Patents by Inventor Johny VAN DE KOOT

Johny VAN DE KOOT 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).

  • Shower system
    Patent number: 11220809
    Abstract: The shower system has a heat exchanger located in compartment vertically adjacent to the wall of the shower space and closed off by an openable or removable panel. The heat exchanger comprising a helically winding heat exchange conduit with successive windings around a vertical axis in said compartment above the floor of the shower space. A pump coupled to the shower drain pumps warm water to a warm water feed of the heat exchanger, from where it is sprayed on a top winding of the heat exchange conduit. Tap water is fed to the shower head successively via the heat exchange conduit and a heater and/or a mixing element for mixing water from the heat exchanger with water from a supply input for external hot water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignees: Nederlandse Organisatie voor toegepast-natuurwetenschappelijk onderzoek TNO, Hametech Holding B. V., Wilmar Holding B. V.
    Inventors: Peter Jacobs, Richard Edward John Kemp, Erik Daniel Nennie, Bert Ter Meer, Johny Van de Koot, Wilhelm Hendrik Ligtermoet
  • SHOWER SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20200131746
    Abstract: The shower system has a heat exchanger located in compartment vertically adjacent to the wall of the shower space and closed off by an openable or removable panel. The heat exchanger comprising a helically winding heat exchange conduit with successive windings around a vertical axis in said compartment above the floor of the shower space. A pump coupled to the shower drain pumps warm water to a warm water feed of the heat exchanger, from where it is sprayed on a top winding of the heat exchange conduit. Tap water is fed to the shower head successively via the heat exchange conduit and a heater and/or a mixing element for mixing water from the heat exchanger with water from a supply input for external hot water.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2018
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Applicants: Nederlandse Organisatie voor toegepast-natuurwetenschappelijk onderzoek TNO, Hametech Holding B.V., Wilmar Holding B.V.
    Inventors: Peter JACOBS, Richard Edward John KEMP, Erik Daniel NENNIE, Bert TER MEER, Johny VAN DE KOOT, Wilhelm Hendrik LIGTERMOET