Patents by Inventor Udo Buerkle

Udo Buerkle 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: 10631706
    Abstract: A rinse arm system for a warewasher includes a rinse arm (1) rotatable about a rotation axis (D), a locking mechanism (2) connected to the rinse arm (1) such that the locking mechanism (2) is rotatable with respect to the rinse arm (1), and a bushing (3). The locking mechanism (2) is latched in an interlocking manner to the bushing (3) or clamped in a force-fitting manner to the bushing (3) such that the locking mechanism (2) is fixedly connected to the bushing (3) and the rinse arm (1) is rotatable about the rotation axis (D) with respect to the bushing (3).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.
    Inventors: Udo Bürkle, Martin Stettinius
  • Publication number: 20170231461
    Abstract: A rinse arm system for a warewasher includes a rinse arm (1) rotatable about a rotation axis (D), a locking mechanism (2) connected to the rinse arm (1) such that the locking mechanism (2) is rotatable with respect to the rinse arm (1), and a bushing (3). The locking mechanism (2) is latched in an interlocking manner to the bushing (3) or clamped in a force-fitting manner to the bushing (3) such that the locking mechanism (2) is fixedly connected to the bushing (3) and the rinse arm (1) is rotatable about the rotation axis (D) with respect to the bushing (3).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2015
    Publication date: August 17, 2017
    Inventors: Udo Bürkle, Martin Stettinius
  • Patent number: 8394204
    Abstract: A commercial dishwasher comprising spray nozzles for spraying liquid into a treatment region in the form of a treatment chamber or a treatment zone for treating items to be washed; at least two centrifugal pumps, which are arranged in series hydraulically one behind the other, for conveying liquid from the wash tank to the spray nozzles; a control device for alternatively operating only one centrifugal pump or at least two of the centrifugal pumps which are connected hydraulically one behind the other in series, in order to thus generate different liquid pressures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2013
    Assignee: Premark FEG L.L.C.
    Inventors: Udo Buerkle, Martin Schrempp
  • Publication number: 20110132403
    Abstract: The invention relates to a dishwasher (100) in the form of a programmable machine for the mechanical basic cleaning of washing stock and to a corresponding method for the cleaning of washing stock. The method according to the invention comprises a cleaning phase, in which a cleaning fluid is sprayed out of a tank (4) in to a treatment chamber (2) through a line system (10) by means of a pump (8) and can flow back from the treatment chamber (2) into the tank (4) by gravity, and a rinsing phase, in which fresh water is sprayed as rinsing fluid in to the treatment chamber (2) through a rinsing-line system (15) by means of a rinsing pump (12) and can flow from the treatment chamber (2) in to the tank (4) by gravity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2009
    Publication date: June 9, 2011
    Applicant: Premark FEG L.L.C.
    Inventors: Udo Buerkle, Dominik Schneider
  • Publication number: 20080289655
    Abstract: A commercial dishwasher comprising spray nozzles for spraying liquid into a treatment region in the form of a treatment chamber or a treatment zone for treating items to be washed; at least two centrifugal pumps, which are arranged in series hydraulically one behind the other, for conveying liquid from the wash tank to the spray nozzles; a control device for alternatively operating only one centrifugal pump or at least two of the centrifugal pumps which are connected hydraulically one behind the other in series, in order to thus generate different liquid pressures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2008
    Publication date: November 27, 2008
    Applicant: Premark FEG L.L.C.
    Inventors: Udo Buerkle, Martin Schrempp