Patents by Inventor Rocco De Paola
Rocco De Paola 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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Publication number: 20230356888Abstract: There is described lid-spout assembly for a package having a designated pour opening and being filled with a pourable product. The lid-spout assembly comprises at least a collar, a coupling ring arranged around a portion of the collar, a lid and a connecting element connecting the lid and the coupling ring with one another. The collar comprises a first annular interaction ridge and the coupling ring has at least one flap comprising at least one engagement surface abutting and/or designed to abut against an abutment surface of the first annular interaction ridge. The collar also comprises a second annular interaction ridge protruding from the outer surface of the collar and being axially displaced from the first annular interaction ridge. The flap further comprises at least one contact surface designed to interact and/or interacting with a guiding surface of the second annular interaction ridge so as to direct the engagement surface towards and/or against the abutment surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 5, 2021Publication date: November 9, 2023Inventors: Paolo ZANON, Anna Rosa VIETRI, Rocco DE PAOLA
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Patent number: 11724864Abstract: An opening device configured to be applied to packaging for pourable products comprises: a pouring spout defining a pouring opening through which to pour, in use, the pourable product; a cap configured to engage and disengage the pouring spout to respectively close and open the pouring opening; a closing element closing and/or sealing the pouring opening, formed in one piece with the pouring spout and connected to the pouring spout by a breakable connecting portion configured to break during first opening of the opening device; the closing element comprising a protruding portion extending through the pouring opening and connected to the cap; and tamper-evidence device fitted to the pouring spout and initially connected to the cap by at least one breakable connecting bridge configured to break during first opening of the opening device; wherein the cap is hinged to the tamper-evidence device thereby being permanently tethered to the pouring spout.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2020Date of Patent: August 15, 2023Assignee: TETRA LAVAL HOLDINGS & FINANCE S.A.Inventors: Davide Corradi, Rocco De Paola, Franco Cani, Massimo Tedeschi, Francesca Tavoni, Giulio Bertani, Pietro Martini, Livio Veronesi
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Publication number: 20230150719Abstract: An opening device for a sealed package containing pourable product defines an axis and comprises a frame fittable about a pierceable portion of the package and defining a pour opening coaxial with axis; a cap coaxially fitted onto the frame to close the pour opening; a tubular cutter engaging the pour opening coaxially with axis and movable relative to the frame to cut the pierceable portion; and a cutter protruding from one axial end of the cutter and cooperable with the pierceable portion to unseal the package; the cutter comprising at least one tooth having first and second cutting faces extending transversally to axis; the tooth also comprises one third cutting face between the first and second cutting faces and extending transversally to the first and second cutting faces; a first edge between the third and first cutting faces; and a second edge between the third and second cutting faces.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 19, 2021Publication date: May 18, 2023Applicant: TETRA LAVAL HOLDINGS & FINANCE S.A.Inventors: Angelo SORBARA, Rocco DE PAOLA, Franco CANI, Tiziano VIANI
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Publication number: 20230127158Abstract: There is described a spout for a package having a designated pour opening and being filled with a pourable product. The spout comprises at least a collar extending along a longitudinal axis, carrying a pouring outlet at a first axial end and an inlet opening for the pourable product at a second axial end and delimiting a flow channel for the pourable product extending between the pouring outlet and the inlet opening a closing element configured to interrupt a fluidic connection between the pouring outlet and the inlet opening. The closing element is interposed between the inlet opening and the pouring outlet and is rupturably fixed to an inner surface of the collar.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 1, 2021Publication date: April 27, 2023Applicant: TETRA LAVAL HOLDINGS & FINANCE S.A.Inventors: Davide MORCIANO, Pietro MARTINI, Rocco DE PAOLA, Paolo ZANON, Ivan ORLANDI, Anna Rosa VIETRI, Cristian COSTARELLI, Davide CORRADI
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Publication number: 20230121259Abstract: A spout is for a package having a designated pour opening and being filled with a pourable product. The spout comprises a collar carrying a pouring outlet, an inlet opening and a closing element controllable between an active position in which the closing element interrupts a fluidic connection between the pouring outlet and the inlet opening and an inactive position in which the closing element is configured to allow a fluidic connection between the pouring outlet and the inlet opening. The closing element comprises a peripheral portion contacting prior to a first control of the closing element from the active position to the inactive position an inner surface of the collar along an initial contact portion. The inner surface comprises a main surface portion extending from the initial contact portion towards the pouring outlet and an auxiliary surface portion extending from the initial contact portion to the inlet opening.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 1, 2021Publication date: April 20, 2023Applicant: TETRA LAVAL HOLDINGS & FINANCE S.A.Inventors: Davide MORCIANO, Pietro MARTINI, Rocco DE PAOLA, Paolo ZANON, Ivan ORLANDI, Anna Rosa VIETRI, Cristian COSTARELLI, Davide CORRADI
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Publication number: 20230044435Abstract: A spout for a container filled with a pourable product. The spout comprises at least a collar having a pouring outlet configured to allow an out-pouring of the pourable product and a lid assembly having a coupling ring rotatably arranged around the collar and a lid hinged to the coupling ring and angularly movable around a respective hinge axis. The lid is controllable between at least a closing configuration, an open configuration and an intermediate configuration. The spout comprises an interaction device partially associated to the collar and partially associated to the lid.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 11, 2021Publication date: February 9, 2023Inventors: Angelo SORBARA, Rocco DE PAOLA, Franco CANI, Tiziano VIANI, Martina LINGUITI, Luca GORI
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Publication number: 20220363447Abstract: There is described a closure assembly for a container filled or fillable with a pourable product. The closure assembly comprises a lid, a first ring member, a second ring member, a coupling element connected to the lid and one of the first ring member and the second ring member, at least one rupturable first coupling bridge connecting the first ring member and the second ring member to one another; and at least one rupturable second coupling bridge connecting the second ring member and the lid to one another.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 15, 2020Publication date: November 17, 2022Inventors: Angelo SORBARA, Rocco DE PAOLA, Franco CANI, Pietro MARTINI, Tiziano VIANI
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Publication number: 20220185552Abstract: An opening device configured to be applied to packaging for pourable products comprises: a pouring spout defining a pouring opening through which to pour, in use, the pourable product; a cap configured to engage and disengage the pouring spout to respectively close and open the pouring opening; a closing element closing and/or sealing the pouring opening, formed in one piece with the pouring spout and connected to the pouring spout by a breakable connecting portion configured to break during first opening of the opening device; the closing element comprising a protruding portion extending through the pouring opening and connected to the cap; and tamper-evidence device fitted to the pouring spout and initially connected to the cap by at least one breakable connecting bridge configured to break during first opening of the opening device; wherein the cap is hinged to the tamper-evidence device thereby being permanently tethered to the pouring spout.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 19, 2020Publication date: June 16, 2022Applicant: TETRA LAVAL HOLDINGS & FINANCE S.A.Inventors: Davide CORRADI, Rocco DE PAOLA, Franco CANI, Massimo TEDESCHI, Francesca TAVONI, Giulio BERTANI, Pietro MARTINI, Livio VERONESI
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Publication number: 20220119174Abstract: A spout includes a base frame fittable about a designated package pour opening surface area, an opening assembly moveably coupled to the base frame and adapted to at least partially cut/rupture/open/pierce the pour opening surface area, and a control device configured to control the opening assembly. The control device comprises at least one interaction element connected to the opening assembly, at least one control ring rotatably coupled to the base frame and at least one interaction member connected/coupled to the control ring and configured to interact with the interaction element. In use, upon rotating the control ring, the interaction member interacts with the interaction element to induce translation of a cutter of the opening assembly for controlling the opening assembly from a rest configuration to an operative configuration and an axial end portion of the interaction member is arranged within a rotation plane fixed relative to the base frame.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 30, 2020Publication date: April 21, 2022Applicant: TETRA LAVAL HOLDINGS & FINANCE S.A.Inventors: Rocco DE PAOLA, Angelo SORBARA, Franco CANI, Joachim Kristofer BJURENHEIM, Sara BERTONCINI, James Maxwell EELBECK, Sarah Anne DICKINS, Alessandro MORSELLI, Mariastella ORIOLO, Tiziano VIANI, Pietro MARTINI, Livio VERONESI, Giulio BERTANI
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Publication number: 20220104644Abstract: There is described a drinking straw (3, 3?) for a package (2) being filled with a pourable food product. The drinking straw (3, 3?) comprises at least an inlet opening (11) for allowing the introduction of the pourable food product into the drinking straw (3, 3?), a tubular main portion (16) configured to be inserted, in use, into the package (2), having the inlet opening (11) and a sleeve (22, 22?) superimposed on and/or surrounding at least a section of the tubular main portion (16). The sleeve (22, 22?) is configured to allow for the insertion and/or introduction of the drinking straw (3, 3?) into the package (2) and to impede and/or hinder and/or block a removal and/or separation of the drinking straw (3, 3?) from the package (2) after introduction and/or insertion of the drinking straw (3, 3?) into the package (2).Type: ApplicationFiled: January 30, 2020Publication date: April 7, 2022Applicant: TETRA LAVAL HOLDINGS & FINANCE S.A.Inventors: Giulio BERTANI, Pietro MARTINI, Angelo SORBARA, Paolo ZANON, Renzo BELLEI, Andrea POLIZZI, Alberto MAMELI, Ivan ORLANDI, Rocco DE PAOLA, Livio VERONESI
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Patent number: 10556403Abstract: A welding promoting element for an opening device is insertable into a lid (25) of said opening device to connect said lid (25) to a closing element (10) closing a pouring opening (14) of said opening device; the welding promoting element comprises a sheet element (31) provided with a layer (32) of electrically conductive material, with a first layer (33) of heat-sealable plastic material and with a second layer (34) of heat-sealable plastic material arranged on opposite sides of said layer (32), said layer (32) having a thickness comprised in the range 5-15 ?m and each of said first layer (33) and second layer (34) having a thickness comprised in the range 10-50 ?m.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2017Date of Patent: February 11, 2020Assignee: TETRA LAVAL HOLDINGS & FINANCE S.A.Inventors: Diego Cavanna, Livio Veronesi, Massimiliano Cereda, Davide Corradi, Rocco De Paola, Domenico Didonna
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Publication number: 20190344540Abstract: A welding promoting element for an opening device is insertable into a lid (25) of said opening device to connect said lid (25) to a closing element (10) closing a pouring opening (14) of said opening device; the welding promoting element comprises a sheet element (31) provided with a layer (32) of electrically conductive material, with a first layer (33) of heat-sealable plastic material and with a second layer (34) of heat-sealable plastic material arranged on opposite sides of said layer (32), said layer (32) having a thickness comprised in the range 5-15 ?m and each of said first layer (33) and second layer (34) having a thickness comprised in the range 10-50 ?m.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 22, 2017Publication date: November 14, 2019Inventors: Diego Cavanna, Livio Veronesi, Massimiliano Cereda, Davide Corradi, Rocco De Paola, Domenico Didonna
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Patent number: 10414551Abstract: A lid for an opening device for a container includes a body having a longitudinal axis and provided with a top wall and with a side wall internally provided with a thread element suitable for cooperating with a further thread element of a spout of the opening device, the lid further including at least one driving element arranged to receive the fingers of a user during unscrewing of the lid from the spout and during screwing of the lid on the spout, the at least one driving element being delimited by an upper wall and by a lower wall extending from the side wall and spaced apart from each other along the longitudinal axis, the lower wall diverging from the upper wall when moving away from the side wall.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2015Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: TETRA LAVAL HOLDINGS & FINANCE S.A.Inventors: Pietro Martini, Livio Veronesi, Franco Cani, Ivan Orlandi, Domenico Didonna, Massimiliano Cereda, Davide Corradi, Rocco De Paola, Diego Cavanna
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Patent number: 10196178Abstract: A lid for an opening device for a container includes a body having a longitudinal axis and provided with an end wall and with a side wall internally provided with a thread element suitable for cooperating with a further thread element of a spout of the opening device, the lid further includes at least one driving element having a first side arranged to receive the fingers of a user during unscrewing of the lid from the spout and a second side arranged for receiving the fingers of a user during screwing of the lid on the spout, the first side being defined by a wall and the second side being defined by a cavity.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2015Date of Patent: February 5, 2019Assignee: TETRA LAVAL HOLDINGS & FINANCE S.A.Inventors: Pietro Martini, Livio Veronesi, Franco Cani, Ivan Orlandi, Domenico Didonna, Massimiliano Cereda, Davide Corradi, Rocco De Paola, Diego Cavanna
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Publication number: 20180327146Abstract: A lid for an opening device for a container includes a body having a longitudinal axis and provided with a top wall and with a side wall internally provided with a thread element suitable for cooperating with a further thread element of a spout of the opening device, the lid further including at least one driving element arranged to receive the fingers of a user during unscrewing of the lid from the spout and during screwing of the lid on the spout, the at least one driving element being delimited by an upper wall and by a lower wall extending from the side wall and spaced apart from each other along the longitudinal axis, the lower wall diverging from the upper wall when moving away from the side wall.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 28, 2015Publication date: November 15, 2018Inventors: Pietro MARTINI, Livio VERONESI, Franco CANI, Ivan ORLANDI, Domenico DIDONNA, Massimiliano CEREDA, Davide CORRADI, Rocco DE PAOLA, Diego CAVANNA
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Publication number: 20170327276Abstract: A lid for an opening device for a container includes a body having a longitudinal axis and provided with an end wall and with a side wall internally provided with a thread element suitable for cooperating with a further thread element of a spout of the opening device, the lid further includes at least one driving element having a first side arranged to receive the fingers of a user during unscrewing of the lid from the spout and a second side arranged for receiving the fingers of a user during screwing of the lid on the spout, the first side being defined by a wall and the second side being defined by a cavity.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 28, 2015Publication date: November 16, 2017Inventors: Pietro MARTINI, Livio VERONESI, Franco CANI, Ivan ORLANDI, Domenico DIDONNA, Massimiliano CEREDA, Davide CORRADI, Rocco DE PAOLA, Diego CAVANNA
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Patent number: D779324Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2015Date of Patent: February 21, 2017Assignee: TETRA LAVAL HOLDINGS & FINANCE S.A.Inventors: Pietro Martini, Livio Veronesi, Franco Cani, Ivan Orlandi, Domenico Didonna, Massimiliano Cereda, Davide Corradi, Rocco De Paola, Diego Cavanna
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Patent number: D783402Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2015Date of Patent: April 11, 2017Assignee: TETRA LAVAL HOLDINGS & FINANCE S.A.Inventors: Pietro Martini, Livio Veronesi, Franco Cani, Ivan Orlandi, Domenico Didonna, Massimiliano Cereda, Davide Corradi, Rocco De Paola, Diego Cavanna
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Patent number: D968218Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2020Date of Patent: November 1, 2022Assignee: TETRA LAVAL HOLDINGS & FINANCE S.A.Inventors: Angelo Sorbara, Rocco De Paola, Franco Cani, Tiziano Viani
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Patent number: D977964Type: GrantFiled: August 18, 2020Date of Patent: February 14, 2023Assignee: TETRA LAVAL HOLDINGS & FINANCE S.A.Inventors: Angelo Sorbara, Rocco De Paola, Franco Cani, Tiziano Viani