Patents by Inventor Stefan Hopp

Stefan Hopp 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: 20070199960
    Abstract: A device (1) comprises a reservoir (2), preferably having a transparent wall (8), for holding a flowable product (3) and a dispensing head (4) for discharging the product (3). The dispensing head (4) is joined to the reservoir (2) via a coupling (5), especially a threaded coupling. Provided on dispensing head (4) is an actuator device (6) for opening and closing the dispensing head (4) as desired in order to dispense product accordingly from a discharge opening (18). In order to prevent erroneous refilling with product when an empty reservoir (2) is replaced with a full reservoir (2), especially when there is a set of reservoirs (2) having different products (3) for coloring hair, it is proposed that the product (3) be a powdered or granulate hair dye and that the surface of the dispensing head (4) or the actuator device (6) have an information surface (7) that is to be assigned to the product (3). The powder or granulate form thus serves to ensure recognition of the color of the product (3).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2007
    Publication date: August 30, 2007
    Inventors: Thorsten Blum, Stefan Hopp, Sabine Kegel, Tobias Stahle
  • Publication number: 20070125810
    Abstract: In order to enable removal of any quantity of product with a container (1) with a device (2) to discharge product, particularly trickling or free-flowing product, with a reservoir (3) to hold the product, a product discharge opening (4), and a connection (5) between the reservoir (3) and the device (2), it is suggested that the container (1) have a channel (6), made of flexible material, which is provided for routing the product from the reservoir (3) up to the product discharge opening (4), that the device (2) have a clamping element (7) for optional clamping and releasing of the channel (6), that the clamping element (7) be spring-loaded in the direction of the channel (6) using a spring (8), and that an actuator device (9) be connected to the clamping element (7) via actuation mechanics (10), to enable optional clamping of the channel (6) via manual actuation of the actuator device (9).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2006
    Publication date: June 7, 2007
    Inventors: Thorsten Blum, Johannes Burghaus, Stefan Hopp, Ronald Wienziers
  • Publication number: 20070062976
    Abstract: In order to enable removal of any quantity of product with a container (1) with a device (2) to discharge product, particularly trickling or free-flowing product, with a reservoir (3) to hold the product, a product discharge opening (4), and a connection (5) between the reservoir (3) and the device (2), it is suggested that the device (2) have a storage area (11) containing a recess (17) aligned towards the reservoir (3) and an outlet (18) aligned towards the product discharge opening (4), that a rotatable drum (10) be housed in the bearing (11) and the drum (10) have a channel (6), that the channel (6) be aligned in a first alignment towards the recess (17) on one side and towards the outlet (18) on the other, that a closure part (16) on the bearing (1) be used to close the channel (6), and that a manually usable actuator device (9) be provided to act upon the active surface (7), which is connected to the drum (10), to optionally bring the drum (10) into the first alignment so that the channel (6) can be pas
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2006
    Publication date: March 22, 2007
    Inventors: Thorsten Blum, Stefan Hopp, Ronald Wienziers
  • Publication number: 20070062982
    Abstract: In order to enable the removal of any quantity of product with a container (1) with a device (2) to discharge product, particularly trickling or free-flowing product, with a reservoir (3) to hold the product, a product discharge opening (4), and a connection (5) between the reservoir (3) and the device (2), it is proposed that the container (1) have a channel (6), which is provided for routing the product from the reservoir (3) up to the product discharge opening (4), that the device (2) have a closure part (10) for optional sealing and releasing of the outlet (7) of the channel (6), and that the closure part (10) be movable towards or away from the outlet (7) using a slide mechanism (14).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2006
    Publication date: March 22, 2007
    Inventors: Thorsten Blum, Stefan Hopp, Ronald Wienziers