Patents by Inventor Michael Steffl

Michael Steffl 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).

  • Publication number: 20050028682
    Abstract: A fruit press containing a centrally arranged element projecting upward from a base to a tip. The element base has an outer annular surface for the pressing of fruit. The annular surface having ridges on the outer surface that run from the base to the tip. The outer surface having trough-like recesses between the ridges with a cross-section substantially in the form of a circle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2004
    Publication date: February 10, 2005
    Applicant: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgerate GmbH
    Inventors: Michael Steffl, Marko Areh, Stanislav Mazej, Igor Zibret, Peter Brezovnik, Henrik Pavlovic
  • Publication number: 20050028683
    Abstract: A fruit juicer has a rotating, upwardly-tapering, centrally-disposed, projecting element, for the pressing of a fruit. The element is surrounded by a collector dish, into which a stationary wall of a fixed annular body extends downwards. A device for compressing the fruit pulp, and thus squeezing additional juice out of the pulp, is formed on the wall. On rotating the collector dish with a motor drive the compression device forces the pulp of the fruit downwards in a generally wedge direction. The additional compression device is one or more blades that are fixed to or formed on the inner side of the projecting wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2004
    Publication date: February 10, 2005
    Inventors: Marko Areh, Stanislav Mazej, Michael Steffl
  • Publication number: 20050011373
    Abstract: A juicer has a tilting collecting dish that permits simple, loss-free pouring out of the fruit juice. It is unnecessary to remove the squeeze element with which the citrus fruit was pressed and/or the collecting container surrounding the squeeze element, from which the fruit juice drops into the collecting dish. In order to tilt the collecting dish, two opposing projections are provided on the outer side of the jacket wall thereof, which lie rotatably of pivotally in recesses on the inside of the housing wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2004
    Publication date: January 20, 2005
    Inventors: Marko Areh, Peter Brezovnik, Siegmund Kramer, Stanislav Mazej, Henrik Pavlovic, Michael Steffl, Igor Zibret
  • Publication number: 20040222267
    Abstract: A motorized kitchen appliance, especially a fruit press, includes a drive shaft which is prevented from being pulled out by a circlip that is mounted in a bead on the drive shaft. The circlip is prevented from rotating through the use of two legs and a housing part, that is a rod, which engages between the legs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2004
    Publication date: November 11, 2004
    Inventors: Marko Areh, Peter Brezovnik, Henrik Pavlovic, Michael Steffl, Igor Zibret
  • Publication number: 20040187710
    Abstract: A juicer is driven by an electric motor. The juicer is provided with a centrally-arranged, projecting, upwardly-tapering element, for the pressing of a fruit. The pressing element may be driven by a driveshaft, connected to the element. The driveshaft may be displaced in the axial direction. By pressing downwards on the element, the driveshaft is pressed against a switching means and the electric motor switched on thereby.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2004
    Publication date: September 30, 2004
    Inventors: Marko Areh, Peter Brezovnik, Siegmund Kramer, Stanislav Mazej, Henrik Pavlovic, Michael Steffl, Igor Zibret
  • Publication number: 20040163551
    Abstract: A fruit juicer includes an additional switch that determines the speed at which the fruit juicer, i.e., the element that receives the fruit to be squeezed out, revolves. A button, disposed on the outer wall of the housing, actuates a microcontroller such that more power is supplied to the electric motor to make it revolve at a higher speed. The inventive fruit juicer, therefore, allows the juice to be squeezed out from the pulp already removed from the fruit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2004
    Publication date: August 26, 2004
    Inventors: Marko Areh, Peter Brezovnik, Siegmund Kramer, Stanislav Mazej, Henrik Pavlovic, Michael Steffl, Igor Zibret