Patents by Inventor Frank Michael Keppeler

Frank Michael Keppeler 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).

  • Treatment device and method for removing coatings
    Patent number: 11131006
    Abstract: The invention relates to a treatment device and a method for removing coatings, comprising a vibratory conveyor with a conveying channel, which is designed in the manner of a trough, in order to form a treatment bath with a liquid decoating medium, comprising an inlet end and an outlet end for bulk material, wherein the conveying direction of the conveying channel runs from the inlet end to the outlet end. The conveying channel has below the surface of the treatment bath at least one feeding device and at least one discharging device for the decoating medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: WIELAND-WERKE AG
    Inventors: Frank Michael Keppeler, Andreas Reindl, Frank Sälzle
  • TREATMENT DEVICE AND METHOD FOR REMOVING COATINGS
    Publication number: 20200172992
    Abstract: The invention relates to a treatment device and a method for removing coatings, comprising a vibratory conveyor with a conveying channel, which is designed in the manner of a trough, in order to form a treatment bath with a liquid decoating medium, comprising an inlet end and an outlet end for bulk material, wherein the conveying direction of the conveying channel runs from the inlet end to the outlet end. The conveying channel has below the surface of the treatment bath at least one feeding device and at least one discharging device for the decoating medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2018
    Publication date: June 4, 2020
    Inventors: Frank Michael KEPPELER, Andreas REINDL, Frank SÄLZLE
  • Method of using a spray formed copper-nickel-manganese alloy
    Patent number: 6866818
    Abstract: A method for the manufacture of tools and components for the offshore field and the mining industry, in particular, for drilling installations, using a spray formed Cu—Ni—Mn alloy of 10 to 25% Ni, 10 to 25% Mn, the remainder being copper and common impurities. Due to the favorable characteristics of the combination, the alloy is suitable as a replacement material for Be-containing copper materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2005
    Assignee: Wieland-Werke AG
    Inventors: Andreas Boegel, Klaus Ohla, Hilmar R. Mueller, Frank Michael Keppeler, Hendrik John
  • Method of using a spray formed copper-nickel-manganese alloy
    Publication number: 20020166609
    Abstract: A method for the manufacture of tools and components for the offshore field and the mining industry, in particular for drilling installations using a spray formed Cu—Ni—Mn alloy consisting of 10 to 25% Ni, 10 to 25% Mn, the remainder being copper and the common impurities. Due to the favorable characteristic of the combination, it is suitable as a replacement material for Be-containing copper materials.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2002
    Publication date: November 14, 2002
    Inventors: Andreas Boegel, Klaus Ohla, Hilmar R. Mueller, Frank Michael Keppeler, Hendrik John