Patents by Inventor Jurgen Roekens

Jurgen Roekens 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).

  • Publication number: 20110239677
    Abstract: The present application provides a chest cooler for dispensing products. The chest cooler may include a first product compartment with a first transparent panel and a second product compartment with a second transparent panel. The second product compartment may include a slanted floor leading to the second transparent panel such that a first number of the number of products may be positioned on the slanted floor and may be visible through the second transparent panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2010
    Publication date: October 6, 2011
    Applicant: THE COCA-COLA COMPANY
    Inventor: Jurgen Roekens
  • Publication number: 20110239675
    Abstract: The present application and the resultant patent provide a chest cooler for dispensing a number of products. The chest cooler may include an outer frame, a number of product compartments within the outer frame, an upper door, and a front door. The front door may include a transparent panel. Some or all of the products are accessible via either the upper door or the front door and visible through the transparent panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2011
    Publication date: October 6, 2011
    Applicant: THE COCA-COLA COMPANY
    Inventor: Jurgen Roekens
  • Publication number: 20110238209
    Abstract: A vending system for dispensing a number of products. The vending system may include an enclosure with an access point, a weighing system, a user interface, and an access system. The user interface may include a proximity card coupling device to read and write to a proximity card. The access system allows the access point of the enclosure to be opened in response to the user interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2010
    Publication date: September 29, 2011
    Applicant: THE COCA-COLA COMPANY
    Inventors: Jurgen Roekens, Willy Van Esch
  • Publication number: 20110238210
    Abstract: The present application provides a vending system for dispensing a number of products. The vending system may include a number of enclosures with each of the enclosures including an access system, a weighing system positioned about the enclosures, and a user interface in communication with the access systems and the weighing system. The weighing system may be adapted to determine the number of products removed from the enclosures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2010
    Publication date: September 29, 2011
    Applicant: THE COCA-COLA COMPANY
    Inventor: Jurgen Roekens
  • Publication number: 20110226794
    Abstract: The present application provides a product vending module for vending a number of products. The product vending module may include a product row, a product gate positioned about the product row, and a product locking system in communication with the product gate. The product locking system may include a latch and a biased base such that releasing the latch allows the product gate to be opened and one of the number of products to be removed therefrom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2010
    Publication date: September 22, 2011
    Applicant: THE COCA-COLA COMPANY
    Inventors: Bart Carpentier, Jurgen Roekens, Antonio Feltrin, Willy Van Esch, Jacobus Petrus Maria Dessing
  • Publication number: 20110226793
    Abstract: The present application provides a vendor for vending a number of products. The vendor may include a cooler and a vending device positioned within the cooler. The vending device may include a number of product shelves with a number of product gates and one or more product locking systems that permit the removal of only one product at a time from the product gates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2010
    Publication date: September 22, 2011
    Applicant: THE COCA-COLA COMPANY
    Inventors: Jurgen Roekens, Antonio Feltrin, Willy Van Esch
  • Patent number: 7627925
    Abstract: A spoiler for a windshield wiper blade having least one retaining tab (16) and at least one detent element, disposed on the retaining tab, that is intended to snap onto a support bracket (10) of the windshield wiper blade, and that has two detent tabs (28), is to be further developed in such a way that reliable positioning on the support bracket is possible. To that end, the detent element (18) has two contact parts (22), which are disposed spaced apart from one another in the longitudinal direction of the spoiler (14). The two detent tabs (28) are disposed between the contact parts (22).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2009
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventor: Jurgen Roekens
  • Publication number: 20080011771
    Abstract: A vending machine for dispensing a number of containers. The vending machine may include a shelf system and a vend belt system positioned about the shelf system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2006
    Publication date: January 17, 2008
    Applicant: THE COCA-COLA COMPANY
    Inventors: Jurgen Roekens, Willy Van Esch, Laurent Houtsaeger
  • Patent number: 7048147
    Abstract: A drink dispensing head incorporating a Venturi valve to utilize the motive force of a high pressure liquid to draw a low pressure liquid into the dispensing head without the need for additional pumps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2006
    Assignee: The Coca-Cola Company
    Inventors: Jurgens Roekens, Willy Van Esch, Gary A. Short
  • Patent number: 7048148
    Abstract: A drink dispensing head incorporating a Venturi valve to utilize the motive force of a high pressure liquid to draw a low pressure liquid into the dispensing head without the need for a pumping means. A Venturi valve incorporated into a remote valve structure for adding a bonus flavor to a regular beverage dispenser without altering the existing valve structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2006
    Assignee: The Coca-Cola Company
    Inventors: Jurgens Roekens, Paul Haskayne, Gary A. Short
  • Publication number: 20050072798
    Abstract: Please substitute the amended abstract below for the originally filed abstract: A drink dispensing head incorporating a Venturi valve to utilize the motive force of a high pressure liquid to draw a low pressure liquid into the dispensing head without the need for additional pumps.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2003
    Publication date: April 7, 2005
    Inventors: Jurgen Roekens, Willy Esch, Gary Short
  • Publication number: 20040217129
    Abstract: A drink dispensing head incorporating a Venturi valve to utilize the motive force of a high pressure liquid to draw a low pressure liquid into the dispensing head without the need for a pumping means. A Venturi valve incorporated into a remote valve structure for adding a bonus flavor to a regular beverage dispenser without altering the existing valve structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2004
    Publication date: November 4, 2004
    Applicant: The Coca-Cola Company
    Inventors: Jurgens Roekens, Paul Haskayne, Gary A. Short
  • Patent number: 6808083
    Abstract: A vending machine for dispensing a first number of products and a second number of products. The vending machine may include a product compartment. The product compartment may include a first column with the first products and a second column with the second products. A dispensing path may be positioned about the product compartment so as to dispense the first products without heating. A heating device may be positioned adjacent to the product compartment for heating the second products. A positioning device may be positioned about the second column to maneuver the second products to the heating device and the dispensing path so as to dispense the second products as heated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2004
    Assignee: The Coca-Cola Company
    Inventors: Jurgen Roekens, Willy Van Esch, Bart Carpentier
  • Patent number: 6779223
    Abstract: A connecting piece for connecting a wiper arm with a wiper blade, having three different fastening systems for wiper arms, so that a multiplicity of wiper arms can be received.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2004
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventor: Jurgen Roekens
  • Patent number: 6760951
    Abstract: A wiper blade for cleaning motor vehicle windows includes a wiper strip (12) which is held by a support bracket system (10) and is encompassed by a laterally closed protective profile (14, 22, 24). The protective profile (14, 22) is closed in the longitudinal direction (38, 40) on at least one end by a cover (16, 18, 20), which can be used to open and close the protective profile (14, 22).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2004
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Paul Wynen, Dirk Herinckx, Jurgen Roekens
  • Patent number: D540876
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2007
    Assignee: The Coca-Cola Company
    Inventors: Jurgen Roekens, Peter-Geert Frank Boers, Hugo Smid, David Dos Santos Antonio
  • Patent number: D544919
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2007
    Assignee: The Coca-Cola Company
    Inventors: Jurgen Roekens, Hugo Smid
  • Patent number: D544920
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2007
    Assignee: The Coca-Cola Company
    Inventors: Jurgen Roekens, Hugo Smid
  • Patent number: D594482
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2009
    Assignee: The Coca-Cola Company
    Inventors: Jurgen Roekens, Hugo Smid, Stefano Menghini
  • Patent number: D646307
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2011
    Assignee: The Coca-Cola Company
    Inventors: Laurenz Schaffer, Supavanichyanont Tithima, Tommy Forsgren, Sonja Schiefer, Olivier Molody, Carie A. Davis, Vincent Voron, Krista Webb, Jurgen Roekens