Patents by Inventor Helmut Graff

Helmut Graff 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: 20170073207
    Abstract: A treatment head for use in a container-treatment machine includes two channels with a spray nozzle connecting to one of the channels. The channel connected to the spray nozzle carries a cleaning medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2016
    Publication date: March 16, 2017
    Inventor: Helmut Graff
  • Patent number: 9475681
    Abstract: A filling element for a container treatment machine for filling containers with a liquid filling material includes a first channel formed in a filling element housing and forming a dispensing opening for controlled dispensing of filing material into a container, and a second channel formed in or on the housing for delivering a cleaning or disinfecting medium. On an outer face of the housing, a spray nozzle or spray-nozzle assembly connects to the second channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: KHS GmbH
    Inventor: Helmut Graff
  • Publication number: 20130284309
    Abstract: A filling element for a container treatment machine for filling containers with a liquid filling material includes a first channel formed in a filling element housing and forming a dispensing opening for controlled dispensing of filing material into a container, and a second channel formed in or on the housing for delivering a cleaning or disinfecting medium. On an outer face of the housing, a spray nozzle or spray-nozzle assembly connects to the second channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2011
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Applicant: KHS GmbH
    Inventor: Helmut Graff
  • Patent number: 5190084
    Abstract: A filling element for filling machines is provided and includes a liquid flow valve, which comprises a valve body that can be moved back and forth in a filling element axis between a position that closes the liquid flow valve off and a position that opens this valve. Also provided is an electrical probe for determining filling heights of liquid material in containers. The probe includes a first probe element that projects beyond the underside of the filling element and has an electrode, and a second probe element that at least partially surrounds at least part of the first probe element. The lower end of the second probe element is spaced further from the underside of the filling element than is the first probe element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 1991
    Date of Patent: March 2, 1993
    Assignee: Seitz Enzinger Noll Maschinebau Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Egbert Diehl, Karl Lorenz, Helmut Graff, Bernd Link, Ludwig Clusserath, Klaus Kaiser