Patents by Inventor Rodolfo Reatti

Rodolfo Reatti 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: 6763936
    Abstract: A chain conveyor formed from a plurality of modules or links (1a, b, c) connected together by pins c2a, b) which are inserted through holes (4, 4A) present in the modules or links (1a, b, c) and are prevented from escaping by axially counteracting elements (5) mounted in seats (6) also present in the modules or links (1a, b, c), in which the axially counteracting elements (5) present a flexible tang (5c) which, when the axially counteracting element is mounted in the seat (6), intersects an end portion (4A) of the holes (4, 4A) through which the pin (2a, b, c) is inserted, to thus prevent the pin withdrawing from the holes (4, 4A), such withdrawal however being enabled by deflecting the flexible tang (5).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2004
    Assignee: System Plast S.p.A.
    Inventors: Sergio Marsetti, Rodolfo Reatti
  • Patent number: 6640966
    Abstract: A support structure for the return section of at least one conveyor, comprising including serpentine slat elements, support members for supporting said serpentine elements, and transverse members to which the support members are coupled, each slat element (1) being supported independently of the others by its own independent support members (2, 3); the support members (2, 3) comprise, on their lower edge, means (5, 5A) for their snap-coupling to the transverse members (6); the snap-coupling means being formed in such a manner as to enable the support members to be coupled by pressing them onto the transverse members downwards from above.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2003
    Assignee: System Plast S.p.A.
    Inventor: Rodolfo Reatti
  • Patent number: 6598729
    Abstract: A wall element incorporating idle rollers, presenting a body with seats into which stationary pins carrying idle rollers are snap-fitted; said body presents two parts (22, 30), of which one is the lower base part (22) and the other the upper base part (30), these being structurally separate, but connected together by just the pins (10, 21), which present end portions (15, 15A) transversely wider than adjacent portions (11a, 21a) provided for their snap-fitting into seats (12a,b,c; 22a,b,c) in said two parts (22, 30), said wider portions (15, 15A) abutting against said seats to prevent any movement of said parts (22, 30) in the axial direction of the pins (10, 21).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2003
    Assignee: System Plast S.p.A.
    Inventors: Sergio Marsetti, Rodolfo Reatti
  • Publication number: 20030116409
    Abstract: A chain conveyor formed from a plurality of modules or links (1a, b, c) connected together by pins (2a, b) which are inserted through holes (4, 4A) present in said modules or links (1a, b, c) and are prevented from escaping by axially counteracting elements (5) mounted in seats (6) also present in said modules or links (1a, b, c), in which said axially counteracting elements (5) present a flexible tang (5c) which, when the axially counteracting element is mounted in the seat (6), intersects an end portion (4A) of the holes (4, 4A) through which the pin (2a, b, c) is inserted, to thus prevent said pin withdrawing from said holes (4, 4A), such withdrawal however being enabled by deflecting the flexible tang (5)
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2002
    Publication date: June 26, 2003
    Inventors: Sergio Marsetti, Rodolfo Reatti
  • Patent number: 6561340
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a modular wall system for accumulation stations for conveying lines for products having a plurality of first and second components so that each of the first components have a face defined by a plurality of rollers, each one of the first components being structured and arranged so that it is attachable to another first component in end to end abutment and also attachable to another first component in face to face abutment. Each of the second components is selectively attachable to a first component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2003
    Assignee: System Plast S.p.A.
    Inventor: Rodolfo Reatti
  • Patent number: 6536584
    Abstract: A clamp for locking at least one pin (12) or the like, for use in conveyor belts or conveying devices in general, comprising a body (1) provided with coaxial apertures (5) and housing, slidable but unable to rotate, a spring-loaded (7) movable member (9) which is provided with a through hole (10) to be aligned with the apertures (5) for the passage of the pin (12) and connected axially to a control knob (11), in which the body (1) presents a portion (2) of rectilinear axis (X) and a connection portion (3) terminating with an at least approximately flat face (4) which forms with the rectilinear axis (X) an angle (a) less than 90°, the common axis (6) of the coaxial apertures (5) being substantially perpendicular to the plane in which the face (4) lies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2003
    Assignee: System Plast, S.p.A.
    Inventors: Sergio Marsetti, Rodolfo Reatti
  • Patent number: 6471051
    Abstract: A connection element for at least two components (15, 7) of a conveyor support or guide structure, of the type comprising a body (1) presenting a first element (2) having first (3) for removably fixing a portion (15A) of one (15) of said components, and a second element (5) having second part (6) for removably fixing a tubular portion (7A) of said other component (7), in which the first and second fixing (3, 6) are distinct and separated from each other, the first fixing (3) having a plurality of slotted apertures (3A-D), and the second fixing (6) having an expansion member (8) able to expand within said tubular portion (7A) to fix it to said second element (5).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2002
    Assignee: System Plast S.p.A.
    Inventors: Sergio Marsetti, Rodolfo Reatti
  • Publication number: 20020063044
    Abstract: A support structure for the return section of at least one conveyor, comprising including serpentine slat elements, support members for supporting said serpentine elements, and transverse members to which the support members are coupled, each slat element (1) being supported independently of the others by its own independent support members (2, 3); the support members (2, 3) comprise, on their lower edge, means (5, 5A) for their snap-coupling to the transverse members (6); the snap-coupling means being formed in such a manner as to enable the support members to be coupled by pressing them onto the transverse members downwards from above.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2001
    Publication date: May 30, 2002
    Applicant: SYSTEM PLAST S.p.A.
    Inventor: Rodolfo Reatti
  • Publication number: 20020060144
    Abstract: A clamp for locking at least one pin (12) or the like, for use in conveyor belts or conveying devices in general, comprising a body (1) provided with coaxial apertures (5) and housing, slidable but unable to rotate, a spring-loaded (7) movable member (9) which is provided with a through hole (10) to be aligned with said apertures (5) for the passage of said pin (12) and connected axially to a control knob (11), in which the body (1) presents a portion (2) of rectilinear axis (X) and a connection portion (3) terminating with an at least approximately flat face (4) which forms with said rectilinear axis (X) an angle (a) less than 90°, the common axis (6) of said coaxial apertures (5) being substantially perpendicular to the plane in which said face (4) lies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2001
    Publication date: May 23, 2002
    Applicant: SYSTEM PLAST S.p.A.
    Inventors: Sergio Marsetti, Rodolfo Reatti
  • Publication number: 20020046930
    Abstract: Am element (S) for walls (A, B) supporting a plurality of idle rollers, particularly for accumulation stations for conveying lines for products in general, comprises two components (1, 1; 1, 2) coupled together, said components being identical (1, 1) in the case of central walls, and different (1, 2) in the case of side walls, one of said different components (1, 2) being identical, i.e. “common”, to those relative to the central walls (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2001
    Publication date: April 25, 2002
    Applicant: SYSTEM PLAST S.p.A.
    Inventor: Rodolfo Reatti
  • Publication number: 20020046931
    Abstract: A connection element for at least two components (15, 7) of a conveyor support or guide structure, of the type comprising a body (1) presenting a first part (2) comprising first means (3) for removably fixing a portion (15A) of one (15) of said components, and a second part (5) comprising second means (6) for removably fixing a tubular portion (7A) of said other component (7), in which the first and second fixing means (3, 6) are distinct and separated from each other, the first fixing means (3) comprise a plurality of slotted apertures (3A-D), and the second fixing means (6) comprise an expansion member (8) able to expand within said tubular portion (7A) to fix it to said second part (5).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2001
    Publication date: April 25, 2002
    Inventors: Sergio Marsetti, Rodolfo Reatti
  • Publication number: 20020017067
    Abstract: A wall element incorporating idle rollers, presenting a body with seats into which stationary pins carrying idle rollers are snap-fitted; said body presents two parts (22, 30), of which one is the lower base part (22) and the other the upper base part (30), these being structurally separate, but connected together by just the pins (10, 21), which present end portions (15, 15A) transversely wider than adjacent portions (11a, 21a) provided for their snap-fitting into seats (12a,b,c; 22a,b,c) in said two parts (22, 30), said wider portions (15, 15A) abutting against said seats to prevent any movement of said parts (22, 30) in the axial direction of the pins (10, 21).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2001
    Publication date: February 14, 2002
    Applicant: SYSTEM PLAST S.p.A.
    Inventors: Sergio Marsetti, Rodolfo Reatti