Patents by Inventor Rudolf Böhnlein

Rudolf Böhnlein 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: 10543490
    Abstract: An arrangement and method for detaching an adhering charge from an inner wall of a grinding tube, wherein the grinding tube is rotated backwards in a drive-free manner from a pre-determinable, assumed rotary position by the weight force of the adhering charge, where at least one movement state variable of the grinding tube is detected and the grinding tube is braked while being rotated back in dependence on the at least one detected movement state variable in order to detach the adhering charge from the inner wall of the grinding tube, and where the arrangement includes a detecting device, a drive unit, a braking device and a control device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Rudolf Boehnlein, Dirk Mensing, Juergen Thuilot, Bernd Wacker
  • Publication number: 20180169663
    Abstract: An arrangement and method for detaching an adhering charge from an inner wall of a grinding tube, wherein the grinding tube is rotated backwards in a drive-free manner from a pre-determinable, assumed rotary position by the weight force of the adhering charge, where at least one movement state variable of the grinding tube is detected and the grinding tube is braked while being rotated back in dependence on the at least one detected movement state variable in order to detach the adhering charge from the inner wall of the grinding tube, and where the arrangement includes a detecting device, a drive unit, a braking device and a control device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2015
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Inventors: Rudolf BOEHNLEIN, Dirk MENSING, Juergen THUILOT, Bernd WACKER
  • Patent number: 9016478
    Abstract: A magnetic drum separator (2), with a drum (6) rotatable about a rotational axis (4), a magnet arrangement (10) of a plurality of magnets (12) arranged in the interior (8) of the drum (6), a separation zone (18) in the exterior space (14) of the drum (6); a feed material (22) flows through the separation zone (18) and is there separable with the aid of a magnetic field (26) generated by the magnet arrangement (10), into a waste stream (30) and a recyclable material stream (28). A relative position (R) of at least one of the magnets (12) relative to the rotational axis (4) can be varied. A nominal magnitude (S) for a process value (78) on the drum separator (2) that is influenced by the separation behavior (32) is specified. At least one measurement device (74) detects an actual magnitude (I) of the process value (78), and a controller (82), which changes the relative position (R) of the at least one of the magnets (12), whereby the actual magnitude (I) is controlled to approach the nominal magnitude (S).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Rudolf Böhnlein, Argun Gökpekin, Andreas Lekscha, Frank Schmidt, Ralph Oliver Schmidt, Bernd Zehentbauer
  • Publication number: 20140216988
    Abstract: A magnetic drum separator (2), with a drum (6) rotatable about a rotational axis (4), a magnet arrangement (10) of a plurality of magnets (12) arranged in the interior (8) of the drum (6), a separation zone (18) in the exterior space (14) of the drum (6); a feed material (22) flows through the separation zone (18) and is there separable with the aid of a magnetic field (26) generated by the magnet arrangement (10), into a waste stream (30) and a recyclable material stream (28). A relative position (R) of at least one of the magnets (12) relative to the rotational axis (4) can be varied. A nominal magnitude (S) for a process value (78) on the drum separator (2) that is influenced by the separation behavior (32) is specified. At least one measurement device (74) detects an actual magnitude (I) of the process value (78), and a controller (82), which changes the relative position (R) of the at least one of the magnets (12), whereby the actual magnitude (I) is controlled to approach the nominal magnitude (S).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2012
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Applicant: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Rudolf Böhnlein, Argun Gökpekin, Andreas Lekscha, Frank Schmidt, Ralph Oliver Schmidt, Bernd Zehentbauer