Patents by Inventor Gunther Seidel

Gunther Seidel 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: 5802932
    Abstract: A cutter which performs the function of either the outer or the inner cutter in a cutting device comprised of outer and inner cutters of an electric shaving apparatus or an electric beard trimmer. The cutter includes in its cutting area configured as a plane sliding surface a plurality of teeth extending from a comb strip with slots therebetween and with cutting edges formed on the tooth edges. Arranged on the cutter are one or several wall portions angled relative to the cutting area. The cutting area of the cutter includes a blade made of hardened sheet steel, with the teeth of the blade being produced by etching. The wall portions of the cutter are formed by welding one or several formed sheet metal sections to the blade. The weldment is effected such that the resulting rise in temperature of the blade is so low that the hardened sheet metal material is neither adversely affected by deformations nor exposed to significant losses in respect of hardness and wear resistance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 8, 1998
    Assignee: Braun Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Michael Vankov, Karlheinz Johne, Dieter Huth, Gunther Seidel, Rudolf Majthan, Lutz Voigtmann
  • Patent number: 5711880
    Abstract: A filter for the filtration of extraction beverages includes a disk having a plurality of apertures through which the beverage extracted from the material to be extracted passes form the afflux side to the efflux side. Each aperture is formed by cut edges in the disk and by bending a cut edge away from the surface of the disk to form a roof-shaped dome. The filter is formed by a single punching, bending and embossing operation without scrap slug being produced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 1996
    Date of Patent: January 27, 1998
    Assignee: Braun Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Dieter Friedrich, Gunther Seidel, Michael Machlitt, Rolf Eimecke, Dieter Koch, Christof Miltenberger, Robert Wirsing
  • Patent number: 5343621
    Abstract: The invention is directed to an electric shaving apparatus having a housing and a shaving head assembly which is adapted to pivot relative to the housing about a pivotal axis Z and is comprised of a shaving head frame, a shaving plane formed by at least one outer cutter having arcuate extensions to the longitudinal sides of the shaving head frame, and of at least one inner cutter operatively associated with the outer cutter and driven by a drive mechanism, wherein the outer cutter is arranged in an outer cutter frame member and the outer cutter frame member is mounted in the shaving head frame so as to be pivotal about the pivotal axis Z.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 1993
    Date of Patent: September 6, 1994
    Assignee: Braun Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Gerhard Hildebrand, Gunther Seidel, Hans-Eberhard Heintke, Klaus Ramspeck, Reinhold Eichhorn, Helmut Durr, Wolfgang Franke, Gebhard Braun, Manfred Ohle, Roland Ullmann
  • Patent number: 5245754
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a dry shaving apparatus comprising a pair of parallel, elongate shaving heads having inner cutters operatively associated with an outer cutter and arranged on a common coupling member which is coupled to a drive member of an electric drive mechanism, wherein at least one of the inner cutters is movably coupled to the coupling member transversely to the oscillating direction of the inner cutters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 1992
    Date of Patent: September 21, 1993
    Assignee: Braun Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Hans-Eberhard Heintke, Gerhard Hildebrand, Manfred Ohle, Gunther Seidel, Klaus Ramspeck, Wolfgang Franke, Reinhold Eichhorn, Helmut Durr, Gebhard Braun
  • Patent number: 5235749
    Abstract: The invention is directed to an electric shaving apparatus having a housing and a shaving head assembly which is adapted to pivot relative to the housing about a pivotal axis Z and is comprised of a shaving head frame, a shaving plane formed by at least one outer cutter having arcuate extensions to the longitudinal sides of the shaving head frame, and of at least one inner cutter operatively associated with the outer cutter and driven by a drive mechanism, wherein the outer cutter is arranged in an outer cutter frame member and the outer cutter frame member is mounted in the shaving head frame so as to be pivotal about the pivotal axis Z.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 1992
    Date of Patent: August 17, 1993
    Assignee: Braun Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Gerhard Hildebrand, Gunther Seidel, Hans-Eberhard Heintke, Klaus Ramspeck, Reinhold Eichhorn, Helmut Durr, Wolfgang Franke, Gebhard Braun, Manfred Ohle, Roland Ullman
  • Patent number: 4906181
    Abstract: A device for personal use includes a heating means that uses liquified petroleum gas, a gas container for liquified petroelum gas that has a longitudinal axis, and a vaporization element for supplying vaporized liquified petroelum gas from the gas container to the heating means. Non-porous structure in the gas container defines at least one capillary extending essentially transversely to the longitudinal axis of the gas container conveys liquified petroleum gas to the vaporization element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 1988
    Date of Patent: March 6, 1990
    Assignee: Braun Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Richard Ebner, Michael Haas, Gerhard Hildebrand, Joachim Manthey, Karl ffinger, Walter Schafer, Gunther Seidel, Horst Urban, Udo Milutzki
  • Patent number: 4799256
    Abstract: A circuit arrangement for telecommunication installations, in particular, telephone exchange installations is disclosed in which type information is sent ahead of each communication to be transmitted. In bidirectional communication transmission with different possible communication types, type information announcing the respective communication type is sent ahead. In the receiving equipment the beginning of the arrival of type information is recognized and immediately, that is, almost simultaneously, an assortment of type-specific message corresponding to each of the possible communication types is transmitted in the opposite direction, of which each indicates the readiness or non-readiness for receiving a communication of the respective type.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 1986
    Date of Patent: January 17, 1989
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Renate Mattis, Gunther Seidel, Heinrich belhack, Russel D. Homer
  • Patent number: 4170060
    Abstract: A shear-head for a dryshaver has a cupped frame in the interior space of which the cutter blade or blades of the dryshaver become located when the shear-head is connected to the dryshaver housing. An opening of the frame is spanned by an arcuately bowed, flexible apertured shear foil through which beard stubble extends into contact with the cutter blade or blades. Inner surfaces of the frame are provided with recesses in which mounting plates are lodged. These mounting plates have projections that are engageable with edge portions of the shear foil to hold the latter detachably on the frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 1977
    Date of Patent: October 9, 1979
    Assignee: Braun Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Gunther Seidel, Christian Schmieder