Patents by Inventor Sergio Cirio
Sergio Cirio 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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Patent number: 9623990Abstract: Machine for applying threaded caps to containers, comprising: gripping means configured to hold the respective containers, at least one screwing head including a respective gripping member configured to hold a respective cap; at least one electric motor associated with said screwing head and configured to control a rotational movement of said gripping member about a longitudinal axis and a translational movement of said gripping member along said longitudinal axis, the translational movement and the rotational movement being synchronized with each other so as to move said gripping member along a screwing path.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2014Date of Patent: April 18, 2017Assignee: Arol S.p.A.Inventor: Sergio Cirio
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Patent number: 9352361Abstract: Elevator for caps, comprising a closed-loop conveyor belt including a plurality of projections extending from an outer face of the conveyor belt, and an inspection and selection system, comprising: at least one camera arranged to visually inspect the caps while they move along an ascending branch of the conveyor belt, and an ejection device which ejects noncompliant caps from the elevator according to information provided by said at least one camera.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2015Date of Patent: May 31, 2016Assignee: AROL S.p.A.Inventor: Sergio Cirio
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Publication number: 20150314333Abstract: Elevator for caps, comprising a closed-loop conveyor belt including a plurality of projections extending from an outer face of the conveyor belt, and an inspection and selection system, comprising: at least one camera arranged to visually inspect the caps while they move along an ascending branch of the conveyor belt, and an ejection device which ejects noncompliant caps from the elevator according to information provided by said at least one camera.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 20, 2015Publication date: November 5, 2015Inventor: Sergio CIRIO
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Publication number: 20150033667Abstract: Machine for applying threaded caps to containers, comprising: gripping means configured to hold the respective containers, at least one screwing head including a respective gripping member configured to hold a respective cap; at least one electric motor associated with said screwing head and configured to control a rotational movement of said gripping member about a longitudinal axis and a translational movement of said gripping member along said longitudinal axis, the translational movement and the rotational movement being synchronized with each other so as to move said gripping member along a screwing path.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 29, 2014Publication date: February 5, 2015Applicant: AROL S.p.A.Inventor: Sergio CIRIO
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Patent number: 8561377Abstract: A head for applying threaded caps to containers that are to be used in automatic machines for closing containers. The head may comprise a tubular bushing, a shaft that extends coaxially within the tubular bushing and that carries at a bottom end thereof an attachment for a cap gripping member, and a magnetic clutch set between the tubular bushing and the shaft.Type: GrantFiled: February 11, 2011Date of Patent: October 22, 2013Assignee: AROL, S.p.A.Inventor: Sergio Cirio
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Patent number: 8439413Abstract: A gripping device for automatic bottle-topping machines comprising an anti-rotation blocking element, mobile between an opening position and a gripping position, a first mechanism, provided for actuation of the anti-rotation blocking element, a first actuation element, operatively connected to the first mechanism a gripping element, mobile between an opening position and a gripping position, a second mechanism, provided for actuation of the gripping element, and a second actuation element, operatively connected to the second mechanism, wherein the anti-rotation blocking element and the gripping element are provided for engaging on a bottle.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2011Date of Patent: May 14, 2013Assignee: Arol S.p.A.Inventor: Sergio Cirio
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Publication number: 20120085068Abstract: A machine for application of caps on containers such as bottles and the like having a neck with a threaded top end, comprising at least one head for application of caps and at least one gripper designed to grip the neck of the containers during application of the caps. Said at least one gripper is mobile in a vertical direction between a raised position and a lowered position, wherein elastic means are present for pushing the gripper elastically towards the raised position and wherein in the lowered position the gripper rests on a resting plate so that at least part of the axial force applied by said head on the cap is discharged on said resting plate.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 23, 2011Publication date: April 12, 2012Inventor: Sergio Cirio
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Publication number: 20120011809Abstract: A head for applying threaded caps to containers, comprising, a top body, having a longitudinal axis, an intermediate support, rotationally fixed with respect to the top body and axially mobile with respect to the top body in the direction of said longitudinal axis, elastic compression means, set between said top body and said intermediate support, a tubular bushing, fixed with respect to the intermediate support, a shaft, extending within said tubular bushing so that it shares said longitudinal axis, the shaft carrying at a bottom end thereof an attachment for a member for gripping the caps, a magnetic clutch, set between the tubular bushing and the shaft, wherein the magnetic clutch comprises a first magnet and a second magnet, said magnets being set within said tubular bushing and having respective surfaces facing, and set at a distance from, one another, wherein the first magnet is fixed with respect to the shaft and the second magnet is rotationally fixed with respect to the tubular bushing and can be adjType: ApplicationFiled: February 11, 2011Publication date: January 19, 2012Inventor: Sergio Cirio
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Publication number: 20110266818Abstract: A gripping device for automatic bottle-topping machines comprising an anti-rotation blocking element, mobile between an opening position and a gripping position, a first mechanism, provided for actuation of the anti-rotation blocking element, a first actuation element, operatively connected to the first mechanism a gripping element, mobile between an opening position and a gripping position, a second mechanism, provided for actuation of the gripping element, and a second actuation element, operatively connected to the second mechanism, wherein the anti-rotation blocking element and the gripping element are provided for engaging on a bottle.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 28, 2011Publication date: November 3, 2011Inventor: Sergio Cirio
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Publication number: 20100095636Abstract: A head for the application of threaded caps on containers, comprising: a hollow supporting body (12); a member for gripping the caps (50); a magnetic clutch (30) set between the supporting body (12) and the member for gripping the caps (50), wherein the magnetic clutch (30) comprises a first magnetic ring (32) and a second magnetic ring (34), said rings (32, 34) being rotatable with respect to one another about a longitudinal axis (18); and a rotary bushing (22) rotatably mounted within the supporting body (12) about said longitudinal axis (18) and axially fixed with respect to the supporting body (12), wherein the rotary bushing (22) has a prismatic guide (26, 28) aligned to said longitudinal axis (18), and wherein the member for gripping the caps (50) comprises a shaft (52) elongated along said longitudinal axis (18) and that engages said prismatic guide (26, 28), said shaft (52) being rotationally fixed and axially mobile with respect to the rotary bushing (22).Type: ApplicationFiled: May 4, 2009Publication date: April 22, 2010Inventor: Sergio Cirio
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Publication number: 20100077706Abstract: A machine for application of threaded caps on containers (C), comprising: a bottom stationary base (12); a first shaft (16) that extends upwards from the bottom stationary base (12), the first shaft (16) being rotatable with respect to the base (12) about a vertical axis (18) and being fixed in a vertical direction with respect to the base (12); a rotary structure (24) fixed to a top end of the first shaft (16) and designed to convey the containers to be capped (C) along a circular path; a second shaft (36) that extends upwards from the stationary base (12), the second shaft (36) being rotationally fixed with respect to the base (12) and being adjustable in a vertical direction with respect to the stationary base (12), wherein the second shaft (36) extends upwards beyond the top end of the first shaft (16), and wherein a top supporting flange (42) is fixed to the top end of the second shaft (36), the top supporting flange (42) bearing a drum cam (54); a plurality of screwing heads (58) carried by the rotarType: ApplicationFiled: May 4, 2009Publication date: April 1, 2010Inventor: Sergio Cirio
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Patent number: 7533590Abstract: Screwing and rolling head for the application of pre-threaded caps on containers, comprising a first support, designed to be moved with a helical motion, a second support, which is mobile with respect to the first support in a longitudinal direction and is fixed in rotation with respect to the first support, a device for screwing caps, fixed in an axial direction with respect to the second support and rotatable with respect to the second support, a torque-limiter device, connected between the screwing device and the second support, and at least one oscillating arm, which carries a rolling element and is articulated to the second support about a transverse axis. The device for screwing caps comprises a gripper, which is mobile between an open position and a closed position and is designed to grip a cap along a side wall thereof, the movements of opening and closing of the gripper being controlled by a control rod, which is mobile in an axial direction.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2007Date of Patent: May 19, 2009Assignee: Arol S.p.A.Inventor: Sergio Cirio
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Patent number: 7377085Abstract: A device for applying a cap on the neck of a bottle or similar container comprises an applying head movable along an axis and provided with an assembly for gripping the cap having a tubular body with an end mouth which is adapted to receive and hold within it the cap. Inside said tubular body is mounted freely slidable an ejector member. Stop means are provided to limit the upwards displacement of the ejector member with respect to a fixed reference when the applying head moves upwards subsequent to an application of a cap.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2004Date of Patent: May 27, 2008Assignee: Arol SpAInventor: Sergio Cirio
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Publication number: 20080089740Abstract: Fast-coupling device for mutual connection of two coupleable members, which can be separated from one another and are provided with respective coupling sections. A first of said coupleable members has at least one through opening, which communicates with a front edge of the coupleable member by means of a disengagement groove having a width smaller than the width of said opening. The second coupleable member comprises at least one clamping member, which is mobile in a hole between an extracted position and a retracted position and is pushed elastically towards its extracted position. The clamping member has a surface, which engages the through opening of the first coupleable member. Each clamping member has an actuation portion with a dimension equal to or smaller than the width of said disengagement groove.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 9, 2007Publication date: April 17, 2008Inventor: Sergio Cirio
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Patent number: 7353643Abstract: System for feeding bottle-tops to a bottle closing machine, in particular for feeding caps to an automatic capping machine, comprising an accumulation device, an entrance channel for feeding caps to the accumulation device and an exit channel to discharge the caps from the accumulation device and feed the caps to the capping machine. The accumulation device comprises a drum rotating around a vertical axis and provided with a plurality of pipes distanced uniformly one from another in the circumferential direction and each having an upper extremity and a lower extremity respectively for the entrance and exit of the caps.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2006Date of Patent: April 8, 2008Assignee: Arol SpAInventor: Sergio Cirio
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Publication number: 20080078144Abstract: Closing head for an automatic capping machine, including, a support movable along a vertical direction between a lifted position and a lowered position, a rotating shaft carried by said support, movable together with this latter along said vertical direction and rotatable with respect to the support around a vertical axis, a cap gripping member carried at the lower end of said rotating shaft, and a sleeve fixed with respect to said support and coaxial with respect to the rotating shaft, the sleeve forming, around a part of the rotating shaft, a sealed chamber containing a sanifying liquid.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 28, 2007Publication date: April 3, 2008Inventor: Sergio Cirio
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Publication number: 20080078146Abstract: Screwing and rolling head for the application of pre-threaded caps on containers, comprising a first support, designed to be moved with a helical motion, a second support, which is mobile with respect to the first support in a longitudinal direction and is fixed in rotation with respect to the first support, a device for screwing caps, fixed in an axial direction with respect to the second support and rotatable with respect to the second support, a torque-limiter device, connected between the screwing device and the second support, and at least one oscillating arm, which carries a rolling element and is articulated to the second support about a transverse axis. The device for screwing caps comprises a gripper, which is mobile between an open position and a closed position and is designed to grip a cap along a side wall thereof, the movements of opening and closing of the gripper being controlled by a control rod, which is mobile in an axial direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 12, 2007Publication date: April 3, 2008Inventor: Sergio Cirio
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Patent number: 7347032Abstract: Described herein is a capping head for the application of caps on bottles or containers, in which the capping head is enclosed within a casing having an end mouth that engages the bottle or the container during application of the cap so as to define a closed chamber, within which the capping head is contained. Said closed chamber is set in communication with a source of vacuum so as to empty the bottle or container of the air contained therein before completion of application of the cap.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2004Date of Patent: March 25, 2008Assignee: Arol SpAInventor: Sergio Cirio
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Publication number: 20080028892Abstract: A device for gripping caps, which can be applied to a capping machine, comprising a support having a hollow guide portion, a connection portion, and a bell-shaped portion and a retention element having a hub portion, which is mounted so that it can slide within said guide portion and is movable with respect to the support between a position of gripping and release of the caps and a position for withholding the caps, in which the retention element is provided with a seat for retention of the caps, which is able to expand in a radial direction, and in which the bell-shaped portion of the support has a contrast surface, which, in a position for withholding the caps, blocks the seat for retention of the caps in the withholding position.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 27, 2007Publication date: February 7, 2008Inventor: Sergio Cirio
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Publication number: 20070157552Abstract: System for feeding bottle-tops to a bottle closing machine, in particular for feeding caps to an automatic capping machine, comprising an accumulation device, an entrance channel for feeding caps to the accumulation device and an exit channel to discharge the caps from the accumulation device and feed the caps to the capping machine. The accumulation device comprises a drum rotating around a vertical axis and provided with a plurality of pipes distanced uniformly one from another in the circumferential direction and each having an upper extremity and a lower extremity respectively for the entrance and exit of the caps.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 11, 2006Publication date: July 12, 2007Inventor: Sergio Cirio