Patents Assigned to Gericke AG
  • Patent number: 12372176
    Abstract: A device has a flange including a base body with a main contact face and a further flange including a further base body with a further main contact face. In a mounted state the flange is connected to the further flange with a sealing element therebetween. The flange has a recess which adjoins the main contact face and in which the sealing element is arranged. The further flange has an extension which protrudes from the further base body at the further main contact face and engages in the recess and contacts the sealing element. The extension positions and centers the sealing element and/or compresses the sealing element. The flange and the further flange jointly delimit a groove which forms part of the recess and partially receives the sealing element, and a groove width increases from an opening of the groove to a low point of the groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2025
    Assignee: Gericke AG
    Inventors: Markus H. Gericke, Frank Lauer, Reto Schaffner
  • Patent number: 11504683
    Abstract: A metering and mixing system has at least one mixing device, in particular a continuous mixing device, which has at least one mixing container with a receiving region for receiving a mixing product and at least one mixing unit for mixing the mixing product which is in the mixing container, with at least one first metering device which has at least one first metering container having a receiving region for receiving a first mixing product component and at least one conveying unit for conveying the first mixing product component from the first metering container to the mixing container, and with at least one second metering device which has at least one second metering container having a receiving region for receiving a second mixing product component and at least one metering unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: Gericke AG
    Inventors: Ralf Weinekoetter, Georg Presch, Bernhard Meir, Raffael Roemer, Florian Tegel
  • Patent number: 10751677
    Abstract: A mixing device, in particular bulk material mixing device, with at least one mixing container comprises a receiving region for receiving a material to be mixed, with at least one mixing unit which is configured for mixing the material to be mixed that is present in the mixing container, and with at least one lump breaker unit comprising at least one cutter element which protrudes into the mixing container, wherein the at least one lump breaker unit is arranged in a frontal region of the mixing container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: Gericke AG
    Inventors: Markus Gericke, Ralf Weinekötter, Aleksandar Maksimovic, Christian Schefer, Reto Schaffner
  • Patent number: 7762717
    Abstract: In a device for processing bulk materials, for example by mixing, shredding, metering and/or screening, with a container (40) and an implement (30) driven therein about a horizontal axis by an external rotary drive (10), it is proposed as claimed in the invention that, arranged between the container (40) and the rotary drive (10), is a connection unit (20), to which the container (40) is detachably fastened, in which a shaft (33) of the implement (30) is detachably retained and is detachably attached to the rotary drive (10), and in which a labyrinth seal (50) is loosely accommodated for the purpose of sealing the container (40) against the implement shaft (33).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2010
    Assignee: Gericke AG
    Inventors: André Röhm, Ralf Weinekötter, Peter Brechbühler, Heinz Diethelm
  • Patent number: 6287056
    Abstract: In a method of operating a pulse flow conveying installation (10), which is intended for the conveying of a solid material (33), present in the form of bulk material, by means of a conveying gas, in which pulse flow conveying installation (10) an alternating sequence of solid material pulses (27) and conveying gas pulses (28) is generated by first means (13, . . . , 21) in the conveying conduit (25) and is pressed through the conveying conduit (25), choking is reliably prevented in that the conveying pressure is regulated, and in that to regulate the conveying pressure in the conveying conduit (25), the quantity of the conveying gas flowing on a time average basis through the conveying conduit (25) is altered in relation to the quantity of the solid material conveyed on a time average basis through the conveying conduit (25).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2001
    Assignee: Gericke AG
    Inventor: Georg Szikszay
  • Patent number: 6109779
    Abstract: A continuous mixer (10) comprises an elongated mixing container (11), which has an inlet opening (14) at one end for feeding in the basic components to be mixed and which encloses a mixing space (12), which merges at the other end into a discharge region (22) for the delivery of the mixed product, and in which mixing container (11) there is arranged a mixing tool (13), which is rotatable about an axis (41), is driven by a drive (18, 40) and mixes together the basic components fed into the inlet opening (14) and at the same time transports them to the discharge region (22). In such a mixer, improved control of the mixing conditions is achieved by an adjustable discharge opening (19) adjustable in size being arranged between the discharge region (22) and the mixing space (12).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2000
    Assignee: Gericke AG
    Inventors: Ralf Weinekotter, Lukas Hiltbrunner
  • Patent number: 4496083
    Abstract: Within a loose or bulk good container there is arranged a loosening wheel which is wider than a discharge spiral. The loosening wheel is secured by a wheel holder device at a removable wall portion of the container. The removable wall portion is arranged transversely with respect to the discharge spiral and is fixedly connected with an outlet or discharge connection of the container. During exchange of the discharge spiral and/or the loosening wheel there can be removed as a structural unit or assembly from the container wall the removable wall portion together with the outlet or discharge connection, the wheel holder device and the loosening wheel, and such structural unit can be replaced by a different structural unit containing the corresponding elements but of different dimensions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 1982
    Date of Patent: January 29, 1985
    Assignee: Gericke AG
    Inventors: Hermann Gericke, Robert Schavilje