Patents by Inventor Tom Kitzing

Tom Kitzing 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: 6423912
    Abstract: A manually operated device for use with an electrical switching device, the manually operated device having a turning handle indicating a given switching position of the switching device and operatively connected to a driving axle of a rotary drive. A base plate mounted on the rotary drive has a circular rim. To assure unambiguous grip positions in varying installation positions of the switching device, the base plate can be mounted in different offset positions around the driving axle. Furthermore, the rim has a first edge segment that protrudes towards the inside of the rim. The turning handle is operatively connected to a drive plate that can be inserted inside the rim. On the drive plate, an annular second edge segment is configured with respect to a set-back edge area. In the OFF position, the two edge segments align with respect to one another so as to form a complete circular ring, without overlapping.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2002
    Assignee: Moeller GmbH
    Inventors: Rainer Arenz, Tom Kitzing
  • Patent number: 5590835
    Abstract: The invention relates to an atomization attachment (10) for a liquid container (11), which is designed in an essentially cylindrical manner at least in an opening region (28), having an outer part (12) which is designed in the form of a cap, the head wall (26) of which is provided on the inside with a protrusion (25) and which can be pushed, by means of its opposite end provided with a container-receiving opening (27), over the opening region (28) of the liquid container (11) and can be displaced with respect to the same. An inner part (13) exhibits a riser tube (14) which is designed as a piston rod and is provided, at its end which can be inserted into the liquid container (11), with a piston (15) and, in its head plate (17) which can be connected to the outer part (12), with a super-atmospheric-pressure valve (16).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 1996
    Date of Patent: January 7, 1997
    Assignee: AptarGroup S.A.
    Inventors: Karl-Heinz Rosenthal, Tom Kitzing
  • Patent number: 5540344
    Abstract: An originality-ensuring device for container closures (32), having an indicator element (35) subdivided by predetermined breaking points (37) into individual segments (36), the indicator element (35) being formed as a separate part for self-holding arrangement in the container (23), at least partially embracing the latter, and the segments (36) being arranged with respect to one another in such a way that, when there is a relative movement of the segments or segment parts (40), owing to a clamping reception of the indicator element (35) between a container closure (32) and a container shoulder (21), there takes place a severing of the predetermined breaking points (37) for individual separation of the segments (36) and the latter are held in a clamping manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 1994
    Date of Patent: July 30, 1996
    Assignee: AptarGroup S.A.
    Inventors: Karl-Heinz Rosenthal, Tom Kitzing