Patents by Inventor Silvio Marti

Silvio Marti 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: 7650653
    Abstract: A self-contained, modular electrically-operated faucets is disclosed which has all of its components which are likely to need replacement over the life of the device contained in removable modules which may be quickly and easily removed and replaced without necessitating the removal of the device from its installed location. The modular electrically-operated faucet of the present invention is configurable to be either deck mountable or wall mountable, and to allow either a conventional faucet spout or a gooseneck spout to be mounted thereupon. Optionally, when the modules of the modular electrically-operated faucet of the present invention are accessed for removal and replacement, the flow of water through the device may be automatically deactivated by merely removing the housing of the modular electrically-operated faucet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2010
    Assignee: Geberit Technik AG
    Inventors: Dwight N. Johnson, Anthony Raul Martinez, James Bobic, Silvio Marti
  • Publication number: 20070108400
    Abstract: A self-contained, modular electrically-operated faucets is disclosed which has all of its components which are likely to need replacement over the life of the device contained in removable modules which may be quickly and easily removed and replaced without necessitating the removal of the device from its installed location. The modular electrically-operated faucet of the present invention is configurable to be either deck mountable or wall mountable, and to allow either a conventional faucet spout or a gooseneck spout to be mounted thereupon. Optionally, when the modules of the modular electrically-operated faucet of the present invention are accessed for removal and replacement, the flow of water through the device may be automatically deactivated by merely removing the housing of the modular electrically-operated faucet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2005
    Publication date: May 17, 2007
    Inventors: Dwight Johnson, Anthony Martinez, James Bobic, Silvio Marti
  • Publication number: 20070068583
    Abstract: A motor-driven hydraulic valve cartridge is used for controlling a flow of fluid through a cavity in a fluid circuit external to the valve cartridge. The valve cartridge includes a valve apparatus and a motor joined into a unitary structure adapted for removable attachment to the external fluid circuit. The unitary structure has a wetted portion thereof including a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet of the valve cartridge, with the wetted portion being disposed to extend into the cavity when the valve cartridge is attached to the external fluid circuit. The valve apparatus has a rotatable element for controlling fluid flow between the inlet and the outlet of the valve cartridge. The motor is fixedly attached to the valve apparatus, and operatively connected to the rotatable element of the valve apparatus for selectively controlling a flow of fluid from the inlet to the outlet of the valve cartridge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2005
    Publication date: March 29, 2007
    Inventors: Dwight Johnson, Silvio Marti
  • Patent number: 6405411
    Abstract: The clasp comprises a coupling element with which the cheek plate elements adjacent to a closed position and comprising a coupling bolt for a closing device can be provisionally connected. The coupling element is a bracket which is mounted at its one end so that it can pivot on the coupling bolt of the one cheek plate element and which can be connected by its other end to the other cheek plate element in such a manner that this other end is movably mounted in the coupled position on the other cheek plate element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2002
    Assignee: Geberit Technik AG
    Inventors: Rudolf Allemann, Silvio Marti
  • Patent number: 6182302
    Abstract: The flush-mounted flush tank has a tank body with a bottom wall, side walls with a front wall and a cover wall as well as an inspection opening. The front wall and the cover wall each have an inspection opening, which can be arranged optionally for actuation from the top or for actuation from the front at the time of mounting. The inspection opening not in use is covered with a closing plate. Only one tank body is needed for the two usual types of actuation, which substantially simplifies stock keeping and mounting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2001
    Assignee: Geberit Technik AG
    Inventors: Silvio Marti, Mario Von Ballmoos
  • Patent number: 6035589
    Abstract: The framework has at least one vertical support column (3), into which a telescopically height-adjustable foot (4) connected to the support column (3) is inserted. An approximate presetting and subsequently a fine height adjustment are possible by means of a height-adjustable adjusting member (15), which is self-supporting at the foot (4).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2000
    Assignee: Geberit Technik AG
    Inventors: Peter Schmucki, Silvio Marti, Alfred Mahler
  • Patent number: 5839867
    Abstract: The wall support including at least one connecting piece arranged at the mounting frame and a fastening part fixed to a free end of the connecting piece. The fastening part is to be fixed at a building wall. The connecting piece grips into an opening of a hollow profile of the mounting frame and is arranged at a pre-mountable insertion piece, disposed behind this opening in the hollow profile. The insertion piece and the connecting piece form preferably a unit, which is locked into a bore of the hollow profile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 24, 1998
    Assignee: Geberit Technik AG
    Inventors: Peter Schmucki, Silvio Marti, Alfred Mahler
  • Patent number: 5797572
    Abstract: The device has a mounting frame with a nut housing, into which a threaded rod is inserted. The threaded rod has interrupted teeth and meshes with a nut, which likewise has interrupted teeth. An adjustable carrier, with which the threaded rod can be detachably fixed at each depth of insertion, is arranged behind the nut. A time-consuming screwing in and out of the threaded rod as well as fixing with a lock nut are avoided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 1996
    Date of Patent: August 25, 1998
    Assignee: Geberit Technik AG
    Inventors: Peter Schmucki, Silvio Marti