Patents by Inventor ALFRED JOSEF DONABAUER

ALFRED JOSEF DONABAUER 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: 10501306
    Abstract: Beverage dispensing assembly, including a tapping column and a tap connected to the tapping column at a first end thereof, wherein the tapping column includes a first and a second channel, in fluid communication near the tap, and a beverage line extending through one of the first and second channels and connected to the tap, wherein the assembly includes a first part and a second part for connecting the tap to the column, the second part at least partly surrounding the first part, wherein the first part is made of a first material and the second part is made of a second material, the second material having a heat conductivity which is higher than the heat conductivity of the first material, wherein the beverage line is connected to the first part and the second part extends into and/or forms part of a wall of a chamber into which the first and second channel open, forming the fluid connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: HEINEKEN SUPPLY CHAIN B.V.
    Inventors: Alfred Josef Donabauer, Peter Henri Samuel Wigman, Helmut Viktor Maria Paulitsch
  • Publication number: 20170233237
    Abstract: Beverage dispensing assembly 1 comprising a tapping column 2 and a tap 3 connected to the tapping column at a first end 4 thereof, wherein the tapping column 2 comprises a first 5 and a second 6 channel, in fluid communication near the tap, and a beverage line 8 extending through one of the first 5 and second 6 channels and connected to the tap 3, wherein the assembly 1 comprises a first part 9 and a second part 10 for connecting the tap 3 to the column 2, the second part 10 at least partly surrounding the first part 9, wherein the first part 9 is made of a first material and the second part is made of a second material, the second material having a heat conductivity which is higher than the heat conductivity of the first material, wherein the beverage line 8 is connected to the first part 9 and the second part 10 extends into and/or forms part of a wall of a chamber 7 into which the first 5 and second 6 channel open, forming the fluid connection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2015
    Publication date: August 17, 2017
    Applicant: Heineken Supply Chain B.V.
    Inventors: ALFRED JOSEF DONABAUER, PETER HENRI SAMUEL WIGMAN, HELMUT VIKTOR MARIA PAULITSCH