Patents by Inventor Willi Gericke

Willi Gericke 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: 5149229
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for pneumatically conveying material in form of granular solids or the like includes a feeder sending the material under pressure and addition of carrier gas in a transport pipe such that its cross sectional area is only partly filled with the material. The transport pipe is subdivided by vibration compensators into several pipe sections of a length of up to several meters which are subjected to vibrations so that the wall friction between the material and the transport pipe is reduced in such a manner that at a flow pattern similar to a strand/crown flow up to a plug flow the carrier gas is charged with material to a high degree and a material layer forming at the pipe bottom is also conveyed. The pipe sections may be made of a rigid vibrating material or may be made in form of a flexible hose which is mounted on a support and either directly or indirectly subjected to vibrations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 1989
    Date of Patent: September 22, 1992
    Assignee: Gericke AG, Maschinenfabrik
    Inventors: Willi Gericke, Karl-Ernst Wirth, Wolfgang Siebenhaar