Patents by Inventor Helmuth Konig

Helmuth Konig 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).

  • Patent number: 7523841
    Abstract: A magazine (3) for a tablet dispenser (1) for receiving and sequentially dispensing tablets (T) consists of a housing (4) which is substantially cuboid and is open on the longitudinal side (5), receives a longitudinally guided slider (6) and a helical spring (8) supported between the slider (6) and the housing floor (7) and comprises an output device (10) at the housing head (9) which is opposite of the housing floor (7), with the helical spring (8) engaging with its floor-side end (11) of the winding in a clamping gap (12) in the region of the floor of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2009
    Assignee: PEZ International AG
    Inventor: Helmuth König
  • Publication number: 20030132239
    Abstract: A magazine (3) for a tablet dispenser (1) for receiving and sequentially dispensing tablets (T) consists of a housing (4) which is substantially cuboid and is open on the longitudinal side (5), receives a longitudinally guided slider (6) and a helical spring (8) supported between the slider (6) and the housing floor (7) and comprises an output device (10) at the housing head (9) which is opposite of the housing floor (7), with the helical spring (8) engaging with its floor-side end (11) of the winding in a clamping gap (12) in the region of the floor of the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2002
    Publication date: July 17, 2003
    Inventor: Helmuth Konig
  • Patent number: 5984285
    Abstract: A plastic spring consists essentially of a spring support, a web rigidly supported on the spring support, a first spring tongue attached to the web, and at least one auxiliary spring tongue extending from the web between the first spring tongue and the spring support, the spring tongues being parallel to each other. The spring characteristic of such a plastic spring may be adapted to different conditions independently of the material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 16, 1999
    Assignee: Haas Beteiligungsgesellschaft m.b.H.
    Inventors: Helmuth Konig, Gunther Leitner