Patents by Inventor Andreas Szeteli
Andreas Szeteli 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).
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Publication number: 20250084940Abstract: An arrangement having a coupling connection comprising two coupling parts. The coupling parts can be connected by means of a screw connection and form a fluid channel. On the first coupling part there is a multi-start thread as a connection means as part of the screw connection. On the second coupling part there is a multi-start mating thread as a connection means as a further part of the screw connection.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 20, 2024Publication date: March 13, 2025Inventors: Andreas Szeteli, Nico Fischer, Timo Lang
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Publication number: 20250083165Abstract: A dispensing system (1) for a container (2) having a dip tube (5) and being designed for holding stored goods. The dispensing system (1) further has a dispense head (4) which can be fastened to the dip tube (5) so that liquid (3) can be dispensed from the container (2) or liquid (3) can be supplied to the container (2) via the dip tube (5) and the dispense head (4). The dip tube (5) has connection means with a multi-start thread.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 18, 2023Publication date: March 13, 2025Inventors: Andreas Szeteli, Nico Fischer
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Publication number: 20250083944Abstract: A dispensing system with a dispense head and at least one container. The dispense head is connectable to a container opening of the container by means of a screw connection, so that stored material is dispensable from or suppliable to the container by means of the dispense head. There is an actuating ring on the dispense head, wherein the screw connection is established by rotating the actuating ring in a closure direction. The screw connection is released by rotating the actuating ring in a release direction. The actuating ring has an overload protection by means of which an effective closure torque is limited to a limit closure torque when the screw connection is established.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 11, 2024Publication date: March 13, 2025Inventors: Andreas Szeteli, Nico Fischer
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Patent number: 12139393Abstract: An arrangement with a container (3) having a container opening via which a storage medium (3) can be supplied to or removed from the container (3). The container opening can be sealed with a closure means and secured with a tamper-evident safeguard (9). The tamper-evident safeguard (9) has a safeguard body (10) with a lower part (13), and an upper part (12) that is displaceably mounted on the lower part (13), and a security seal (11). The latter is mounted on the safeguard body (10) fastened to the immersion pipe (4). When the tamper-evident safeguard (9) is released, there is relative movement between the upper part (12) and the lower part (13), by which a segment of the security seal (11) is separated and is guided into a receiving chamber (21) of the lower part (13).Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2023Date of Patent: November 12, 2024Assignee: AS Strömungstechnik GmbHInventors: Andreas Szeteli, Nico Fischer
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Publication number: 20240300800Abstract: A locating system (15) for containers (3). The containers (3) each have at least one container opening (5) for supplying or dispensing storage medium. A container closure (14) designed for closing the container opening (5) is present for each container (3). A GPS tracker (10) designed for determining current location information of the container (3) is present in the container closure (14) or in a dip tube (4) opening out at the container closure (14). The current location information is transmitted to a cloud-based computer system (16) by means of the GPS tracker (10).Type: ApplicationFiled: February 27, 2024Publication date: September 12, 2024Inventors: Andreas Szeteli, Nico Fischer
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Publication number: 20240270564Abstract: A monitoring and control system (100) for containers (3). The containers (3) respectively have a container opening (5) for supplying and dispensing of stored goods. Each container (3) has a sensor unit (10) which has at least one sensor capturing environmental impacts, one processor evaluating sensor signals (13) and one interface unit (14) which operates in a contact-free manner.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 11, 2024Publication date: August 15, 2024Inventors: Andreas Szeteli, Nico Fischer
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Publication number: 20240190595Abstract: A method for operating a dispensing system (1) with at least one container (2) having a container opening (6), and a dispense head (4) mounted on a robot arm (11) of a robot (10). The dispense head (4) is automatically connected to the container opening (6) of the container by means of the robot (10), such that liquid (3) can be removed from the container (2) or liquid (3) can be supplied to the container (2). When the dispense head (4) is inserted into the container opening (6), forces acting on the dispense head (4) are detected by means of an arrangement of force sensors (14). The robot arm (11) carries out compensation movements dependent upon the detected forces, whereby the dispense head (4) is aligned to the container opening (6).Type: ApplicationFiled: December 8, 2023Publication date: June 13, 2024Inventors: Andreas Szeteli, Timo Steissliger
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Patent number: 11926517Abstract: A container management system (1) with a number of containers (2) which have identifying, electronically readable codes assigned to them, and with a number of dispensing/filling stations configured for dispensing a liquid from the container (2) or supplying said container with a fluid. The dispensing/filling stations are associated with electronic reading units by means of which the codes of containers (2) can be read. Data read by the electronic reading units are fed into a cloud-based computer system (13) configured for storing and analyzing the data.Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 2020Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: AS Strömungstechnik GmbHInventors: Andreas Szeteli, Nico Fischer
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Publication number: 20240059547Abstract: A dispensing system (1) for a container (2) having a dip tube (5) and designed to hold a liquid (3), with a dispense head (4) which can be fastened to the dip tube (5). Via the dip tube (5) and the dispense head (4), the liquid (3) can be dispensed from the container (2) or liquid (3) can be supplied to the container (2). At least one ventilation opening (18) in the form of an elongated hole is provided in the dip tube (5).Type: ApplicationFiled: August 10, 2023Publication date: February 22, 2024Inventors: Andreas Szeteli, Nico Fischer
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Publication number: 20240034615Abstract: A dispensing system (1) for a container (2) having a dip tube (5), wherein the dip tube (5) is fastened to the inner side of a pipe-shaped lug (6) of the container (2). The dip tube (5) has a removal opening, which can be closed off with a dip tube closure (12). When the dip tube closure (12) is released, a dispense head (4) can be attached to the dip tube (5) for dispensing liquid (3) from the container (2) or for supplying liquid (3) into the container (2), The dip tube (5) has a release safeguard, which abuts the outer side of the pipe-shaped lug (6) with clamping pressure.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 21, 2023Publication date: February 1, 2024Inventor: Andreas Szeteli
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Publication number: 20230415945Abstract: A removal system (1) with at least one container (2) with a container opening (6), to which a removal head (4) can be attached, such that by means of the removal head (4), liquid (3) can be removed from the container (2) or liquid (3) can be supplied to the container (2). An RFID chip (9) is present on the container (2). A measurement head (14) with a coil (15) of an RFID reader unit can be attached to a movable robot arm (11). A code can be read from the RFID chip (9) with the RFID reader unit when it is within the reading range of the RFID reader unit, wherein when the code is read, it is adopted as positioning signal in a control unit (12) of the robot (10), on the basis of which the removal head (4) can be positioned on the container opening (6).Type: ApplicationFiled: June 22, 2023Publication date: December 28, 2023Inventors: Andreas Szeteli, Nico Fischer
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Publication number: 20230303385Abstract: An arrangement with a container (3) having a container opening via which a storage medium (3) can be supplied to or removed from the container (3). The container opening can be sealed with a closure means and secured with a tamper-evident safeguard (9). The tamper-evident safeguard (9) has a safeguard body (10) with a lower part (13), and an upper part (12) that is displaceably mounted on the lower part (13), and a security seal (11). The latter is mounted on the safeguard body (10) fastened to the immersion pipe (4). When the tamper-evident safeguard (9) is released, there is relative movement between the upper part (12) and the lower part (13), by which a segment of the security seal (11) is separated and is guided into a receiving chamber (21) of the lower part (13).Type: ApplicationFiled: March 23, 2023Publication date: September 28, 2023Inventors: Andreas Szeteli, Nico Fischer
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Patent number: 11753294Abstract: A retrieval system for a container having a dip tube and designed to hold a liquid, with a retrieval head which can be fastened to the dip tube, so that liquid can be retrieved from or supplied to the container via the dip tube and the retrieval head. The retrieval head has a liquid channel in which the liquid retrieved from or supplied to the container is conducted. An opening is provided in the wall bounding the liquid channel, wherein when the retrieval head is fastened to the dip tube the opening is closed in such a way that it is secured against the entering of gas, and wherein when the retrieval head is unfastened from the dip tube the opening is no longer closed, so that gas enters the liquid channel via the borehole.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2022Date of Patent: September 12, 2023Assignee: AS Strömungstechnik GmbHInventors: Andreas Szeteli, Tom Mario Fischer
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Patent number: 11655136Abstract: A removal system (1) for a container designed to receive a fluid, with an extraction head (4) and a dip tube (5) that can be fastened thereto. By means of the extraction head (4), fluid can be removed through the dip tube (5) from the container (3) or fluid can be fed into the container (3). The extraction head (4) can be fastened to the dip tube (5) by a displacement movement. Alternatively or additionally, a target position of the dip tube (5) at the extraction head (4) is monitored by means of an optical sensor (12).Type: GrantFiled: July 3, 2021Date of Patent: May 23, 2023Assignee: AS Strömungstechnik GmbHInventor: Andreas Szeteli
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Patent number: 11655135Abstract: A removal system (1) with an interface 5a for releasable connection to an extraction head (2) of the removal system (1), such that the tube (5) can be used as a single-use part for removing fluid from a container.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2020Date of Patent: May 23, 2023Assignee: AS Strömungstechnik GmbHInventors: Andreas Szeteli, Nico Fischer
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Patent number: 11618667Abstract: A removal system (1) with an extraction head (2) that may be placed onto an opening of a bottle (3)), wherein the extraction head (2) has a closing means for closing the opening of the bottle (3). In the extraction head (2), a tube (5) is mounted such that when the extraction head (2) is placed onto the opening, the tube (5) projects into the bottle (3) and fluid (4) may be removed from the bottle (3) via the tube (5). An actuation mechanism is provided, by means of which the mounting of the tube (5) in the extraction head (2) may be released.Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 2020Date of Patent: April 4, 2023Assignee: AS Strömungstechnik GmbHInventors: Andreas Szeteli, Nico Fischer
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Publication number: 20230087518Abstract: A retrieval system for a container having a dip tube and designed to hold a liquid, with a retrieval head which can be fastened to the dip tube, so that liquid can be retrieved from or supplied to the container via the dip tube and the retrieval head. The retrieval head has a liquid channel in which the liquid retrieved from or supplied to the container is conducted. An opening is provided in the wall bounding the liquid channel, wherein when the retrieval head is fastened to the dip tube the opening is closed in such a way that it is secured against the entering of gas, and wherein when the retrieval head is unfastened from the dip tube the opening is no longer closed, so that gas enters the liquid channel via the borehole.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2022Publication date: March 23, 2023Inventors: Andreas Szeteli, Tom Mario Fischer
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Publication number: 20220401980Abstract: A removal system (1) for a container designed to receive a fluid, with an extraction head (4) and a dip tube (5) that can be fastened thereto. By means of the extraction head (4), fluid can be removed through the dip tube (5) from the container (3) or fluid can be fed into the container (3). The extraction head (4) can be fastened to the dip tube (5) by a displacement movement. Alternatively or additionally, a target position of the dip tube (5) at the extraction head (4) is monitored by means of an optical sensor (12).Type: ApplicationFiled: July 3, 2021Publication date: December 22, 2022Inventor: Andreas Szeteli
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Publication number: 20210253413Abstract: A removal system (1) with an interface 5a for releasable connection to an extraction head (2) of the removal system (1), such that the tube (5) can be used as a single-use part for removing fluid from a container.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2020Publication date: August 19, 2021Inventors: Andreas Szeteli, Nico Fischer
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Publication number: 20210087043Abstract: A container management system (1) with a number of containers (2) which have identifying, electronically readable codes assigned to them, and with a number of dispensing/filling stations configured for dispensing a liquid from the container (2) or supplying said container with a fluid. The dispensing/filling stations are associated with electronic reading units by means of which the codes of containers (2) can be read. Data read by the electronic reading units are fed into a cloud-based computer system (13) configured for storing and analyzing the data.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 7, 2020Publication date: March 25, 2021Inventors: Andreas Szeteli, Nico Fischer