Patents by Inventor Manfred Bloch

Manfred Bloch 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).

  • Method of and apparatus for cleaning and filling containers
    Patent number: 5000661
    Abstract: Containers such as beer kegs are cleaned and filled by movement along a linear treatment line, in step-wise fashion, and delivery to movable filling stations which are alternately brought into alignment with the treatment line. The filling procedure is accomplished continuously while the containers are moving, the filling station motion having a directional component which is angularly related to the axis of the treatment line, away from and back to the position of alignment with the treatment line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 1989
    Date of Patent: March 19, 1991
    Assignee: Leifeld & Lemke Maschinenfabrik GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Manfred Bloch, Manfred Gutapel, Manfred Schepper, Wolfgang Stein