Patents by Inventor Dean Muller

Dean Muller 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).

  • System and method for testing beverage apparatus before shipment
    Patent number: 9766112
    Abstract: A system and method for testing a beverage apparatus such as a beverage maker and/or dispenser before shipment. The beverage apparatus includes at least one component that can produce monitorable and/or measurable characteristic. The measurable characteristic may be compared against a threshold value and may include an acceptable tolerance range. In response to an out-of tolerance condition, a fail condition is displayed, otherwise a pass condition is displayed. Also disclosed is a system for storing the measurable characteristic so that the beverage apparatus can be analyzed by comparing its current state versus the baseline state measured before the beverage apparatus was shipped.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: Bunn-O-Matic Corporation
    Inventors: John T. Knepler, Kurt Powell, Dean Muller, Timothy P. Kaeding, Robert J. Kobylarz
  • System and method for testing beverage apparatus before shipment
    Publication number: 20050230417
    Abstract: A system and method for testing a beverage apparatus such as a beverage maker and/or dispenser before shipment. The beverage apparatus includes at least one component that can produce monitorable and/or measurable characteristic. The measurable characteristic may be compared against a threshold value and may include an acceptable tolerance range. In response to an out-of tolerance condition, a fail condition is displayed, otherwise a pass condition is displayed. Also disclosed is a system for storing the measurable characteristic so that the beverage apparatus can be analyzed by comparing its current state versus the baseline state measured before the beverage apparatus was shipped.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2005
    Publication date: October 20, 2005
    Inventors: John Knepler, Kurt Powell, Dean Muller, Timothy Kaeding, Robert Kobylarz