Patents by Inventor Bernhard Maurer

Bernhard Maurer 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: 9545183
    Abstract: A mobile floor cleaning machine is provided having an integrated floor cleaning tool. In order to provide a floor cleaning machine of this kind with improved handling capability, the floor cleaning machine can include an accessory retainer for cleaning accessories, which has at least one accommodating part, which is fastened to the floor cleaning machine, and at least one retaining part, which can be connected to the accommodating part, for retaining the cleaning accessories.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2017
    Assignee: Alfre Kärcher GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Bernhard Maurer, Rainer Schaefer, Eugen Class
  • Publication number: 20160192816
    Abstract: A floor cleaning machine is proposed which comprises a handle unit for operating the floor cleaning machine and a dead man's switching device with an actuation unit, wherein the actuation unit is retained on the handle unit by means of a first region, the actuation unit has a second region which is swivelable relative to the first region, and the second region is retained on the first region as a single piece by means of a hinge device, a swivel position of the second region relative to the first region determining whether the dead man's switch is switching or non-switching.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2016
    Publication date: July 7, 2016
    Inventors: Steffen Layer, Frank Nonnenmann, Bernhard Maurer, Jochen Burchard
  • Publication number: 20140026336
    Abstract: A mobile floor cleaning machine is provided having an integrated floor cleaning tool. In order to provide a floor cleaning machine of this kind with improved handling capability, the floor cleaning machine can include an accessory retainer for cleaning accessories, which has at least one accommodating part, which is fastened to the floor cleaning machine, and at least one retaining part, which can be connected to the accommodating part, for retaining the cleaning accessories.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2013
    Publication date: January 30, 2014
    Applicant: Alfred Karcher GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Bernhard Maurer, Rainer Schaefer, Eugen Class
  • Patent number: 7056485
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a continuous hydrogenation process in which a hydrogenable compound is dissolved in a working solution with hydrogen and a heterogeneous catalyst. At least part of the hydrogen-containing waste hydrogenation gas generated in the reaction is compressed and then recycled into the hydrogenation reactor. A jet pump is used for the compression of the waste hydrogenation gas and a liquid or gaseous feedstock of the hydrogenation process is used as the motive agent. Preferred motive agents are the hydrogenation gas or a working solution recycled into the process. The process is particularly suitable for performing the hydrogenation step in the anthraquinone process for the production of hydrogen peroxide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2006
    Assignee: Degussa AG
    Inventors: Matthias Creutz, Hubertus Eickhoff, Bernhard Maurer
  • Patent number: 6982072
    Abstract: The anthraquinone process for producing hydrogen peroxide, including a hydrogenation step, an oxidation step and an extraction step. The oxidation waste gas leaving the oxidation reactor at an excess pressure is passed as a propellant jet to one or more gas jets and whereby a vacuum is produced for auxiliary processes, such as drying of the working solution, distillation of the aqueous hydrogen peroxide solution and drawing off of ventilator gases from solvent storage tanks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2006
    Assignee: Degussa AG
    Inventor: Bernhard Maurer
  • Patent number: 6861042
    Abstract: A continuous catalytic hydrogenation process, in which a reaction mixture containing the substance to be hydrogenated, the hydrogenation product, hydrogen and the hydrogenation catalyst suspended in the reaction mixture is recirculated in a reactor. Part of the hydrogenation product is removed from the reactor and the substance to be hydrogenated and hydrogen are fed into the reaction. In this process the substance to be hydrogenated and the hydrogen are mixed before entering the reactor. A venturi nozzle is particularly suitable as the mixing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2005
    Assignee: Degussa AG
    Inventors: Peter Korl, Bernhard Maurer
  • Publication number: 20040136897
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a continuous hydrogenation process in which a hydrogenable compound is dissolved in a working solution with hydrogen and a heterogeneous catalyst. At least part of the hydrogen-containing waste hydrogenation gas generated in the reaction is compressed and then recycled into the hydrogenation reactor. A jet pump is used for the compression of the waste hydrogenation gas and a liquid or gaseous feedstock of the hydrogenation process is used as the motive agent. Preferred motive agents are the hydrogenation gas or a working solution recycled into the process. The process is particularly suitable for performing the hydrogenation step in the anthraquinone process for the production of hydrogen peroxide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2003
    Publication date: July 15, 2004
    Inventors: Matthias Creutz, Hubertus Eickhoff, Bernhard Maurer
  • Publication number: 20040126314
    Abstract: A continuous catalytic hydrogenation process, in which a reaction mixture containing the substance to be hydrogenated, the hydrogenation product, hydrogen and the hydrogenation catalyst suspended in the reaction mixture is recirculated in a reactor. Part of the hydrogenation product is removed from the reactor and the substance to be hydrogenated and hydrogen are fed into the reaction. In this process the substance to be hydrogenated and the hydrogen are mixed before entering the reactor. A venturi nozzle is particularly suitable as the mixing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2003
    Publication date: July 1, 2004
    Inventors: Peter Korl, Bernhard Maurer
  • Patent number: 6756028
    Abstract: A continuous catalytic hydrogenation process, in which a reaction mixture containing the substance to be hydrogenated, the hydrogenation product, hydrogen and the hydrogenation catalyst suspended in the reaction mixture is recirculated in a reactor. Part of the hydrogenation product is removed from the reactor and the substance to be hydrogenated and hydrogen are fed into the reaction. In this process the substance to be hydrogenated and the hydrogen are mixed before entering the reactor. A venturi nozzle is particularly suitable as the mixing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2004
    Assignee: Degussa AG
    Inventors: Peter Korl, Bernhard Maurer
  • Publication number: 20030165422
    Abstract: The anthraquinone process for producing hydrogen peroxide, including a hydrogenation step, an oxidation step and an extraction step. The oxidation waste gas leaving the oxidation reactor at an excess pressure is passed as a propellant jet to one or more gas jets and whereby a vacuum is produced for auxiliary processes, such as drying of the working solution, distillation of the aqueous hydrogen peroxide solution and drawing off of ventilator gases from solvent storage tanks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2003
    Publication date: September 4, 2003
    Inventor: Bernhard Maurer
  • Patent number: 6426057
    Abstract: A continuous process for oxidation, in which the substance to be oxidized and the oxidizing gas flow countercurrently and the oxidizing gas is mixed with a split stream containing preoxidized substance before it enters the reactor. A Venturi nozzle is particularly suitable as the mixing organ in the reactor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2002
    Assignee: Degussa AG
    Inventor: Bernhard Maurer
  • Publication number: 20020065440
    Abstract: A continuous process for oxidation, in which the substance to be oxidized and the oxidizing gas flow countercurrently and the oxidizing gas is mixed with a split stream containing preoxidized substance before it enters the reactor. A Venturi nozzle is particularly suitable as the mixing organ in the reactor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2001
    Publication date: May 30, 2002
    Inventor: Bernhard Maurer
  • Publication number: 20020052532
    Abstract: A continuous catalytic hydrogenation process, in which a reaction mixture containing the substance to be hydrogenated, the hydrogenation product, hydrogen and the hydrogenation catalyst suspended in the reaction mixture is recirculated in a reactor. Part of the hydrogenation product is removed from the reactor and the substance to be hydrogenated and hydrogen are fed into the reaction. In this process the substance to be hydrogenated and the hydrogen are mixed before entering the reactor. A venturi nozzle is particularly suitable as the mixing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2001
    Publication date: May 2, 2002
    Inventors: Peter Korl, Bernhard Maurer
  • Patent number: 6164806
    Abstract: A lighting device has a sealed interior, which communicates with the environment via an upper vent opening and another lower vent opening. The upper vent opening is covered with a mat-like insert, which is air-permeable and water-repellant. The upper vent opening is formed in a wall that points downward. To protect the upper vent opening against splashing water, a shielding device is provided. Communicating with the lower vent opening is a line that discharges on the underside of the vehicle. When the vehicle is in motion, a pressure difference is developed between the upper vent opening and the lower vent opening, so that there is a flow through the interior from top to bottom. The insert prevents dirt and water from the road from entering the interior.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2000
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Klaus Schmickl, Bernhard Maurer, Dietmar Schoenettin