Patents by Inventor Peter Gustav Lutz

Peter Gustav Lutz 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).

  • Automatically controlled system for maintaining a swimming pool
    Patent number: 6625824
    Abstract: The electronically controlled system of the present invention includes a regulator for regulating the flow of water through selected conduits of a filtration system associated with the swimming pool. The regulator includes a rotatable selector (32) arranged in association with a valve housing (11) having a number of inlet and outlet ports; biasing member (37) for biasing the rotatable selector (32) into a seated position in the valve housing (11); and motor (39) operatively associated with the rotatable selector (32) and adapted to rotate the rotatable selector while it is in the seated position in the valve housing (11). The system further includes a control member (50) for automatically controlling the regulator in a predetermined manner wherein the control member includes a microprocessor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2003
    Assignee: APMI Holdings Limited
    Inventors: Peter Gustav Lutz, Maynard Leslie La Cock, Stephanus Hendrik Petrus Boshoff, Barend Jacobus De Lange