Patents by Inventor Matthias Knoke

Matthias Knoke 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).

  • Front-loading washing machine
    Patent number: 7263863
    Abstract: A front loading washing machine with a housing, a sudsing container and a drum having openings in substantially coaxial alignment, the sudsing container and the housing being connected by a folding bellows surrounding marginal portions of their respective openings and provided with a crease. An extension protruding into a gap between the crease and the rim of the opening of the drum, with the rim, the upper end of the extension and a portion of the crease being in at least partial coaxial alignment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2007
    Assignee: Miele & Cie. KG.
    Inventors: Martin Brinkmann, Egon Brockschmidt, Matthias Knoke, Andreas Kratzsch, Ralf Kretschmer, Wilhelm Sebeikat
  • Front-loading washing machine
    Publication number: 20050126231
    Abstract: A front loading washing machine with a housing, a sudsing container and a drum having openings in substantially coaxial alignment, the sudsing container and the housing being connected by a folding bellows surrounding marginal portions of their respective openings and provided with a crease. An extension protruding into a gap between the crease and the rim of the opening of the drum, with the rim, the upper end of the extension and a portion of the crease being in at least partial coaxial alignment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2004
    Publication date: June 16, 2005
    Inventors: Martin Brinkmann, Egon Brockschmidt, Matthias Knoke, Andreas Kratzsch, Ralf Kretschmer, Wilhelm Sebeikat