Patents by Inventor Stephen Dickel

Stephen Dickel 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: 20230104177
    Abstract: A cleaning article includes: a first panel having: a first fiber layer; and a first substrate attached to the first fiber layer by a first connection type; and a second panel having: a second fiber layer; and a second substrate attached to the second fiber layer by the first connection type. The first connection type includes a first connection line in parallel with a second connection line, the first and second connection lines together straddling a center line of a respective panel that extends in an axial direction. The first panel is attached to the second panel by a plurality of spot connections so as to create a pocket between the first panel and the second panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2022
    Publication date: April 6, 2023
    Applicant: Carl Freudenberg KG
    Inventors: Friedel Winterling, Norbert Weis, Stephen Dickel, Robert G Challman, Sabine Boroyevich, Robert Ancheta, Doug Metzel, Eric Martin
  • Publication number: 20220248920
    Abstract: A cleaning apparatus for cleaning a rotatable brush roller of a cleaning appliance is provided. The cleaning apparatus includes a container having a depression for accommodating a main body of the cleaning appliance that is equipped with the rotatable brush roller and a water reservoir fluidly connected with the depression. A cleaning liquid with which the water reservoir has been filled flows automatically into the depression. When the cleaning appliance is disposed in the cleaning apparatus, the water reservoir is associated with an edge of the cleaning appliance that is spaced apart from the brush roller, and the brush roller at least partially abuts a bottom of the depression. A cleaning system is also provided that includes the cleaning apparatus and the cleaning appliance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2020
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Inventors: Alessandro Brugora, Stephen Dickel