Patents by Inventor Christian C. Herbeck

Christian C. Herbeck 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: 6182461
    Abstract: A heat exchanger coil has its fins coated with a photocatalytic semi-conductor material in such a manner that its fins may then be illuminated by UV light to activate the material so as to cause the oxidation of organic pollutants which are on the fin coils themselves or in the air passing therethrough. A preferred photocatalytic semi-conductor material is titanium dioxide, which may be applied to the fin stock prior to the fabrication of the coil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2001
    Assignee: Carrier Corporation
    Inventors: Norman A. Washburn, Timothy J. Roberts, Christian C. Herbeck
  • Patent number: 4239450
    Abstract: A variable inlet vane adjusting construction including a plurality of vanes pivotally mounted about a hub, an adjusting ring circumferentially slidable on the hub, a plurality of circumferentially spaced axial slots on the adjusting ring, a bearing of substantially solid rectangular configuration in each of the slots and in engagement with the sides of the slots, a plurality of pin members each having first and second ends with the first ends being mounted for universal movement on each of said bearings and the second ends fixedly mounted on levers which are in turn fixedly secured to the vanes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 1979
    Date of Patent: December 16, 1980
    Assignee: Buffalo Forge Company
    Inventors: Lawrence J. Geitner, Christian C. Herbeck