Patents by Inventor Bernard Jonas

Bernard Jonas 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).

  • Apparatus and method for cleaning floors
    Patent number: 5199996
    Abstract: The invention relates to a cleaning apparatus comprising a cleaning device placed on a first side of the apparatus to perform a cleaning apparatus perpendicular to the general direction of advance of the apparatus. The apparatus could also include a second lateral cleaning device located on a side opposite the first side of the apparatus, to perform, simultaneously with the first cleaning device, the desired cleaning operation perpendicular to the general direction of advance of the apparatus, so as to be able to complete the entire cleaning operation without it being necessary for the apparatus to proceed along a wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 1991
    Date of Patent: April 6, 1993
    Assignee: Azurtec
    Inventors: Andre Jonas, Bernard Jonas
  • Automatic vacuum cleaner
    Patent number: 5095577
    Abstract: A mobile cleaning apparatus device automatically follows guides such as walls or other obstacles, by engaging the guides with element and controlling the steering of the apparatus in response to the level of forces sensed by the detector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 1991
    Date of Patent: March 17, 1992
    Assignee: Azurtec
    Inventors: Andre Jonas, Bernard Jonas
  • Self-guided mobile unit and cleaning apparatus such as a vacuum cleaner comprising such a unit
    Patent number: 5012886
    Abstract: A mobile cleaning apparatus device automatically follows guides such as walls or other obstacles, by engaging the guides with a detector element and controlling the steering of the apparatus in response to the level of forces sensed by the detector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 1989
    Date of Patent: May 7, 1991
    Inventors: Andre Jonas, Bernard Jonas
  • System for automatic performance of agricultural tasks such as lawn mowing
    Patent number: 4831813
    Abstract: This invention relates to a system for automatic performance of agricultural tasks such as lawn mowing. It comprises in combination a guide rail (2; 110) more or less buried in the ground, and an agricultural vehicle such as a lawn mower, provided with a support frame (6; 101), with at least one tool such as a cutting bar (8, 16a, 16b; 102), drive means (4a, 4b, 5a, 5b; 103, 104a, 104b) and guide means (27, 29; 106, 108) mounted movably on said support frame and designed to work with said guide rail to cause said vehicle approximately to follow the guide rail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 1987
    Date of Patent: May 23, 1989
    Inventors: Andre Jonas, Bernard Jonas