Patents by Inventor Hermann Rabe

Hermann Rabe 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: 7438240
    Abstract: A hand-held sprayer includes an at least partially hollow shaft section, a liquid dispensing section and a hollow connecting plug element for connecting a hose extension to the hand-held sprayer. The connecting plug element is arranged within shaft section and can be fastened by a fastening element plugable through at least one opening from the outside into the shaft section and the connecting plug element has a groove running circumferentially around its outer periphery which the fastening element engages when the connecting plug element is fastened to the shaft section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2008
    Assignee: Rational AG
    Inventor: Hermann Rabe
  • Publication number: 20070012804
    Abstract: A hand-held sprayer includes an at least partially hollow shaft section, a liquid dispensing section and a hollow connecting plug element for connecting a hose extension to the hand-held sprayer. The connecting plug element is arranged within shaft section and can be fastened by a fastening element plugable through at least one opening from the outside into the shaft section and the connecting plug element has a groove running circumferentially around its outer periphery which the fastening element engages when the connecting plug element is fastened to the shaft section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2004
    Publication date: January 18, 2007
    Applicant: RATIONAL AG
    Inventor: Hermann Rabe
  • Patent number: 6581588
    Abstract: An insulating glass door for a cooking chamber of a cooking appliance is formed by an insulating glass window composed of two individual panes which are spaced apart for forming an interspace therebetween, which is sealed by an insulating material. The door includes at least one door component which is integrated and extends between the two spaced-apart panes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2003
    Assignee: Rational Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Peter Wiedemann, Willi Winter, Hermann Rabe
  • Publication number: 20020007829
    Abstract: An insulating glass door for a cooking chamber of a cooking appliance is formed by an insulating glass window composed of two individual panes which are spaced apart for forming an interspace therebetween, which is sealed by an insulating material. The door includes at least one door component which is integrated and extends between the two spaced-apart panes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2001
    Publication date: January 24, 2002
    Applicant: Rational AG
    Inventors: Peter Wiedemann, Willi Winter, Hermann Rabe
  • Patent number: 4991545
    Abstract: A steam generator for supplying steam to cooking equipment comprises a water-filled boiler comprising an automatic, level-regulated water emission, a steam discharge for automatic introduction of hot steam into a cooking chamber for the cooking equipment as needed, a heating unit operating at intervals and a decalcification arrangement having a water drain arranged close to the floor and to a side wall of the boiler for, as needed, at least partial emptying of the boiler for the purpose of flushing-out lime particles that flake off and collect on the floor of the boiler. Preferably, the decalcification arrangement comprises an arrangement for generating a flow in the steam generator that automatically kicks in at preferably adjustable intervals dependent on the operating duration and/or temperature of the heating unit to supply water to an elimination device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 1990
    Date of Patent: February 12, 1991
    Inventors: Hermann Rabe, Jaroslav Klouda, Ladislav Lafuntal, Siegfried Meister