of agricultural product harvesting elements, each in turn equipped with at least one long harvesting prong, a movement system for moving each of the harvesting elements along a closed trajectory surrounding the main axis of extension, and a plurality of bands fixed to the frame, positioned one after another and spaced out along the main axis of extension. The device also includes a conveyor unit including an elongate body extending along its own axis of rotation and provided with at least one peripheral step forming an agricultural product feed shoulder extending, along an axis which is substantially radial relative to said axis of rotation, between an edge proximal to the axis of rotation and an edge distal from the axis of rotation.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 2013Date of Patent: June 6, 2017Assignee: ROC S.R.L.Inventor: Raffaele Ubaldi
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Patent number: 9642310Abstract: Described is a cleaning unit for a device for harvesting long agricultural products, such as grass, straw, pulses, biomass products and the like, of the type that can be pulled by a pulling vehicle along an advancing axis and provided with pick-up means (102) for harvesting said products and with unloading means (106) located operatively downstream of the pick-up means (102), forming a supporting surface (B) for the agricultural products harvested and mobile transversally to said advancing axis along a predetermined axis of movement (A) for releasing the agricultural products to the sides of said pulling vehicle, wherein the cleaning unit comprises a wheel (2) comprising a peripheral annular surface (3) and rotatable about its own axis of rotation (C) and joining means (5) designed to connect said wheel (2) to said harvesting device (100) in such a way that said axis of rotation (C) is transversal to said axis of movement (A) and wherein said peripheral annular surface (3) is positioned at a predetermined heiType: GrantFiled: August 5, 2014Date of Patent: May 9, 2017Assignee: ROC S.R.L.Inventor: Raffaele Ubaldi
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Patent number: 9615513Abstract: A device for harvesting long agricultural products, such as grass, straw, pulses, biomass products, including a first unit (2) and a second unit (3) for picking up the agricultural products extending along a relative main line (A) and equipped with pick-up device (4, 6) configured to pick up from the ground the agricultural products and an unloading device (5, 7) operatively located downstream of the pick-up device (4, 6) and movable along the main line (A) for releasing the agricultural products. The harvesting device also includes a frame (9) having one or more portions (9a) connectable to the front of a self-propelled agricultural unit (100) and provided with a first connecting and supporting member (10) and second connecting and supporting member (11) associated respectively with the first pick-up unit (2) and the second pick-up unit (3) and positioned on opposite sides of the frame (9) relative to a middle line (D) of the frame (9) which is orthogonal to the main line (A).Type: GrantFiled: May 7, 2015Date of Patent: April 11, 2017Assignee: ROC S.R.L.Inventor: Raffaele Ubaldi
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Patent number: 9521807Abstract: A guiding unit for agricultural products for a device for harvesting the agricultural products comprising a supporting body (2) connectable to the frame (101) of the harvesting device (100) and equipped with a supporting portion (2a) which, during use, is located above the unloading means (106), and a guiding element (5) extending mainly along the main line (A) and connecting means (8) operatively interposed between the guiding element (5) and the supporting portion (2a) of the supporting body (2), designed to allow a translation of the guiding element (5) towards and away from the supporting body (2).Type: GrantFiled: May 4, 2015Date of Patent: December 20, 2016Assignee: ROC S.R.L.Inventor: Raffaele Ubaldi
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Publication number: 20150319928Abstract: Described is a device for harvesting long agricultural products, such as grass, straw, pulses, biomass products and the like, comprising a first unit (2) and a second unit (3) for picking up the agricultural products extending along a relative main line (A) and equipped with pick-up means (4, 6) configured to pick up from the ground the agricultural products and unloading means (5, 7) operatively located downstream of the pick-up means (4, 6) and movable along the main line (A) for releasing the agricultural products. The device also comprises a frame (9) having one or more portions (9a) connectable to the front of a self-propelled agricultural unit (100) and provided with first connecting and supporting means (10) and second connecting and supporting means (11) associated respectively with the first pick-up unit (2) and the second pick-up unit (3) and positioned on opposite sides of the frame (9) relative to a middle line (D) of the frame (9) which is orthogonal to the main line (A).Type: ApplicationFiled: May 7, 2015Publication date: November 12, 2015Inventor: Raffaele UBALDI
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Publication number: 20150313082Abstract: Described is a guiding unit for agricultural products for a device for harvesting the agricultural products comprising a supporting body (2) connectable to the frame (101) of the harvesting device (100) and equipped with a supporting portion (2a) which, during use, is located above the unloading means (106), a guiding element (5) extending mainly along the main line (A) and delimited, transversally to it, by an upper longitudinal edge (5a), proximal to the supporting body (2), and by a lower longitudinal edge (5b), distal from the supporting body (2) and, in use, opposite and in front of the pick-up means (102) in such a way as to delimit a pass-through section for the products to be harvested. The pick-up means also comprises connecting means (8) operatively interposed between the upper longitudinal edge (5a) of the guiding element (5) and the supporting portion (2a) of the supporting body (2), designed to allow a translation of the guiding element (5) towards and away from the supporting body (2).Type: ApplicationFiled: May 4, 2015Publication date: November 5, 2015Inventor: Raffaele UBALDI
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Publication number: 20150040530Abstract: Described is a cleaning unit for a device for harvesting long agricultural products, such as grass, straw, pulses, biomass products and the like, of the type that can be pulled by a pulling vehicle along an advancing axis and provided with pick-up means (102) for harvesting said products and with unloading means (106) located operatively downstream of the pick-up means (102), forming a supporting surface (B) for the agricultural products harvested and mobile transversally to said advancing axis along a predetermined axis of movement (A) for releasing the agricultural products to the sides of said pulling vehicle, wherein the cleaning unit comprises a wheel (2) comprising a peripheral annular surface (3) and rotatable about its own axis of rotation (C) and joining means (5) designed to connect said wheel (2) to said harvesting device (100) in such a way that said axis of rotation (C) is transversal to said axis of movement (A) and wherein said peripheral annular surface (3) is positioned at a predetermined heiType: ApplicationFiled: August 5, 2014Publication date: February 12, 2015Inventor: RAFFAELE UBALDI
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Publication number: 20140109543Abstract: A device for harvesting long agricultural products, such as grass, straw, pulses, biomass products and the like, includes a frame having a main axis of extension, a plurality of agricultural product harvesting elements, each in turn equipped with at least one long harvesting prong, a movement system for moving each of the harvesting elements along a closed trajectory surrounding the main axis of extension, and a plurality of bands fixed to the frame, positioned one after another and spaced out along the main axis of extension. The device also includes a conveyor unit including an elongate body extending along its own axis of rotation and provided with at least one peripheral step forming an agricultural product feed shoulder extending, along an axis which is substantially radial relative to said axis of rotation, between an edge proximal to the axis of rotation and an edge distal from the axis of rotation.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 22, 2013Publication date: April 24, 2014Applicant: ROC S.R.L.Inventor: Raffaele UBALDI
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Publication number: 20080000212Abstract: A pick up element (1) for agricultural products having a thin and long-limbed shape such as grass, straw, leguminous and similar products comprises long-limbed pick up prongs (10) developing along a development line (11) between a first and a second end (110,111) and ideally divided, along the development line (11) into: a taking up zone (100) of the agricultural products from the ground comprising the first end (110); a transport zone (101) of the agricultural products consecutive to the taking up zone (100) wherein the development line (11) defines a holding and transport concavity (112) of the agricultural products; a hooking zone (102) consecutive to the transport zone (101) and comprising the second end (111).Type: ApplicationFiled: June 25, 2007Publication date: January 3, 2008Inventor: Raffaele Ubaldi
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Patent number: 6712200Abstract: An automatic centering device for a conveyor belt for industrial and/or agricultural machinery looped around at least two tensioning rollers characteristically comprises: a detection system which generates a signal correlated to a transversal movement of the belt in a direction relative to its reference position centered on the two rollers; actuator means which drive the rotation of at least one of the two rollers in a plane parallel to the main plane in which the belt lies; a control unit, with the input connected to the detection system and the output connected to the actuator means.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2002Date of Patent: March 30, 2004Assignee: R.O.C. Dei Fratelli Ubaldi & C.S.n.c.Inventor: Raffaele Ubaldi
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Publication number: 20030045966Abstract: An automatic centering device for a conveyor belt for industrial and/or agricultural machinery looped around at least two tensioning rollers characteristically comprises: a detection system which generates a signal correlated to a transversal movement of the belt in a direction relative to its reference position centered on the two rollers; actuator means which drive the rotation of at least one of the two rollers in a plane parallel to the main plane in which the belt lies; a control unit, with the input connected to the detection system and the output connected to the actuator means.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 27, 2002Publication date: March 6, 2003Inventor: Raffaele Ubaldi