Patents by Inventor Gunter Walter Kolanus

Gunter Walter Kolanus 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).

  • Actuator mechanism
    Patent number: 6398082
    Abstract: In the present invention, an actuating mechanism for a hand held canister is provided in which a slider is moveable by finger pressure from a valve-disengaged position into a valve-engagable position and a concealed spring returns the slider to a valve-disengaged position when finger pressure is removed. The spring is preferably molded with the slider, projects through a slit in the over-cap of the canister and acts in a vertical plane against a stop depending from the over-cap. It is energised when the slider is moved into the valve engagable position. The slider is preferably releasably locked in the valve disengaged position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2002
    Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Norman Clark, Andrew Claughton, Karen Michelle Dickinson, Adalberto Geier, Nigel Laurence Jackson, Gunter Walter Kolanus, Richard Paul McNabb, Ian Stuart Midgley
  • Actuator mechanism
    Publication number: 20020008119
    Abstract: Hand held aerosol canisters can be accidentally discharged if the valve remains open after hand pressure is removed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2001
    Publication date: January 24, 2002
    Inventors: Norman Clark, Andrew Claughton, Karen Michelle Dickinson, Adalberto Geier, Nigel Laurence Jackson, Gunter Walter Kolanus, Richard Paul Mcnabb, Ian Stuart Midgley
  • Aerosol dispenser
    Patent number: D579342
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2008
    Assignee: Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew Claughton, Diego Iglesias, Daniel Omar Gonzalez, Gunter Walter Kolanus, Javier Eduardo Mateu, Paul Dominic Priestman, Bernd Rudolf Sichert, Martin Gabriel Urtubey
  • Aerosol dispenser
    Patent number: D580776
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2008
    Assignee: Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew Claughton, Diego Iglesias, Daniel Omar Gonzalez, Günter Walter Kolanus, Javier Eduardo Mateu, Paul Dominic Priestman, Bernd Rudolf Sichert, Martin Gabriel Urtubey