Patents by Inventor Reiner Laible

Reiner Laible 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).

  • Drying method
    Patent number: 7219442
    Abstract: The vacuum contact drying takes place in a device with a horizontally-arranged heated cylinder (1), a stirrer circulating with a very small wall separation, a blade (4) arranged on the stirrer and optionally an injection line (6), also arranged on the stirrer, for the introduction of liquid, gaseous, or vaporized media. According to the invention, the drying may be controlled whereby the value for the product temperature, the vacuum and the instantaneous evaporation power are continuously measured and regulated on the basis of the measured values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2007
    Assignee: Rosenmund VTZ AG
    Inventor: Reiner Laible
  • Drying method
    Publication number: 20050262721
    Abstract: The vacuum contact drying takes place in a device with a horizontally-arranged heated cylinder (1), a stirrer circulating with a very small wall separation, a blade (4) arranged on the stirrer and optionally an injection line (6), also arranged on the stirrer, for the introduction of liquid, gaseous, or vaporized media. According to the invention, the drying may be controlled whereby the value for the product temperature, the vacuum and the instantaneous evaporation power are continuously measured and regulated on the basis of the measured values.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2003
    Publication date: December 1, 2005
    Inventor: Reiner Laible