Patents by Inventor Klaus Butzke

Klaus Butzke 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: 11491498
    Abstract: A shower jet outlet device and a shower head equipped therewith have a jet disk with at least one jet disk opening and a jet outlet element disposed in the jet disk opening. The jet outlet element is pot-shaped with an outlet-side bottom, a side wall and a hollow chamber delimited by the bottom and the side wall. The bottom faces in the jet outlet direction and includes fine jet openings. The bottom and the side wall are made of an elastic material and the jet outlet element is configured to deform by bulging of its bottom and/or its side wall, in response to fluid pressure in the hollow chamber when operating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: Hansgrohe SE
    Inventors: Klaus Butzke, Steffen Erath, Guenter Glunk, Marc Kalmbach
  • Patent number: 11014102
    Abstract: A shower jet generating device for a shower head, illustratively for a sanitary shower head, including a shower jet disk delimiting a fluid chamber on an outlet side and including at least one jet outlet opening leading out of the fluid chamber and at least one overpressure valve opening, and comprising at least one overpressure valve disposed on the overpressure valve opening. The overpressure valve illustratively includes an overpressure outlet opening leading out of the fluid chamber, an immobile valve seat and a valve body capable of movement controlled by a fluid pressure in the fluid chamber and interacting with the valve seat, which valve body, in a normal pressure position, rests against the valve seat, thereby closing the overpressure outlet opening, and, in an overpressure position, is lifted off the valve seat, thereby exposing the overpressure outlet opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: Hansgrohe SE
    Inventors: Klaus Butzke, Marc Kalmbach, Ulrich Kinle
  • Publication number: 20190224697
    Abstract: A shower jet generating device for a shower head, illustratively for a sanitary shower head, including a shower jet disk delimiting a fluid chamber on an outlet side and including at least one jet outlet opening leading out of the fluid chamber and at least one overpressure valve opening, and comprising at least one overpressure valve disposed on the overpressure valve opening. The overpressure valve illustratively includes an overpressure outlet opening leading out of the fluid chamber, an immobile valve seat and a valve body capable of movement controlled by a fluid pressure in the fluid chamber and interacting with the valve seat, which valve body, in a normal pressure position, rests against the valve seat, thereby closing the overpressure outlet opening, and, in an overpressure position, is lifted off the valve seat, thereby exposing the overpressure outlet opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2019
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Inventors: Klaus Butzke, Marc Kalmbach, Ulrich Kinle
  • Patent number: 10335807
    Abstract: A shower head comprising has a shower base body (2?) and a jet disk structure (3) disposed on the shower base body. The jet disk structure (3) includes plural jet disk elements (4) that are individually and detachably fixable to the shower base body (2) and each forms a partial jet disk surface (5) of a total jet disk surface. Furthermore, the shower base body has a distinct fluid supply (7) for each of the jet disk elements. The structure can be embodied, for example, as a shower-bath shower head, in particular for an overhead, hand-held and/or side shower, for providing a water jet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: Hansgrohe SE
    Inventors: Klaus Butzke, Marc Kalmbach
  • Publication number: 20180178225
    Abstract: A shower jet outlet device and a shower head equipped therewith have a jet disk with at least one jet disk opening and a jet outlet element disposed in the jet disk opening. The jet outlet element is pot-shaped with an outlet-side bottom, a side wall and a hollow chamber delimited by the bottom and the side wall. The bottom faces in the jet outlet direction and includes fine jet openings. The bottom and the side wall are made of an elastic material and the jet outlet element is configured to deform by bulging of its bottom and/or its side wall, in response to fluid pressure in the hollow chamber when operating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2017
    Publication date: June 28, 2018
    Applicant: Hansgrohe SE
    Inventors: Klaus Butzke, Steffen Erath, Guenter Glunk, Marc Kalmbach
  • Patent number: 9931650
    Abstract: The invention relates to a spray device having a fluid outlet structure that forms a spray jet, said fluid outlet structure having a plurality of jet outlet units of which at least two are configured as multi-duct jet outlet units having in each case at least one first outlet duct and at least one second outlet duct fluidically separated from the first. Moreover, the spray device has a fluid guide which is designed to conduct a fluid supplied to the spray device selectively to the first outlet ducts or to the second outlet ducts. According to the invention, a minimum spacing (A12) between the outlet ducts of each particular multi-duct jet outlet unit (2) is smaller than a minimum spacing between the outlet ducts of in each case two multi-duct jet outlet units, and/or in at least one multi-duct jet outlet unit, a second outlet duct or a group of a plurality of second outlet ducts is arranged so as to surround a first outlet duct at least around a part of its circumference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignee: Hansgrohe SE
    Inventors: Klaus Butzke, Marc Kalmbach
  • Publication number: 20170159272
    Abstract: The invention relates to a sanitary fitting, in particular a washstand faucet or a kitchen faucet, comprising a faucet housing (2) including a water inlet and a water outlet. The sanitary fitting according to the invention comprises a jet selector device (7) which is displaceably held downstream of the water outlet of the faucet housing and includes at least two different jet-forming bodies (6a, 6b, 6c) which are capable of being transferred selectively into or off a fluid communication with the water outlet by an actuation move of the jet selector device. Use for kitchen sink showers, for example.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2016
    Publication date: June 8, 2017
    Inventors: Klaus Butzke, Daniel Philipp Dieterle, Ulrich Kinle, Sven Kleinwaechter, Markus Woehrle
  • Publication number: 20170157627
    Abstract: The invention relates to a shower head comprising a shower base body (2?) and a jet disk structure (3) disposed on the shower base body. With the shower head according to the invention as claimed the jet disk structure (3) includes a plurality of jet disk elements (4). The jet disk elements are individually and detachably fixable to the shower base body (2) and each form a partial jet disk surface (5) of a total jet disk surface. Furthermore, the shower base body has a distinct fluid supply (7) for each of the jet disk elements. Use, e.g., as a shower-bath shower head, in particular for an overhead, hand-held and/or side shower, for providing a water jet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2016
    Publication date: June 8, 2017
    Inventors: Klaus Butzke, Marc Kalmbach
  • Publication number: 20160332173
    Abstract: The invention relates to a spray device having a fluid outlet structure that forms a spray jet, said fluid outlet structure having a plurality of jet outlet units of which at least two are configured as multi-duct jet outlet units having in each case at least one first outlet duct and at least one second outlet duct fluidically separated from the first. Moreover, the spray device has a fluid guide which is designed to conduct a fluid supplied to the spray device selectively to the first outlet ducts or to the second outlet ducts. According to the invention, a minimum spacing (A12) between the outlet ducts of each particular multi-duct jet outlet unit (2) is smaller than a minimum spacing between the outlet ducts of in each case two multi-duct jet outlet units, and/or in at least one multi-duct jet outlet unit, a second outlet duct or a group of a plurality of second outlet ducts is arranged so as to surround a first outlet duct at least around a part of its circumference.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2015
    Publication date: November 17, 2016
    Inventors: Klaus Butzke, Marc Kalmbach
  • Patent number: 9199252
    Abstract: A shower device according to the invention includes a shower head housing having a jet disk and a multiplicity of jet outlet openings. The jet outlet openings are divided into multiple groups of jet outlet openings. For each group of jet outlet openings, a distinct chamber is formed in the shower head housing. A water inlet can for example be connected by means of a change-over valve to in each case one of the chambers fluidic in parallel. The two chambers are arranged consecutively in the shower head housing. The water exiting the rear chamber as viewed relative to the jet disk can for example pass through the front chamber in a sealed channel or as a jet, which passes through a larger opening of the jet disk.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2015
    Assignee: Hansgrohe SE
    Inventors: Franz Schorn, Klaus Butzke, Markus Wöhrle, Fabian Melle, Juergen Buehler, Sven Kleinwaechter
  • Publication number: 20140014743
    Abstract: A shower device according to the invention includes a shower head housing having a jet disk and a multiplicity of jet outlet openings. The jet outlet openings are divided into multiple groups of jet outlet openings. For each group of jet outlet openings, a distinct chamber is formed in the shower head housing. A water inlet can for example be connected by means of a change-over valve to in each case one of the chambers fluidic in parallel. The two chambers are arranged consecutively in the shower head housing. The water exiting the rear chamber as viewed relative to the jet disk can for example pass through the front chamber in a sealed channel or as a jet, which passes through a larger opening of the jet disk.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2013
    Publication date: January 16, 2014
    Inventors: Franz SCHORN, Klaus BUTZKE, Markus WÖHRLE, Fabian MELLE, Juergen BUEHLER, Sven KLEINWAECHTER
  • Publication number: 20080011880
    Abstract: The invention relates to a shower head that can be used, for example, as a hand-held shower attachment. The shower head contains an aerating device that is capable of supplying all jet outlet elements (16) of the jet disc (18) with aerated water. The air required for this is aspirated at a number of locations and mixed with the water with the aid of a number of nozzles (14) inside the shower head. The aerated water already present inside at least one chamber (17) leaves this chamber and then passes through the jet outlet elements (16) into the open.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2005
    Publication date: January 17, 2008
    Inventors: Klaus Butzke, Franz Schorn
  • Publication number: 20070220670
    Abstract: A hand shower contains a lamp preferably formed by LEDs that emits light through the jet disk, at least when the hand shower is being used. The power is supplied to the lamp from a battery that is in the handle of the hand shower. In a fixed seat, there is a charger that charges the battery in the hand shower when the hand shower is inserted in the seat. To couple the charger to the battery, there is a coupling device that has one coupling element in the seat and one in the hand shower. The coupling device can function with or without contacts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2005
    Publication date: September 27, 2007
    Inventors: Markus Woehrle, Franz Schorn, Ulrich Kienle, Helgrid Stoesser, Klaus Butzke