Patents by Inventor Bruno Hegnauer
Bruno Hegnauer 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).
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Patent number: 9216369Abstract: In at least one embodiment, a filter device for filtering out of solid substance from a solid-liquid-mixture where the filter device includes a bearing shaft; a rotation body attached to the bearing shaft and supported by the bearing shaft to be rotatable; a single filter cell formed on the rotation body with a filter structure attached to the rotation body for filtering out the solid substance and a connection channel formed in the rotation body that extends from a filter structure outlet side to an outlet opening formed adjacent to the bearing shaft and via which the connection channel is permanently connected with an intermediate connection channel formed in the bearing shaft; a liquid discharge line connected with or formed by the intermediate connection channel; a plurality of branch-off lines which are branched-off from the liquid discharge line; and a control device having a valve assembly.Type: GrantFiled: December 26, 2011Date of Patent: December 22, 2015Assignee: ANDRITZ KMPT GmbHInventors: Gunnar Grim, Bruno Hegnauer
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Patent number: 9004289Abstract: In at least one embodiment, a filter device for filtering out of solid substance from a solid-liquid-mixture, including a bearing shaft extending along a rotation axis; a rotation body detachable from the bearing shaft and supported by the bearing shaft to be rotatable about the rotation axis; one or more filter cells formed on the rotation body and each includes a filter structure attached to the rotation body for filtering out the solid substance and allowing the liquid to pass from an inlet side to an outlet side, and a connection channel formed in the rotation body and that extends from the outlet side to an outlet opening which is formed on an axial side of the rotation body in a radial distance to the rotation axis; and a control device having a structural control unit for providing a connection between the respective outlet opening and a plurality of lines.Type: GrantFiled: December 26, 2011Date of Patent: April 14, 2015Assignee: ANDRITZ KMPT GmbHInventors: Bruno Hegnauer, Gunnar Grim
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Publication number: 20120160761Abstract: In at least one embodiment, a filter device for filtering out of solid substance from a solid-liquid-mixture, including a bearing shaft extending along a rotation axis; a rotation body detachable from the bearing shaft and supported by the bearing shaft to be rotatable about the rotation axis; one or more filter cells formed on the rotation body and each includes a filter structure attached to the rotation body for filtering out the solid substance and allowing the liquid to pass from an inlet side to an outlet side, and a connection channel formed in the rotation body and that extends from the outlet side to an outlet opening which is formed on an axial side of the rotation body in a radial distance to the rotation axis; and a control device having a structural control unit for providing a connection between the respective outlet opening and a plurality of lines.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 26, 2011Publication date: June 28, 2012Inventors: Bruno Hegnauer, Gunnar Grim
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Publication number: 20120160748Abstract: In at least one embodiment, a filter device for filtering out of solid substance from a solid-liquid-mixture where the filter device includes a bearing shaft; a rotation body attached to the bearing shaft and supported by the bearing shaft to be rotatable; a single filter cell formed on the rotation body with a filter structure attached to the rotation body for filtering out the solid substance and a connection channel formed in the rotation body that extends from a filter structure outlet side to an outlet opening formed adjacent to the bearing shaft and via which the connection channel is permanently connected with an intermediate connection channel formed in the bearing shaft; a liquid discharge line connected with or formed by the intermediate connection channel; a plurality of branch-off lines which are branched-off from the liquid discharge line; and a control device having a valve assembly.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 26, 2011Publication date: June 28, 2012Inventors: Gunnar Grim, Bruno Hegnauer
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Patent number: 5736054Abstract: An operating parameter of a centrifuge is determined by converting vibration of the machine frame of the centrifuge on rotation of the drum thereof to electrical signals having a frequency spectrum which is analyzed. Variations of the peak amplitudes and frequency locations on frequency analysis, e.g. by Fast Fourier Transmissions, is used to signal the parameter, e.g. a parameter representing the degrees of filling the centrifuge, termination of filtration, etc.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 1995Date of Patent: April 7, 1998Assignee: Krauss Maffei AktiengesellschaftInventors: Johann Feller, Bruno Hegnauer
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Patent number: 5630938Abstract: An evertable drum centrifuge has a housing extending along an axis, a hollow filter drum rotatable in the housing about the axis and having a front end wall formed with a fill opening centered on the axis, and a nonrotatable fill tube extending along the axis and having a back end. A fill head complementarily engageable in the fill opening is fitted in a closed position in the fill opening and a suspension to be filtered is introduced through the fill tube and fill opening into the drum. A bearing rotatably supports the fill head on the fill-tube back end and a static seal is engaged between the fill head and the fill opening.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 1996Date of Patent: May 20, 1997Assignee: Krauss-Maffei AGInventors: Johannes Feller, Gunnar Grim, Bruno Hegnauer
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Patent number: 5582726Abstract: A filter centrifuge has the drum, the drum shaft and its bearings mounted in a movable machine support, carriage or bearing member which rides on a rail of the base machine support or frame so that with a cover for an opening in the rear wall on which the filter housing is mounted, the assembly of drum, shaft and bearing can be withdrawn into the machine space. When the movable wall is in place, a clean room containing the filter housing and the processing chamber, is closed off from the machine space.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 1994Date of Patent: December 10, 1996Assignee: Krauss Maffei AktiengesellschaftInventors: Johann Feller, Bruno Hegnauer, Wolfgang Knobloch
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Patent number: 5090953Abstract: A sensor is provided for the level of liquid or the surface characteristics of the solids and liquid layers in a centrifuge drum and controls a scoop by terminating the removal of the liquid when a surface-characteristic change representing the solids layer is reached or when the rate of change in the level within the drum approaches zero.Type: GrantFiled: November 27, 1990Date of Patent: February 25, 1992Assignee: Krauss-Maffei AktiengesellschaftInventors: Otto Buttner, Bruno Hegnauer