Gallo & Partners S.r.l.

Provided is a press-type rim-cutting can opener, including a main body, a drive unit, and a cutting unit. The drive unit is disposed to extend through the main body, a mounting slot is formed on the main body, and the cutting unit is disposed in the mounting slot and cooperates with the drive unit; the cutting unit includes a cutting wheel, a rubber sleeve, an elastic support tab that are respectively arranged in the mounting slot, and a cutting wheel shaft is disposed to extend through the mounting slot and is configured to retain the cutting wheel and the rubber sleeve inside the mounting slot; and the elastic support tab is deformed under the action of external force, and then slides from a side of a can rim to an underside of the can rim, thereby supporting a bottom of the can rim.

Lighting apparatus (1) comprising a lighting device (2), which is provided with a planar light-emitting surface (3) and is capable of emitting, via said planar light-emitting surface (3), emitted rays (RE), and a transparent body (4), which defines an internal volume (5) having its own access opening (6) and is provided with a concave inner surface (7), located at the boundary of the internal volume (5), and a convex outer surface (8). The planar light-emitting surface (3) of the lighting device (2) is arranged substantially at the access opening (6) of the internal volume (5) of the transparent body (4) and faces the concave inner surface (7) of the transparent body (4) to direct each emitted ray (RE) toward a corresponding first incidence point (P1) on the concave inner surface (7), which is arranged to reflect part of the light of each emitted ray (RE) as a corresponding reflected ray (RR) starting from a respective first incidence point (P1), wherein at least some reflected rays (RR) are each directed toward a second incidence point (P2) on the concave inner surface (7).

Clamping device comprising two tie-rod elements (2), each of which is provided with a retaining portion (3) and with a shank (4), and a base body (5) provided with two housing seats (6), each of which is susceptible of receiving the retaining portion (3) of the corresponding tie-rod element (2). Furthermore, the base body (5) comprises two guide channels (8) into which two retaining elements (9) are slidably inserted which are operable to place themselves against the retaining portion (3) of the corresponding tie-rod element (2), thereby locking it. The housing seats (6) of the base body (5) are communicating and the retaining portion (3) of each tie-rod element (2) is provided with a shoulder (10) alongside the shoulder (10) of the other tie-rod element (2) and is susceptible of receiving the corresponding retaining element (9) against it.

A rocking support device for the seat of a chair, comprising a support body (2) having a lower face (21), designed to be mounted on a support structure (100) of a chair (10), and an opposite upper face (22). The device (1) further comprises a movable plate (3), which is intended to be secured to a seat (101) of the chair (100), and is pivotally mounted on the upper face (22) of the support body (2) about a rotation fulcrum (F), to allow relative movement between the movable plate (3) and the support body (2). The device (1) further comprises elastic means (4), which are mechanically interposed between the upper face (22) of the support body (2) and the movable plate (3), and are configured to deform elastically as a result of the movement of the movable plate (3) about the rotation fulcrum (F).The elastic means (4) comprise at least four flexible arms (41), wherein each flexible arm (41) extends outwardly from a first end (41'), secured to the upper face (22) of the support body (2), to a second end (41"), opposite the first end (41'), which elastically supports the movable plate (3). The flexible arms (41) are configured to deform elastically under bending, as a result of the movement of the movable plate (3) about the rotation fulcrum (F).

Chair for the sitting of a user, comprising a support structure (2) designed to rest on the ground, a seat (3) mounted on the support structure (2), a back (4), which is hinged to the seat (3) around a first rotation axis (R) between a substantially vertical rest position (A) and at least one reclined position (B), and a blocking device (5), mounted on the seat (3). The blocking device (5) comprises a first element (51), rotatably mounted on the seat (3) and rotatable by a user about a second rotation axis (T) orthogonal to the first rotation axis (R), a second element (52), slidably mounted on the seat (3) and movable along a movement direction (X), orthogonal to the first rotation axis (R) and the second rotation axis (T), between a locking position, in which it locks the rotation of the back (4) about the first rotation axis (R), and an unlocking position, in which it allows the rotation of the back (4) about the first rotation axis (R), and transmission means (53), which are mechanically connected to the first element (51) and the second element (52), and are configured to move the second element (52) along the movement direction (X), between the locked position and the unlocked position, following the rotation of the first element (51) around the second rotation axis (T). The transmission means (53) comprise an elastically yielding elbow portion (54), which is configured to flex elastically following the rotation of the first element (51) about the second rotation axis (T), and to move the second element (52) along the movement direction (X).

Sorting machine (1) comprising at least one conveyor (2) provided with a conveying surface (22) on which articles (100) to be sorted are susceptible to be placed to be transported toward a release end (21) at which they are released in free fall along a fall trajectory (TC). The machine (1) further comprises expulsion means (3) actuatable to intercept said fall trajectory (TC) to remove certain articles (100), detection means (4) provided with at least one optical sensor (41) arranged to detect the articles (100) and to generate corresponding first detection signals (SR1), and electronic control means (5) operatively connected to the detection means (4) and the expulsion means (3). The detection means (4) further comprise at least one distance sensor (6), which is directed toward the fall trajectory (TC) and is configured to detect the articles (100) along the fall trajectory (TC) and to generate corresponding second detection signals (SR2). The electronic control means (5) are operatively connected to the distance sensor (6) and are arranged to control the expulsion means (3) based on the second detection signals (SR2) and the first detection signals (SR1).

Chair comprising a support structure, a seat with an upper face and a lower face, a flexible covering element, a flexible tensioning element and a traction element, which is rotatable in a tensioning sense and is provided with a perimeter toothing. The seat comprises a flexible blocking lever, which extends in a single piece from a first end, connected to the lower face, to a second free end, at which point the blocking lever is provided with a coupling portion. The first end of the blocking lever defines a rotation pivot, and the blocking lever is elastically movable around the rotation pivot between an engagement position, in which the coupling portion engages the perimeter toothing to prevent the rotation of the traction element in a direction opposite to the tensioning sense, and a release position, in which is allowed the free rotation of the traction element in the tensioning sense.

Clamping system (1) comprising a tie-rod element (2), fixed to a semifinished product that must be held in position with respect to an abutment base, and a base body (3), removably fixed to the abutment base. The base body (3) is provided with a first seat (5), which extends along an axis (X) and is susceptible of removably receiving the tie-rod element (2), with a second seat (6) and with at least one guide channel (7), which communicates with the first and second seats (5, 6) and extends along a corresponding direction (Y) transverse to the axis (X). The clamping system (1) comprises at least one retaining element (8), which is slidably inserted into the guide channel (7) between a retaining position, in which it protrudes into the first seat (5) to place itself in abutment against the tie-rod element (2), locking it, and a release position, in which it is spaced from the tie-rod element (2), freeing it. This clamping system (1) comprises a slider (9), which is slidably inserted into the second seat (6) along a movement direction (Z) transverse to the direction (Y), is mechanically connected to the retaining element (8) by means of motion transmission means (10) and is movable between a lock position and an unlock position, in which it holds the retaining element (8) in the retaining and release positions, respectively. The motion transmission means (10) comprise at least one transmission arm (11), which is mechanically connected, at a first end (11') thereof, to the slider (9) and, at a second end (11") thereof, to the retaining element (8).

Is described a sliding skid which can be coupled to a foot of a rib supporting a covering tarpaulin, the rib being movable by a traction rope to slide on a side of the body, the skid comprising in use: - a block defining a lateral cavity shaped to accommodate the foot of the rib; and - a guiding member connected to the block and comprising a tunnel between whose walls the rope can be inserted without coming out of the tunnel. To facilitate maintenance, the tunnel has walls that can be spaced apart to free one side of the tunnel and allow the rope to be inserted into or removed from the tunnel.

A method for treating waste water, comprising a step of providing waste water (Vr) to be treated, comprising at least one organic pollutant compound (C), and a step of addition of an alkaline reagent (Ra) to the waste water (Vr) to degrade the organic pollutant compound (C) and obtain alkalinized waste water (Va).Furthermore, the method comprises a maturation step of the alkalinized waste water (Va), in which the modified molecules (MM) coagulate to obtain mature waste water (Vm). The latter contains at least one flocculation (F) and ammonia (NH₃) and/or a precursor thereof.Furthermore, the method comprises a recovery step, in which at least part of the ammonia (NH₃) is removed from the mature waste water (Vm) and/or from a derivative thereof. Furthermore, at least a fraction of the recovered ammonia (NH₃) and/or a derivative thereof is reintroduced into the waste water (Vr) as an alkaline reagent (Ra).