Patents by Inventor Christoph WIEBUSCH

Christoph WIEBUSCH 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).

  • Melting head for ice-melting apparatus
    Patent number: 11629558
    Abstract: The invention relates to a melting head (1) for an ice melting apparatus (1, 8) comprising a rear, in relation to the propagation direction, attachment region (4) for attaching to a drilling apparatus (8) or a drilling rod assembly, and a forward, in relation to the propagation direction, heatable front region (1c), wherein the front region (1c) has a radially outer face region (1a) in which the front region (1c) has an outer cross section that tapers in the propagation direction (3) up to the forward axial melting head end (1d), in particular with a tapering outer diameter, and the radially outer face region (1a) surrounds an inner cavity (5), the free inner cross section of which reduces from the axial melting head end (1d) counter to the propagation direction (3). The invention also relates to an ice melting apparatus (1, 8) formed with the melting head (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: RHEINISCH-WESTFAELISCHE-TECHNISCHE HOCHSCHULE AACHEN
    Inventors: Peter Linder, Simon Zierke, Dirk Heinen, Christoph Wiebusch
  • MELTING HEAD FOR ICE-MELTING APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20210071478
    Abstract: The invention relates to a melting head (1) for an ice melting apparatus (1, 8) comprising a rear, in relation to the propagation direction, attachment region (4) for attaching to a drilling apparatus (8) or a drilling rod assembly, and a forward, in relation to the propagation direction, heatable front region (1c), wherein the front region (1c) has a radially outer face region (1a) in which the front region (1c) has an outer cross section that tapers in the propagation direction (3) up to the forward axial melting head end (1d), in particular with a tapering outer diameter, and the radially outer face region (1a) surrounds an inner cavity (5), the free inner cross section of which reduces from the axial melting head end (1d) counter to the propagation direction (3). The invention also relates to an ice melting apparatus (1, 8) formed with the melting head (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2019
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Inventors: Peter LINDER, Simon ZIERKE, Dirk HEINEN, Christoph WIEBUSCH