Patents by Inventor Manfred K. Hegemann

Manfred K. Hegemann 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).

  • Hand held metered spray dispenser
    Patent number: 4860738
    Abstract: A hand held metered spray dispenser including a housing, a nozzle on the housing, a fluid container in the housing, an orifice in the housing, and a converter pivotal to the housing for converting a manual force applied through the orifice along a manual force axis to a force moving the container along a pumping axis transverse to the manual force axis to dispense a metered amount of fluid through the nozzle along a dispensing axis substantially coincidental with the pumping axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 1988
    Date of Patent: August 29, 1989
    Assignee: Schering Corporation
    Inventors: Manfred K. Hegemann, Edward J. Drozd, Jr.
  • Automated microbiological testing apparatus
    Patent number: 4817785
    Abstract: An incubation chamber for incubating a number of microbiological test trays such as susceptibility trays and identification trays holds a number of tray carriers in a pair of stacks. An elevator is provided to move any given carrier to a position at which it can be removed from the incubation chamber and moved to an inspection station at which the trays thereon may be inspected to determine the results of the microbiological tests. The image of the test tray at the inspection station is processed to determine test results.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 1987
    Date of Patent: April 4, 1989
    Assignee: Sherwood Medical Company
    Inventors: Glenn L. Farber, Maria C. Navarro, Manfred K. Hegemann, Samuel G. Cohen, Cameron O. Cox
  • Hand held metered spray dispenser
    Patent number: 4771769
    Abstract: A hand held metered spray dispenser including a housing, a nozzle on said housing, a fluid container in said housing, an orifice in said housing, and a converting means pivotal to said housing for converting a manual force applied through the orifice along a manual force axis to a force moving said container means along a pumping axis transverse to the manual force axis to dispense a metered amount of fluid through said nozzle along a dispensing axis substantially coincidental with said dispensing axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 1982
    Date of Patent: September 20, 1988
    Assignee: Schering Corporation
    Inventors: Manfred K. Hegemann, Edward J. Drozd, Jr.
  • Automated microbiological testing apparatus
    Patent number: 4720463
    Abstract: An incubation chamber for incubating a number of microbiological test trays such as susceptibility trays and identification trays holds a number of tray carriers in a pair of stacks. An elevator is provided to move any given carrier to a position at which it can be removed from the incubation chamber and moved to an inspection station at which the trays thereon may be inspected to determine the results of the microbiological tests. The image of the test tray at the inspection station is processed to determine test results.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 1985
    Date of Patent: January 19, 1988
    Assignee: Sherwood Medical Company
    Inventors: Glenn L. Farber, Maria C. Navarro, Manfred K. Hegemann, Samuel G. Cohen, Cameron O. Cox
  • Nasal spray dispenser
    Patent number: D295787
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 1985
    Date of Patent: May 17, 1988
    Inventors: Manfred K. Hegemann, Edward J. Drozd, Jr.