Patents by Inventor Rezia Molfino

Rezia Molfino 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: 9089973
    Abstract: A gripper for grasping and handling textiles and other flexible materials includes an external body housing a driving unit, which actuates a plurality of sliding elements moving away and approaching symmetrically; and a plurality of gripping members, each connected to one of the sliding elements by a first transmission group that includes a kinematic chain with levers that invert motion such that, during the approaching of the sliding elements, the gripping members move away from each other, and during the distancing of the sliding elements, the gripping members approach each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Inventors: Matteo Zoppi, Rezia Molfino, Michal Jilich, Thuy Hong Loan Le
  • Publication number: 20140232125
    Abstract: A gripper for grasping and handling textiles and other flexible materials includes an external body housing a driving unit, which actuates a plurality of sliding elements moving away and approaching symmetrically; and a plurality of gripping members, each connected to one of the sliding elements by a first transmission group that includes a kinematic chain with levers that invert motion such that, during the approaching of the sliding elements, the gripping members move away from each other, and during the distancing of the sliding elements, the gripping members approach each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2014
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Inventors: Matteo Zoppi, Rezia Molfino, Michal Jilich, Thuy Hong Loan Le
  • Patent number: 8495811
    Abstract: A bench for the support and manufacturing of parts with complex geometry includes a support base on which one or more mobile units of support/manufacturing move. The mobile units of support/manufacturing can move and relocate independently from other ones on the surface of the support base. The mobile units of support/manufacturing include at least two adhesion feet configured to connect to anchoring elements distributed on the surface of the support base. The anchoring points are distributed on the surface of the support base with a predefined distribution according to a geometry, such that the distance between any anchoring point, and the corresponding anchoring element, from any other said anchoring point, and the corresponding anchoring organ, in the immediate vicinity of the anchoring point and the corresponding anchoring organ, is constant and equal to the radius of a predefined circle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2013
    Inventors: Matteo Zoppi, Rezia Molfino, Dimiter Zlatanov
  • Publication number: 20130189065
    Abstract: A device for the loading/unloading of goods includes a storage room, having an aperture located on a plane parallel to the back wall, and a system for the loading/unloading of the goods having a picking fork, which in turn includes a support slider configured to carry two or more fork prongs and to translate along the bottom floor of the storage room from the back wall in the direction of the aperture and vice versa, such that the two or more fork prongs move from a retracted configuration to an extracted configuration. The two fork prongs may be repositioned vertically and be mounted on guides present on the support slider, such that each of the two fork prongs translates independently from the other in a direction parallel to the plane of the bottom floor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2013
    Publication date: July 25, 2013
    Inventors: Matteo Zoppi, Rezia Molfino
  • Publication number: 20130067716
    Abstract: A bench for the support and manufacturing of parts with complex geometry includes a support base on which one or more mobile units of support/manufacturing move. The mobile units of support/manufacturing can move and relocate independently from other ones on the surface of the support base. The mobile units of support/manufacturing include at least two adhesion feet configured to connect to anchoring elements distributed on the surface of the support base. The anchoring points are distributed on the surface of the support base with a predefined distribution according to a geometry, such that the distance between any anchoring point, and the corresponding anchoring element, from any other said anchoring point, and the corresponding anchoring organ, in the immediate vicinity of the anchoring point and the corresponding anchoring organ, is constant and equal to the radius of a predefined circle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2011
    Publication date: March 21, 2013
    Inventors: Matteo Zoppi, Rezia Molfino, Dimiter Zlatanov
  • Patent number: 8061436
    Abstract: A mobile basket for consolidation work on walls is provided with a main frame, configured in the front part for hoisting and for translating the new basket up and down a wall and having legs fitted on the sides of said main frame. A secondary frame or cage is structured for supporting a magazine of drill rods, as well as a mast or drill and a mechanical hand applied to the secondary frame or cage positions parallel to its longer side and essentially perpendicular to the main frame. The mechanical hand, positioned between the mast or drill and the magazine, is configured to take a rod from the magazine and transfer it to the mast or drill.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2011
    Inventors: Roberto Zannini, Rezia Molfino, Enzo Rizzi, Giorgio Pezzuto, Manuel Armada, Pasqualino Comacchio
  • Publication number: 20090090526
    Abstract: A mobile basket for consolidation work on walls is provided with a main frame (T), configured in the front part for hoisting and for translating the new basket up and down a wall and having legs (D) fitted on the sides of said main frame (T). A secondary frame or cage (R) is structured for supporting a magazine (S) of drill bits, as well as a mast or drill (P) and a mechanical hand (M) applied to the secondary frame or cage (R) positions parallel to its longer side and essentially perpendicular to the main frame (T). The mechanical hand (M), positioned between the mast or drill (P) and the magazine (S), is configured to take a bit from the magazine (S) and transfer it to the mast or drill (P).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2004
    Publication date: April 9, 2009
    Inventors: Roberto Zannini, Rezia Molfino, Enzo Rizzi, Giorgio Pezzuto, Manuel Armada, Pasqualino Comacchio