Patents by Inventor Ronald Herzfeld

Ronald Herzfeld 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: 4863302
    Abstract: A spray arrangement, particularly a brush-like body-cleaning and/or massage device, particularly a toothbrush (1) with at least a nozzle body (10') may be coupled to a hollow handle which is connectable by a hose to a water faucet. Nozzle body (10') is preferably a fluidic oscillator without moving parts. The hollow handle may receive into a metering cartridge a rod of a slow-to-dissolve active substance. The handle is provided with a removable elongated cap whose forward end may be coupled securely irrotationally with tube (5) of the cleaning brush. Moreover, the cap includes a manually actuatable water valve which is manually displaceable into the open position against a spring force and/or opposing water pressure. The water valve is preferably formed as a multi-step slide valve piston (68) with a conical shut-off member (72).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 1988
    Date of Patent: September 5, 1989
    Assignee: Thorwarth & Grebe OHG
    Inventors: Ronald Herzfeld, Karl Wydra, Herbert Grebe, Fritz Dickel, Ronald Dickel, Norbert Dickel
  • Patent number: 4634053
    Abstract: A hollow handle (1), which is connected at one end to a water hose (2), and which is connectable at the other end to a fluidic cleaning and/or massaging device, especially a mouth cleansing shower, a face cleaning brush or a denture cleaning device, comprises a dosing space (40) or takes up a separate dosing container (9, 25, 29). An effective substance is located in the dosing space or in the insertable dosing container. The dosing space or the dosing container is provided with a device (11, 27, 35, 36, 42) for dispensing a small, especially an adjustable quantity of the effective substance into the water stream guided through the hollow handle. The effective substance may be solid or liquid. Solid effective substances which are hard to dissolve are preferably shaped as rods which are insertable into a respectively adapted elongated dosing container (9), which is provided with a certain number of holes (14, 14') corresponding to the quantity of the effective substance selected to be dissolved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 1985
    Date of Patent: January 6, 1987
    Assignee: Knorr-Bremse Fluidics GmbH
    Inventors: Ronald Herzfeld, Karl Wydra, Alexander Uebel
  • Patent number: D281035
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 1983
    Date of Patent: October 22, 1985
    Inventor: Ronald Herzfeld
  • Patent number: D282316
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 1983
    Date of Patent: January 28, 1986
    Inventor: Ronald Herzfeld
  • Patent number: D282317
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 1983
    Date of Patent: January 28, 1986
    Inventor: Ronald Herzfeld
  • Patent number: D282318
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 1983
    Date of Patent: January 28, 1986
    Inventor: Ronald Herzfeld
  • Patent number: D282319
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 1983
    Date of Patent: January 28, 1986
    Inventor: Ronald Herzfeld
  • Patent number: D285262
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 1984
    Date of Patent: August 26, 1986
    Assignee: Thorwarth & Grebe OHG
    Inventor: Ronald Herzfeld