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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6428200 | Static laminar mixing method The static laminar mixing device for mixing media of widely different viscosities has two mixers of different cross-sections arranged one after the other with the cross-section of the first mixer being smaller than the second mixer. An admixing device for... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6419386 | Static laminar mixing device The static laminar mixing device for mixing media of widely different viscosities has two mixers of different cross-sections arranged one after the other with the cross-section of the first mixer being smaller than the second mixer. An admixing device for... | 07/16/2002 |
| 5550298 | Device for carrying out catalyzed reactions The catalytic process obtains a methyl tertiary butyl ether by feeding methanol over a solid catalyst section in a rectifying column having vertical layers in which a catalyst material is enclosed. At least one of the enclosing walls is impermeable to the... | 08/27/1996 |
| 5515871 | Hollow needle for medical use and a laser method for manufacturing The hollow needle (1) for medical use comprises a duct (10), which usually contains an aperture (11) which is elliptic or similar to an ellipse. The edge (14) of this aperture (11) is rounded by melting in the converging part (14') when regarded from the ... | 05/14/1996 |
| 5473082 | Device for carrying out catalyzed reactions The catalytic process for producing maleic anhydride employs a catalytic device formed of pairs of vertically extending vapor permeable walls which define flow channels between the pairs of walls. In addition, each pair of walls defines an interspace whic... | 12/05/1995 |
| 5456533 | Static mixing element having deflectors and a mixing device The static mixing element in a flow channel (7) has at least two deflectors (30) disposed on mountings (20) at a distance from the channel wall. The deflectors form an angle W of from 10° to 45° to the main flow direction Z. They have different orientat... | 10/10/1995 |
| 5422020 | Solid-bed reactor for biological sewage treatment A solid-bed reactor for biological sewage treatment has an intermediate floor which carries floor jets and by means of which the solid bed can be backwashed. The intake for the sewage is above the solid bed. Aeration orifices are integrated into the floor... | 06/06/1995 |
| 5417938 | Device for carrying out catalyzed reactions The device for carrying out catalyzed reactions includes a plurality of layers, each of which provides an interspace which is filled with a catalyst material. The walls of each layer are impermeable to the catalyst material while being permeable to the re... | 05/23/1995 |
| 5392817 | Apparatus for altering the loop length of terry cloth A fabric table (11) of a device (1) for altering a warp pile loop length during terry weaving is brought by a lever system from the starting position (V) into the partial beat-up position (T) and back again into the starting position (v). The lever system... | 02/28/1995 |
| 5380088 | Mixing device for small fluid quantities The device for mixing a small quantity of fluid (1) into a the main flow of another fluid (2) in a main channel comprises an injection system (3) and a static mixing unit (4, 5) arranged downstream. The inlet cross section (F) of the mixing unit is divide... | 01/10/1995 |
| 5350566 | Reactor for heterogeneous reactions with a catalyst member The catalytic reactor has a catalyst member in the form of a stage of different orientations from one another and with flow-guiding elements which form crossing subflow ducts and which have a catalyst thereon. The flow-guiding elements are at an angle of ... | 09/27/1994 |
| 5338519 | Process and apparatus for separating substances by crystallization A process is provided for the separation of substances by melt crystallization. The organic mixtures which are difficult to crystallize are heated to a temperature sufficient to obtain a melt with the melt then being moved through a three-dimensional crys... | 08/16/1994 |
| 5330535 | Screw-nut for screwing implants together A screw-nut for screwing implants together includes a thrust-shoulder which projects radially and presses axially against part of a housing. The screw-nut further includes an internal threaded portion adapted to fit a corresponding screw part, and a plura... | 07/19/1994 |
| 5320644 | Intervertebral disk prosthesis An intervertebral disk prosthesis is described which with respect to its external dimensions imitates a natural intervertebral disk and connects two adjacent vertebrae to their upper and lower attachment surfaces. The intervertebral disk member is made of... | 06/14/1994 |
| 5306993 | System of driving by electric motor machines which work in a periodic manner at torque variable as a function of the angle of rotation Machines having torques variable as a function of the angle of rotation such as piston driving mechanisms like compressors, cam driving mechanisms, printing machines and looms, are driven by an electric motor in such a way that a trend in angular velocity... | 04/26/1994 |
| 5303745 | Weaving machine with weft break clearing devices A weaving machine, more particularly a projectile weaving machine (100), has weft break clearing devices (1, 2) at the shed entrance and exit. These devices form units with grippers and, for example, a suction device for removing a broken weft (110) and a... | 04/19/1994 |
| 5287895 | Equipment for transporting and handling weft-yarn stock bobbins An equipment for transporting, handling and feeding stock bobbins to a loom having a preparation station (5) for the charging of bobbin holders (12) with stock bobbins (4) and a transport loop (7) for transporting these bobbin holders (12) towards looms. ... | 02/22/1994 |
| 5281369 | Supporting grate for packings in material exchange columns The supporting grate for material exchange columns has a corrugated profile (3) and gas openings (5) which are all arranged in the flanks (6) of the profile above a minimum height H1. A projecting edge (13) of the gas openings increases the strength of th... | 01/25/1994 |
| 5275227 | Casting process for the production of castings by directional or monocrystalline solidification A process for the production of castings by directional or monocrystalline solidification is carried out in a vacuum casting plant which, apart from a conventional cooling plate, has no additional heating devices for the casting mold. The unidirectional h... | 01/04/1994 |
| 5270131 | Module for a fuel cell battery The module for a fuel cell battery comprises an electrochemically active plate which, on the one hand, consists of an oxide-ion-conducting solid electrolyte and, on the other hand, two electrode layers applied to both sides of the electrolyte layer. At le... | 12/14/1993 |
| 5263826 | Device for refueling a gaseous fuel tank A compressor (1) can be connected on the suction side via a suction line (7) provided with an inlet valve (16) to a natural gas line (9) and on the pressure side via an intake line (12) to the gas fuel tank (13) and is also connected via a relief line (10... | 11/23/1993 |
| 5261409 | Puncturing device for blood vessels The puncturing device for blood vessels has an ultrasound probe (20) which permits location, based on the Doppler effect, of the blood vessel (50). By means of a guide duct (13) the puncturing needle (30) can be directed at least approximately coaxially r... | 11/16/1993 |
| 5259441 | Apparatus for the production of directionally solidified castings The apparatus for the production of directionally solidified castings (10) in a vacuum casting plant comprises a cooling attachment with members (60) between a flat cooling plate (6) and the mold shell (2), by means of which member zones of different orie... | 11/09/1993 |
| 5255974 | Static mixer The mixer is constructed of a steel tubular housing and a replaceable plastic tube. Mixing elements are mounted within the plastic tube and are secured in place by carrier and sealing rings at opposite ends of the tube and housing. Each carrier and sealin... | 10/26/1993 |
| 5251677 | Picking device in projectile looms The picking device in projectile looms has guide teeth (1) having narrowing zones (20, 20') adapted to receive lubricant transferred from the projectiles (100) to the guide teeth. Because of these narrowing zones and given appropriate shaping no lubricant... | 10/12/1993 |
| 5251575 | Installation for cooling hot, dust-charged gas in a steam generator, and a process for operating said installation The installation comprises a steam generator, which consists of a first heat exchanger (50) and two second heat generators (53, 54). The first heat exchanger (50) is a radiant heat exchanger, in which the temperature of the hot gas coming from a reactor (... | 10/12/1993 |
| 5247968 | Projectile loom having a composite material multiple weft device A projectile loom is distinguished by a combination wherein a weft yarn changer (1) has a low-weight body (11) and low-weight yarn transfer elements (2) and the multiple weft device is driven directly by a highly dynamic servo motor (3). The loom can be o... | 09/28/1993 |
| 5247969 | Feeding and removing weft yarn stock bobbins to a loom bobbin frame A mechanism for feeding weft yarn stock bobbins to a loom includes a bobbin frame (3) for at least two stock bobbins (4) which may be fitted to bobbin holders (38) having longitudinal axes (L) which may be aligned on a common yarn guide member (6). The bo... | 09/28/1993 |
| 5246037 | Clearing mispicks in rapier looms Weft yarn faults encountered during the operation of rapier looms are corrected by correlating the detection of the fault to the angular position of the rotating main shaft of the loom. The loom has a shed with a giver side and a taker side, a giver rapie... | 09/21/1993 |
| 5244164 | Yarn brake having an electromagnetically operated brake lamella The yarn brake (1) having electromagnets (12, 12') and a brake lamella (2) has, on that side thereof that is remote from the yarn (3), a segmented layer (5) of soft ferromagnetic material. The layer (5) is effective to strengthen the magnetic attraction. ... | 09/14/1993 |
| 5241994 | Rapier loom having a picking mechanism adjustable to yarn properties A rapier loom has a picking mechanism in which one rapier (a giver rapier) transfers a weft yarn to another rapier (a taker rapier) in mid-shed. Each rapier is oscillated toward and away from one another by a drive and includes a yarn clamp which is actua... | 09/07/1993 |
| 5240663 | Method,apparatus and extrusion nozzle for producing a member from extrudable material The method and apparatus for producing members (4) of extrudable material, for example a ceramic or synthetic plastic material, use a nozzle (2) composed of a plurality of segments (21 to 25) abutting without gaps and having extrusion ducts (28), segments... | 08/31/1993 |
| 5232025 | Shaft rod and heald frame for a loom A flat shaft rod of a heald frame for a loom has two half-shells (16) made of a thermoplastic, fiber-reinforced composite which forms mechanically interconnected, rigid hollow sections (15). A rigid longitudinal reinforcement (17) is disposed on the outsi... | 08/03/1993 |
| 5233150 | Method of production of workpieces by welding equipment Starting on the surface of a foundation body (2) weld material is applied in runs to form layers by an equipment for profiling building-up welding and hence a workpiece (1) is manufactured, where the foundation body (2) may be a component of the workpiece... | 08/03/1993 |
| 5230370 | Shaft rod and a heald frame for a loom A flat, lightweight shaft rod of a heald frame for a loom, is constructed as a sandwich having a light sandwich core (15) and, connected thereto, covering layers (16) made of a thermoplastics composite having industrial endless fiber reinforcements. A rig... | 07/27/1993 |
| 5230755 | Protective layer for a metal substrate and a method of producing same A protective layer for a metal substrate is metallurgically bonded to the substrate and contains (as a percentage by mass) 35 to 50% chromium, up to 10% of which can be replaced by molybdenium, and at least iron, the proportion of iron being at least 25%.... | 07/27/1993 |
| 5230769 | Process and apparatus for separating substances by crystallization A process is provided for the separation of substances by melt crystallization. The organic mixtures which are difficult to crystallize are heated to a temperature sufficient to obtain a melt with the melt then being moved through a three-dimensional crys... | 07/27/1993 |
| 5228836 | Runner for a pump The runner for pumping hot reactor liquids includes a runner body which is connected with a shaft portion which transmits a driving torque. An annular insert is disposed between a bearing sleeve projecting from the runner body and the drive shaft portion ... | 07/20/1993 |
| 5226457 | Corrugated shaft rod and a Heald frame for a loom The shaft rod of a heald frame for a loom, the rod having a corrugated or cross-section, has a shell (16) made of a thermoplastics composite having industrial endless fibers. A rigid longitudinal reinforcement (17) is disposed on the outside of the sectio... | 07/13/1993 |
| 5224997 | Apparatus for producing a surface layer on a metallic workpiece The surface of a workpiece is provided with a surface layer. Initially, the workpiece is inductively heated by a HF/MF generator to a first temperature and subsequently heated further by a laser beam with coating material being applied to the region of th... | 07/06/1993 |
