Patents by Inventor Hermann K. Kress

Hermann K. Kress 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).

  • Shower head
    Patent number: 4650120
    Abstract: In a shower head (12) provided with hard-jet ports (84) and soft-jet ports (88), a partition wall between the distributor chambers (32, 82) communicating with these sets of ports is designed as an insert part (26) which can be inserted from the open end of the housing (14). The partition wall insert part has an integrally formed valve supporting section (38) with connection channels (42, 72, 74) to the feed port (44) and the two distributor chambers (32, 34) respectively and carries a linear slide change-over valve, whose valve seat (50) and valve slide (52) are made of a ceramic material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 1984
    Date of Patent: March 17, 1987
    Assignee: Hansa Metallwerke AG
    Inventor: Hermann K. Kress