Patents by Inventor Klaus Erdmann

Klaus Erdmann 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: 5140832
    Abstract: In a post-mix beverage dispenser a heat conducting plate assembly couples the bottom wall of a carbonator tank to the side walls of beverage concentrate storage tanks for the bi-directional transfer of heat therebetween. The cold temperature of the carbonator tank including an ice bank therein chills the concentrate to help achieve a suitable serving temperature of a finished drink. The higher temperature of the concentrate helps warm the bottom area of the carbonator tank in the region of an outlet opening to preclude freezing of carbonated water in the outlet opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 1990
    Date of Patent: August 25, 1992
    Assignees: The Coca-Cola Company, Bosch-Siemens Hausgerate GmbH
    Inventors: Anton Deininger, Klaus Erdmann
  • Patent number: 5088625
    Abstract: A drive system for side-by-side piston pumps connected to beverage concentrate containers in a post-mix beverage dispenser system is described. An electric motor rotates a drive shaft in either a forward or reverse direction for the selective actuation of one or the other of the piston pumps. First and second hollow shafts are concentrically disposed around the drive shaft, one hollow shaft being mechanically coupled through a cam and lever arrangement to each of the piston pumps. Free-wheeling clutches are provided between the drive shaft and each of the respective hollow shafts such that one hollow shaft is coupled to rotate with the drive shaft in the forward direction of rotation of the drive shaft and the other hollow shaft is coupled to rotate with the drive shaft in the reverse direction of rotation of the drive shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 1990
    Date of Patent: February 18, 1992
    Assignees: The Coca-Cola Company, Bosch-Siemens Hausgerate GmbH
    Inventors: Karlheinz Farber, Klaus Erdmann, Willi Niess, Willi Lindenmaier
  • Patent number: 4226304
    Abstract: A disk brake arrangement in a motorcycle equipped with a wheel supported unilaterally at a wheel guide member whose wheel hub is connected with the wheel spokes, with a support hub rotatably supported relative to the wheel guide member as well as with a brake disk; the brake disk is thereby also provided with a brake disk hub which is clamped-in between the support hub and the wheel hub by way of a central connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 1978
    Date of Patent: October 7, 1980
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Klaus Erdmann