Patents Assigned to Heraeus Noblelight GmbH
  • Publication number: 20110044060
    Abstract: A high-power radiation module has thermal protection made of inorganic, oxidic material arranged between the radiator and housing. The thermal protection is made of an essentially fiber-free material that is optically inhomogeneous with respect to IR radiation and/or UV radiation The high-power radiation module has a power per unit contact area of at least 200 kW/m2. The use of a radiation module and a method for the production of a radiation module include radiators or radiation units connected electrically and held mechanically in a housing having an outlet opening for the emitted radiation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2007
    Publication date: February 24, 2011
    Applicant: Heraeus Noblelight GmbH
    Inventors: Martin Klinecky, Jochen Simon, Sven Linow
  • Publication number: 20100219355
    Abstract: An apparatus is provided having a chamber for the irradiation of at least one substrate. The apparatus includes a transfer channel for inserting and removing the substrate, a substrate holder inside the chamber, a vacuum pump, and at least one irradiation unit for irradiating the substrate. The irradiation unit has at least one infrared emitter including an integrated reflector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2008
    Publication date: September 2, 2010
    Applicant: Heraeus Noblelight GmbH
    Inventor: Sven Linow
  • Publication number: 20100117505
    Abstract: A method is provided for producing an infrared emitter made of an endless quartz glass body, wherein a reflector layer is deposited at least partially on the surface of the body made of quartz glass. The quartz body is divided into individual sections after application of the reflector layer. An infrared emitter is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2008
    Publication date: May 13, 2010
    Applicant: HERAEUS NOBLELIGHT GMBH
    Inventors: Volker Reith, Sven Linow
  • Patent number: 7683542
    Abstract: An arrangement of a low-pressure mercury amalgam lamp includes an amalgam deposit and a cladding tube surrounding a lamp, wherein the lamp has a mechanical contact to the cladding tube in a region of the amalgam deposit. A ring-shaped band contacting and surrounding the lamp in the region of the amalgam deposit represents the mechanical contact to the cladding tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2010
    Assignee: Heraeus Noblelight GmbH
    Inventors: Alexei Voronov, Erich Arnold, Erik Roth
  • Publication number: 20100013390
    Abstract: A shine-through, low pressure discharge, hydrogen lamp has a metallic housing structure shielding the discharge space in a lamp bulb filled with hydrogen. In this lamp a diaphragm (4) made of electrically insulating material is fixed in the metallic housing part (2) which is to face a visible light source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2007
    Publication date: January 21, 2010
    Applicant: HERAEUS NOBLELIGHT GMBH
    Inventor: Rolf Malkmus
  • Publication number: 20090120882
    Abstract: A fluid treatment plant, particularly a water disinfection plant, having more efficient energy utilization and increased service life in discontinuous operation, is producible as a simple mass-production product, that can be handled easily and is particularly suitable for household use. UV emitters are avoided that are complicated or that cannot be operated without danger, such as DBD lamps with coaxial tubes, as well as complicated ballast devices, and dangerous electrical constructions. Fluid raw materials are converted with UV radiation into qualitatively superior or novel products, in that a fluid to be treated is brought into contact with the emitter, so that the fluid is irradiated with UV radiation and has a direct influence on the temperature of the emitter, in particular it sets the operating temperature of the emitter between 0° C. and 30° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2001
    Publication date: May 14, 2009
    Applicant: HERAEUS NOBLELIGHT GMBH
    Inventors: Alex Voronov, Silke Reber
  • Patent number: 7284885
    Abstract: A lamp arrangement is provided having a lamp socket, a concave reflector body arranged on the lamp socket, an emitter arranged within the cavity of the reflector body and on the lamp socket, and preferably a filter disk, which covers an outlet opening of the reflector body for radiation. The reflector body is detachably connected with the lamp socket by a bayonet catch. Alternatively, the reflector body can be connected with the lamp socket by at least two gripping arms. The lamp arrangement is designed especially for use in the UV range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2007
    Assignee: Heraeus Noblelight GmbH
    Inventors: Ulrich Berger, Jürgen Lang, Stefan Greif, Bernd Ullrich, Ernst Smolka
  • Publication number: 20060261735
    Abstract: An arrangement of a low-pressure mercury amalgam lamp includes an amalgam deposit and a cladding tube surrounding a lamp, wherein the lamp has a mechanical contact to the cladding tube in a region of the amalgam deposit. A ring-shaped band contacting and surrounding the lamp in the region of the amalgam deposit represents the mechanical contact to the cladding tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2006
    Publication date: November 23, 2006
    Applicant: HERAEUS NOBLELIGHT GMBH
    Inventors: Alexei Voronov, Erich Arnold, Erik Roth
  • Patent number: 6943362
    Abstract: An infrared radiation source has a radiation-transparent, gas-tight tube made of electrically insulating material, in which a heat conductor made of carbon strip is arranged. The heat conductor has two ends, which are respectively electrically and mechanically connected to bushings made of molybdenum and/or tungsten and/or tantalum, and the bushings are respectively connected via current feed-through leads with electrical connections projecting from the tube. The two ends of the heat conductor are respectively connected to one of the bushings by a metallic solder, which contains at least one of the metals titanium, zirconium or hafnium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2005
    Assignee: Heraeus Noblelight GmbH
    Inventor: Sven Linow
  • Patent number: 6918923
    Abstract: The invention relates to a rectangular frame arrangement with one to two discoid radiation filters, as well as to a tanning module having such a frame arrangement. The rectangular frame arrangement has four corners and four lateral edges and, on a first lateral edge at least a first spring clip, and on a second lateral edge opposite the first lateral edge at least a second spring clip, the first and the second spring clip being joined together by at least one lateral bar, and at least the first spring clip being U-shaped with a first body portion, a first upper projection and a first bottom projection, a first radiation filter being arranged in a first marginal area between the at least one lateral bar and the first lower projection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2005
    Assignee: Heraeus Noblelight GmbH
    Inventors: Bernd Ullrich, Ulrich Berger
  • Patent number: 6909841
    Abstract: An infrared emitter element includes: at last one emitter tube made of silica glass, which has two ends; at least one electrical conductor arranged in the emitter tube as a radiation source; a cooling tube made of silica glass, which surrounds the at least one emitter tube spaced therefrom and which is connected to the at least one emitter tube directly at its ends, such that in the region of the electrical conductor at least one flow-supporting channel is formed between the at least one emitter tube and the cooling tube; and a metallic reflector. The cooling tube is completely covered with the reflector on its side facing away from the emitter tube. The infrared emitter element may be used as a flow-through heater, such as a heat exchanger, especially for high-purity fluids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2005
    Assignee: Heraeus Noblelight GmbH
    Inventors: Sven Linow, Stefan Fuchs, Petra Zellmann
  • Patent number: 6837900
    Abstract: The invention relates to a tanning module with optimized guidance of the cooling air, having a housing, a three-dimensional reflector, and at least one windowpane-shaped radiation filter. The housing has on the side of the housing opposite the radiation filter the shape of a gable roof, a hip roof, or a false hip roof, the roof ridge being flattened and facing away from the radiation filter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2005
    Assignee: Heraeus Noblelight GmbH
    Inventors: Bernd Ullrich, Ulrich Berger
  • Patent number: 6806481
    Abstract: The invention relates to a rectangular frame system with one to two discoid radiation filters, as well as a tanning module with such a frame system. The rectangular frame system has an upper plate, a lower plate and two to three margin members, two margin members being opposite one another and joining the upper plate to the lower plate, the upper plate having a first opening whose perimeter describes a circle, an ellipse, a rectangle or a polygon, and the lower plate has a rectangular second opening, the second opening having a greater area than the first opening, and at least two double spring clips are arranged at the two opposite margin members, which border on side of the frame system at which no margin member is provided, such that between the lower plate and the double spring clips a first radiation filter is clamped.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2004
    Assignee: Heraeus Noblelight GmbH
    Inventors: Bernd Ullrich, Ullrich Berger, Ernst Smolka, Jörn Jahnke, Stefan Greif
  • Publication number: 20040175162
    Abstract: An infrared emitter element includes: at last one emitter tube made of silica glass, which has two ends; at least one electrical conductor arranged in the emitter tube as a radiation source; a cooling tube made of silica glass, which surrounds the at least one emitter tube spaced therefrom and which is connected to the at least one emitter tube directly at its ends, such that in the region of the electrical conductor at least one flow-supporting channel is formed between the at least one emitter tube and the cooling tube; and a metallic reflector. The cooling tube is completely covered with the reflector on its side facing away from the emitter tube. The infrared emitter element may be used as a flow-through heater, such as a heat exchanger, especially for high-purity fluids.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2004
    Publication date: September 9, 2004
    Applicant: Heraeus Noblelight GmbH
    Inventors: Sven Linow, Stefan Fuchs, Petra Zellmann
  • Patent number: 6765339
    Abstract: An infrared lamp with a closed-off enveloping tube which encloses an emission source joined with contacts for a power supply in the form of a carbon ribbon which, extending in a direction of a long axis of the enveloping tube, determines an irradiation length of the infrared lamp in the sense of a higher irradiation output. The carbon ribbon has a length which is larger than the irradiation length by a factor of at least 1.5. With a procedure for heating a material to be processed using the infrared lamp, which makes possible short processing times in connection with a simultaneous high degree of energy efficiency, the infrared lamp may be operated such that its maximum emission lies within a wavelength range from 1.8 &mgr;m to 2.9 &mgr;m, and such that its power output comes to at least 15 Watts per cm3 of the volume enclosed by the enveloping tube over the irradiation length.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2004
    Assignee: Heraeus Noblelight GmbH
    Inventors: Walter Dieudonné, Joachim Scherzer, Klaus Schmitz, Siegfried Grob
  • Publication number: 20040119031
    Abstract: An infrared radiation source has a radiation-transparent, gas-tight tube made of electrically insulating material, in which a heat conductor made of carbon strip is arranged. The heat conductor has two ends, which are respectively electrically and mechanically connected to bushings made of molybdenum and/or tungsten and/or tantalum, and the bushings are respectively connected via current feed-through leads with electrical connections projecting from the tube. The two ends of the heat conductor are respectively connected to one of the bushings by a metallic solder, which contains at least one of the metals titanium, zirconium or hafnium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2003
    Publication date: June 24, 2004
    Applicant: Heraeus Noblelight GmbH
    Inventor: Sven Linow
  • Patent number: 6717164
    Abstract: The invention relates to a tanning module with optimized guidance of the flow of cooling air, with a housing, a reflector, and at least one discoid radiation filter. The housing has the shape of a quadrilateral pyramid with a rectangular base on a first side opposite the radiation filter and a flattened pyramid apex, the rectangular base facing toward the at least one radiation filter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2004
    Assignee: Heraeus Noblelight GmbH
    Inventors: Bernd Ullrich, Ullrich Berger, Ernst Smolka, Jörn Jahnke, Stefan Greif
  • Patent number: 6713945
    Abstract: A coolable infrared radiator element of quartz glass with at least one heating tube, which has a gas-tight current lead-through at each of its two ends. A long, stretched-out electrical heating conductor in the heating tube serves as the radiation source. At least one cooling element is provided which has at least one cooling channel for a liquid coolant. A metal reflector is provided at least in the area of the heating conductor, which reflector has at least one reflective surface. The problem is to provide an infrared radiator which can deliver high energy concentrations of >500 kW/m2 in conjunction with low radiation losses. The problem is solved in that at least one reflective surface, when seen in cross section, describes a line around a surface, where the opening for the passage of at least some of the liquid coolant is provided in the area of this surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2004
    Assignee: Heraeus Noblelight GmbH
    Inventors: Stefan Fuchs, Friedhelm Schneider, Joachim Scherzer
  • Patent number: 6706235
    Abstract: An apparatus for heating a pin shaped thermoplastic material is provided including a quartz tube, a heat radiator and a securing mechanism. The quartz tube has tube ends and is helix shaped. The heat radiator is arranged in the quartz tube and includes an electrical resistance wire connected to a power supply. The securing mechanism is a heat resistant element connected to the quartz tube that secures the part to be heated relative to the quartz tube along an axis of the quartz tube and heats the plastic part. The quartz tube and/or the part to be heated are moveable. An apparatus is also provided for heating a number of pin shaped plastic parts simultaneously. In addition, a method for heating one or more pin shaped plastic parts is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2004
    Assignee: Heraeus Noblelight GmbH
    Inventors: Joachim Scherzer, Bernhard Weber
  • Patent number: RE40181
    Abstract: The invention relates to an infrared radiator with a heating element containing carbon fibers disposed in a quartz glass tube, with its ends connected to contact elements running through the wall of the quartz glass tube. The known radiators are improved by the fact that the heating element is spaced away from the wall of the quartz glass tube and it is centered on the axis of the quartz glass tube by means of spacers. The invention furthermore relates to a method by which the infrared radiator is operated at heating element temperatures greater than 1000° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2008
    Assignee: Heraeus Noblelight GmbH
    Inventors: Joachim Scherzer, Siegfried Grob