Patents by Inventor Rudi Geiger

Rudi Geiger 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: 6786356
    Abstract: A drinks machine, in particular a coffee machine, with an entry device for solid cleaning agent, in particular in pressed form, being user-friendly and safe during cleaning, and having an automatically dosing, enclosed dosage device for the cleaning agent which includes a spout, a storage container protected from the spout, and at least one dosage unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2004
    Assignee: WMF Wuerttembergische Metallwarenfabrik AB
    Inventors: Rudi Geiger, Ewald Bauer, Peter Pulvermüller, Günther Nagel
  • Publication number: 20020083543
    Abstract: A drinks machine is described, in particular a coffee machine with an entry device for solid cleaning agent, in particular in pressed form. With this drinks machine the user-friendliness and safety during cleaning are to be improved. For this purpose the provision of an automatically dosing, enclosed dosage device for the cleaning agent is suggested which includes a spout, a storage container protected from the spout and at least one dosage unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2001
    Publication date: July 4, 2002
    Inventors: Rudi Geiger, Ewald Bauer, Peter Pulvermller, Ginther Nagel
  • Patent number: 5146839
    Abstract: A brewing means (1) for a coffee machine with a brewing chamber (3) is described, which is disposed in a housing (2) provided with an opening (9) on a front side. The opening (9) can be closed by means of a closing element (10) sealed against the opening. A hot water line (11) is furthermore provided, which supplies hot brewing water to the brewing chamber (3) under pressure and supports at the same time the sealing of the opening (9). In order to design such a brewing means (1) in such fashion that the service life of the seal (21) can be increased, it is suggested that the seal (21) comprises a flexible membrane disposed between a sealing chamber (22) connected to the hot water line (11) and a sealing seat (19), which can be arched and pressed against the sealing seat by means of the pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 1991
    Date of Patent: September 15, 1992
    Assignee: WMF Wurttembergische Metallwarenfabrik AG
    Inventors: Karl Gockelmann, Rudi Geiger
  • Patent number: 5144886
    Abstract: A coffee machine with a brewing apparatus is described which contains a brewing vessel disposed removably and insertably on a support by detachable fasteners. A piston driven by a motor via a piston rod and a gear pin is movable within the interior of the brewing vessel. In order to facilitate the removal and insertion of the brewing vessel in a given direction for cleaning purposes and to be able to also exchange the brewing vessel, if required, the piston is connected to the gear pin via a separable coupling, which can be separated or coupled by removal or insertion movement of the brewing vessel in the given direction so that the brewing vessel can be removed and inserted together with the piston as a unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 1991
    Date of Patent: September 8, 1992
    Assignee: WMF Wurttembergische Metallwarenfabrik Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Karl Gockelmann, Rudi Geiger