Patents by Inventor Berend P. Van Marle

Berend P. Van Marle 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).

  • Device for the separation of particles from a stream of gas
    Patent number: 4512759
    Abstract: A device for the separation of particles from a stream of gas by centrifugal action, comprising a driven rotatable hollow conically diverging body 1,2 and a feeding apparatus for directing the contaminated gas stream toward the inside wall of said body in the region of its narrowest portion so that the particles will be deposited against said wall and will gradually move toward the widest portion of said conical body; the stream of gas being controlled such that within the body a toroidal eddy forms for the recirculation of the contaminated gas stream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 1983
    Date of Patent: April 23, 1985
    Assignee: Thomassen International B.V.
    Inventors: Aloysius J. W. O. Alink, Berend P. van Marle
  • Apparatus for the gasification of fuel
    Patent number: 4317658
    Abstract: An apparatus for the preparation of a combustible gas mixture from solid or liquid fuels, consists of a housing, which comprises at least one rotatably disposed, conical basket, a fuel inlet, an inlet for a gasification fluid, an ash outlet and an outlet for the produced combustible gas mixture.The fuel to be gasified is introduced into the inlet and the apparatus is so operated that a number of revolutions of the basket(s) is maintained such, that the fuel is pressed against said basket which also functions as a supporting grate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 1980
    Date of Patent: March 2, 1982
    Assignee: Thomassen Holland B.V.
    Inventors: Rudolf Hendriks, Aloysius J. W. Oude Alink, Berend P. Van Marle