Patents by Inventor Albert Hoffman

Albert Hoffman 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).

  • Method for separating gaseous and liquid components from a foamy gas liquid mixture
    Patent number: 4610701
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for separating gaseous and liquid components of a foamy gas liquid mixture, into which device a feed line for the gas liquid mixture and a withdrawal line terminate, and into whose top portion there is arranged a turbine. In order to obtain a complete and quick separation of the gas and liquid components of the foamy gas liquid mixture, it is suggested that the container part, below the turbine is a centrifugal separator into which the feed line terminates as a tangential inlet (FIG. 1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 1985
    Date of Patent: September 9, 1986
    Assignee: Linde Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Albert Hoffman
  • Device for separating gaseous and liquid components from a foamy gas liquid mixture
    Patent number: 4553990
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for separating gaseous and liquid components of a foamy gas liquid mixture, into which device a feed line for the gas liquid mixture and a withdrawal line terminate, and into whose top portion there is arranged a turbine. In order to obtain a complete and quick separation of the gas and liquid components of the foamy gas liquid mixture, it is suggested that the container part, below the turbine is a centrifugal separator into which the feed line terminates as a tangential inlet (FIG. 1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 1984
    Date of Patent: November 19, 1985
    Assignee: Linde Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Albert Hoffman