Patents by Inventor Achim Zapp

Achim Zapp 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: 20060027268
    Abstract: The invention concerns a dosing device comprising a dosing tip (1) and a first valve (5) adapted to be opened or closed, this tip (1) being adapted to be fixed on a container, in particular a bottle, and an activator (20) adapted to be disposed on the dosing tip (1) in order to open the valve (5). The invention resides in that the activator (20) is equipped with a motor (22) to open the valve (5). A small motor disposed in the activator, in particular an electric motor supplied by a battery or an accumulator and which actuates the valve directly has a power consumption much lower than that of an electromagnetic system, such as those known in the state of the art, which has important leaks. It is preferable that the valve (5) is integral with a valve magnet (8) and that the activator (20) is equipped with a motor magnet (25) which can be displaced by the motor (22) to cooperate with the valve magnet (8) in order to open and/or to close the valve (5).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2005
    Publication date: February 9, 2006
    Inventor: Achim Zapp
  • Patent number: 5402914
    Abstract: A beverage dispensing device for spirits and syrups, having a metering device for metering the dispensed quantity of beverage, an outlet for the beverage to be dispensed, and a capped upside-down bottle of the beverage to be dispensed above the outlet, wherein to avoid sticking or plugging of the beverage lines, and to increase the dispensing speed, the upside-down bottle is submerged by its neck into a receptacle provided above the outlet, and wherein the outlet is connected via a beverage line to a reservoir that receives the beverage to be dispensed and which is not connected to the capped bottle above the outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 1993
    Date of Patent: April 4, 1995
    Inventor: Achim Zapp