Patents by Inventor Christoph Rusch
Christoph Rusch 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).
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Patent number: 8702764Abstract: A fastening apparatus for surgical retaining systems includes at least one retaining element and a fastening element, which are mechanically connected to each other. A joint socket of the retaining element and a correspondingly shaped joint head of the fastening element form a ball-and-socket joint. A movement of the ball-and-socket joint can be locked by turning an eccentrically shaped clamping element.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2010Date of Patent: April 22, 2014Assignee: Creaholic S.A.Inventor: Christoph Rusch
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Publication number: 20130322202Abstract: The invention relates to a system for hygienically reconstituting and delivering food preparations, such as drinks, comprising a metering and mixing device connected to a container containing a base liquid, in the form of a package configured to be connected to a base station. The metering and mixing device comprises a pump for metering the liquid, a diluent intake and a mixing chamber. Coupling means are provided for providing the diluent supply and the means for driving the liquid pump.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 9, 2013Publication date: December 5, 2013Applicant: Nestec S.AInventors: Andre Klopfenstein, Elmar Mock, Christoph Rusch, Naomi Bitmead
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Patent number: 8544692Abstract: The present disclosure provides a base station for a liquid dispensing apparatus. The base station includes a driver and a container support having a dispensing device, which includes a liquid duct leading from the container to an outlet. The device further includes a connector connected to the driver and detachably connectable to the dispensing device. In an embodiment, the container support is a holder, and the connector is movable towards the holder to connect to the dispensing device and away from the holder after disconnecting from the dispensing device.Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 2008Date of Patent: October 1, 2013Assignee: Nestec S.A.Inventors: Christoph Rusch, Elmar Mock, Gary Cooper, Andre Klopfensteinh, Naomi Bitmead, James Peter Herrick, Amol Ashok Bhalerao, Randall L. Morrison, Bernard Guillemain
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Patent number: 8511516Abstract: The invention relates to a system (1) for hygienically reconstituting and delivering food preparations, such as drinks, comprising a metering and mixing device (3) connected to a container (4) containing a base liquid, in the form of a package (2) configured to be connected to a base station (5). The metering and mixing device comprises a pump for metering the liquid, a diluent intake and a mixing chamber. Coupling means (51) are provided for providing the diluent supply and the means for driving the liquid pump.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 2005Date of Patent: August 20, 2013Assignee: Nestec S.A.Inventors: Andre Klopfenstein, Elmar Mock, Christoph Rusch, Naomi Bitmead
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Patent number: 8371477Abstract: A device (3) for metering a base liquid and mixing this base liquid with a diluent to prepare a food product, has a connecting portion for connecting it with a container (4) containing the base liquid, the device (3) including: a diluent inlet (71), a mixing chamber (80) for mixing the base liquid with the diluent. An actively controlled air inlet is provided for selectively having ambient air enter the device and guiding it to the container (4). A controller is provided for selectively metering the base liquid into the mixing chamber and for selectively enabling an air flow through the air inlet only during periods when no base liquid is metered into the mixing chamber.Type: GrantFiled: January 5, 2007Date of Patent: February 12, 2013Assignee: Nestec S.A.Inventors: Andre Klopfenstein, Elmar Mock, Christoph Rusch, Naomi Bitmead
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Publication number: 20120053638Abstract: A fastening apparatus for surgical retaining systems includes at least one retaining element and a fastening element, which are mechanically connected to each other. A joint socket of the retaining element and a correspondingly shaped joint head of the fastening element form a ball-and-socket joint. A movement of the ball-and-socket joint can be locked by turning an eccentrically shaped clamping element.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 19, 2010Publication date: March 1, 2012Applicant: CREAHOLIC S.A.Inventor: Christoph Rusch
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Mobile or portable apparatus with pressurized gas supply for preparing beverages or similar products
Patent number: 8074562Abstract: Mobile or portable apparatus for preparing beverages comprising a module for delivering a beverage by supplying a pressurized liquid, a liquid feed tank of sufficient capacity for supplying the module with several volumes of liquid for supplying more than one beverage, gas pressurizing means suitable for supplying the module with pressurized liquid, a liquid feed chamber, of which the capacity is several times smaller than the capacity of the tank, said chamber being arranged, in a module feeding configuration, to communicate with the gas pressurizing means in order to pressurize the liquid in the chamber and to inject pressurized liquid into the module and thereby permit the delivery of the liquid through the module.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2008Date of Patent: December 13, 2011Assignee: Nestec S.A.Inventors: Christoph Dworzak, Elmar Mock, Andre Klopfenstein, Christoph Rusch, Naomi Bitmead, Alfred Yoakim, Matthieu Ozanne -
Publication number: 20110289674Abstract: A heat exchanger for a shower tray can be arranged in the bottom of the shower tray for the heat recovery from wastewater so as to heat fresh water. To this end, the heat exchanger has a planar cover plate as the drain surface over which the wastewater drains. The cover plate forms the bottom of the shower tray, over which a lid that can be removed without the use of tools is arranged as a tread plate. The heat exchanger preferably includes a distributor element, which is arranged for distributing the wastewater over the drain surface. The distributor element is preferably a retaining element, which retains the wastewater at an upper edge of the drain surface and forms an overflow along the upper edge.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 4, 2010Publication date: December 1, 2011Applicant: JOULIA AGInventor: Christoph Rusch
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Publication number: 20110017668Abstract: A water purification device includes an expandable water collecting device having a variable volume, wherein at least part of the surface of the water collecting device includes a filter area, the filter area being permeable to water and allowing water to enter the water collecting device when the filter area is submerged in water. The device further includes a mechanically driven expansion means for exerting a force for increasing the volume of the water collecting device and thereby drawing water through the filter area into the water collecting device. In use, the water collecting device is submerged and the expansion means is released, drawing water into the water collecting device through the filter membrane.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 4, 2008Publication date: January 27, 2011Applicant: CREAHOLIC S.A.Inventors: Elmar Mock, Marcel Aeschlimann, Christoph Rusch, Andre Klopfenstein
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Publication number: 20100237585Abstract: The invention relates to a bicycle frame comprising a tube section having an interior space for receiving at least one battery unit that is suitable as a source of energy for an electromotive bicycle drive, as well as to a battery unit insertable therein. To provide an easy operation and at the same time a highly stabilized placement of the battery, it is suggested that said tube section is provided with a lateral opening substantially extending in the direction of extension of said tube section, wherein said battery unit is insertable into said interior space through said lateral opening.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 19, 2010Publication date: September 23, 2010Inventors: Thomas BINGGELI, Dominic ISENSCHMID, Andreas ZBÄREN, Urs GRAF, Marcel AESCHLIMANN, Christoph RUSCH, Gary COOPER
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Publication number: 20100193544Abstract: The invention concerns a device (3) for dispensing a liquid, the device being connectable to a container (4) containing the liquid and detachably connectable to a base station (5) having drive means (524), the device (3) comprising a liquid duct (69) and means (6) actuated by drive means (524) for effecting passage of liquid through the duct (69), characterized in that the device (3) comprises a cutter (101) for piercing a tamper resistant foil (41) positioned across the outlet of the container (4) and that means (103) for actuating the cutter are operable from outside the device (3).Type: ApplicationFiled: July 8, 2008Publication date: August 5, 2010Applicant: NESTEC S.A.Inventors: Christoph Rusch, Elmar Mock, Gary Cooper, Andre Klopfensteinh, Naomi Bitmead, James Peter Herrick, Amol Ashok Bhalerao, Randall L. Morrison, Bernard Guillemain
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Publication number: 20100186851Abstract: The invention concerns a base station (5) for a liquid dispensing apparatus, comprising drive means (93), means for supporting a container (4) having a dispensing device (3) which comprises a liquid duct (69) leading from the container (4) to an outlet (85) and means (6) for effecting passage of liquid through the duct (69), and coupling means (521) connected to drive means (93) and detachably connectable to the dispensing device (3) to actuate the means (6) for effecting passage of liquid through duct (69), characterized in that the means for supporting container (4) and dispensing device (3) comprise a holder (551), and in that the coupling means (521) are movable towards holder (551) to connect to dispensing device (3) and away from holder (551) after disconnecting from dispensing device (3).Type: ApplicationFiled: July 16, 2008Publication date: July 29, 2010Applicant: NESTEC S.A.Inventors: Christoph Rusch, Elmar Mock, Gary Cooper, Andre Klopfensteinh, Naomi Bitmead, James Peter Herrick, Amol Ashok Bhalerao, Randall L. Morrison
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Publication number: 20100179654Abstract: A device according to the invention for deflecting mechanical oscillations, at an oscillation receiver location may be set into oscillation along a first axis, and transmits such an oscillation into an oscillation along a second axis at an oscillation output location, wherein the first and the second axis form an angle to one another. The device in characterized essentially by the fact that it includes an elongate, bent oscillation element, on whose one end a coupling-in point and at whose other end a coupling-out point is arranged, wherein the device is designed in a manner such that the oscillation element oscillates transversally at the coupling-in point and at the coupling-out point, when the oscillation receiver location is subjected to an oscillation.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 8, 2007Publication date: July 15, 2010Applicant: WOODWELDING AGInventors: Jorg Mayer, Marcel Aeschlimann, Laurent Torriani, Christoph Rusch, Stephane Gillieron
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Mobile or portable apparatus with pressurized gas supply for preparing beverages or similar products
Patent number: 7644649Abstract: Mobile or portable apparatus for preparing beverages comprising a module for delivering a beverage by supplying a pressurized liquid, a liquid feed tank of sufficient capacity for supplying the module with several volumes of liquid for supplying more than one beverage, gas pressurizing means suitable for supplying the module with pressurized liquid, a liquid feed chamber, of which the capacity is several times smaller than the capacity of the tank, said chamber being arranged, in a module feeding configuration, to communicate with the gas pressurizing means in order to pressurize the liquid in the chamber and to inject pressurized liquid into the module and thereby permit the delivery of the liquid through the module.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2004Date of Patent: January 12, 2010Assignee: Nestec S.A.Inventors: Christoph Dworzak, Elmar Mock, Andre Klopfenstein, Christoph Rusch, Naomi Bitmead, Alfred Yoakim, Matthieu Ozanne -
Patent number: 7625391Abstract: An orthopaedic ratcheting forceps, especially for fixation of fractures, comprises two handles, wherein a first catching element is mounted pivotally with one handle and wherein a complementary catching element is mounted in the other handle. The forceps can assume only two stable settings which can be switched with a single hand, one closed setting within which the jaws of the forceps can only be further closed and an open setting within which the handles of the forceps are freely movable so that the forceps can be opened as well as closed. In one handle a leaf spring is provided and biased between two mounting points which spring is mounted between abutting side walls within said handle. Furthermore a lever end connected with one of the catching elements engages the spring and through movement of the activation element the lever end and/or the spring is switchable between the closed setting and the open setting.Type: GrantFiled: November 3, 2003Date of Patent: December 1, 2009Assignee: Stryker Trauma S.A.Inventors: Roland Kebel, Christoph Rusch, Urs Brönimann
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Publication number: 20090145926Abstract: A device (3) for metering a base liquid and mixing this base liquid with a diluent to prepare a food product, has means for connecting it with a container (4) containing the base liquid, the device (3) comprising: a diluent inlet (71), a mixing chamber (80) for mixing the base liquid with the diluent. Air inlet means are provided for selectively having ambient air enter the device and guiding it to the container (4). Control means are provided for selectively metering the base liquid into the mixing chamber and for selectively enabling an air flow through the air inlet means only during periods when no base liquid is metered into the mixing chamber.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 5, 2007Publication date: June 11, 2009Applicant: NESTEC S.A.Inventors: Andre Klopfenstein, Elmar Mock, Christoph Rusch, Naomi Bitmead
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MOBILE OR PORTABLE APPARATUS WITH PRESSURIZED GAS SUPPLY FOR PREPARING BEVERAGES OR SIMILAR PRODUCTS
Publication number: 20080121112Abstract: Mobile or portable apparatus for preparing beverages comprising a module for delivering a beverage by supplying a pressurized liquid, a liquid feed tank of sufficient capacity for supplying the module with several volumes of liquid for supplying more than one beverage, gas pressurizing means suitable for supplying the module with pressurized liquid, a liquid feed chamber, of which the capacity is several times smaller than the capacity of the tank, said chamber being arranged, in a module feeding configuration, to communicate with the gas pressurizing means in order to pressurize the liquid in the chamber and to inject pressurized liquid into the module and thereby permit the delivery of the liquid through the module.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2008Publication date: May 29, 2008Applicant: NESTEC S.A.Inventors: Christoph Dworzak, Elmar Mock, Andre Klopfenstein, Christoph Rusch, Naomi Bitmead, Alfred Yoakim, Matthieu Ozanne -
Publication number: 20070272317Abstract: The invention relates to a system (1) for hygienically reconstituting and delivering food preparations, such as drinks, comprising a metering and mixing device (3) connected to a container (4) containing a base liquid, in the form of a package (2) configured to be connected to a base station (5). The metering and mixing device comprises a pump for metering the liquid, a diluent intake and a mixing chamber. Coupling means (51) are provided for providing the diluent supply and the means for driving the liquid pump.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 13, 2005Publication date: November 29, 2007Applicant: NESTEC S.A.Inventors: Andre Klopfenstein, Elmar Mock, Christoph Rusch, Naomi Bitmead
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Mobile Or Portable Apparatus With Pressurized Gas Supply For Preparing Beverages Or Similar Products
Publication number: 20070199452Abstract: Mobile or portable apparatus for preparing beverages comprising a module for delivering a beverage by supplying a pressurized liquid, a liquid feed tank of sufficient capacity for supplying the module with several volumes of liquid for supplying more than one beverage, gas pressurizing means suitable for supplying the module with pressurized liquid, a liquid feed chamber, of which the capacity is several times smaller than the capacity of the tank, said chamber being arranged, in a module feeding configuration, to communicate with the gas pressurizing means in order to pressurize the liquid in the chamber and to inject pressurized liquid into the module and thereby permit the delivery of the liquid through the module.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 18, 2004Publication date: August 30, 2007Applicant: NESTEC S.A.Inventors: Christoph Dworzak, Elmar Mock, Andre Klopfenstein, Christoph Rusch, Naomi Bitmead, Alfred Yoakim, Matthieu Ozanne -
Publication number: 20060149315Abstract: An orthopaedic ratcheting forceps, especially for fixation of fractures, comprises two handles, wherein a first catching element is mounted pivotally with one handle and wherein a complementary catching element is mounted in the other handle. The forceps can assume only two stable settings which can be switched with a single hand, one closed setting within which the jaws of the forceps can only be further closed and an open setting within which the handles of the forceps are freely movable so that the forceps can be opened as well as closed. In one handle a leaf spring is provided and biased between two mounting points which spring is mounted between abutting side walls within said handle. Furthermore a lever end connected with one of the catching elements engages the spring and through movement of the activation element the lever end and/or the spring is switchable between the closed setting and the open setting.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 3, 2003Publication date: July 6, 2006Inventors: Roland Kebel, Christoph Rusch, Urs Bronimann