Patents by Inventor Bodo Urich
Bodo Urich 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: 20100236091Abstract: In a sensor system for a domestic laundry dryer in which a canister-shaped condensate container 5 is mounted in a receiving chamber 15, at least one sensor S2 is used to monitor the insertion of the condensate container 5. Another sensor S1 takes over the detection of a limiting filling level 12 of the condensate in the condensate container 5. When this level is reached, emptying of the condensate container 5 is requested by switching an audible and/or visual attention signal. This container can be removed from the inside of the loading door 6. At least one sensor S2 is a non-contact switch. The sensor system contains a circuit arrangement which can be influenced by the sensor or sensors S for controlling the drying program of the laundry dryer. The sensor or sensors preferably S contain magnetically influencable switches. They form a switching system comprising a magnetically influencable switching contact 1 and a magnet 2.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 30, 2007Publication date: September 23, 2010Applicant: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgerate GmbHInventors: Lothar Dittmer, Bodo Urich
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Patent number: 7134581Abstract: A device for ironing items of clothing having sleeves, especially, shirts and blouses, by an ironing dummy includes an inflatable bag placed inside the item of clothing when ironing and reaching into the cuffs of the clothing item. To be better able to smooth out the sleeves when ironing, the end of the inflatable bag in the region of the cuffs is provided with a reinforcement that fixes the end of the sleeve and exercises a longitudinal pull on the sleeve during inflation of the inflatable bag. An inner clamping mechanism is disposed inside the cuff for the fixing process.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2003Date of Patent: November 14, 2006Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbHInventors: Joachim Damrath, Kathrin Redlin, Markus Spielmannleitner, Bodo Urich, Gerhard Wetzl
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Patent number: 7090099Abstract: A method and a device for ironing garments using a form finisher, which has an inflatable bag over which the garments are placed. The bag includes a bottom construction and a tension device between the bottom construction and the inflatable bag. The tension device being one of an inflatable cushion and a tension cable, with the tension device providing vertical tension to the bag.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2003Date of Patent: August 15, 2006Inventors: Bodo Urich, Kristina Knispel, Kathrin Redlin, Christian Hafer, Joachim Damrath, Gerhard Wetzl, Markus Spielmannleitner, Sebastian Siegele
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Patent number: 7070073Abstract: A method and a device for ironing items of clothing with sleeves, especially, shirts and blouses, by a form finisher include an inflatable bag placed inside the item of clothing when it is being ironed. The inflatable bag extends to the sleeves of the item of clothing. For the sleeves to be ironed in a smoother manner, the ends of the inflatable bag can be provided with a reinforcement that extends to the sleeves. Also, to enable the vents, which are situated above the sleeves, to keep their shape (the overlap und underlap), the inflatable bag can also be supplied, therefore, with reinforcement. An inner tensioning mechanism that is inserted inside the area of the sleeve can improve the smoothness even further.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2003Date of Patent: July 4, 2006Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens HausgeräteInventors: Joachim Damrath, Kathrin Redlin, Markus Spielmannleitner, Bodo Urich, Gerhard Wetzl
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Patent number: 6994235Abstract: To smooth items of clothing, especially shirts, by an inflatable bag, the item of clothing, especially in a damp state, is placed on the inflatable bag, is pulled taut by the inflation of the bag, and is dried by heat. To this end, the inflatable bag is inflated with heated air, certain areas of the item of clothing drying faster than others however. To supply heat energy in a targeted manner to individual, especially slow-drying areas, the inflatable bag includes heating bodies either supplying additional heat for drying the item of clothing, or all of the heat. Advantageously, the heating bodies are applied to the material of inflatable bag.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2003Date of Patent: February 7, 2006Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbHInventors: Joachim Damrath, Peter Ehrler, Christian Hafer, Markus Spielmannleitner, Bodo Urich, Gerhard Wetzl
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Patent number: 6913172Abstract: A shirt-shaped inflatable body for pressing shirts and on which the shirt is stretched flat includes lateral cavities, which are inflated by an increased pressure, in the sides of the trunk section of the inflatable body. The cavities are supported by a frame located inside the inflatable body and press the trunk section outwards, forming a flat shape. The pressure in the lateral chambers located inside the casing of the inflatable body is increased by the fact that both the casing of the lateral chambers and the casing of the inflatable body are permeable to air and that the lateral chambers are directly supplied with air by a fan, whereas the remaining areas of the inflatable body are only inflated with the air that flows through the casing of the lateral chambers against a flow resistance.Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2003Date of Patent: July 5, 2005Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeräte GmbHInventors: Joachim Damrath, Gerhard Wetzl, Markus Spielmannleitner, Kathrin Redlin, Sebastian Siegele, Bodo Urich
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Patent number: 6840412Abstract: Pressing of shirts on a shirt-shaped outer inflatable body advantageously takes place with tensioning the shirt in flat form. To achieve a non-round cross-section, in particular, in the trunk section of the outer body, a supporting framework and at least one inner inflatable body are disposed within the outer body, it being possible for the inner body to be supported on the supporting framework and to subject the outer body to pressure from the inside. For such a purpose, the inner inflatable bodies are inflated, in particular, by a higher pressure than the outer inflatable body. It is, thus, possible for the trunk region to be tensioned laterally outward and for the shirt to be pressed in an advantageously flat form. Using the inner bodies avoids raised edges or sharp points in the enclosure of the outer inflatable body. As a result, the shirts can be pressed without creases.Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2003Date of Patent: January 11, 2005Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgerate GmbHInventors: Joachim Damrath, Kathrin Redlin, Markus Spielmannleitner, Bodo Urich, Gerhard Wetzl
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Publication number: 20040128874Abstract: To smooth items of clothing, especially shirts, by an inflatable bag, the item of clothing, especially in a damp state, is placed on the inflatable bag, is pulled taut by the inflation of the bag, and is dried by heat. To this end, the inflatable bag is inflated with heated air, certain areas of the item of clothing drying faster than others however. To supply heat energy in a targeted manner to individual, especially slow-drying areas, the inflatable bag includes heating bodies either supplying additional heat for drying the item of clothing, or all of the heat. Advantageously, the heating bodies are applied to the material of inflatable bag.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 29, 2003Publication date: July 8, 2004Inventors: Joachim Damrath, Peter Ehrler, Christian Hafer, Markus Spielmannleitner, Bodo Urich, Gerhard Wetzl
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Publication number: 20040069818Abstract: A shirt-shaped inflatable body for pressing shirts and on which the shirt is stretched flat includes lateral cavities, which are inflated by an increased pressure, in the sides of the trunk section of the inflatable body. The cavities are supported by a frame located inside the inflatable body and press the trunk section outwards, forming a flat shape. The pressure in the lateral chambers located inside the casing of the inflatable body is increased by the fact that both the casing of the lateral chambers and the casing of the inflatable body are permeable to air and that the lateral chambers are directly supplied with air by a fan, whereas the remaining areas of the inflatable body are only inflated with the air that flows through the casing of the lateral chambers against a flow resistance.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 20, 2003Publication date: April 15, 2004Inventors: Joachim Damrath, Gerhard Wetzl, Markus Spielmannleitner, Kathrin Redlin, Sebastian Siegele, Bodo Urich
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Publication number: 20040065701Abstract: A method and a device for ironing garments using a form finisher, which has an inflatable bag over which the garments are placed. The bag includes a bottom construction and a tension device between the bottom construction and the inflatable bag. The tension device being one of an inflatable cushion and a tension cable, with the tension device providing vertical tension to the bag.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 19, 2003Publication date: April 8, 2004Applicant: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgerate GmbHInventors: Bodo Urich, Kristina Knispel, Kathrin Redlin, Christian Hafer, Joachim Damrath, Gerhard Wetzl, Markus Spielmannleitner, Sebastian Siegele
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Publication number: 20040049954Abstract: A device for ironing items of clothing having sleeves, especially, shirts and blouses, by an ironing dummy includes an inflatable bag placed inside the item of clothing when ironing and reaching into the cuffs of the clothing item. To be better able to smooth out the sleeves when ironing, the end of the inflatable bag in the region of the cuffs is provided with a reinforcement that fixes the end of the sleeve and exercises a longitudinal pull on the sleeve during inflation of the inflatable bag. An inner clamping mechanism is disposed inside the cuff for the fixing process.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 23, 2003Publication date: March 18, 2004Inventors: Joachim Damrath, Kathrin Redlin, Markus Spielmannleitner, Bodo Urich, Gerhard Wetzl
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Publication number: 20040011832Abstract: Pressing of shirts on a shirt-shaped outer inflatable body advantageously takes place with tensioning the shirt in flat form. To achieve a non-round cross-section, in particular, in the trunk section of the outer body, a supporting framework and at least one inner inflatable body are disposed within the outer body, it being possible for the inner body to be supported on the supporting framework and to subject the outer body to pressure from the inside. For such a purpose, the inner inflatable bodies are inflated, in particular, by a higher pressure than the outer inflatable body. It is, thus, possible for the trunk region to be tensioned laterally outward and for the shirt to be pressed in an advantageously flat form. Using the inner bodies avoids raised edges or sharp points in the enclosure of the outer inflatable body. As a result, the shirts can be pressed without creases.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 20, 2003Publication date: January 22, 2004Inventors: Joachim Damrath, Kathrin Redlin, Markus Spielmannleitner, Bodo Urich, Gerhard Wetzl
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Publication number: 20040003519Abstract: A method and a device for ironing items of clothing with sleeves, especially, shirts and blouses, by a form finisher include an inflatable bag placed inside the item of clothing when it is being ironed. The inflatable bag extends to the sleeves of the item of clothing. For the sleeves to be ironed in a smoother manner, the ends of the inflatable bag can be provided with a reinforcement that extends to the sleeves. Also, to enable the vents, which are situated above the sleeves, to keep their shape (the overlap und underlap), the inflatable bag can also be supplied, therefore, with reinforcement. An inner tensioning mechanism that is inserted inside the area of the sleeve can improve the smoothness even further.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 23, 2003Publication date: January 8, 2004Inventors: Joachim Damrath, Kathrin Redlin, Markus Spielmannleitner, Bodo Urich, Gerhard Wetzl