Patents by Inventor Karl Germann

Karl Germann 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).

  • Machine for the automatic preparation of a beverage
    Patent number: 4724752
    Abstract: A machine, for the automatic preparation of a beverage which is extracted from a product contained in a cartridge, has at least one extraction mechanism and at least one assembly having a plurality of magazines for housing cartridges containing product to be extracted and for supplying those cartridges to a conveyor which supplies the cartridges from a magazine to a distributor which then supplies the cartridges to the extraction mechanism and which also removes cartridges from the extraction mechanism for discarding the used cartridge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 1986
    Date of Patent: February 16, 1988
    Assignee: Nestec S.A.
    Inventors: Robert Aliesch, Karl Germann