Patents by Inventor Simone FOGLIA

Simone FOGLIA 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: 11470995
    Abstract: A system for detecting the presence of a filter holder in a dispensing assembly of a coffee machine includes: a ring with an internal groove, a filter holder with a tab coupled with the groove and a proximity sensor. The groove has a semi-annular shape and is configured in such a way to receive the tab of the filter holder in bayonet coupling mode, wherein the filter holder is translated and rotated. The ring has a rotation stopper suitable for stopping the rotation of the filter holder in the ring in a stop point. The proximity sensor passes through the ring and finishes in the stop point of the groove of the ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Inventor: Simone Foglia
  • Patent number: 11147414
    Abstract: A coffee machine is disclosed having a water system intended to be connected to a water supply system, a filter unit disposed at the inlet of the water system, a pump, a tank disposed in the water system between the filter unit and the pump, a sensor unit disposed in the tank and suitable for measuring at least one quality parameter of the water contained in the tank, a monitoring unit electrically connected to the sensor unit to receive electrical signals that are indicative of the measured water quality parameters, transduce the electrical signals in numerical values and compare the numerical values of the measured parameters with preset threshold ranges, and a user interface operatively connected to the monitoring unit and having an alarm to indicate when a water parameter is out of the preset threshold range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Inventor: Simone Foglia
  • Patent number: 10729279
    Abstract: A coffee machine includes a filter holder intended to contain at least one coffee dose, a dispensing unit with dispensing nozzles intended to send a flow of hot water on the coffee dose, a water system provided with a pump to supply pressurized water towards the dispensing nozzles, a heater to heat the water to be supplied to the dispensing nozzles, a dispensing valve to enable/disable the supply of hot water towards the dispensing nozzles, and a pre-infusion valve disposed upstream the dispensing valve. The pre-infusion valve is set in such a way as to operate in pulsed mode for a pre-infusion time of at least 4 seconds, with opening and closing time equal to or lower than 1 second.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: SIMONELLI GROUP S.P.A.
    Inventor: Simone Foglia
  • Patent number: 10709288
    Abstract: A coffee machine has a body, a dispensing unit, a conduit, a supply and heating device, a filter holder, fast coupling/uncoupling means to couple the filter holder under the conduit, a control unit, a presence sensor to detect the presence of the filter holder under the conduit, and a switch to enable the passage of electrical current towards the supply and heating device and towards the dispensing unit when the presence sensor detects that the filter holder is uncoupled from the fast coupling/uncoupling means. The control unit has a timer to manage the opening/closing of the switch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: SIMONELLI GROUP S.P.A.
    Inventor: Simone Foglia
  • Patent number: 10709284
    Abstract: Fast-uncoupling shower screen for espresso coffee machines having a circular support dish provided with holes, a flow restrictor disposed under the circular support dish, and an elastically deformable retention element, whereto the flow restrictor is fitted in snap-in coupling mode because of the elastic deformability of the retention element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: SIMONELLI GROUP S.P.A.
    Inventor: Simone Foglia
  • Publication number: 20200178725
    Abstract: A coffee machine is disclosed having a water system intended to be connected to a water supply system, a filter unit disposed at the inlet of the water system, a pump, a tank disposed in the water system between the filter unit and the pump, a sensor unit disposed in the tank and suitable for measuring at least one quality parameter of the water contained in the tank, a monitoring unit electrically connected to the sensor unit to receive electrical signals that are indicative of the measured water quality parameters, transduce the electrical signals in numerical values and compare the numerical values of the measured parameters with preset threshold ranges, and a user interface operatively connected to the monitoring unit and having an alarm to indicate when a water parameter is out of the preset threshold range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2018
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Inventor: Simone FOGLIA
  • Publication number: 20200154935
    Abstract: A system for detecting the presence of a filter holder in a dispensing assembly of a coffee machine includes: a ring with an internal groove, a filter holder with a tab coupled with the groove and a proximity sensor. The groove has a semi-annular shape and is configured in such a way to receive the tab of the filter holder in bayonet coupling mode, wherein the filter holder is translated and rotated. The ring has a rotation stopper suitable for stopping the rotation of the filter holder in the ring in a stop point. The proximity sensor passes through the ring and finishes in the stop point of the groove of the ring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2018
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Inventor: Simone FOGLIA
  • Publication number: 20190104881
    Abstract: Fast-uncoupling shower screen for espresso coffee machines having a circular support dish provided with holes, a flow restrictor disposed under the circular support dish, and an elastically deformable retention element, whereto the flow restrictor is fitted in snap-in coupling mode because of the elastic deformability of the retention element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2018
    Publication date: April 11, 2019
    Inventor: Simone FOGLIA
  • Publication number: 20190021544
    Abstract: A coffee machine has a body, a dispensing unit, a conduit, a supply and heating device, a filter holder, fast coupling/uncoupling means to couple the filter holder under the conduit, a control unit, a presence sensor to detect the presence of the filter holder under the conduit, and a switch to enable the passage of electrical current towards the supply and heating device and towards the dispensing unit when the presence sensor detects that the filter holder is uncoupled from the fast coupling/uncoupling means. The control unit has a timer to manage the opening/closing of the switch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2018
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Inventor: Simone FOGLIA
  • Publication number: 20180344079
    Abstract: A coffee machine includes a filter holder intended to contain at least one coffee dose, a dispensing unit with dispensing nozzles intended to send a flow of hot water on the coffee dose, a water system provided with a pump to supply pressurized water towards the dispensing nozzles, a heater to heat the water to be supplied to the dispensing nozzles, a dispensing valve to enable/disable the supply of hot water towards the dispensing nozzles, and a pre-infusion valve disposed upstream the dispensing valve. The pre-infusion valve is set in such a way as to operate in pulsed mode for a pre-infusion time of at least 4 seconds, with opening and closing time equal to or lower than 1 second.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2018
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Inventor: Simone FOGLIA
  • Patent number: D862145
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: SIMONELLI GROUP S.P.A.
    Inventor: Simone Foglia
  • Patent number: D939877
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Inventor: Simone Foglia