Patents by Inventor Thomas Peukert

Thomas Peukert 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).

  • Publication number: 20160220089
    Abstract: A method for calibrating a cleaning device that has at least one sensor for detecting at least one state variable, including carrying out a calibration measurement, establishing an electronic connection between the calibration sensor and a controller of the cleaning device, and electronically transmitting the reference value to the controller; and comparing the reference value with at least one measurement value of the sensor of the cleaning device and adjusting at least one correction function in accordance with the comparison. At least one state variable is detected and at least one reference value is determined by means of at least one calibration sensor independently of the sensor of the cleaning device. Future measurement values of the sensor of the cleaning device are automatically corrected using the correction function.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2014
    Publication date: August 4, 2016
    Applicant: MEIKO Maschinenbau GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Thomas PEUKERT, Ingo WIEGAND
  • Publication number: 20160175892
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method for cleaning a respirator using a cleaning device of the type having a fluid device and a pressure application device. The method comprises applying a cleaning fluid to the respirator with the fluid device; connecting a gas carrying element of the respirator to a pressure connection of the pressure application device; and applying pressurized gas to the gas carrying element during the application of the cleaning fluid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2016
    Publication date: June 23, 2016
    Inventors: Frank Ackermann, Markus Braun, Thomas Peukert, Hans-Josef Rauber, Marijan Simundic
  • Patent number: 9308558
    Abstract: A cleaning device for cleaning respirators, in particular breathing regulators and/or breathing masks, is proposed. The cleaning device comprises at least one cleaning chamber for receiving at least one respirator. The cleaning device also has at least one fluid device for applying at least one cleaning fluid to the respirator. The cleaning device also has at least one pressure application device with at least one pressure connection. The pressure connection can be connected to at least one gas carrying element of the respirator. The pressure application device is set up for applying pressurized gas to the gas carrying element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignee: MEIKO Maschinenbau GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Frank Ackermann, Markus Braun, Thomas Peukert, Hans-Josef Rauber, Marijan Simundic
  • Publication number: 20160051124
    Abstract: A cleaning apparatus for cleaning articles is proposed. The cleaning apparatus comprises a cleaning chamber for receiving the articles. The cleaning apparatus has at least one application device for applying at least one cleaning fluid to the articles in the cleaning chamber. The cleaning apparatus has at least one door for opening the cleaning chamber and for loading and unloading the cleaning chamber with articles. The door has at least one at least partially transparent handle. The cleaning apparatus has at least one illuminating device. The illuminating device is designed to illuminate the handle at least partially and illuminate the cleaning chamber and/or an inner side of the door in an opened state of the door.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2014
    Publication date: February 25, 2016
    Applicant: MEIKO MASCHINENBAU GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Jürgen DIRSCHUS, Bruno GAUS, Thomas PEUKERT, Hans-Josef RAUBER, Michael WENDT
  • Publication number: 20150272420
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for cleaning washware, in particular dishes, is provided. In the process, the washware is subjected to at least one wash process in which adhering dirt is at least largely removed. The washware is then subjected to a final-washing process which has at least two substeps. The washware is acted on by a first rinse liquid in a first substep, with the first rinse liquid containing a disinfectant. The washware is acted on by a second rinse liquid in a subsequent second substep, with the second rinse liquid comprising at least one permeate which is produced by reverse osmosis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2015
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Applicant: Meiko Maschinenbau GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Thomas PEUKERT, Hans-Josef RAUBER, Vera SCHNEIDER, Stefan SCHERINGER
  • Patent number: 9078553
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for cleaning washware, in particular dishes, is provided. In the process, the washware is subjected to at least one wash process in which adhering dirt is at least largely removed. The washware is then subjected to a final-washing process which has at least two substeps. The washware is acted on by a first rinse liquid in a first substep, with the first rinse liquid containing a disinfectant. The washware is acted on by a second rinse liquid in a subsequent second substep, with the second rinse liquid comprising at least one permeate which is produced by reverse osmosis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2015
    Assignee: Meiko Maschinenbau GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Thomas Peukert, Hans-Josef Rauber, Vera Schneider, Stefan Scheringer
  • Patent number: 8834638
    Abstract: A method for cleaning and/or disinfecting an item to be cleaned is proposed. The item to be cleaned is exposed to at least one cleaning fluid, heat equivalents to which the item to be cleaned is exposed being recorded. The heat equivalents are added up, the heat equivalents additionally being weighted with a compensation function during the summation of the heat equivalents. The compensation function can be a function of the temperature at which the heat equivalents were recorded. The compensation function can be adapted to provide heat equivalents recorded in at least one exceptional temperature range with a lower weighting than heat equivalents recorded in other temperature ranges.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: Meiko Maschinenbau GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Markus Braun, Thomas Peukert
  • Publication number: 20140190519
    Abstract: A cleaning and disinfecting apparatus for treating at least one container for human excretions. The cleaning and disinfecting apparatus comprises at least one cleaning chamber with at least one fluid device for applying at least one cleaning fluid to the container. The cleaning and disinfecting apparatus is configured to carry out at least one cleaning program, wherein, in the cleaning program, the container is emptied and the cleaning fluid is applied thereto. The cleaning and disinfecting apparatus furthermore has at least one image detector. The image detector is configured to identify at least one property of the container. The cleaning and disinfecting apparatus is configured to influence the cleaning program in accordance with the identified property.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2014
    Publication date: July 10, 2014
    Inventors: Marijan Simundic, Ingo Wiegand, Thomas Peukert
  • Publication number: 20140096798
    Abstract: This disclosure proposes a cleaning device for cleaning items to be cleaned. The cleaning device has at least one fluid device for applying at least one cleaning fluid to the items to be cleaned. The cleaning device has at least one electrical load. The cleaning device further has at least one electrical connection for supplying electrical energy to the cleaning device. The cleaning device further has at least one energy store. The cleaning device is designed to receive electrical energy via the electrical connection and to temporarily store said electrical energy in the energy store. The cleaning device is further designed to supply electrical energy from the energy store to the at least one electrical load.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2013
    Publication date: April 10, 2014
    Inventors: Bruno Gaus, Wendelin Hils, Thomas Peukert, Stefan Scheringer
  • Publication number: 20130319460
    Abstract: A cleaning apparatus for cleaning articles is proposed. The cleaning apparatus comprises at least one cleaning chamber for receiving the articles. The cleaning apparatus comprises, in the cleaning chamber, at least one fluid source for subjecting the articles to the action of at least one cleaning fluid. The cleaning apparatus furthermore comprises at least one plasma source, which is designed to ignite at least one plasma in at least one gas and to generate at least one reactive gas. The cleaning apparatus is designed to bring the reactive gas into contact with the articles, at least in part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2013
    Publication date: December 5, 2013
    Inventors: Vera Schneider, Thomas Näger, Thomas Peukert, Hans-Josef Rauber, Ingo Wiegand
  • Patent number: 8307839
    Abstract: A cleaning appliance is provided for cleaning washware, which cleaning appliance is designed to subject the washware to the action of at least one cleaning fluid in at least one cleaning chamber. The cleaning appliance has a suction-removal apparatus for removing damp air from the cleaning chamber by suction, and at least one heat recovery device. The heat recovery device is designed to draw heat from the damp air and to feed it back to the cleaning appliance by means of a first cooling fluid. The cleaning appliance has a cooling-fluid line with at least one recirculation path and at least one heat accumulator path with at least one latent heat accumulator. The cleaning appliance is designed to conduct the first cooling fluid to the cleaning chamber and/or into a fluid tank via the recirculation path in at least one operating state after said cooling fluid has flowed through the heat recovery device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2012
    Assignee: Meiko Maschinenbau GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Thomas Peukert, Bruno Gaus, Thomas Naeger
  • Patent number: 8303728
    Abstract: A pass-through dishwasher is provided having at least one washing zone, at least one rinsing zone and a drying zone. The pass-through dishwasher is used to clean items to be washed and comprises a conveyor device for conveying the items to be washed through successive treatment zones. The pass-through dishwasher comprises a drying zone which has arranged in it at least one drying fan whose rotation speed can be controlled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: Meiko Maschinenbau GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Thomas Peukert, Bruno Gaus
  • Patent number: 8241431
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and an apparatus for applying a fluid (32) to items (14) to be cleaned, which items are continuously or intermittently transported in the conveying direction (12) in an automatic cleaning machine, preferably an automatic pass-through dishwasher. At least two, preferably tubular, spray bodies (26.1, 26.2, 26.3, . . . 26.n) which are spaced apart from one another are arranged in at least one spray plane (22, 24) which is oriented parallel to the conveying direction (12) of the items (14) to be cleaned.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2012
    Assignee: Meiko Maschinenbau GmbH & Co KG
    Inventors: Stefan Scheringer, Michael Streb, Engelbert Ecker, Thomas Peukert, Bruno Gaus, Joachim Kupetz, Wendelin Hils, Denis Lehmann, Thomas Roederer
  • Patent number: 8226777
    Abstract: A heat recovery device is provided for recovering thermal energy from a fluid medium, in particular for use in a waste-water system of a dishwasher. The heat recovery device comprises at least one heat exchanger with at least one heat exchanger surface. The heat recovery device further comprises at least one heating device, which is thermally coupled to the heat exchanger surface, and also at least one controller. The controller is designed to carry out a self-cleaning process for the heat exchanger, with the heat exchanger surface being briefly heated by means of the heating device during the self-cleaning process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2012
    Assignee: Meiko Maschinenbau GmbH & Co KG
    Inventors: Bruno Gaus, Joachim Kupetz, Denis Lehmann, Thomas Naeger, Thomas Peukert, Vera Schneider
  • Patent number: 8176926
    Abstract: A cleaning machine, in particular a batch dishwasher, comprising an individual cleaning chamber in which the items to be cleaned are accommodated, a pump which circulates washing liquid within the cleaning chamber, and a further pump which delivers fresh water, and also a boiler which stores and heats fresh water, wherein the boiler has an associated heat exchanger by means of which heat is indirectly or directly transferred from waste water which is stored in a reservoir to the fresh water which is stored in the boiler.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2012
    Assignee: Meiko Maschinenbau GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Bruno Gaus, Joachim Kupetz, Denis Lehmann, Thomas Naeger, Thomas Peukert, Vera Schneider
  • Patent number: 8052804
    Abstract: The invention relates to a conveyor dishwasher having at least one washing zone (3, 4), at least one rinsing zone (5, 6), a suction-extraction location (23) and/or a heat-recovery device (11). The dishwasher also comprises at least one drying zone (7). The flow direction (30) of the exhaust air within the dishwasher runs from the outlet (8) to the inlet (1), counter to the transporting direction (9) of the wash ware (10) through the dishwasher, the suction-extraction location (23) being arranged in the region of the inlet (1) of the dishwasher, and volumes of air (28, 33) which are withdrawn from the drying zone (7) being dependent on positions (34, 35) of exit nozzles (26) for hot air within the drying zone (7).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2011
    Assignee: Meiko Maschinenbau GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Stefan Scheringer, Bruno Gaus, Thomas Peukert, Ingo Wiegand, Michael Streb
  • Patent number: 8003046
    Abstract: A method for operating a cleaning device or a cleaning system is proposed. In this case, the cleaning device is set up for carrying out a process for cleaning an article with a germicidal action. The method includes the following steps: information on a target germ with which the article could be contaminated is received; at least one process parameter of the cleaning process is selected according to the target germ in such a way that the target germ is killed with a high degree of probability during the cleaning process; and the cleaning process is carried out with the process parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2011
    Assignee: MEIKO Maschinenbau GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Stefan Scheringer, Thomas Peukert, Markus Braun
  • Publication number: 20100263687
    Abstract: A method for cleaning and/or disinfecting an item to be cleaned is proposed. The item to be cleaned is exposed to at least one cleaning fluid, heat equivalents to which the item to be cleaned is exposed being recorded. The heat equivalents are added up, the heat equivalents additionally being weighted with a compensation function during the summation of the heat equivalents. The compensation function can be a function of the temperature at which the heat equivalents were recorded. The compensation function can be adapted to provide heat equivalents recorded in at least one exceptional temperature range with a lower weighting than heat equivalents recorded in other temperature ranges.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2010
    Publication date: October 21, 2010
    Inventors: Markus Braun, Thomas Peukert
  • Publication number: 20100139690
    Abstract: A cleaning appliance is provided for cleaning objects to be cleaned. The cleaning appliance comprises at least one cleaning zone for cleaning the object to be cleaned using a cleaning liquid. The cleaning appliance further comprising a microwave drying device which can be used for at least partially drying the object to be cleaned.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2009
    Publication date: June 10, 2010
    Inventors: Bruno Gaus, Thomas Naeger, Thomas Peukert, Stefan Scheringer, Ingo Wiegand
  • Publication number: 20100132735
    Abstract: A cleaning appliance for cleaning objects to be cleaned is provided. The cleaning appliance comprises a cleaning region for cleaning the object to be cleaned using a cleaning liquid. The cleaning appliance also comprises a microwave disinfecting device having a microwave source for generating microwave radiation. The microwave disinfecting device is used to sanitize objects, which are received in the cleaning appliance in order to be cleaned.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2009
    Publication date: June 3, 2010
    Inventors: Bruno Gaus, Thomas Naeger, Thomas Peukert, Stenfan Scheringer, Ingo Wiegand