Patents by Inventor Frank Stockhausen

Frank Stockhausen 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).

  • Gas seal for reactors employing gas guide bodies and reactor having the gas seal
    Patent number: 7004753
    Abstract: A gas seal protects the material inlet openings and material outlet openings of reactors for treating strands of material and strips of material. The openings are sealed by gas curtains. These curtains are generated by gas streams that leave gas outlet openings or nozzles and that are directed at an angle into the interior of the furnace. According to the invention, gas guide bodies, which extend adjacent the strands of material or strips of material substantially parallel to the surfaces of these strands of material and strips of material in the direction of the interior of the reactor, are mounted at the gas outlet openings. The gases leaving the gas outlet openings are guided in the gas guide spaces that are formed between the gas guide bodies and the strands or strips of material, in a targeted manner and under a slightly raised pressure in the direction of the interior of the reactor and thereby effect a significantly improved gas seal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2006
    Assignee: SGL Carbon AG
    Inventor: Frank Stockhausen
  • Gas seal for reactors employing gas guide bodies and reactor having the gas seal
    Publication number: 20040214124
    Abstract: A gas seal protects the material inlet openings and material outlet openings of reactors for treating strands of material and strips of material. The openings are sealed by gas curtains. These curtains are generated by gas streams that leave gas outlet openings or nozzles and that are directed at an angle into the interior of the furnace. According to the invention, gas guide bodies, which extend adjacent the strands of material or strips of material substantially parallel to the surfaces of these strands of material and strips of material in the direction of the interior of the reactor, are mounted at the gas outlet openings. The gases leaving the gas outlet openings are guided in the gas guide spaces that are formed between the gas guide bodies and the strands or strips of material, in a targeted manner and under a slightly raised pressure in the direction of the interior of the reactor and thereby effect a significantly improved gas seal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2003
    Publication date: October 28, 2004
    Inventor: Frank Stockhausen