Patents by Inventor Socrate Contessa

Socrate Contessa 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).

  • Machine for preparing beverages, in particular coffee, with limescale-prevention systems and relative method
    Patent number: 9072407
    Abstract: A machine for preparing beverages with a hydraulic circuit includes a tank for the water: a boiler to heat the water; a pump to feed the water; a brewing unit that receives water from the boiler and into which a product for preparing the coffee or other food is inserted. The machine also has a magnetic field generator for treatment of the water to reduce the formation of calcareous deposits in said hydraulic circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2015
    Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventors: Andrea Castellani, Socrate Contessa, Paolo Ciambelli, Diana Sannino, Elvirosa Brancaccio
  • MACHINE FOR PREPARING BEVERAGES, IN PARTICULAR COFFEE, WITH LIMESCALE- PREVENTION SYSTEMS AND RELATIVE METHOD
    Publication number: 20120121769
    Abstract: There is described a machine (1) for preparing beverages, in particular coffee, and other foods using hot water, with a hydraulic circuit comprising: a tank for the water; a boiler to heat the water; a pump to feed the water; a brewing unit that receives water from said boiler and into which a product for preparing the coffee or other food is inserted. The machine has a magnetic field generator for treatment of the water to reduce the formation of calcareous deposits in said hydraulic circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2008
    Publication date: May 17, 2012
    Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V.
    Inventors: Andrea Castellani, Socrate Contessa, Paolo Ciambelli, Diana Sannino, Elvirosa Brancaccio
  • Process for recovering column bottom residues produced by fractional distillation of ethylene glycol
    Patent number: 5423953
    Abstract: A process for recovering column bottom residues produced by distillation of ethylene glycol resulting from an aromatic polyester production process, involving treating the residues with an aromatic mono-alkyl ester and distilling the reaction product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 1994
    Date of Patent: June 13, 1995
    Assignee: Montefibre S.p.A.
    Inventors: Socrate Contessa, Riccardo Tesser, Salvatore Barrella