Patents by Inventor Erich Tuerk

Erich Tuerk 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: 6189696
    Abstract: A packaging configuration includes a lavatory basket and a refill bottle assembly interconnected for storage, shipping and sale. The refill bottle assembly includes a refill bottle containing a cleaning agent for refilling the container of the lavatory basket during use, and a closure cap for sealing attachment with the outlet of the refill bottle. The lavatory basket includes a container for holding and selectively dispensing the cleaning agent, and a securing element extending therefrom. The container is configured to be releasably attached to a concave upper surface of the closure cap of the refill bottle by means of a projection tab on the closure cap in locking engagement with a corresponding recess in a wall of the container. A releasable connection is provided between the securing element and the refill bottle assembly to further secure the container to the refill bottle assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2001
    Assignee: Henkel Kommanditgesellschaft auf Aktien
    Inventors: Erich Tuerk, Georg Muehlhausen
  • Patent number: 5317762
    Abstract: An automatic toilet cleaner container including a lateral opening and an opening at its upper end, is adapted for releasing an active-substance concentrate only during flushing. A float is included for free floating of the toilet cleaner as a whole with the exit of the lateral opening being kept permanently below the water surface. The lateral opening is provided on the upper part of the container opposite a solid cleanser. The lateral opening is safeguarded against outflow of the active-substance concentrate when the water tank is full.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 1991
    Date of Patent: June 7, 1994
    Assignee: Henkel Kommanditgesellschaft auf Aktien
    Inventors: Bertram Horst, Bernhard Bongers, Erich Tuerk, Volker Weiss, Ronald Menke
  • Patent number: 4813084
    Abstract: In a cleaning system for toilet bowls comprising a cleaning container for accommodating a cleaning preparation which is designed to be mounted on the rim of the toilet bowl and which is provided with correspondingly arranged openings for part of the flushing water to pass through, the invention enables the cleaning container to be filled with granular active substance without spillage and/or granulate to come into contact with the skin. In addition, the cleaning container is designed so that in the in-use position, its contents are substantially inaccessible to young children despite the refill facility.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 1987
    Date of Patent: March 21, 1989
    Assignee: Henkel Kommanditgesellschaft auf Aktien
    Inventors: Herbert Buecheler, Thomas Capune, Bernd-Dieter Holdt, Ronald Menke, Erich Tuerk
  • Patent number: 4653672
    Abstract: A rotary closure cap for loose-material containers consisting of a cap portion and of a rotary disc mounted thereon for rotation about an axis. These components comprise in their main surfaces perpendicular to the axis, pouring openings and a locking assembly which may successively be brought into coincidence by relative movements. The locked position is intended to be childproof. According to the invention, the locking assembly consists of a detent button arranged on a spring tongue of the cap portion and of a detent hole through the rotary disc which is large enough for an engaged detent button to be pushed down by finger pressure. The operation of the rotary closure cap requires both depression of the detent button and rotation of the rotary disc simultaneously.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 1985
    Date of Patent: March 31, 1987
    Assignee: Henkel Kommanditgesellschaft auf Aktien
    Inventors: Erich Tuerk, Herbert Bucheler
  • Patent number: 4615054
    Abstract: A basket for toilet bowl cleaning blocks consisting of a container designed to be arranged in the toilet bowl beneath its rim and attached to a fastening clip may be made in a closed, automatically fillable and child-proof design providing the container consists of two baskets held together solely by peripheral rings and each basket consists of several holding ribs integrally formed with the associated peripheral ring and extending substantially axially away from the peripheral ring and comprises an insertion funnel for the block of active material at its end face remote from the peripheral ring, this funnel being defined by the free ends of the holding ribs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 1985
    Date of Patent: October 7, 1986
    Assignee: Henkel Kommanditgesellschaft auf Aktien
    Inventors: Herbert Buecheler, Erich Tuerk
  • Patent number: D289109
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 1984
    Date of Patent: April 7, 1987
    Assignee: Henkel Kommanditgesellschaft auf Aktien
    Inventors: Herbert Buecheler, Erich Tuerk