Spatafora
Domenico Spatafora, Torino IT
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20150260073 | AFTERTREATMENT DEVICE HAVING AN IMPROVED INLET CONE - An aftertreatment device is provided for purifying exhaust gases of an internal combustion engine for an automotive vehicle. The aftertreatment device includes a catalyst substrate and an inlet cone from which exhaust gases reach the catalyst substrate. The inlet cone includes a baffle accommodated inside the inlet cone and configured to realize a flow uniformity index, representing the percentage of utilized catalyst volume, higher than a flow uniformity index threshold. | 09-17-2015 |
Luigi Spatafora, Karlsdorf-Neuthard DE
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20150258627 | LAYER COMPOSITE - A method for producing a layer composite includes providing a plurality of layers, each layer comprising a material comprising at least one of a metal, a metal alloy, and at least one layer comprising a metal which forms a solid solution with a refractory metal. Each layer of the plurality of layers is placed in an alternating manner one onto another so as to form a layer stack and so as to form contact surfaces. The plurality of layers in the layer stack are diffusion welded in a non-oxidizing atmosphere at a temperature of between 0.4 times and 0.9 times a melting temperature of the metal and at a pressure comprising a directional pressure component oriented orthogonally in relation to the contact surfaces. A magnitude of at least one of the pressure and the temperature change during the diffusion welding. | 09-17-2015 |
Mario Spatafora, Granarolo (bologna) IT
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20110002754 | METHOD AND EQUIPMENT FOR PREPARING AND APPLYING FOLDED LEAFLETS - A method of preparing and applying folded leaflets or coupons to packets in a cigarette packer includes the steps of cutting single leaflets from a continuous strip material, scoring them with transverse crease lines and then causing each one to wrap around one of a set of winding members operating in conjunction with a fixed restraint; a leading portion of the leaflet is taken up by the winding member, which is then set in rotation while also revolving in close proximity to the restraint, in such a way as to bend the leaflet along the crease lines and form a succession of folds. | 01-06-2011 |
20110047935 | EQUIPMENT FOR FEEDING STRIP MATERIAL IN PACKAGING MACHINES - Strip material used in packaging machines is fed by equipment comprising a rotary support unit carrying at least one roll of a first strip material or a second strip material, installed downstream of a feed unit supplying a first wrapping material along a first direction toward an operating station where inner wrappers are fashioned for the particular packet in production. The first strip material is decoiled by rollers and guided along the first direction to an operating station of the machine where coupons are prepared for inclusion as inserts, placed between the inner wrapper and an outer wrapper of each packet. The second strip material is taken up and diverted by further rollers along a second direction, in such a way that it can be supplied to an operating station of a cellophaner where it is cut and folded to fashion leaflets applied as onserts to the outer wrapper of each packet before being overwrapped. | 03-03-2011 |
Mario Spatafora, Granarolo IT
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20080202681 | Machine and Method for Applying Labels to Packets - A machine for applying inland revenue stamps to packets of cigarettes, the machine having a conveying device for feeding the packets along a given path through an application station; and a feed device for feeding the stamps to the application station, and applying each stamp to a given portion of a respective packet; the feed device being movable crosswise to the travelling direction to adjust the given portion of the packet to which the stamp is applied. | 08-28-2008 |
20090120040 | METHOD AND UNIT FOR FEEDING PRODUCTS TO A GROUP-FORMING UNIT - A method and unit for feeding products to a group-forming unit for forming groups of products, each containing a given number of products; an orderly succession of products is fed in a first direction by means of a first conveyor; an orderly succession of products is fed in a second direction, parallel to the first direction, by means of a second conveyor parallel to the first conveyor; and the products are transferred from the first conveyor to the second conveyor by means of a transfer device which is permanently integral with an output end of the first conveyor, is moved in the second direction upon detection of a gap along the first conveyor, and is moved in the opposite direction to the second direction to form, along the second conveyor, a number of consecutive gaps equal to the number of products in each group of products. | 05-14-2009 |
20090193758 | Machine for packaging products in wrappers of sheet material - In a packaging machine, typically a cellophaner for overwrapping packets of cigarettes, each of the packets is enveloped by a wrapping unit in a heat shrinkable wrapper presenting at least two opposite faces disposed parallel one with another. The machine also comprises a unit by which heat is applied to the wrappers, equipped with a pair of belt conveyors that present two branches, facing one another and set in motion in such a way as to transport the packets by gripping the two opposite faces of each wrapper, and at least one heating head associated with each transport branch; the heating heads are faced with a leaf of lamellar graphite bonded to the head on one side and offered in direct contact on the other to the respective branch of the corresponding belt conveyor, so as to minimize friction between the belt and the head. | 08-06-2009 |
20090260640 | Unit and a method for wrapping tobacco products - Tobacco products are wrapped by a unit equipped with a rotating drum carrying a set of holder mechanisms around the periphery, each rotatable about an axis parallel to the axis of the drum, by which single products are supported and carried through an assembly station together with leaves of wrapping material received from a vacuum roller turning on an axis parallel to the axis of the drum; the vacuum roller revolves tangentially to the drum at the assembly station and comprises a system by which each leaf is transferred to a gripper associated with the support mechanism. The transfer system is timed to operate in a situation of substantially zero relative peripheral velocity between the support mechanism and the vacuum roller. | 10-22-2009 |
Mario Spatafora, Granarolo Emilia (bologna) IT
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20080202537 | Machine for manufacturing and/or packing tobacco products - An automatic cigarette maker and/or packer incorporates a welding or sealing head with an electrically conductive heating foil mounted to an electrically insulating backing element; the foil is retained on the backing element by an overlay of ceramic material, which is covered in turn by a further overlay of smooth silicone that can be offered in direct contact to a weldable or sealable wrapping material. | 08-28-2008 |
Vince Spatafora, Atlanta, GA US
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20150065133 | CELL BROADCAST FOR SMART TRAFFIC STEERING ACROSS RADIO TECHNOLOGIES WITH IMPROVED RADIO EFFICIENCY - Traffic associated with user equipment that are coupled to a first radio access network is steered to a second radio access network based on an adaptable signal strength criterion. The signal strength criterion is related to real-time network load conditions of the first radio access network and can be broadcasted from a serving access point to the user equipment. Moreover, the signal strength criterion facilitates steering, to the second radio network, traffic associated with user equipment that are located closer to a cell edge of the first radio access network before steering traffic associated with user equipment are located further away from the cell edge. In addition, based on the network congestion within the first radio access network, the signal strength criterion is modified to adjust the number of user equipment that are steered to the second radio network. | 03-05-2015 |