Patents by Inventor Umberto Costa

Umberto Costa 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: 7678191
    Abstract: Described herein are new cementitious mortars with a high degree of fluidity and short consolidation times. The mortars contain water, a fast-setting cement, fluidifiers and/or superfluidifiers, setting regulators and aggregates having a specific granulometric distribution. The aggregates are made up of two fractions with different grain size such that the ratio between the characteristic grain diameters of the two fractions is comprised between 2.2 and 3.2. The new mortars thus obtained have values of fluidity 2-3 times higher than those of mortars produced with traditional aggregates; the increase in fluidity is obtained without increasing the water/cement ratio and without increasing the amount of fluidifiers present. The mortars produced according to the invention may be used to advantage in all applications in which it is required to associate a high degree of fluidity and a rapid consolidation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2010
    Assignee: Italcementi S.p.A.
    Inventors: Umberto Costa, Roberto Cucitore
  • Patent number: 7641732
    Abstract: Described herein is the use of new cementitious mortars with a high degree of fluidity and short consolidation times in the production of cementitious products by means of pouring in foundry moulds. The mortars used contain water, a fast-setting cement, fluidifiers and/or superfluidifiers, setting regulators, and aggregates having a specific granulometric distribution. The aggregates are made up of two fractions with different grain size such that the ratio between the characteristic grain diameters of the two fractions is comprised between 2.2 and 3.2. The new mortars thus obtained have values of fluidity 2-3 times higher than those of mortars produced with traditional aggregates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2010
    Assignee: Italcementi S.p.A.
    Inventors: Umberto Costa, Roberto Cucitore
  • Patent number: 7628852
    Abstract: Described herein are new cementitious mortars with a high degree of fluidity and high final resistance. The mortars contain water, a hydraulic binder, a pozzolanic substance (finely ground slag), a fluidifier and/or superfluidifier, a setting regulator, and aggregates having a specific granulometric distribution. The aggregates are made up of three highly monogranular fractions (A, B, C), and a fourth fraction (D) having a low monogranularity. The new mortars described herein have values of fluidity higher, by approximately 70%, than those of mortars produced with traditional aggregates. The increase in fluidity is obtained without increasing the water/cement ratio and without increasing the amount of fluidifiers/superfluidifiers present. The mortars produced according to the invention may be used to advantage in all applications in which it is required to associate a high degree of fluidity and a high final mechanical resistance, both in compression and in flexure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2009
    Assignee: Italcementi S.p.A.
    Inventors: Umberto Costa, Roberto Cucitore
  • Publication number: 20080308014
    Abstract: Described herein are new cementitious mortars with a high degree of fluidity and short consolidation times. The mortars contain water, a fast-setting cement, fluidifiers and/or superfluidifiers, setting regulators and aggregates having a specific granulometric distribution. The aggregates are made up of two fractions with different grain size such that the ratio between the characteristic grain diameters of the two fractions is comprised between 2.2 and 3.2. The new mortars thus obtained have values of fluidity 2-3 times higher than those of mortars produced with traditional aggregates; the increase in fluidity is obtained without increasing the water/cement ratio and without increasing the amount of fluidifiers present. The mortars produced according to the invention may be used to advantage in all applications in which it is required to associate a high degree of fluidity and a rapid consolidation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2005
    Publication date: December 18, 2008
    Applicant: ITALCEMENTI S.P.A.
    Inventors: Umberto Costa, Roberto Cucitore
  • Publication number: 20070169669
    Abstract: Described herein are new cementitious mortars with a high degree of fluidity and high final resistance. The mortars contain water, a hydraulic binder, a pozzolanic substance (finely ground slag), a fluidifier and/or superfluidifier, a setting regulator, and aggregates having a specific granulometric distribution. The aggregates are made up of three highly monogranular fractions (A, B, C), and a fourth fraction (D) having a low monogranularity. The new mortars described herein have values of fluidity higher, by approximately 70%, than those of mortars produced with traditional aggregates. The increase in fluidity is obtained without increasing the water/cement ratio and without increasing the amount of fluidifiers/superfluidifiers present. The mortars produced according to the invention may be used to advantage in all applications in which it is required to associate a high degree of fluidity and a high final mechanical resistance, both in compression and in flexure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2005
    Publication date: July 26, 2007
    Applicant: ITAL CEMENTI S.P.A.
    Inventors: Umberto Costa, Roberto Cucitore
  • Publication number: 20070163471
    Abstract: Described herein is the use of new cementitious mortars with a high degree of fluidity and short consolidation times in the production of cementitious products by means of pouring in foundry moulds. The mortars used contain water, a fast-setting cement, fluidifiers and/or superfluidifiers, setting regulators, and aggregates having a specific granulometric distribution. The aggregates are made up of two fractions with different grain size such that the ratio between the characteristic grain diameters of the two fractions is comprised between 2.2 and 3.2. The new mortars thus obtained have values of fluidity 2-3 times higher than those of mortars produced with traditional aggregates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2005
    Publication date: July 19, 2007
    Inventors: Umberto Costa, Roberto Cucitore
  • Patent number: 6602343
    Abstract: The present invention refers to a hydraulic binder made from Portland clinker containing calcium fluoroaluminate 11CaO.7Al2O3.CaF2, to which sodium aluminate, lime, and optionally, sodium bicarbonate are added. The added lime has not undergone the formation process of clinker. The cement mix that can be obtained with this binder has a very short hardening time, scarcely influenced by temperature variations during laying operations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2003
    Assignee: Italcementi S.p.A.
    Inventors: Umberto Costa, Lorenzo Barcella
  • Patent number: 5891239
    Abstract: The present invention regards a particularly quick-setting Portland cement clinker containing calcium fluoro-aluminate (11CaO.7Al.sub.2 O.sub.3.CaF.sub.2) mixed with lime that has not undergone the burning process of the clinker.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 1997
    Date of Patent: April 6, 1999
    Assignee: Italcement, S.p.A.
    Inventor: Umberto Costa