Patents by Inventor Michel Heinrich

Michel Heinrich 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: 8092214
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for the continuous melting of inorganic salts and a furnace installation for realizing the method. Solid salts are fed into a furnace with the aid of a feeding unit. The salts contained in the furnace are heated. A flow of the salts is generating inside the furnace with the aid of a circulating unit. The flow generates a two-phase region containing solid and melted salt and a separate second region containing substantially solely a melt that is heated to the desired temperature. The melt is discharged from the separate second region simultaneous with the feeding of the solid salts into the furnace with the aid of a removal unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2012
    Assignee: Durferrit GmbH
    Inventors: Michel Heinrich, Hans-Helmut Trapp
  • Publication number: 20080233527
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for the continuous melting of inorganic salts and a furnace installation for realizing the method. Solid salts are fed into a furnace with the aid of a feeding unit. The salts contained in the furnace are heated. A flow of the salts is generating inside the furnace with the aid of a circulating unit. The flow generates a two-phase region containing solid and melted salt and a separate second region containing substantially solely a melt that is heated to the desired temperature. The melt is discharged from the separate second region simultaneous with the feeding of the solid salts into the furnace with the aid of a removal unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2008
    Publication date: September 25, 2008
    Applicant: Durferrit GmbH
    Inventors: Michel Heinrich, Hans-Helmut Trapp
  • Patent number: 5456209
    Abstract: The present invention is a preformed, shaped part that forms a surface for farm animals to stand on in stables. The preformed parts are made to interconnect into an intermediate floor for mounting on a grating. The preformed, shaped part, when assembled, creates a substantially hollow body in which a bottom plate covers the heating device to heat the tread surface, and also includes an insulation layer for downward heat insulation of the heating device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 1993
    Date of Patent: October 10, 1995
    Inventor: Michel Heinrich