Patents by Inventor Willi Hepperle

Willi Hepperle 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: 4905903
    Abstract: A rotor (11) is provided with a plurality of uniformly circumferentially distributed, radially projecting, tubular nozzle supports (3), which in each case carry a nozzle head (4) at the end. Each nozzle head (4) is circumferentially provided with several differently constructed nozzle units (6, 7, 8) with in each case a plurality of discharge nozzles (9) and in the manner of a turret indexing head is so rotatable about a control axis (30) with respect to the associated nozzle carrier (3), that any selected one of its nozzle units (6, 7, 8) can be brought into the operating position connected to a water supply. This offers numerous possibilities for adjusting the sprinkling pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 1988
    Date of Patent: March 6, 1990
    Assignee: Gardena Kress & Kastner GmbH
    Inventors: Johann Katzer, Christian Stephany, Willi Hepperle
  • Patent number: 4673307
    Abstract: A washing brush contains a brush body with a central opening, that engages a cylindrical projection, which is positioned in the vicinity of the edge of a cover. The cover is in one piece with a gripping member, which can be connected to a water-carrying member.In the center of the cover and the brush body is provided an annular locking member, which passes through the cover within the liquid-carrying area in the form of a push button. By depressing the push button, it is possible to release the angular locking member between the gripping member and the brush body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 1985
    Date of Patent: June 16, 1987
    Assignee: Gardena Kress & Kastner GmbH
    Inventors: Erich Prestele, Alfred Schneider, Willi Hepperle, Johann Katzer, Christian Stephany, Franz Lopic
  • Patent number: 4671311
    Abstract: An admixer for delivering soluble additives to flowing liquids containing a valve with a rotary valve body and a container for receiving the additive in tablet form located in the extension of the valve body. The valve body contains an outer channel guide which can be made to coincide with the valve inlet port and a tubular water guide leading through the interior of the valve body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 1985
    Date of Patent: June 9, 1987
    Assignee: Gardena Kress & Kastner GmbH
    Inventors: Willi Hepperle, Johann Katzer, Hans Froelich, Christian Stephany
  • Patent number: 4639018
    Abstract: A joint for a water-carrying pipe system, e.g. for a garden spray, has a joint shoulder with a disk-like part for each pipe end to be connected. The two disk parts are arranged on either side of the hose passed centrally through the joint. On either side of the joint, the hose is connected to the pipe ends in that it is passed through an opening, whose internal diameter is somewhat smaller than the external diameter of the hose. Thus, the hose engages flat on the openings of the pipe ends, so that this in itself leads to a liquid-tight seal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 1985
    Date of Patent: January 27, 1987
    Assignee: Gardena Kress & Kastner GmbH
    Inventors: Hans Froelich, Willi Hepperle, Johann Katzer, Christian Stephany
  • Patent number: 4162132
    Abstract: A set of garden or household implements comprises various different garden tool and/or household implement heads and at least one handle which can be selectively attached to any of the heads by means of a quick-connect coupling. The coupling comprises a coupling sleeve on the handle and a coupling pin on each head. The pin and the sleeve are so configured that the pin cannot turn or tilt in the sleeve. Abutments on the pin and the sleeve limit the extent to which the pin can be pushed in. Removal of the head from the handle is prevented by a releasable locking member, which is provided on the sleeve and co-operates with the pin. The locking member can comprise a transverse screw or a sneck which engages in a peripheral groove in the pin or a transverse latch which can engage in a transverse bore in the coupling pin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 1977
    Date of Patent: July 24, 1979
    Assignee: Gardena Kress and Kastner GmbH
    Inventors: Werner Kress, Johann Katzer, Franz Lopic, Willi Hepperle