Patents by Inventor Christof Knuesel

Christof Knuesel 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: 10605529
    Abstract: An installation has a process chamber defining an inner space having a tunnel-like form defining a receiving region for workpieces. The process chamber has a portal for the supply or discharge of workpieces and has a device for introducing gaseous fluid into the inner space. The device has a nozzle for producing a fluid stream curtain between the portal and the receiving region. A device supplies fresh air introduced into the receiving region at a side of the fluid stream curtain facing away from the portal. The installation has a pivotable guide contour projecting into the inner space and the nozzle or aperture is in the form of a slot which supplies the gaseous fluid to the inner space via the ceiling with a flow direction oblique relative to the floor. The gaseous fluid supplied via the nozzle to the inner space is guided on the guide contour.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: Duerr Systems AG
    Inventors: Dietmar Wieland, Oliver Iglauer, Christof Knuesel, Marius Winkler
  • Publication number: 20180238622
    Abstract: An installation has a process chamber defining an inner space having a tunnel-like form defining a receiving region for workpieces. The process chamber has a portal for the supply or discharge of workpieces and has a device for introducing gaseous fluid into the inner space. The device has a nozzle for producing a fluid stream curtain between the portal and the receiving region. A device supplies fresh air introduced into the receiving region at a side of the fluid stream curtain facing away from the portal. The installation has a pivotable guide contour projecting into the inner space and the nozzle or aperture is in the form of a slot which supplies the gaseous fluid to the inner space via the ceiling with a flow direction oblique relative to the floor. The gaseous fluid supplied via the nozzle to the inner space is guided on the guide contour.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2018
    Publication date: August 23, 2018
    Inventors: Dietmar Wieland, Oliver Iglauer, Christof Knuesel, Marius Winkler
  • Patent number: 9970706
    Abstract: The invention relates to an installation having a process chamber which comprises an inner space having a receiving region for workpieces. The process chamber has an opening for the supply or discharge of workpieces. The process chamber is constructed so as to have a device for the introduction of gaseous fluid into the inner space, which device has at least one nozzle or aperture for the production of a fluid stream curtain between the opening and the receiving region for workpieces. The process chamber has a device for supplying fresh air, with which device fresh air can be introduced into the receiving region at a side of the fluid stream curtain, which side faces away from the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Assignee: Duerr Systems AG
    Inventors: Dietmar Wieland, Oliver Iglauer, Christof Knuesel, Marius Winkler
  • Publication number: 20160348968
    Abstract: The invention relates to an installation having a process chamber which comprises an inner space having a receiving region for workpieces. The process chamber has an opening for the supply or discharge of workpieces. The process chamber is constructed so as to have a device for the introduction of gaseous fluid into the inner space, which device has at least one nozzle or aperture for the production of a fluid stream curtain between the opening and the receiving region for workpieces. The process chamber has a device for supplying fresh air, with which device fresh air can be introduced into the receiving region at a side of the fluid stream curtain, which side faces away from the opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2016
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Inventors: Dietmar Wieland, Oliver Iglauer, Christof Knuesel, Marius Winkler
  • Patent number: 9423179
    Abstract: The invention relates to an installation having a process chamber which comprises an inner space having a receiving region for workpieces. The process chamber has an opening for the supply or discharge of workpieces. The process chamber is constructed so as to have a device for the introduction of gaseous fluid into the inner space, which device has at least one nozzle or aperture for the production of a fluid stream curtain between the opening and the receiving region for workpieces. The process chamber has a device for supplying fresh air, with which device fresh air can be introduced into the receiving region at a side of the fluid stream curtain, which side faces away from the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignee: Duerr Systems GmbH
    Inventors: Dietmar Wieland, Oliver Iglauer, Christof Knuesel, Marius Winkler
  • Patent number: 9316406
    Abstract: A process chamber (5) has an interior space (39). In the interior space (39), there is a receiving region (15) for workplaces (3). The process chamber (5) has an opening (12, 14) for the entry and exit of workplaces (3). The process chamber includes an arrangement (17, 19, 25, 29, 33, 37, 35) for injecting gaseous fluid into the interior space (39). The arrangement for injecting gaseous fluid has at least one nozzle (17, 19) for producing a fluid flow curtain (21, 23) between the opening (12, 14) and the receiving region (15) for workplaces (3).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2016
    Assignee: DUERR SYSTEMS GMBH
    Inventors: Dietmar Wieland, Oliver Iglauer, Christof Knuesel, Marius Winkler
  • Publication number: 20150121720
    Abstract: The invention relates to an installation having a process chamber which comprises an inner space having a receiving region for workpieces. The process chamber has an opening for the supply or discharge of workpieces. The process chamber is constructed so as to have a device for the introduction of gaseous fluid into the inner space, which device has at least one nozzle or aperture for the production of a fluid stream curtain between the opening and the receiving region for workpieces. The process chamber has a device for supplying fresh air, with which device fresh air can be introduced into the receiving region at a side of the fluid stream curtain, which side faces away from the opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2013
    Publication date: May 7, 2015
    Applicant: Duerr Systems GmbH
    Inventors: Dietmar Wieland, Oliver Iglauer, Christof Knuesel, Marius Winkler
  • Publication number: 20130232801
    Abstract: A process chamber (5) has an interior space (39). In the interior space (39), there is a receiving region (15) for workplaces (3). The process chamber (5) has an opening (12, 14) for the entry and exit of workplaces (3). The process chamber includes an arrangement (17, 19, 25, 29, 33, 37, 35) for injecting gaseous fluid into the interior space (39), The arrangement for injecting gaseous fluid has at least one nozzle (17, 19) for producing a fluid flow curtain (21, 23) between the opening (12, 14) and the receiving region (15) for workplaces (3).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2013
    Publication date: September 12, 2013
    Applicant: Duerr Systems GmbH
    Inventors: Dietmar Wieland, Oliver Iglauer, Christof Knuesel, Marius Winkler