Patents by Inventor Hubert Brida

Hubert Brida 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: 7806278
    Abstract: A bottle storage device, particularly a bottle rack, is provided for at least one double row (7) including a first row (2) and a second row (3) of bottles (1) and resting on a support assembly (11), with each support assembly (11) having a first support assembly part (6) and a second support assembly part (10) for supporting the lateral surfaces (5) of the bottles (1), and a third support assembly part (8) is arranged between them for supporting the bottle necks (4) of the bottles (1), with the support assembly parts (6, 8, 10) each being spaced apart from each other. The third support assembly part (8) projects freely from a rear side of the bottle storage device, opposite the removal side, extending towards the removal side. Stops (14) are provided for the lateral surfaces (5) of the rearmost bottle (1) of the first and the second row (2, 3), which are off-set in reference to each other in a direction of the rows (2, 3).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2010
    Inventor: Hubert Brida
  • Publication number: 20090152219
    Abstract: A bottle storage device, particularly a bottle rack, is provided for at least one double row (7) including a first row (2) and a second row (3) of bottles (1) and resting on a support assembly (11), with each support assembly (11) having a first support assembly part (6) and a second support assembly part (10) for supporting the lateral surfaces (5) of the bottles (1), and a third support assembly part (8) is arranged between them for supporting the bottle necks (4) of the bottles (1), with the support assembly parts (6, 8, 10) each being spaced apart from each other. The third support assembly part (8) projects freely from a rear side of the bottle storage device, opposite the removal side, extending towards the removal side. Stops (14) are provided for the lateral surfaces (5) of the rearmost bottle (1) of the first and the second row (2, 3), which are off-set in reference to each other in a direction of the rows (2, 3).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2009
    Publication date: June 18, 2009
    Inventor: Hubert Brida
  • Patent number: 5577707
    Abstract: A slide valve including a housing having a flow channel, a slide plate for controlling flow through the channel, and a seal ring surrounding the flow channel and engaging the slide plate in its closed position and disengageable from the slide plate in its open position, with the seal ring having on its side remote for the slide plate, a plurality of circumferentially arranged recesses spaced from each other, extending in a circumferential direction, outwardly limited by key hole-shaped openings respectively, and aligned, respectively, with the bores formed in the adjacent to the seal ring, annular surface of the housing and in which a plurality of bolts are respectively displaceable, which bolts have shaped heads extending into the recesses and engageable from behind by key hold-shaped openings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 1995
    Date of Patent: November 26, 1996
    Assignee: VAT Holding AG
    Inventor: Hubert Brida