Patents by Inventor Arnold Kalka

Arnold Kalka 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 the backflushing of filters
    Patent number: 8349057
    Abstract: Air filters comprising thin-walled textile filter bodies have to be cleaned periodically. According to a method known to this purpose, the filtered material is loosened using pressure pulses in a flushing air flow. According to the invention, for generating the pressure pulses a plurality of small, quick-acting valves are in each case briefly opened, the opening moments being adapted to one another in such a way that partial pulses released thereby arrive simultaneously at the inlet of a flushing line common thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: Balcke-Durr GmbH
    Inventors: Wolfgang Holten, Arnold Kalka, Miroslav Podhorsky, Horst Hoffmann, Friedel Kordas
  • METHOD FOR THE BACKFLUSHING OF FILTERS
    Publication number: 20090020012
    Abstract: Air filters comprising thin-walled textile filter bodies have to be cleaned periodically. According to a method known to this purpose, the filtered material is loosened using pressure pulses in a flushing air flow. According to the invention, for generating the pressure pulses a plurality of small, quick-acting valves are in each case briefly opened, the opening moments being adapted to one another in such a way that partial pulses released thereby arrive simultaneously at the inlet of a flushing line common thereto.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2008
    Publication date: January 22, 2009
    Applicant: Balcke-Durr GmbH
    Inventors: Wolfgang Holten, Arnold Kalka, Miroslav Podhorsky, Horst Hoffmann, Friedel Kordas