Mitola, Marco

A ladder clamping device (4) for vehicles, comprising an elongated main body (16), parallel to a longitudinal direction (X-X), the main body (16) being provided with a lower wall (20) facing a ladder (8) to be secured, a ratchet mechanism (44), housed in said main body (16) and comprising a spool (48) rotatable about a rotation axis (R-R) perpendicular to the longitudinal direction (X-X), the spool (48) being provided with an external toothing (52) and a return spring (64), in which the ratchet mechanism (44) is mechanically connected to an actuation lever (60) protruding from said main body (16) and parallel to said longitudinal direction (X-X), the actuation lever (60) being configured to actuate the rotation of the spool (48), thus overcoming the resistance of the return spring (64). The device further comprises flexible locking means (68) for said ladder (8), fastened to the spool (48) at a first end (72) thereof and provided with a locking buckle and/or a locking hook (76), at a second end (80), opposite to said first end (72). The flexible locking means (68) are at least partially wound on the spool (48) so as to wind and unwind in agreement with the rotation direction of the spool (48), and the return spring (64) biases the spool (48) in rotation according to a winding direction of the flexible locking means (68).

A textile machine (4), comprising conveying means (8) of at least one spool (12) comprising yarn (16) wound around a tube (18), said tube (18) being conveyed in a vertical direction (Y-Y), extending from a lower end (20) to an upper end (24) along said vertical direction (Y-Y), said wound yarn (16) defining an outer side wall (28) of the spool (12) and comprising a yarn end (32), vacuum means, configured to create a vacuum with respect to an external environment in which the textile machine (4) is located, a suction arm (40) having a body (42) delimiting a cavity (44), fluidly connected to said vacuum means at a connection end (48), the suction arm (40) ending, on the side opposite to the connection end (48), with a suction nozzle (52) having a slot configuration extending between a first end (54), directly facing said upper end (24) of the tube (18) and a second end (56), directly facing said lower end (20) of the tube (18), the suction nozzle (52) being shaped so as to suck said yarn end (32). The body (42) of the suction arm (40) is provided with a longitudinal slit (60) extending from the suction nozzle (52) towards the connection end (48), configured so as to receive the yarn end (32) and a portion of yarn (16) connected to said yarn end (32). Advantageously, the suction arm (40) is provided with closing means (64) selectively operable so as to at least partially occlude a portion of the longitudinal slit (60) comprised between the connection end (48) and the yarn (16) sucked inside the longitudinal slit (60) itself.

Apparatus (10) for the continuous decatising of a fabric (18), comprising a pressure vessel (1) containing steam at controlled pressure and temperature; an entry (3) and an exit (3') of the fabric only from the vessel (1); a series of modules (30) inside the vessel (1), packed so as to form an S-shaped path and arrange the fabric (18) in multiple layers in which the mechanical pressure, exerted by a press (15) that compresses all the modules (30) like a sandwich, is shared and transferred in all the layers of the fabric (18). The fabric (18) inside the vessel (1) alternates advancement steps with steps of stop and mechanical compression in the direction of the thickness, until reaching the exit (3').

A design method of a CIP and/or SIP (4) type cleaning system, in particular for medical applications or for food & beverage applications, comprising the steps of providing a sample-holder device (8), hollow and adapted to be at least partially filled with a liquid fouling agent, performing physical fouling tests on said sample-holder device (8), by means of said liquid fouling agent, providing a digital model (digital twin) of the sample-holder device (8) and of said liquid fouling agent, making a projection of the cleaning levels of the sample-holder device (8) obtainable with a cleaning solution, by simulating with said digital model the relative cleaning level obtainable with said CIP and/or SIP (4) type cleaning system with a digital model of said cleaning solution, deriving, from said simulation, the process parameters with which to optimise the operation of the CIP and/or SIP (4) type cleaning system, validating said process parameters by performing real cleaning tests on said sample-holder device (8) fouled by said liquid fouling agent.

An apparatus (1) for the entry and exit of a fabric (20) in an insulated container (15), with an internal atmosphere different from that of the external environment, comprising a container (15) delimiting a cavity (25) adapted to internally receive said fabric (20), the container (15) having an entry channel (16) for said fabric (20), in communication with said cavity (25) and with a slot (13) of a base (12), said base (12) being shaped with a cylindrical groove (19), the slot (13) being arranged at the centre of the groove (19), a roller (10) having an external rubber coating (11), the roller (10) being cylindrical with a first radius of curvature (r') and having an extension axis (W-W) parallel to a longitudinal direction (X-X), said roller being motorised so as to rotate around said extension axis (W-W), a felt (30) interposed between the external rubber coating (11) of the roller (10) and the base (12), at least partially wrapped around said external rubber coating (11), the felt (30) having a thickness (S) and an inner non-breathable layer (31), below an outer surface (32) thereof which comes into contact with said fabric (20), on the side opposite to the external rubber coating (11) of the roller (10). Advantageously, during operation, the roller (10) is arranged against the slot (13) at the centre of the groove (19) of the base (12), so as to compress the rubber coating (11) and the felt (30), which deform by completely wrapping the fabric (20), insulating the interior of the container (15) from the external environment.

A climbing device (4) comprising a wall fixing mechanism (8), comprising at least one movable end (12), from a closing configuration to an opening configuration, adapted to be inserted into a crack or a hole in said closing configuration and to interlock in said crack or hole in said opening configuration, a main body (16) provided with a drive mechanism (20) operatively connected to said at least one movable end (12), so as to allow the shifting from the closing configuration to the opening configuration, and also with a coupling ring (24), arranged opposite to the at least one movable end (12) with respect to the drive mechanism (20), - wherein a flexible strap (28) is arranged inside said coupling ring (24). The flexible strap (28) comprises at least one piece of inner wire (32) extending from a first inner end (36) to a second inner end (40), repeatedly wound so as to form a plurality of overlapping rings (44), said first inner end (36) and second inner end (40) being joined together at an inner junction point (48), an outer tubular sock (52), wrapping said overlapping rings (44) and extending from a first outer end (56) to a second outer end (60). The first outer end (56) and the second outer end (60) are coupled to each other at an outer junction point (64).

A textile machine (4) for spinning a yarn (10) with a core (20), elastic or non-elastic, comprising stretching means (24), comprising at least two pairs of stretching rollers (28), cylindrical and rotating around stretching axes (X-X) parallel to each other, the stretching means (24) being configured to make the fibres parallel therebetween, of at least one ribbon of fibres (12,16) fed to said stretching means (24), along a feeding path (P) in which said at least one ribbon of fibres (12,16) converges straddling a centreline plane (M-M), an air spinning unit (8), arranged downstream of the stretching means (24), comprising a spinning chamber (9) configured to obtain yarn (10) by winding or twisting the fibres made parallel by said stretching means (24), a core feeding assembly (36), arranged upstream of the last pair of stretching rollers (28), configured to introduce said core (20) inside said at least one ribbon of fibres (12,16) before said at least one ribbon of fibres (12,16) enters inside the air spinning chamber (9) and is wound around said core (20). Said core feeding assembly (36) is configured so as to insert said core (20) along a tangential direction (T-T), tangent with respect to an outer side wall (44) of a stretching roller of said at least one pair of stretching rollers (28), and incident with said feeding path (P), inside said at least one ribbon of fibres (12,16), at the centreline plane (M-M), and upstream of the air spinning chamber (9).

A textile machine (4) for spinning a yarn (10) with a core (20), elastic or non-elastic, comprising stretching means (24), comprising at least two pairs of stretching rollers (28), cylindrical and rotating around stretching axes (X-X) parallel to each other, the stretching means (24) being configured to make the fibres parallel therebetween, of at least one ribbon of fibres (12,16) fed to said stretching means (24), along a feeding path (P) in which said at least one ribbon of fibres (12,16) converges straddling a centreline plane (M-M), an air spinning unit (8), arranged downstream of the stretching means (24), comprising a spinning chamber (9) configured to obtain yarn (10) by winding or twisting the fibres made parallel by said stretching means (24), a core feeding assembly (36), arranged upstream of the last pair of stretching rollers (28), configured to introduce said core (20) inside said at least one ribbon of fibres (12,16) before said at least one ribbon of fibres (12,16) enters inside the air spinning chamber (9) and is wound around said core (20). At the inlet of the air spinning unit (8) an introducer (40) is arranged, designed to receive the fibres of the at least one ribbon of fibres (12,16) and keep them parallel and separated from each other until they enter the air spinning chamber (9).

A coil structure applied in the field of wireless charging comprises a circuit board and a conductor. The conductor is arranged on the circuit board. The conductor comprises a plurality of coil turns, an input terminal, an output terminal, and a plurality of first capacitor structures. The coil turns are formed around a center point. The input terminal is connected to a one terminal of the coil turns. The outlet terminal is connected to another terminal of the coil turns. Each of the first capacitor structures is arranged on a corresponding one of the coil turns. Distance between the first capacitor structures and the output terminal is smaller than a distance between the first capacitor structures and the input terminal, and the first capacitor structures do not overlap with the output terminal.

Mudguard group (4) for industrial vehicles comprising: a mudguard (6) having an arc-of-a-circle shape and extending between a front end (8) and a rear end (12), with respect to a travel direction of an associable vehicle, a splash guard (16) associated with said rear end (12) of the mudguard (6), by means of coupling/uncoupling means (20), the splash guard (16) extending along a vertical direction Y-Y between an upper end (24), on the side of the rear end (12) of the mudguard (6), and a lower end (28), wherein the coupling/uncoupling means (20) comprise an upper plate (32) fixed to the mudguard (6) and a lower plate (36) fixed to the splash guard (16), mechanically associated with each other by means of at least one pair of horizontal pins (40, 44). Said at least one pair of horizontal pins (40, 44) comprises a first horizontal pin (40) and a second horizontal pin (44), said first and second pins being arranged along a horizontal direction X-X perpendicular to said vertical direction Y-Y and parallel to the extension axis of the upper (32) and lower (36) plates, offset from each other.