Patents by Inventor Donald W. Ruehmann

Donald W. Ruehmann 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: 4229634
    Abstract: A hygienic device has a pump for propelling liquid in a flow of pulses, a motor for driving the pump, a switch for supplying power to the motor and means for delivering the propelled liquid to a point of use. A control enables adjustment of the pressure of the delivered liquid. The switch is formed as part of the motor winding assembly and therewith is effectively encapsulated. The pump includes a piston in one end of which is a recess defining a resilient spherical seat and which cooperates with a spherical bearing formed on one end of a piston rod. The control has a valved bypass arrangement wherein various stops and abutments cooperate to permit accurate determination of high and low pressure adjustment during assembly. A rotor within the motor has a cylindrical bore with longitudinal lugs that interfit with ribs on a bearing member that is pressed into the bore. Other features, such as a tilt-out nozzle storage shelf, are included.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 1978
    Date of Patent: October 21, 1980
    Assignee: Teledyne Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Clarence J. Hickman, Donald W. Ruehmann, Christopher W. Elkins
  • Patent number: 4108167
    Abstract: A hygienic device has a pump for propelling liquid in a flow of pulses, a motor for driving the pump, a switch for supplying power to the motor and means for delivering the propelled liquid to a point of use. A control enables adjustment of the pressure of the delivered liquid. The switch is formed as part of the motor winding assembly and therewith is effectively encapsulated. The pump includes a piston in one end of which is a recess defining a resilient spherical seat and which cooperates with a spherical bearing formed on one end of a piston rod. The control has a valved bypass arrangement wherein various stops and abutments cooperate to permit accurate determination of high and low pressure adjustment during assembly. A rotor within the motor has a cylindrical bore with longitudinal lugs that interfit with ribs on a bearing member that is pressed into the bore. Other features, such as a tilt-out nozzle storage shelf, are included.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 1977
    Date of Patent: August 22, 1978
    Assignee: Teledyne Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Clarence J. Hickman, Donald W. Ruehmann, Christopher W. Elkins
  • Patent number: 3958756
    Abstract: A spray nozzle is of a kind including a housing that has a fluid inlet and first and second groups of spray discharge outlets. First and second flow paths are defined in the housing from the inlet to the first and second groups of outlets. Pulsation means in the first flow path cyclically interrupts the flow of fluid from the inlet to the first group of outlets so as to cause a pulsating spray to be discharged therefrom. The second flow path bypasses the pulsation means to cause a continuous non-pulsating spray to be discharged from the second group of outlets. Included are control means for adjustably dividing flow from the inlet between the first and second flow paths.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 1975
    Date of Patent: May 25, 1976
    Assignee: Teledyne Water Pik
    Inventors: John Trenary, David Smith, Donald W. Ruehmann, Christopher W. Elkins, Elmer Erwin, Roy Treadwell