Patents by Inventor Salvatore Arghiracopulos

Salvatore Arghiracopulos 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).

  • Plate bending machine equipped with a plate clamping manipulator and a plate position detecting device
    Patent number: 5058406
    Abstract: A press brake for bending plates. A press brake is provided for bending plates, including a pair of dies which act in mutual cooperation to bend a plate, a plate clamping manipulator which grasps and moves a plate which is to be placed in a scheduled location with respect to the dies, and a plate position detector mounted on the press brake in a specified positional relationship with respect to the dies, for detecting a position of the plate grasped by the manipulaator, and controlling the manipulator in response to a signal from the plate position detector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 1990
    Date of Patent: October 22, 1991
    Assignee: Amada Company, Limited
    Inventors: Franco Sartorio, Gianpaolo Prunotto, Francesco Sgandurra, Salvatore Arghiracopulos