Patents by Inventor Hermann Plank

Hermann Plank 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).

  • Patent number: 5882559
    Abstract: A process for the injection molding of objects having an outer layer of enamel and an inter layer of a plastic material is disclosed. According to the process, a liquid enamel is used. This enamel is injected by an enamel-injection apparatus through an enamel-injection die. A plastic melt passes through an injection unit into the cavity. According to the invention, the liquid enamel is injected into the flow path of the melt in the region before the cavity, before the melt is injected, so that the melt is encased by enamel before it is distributed in the cavity. Variations are also disclosed. For example, the form can be filled with enamel and the excess enamel drained. Then, the melted plastic material is introduced into the injection molding form. Also, the form can filled and then the capacity of the form increased to accommodate the melted plastic material. In any case, it is possible to use liquid enamels to enamel injection molded parts in the tool or form.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 16, 1999
    Assignee: Battenfeld GmbH
    Inventors: Helmut Eckardt, Hermann Plank, Harald Bleier
  • Patent number: 5656215
    Abstract: A process for the injection molding of objects having an outer layer of enamel and an inter layer of a plastic material is disclosed. According to the process, a liquid enamel is used. This enamel is injected by an enamel-injection apparatus through an enamel-injection die. A plastic melt passes through an injection unit into the cavity. According to the invention, the liquid enamel is injected into the flow path of the melt in the region before the cavity, before the melt is injected, so that the melt is encased by enamel before it is distributed in the cavity. Variations are also disclosed. For example, the form can be filled with enamel and the excess enamel drained. Then, the melted plastic material is introduced into the injection molding form. Also, the form can filled and then the capacity of the form increased to accommodate the melted plastic material. In any case, it is possible to use liquid enamels to enamel injection molded parts in the tool or form.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 1995
    Date of Patent: August 12, 1997
    Assignee: Battenfeld GmbH
    Inventors: Helmut Eckardt, Hermann Plank, Harald Bleier
  • Patent number: 5343506
    Abstract: A nuclear reactor installation includes a reactor pressure vessel and a reactor core in the reactor pressure vessel. A supporting and protective structure supporting the reactor pressure vessel and surrounding the reactor pressure vessel on the bottom and laterally, has a bottom region and a circumferential wall. A core catcher device for the reactor core has a collecting basin for a core melt being installed below the reactor pressure vessel. The collecting basin has a bottom wall and a jacket wall being respectively separated from the bottom region and the circumferential wall of the supporting and protective structure by a spacing gap. Cooling channels are disposed in the spacing gap at the bottom wall and the jacket wall for exterior cooling of the collecting basin with a cooling liquid. Turbulence bodies are disposed in a surface region of the bottom wall for generating a turbulent flow of the cooling liquid flowing from the inside to the outside over the bottom wall toward the jacket wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 1993
    Date of Patent: August 30, 1994
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Josef Artnik, Dietmar Bittermann, Jurgen Eyink, Ulrich Fischer, Andreas Gobel, Sieghard Hellmann, Wolfgang Kohler, Walter Korn, Hermann Plank, Manfred Scholz, Horst Weisshaupl