Patents by Inventor Pascal Wildbolz

Pascal Wildbolz 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).

  • Method of determining the softening- or dropping point
    Patent number: 9222903
    Abstract: At least one of the softening point and the dropping point of a substance is determined with a measuring instrument that comprises a sample chamber (4), a temperature sensor (16), a heater device (11), a means for providing temperature/time target values, an image-recording means (5) and a controller unit (17) with a processor unit. The heater device heats the sample chamber, the temperature sensor measures the temperature in the sample chamber, and the image-recording means captures a visual image of the interior of the sample chamber. A method using the measuring instrument has at least the steps of determining the change over time of the sample as a function of temperature based on the recorded image/time data and actual temperature/time data, and of determining the dropping- or softening point of the sample based on the observed change over time as a function of temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignee: Mettler-Toledo AG
    Inventors: Mario Crevatin, Markus Tuor, Benjamin Arnold, Pascal Wildbolz, Daniel Scherrer
  • METHOD OF DETERMINING THE SOFTENING- OR DROPPING POINT
    Publication number: 20130058374
    Abstract: At least one of the softening point and the dropping point of a substance is determined with a measuring instrument that comprises a sample chamber (4), a temperature sensor (16), a heater device (11), a means for providing temperature/time target values, an image-recording means (5) and a controller unit (17) with a processor unit. The heater device heats the sample chamber, the temperature sensor measures the temperature in the sample chamber, and the image-recording means captures a visual image of the interior of the sample chamber. A method using the measuring instrument has at least the steps of determining the change over time of the sample as a function of temperature based on the recorded image/time data and actual temperature/time data, and of determining the dropping- or softening point of the sample based on the observed change over time as a function of temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2012
    Publication date: March 7, 2013
    Applicant: METTLER-TOLEDO AG
    Inventors: Mario Crevatin, Markus Tuor, Benjamin Arnold, Pascal Wildbolz, Daniel Scherrer