Patents by Inventor Walter Steidl

Walter Steidl 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: 11731090
    Abstract: A hyperboloid agitator for circulating liquids, in particular water, wastewater or the like, in the centre of which a connection portion (2) for connection to a hollow agitator shaft (1) is provided, characterised in that the hyperboloid agitator is formed as a hollow body, with a central aperture (3) for supplying air being provided in the connection portion (2), and in that an air distribution device (9, 10, 11) for distributing air supplied through the aperture (3) to a plurality of air outlet openings (14) provided in the hollow body is provided downstream of the aperture (3).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: INVENT Umwelt- und Verfahrenstechnik AG
    Inventors: Marcus Höfken, Thomas Hagspiel, Torsten Frey, Walter Steidl
  • Patent number: 11484848
    Abstract: An apparatus for aerating bodies of water includes a floating platform, a motor supported by the floating platform, a transmission which is coupled to the motor and whose output shaft is in the form of a hollow shaft, a fan for supplying air through an air supply line connected thereto, wherein the air supply line is connected to one end of the hollow shaft, a hollow stirring shaft coupled to the other end of the hollow shaft, an stirrer affixed to the free end of the approximately vertical stirring shaft, wherein the stirrer is designated as a hollow body and has a central opening through which air supplied by the stirring shaft can pass, and a multiplicity of air outlet openings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: INVENT Umwelt—und Verfahrenstechnik AG
    Inventors: Marcus Höfken, Thomas Hagspiel, Torsten Frey, Walter Steidl
  • Publication number: 20210394132
    Abstract: A hyperboloid agitator for circulating liquids, in particular water, wastewater or the like, in the centre of which a connection portion (2) for connection to a hollow agitator shaft (1) is provided, characterised in that the hyperboloid agitator is formed as a hollow body, with a central aperture (3) for supplying air being provided in the connection portion (2), and in that an air distribution device (9, 10, 11) for distributing air supplied through the aperture (3) to a plurality of air outlet openings (14) provided in the hollow body is provided downstream of the aperture (3)
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2019
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Inventors: Marcus HÖFKEN, Thomas HAGSPIEL, Torsten FREY, Walter STEIDL
  • Publication number: 20210316257
    Abstract: An apparatus for aerating bodies of water, comprising a floating platform (19), a motor (15) supported by the floating platform (19), a transmission (16) which is coupled to the motor (15) and whose output shaft is in the form of a hollow shaft (17), a fan for supplying air through an air supply line (18) connected thereto, wherein the air supply line (18) is connected to one end (E1) of the hollow shaft (17), a hollow stirring shaft (1) coupled to the other end (E2) of the hollow shaft (17), an stirrer (K) affixed to the free end of the approximately vertical stirring shaft (1), wherein the stirrer (K) is designated as a hollow body and has a central opening (3) through which air supplied by the stirring shaft (1) can pass, and a multiplicity of air outlet openings (14).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2019
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Inventors: Marcus HÖFKEN, Thomas HAGSPIEL, Torsten FREY, Walter STEIDL
  • Publication number: 20110114545
    Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus for cleaning sewage, having a housing (1) of substantially rectangular outline which is formed in the manner of a transportable container, wherein a plurality of compartments (C1, C2, C3, C4) are provided one behind the other along a longitudinal direction of the outline, wherein a first compartment (C1) contains at least two treatment basins (B1, B2, B3, B4) and an adjoining, second compartment (C2) contains a tank (7) with a lamellar separator (8) and a clarifying basin (9) arranged one after the other downstream of it. In order to improve the cleaning efficiency, it is proposed according to the invention that the clarifying basin (9) be arranged between the lamellar separator (8) and the first compartment (C1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2009
    Publication date: May 19, 2011
    Applicant: INVENT UMWELT-UND VERFAHRENSTECHINK AG
    Inventors: Marcus Hoefken, Walter Steidl, Peter Huber