Patents by Inventor Silvano Monti

Silvano Monti 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).

  • Carbonator device
    Patent number: 7967279
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a carbonator device for use in refrigeration appliances and beverage distributors having a reservoir that has a tank portion and a lid portion and a plurality of connections for technical components provided on the lid portion. The reservoir is supplied with water and carbon dioxide and the technical components allow for a variety of water dispensing options.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2011
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Silvano Monti, Stefano Tavolazzi, Ferruccio Barzizza
  • CARBONATOR DEVICE
    Publication number: 20080012158
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a carbonator device for use in refrigeration appliances and beverage distributors having a reservoir that has a tank portion and a lid portion and a plurality of connections for technical components provided on the lid portion. The reservoir is supplied with water and carbon dioxide and the technical components allow for a variety of water dispensing options.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2007
    Publication date: January 17, 2008
    Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
    Inventors: SILVANO MONTI, STEFANO TAVOLAZZI, FERRUCCIO BARZIZZA
  • Device for defrosting evaporator in a refrigerator compartment
    Patent number: 6266969
    Abstract: A device for rapidly defrosting a refrigerator compartment, such as a freezer compartment or the like, said compartment comprising a plurality of adjacent walls, in correspondence with at least one of said walls there being arranged a hairpin coil evaporator for a static refrigerator, or a part of an evaporator of forced-air type, within a refrigeration circuit comprising a motor-compressor unit, said device comprising heating means arranged in correspondence with at least one of said walls and/or with the evaporator, said heating means being electrically powered via an electrical supply circuit associated with the refrigerator; the heating means are at least one resistance element of PTF (polymer thin/thick film) type.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2001
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Roberto Malnati, Stefano Tavolazzi, Luigi Sessa, Paolo Sicher, Salvatore De Caprio, Silvano Monti, Daniele Ragazzon, Valerio Bresolin