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Andrea Ferraro, Salgareda (treviso) IT
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| 20100269705 | DEVICE FOR PERFORATING PORTIONED CAPSULES - A device for perforating a capsule ( | 10-28-2010 |
| 20120060698 | INFUSION UNIT FOR MAKING BEVERAGES FROM SINGLE-SERVING SACHETS AND MACHINE COMPRISING SAID UNIT - The infusion unit comprises in combination : a support ( | 03-15-2012 |
Angelo Ferraro, Bologna IT
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| 20120136121 | Polyolefin Compositions - Polyolefin compositions particularly suitable for cast film, exhibiting heat sealability, retortability, low haze and stiffness, comprising: | 05-31-2012 |
Franco Ferraro, Schworstadt DE
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| 20090312846 | Apparatus for Detemining and/or Monitoring a Process Variable - An apparatus for determining and/or monitoring at least one process variable of a medium. The apparatus includes: at least one sensor unit for registering the process variable, wherein the sensor unit produces measurement signals; at least one electronics unit for controlling the sensor unit, wherein the electronics unit has at least one microprocessor; and at least one memory unit, which is associated with the sensor unit, and in which control data are storable. The control data specifically relate to the sensor unit and can be read out by the electronics unit. The microprocessor of the electronics unit is embodied in such a manner, that the microprocessor executes in an inactive state only basic functionalities, and that the microprocessor in an active state controls the sensor unit. The microprocessor transfers from the inactive state into the active state transfers by loading control data from the memory unit. | 12-17-2009 |
| 20100083750 | APPARATUS FOR ASCERTAINING AND/OR MONITORING A PROCESS VARIABLE OF A MEDIUM - An apparatus for ascertaining and/or monitoring of a process variable of a medium. The apparatus includes: A mechanically oscillatable unit; an exciting/receiving unit, which excites the mechanically oscillatable unit to execute mechanical oscillations and which receives the mechanical oscillations; and an electronics unit, which supplies the exciting/receiving unit with an electrical, output signal, and which receives from the exciting/receiving unit an electrical, input signal. In the electronics unit there is provided an amplifier unit, which amplifies the electrical, input signal to an amplified signal (S | 04-08-2010 |
| 20100161251 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING AND/OR MONITORING A PROCESS VARIABLE OF A MEDIUM, AND CORRESPONDING APPARATUS - Method for determining and/or monitoring a process variable of a medium, wherein a mechanically oscillatable unit is supplied with an exciter signal wherein a received signal coming from the mechanically oscillatable unit is received, and wherein the exciter signal is produced in such a manner, that a phase difference between the exciter signal and the received signal equals a predeterminable phase value. A criterion for judging the determining of the phase difference between the exciter signal and the received signal, or a signal dependent on the exciter signal or on the received signal, is established; in the case, in which the criterion for judging the determining of the phase difference is fulfilled, tuning of the phase difference is closed-loop controlled; and, in the alternative case, tuning of the phase difference is open-loop controlled. An apparatus associated with the method is also disclosed. | 06-24-2010 |
Gian Paolo Ferraro, Paolo IT
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| 20100239835 | POLYMERIC FILM AND OPTICAL DEVICE COMPRISING SAID FILM - A polymeric film comprising a) a transparent polymer and b) an inorganic filler based on aluminum hydroxide able to show a low coefficient of thermal expansion still retaining a high transparency and a low tendency to brittleness. The invention also refers to an optical device comprising said polymeric film. | 09-23-2010 |
Jean Ferraro, Buc FR
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| 20100270241 | REDUCTION OF ANTIMICROBIAL COMPOUND LEVELS DURING PRODUCT DISPENSING - A method for reducing antimicrobial compound levels in a liquid composition containing at least one antimicrobial compound. The method comprises contacting said liquid composition with a functionalized resin. Antimicrobial compounds that may be removed by this method include isothiazolin-3-ones, e.g., 2-methyl-4-isothiazolin-3-one; 5-chloro-2-methyl-4-isothiazolin-3-one; 2-n-octyl-4-isothiazolin-3-one; 4,5-dichloro-2-n-octyl-4-isothiazolin-3-one; 1,2-benzisothiazolin-3-one and N-alkyl derivatives thereof, especially N-methyl and N-n-butyl; 2,2-dibromo-3-nitrilopropionamide (DBNPA); 2-bromo-2-nitropropanediol (BNPD); dithio-2,2′-bis(benzmethylamide) (DTBMA); hexetidine; chlorphenesin, C | 10-28-2010 |
John Ferraro, Mississauga CA
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| 20100185554 | System and method for managing a portfolio of differenet cuts of meat - A system and method for modifying a portfolio having respective quantities of a plurality of different meat cut types (MCT) of an animal comprising: accessing portfolio information of the portfolio stored in a memory, the portfolio information including a first quantity of a first MCT and a second quantity of a second MCT, the first MCT having a first predicted future price for a first future time period (FTP) and the second MCT having a second predicted future price for a second FTP, the first and second MCTs being part of the plurality of different MCTs; determining first comparison data based on historical first market prices of the first MCT and historical second market prices of the second MCT for a selected historical time period; determining a correlation value between the first MCT and the second MCT based on the first comparison data and the second first comparison data and the first quantity and the second quantity; analyzing the correlation value and adjusting a parameter of a price model used in determining the first predicted future price in order to modify a value of a first price premium associated with the first predicted future price, the first price premium representing compensation in exchange for assuming a risk that the first predicted future price may be different from the eventual market price of the first MCT when reaching the first FTP; and sending the modified value of the first price premium for presentation to a member of the portfolio for promoting either an increase or a decrease in the quantity of the first MCT in the portfolio. | 07-22-2010 |
| 20100185555 | System and method for predicting future prices of a cut meat - A system and method for determining a future price of a selected meat cut type (MCT) of an animal for a selected future time period (FTP) including: receiving the selected MCT; storing said selected MCT in a memory; using a price model configured for determining said future price of said selected MCT for the selected FTP, said future price based on one or more defined risk levels, historical market price of said selected MCT for one or more time periods prior to said selected FTP, and live animal futures defining a price of the live animal traded as a commodity; determining via the model the future price of the selected MCT for the selected FTP, a price premium for the selected MCT for the selected FTP, and a hedge relationship defining the relative price of the live animal futures with said future price for the selected FTP; and sending the future price and the price premium for the selected MCT for the selected FTP for presentation on a user interface. | 07-22-2010 |
Marco Ferraro, Tricase IT
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| 20100165712 | METHOD FOR LOW-STRESS MULTILEVEL READING OF PHASE CHANGE MEMORY CELLS AND MULTILEVEL PHASE CHANGE MEMORY - According to a method for multilevel reading of a phase change memory cell a bit line ( | 07-01-2010 |
Marco Ferraro, Agrate Brianza IT
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| 20090080242 | Programming a multilevel phase change memory cell - Multilevel phase change memory cells may be programmed forming amorphous regions of amorphous phase change material in a storage region of the phase change memory cell. Crystalline paths of crystalline phase change material are formed through the amorphous regions of amorphous phase change material. Lengths of the crystalline paths are controlled so that at least a first crystalline path has a first length in a first programming state and a second crystalline path has a second length, different from the first length, in a second programming state. | 03-26-2009 |
Pietro Ferraro, Pozzuoli IT
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| 20090073521 | Holographic Method With Numerical Reconstruction for Obtaining an Image of a Three-Dimensional Object Which Even Points out of the Depth of Field Are in Focus, and Holographic Apparatus Using Such a Method - The invention concerns a holographic method with numerical reconstruction for obtaining an image of a three-dimensional object, said method employing a digitalised hologram of an object, and comprising a step A. wherein, starting from the digitalised hologram, extracting a phase image of said object corresponding to a bidimensional matrix MD of distance values; a step B. wherein a mono-dimensional subassembly SD of the distance value assembly present in matrix MD of the method step A is selected, subassembly SD containing distance values dk; a step C. wherein for each distance value dk, extracting from matrix MD a iso-level assembly IQdk corresponding to a mono-dimensional assembly of bidimensional coordinates of said object, a step D. wherein for each distance value dk, reconstructing, starting from the digitalised hologram, a bidimensional matrix IMdk of intensity values relevant to said object; a step E. wherein, from each bidimensional matrix IMdk a bidimensional matrix IFdk of intensity values is extracted corresponding to the bidimensional coordinates of the iso-level assembly IQdk; a step F. wherein, starting from intensity values IFdk from the bidimensional coordinates of the iso-level assembly IQdk and from the relevant distance values dk, reconstructing the three-dimensional intensity image of said object, and wherein the resolution of the bidimensional matrix IMdk for all values of k is identical to the resolution of matrix MD of distance values. | 03-19-2009 |
| 20120112070 | DEVICE FOR CONTROLLED DISTRIBUTION OF MICRO- OR NANO- VOLUMES OF A LIQUID BASED ON THE PIEZOELECTRIC EFFECT IN FUNCTIONALISED MATERIALS, WITHOUT USING EXTERNAL ELECTRIC SOURCES - The invention concerns a method for the controlled distribution of pico- or nano-volumes of a liquid, comprising the step of: A. Deposing the liquid as a film or separated sessile drops on a surface of a starting substrate; the liquid being extracted and distributed on the surface of a substrate called “destination substrate”, the method being characterized in that: —At least one between said starting substrate and destination substrate is a pyroelectric substrate; The method comprising the following further step: B. Varying the temperature of said pyroelectric substrate to induce a surface charge density σ such that the liquid, undergoing the electro-dynamic force, creates dispensing cones wherefrom droplets detach, which are deposed on the surface of the destination substrate, The surface of the destination substrate being set at a distance D, from the surface of the starting substrate facing it, smaller than the critical distance given by the following: Dc=(1+θ/4)V | 05-10-2012 |
Pietro Ferraro, Rome IT
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| 20080309944 | Quantitative phase-contrast digital holography method for the numerical reconstruction of images, and relevant apparatus - The invention concerns a quantitative phase-contrast digital holography method for the numerical reconstruction of images, comprising the following steps: A. acquiring a digital hologram of an investigated object; B. reconstructing the digital hologram in a reconstruction plane; C. reconstructing the complex field for the digital hologram; D. obtaining the phase map starting from the complex field; the method being characterised in that it further comprises the following steps: | 12-18-2008 |
Tony Ferraro, Mississauga CA
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| 20080283626 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR ELIMINATING MICROBIAL GROWTH AND PREVENTING ODORS IN VEHICLE HVAC SYSTEMS AND PASSENGER CABIN AND TRUCK ENVIRONMENTS - A mist-generating device that can be connected to a vehicle's Low Direct Current Voltage (LDCV) power supply is disclosed. The device can be used to treat mold, bacteria and clean or remove odors on exposed and hard-to-reach surfaces of the interior of a car. The device can include a unique filling system that can be used to prevent foreign materials from entering into the unit, including fluids or substances that would deteriorate the performance of the unit or the components of the device itself. The inside of the device can include an internal anti-foam and anti-splash structure designed to keep electronic components dry and reduce the foaming and turbulence of the fluid being misted. Further, the inside of the device in one embodiment is split into three adjacent areas, which govern efficient flow of air and atomized chemicals through the device. | 11-20-2008 |
| 20090130328 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CURING SURFACE COATED MATERIALS - The invention is directed to an apparatus and methods for curing a surface that is coated with a curable resin, such as an ultraviolet light-curable surface coating. The method involves directing radiation to the curable coating material using an apparatus of the invention to form a cured surface without substantially increasing the temperature of the work surface. The surface coating material can contain ultraviolet reactive photo-initiator compounds. An apparatus for curing a surface coating material is also provided. In one embodiment the apparatus includes a source of ultraviolet radiation that emits radiation having wavelengths in the range of about 315 to about 400 nm, an air cooling system that maintains an optimum temperature that maximizes the ultraviolet energy output and vents exhaust air away from the targeted work surface, and a positioning panel that holds the ultraviolet light source and allows the ultraviolet radiation source to be rotated both in the horizontal and vertical directions such that the apparatus can be accurately directed towards the target surface coating material. | 05-21-2009 |