Patents by Inventor Benjamin Multner

Benjamin Multner 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).

  • Publication number: 20240342669
    Abstract: An agitator device has at least one intermediate bearing which is configured for supporting an agitation shaft within an agitation tank and which has a first bearing element and a second bearing element which, in an operation state, is rotatable relative to the first bearing element around a bearing axis and is in contact with the first bearing element, wherein at least one of the bearing elements has polycrystalline diamond.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2022
    Publication date: October 17, 2024
    Inventors: Benjamin MULTNER, Wolfgang LAST
  • Publication number: 20230364565
    Abstract: A stirring element device, in particular for stirring fluidized beds and/or solid matter mixtures and/or highly viscous suspensions, comprises at least one helical stirrer, which is rotatable around a rotation axis and has at least one winding that runs around the rotation axis, wherein the helical stirrer comprises a base body, which has in at least one cross-sectional view an at least section-wise oval, in particular circle-shaped, outer contour.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2021
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Inventors: Hans-Jürgen WEISS, Benjamin MULTNER, Wolfgang KELLER, Wolfgang LAST
  • Publication number: 20230142096
    Abstract: A method in which a medium viscous to highly viscous fluid and/or a medium viscous to highly viscous suspension are/is mixed by means of an agitator device that is driven by a drive shaft, wherein the fluid and/or the suspension are/is brought into a multi-dimensional flow by means of a close-clearance stirring blade (14) of the agitator device, and a flow resistance is minimized along a shaft direction in a shaft proximity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2021
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Inventors: Tobias KNOBLOCH, Marco KÖNIG, Wolfgang LAST, Benjamin MULTNER, Benedict KOHM, Klaus GEZORK
  • Patent number: 10661249
    Abstract: A stirring device, in particular reactor stirring device, has at least one holder which is configured for holding at least one brittle unit within a container relative to at least one container wall of the container, and which has at least one holding unit for this purpose. At least one holding position of the holder relative to the container wall can be adapted by means of the holding unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: EKATO Rühr- und Mischtechnik GmbH
    Inventors: Benjamin Multner, Christian Berner, Marco König
  • Publication number: 20190388866
    Abstract: A stirring device, in particular reactor stirring device, has at least one holder which is configured for holding at least one brittle unit within a container relative to at least one container wall of the container, and which has at least one holding unit for this purpose. At least one holding position of the holder relative to the container wall can be adapted by means of the holding unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2018
    Publication date: December 26, 2019
    Inventors: Benjamin MULTNER, Christian BERNER, Marco KÖNIG
  • Patent number: 10493411
    Abstract: A stirring device, in particular an axially conveying stirring device, is proposed for stirring, mixing, homogenizing, dispersing and/or suspending in particular abrasive media, with at least one stirring blade which is configured to rotate about a rotary axis, and with a contour unit which is configured for reducing wear-down of the at least one stirring blade.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: EKATO Rühr-und Mischtechnik GmbH
    Inventors: Wolfgang Keller, Nicole Rohn, Benjamin Multner
  • Patent number: 10022683
    Abstract: A stirring device has at least one at least substantially metallic stirring blade carrier and a plurality of stirring blades, which are connected to the stirring blade carrier, wherein the stirring blades are at least substantially made of a non-metallic material, wherein the non-metallic material is a ceramic material, wherein the stirring blades are releasably connected to the stirring blade carrier, wherein it is possible to release and/or establish a mechanical, namely a negative-fit and/or positive-fit connection between the stirring blades and the stirring blade carrier in a damage-free and/or non-destructive manner, and wherein the stirring blade carrier comprises at least one recess, which is configured to at least partly accommodate at least one of the stirring blades. The recess comprises at least one partial region implemented in a contiguous fashion if viewed in parallel to a rotational axis of the stirring blade carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: EKATO Rühr- und Mischtechnik GmbH
    Inventors: Benjamin Multner, Wolfgang Keller
  • Publication number: 20180071698
    Abstract: A stirring device has at least one at least substantially metallic stirring blade carrier and a plurality of stirring blades, which are connected to the stirring blade carrier, wherein the stirring blades are at least substantially made of a non-metallic material, wherein the non-metallic material is a ceramic material, wherein the stirring blades are releasably connected to the stirring blade carrier, wherein it is possible to release and/or establish a mechanical, namely a negative-fit and/or positive-fit connection between the stirring blades and the stirring blade carrier in a damage-free and/or non-destructive manner, and wherein the stirring blade carrier comprises at least one recess, which is configured to at least partly accommodate at least one of the stirring blades. The recess comprises at least one partial region implemented in a contiguous fashion if viewed in parallel to a rotational axis of the stirring blade carrier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2016
    Publication date: March 15, 2018
    Inventors: Benjamin MULTNER, Wolfgang KELLER
  • Publication number: 20170197190
    Abstract: A stirring device, in particular an axially conveying stirring device, is proposed for stirring, mixing, homogenizing, dispersing and/or suspending in particular abrasive media, with at least one stirring blade which is configured to rotate about a rotary axis, and with a contour unit which is configured for reducing wear-down of the at least one stirring blade.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2015
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Inventors: Wolfgang KELLER, Nicole ROHN, Benjamin MULTNER
  • Publication number: 20150109877
    Abstract: A system for dispersing finely dispersed solids into high-viscosity products includes, in a container, a coaxial stirring system having stirring elements on two independently drivable, coaxially arranged shafts. A positive-displacement, close-wall-clearance stirring element on the one shaft and a plurality of stirring elements on a central shaft are arranged in such a manner that, in an upper mixing region of the container, a combination of the positive-displacement, close-wall-clearance stirring element and stirring elements for forming an ideally mixed zone is provided, and in a mixing region downstream of the upper mixing region of the container, stirring elements for developing a plug-flow zone are provided. A positive-displacement pump is provided in a region downstream of the plug flow zone as a discharge zone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2012
    Publication date: April 23, 2015
    Inventors: Benjamin Multner, Klaus Gezork, Werner Himmelsbach