Patents by Inventor Rolf Staeb

Rolf Staeb 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).

  • Beverage maker
    Patent number: 11399655
    Abstract: A beverage maker, in particular an electrically operated coffee machine having a water tank, which can be filled with water which can be used to prepare a beverage by means of the beverage maker, wherein the beverage maker is configured as connectable to a drinking water network via an inflow, characterized in that the water tank can be manually removed from the beverage maker by a user of the beverage maker in a state in which the beverage maker is connected to the drinking water network via the inflow and/or can be filled with the water selectively by manual filling of water by a/the user of the beverage maker or by introducing drinking water from the drinking water network via the inflow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Inventors: Joel Eicke, Frank Goeltenboth, Rolf Staeb
  • Beverage Maker, in Particular Coffee Machine, for Mains-Water Connection, and Mains-Water Kit
    Publication number: 20210315414
    Abstract: A beverage maker, in particular an electrically operated coffee machine (1) having a water tank (2), which can be filled with water (W) which can be used to prepare a beverage by means of the beverage maker, wherein the beverage maker is configured as connectable to a drinking water network (T) via an inflow (3), characterized in that the water tank (2) can be manually removed from the beverage maker by a user of the beverage maker in a state (Z1) in which the beverage maker is connected to the drinking water network (T) via the inflow (3) and/or can be filled with the water (W) selectively by manual filling of water by a/the user of the beverage maker or by introducing drinking water from the drinking water network (T) via the inflow (3).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2017
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Applicant: WMF GROUP GMBH
    Inventors: Joel Eicke, Frank Goeltenboth, Rolf Staeb