Patents by Inventor Gerhard Blum

Gerhard Blum 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).

  • Publication number: 20180038086
    Abstract: A sanitary fixture is provided having an upstream end and a downstream end, the sanitary fixture includes a mounting housing having a thread which is matingly engagable with a thread provided on a water outlet of a sanitary outlet fitting. The mounting housing has a downstream housing end side with flow-through holes. At least one insertion part can be inserted into the mounting housing as far as an insertion stop. The fixture includes an aerated jet regulator which is configured such that a circumferential wall of the mounting housing includes at least one aeration duct at least in a subregion of at least a double-walled configuration. The at least one aeration duct, which is arranged towards the downstream housing end side, opens out in at least one aeration opening leading into a housing interior of the mounting housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2017
    Publication date: February 8, 2018
    Applicant: Neoperl GmbH
    Inventors: Gerhard Blum, Hermann Grether
  • Patent number: 9840834
    Abstract: The invention relates to a jet regulator (1) having an annular or sleeve-shaped jet regulator housing (2), on the outlet end side of which there is held an outlet disc (3) which can be inserted into the jet regulator housing (2), which (3) has a perforated, grid and/or mesh structure with throughflow openings (5), wherein the outlet disc (3) bears a manually deformable dimensionally elastic plastics lining (4), and wherein the plastics lining (4) is of pot-shaped design. In order to reduce the production expenditure, it is provided according to the invention that the plastics lining (4), with an upwardly drawn circumferential wall (16) of its pot shape, provides sealing between the outer circumference of the outlet disc (3) and the housing inner circumference of the jet regulator housing (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2017
    Assignee: NEOPERL GMBH
    Inventors: Gerhard Blum, Christoph Weis
  • Publication number: 20170268210
    Abstract: A sanitary insert unit is provided having a jet regulator which has a housing with a housing inlet and a housing outlet, and a jets splitter in the housing interior. The jet splitter protrudes partially into a diffuser ring, delimiting an annular channel therebetween. The diffuser ring is insertable into an outlet-side housing part of the housing until an annular step on the outer circumference of the diffuser ring bears on an inlet-side mating surface on an outlet-side housing part. A circumferential locking cam on an outer circumference of the diffuser ring is movable into locking engagement with a locking groove provided on an inner circumference of the outlet-side housing part. The locking cam has a run-on bevel which interacts with a mating bevel upstream from the locking groove in an insertion direction that has a greater angle of inclination with respect to a longitudinal axis in comparison with the run-on bevel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2017
    Publication date: September 21, 2017
    Applicant: Neoperl GmbH
    Inventor: Gerhard Blum
  • Patent number: 9752305
    Abstract: A sanitary fixture is provided having an upstream end and a downstream end, the sanitary fixture includes a mounting housing having a thread which is matingly engagable with a thread provided on a water outlet of a sanitary outlet fitting. The mounting housing has a downstream housing end side with flow-through holes. At least one insertion part can be inserted into the mounting housing as far as an insertion stop. The fixture includes an aerated jet regulator which is configured such that a circumferential wall of the mounting housing includes at least one aeration duct at least in a subregion of at least a double-walled configuration. The at least one aeration duct, which is arranged towards the downstream housing end side, opens out in at least one aeration opening leading into a housing interior of the mounting housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: NEOPERL GMBH
    Inventors: Gerhard Blum, Hermann Grether
  • Publication number: 20170233989
    Abstract: A sanitary fixture is provided having an upstream end and a downstream end, the sanitary fixture includes a mounting housing having a thread which is matingly engagable with a thread provided on a water outlet of a sanitary outlet fitting. The mounting housing has a downstream housing end side with flow-through holes. At least one insertion part can be inserted into the mounting housing as far as an insertion stop. The fixture includes an aerated jet regulator which is configured such that a circumferential wall of the mounting housing includes at least one aeration duct at least in a subregion of at least a double-walled configuration. The at least one aeration duct, which is arranged towards the downstream housing end side, opens out in at least one aeration opening leading into a housing interior of the mounting housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2017
    Publication date: August 17, 2017
    Applicant: Neoperl GmbH
    Inventors: Gerhard Blum, Hermann Grether
  • Publication number: 20170107705
    Abstract: A sanitary fixture is provided having an upstream end and a downstream end, the sanitary fixture includes a mounting housing having a thread which is matingly engagable with a thread provided on a water outlet of a sanitary outlet fitting. The mounting housing has a downstream housing end side with flow-through holes. At least one insertion part can be inserted into the mounting housing as far as an insertion stop. The fixture includes an aerated jet regulator which is configured such that a circumferential wall of the mounting housing includes at least one aeration duct at least in a subregion of at least a double-walled configuration. The at least one aeration duct, which is arranged towards the downstream housing end side, opens out in at least one aeration opening leading into a housing interior of the mounting housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2016
    Publication date: April 20, 2017
    Applicant: Neoperl GmbH
    Inventors: Gerhard Blum, Hermann Grether
  • Patent number: 9580893
    Abstract: A sanitary fixture is provided having an upstream end and a downstream end, the sanitary fixture includes a mounting housing having a thread which is matingly engagable with a thread provided on a water outlet of a sanitary outlet fitting. The mounting housing has a downstream housing end side with flow-through holes. At least one insertion part can be inserted into the mounting housing as far as an insertion stop. The fixture includes an aerated jet regulator which is configured such that a circumferential wall of the mounting housing includes at least one aeration duct at least in a subregion of at least a double-walled configuration. The at least one aeration duct, which is arranged towards the downstream housing end side, opens out in at least one aeration opening leading into a housing interior of the mounting housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: NEOPERL GMBH
    Inventors: Gerhard Blum, Hermann Grether
  • Patent number: 9464419
    Abstract: The invention relates to a jet regulator (1) with a sleeve-shaped jet regulator housing (2), which (2) can be mounted on the water outlet of a plumbing outlet armature, and with a sealing ring (5) made of elastic material, which (5) seals in an axial direction against an adjoining annular flange at the water outlet of the outlet fixture. On the front inner peripheral area (6) of the jet regulator housing (2) on the inflow side, there is provided at least one housing undercut (7), which secures, on the jet regulator housing (2), the sealing ring (5), inserted into the housing interior (8) of the jet controller housing (2). In the jet controller (1) according to the invention, the sealing ring (5) is effectively secured against unintended loss, for example, during transport or storage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2016
    Assignee: NEOPERL GMBH
    Inventor: Gerhard Blum
  • Publication number: 20160281340
    Abstract: A sanitary fixture is provided having an upstream end and a downstream end, the sanitary fixture includes a mounting housing having a thread which is matingly engagable with a thread provided on a water outlet of a sanitary outlet fitting. The mounting housing has a downstream housing end side with flow-through holes. At least one insertion part can be inserted into the mounting housing as far as an insertion stop. The fixture includes an aerated jet regulator which is configured such that a circumferential wall of the mounting housing includes at least one aeration duct at least in a subregion of at least a double-walled configuration. The at least one aeration duct, which is arranged towards the downstream housing end side, opens out in at least one aeration opening leading into a housing interior of the mounting housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2016
    Publication date: September 29, 2016
    Applicant: Neoperl GmbH
    Inventors: Gerhard Blum, Hermann Grether
  • Publication number: 20160273199
    Abstract: The invention relates to a jet regulator (1) having an annular or sleeve-shaped jet regulator housing (2), on the outlet end side of which there is held an outlet disc (3) which can be inserted into the jet regulator housing (2), which (3) has a perforated, grid and/or mesh structure with throughflow openings (5), wherein the outlet disc (3) bears a manually deformable dimensionally elastic plastics lining (4), and wherein the plastics lining (4) is of pot-shaped design. In order to reduce the production expenditure, it is provided according to the invention that the plastics lining (4), with an upwardly drawn circumferential wall (16) of its pot shape, provides sealing between the outer circumference of the outlet disc (3) and the housing inner circumference of the jet regulator housing (2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2013
    Publication date: September 22, 2016
    Applicant: NEOPERL GMBH
    Inventors: Gerhard BLUM, Christoph WEIS
  • Publication number: 20160265202
    Abstract: A sanitary insert unit is provided having an aerated jet regulator which has a jet regulator housing with a housing inlet and a housing outlet, and a jets splitter in the housing interior. One feature of the insert unit is that the jet splitter is configured as a pot-shaped diffuser which has a pot base serving as an impingement surface for deflecting the flow of water outwards and a circumferential wall having at least one through-flow opening that leads into an annular channel. The jet regulator has, in a circumferential wall of its jet regulator housing, at least one aeration channel with an outlet opening leads into the housing interior of the jet regulator housing. The opening edge of the channel outlet opening facing towards the housing outlet is arranged above a cross-sectional plane of the jet regulator housing that extends through the outlet-side front face of the jet splitter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2016
    Publication date: September 15, 2016
    Applicant: Neoperl GmbH
    Inventor: Gerhard Blum
  • Patent number: 9388557
    Abstract: A sanitary fixture (6) is provided having a mounting housing (9) which has a thread (10) for fastening to a mating thread provided on the water outlet of a sanitary outlet fitting. The mounting housing (9) has a downstream housing end side (12) with flow-through holes (13), and wherein at least one insertion part can be inserted into the mounting housing (9) as far as an insertion stop. According to one of the solution proposals described here, it is provided that the fixture (6) has an aerated jet regulator (16) or is configured as such, that the circumferential wall of the mounting housing (9) borders at least one aeration duct (14) at least in a subregion of at least double-walled configuration, and that the at least one aeration duct (14), which is open towards the downstream housing end side (12), opens out in at least one aeration opening (15) leading into the housing interior of the mounting housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignee: NEOPERL GMBH
    Inventors: Gerhard Blum, Hermann Grether
  • Patent number: 9382700
    Abstract: A jet regulator (1) including a two-part jet-regulator housing (2), the outlet end face (3) of which has multiple passages (4), a pot-shaped inlay (6) that is inserted into the housing interior (2) until it reaches the outlet end face (3) and that has multiple tubular spray nozzles (7), each of which penetrates a passage (4) on the outlet end face of the jet regulator housing (2) and the free spray-nozzle region of which protrudes beyond the outlet end face (3) of the jet regulator (1, 5). The jet regulator also includes an insert (8) that is inserted in the housing interior and the position of the inlay part (6) is secured in an axial direction between the insert, the second housing part and the outlet end face (3).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Assignee: NEOPERL GMBH
    Inventor: Gerhard Blum
  • Patent number: D773610
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignee: Neoperl GmbH
    Inventor: Gerhard Blum
  • Patent number: D776242
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: Neoperl GmbH
    Inventor: Gerhard Blum
  • Patent number: D786400
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: Neoperl GmbH
    Inventor: Gerhard Blum
  • Patent number: D791921
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: Neoperl GmbH
    Inventor: Gerhard Blum
  • Patent number: D797236
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: Neoperl GmbH
    Inventor: Gerhard Blum
  • Patent number: D800250
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: Neoperl GmbH
    Inventor: Gerhard Blum
  • Patent number: D800867
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: Neoperl GmbH
    Inventor: Gerhard Blum