Patents by Inventor Karl Kechele

Karl Kechele 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: 6510564
    Abstract: A vacuum toilet system comprises a plurality of toilets, a collecting tank, a conduit system that connects the plurality of toilets with the collecting tank, and a vacuum generator that is connected in a fluidic manner to the collecting tank. The conduit system further comprises a main duct and a plurality of branch ducts, via which the plurality of toilets are connected to said main duct and which discharge into the main duct at an acute angle formed with a component that is pointed in a delivery direction in the main duct, wherein the branch ducts describe curved sections adjacent to a respective inflow thereof having a curvature mid-point of a respective mid-line of the curved sections of the branch ducts being located behind a respective inflow point of a center line in the main duct with regard to the delivery direction in said main duct.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2003
    Assignee: AOA Apparatebau Gauting GmbH
    Inventors: Kent Karlsson, Karl Kechele, Yavuz M. Dedegil
  • Patent number: 6330725
    Abstract: A vacuum toilet system for a vehicle, notably a passenger aircraft, comprising a plurality of toilets (1), a collecting tank (4), a duct system (3) which connects the toilets (1) with the collecting tank (4) via one flush valve (2) per toilet, a vacuum generator (5) which is connected to the collecting tank (4) in a fluidic manner, a flush water tank (8) and a flush water system (9), which connects the toilets (1) via one flush water valve (10) each and/or via a flush water pump with the flush water tank (8). A flush control (11) which acts on the flush valve (2) and the flush water valve (10) or flush water pump of the individual toilets (1) and can be actuated via an actuating means (12) assigned to the toilet. A standard flush program is stored in said control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2001
    Assignee: AOA Apparatebau Gauting GmbH
    Inventors: Kent Karlsson, Karl Kechele