Patents by Inventor Riccardo Rivalta

Riccardo Rivalta 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: 7012242
    Abstract: In a method for optoelectronically inspecting pharmaceutical capsules (2) in a capsule filling machine (1), the pharmaceutical capsules (2) are fed in single file from a station (3) where the capsules (2) are made to a capsule (2) outfeed portion (8) of the machine (1) along a defined feed path (P) passing through an inspection station (13). In the inspection station (13), each pharmaceutical capsule (2) passes through an electromagnetic field created by coherent, polarised light radiation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2006
    Assignee: I.M.A. Industria Macchine Automatiche S.p.A.
    Inventors: Giorgio Tarozzi, Riccardo Rivalta, Roberto Trebbi, Pierantonio Ragazzini
  • Publication number: 20050007588
    Abstract: In a method for optoelectronically inspecting pharmaceutical capsules (2) in a capsule filling machine (1), the pharmaceutical capsules (2) are fed in single file from a station (3) where the capsules (2) are made to a capsule (2) outfeed portion (8) of the machine (1) along a defined feed path (P) passing through an inspection station (13). In the inspection station (13), each pharmaceutical capsule (2) passes through an electromagnetic field created by coherent, polarised light radiation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2003
    Publication date: January 13, 2005
    Inventors: Giorgio Tarozzi, Riccardo Rivalta, Roberto Trebbi, Pierantonio Ragazzini
  • Patent number: 6837280
    Abstract: A unit (6) for checking the dosing of pharmaceutical material (M) in a capsule filling machine (1) for the production of capsules (CF) of the type with a capsule lid (C) and a capsule body (F), the machine (1) comprising a fixed structure (15) fitted with a rotary drum (2) for supporting a plurality of capsules (CF) on its edge, opening each capsule (CF) by separating the capsule lid (C) from the capsule body (F), filling the capsule body (F) with a dose of material (M), then closing the capsule body (F) again with the relative capsule lid (C); the rotary drum (2) having a tank (5) containing the pharmaceutical material (M) and supporting a plurality of doser elements (3), each comprising at least one piston (8) sliding inside a hollow cylinder (4) to pick up and compress a dose (DS) of material (M) from the tank (5) and discharge it into a capsule body (F) of a capsule (CF).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2005
    Assignee: I.M.A. Industria Macchine Automatiche S.p.A.
    Inventors: Pierantonio Ragazzini, Elvio Gasperini, Roberto Trebbi, Enrico Zerbinati, Riccardo Rivalta, Nicola Gandolfi, Giorgio Tarozzi
  • Publication number: 20040172925
    Abstract: A unit (6) for checking the dosing of pharmaceutical material (M) in a capsule filling machine (1) for the production of capsules (CF) of the type with a capsule lid (C) and a capsule body (F), the machine (1) comprising a fixed structure (15) fitted with a rotary drum (2) for supporting a plurality of capsules (CF) on its edge, opening each capsule (CF) by separating the capsule lid (C) from the capsule body (F), filling the capsule body (F) with a dose of material (M), then closing the capsule body (F) again with the relative capsule lid (C); the rotary drum (2) having a tank (5) containing the pharmaceutical material (M) and supporting a plurality of doser elements (3), each comprising at least one piston (8) sliding inside a hollow cylinder (4) to pick up and compress a dose (DS) of material (M) from the tank (5) and discharge it into a capsule body (F) of a capsule (CF).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2004
    Publication date: September 9, 2004
    Inventors: Pierantonio Ragazzini, Elvio Gasperini, Roberto Trebbi, Enrico Zerbinati, Riccardo Rivalta, Nicola Gandolfi, Giorgio Tarozzi