Patents by Inventor Roberta Brintazzoli

Roberta Brintazzoli 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).

  • Method and unit for flexing a flat blank for producing a rigid package
    Patent number: 7104943
    Abstract: A method and unit for flexing a flat blank having preformed fold lines; the flat blank is fed by a seat on a conveyor along a path through a flexing station, where a rigid folding body is rolled over the seat to fold the blank against two fixed folding spindles of the seat and about the preformed fold lines; and, on leaving the flexing station, the blank is allowed to spring back to its flat shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2006
    Assignee: G.D Societa' per Azionivia
    Inventors: Roberta Brintazzoli, Valerio Fiorini, Stefano Romagnoli, Alessandro Minarelli
  • Method and unit for flexing a flat blank for producing a rigid package
    Publication number: 20050096203
    Abstract: A method and unit for flexing a flat blank having preformed fold lines; the flat blank is fed by a seat on a conveyor along a path through a flexing station, where a rigid folding body is rolled over the seat to fold the blank against two fixed folding spindles of the seat and about the preformed fold lines; and, on leaving the flexing station, the blank is allowed to spring back to its flat shape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2004
    Publication date: May 5, 2005
    Inventors: Roberta Brintazzoli, Valerio Fiorini, Stefano Romagnoli, Alessandro Minarelli
  • Unit for supplying blanks on a packing machine
    Patent number: 6101787
    Abstract: A unit for supplying blanks on a packing machine, wherein a wheel, rotating about a respective axis, continuously feeds a blank pickup head along an endless path through a loading station where the pickup head, oscillating with respect to the wheel about an axis parallel to the axis of the wheel, engages a bottom opening of a blank store to withdraw a blank, and then through an unloading station where the pickup head, rotating together with the wheel, feeds the blank onto a conveyor roller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2000
    Assignee: G.D Societa' per Azioni
    Inventors: Roberta Brintazzoli, Roberto Osti, Alessandro Minarelli