Patents by Inventor Christelle Theis

Christelle Theis has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11147235
    Abstract: A cleaning unit for cleaning at least one head section of a teat cup, the cleaning unit having a chamber that has a substantially circular cross-section, is delimited by a wall, and has an opening delimited by a sealing element that is flexible around a circumference of the chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: GEA Farm Technologies GmbH
    Inventors: Christelle Theis, Bendikt Schürmann
  • Patent number: 10212913
    Abstract: The invention relates to a teat cup cleaning unit comprising a distribution unit which has an inlet and at least two outlets for a cleaning liquid. The distribution unit has a calming chamber and a distribution chamber. The calming chamber is connected to the distribution chamber via an opening. The inlet opens into the calming chamber. A cleaning liquid leaves the distribution chamber through the passages leading to the outlets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: GEA Farm Technologies GmbH
    Inventor: Christelle Theis
  • Publication number: 20170188537
    Abstract: The invention relates to a cleaning unit for cleaning at least one head section of a teat cup. Said cleaning unit comprises a chamber that has a substantially circular cross-section, is delimited by a wall and has an opening delimited by a sealing element. The chamber has at least one inlet. The cleaning unit is characterized in that at least one section of the sealing element or at least one section of the wall adjoining the opening and a section of the sealing element is or are flexible around the circumference of the chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2017
    Publication date: July 6, 2017
    Inventors: Christelle Theis, Bendikt Schürmann
  • Patent number: 9554551
    Abstract: A cleaning unit for cleaning at least one head section of a teat cup including a chamber that has a substantially circular cross-section, is delimited by a wall and has an opening delimited by a scaling element. The chamber has at least one inlet and is characterized in that at least one section of the sealing element or at least one section of the wall adjoining the opening and a section of the sealing element is or are flexible around the circumference of the chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: GEA Farm Technologies GmbH
    Inventors: Christelle Theis, Bendikt Schürmann
  • Publication number: 20160235031
    Abstract: The invention relates to a teat cup cleaning unit comprising a distribution unit which has an inlet and at least two outlets for a cleaning liquid. The distribution unit has a calming chamber and a distribution chamber. The calming chamber is connected to the distribution chamber via an opening. The inlet opens into the calming chamber. A cleaning liquid leaves the distribution chamber through the passages leading to the outlets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2016
    Publication date: August 18, 2016
    Inventor: Christelle Theis
  • Patent number: 9320254
    Abstract: The invention relates to a teat cup cleaning unit comprising a distribution unit which has an inlet (4) and at least two outlets (5) for a cleaning liquid. The distribution unit has a calming chamber (6) and a distribution chamber (7). The calming chamber (6) is connected to the distribution chamber (7) via an opening (8). The inlet (4) opens into the calming chamber (6). A cleaning liquid leaves the distribution chamber (7) through the passages (9) leading to the outlets (5).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: GEA Farm Technologies GmbH
    Inventor: Christelle Theis
  • Patent number: 8485129
    Abstract: To improve the transportation away of the milk within an arrangement comprising a teat rubber and a milk hose which has a curved section, wherein the arrangement has a flow path for conducting away milked milk, which flow path is connected to the surrounding atmosphere via a channel, it is proposed that the channel is designed in such a manner that the flow direction of the air flowing through the channel into the flow path of the milk corresponds essentially to the flow direction of the milk, and the channel is formed in one of the walls of the curved section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: GEA Farm Technologies GmbH
    Inventors: Manfred Wulle, Christelle Theis
  • Patent number: 8336502
    Abstract: A dipping device for a milking system, especially for an automatic milking system designed as a milking robot with teat cups to be placed onto the teats of an animal to be milked, which is designed for contacting the teats of the animal with at least one fluid or several fluids, and the device has several dipping valve arrangements so that the dipping agent introduction to each teat of the animal can be controlled separately.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: GEA Farm Technologies GmbH
    Inventors: Wolfgang Schulze Wilmert, Reinhard Frenser, Michael Austermann, Christelle Theis, Kevin L. Torgerson
  • Publication number: 20110290285
    Abstract: The invention relates to a cleaning unit for cleaning at least one head section of a teat cup. Said cleaning unit comprises a chamber that has a substantially circular cross-section, is delimited by a wall and has an opening delimited by a sealing element. The chamber has at least one inlet. The cleaning unit is characterised in that at least one section of the sealing element or at least one section of the wall adjoining the opening and a section of the sealing element is or are flexible around the circumference of the chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2009
    Publication date: December 1, 2011
    Applicant: GEA FARM TECHNOLOGIES GMBH
    Inventors: Christelle Theis, Bendikt Schürmann
  • Publication number: 20110284040
    Abstract: The invention relates to a teat cup cleaning unit comprising a distribution unit which has an inlet (4) and at least two outlets (5) for a cleaning liquid. The distribution unit has a calming chamber (6) and a distribution chamber (7). The calming chamber (6) is connected to the distribution chamber (7) via an opening (8). The inlet (4) opens into the calming chamber (6). A cleaning liquid leaves the distribution chamber (7) through the passages (9) leading to the outlets (5).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2009
    Publication date: November 24, 2011
    Inventor: Christelle Theis
  • Publication number: 20100275849
    Abstract: To improve the transportation away of the milk within an arrangement comprising a teat rubber and a milk hose which has a curved section, wherein the arrangement has a flow path for conducting away milked milk, which flow path is connected to the surrounding atmosphere via a channel, it is proposed that the channel is designed in such a manner that the flow direction of the air flowing through the channel into the flow path of the milk corresponds essentially to the flow direction of the milk, and the channel is formed in one of the walls of the curved section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2007
    Publication date: November 4, 2010
    Applicant: GEA Farm Technologies GmbH
    Inventors: Manfred Wulle, Christelle Theis
  • Publication number: 20100139574
    Abstract: A dipping device for a milking system, especially for an automatic milking system designed as a milking robot with teat cups to be placed onto the teats of an animal to be milked, which is designed for contacting the teats of the animal with at least one fluid or several fluids, and the device has several dipping valve arrangements so that the dipping agent introduction to each teat of the animal can be controlled separately.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2009
    Publication date: June 10, 2010
    Inventors: Wolfgang Schulze Wilmert, Reinhard Frenser, Michael Austermann, Christelle Theis, Kevin L. Torgerson