Patents by Inventor Hendrik A. Post

Hendrik A. Post 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).

  • Device for making a beverage, provided with a water boiler
    Patent number: 8094998
    Abstract: A device for making a predetermined quantity of a hot beverage includes a boiler chamber for heating water and a tubular heating element inside the boiler chamber near the bottom of the boiler chamber. A main portion of the tubular heating element extends along a helical line around a horizontal axis. The bottom of the boiler chamber includes a wall substantially having the shape of a part of cylindrical surface around the horizontal axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2012
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
    Inventors: Peter Rijskamp, Johan Kuiper, Hendrik Post, Henk Smitt, Edwin Wilco Drost
  • Device for Making a Beverage, Provided with a Water Boiler
    Publication number: 20080247740
    Abstract: A device for making a predetermined quantity of a hot beverage comprising a boiler chamber (5) for heating water and a tubular heating element (6) inside the boiler chamber (5) near the bottom (16) of the boiler chamber (5). A main portion (7) of the tubular heating (6) element extends along a substantial helical line around a substantial horizontal axis. The bottom of the boiler chamber (5) comprises a wall (16) substantially having the shape of a part of cylindrical surface around said horizontal axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2006
    Publication date: October 9, 2008
    Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V.
    Inventors: Peter Rijskamp, Johan Kuiper, Hendrik Post, Henk Smitt, Edwin Wilco Drost
  • Tape reel mounting and coupling for a magnetic-tape cassette
    Patent number: 4545550
    Abstract: In a magnetic-tape cassette having adjacent flanged reels mounted for rotation in a housing, coupling members connect the reels to the winding mandrels on a cassette apparatus. Each member has an axial portion extending through the housing for engagement by a spring which presses the reel against an apparatus reel disc, and radially resilient limbs extending in the opposite direction for engaging the mandrel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 1983
    Date of Patent: October 8, 1985
    Inventors: Joost M. Wolf, Hendrik A. Post, Willem H. Stigter, Gerard J. van der Brug, Joannes H. F. C. Sieben