Patents by Inventor Vittorio Ferrari

Vittorio Ferrari 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: 10864750
    Abstract: Herein described is a machine (100) for the ink-jet printing of three-dimensional objects (A), comprising: a plurality of spindles individually suitable to carry and drive an object (A) to be printed in rotation around a pre-set rotational axis of the spindle, and a first support and displacement system suitable to displace the spindles in succession along a pre-set loop path, stopping them one after the other in a plurality of operating stations; wherein said operating stations comprise: at least one input station (150) wherein the spindle receives an object (A) to be printed, a plurality of printing stations wherein the object (A) is ink-jet printed, and at least one output station wherein the printed object (A) is removed from the spindle; wherein each printing station comprises: a printing unit suitable for the ink-jet printing of the object (A) carried by the spindle found in the printing station, and a second support and displacement system suitable to vary the relative position of said printing unit wi
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: OMSO—OFFICINA MACCHINE PER STAMPA SU OGGETTI—SOCIETA' PER AZIONI
    Inventors: Vittorio Ferrari, Alfredo Campioli
  • Publication number: 20190193422
    Abstract: Herein described is a machine (100) for the ink jet printing of three-dimensional objects (A), comprising: a plurality of spindles individually suitable to carry and drive an object (A) to be printed in rotation around a pre-set rotational axis of the spindle, and a first support and displacement system suitable to displace the spindles in succession along a pre-set loop path, stopping them one after the other in a plurality of operating stations; wherein said operating stations comprise: at least one input station (150) wherein the spindle receives an object (A) to be printed, a plurality of printing stations wherein the object (A) is ink jet printed, and at least one output station wherein the printed object (A) is removed from the spindle; wherein each printing station comprises: a printing unit suitable for the ink jet printing of the object (A) carried by the spindle found in the printing station, and a second support and displacement system suitable to vary the relative position of said printing unit wi
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2017
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Inventors: Vittorio FERRARI, Alfredo CAMPIOLI
  • Patent number: 9500430
    Abstract: The invention is a. firearm (1) comprising a verification device (10) suitable for verifying and detecting an anomaly of the state of the barrel (2), such as the presence of partial or total occlusions or variations of cross-section. The device (10) comprises receiver means (200), on the firearm (1), suitable for detecting a detected signal (R) derivable from an emitted signal (E), influenced by said anomaly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2016
    Assignee: FABBRICA D'ARMI PIETRO BERETTA S.p.A.
    Inventors: Eugenio Righi, Simone Dalola, Vittorio Ferrari
  • Publication number: 20150000169
    Abstract: The invention is a. firearm (1) comprising a verification device (10) suitable for verifying and detecting an anomaly of the state of the barrel (2), such as the presence of partial or total occlusions or variations of cross-section. The device (10) comprises receiver means (200), on the firearm (1), suitable for detecting a detected signal (R) derivable from an emitted signal (E), influenced by said anomaly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2013
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Inventors: Eugenio Righi, Simone Dalola, Vittorio Ferrari
  • Patent number: 8408121
    Abstract: A rotary printing machine for printing on containers, comprising a chuck-bearing carousel exhibiting an intermittent circular motion, being rotatably supported by a base element or casing, and being powered by an electric motor and integrated encoder, in which the electric motor comprises a stator coil supported by the casing and a rotor supported directly by the carousel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2013
    Assignee: Decomac-Sociata' a Responsabilita' Limitata
    Inventors: Vittorio Ferrari, Milo Campioli
  • Patent number: 8110953
    Abstract: A motorized chuck-bearing group for a printing machine, powered by a brushless motor, comprises a casing housing a stator coil and a rotor, controlled both in velocity and activation times by a control circuit comprising an encoder device, in which a shaft supports permanent magnets in a peripheral arrangement, the shaft being coupled, internally of the casing, to the encoder device and extending outside the casing such as to support a chuck which rotates an object to be printed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2012
    Assignee: OMSO Decomac-Societa' a Responsabilita' Limitata
    Inventors: Vittorio Ferrari, Milo Campioli
  • Publication number: 20110303109
    Abstract: A printing head for flexographic printing on thin-walled objects not exhibiting a perfectly smooth surface, the printing head comprising an inking roller, which rotates on contact with a flexographic printing plate borne on a printing plate bearing roller, in which the printing head comprises a roller bearing a transfer surface which rotates on coming into contact with the printing plate, the transfer surface being a perfectly smooth and faultless surface and being made of a material that is more yielding than a material of which the flexographic printing plate is made.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2010
    Publication date: December 15, 2011
    Applicant: OMSO DECOMAC - SOCIETA' A RESPONSABILITA' LIMITATA
    Inventors: Vittorio Ferrari, Milo Campioli
  • Patent number: 8051973
    Abstract: A device for transferring objects from a printing machine chuck to a support and distancing pin, the chuck and the pin being moved on two independent paths, at a point of which paths they are parallel to one another and at a predetermined reciprocal distance, the device comprising a carriage which is mobile in a parallel direction to the chuck and to the pin, between a distant position from the chuck and the pin to a close position to the chuck and the pin, means for gripping and releasing the objects being provided on the carriage, which means for gripping and releasing are mobile along a trajectory in a perpendicular plane to the carriage in order to be placed alternatively in front of the chuck and the pin, the trajectory including at least a tract in which it is parallel to the path of the pins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2011
    Assignee: Decomac-Societa' a Responsabilita' Limitata
    Inventors: Milo Campioli, Vittorio Ferrari
  • Patent number: 7997193
    Abstract: A printing machine for cylindrical objects, comprising a carousel for moving for locating the cylindrical objects in a successive number of work stations, among which at least a printing station and a drying station; at least a device for inking for printing on the lateral surface of a cylindrical object located in the printing station; and at least a drying device for generating a beam of rays which strike a cylindrical object located in the drying station; the drying device including an obturator for intercepting the beam of rays when the means for moving transfer the objects from one station to another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2011
    Assignee: Decomac-Societa' a Responsabilita' Limitata
    Inventors: Milo Campioli, Vittorio Ferrari
  • Publication number: 20110162529
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a cover (1) of a coffee pot (20) or a pot (60) comprising conversion means (8) suitable for converting a thermal gradient, such as a Peltier cell, into an electrical potential difference. The potential difference allows electrically supplying a microprocessor for processing a signal coming from a sensor (13), for example a thermal sensor and the execution of an operation thereof, such as the emission of a sound warning.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2008
    Publication date: July 7, 2011
    Applicant: BIALETTI INDUSTRIE S.P.A.
    Inventors: Giacomo Alberganti, Daniele Marioli, Vittorio Ferrari
  • Publication number: 20100313776
    Abstract: A motorized chuck-bearing group for a printing machine, powered by a brushless motor, comprises a casing housing a stator coil and a rotor, controlled both in velocity and activation times by a control circuit comprising an encoder device, in which a shaft supports permanent magnets in a peripheral arrangement, the shaft being coupled, internally of the casing, to the encoder device and extending outside the casing such as to support a chuck which rotates an object to be printed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2010
    Publication date: December 16, 2010
    Applicant: OMSO DECOMAC-SOCIETA' A RESPONSABILITA' LIMITATA
    Inventors: Vittorio FERRARI, Milo Campioli
  • Publication number: 20100313771
    Abstract: A rotary printing machine for printing on containers, comprising a chuck-bearing carousel exhibiting an intermittent circular motion, being rotatably supported by a base element or casing, and being powered by an electric motor and integrated encoder, in which the electric motor comprises a stator coil supported by the casing and a rotor supported directly by the carousel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2010
    Publication date: December 16, 2010
    Applicant: OMSO DECOMAC-SOCIETA' A RESPONSABILITA' LIMITATA
    Inventors: Vittorio FERRARI, Milo Campioli
  • Publication number: 20090067975
    Abstract: A device for transferring objects (100) from a printing machine chuck (2) to a support and distancing pin (51), the chuck (2) and the pin (51) being moved on two independent paths, at a point of which paths they are parallel to one another and at a predetermined reciprocal distance, the device comprising a carriage (40) which is mobile in a parallel direction to the chuck (2) and to the 5 pin (51), between a distant position from the chuck (2) and the pin (51) to a close position to the chuck (2) and the pin (51), means (46) for gripping and releasing the objects (100) being provided on the carriage (40), which means for gripping and releasing are mobile along a trajectory in a perpendicular plane to the carriage (40) in order to be placed alternatively in front of the 10 chuck (2) and the pin (51), the trajectory including at least a tract in which it is parallel to the path of the pins (51).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2007
    Publication date: March 12, 2009
    Applicant: OMSO-OFFICINA MACCHINE PER STAMPA SU OGGETTE- SOCIETA' PER AZIONI
    Inventors: Milo Campioli, Vittorio Ferrari
  • Publication number: 20090020024
    Abstract: A printing machine for cylindrical objects (100), comprising carousel means (2) for moving for locating the cylindrical objects (100) in a successive number of work stations, among which at least a printing station (3) and a drying station (4); at least a means for inking (30) for printing on the lateral surface of a cylindrical object (100) located in the printing station (3); and at least a drying device (5) for generating a beam of rays which strike a cylindrical object (100) located in the drying station (4); the drying device (5) comprising an obturator (57) for intercepting the beam of rays when the means for moving transfer the objects (100) from one station to another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2007
    Publication date: January 22, 2009
    Applicant: OMSO - OFFICINA MACCHINE PER STAMPA SU OGGETTI - SOCIETA' PERAZIONI
    Inventors: Milo Campioli, Vittorio Ferrari
  • Patent number: 6184988
    Abstract: An automatic device for determining print quality on bottles of circular, elliptical or polygonal cross-section, comprising at least one print quality inspection station in which a cylindrical portion of the image surface is photographed by a camera or video camera, means for transferring the object to successive inspection stations in succession, in each of which a further portion of the image is photographed, means for assembling the images acquired in each inspection station to obtain the overall image of all the photographed portions, comparator means for comparing the overall image with a reference image, and means for indicating non-conformity between the overall acquired image and the reference image and for operating an actuator which feeds the object carrying the non-conforming overall image to a rejected object collection line, in which a single inspection station comprises means for rotating the image-carrying object through an angle of at least 360° with continuity, one video camera arranged t
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2001
    Assignee: O.M.S.O. S.p.A.
    Inventor: Vittorio Ferrari
  • Patent number: 4863908
    Abstract: Mono(2-ammonium-2-hydroxymethyl-1,3-propanediol)(2R-cis)-(3-methyloxiranyl) phosphonate endowed with therapeutic activity as broad-spectrum antibiotic, as well as a method for preparing same from bis(2-ammonium-2-hydroxymethyl-1,3-propanediol)(2R-cis)-(3-methyloxiranyl) phosphonate and a sulphonic acid. Pharmaceutical compositions containing the novel mono(2-ammonium-2-hydroxymethyl-1,3-propanediol)(2R-cis)-(3-methyloxiranyl ) phosphonate are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 1987
    Date of Patent: September 5, 1989
    Assignee: Zambon S.p.A.
    Inventors: Dario Chiarino, Davide Della Bella, Vittorio Ferrari
  • Patent number: 4806567
    Abstract: A method for the treatment of ischemia and reperfusion syndromes, which consists in administering to a patient in need thereof a therapeutically effective amount of a compound of the formula: ##STR1## in which R is hydrogen or a C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkyl group, or of a salt thereof, when R.dbd.H, with a pharmaeutically acceptable base.New compounds and pharmaceutical compositions useful in the method of this invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 1987
    Date of Patent: February 21, 1989
    Assignee: Zambon S.p.A.
    Inventors: Vittorio Ferrari, Angelo Carenzi, Davide Della Bella
  • Patent number: 4727065
    Abstract: Bis-(2-ammonium-2-hydroxymethyl-1,3-propanediol)(2R-cis)-(3-methyloxiranyl) -phosphonate showing high bioavailability and tolerability is disclosed, as well as a method for preparing same from (2R-cis)-(3-methyloxiranyl)-phosphoric acid, or a salt thereof, and 2-amino-2-hydroxymethyl-1,3-propanediol, or a salt thereof. Pharmaceutical compositions containing the novel bis-phosphonate; useful for clinical forms of urinary and respiratory infections, are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 1986
    Date of Patent: February 23, 1988
    Assignee: Zambon S.p.A.
    Inventors: Dario Chiarino, Davide Della Bella, Vittorio Ferrari