Patents by Inventor Stefan Heffels

Stefan Heffels 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: 6433194
    Abstract: Process for the removal of trioxane from a liquid mixture comprising trioxane, formaldehyde, alcohol, hemiformals formed from the form-aldehyde and the alcohol, usual secondary components arising in the preparation of trioxane, and, in addition or as an alternative to the alcohol and the hemiformals, water, in which the trioxane is transferred into the gas phase by vaporization or evaporation and subsequently converted into a liquid state by condensation and obtained as condensate or converted into a solid state by desublimation and obtained as desublimate. Through the process, an increase in the concentration of the trioxane by 2.5 times or more is achieved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2002
    Assignee: Ticona GmbH
    Inventors: Elke Schweers, Albert Reichl, Stefan Heffels
  • Patent number: 6156120
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus for the uniform distribution of a small amount of liquid on bulk materials. The method is performed by spraying the liquid with at least one ultrasonic nozzle onto the bulk material, which is finely particulate. The spraying may occur before, during, or both before and during, mixing the particulate solid in a mixing apparatus. Dust may be significantly reduced by the apparatus of the instant invention, and the apparatus is useful for applying not only liquids, but emulsions, solutions, dispersions, or melts. The mixer may be mechanical or pneumatic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2000
    Assignee: Aventis
    Inventors: Stefan Heffels, Johannes Hartel, Gerhard Noltner, Peter Mischke