Patents by Inventor Hartmut Draeger

Hartmut Draeger 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).

  • Publication number: 20230304842
    Abstract: A flow velocity measurement arrangement (10) for determining the flow velocity of an electrically conductive liquid in a liquid line, comprising an air bubble injector (82) for injecting an air bubble into a liquid flow, a first electrical conductivity measurement cell (30) downstream of the air bubble injector (82) and upstream of a measurement line (40), a second electrical conductivity measurement cell (30?) downstream of the measurement line (40), an evaluation unit (20) which determines the flow velocity of the liquid in the measurement line (40) on the basis of the time-related characteristics of the conductivity measurement results of the two measurement cells (30, 30?).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2021
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Inventors: Andreas Golitz, Manfred Battefeld, Axel Leyer, Sebastian Goertz, Michael Kussmann, Frank Steinhauer, Kathrin Otte, Hartmut Dräger
  • Publication number: 20220268755
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a water sampling immersion probe (50) for continuously filtering a water sample from wastewater (14). The water sampling immersion probe (50) includes a distal coarse filter (60) with a porosity of 0.1 to 1.0 mm, a proximal fine filter (70) arranged downstream of the coarse filter (60) and having a porosity of less than 5.0 ?m, and a sample suction opening (74) arranged downstream of the fine filter (70). The coarse filter (60) is arranged to not contact the fine filter (70).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2019
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Inventors: Manfred Battefeld, Frank Steinhauer, Aurelia Stellmach-Hanulok, Nina Aleth, Silke Brubaker, Axel Leyer, Hartmut Dräger, Sebastian Goertz, Michael Kussmann, Michael Küppers
  • Publication number: 20220099537
    Abstract: A process water analysis sampling assembly includes an immersion probe having a first filter unit and a second filter unit which are fluidically separated from each other, a flushing liquid tank, and a fluidics control. The fluidics control includes a pump arrangement which is fluidically connected to each of the first filter unit and the second filter unit, at least two liquid pumps which are arranged to be mutually independent from each other, and a valve arrangement having plurality of switchable valves. The fluidics control controls a sampling and a flushing of the immersion probe. The fluidic control fluidically connects the flushing liquid tank to one of the first filter unit and the second filter unit and simultaneously connects an analysis unit to the other one of the first filter unit and the second filter unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2021
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Applicant: HACH LANGE GMBH
    Inventors: DANIEL HOFSOMMER, MANFRED BATTEFELD, AXEL LEYER, SEBASTIAN GOERTZ, KATHRIN OTTE, FRANK STEINHAUER, HARTMUT DRAEGER, AURELIA STELLMACH-HANULOK, MICHAEL KUSSMANN
  • Patent number: 10718710
    Abstract: A water analysis device having a light source and a light detector for detecting an optical parameter of a water sample in a transparent measuring cell is disclosed. A ventilation circuit for ventilating a cell chamber is provided, wherein there is a differential pressure of at least 2.0 mbar between the cell chamber and the atmosphere when a ventilation pump is operated. The device housing forms the cell chamber which is fluidically sealed by a cover assembly. The cover assembly and the device housing have a mechanism that mimics the sealing action of a turn-lock fastener, such that the cover assembly can be secured to and/or released from the device housing by means of a rotational movement. The cover assembly and the device housing form an annular ring seal which is coaxial with the rotational movement and which is formed by an elastic sealing body having a circular sealing lip and a correspondingly circular shoulder seat on which the sealing lip is pressed due to the atmospheric differential pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: HACH LANGE GMBH
    Inventors: Hans-Joachim Kumpch, Hartmut Draeger, Detlef Liebchen
  • Publication number: 20190204219
    Abstract: A water analysis device having a light source and a light detector for detecting an optical parameter of a water sample in a transparent measuring cell is disclosed. A ventilation circuit for ventilating a cell chamber is provided, wherein there is a differential pressure of at least 2.0 mbar between the cell chamber and the atmosphere when a ventilation pump is operated. The device housing forms the cell chamber which is fluidically sealed by a cover assembly. The cover assembly and the device housing have a mechanism that mimics the sealing action of a turn-lock fastener, such that the cover assembly can be secured to and/or released from the device housing by means of a rotational movement. The cover assembly and the device housing form an annular ring seal which is coaxial with the rotational movement and which is formed by an elastic sealing body having a circular sealing lip and a correspondingly circular shoulder seat on which the sealing lip is pressed due to the atmospheric differential pressure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2017
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Inventors: Hans-Joachim KUMPCH, Hartmut DRAEGER, Detlef LIEBCHEN
  • Patent number: 6093900
    Abstract: An electrical switch (26) is mounted in a rigid housing in the form of a control handle (10), where the housing has a soft flexible covering (32) with a portion (40) that can be depressed to operate the switch. The housing is in the form of a shell with first and second separately molded shell parts (14,16). The first shell part has a hole (24) in it that is aligned with the switch actuator, and the covering is overmolded onto the first shell, with the portion of the covering lying over the hole in the first shell being thickened at the middle (44) of the hole to indicate the area to be depressed and for more comfortable depression.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2000
    Assignee: ITT Manufacturing Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Klaus Wisskirchen, Hartmut Draeger, Klaus Lamm