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| 20100210476 | Pyrrolo[2,3-b]Pyridine Derivatives Active as Kinase Inhibitors and Pharmaceutical Compositions Comprising Them - Compounds which are pyrrolo[2,3-b]pyridine derivatives or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, their preparation process and pharmaceutical compositions comprising them are disclosed; these compounds are useful in the treatment of diseases caused by and/or associated with an altered protein kinase activity such as cancer, cell proliferative disorders, Alzheimer's disease, viral infections, auto-immune diseases and neurodegenerative disorders; also disclosed is a process under SPS conditions for preparing the compounds of the invention and chemical libraries comprising a plurality of them. | 08-19-2010 |
| 20110136857 | PYRROLE[2,3-B]PYRIDINE DERIVATIVES ACTIVE AS KINASE INHIBITORS - Compounds which are pyrrolo[2,3-b]pyridine derivatives or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, their preparation process and pharmaceutical compositions comprising them are disclosed; these compounds are useful in the treatment of diseases caused by and/or associated with an altered protein kinase activity such as cancer, cell proliferative disorders, Alzheimer's disease, viral infections, auto-immune diseases and neurodegenerative disorders; also disclosed is a process under SPS conditions for preparing the compounds of the invention and chemical libraries comprising a plurality of them. | 06-09-2011 |
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| 20080257055 | Mechanically Calibrated Analog Transducer for Position or a Related Physical Quantity - An analogue position transducer, usable for example as a pressure switch in a household appliance, including a rigid casing accommodating a deformable membrane sensitive to hydraulic pressure, a first element engaged to the membrane so as to be mobile along with at least one portion of membrane in a predetermined direction (A) and a second element fixed to the casing and operatively coupled with the first element to provide a signal variable according to the relative position of the first element with respect to the second; in which between said first element and a portion of membrane there are interposed means for varying, along said predetermined direction, the relative position of said first element with respect to the portion of the membrane; the transducer also includes a contrast spring for the membrane fitted and preloaded between the casing and the membrane itself and means for adjusting the preload of the contrast spring. | 10-23-2008 |
| 20080264111 | System for Detecting Operating Parameters of an Electric Household Appliance Featuring a Relatively Movable Component - A system for detecting the operative parameters of a household appliance, such as a washing machine or dryer, provided with a relatively mobile component with respect to a load-bearing frame (tank or basket), including a pressure switch including in turn a rigid casing accommodating a deformable membrane sensitive to hydraulic pressure, a ferromagnetic material core engaged to the membrane and a winding fixed to the casing and operatively coupled with the core to form a variable inductance electrical inductor; in which the pressure switch is coupled to the relatively mobile member to follow its movements; and in which said variable inductance electrical inductor is operatively associated to a ferromagnetic material bracket integrally carried by the load-bearing body and arranged outside the pressure switch. | 10-30-2008 |
| 20100032026 | MONITORING DEVICE OF THE FEED TO AN ELECTRIC HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCE OF AN OPERATIVE FLUID, IN PARTICULAR OF A FLOW OF WATER TO A TANK OF A WASHING MACHINE OR DISHWASHER - A monitoring device including first detector means of a flow rate of operative fluid in an electric household appliance towards a tank of the electric household appliance and second detector means of the level of such a fluid in the tank; wherein the first and second detector means are operatively and reciprocally associated to issue a single signal (S) characterised by at least two different parameters, a first parameter (F) correlated to the flow rate of the fluid and a second parameter (A) correlated to the level of fluid in the tank. Typically, the first and the second detector means consist of a turbine mounted so as to be crossed in use by the flow of operative fluid and thereby turned at a speed proportional to the flow rate of fluid; in a membrane mounted within a casing to fluid-tightly divide the same into a first and second chamber connected respectively to atmospheric pressure and to siphon means arranged within the tank; in sensor means mounted on the membrane integral with the same and in interaction means with the sensor means, angularly and integrally mounted on the turbine and in a position so as to periodically transit in use in front of the sensor means in consequence of the rotation of the turbine. | 02-11-2010 |
| 20100164486 | DETECTING DEVICE OF THE ANGULAR POSITION OF A ROTATING MEMBER OF AN ELECTRIC HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCE, IN PARTICULAR THE DRUM OF A WASHING MACHINE - A detecting device for detecting the angular position of an electric household appliance rotating member, typically the drum of a washing machine, including generating means of a magnetic field arrangeable in a fixed position with respect to the rotating member, e.g. carried by the frame of the electric household appliance; interaction means with the magnetic field generating means integrally arrangeable in use on the rotating member in a position so as to transit periodically in front of the generating means of a magnetic field and in position adjacent to the same to cause a spatial variation of the magnetic field flux lines between a first and a second field configuration; and means adapted to generate an electric signal when crossed by the flux lines of the magnetic field; wherein said signal generating means are integral with the magnetic field generating means and are arranged, with respect to the interaction means, on the same side as the magnetic field generating means, but in a position so as to be crossed by the flux lines only in said second field configuration. | 07-01-2010 |
| 20100307236 | PRESSURE SENSOR FOR AN ELECTRIC HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCE AND ASSOCIATED METHOD - A pressure sensor including a body, device for receiving pressure associable with a tube connected to a fluid-filled tank of an electric household appliance, wherein the level of the fluid is to be measured. It further includes a device for emitting electric frequency signal proportional to the pressure received; a device carried aboard the body, on which a plurality of response frequency values emitted by the emitting means associated with corresponding pressure values at the pressure receiving means, were recorded. The pressure sensor is used with a pressure reading system carried by the device for receiving pressure. The pressure reading system includes two devices for reading values recorded on the pressure sensor, i.e. pressure and frequency values; and electric frequency signals. The pressure reading system further includes a processing device for interpolating the pressure value associated with every signal on the basis of the values read by the reading device. | 12-09-2010 |
| 20110072907 | FAST-FIT FLUIDIC CONNECTING DEVICE FOR AN ELECTRIC HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCE PRESSURE SENSOR, AND RELATIVE PRESSURE SENSOR - A fast-fit device for fluidically connecting a pressure sensor to a water collecting tank of an electric household appliance including: a supporting body securable to a housing of the electric household appliance and carrying a first, blind tubular element, having a first open end, opposite to a second blind end; a second tubular element integrally obtained in one piece with a casing of the pressure sensor, which overhangingly extends therefrom for the entire length thereof and which displays external diameter and length smaller than the internal diameter and length of the first tubular element; a closing plug of the first end provided with a through hole which fluid-tightly receives in use the second tubular element; and first and second fastening means which are reciprocally complementary and integrally carried by the supporting body and the casing of the sensor, respectively. | 03-31-2011 |
| 20110241517 | LED LAMP, IN PARTICULAR FOR INTERNAL LIGHTING OF AN ELECTRIC HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCE - A lamp for internal lighting of an electric household appliance including at least one light source consisting of a LED, a printed circuit for supporting and powering the light source and a supporting body for the printed circuit made of an electrically non-conductive material and provided, at one first end thereof, with a reflecting/diffusing element of the light emitted by the light source and defining an optical axis arranged substantially parallel to a longitudinal axis of the supporting body; wherein the at least one light source is mounted at a first end of the printed circuit, fixed to a first flat face thereof, with a light diffusion axis thereof oriented substantially perpendicular to the first face; the printed circuit being supported inside the body, which is tubular in shape, with the first face arranged substantially coplanar with the optical axis of the reflecting/diffusing element and the first end overhangingly protruding from the first end of the supporting body, within a concavity of the reflecting/diffusing element, so that the same may collect at least part of the light emitted by the light source; the printed circuit extending over the entire length of the supporting body, to a second end of the same, opposite to the first, and being provided on at least the first face with electrically and thermally conductive tracks for powering the LED, which are exposed to a convective cooling motion of the environmental air through respective longitudinal slots made through at least one side wall of the supporting body, at a predetermined distance from the first end. | 10-06-2011 |
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| 20120002206 | TURBIDITY SENSOR FOR AN ELECTRIC HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCE - An optical-type turbidity sensor including a casing accommodating photo emitting means and photo receiving means therein, wherein the photo emitting means and the photo receiving means are arranged side-by-side on a same side of the casing, preferably underneath a same lens-shaped, transparent portion of the same, and are facing to, and spaced from, a reflecting surface carried by the casing and adapted to receive a light radiation from the photo emitting means for reflecting it towards the photo receiving means; the reflecting surface is operatively associated with means for varying a distance existing between the reflecting surface and the side of the casing provided with the photo emitting and photo receiving means arranged side-by-side. | 01-05-2012 |
| 20120133759 | OPTICAL SENSOR FOR DETECTING THE LIQUID LEVEL IN A CONTAINER, IN PARTICULAR FOR A REMOVABLE CONTAINER FOR AN ELECTRIC HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCE AND ASSOCIATED LENS AND METHOD - An optical sensor including a photo emitting element and a photo receiving element carried side-by-side by a supporting and feeding element either associated or associable in use with a support for a container, and a composite lens, either associated or associable with the container, designed so as to remain in use immersed in a liquid contained in the container and facing the photo emitting and photo receiving elements; the lens including: a first cylindrical body made of a light-permeable material, mountable in use vertically from the top of the container facing the photo emitting and photo receiving elements to a bottom wall of the container; and a second cylindrical body, arranged concentrically with and outside the first body and open towards the bottom wall; respective side walls of the first and second cylindrical bodies having the same length, that of the second body being separated from that of the first body by a predetermined annular clearance, and being made so as to be at least partially reflecting towards the first cylindrical body. | 05-31-2012 |