Patents by Inventor CHRISTOPH HERBERT WEINGAERTNER

CHRISTOPH HERBERT WEINGAERTNER 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).

  • System, method and apparatus for controlling the flow direction, flow rate and temperature of solids
    Patent number: 10429064
    Abstract: An apparatus for controlling flow of a material includes an inlet for receiving the material from a source, and a seal mechanism connected to the inlet, the seal mechanism having a fluidizing bed configured to receive the material from the inlet, a first discharge passageway and a second discharge passageway. The fluidizing bed includes a first transport zone associated with the first discharge passageway and a second transport zone associated with the second discharge passageway, wherein the first and second transport zones are configured to receive transport gas from a transport gas source. The transport gas is controllable to selectively divert a flow of the material into the first discharge passageway and the second discharge passageway.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC TECHNOLOGY GMBH
    Inventors: Jonq-Hai Chiu, Herbert E. Andrus, Jr., Christoph Herbert Weingaertner, Hans-Peter Dornik, Olaf Stallmann
  • SYSTEM, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING THE FLOW DIRECTION, FLOW RATE AND TEMPERATURE OF SOLIDS
    Publication number: 20170284660
    Abstract: An apparatus for controlling flow of a material includes an inlet for receiving the material from a source, and a seal mechanism connected to the inlet, the seal mechanism having a fluidizing bed configured to receive the material from the inlet, a first discharge passageway and a second discharge passageway. The fluidizing bed includes a first transport zone associated with the first discharge passageway and a second transport zone associated with the second discharge passageway, wherein the first and second transport zones are configured to receive transport gas from a transport gas source. The transport gas is controllable to selectively divert a flow of the material into the first discharge passageway and the second discharge passageway.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2016
    Publication date: October 5, 2017
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC TECHNOLOGY GMBH
    Inventors: JONQ-HAI CHIU, HERBERT E. ANDRUS, JR., CHRISTOPH HERBERT WEINGAERTNER, HANS-PETER DORNIK, OLAF STALLMANN