Patents by Inventor Herbert Berkenkoetter

Herbert Berkenkoetter 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: 8469017
    Abstract: A baking oven includes a vapor duct configured to convey vapors generated in the baking oven, and a catalyst disposed in the vapor duct so that the vapors pass through the catalyst. A controller is included, and a humidity sensor is disposed downstream of the catalyst and connected in signal communication with the controller. The humidity sensor is a semiconductor gas sensor. The vapor duct is bounded, in a section of the duct between the catalyst and a location downstream of the semiconductor gas sensor, by an airtight duct wall in a direction transverse to a direction of vapor flow in the vapor duct.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2013
    Assignee: Miele & Cie. KG
    Inventors: Herbert Berkenkoetter, Ulrich Sillmen
  • Patent number: 7997263
    Abstract: A baking oven and method for controlling the exhaust flow from a cooking chamber of the baking oven. The exhaust flow is discharged from the oven by a fan. The method includes increasing the speed of the fan and measuring the gas concentration of the cooking chamber during a first time interval. The gas concentration is measured using a gas sensor. At the beginning of the first time interval, an initial gas concentration is measured. During the first time interval a fan speed is selected at which the measured gas concentration varies from the initial gas concentration. The speed of the fan is set for a second time interval as a function of the selected fan speed from the first time interval.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2011
    Assignee: Miele & Cie. KG
    Inventors: Herbert Berkenkoetter, Thomas Kruempelmann, Ulrich Sillmen
  • Patent number: 7699237
    Abstract: A baking oven and a method for controlling the exhaust flow from a cooking chamber of the baking oven, the flow being discharged by a fan. The method includes increasing a speed of the fan during a first time interval after. A first temperature of the baking oven is measured using a first temperature sensor during the first time interval. At the same time a second temperature of the baking oven is measured using a second temperature sensor. An electronic controller is used to determine the temperature difference between the temperatures during the first time interval. At a selected fan speed, the determined temperature difference varies from an initial temperature difference measured at the beginning of the first time interval. The controller sets at least one of the fan speed and a position of a bypass damper as a function of the selected fan speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2010
    Assignee: Miele & Cie. KG
    Inventors: Herbert Berkenkoetter, Ulrich Sillmen
  • Publication number: 20090165770
    Abstract: A baking oven includes a vapor duct configured to convey vapors generated in the baking oven, and a catalyst disposed in the vapor duct so that the vapors pass through the catalyst. A controller is included, and a humidity sensor is disposed downstream of the catalyst and connected in signal communication with the controller. The humidity sensor is a semiconductor gas sensor. The vapor duct is bounded, in a section of the duct between the catalyst and a location downstream of the semiconductor gas sensor, by an airtight duct wall in a direction transverse to a direction of vapor flow in the vapor duct.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2005
    Publication date: July 2, 2009
    Applicant: Miele & Cie. KG
    Inventors: Herbert Berkenkoetter, Ulrich Sillmen
  • Publication number: 20080066661
    Abstract: A baking oven and a method for controlling the exhaust flow from a cooking chamber of the baking oven, the flow being discharged by a fan. The method includes increasing a speed of the fan during a first time interval after. A first temperature of the baking oven is measured using a first temperature sensor during the first time interval. At the same time a second temperature of the baking oven is measured using a second temperature sensor. An electronic controller is used to determine the temperature difference between the temperatures during the first time interval. At a selected fan speed, the determined temperature difference varies from an initial temperature difference measured at the beginning of the first time interval. The controller sets at least one of the fan speed and a position of a bypass damper as a function of the selected fan speed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2007
    Publication date: March 20, 2008
    Applicant: MIELE & CIE. KG
    Inventors: Herbert Berkenkoetter, Ulrich Sillmen
  • Publication number: 20080066732
    Abstract: A baking oven and method for controlling the exhaust flow from a cooking chamber of the baking oven. The exhaust flow is discharged from the oven by a fan. The method includes increasing the speed of the fan and measuring the gas concentration of the cooking chamber during a first time interval. The gas concentration is measured using a gas sensor. At the beginning of the first time interval, an initial gas concentration is measured. During the first time interval a fan speed is selected at which the measured gas concentration varies from the initial gas concentration. The speed of the fan is set for a second time interval as a function of the selected fan speed from the first time interval.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2007
    Publication date: March 20, 2008
    Applicant: MIELE & CIE. KG
    Inventors: Herbert Berkenkoetter, Thomas Kruempelmann, Ulrich Sillmen
  • Patent number: 6372290
    Abstract: The invention relates to a carrier material having an inorganic molecular structure and a surface coating produced by applying a substance and by heat treatment. The invention also relates to a method for the production and to the appropriate uses of said surface coating. Carrier materials made of glass, metal or ceramic should be provided with a surface coating with anti-sticking properties against water-based and/or oil-based organic materials or water-oil emulsions while exhibiting at the same time essentially better temperature-resistant and anti-scratch characteristics than conventional PTFE or silicon coatings. The requirements are met by an inventive surface coating consisting of a combination of inorganic molecules of the carrier material and organic molecules of an applied substance on the uppermost molecular layer of said coating. In order to produce such a surface, an inorganic substance with silicone-like networks is initially applied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2002
    Assignee: Miele & Cie. GmbH. & Co.
    Inventors: Herbert Berkenkoetter, Friedel Kaup, Thomas Kruempelmann, Walter Mangen, Ulrich Sillmen