Patents by Inventor Bernhard Hantmann

Bernhard Hantmann 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).

  • Patent number: 5873946
    Abstract: An installation for lubricating, cleaning and/or disinfecting conveyor belts for containers, more particularly for foods, such as bottles, glasses, cans, bags and the like, comprising a central metering station connectable to a water pipe used to dilute a concentrated lubricant, cleaner or disinfectant, and several distributing pipes connected to the metering station lead to the points of use. At each point of use there is a mixing valve (13-19) connectable to distribution line (52) and the water pipe (23) and individually adjustable for each point of use and a pressure reducer (50, 51) fitted upstream of each mixing valve. Varying concentration can be provided for each point of use (31-37) with little technical complexity. In another embodiment, the invention is the process carried out by the installation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 1996
    Date of Patent: February 23, 1999
    Assignee: Henkel-Ecolab GmbH & Co. Ohg
    Inventor: Bernhard Hantmann
  • Patent number: 5318078
    Abstract: The invention concerns a process for controlling and/ or distinguishing liquids used in the brewing industry. To distinguish water, rinse water, different kinds of beer, and various non-alcoholic drinks with the help of technical measuring devices, a measuring instrument for monitoring or distinguishing the conductivity of the liquid concerned by inductive measurement is used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 1991
    Date of Patent: June 7, 1994
    Assignee: Lang Apparatebau GmbH
    Inventor: Bernhard Hantmann