Patents by Inventor Dieter Wilkens

Dieter Wilkens 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: 9068125
    Abstract: A process for the recovery of a pure aromatics-containing product is disclosed. This product is obtained by extractive distillation of a gasoline rich in aromatics, in which olefins, diolefins and polyolefins are separated, and this extractive distillation is followed by a hydrogenation of the recovered aromatics-rich, olefin-lean product stream, in which the alkylated aromatics, especially toluene and xylene, are dealkylated and the paraffinic dealkylation products further converted into methane so that a significant portion of hydrogen can be saved by carrying out the hydrogenation subsequent to the extractive distillation, as the aromatics mixture is then free of olefins and no hydrogen is required for an olefin hydrogenation, with extractive distillation and recovery of the extracting solvent taking place in one column. An apparatus for carrying out the process described is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2015
    Assignee: ThyssenKrupp Uhde GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Diehl, Helmut Gehrke, Baerbel Kolbe, Dieter Wilken
  • Publication number: 20120067776
    Abstract: A process for the recovery of a pure aromatics-containing product is disclosed. This product is obtained by extractive distillation of a gasoline rich in aromatics, in which olefins, diolefins and polyolefins are separated, and this extractive distillation is followed by a hydrogenation of the recovered aromatics-rich, olefin-lean product stream, in which the alkylated aromatics, especially toluene and xylene, are dealkylated and the paraffinic dealkylation products further converted into methane so that a significant portion of hydrogen can be saved by carrying out the hydrogenation subsequent to the extractive distillation, as the aromatics mixture is then free of olefins and no hydrogen is required for an olefin hydrogenation, with extractive distillation and recovery of the extracting solvent taking place in one column. An apparatus for carrying out the process described is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2010
    Publication date: March 22, 2012
    Applicant: UHDE GMBH
    Inventors: Thomas Diehl, Helmut Gehrke, Baerbel Kolbe, Dieter Wilken
  • Patent number: 8083110
    Abstract: An aid for pulling on stockings, especially compression stockings, comprising two parallel first struts, which are spaced mutually apart and each have a free upper end, and two parallel second struts, which are spaced mutually apart and whose upper ends are connected by an arcuate hoop, characterized in that the second struts are mounted such as to be pivotable about a pivot axis together with the hoop connected to them, said pivot axis running transversely to a longitudinal direction of said second strut, said second struts being movable into a first position, in which they are disposed adjacent to said first struts, and a second position, in which they are disposed at a V-shaped angle (?) to said first struts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2011
    Inventor: Claus-Dieter Wilkens
  • Publication number: 20080185407
    Abstract: An aid for pulling on stockings, especially compression stockings, comprising two parallel first struts, which are spaced mutually apart and each have a free upper end, and two parallel second struts, which are spaced mutually apart and whose upper ends are connected by an arcuate hoop, characterised in that the second struts are mounted such as to be pivotable about a pivot axis together with the hoop connected to them, said pivot axis running transversely to a longitudinal direction of said second strut, said second struts being movable into a first position, in which they are disposed adjacent to said first struts, and a second position, in which they are disposed at a V-shaped angle (?) to said first struts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2007
    Publication date: August 7, 2008
    Inventor: Claus-Dieter WILKENS
  • Publication number: 20040000473
    Abstract: A process is disclosed of separating 1-methoxy-2-propanol and 2-methoxy-1-propanol from aqueous compositions, by dewatering of the aqueous composition containing 1-methoxy-2-propanol and 2-methoxy-1-propanol to a concentration of 1-methoxy-2-propanol and 2-methoxy-1-propanol of at least 90 percent by weight in total and isolation of 1-methoxy-2-propanol, 2-methoxy-1-propanol or mixtures thereof by distillation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2003
    Publication date: January 1, 2004
    Inventors: Willi Hofen, Helmut Gehrke, Barbel Kolbe, Dieter Wilken, Carsten Gehlen, Percy Kampeis
  • Patent number: 6539851
    Abstract: A round baler, including a front housing, a rear housing pivotally connected with the front housing by an upper axle secured in the front housing and supporting the rear housing for a pivotal movement relative to the front housing, and a locking device for latching the rear housing to the front housing in a closed operational position of the rear housing and releasable upon a pressure acting on the rear housing reaching a predetermined value, and including an element for latchingly connecting the rear housing with the front housing in a partially open position of the rear housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2003
    Assignee: Lely Welger Maschinenfabrik GmbH
    Inventors: Dieter Wilkens, Joost Honhold
  • Patent number: 6530311
    Abstract: A method of producing high-density bales from harvest products in a bale press with a variable volume compression chamber which is circumferentially limited by belts, a chain conveyor rolls and which yields to a force imparted by preloaded means, with the method including controlling a pressing power applied to a harvest product by the belts, the chain conveyor and the rolls dependent on a driving torque of the bale press, and automatically increasing the pressing power during formation of a bale upon an interruption of product delivery or a relative reduction in the product delivery into the compression chamber of the bale press; and a bale press for effecting the method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2003
    Assignee: Lely Maschinenfabrik GmbH
    Inventors: Dieter Wilkens, Joost Honhold
  • Patent number: 6378276
    Abstract: An agricultural baler including a compression chamber housing, a support axle, springs provided at both sides of the compression chamber housing for supporting the housing on the support axle with a possibility of vertical displacement relative to the support axle, and sensors for determining a distance between the compression chamber housing and the support axle and for generating signals representing in response to sensing the distance a measure of a bale weight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2002
    Assignee: Lely Welger Maschinenfabrik GmbH
    Inventors: Ulrich Dorge, Dieter Wilkens
  • Patent number: 6257131
    Abstract: A channel baler including a pressure channel, a plunger located in the pressure channel, a thrust crank drive for reciprocating the plunger in the pressure channel, and an element which provides for elastic yielding of at least one element of a pressure system including the pressure channel, the plunger and the thrust crank drive, in an axial direction by a path corresponding approximately to a thickness of a compressed bale upon a plunger power exceeding a predetermined value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2001
    Assignee: Welger GmbH
    Inventors: Dieter Wilkens, Jürgen Röhrbein
  • Patent number: 6161368
    Abstract: A baler for forming rectangular bales from harvested crop and including a baling channel having an inlet opening, a pressure piston reciprocating in the baling channel and periodically closing and opening the inlet opening, a continuously driven rake conveyor for delivering the harvested crop through the inlet opening of the baling channel synchronously with reciprocating movement of the pressure piston, a switch mechanism for periodically turning off the rake conveyor, and a brake for retraining the rake conveyor for at least one delivery period in its undelivering position outside of a delivery channel, and a control unit for turning on the rake conveyor synchronously with the reciprocating movement of the pressure piston.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2000
    Assignee: Welger GmbH
    Inventors: Dieter Wilkens, Jurgen Rohrbein
  • Patent number: 6101932
    Abstract: A bale press for agricultural harvest crops including a pressure channel having at least a portion of one of its sides formed by a pivotal rail section, a hydraulic device for applying pressure to the rail section, a plunger displaceable in the pressure channel for compressing a harvest crop therein, and a control device for controlling operating of the bale press and including a load sensor for sensing loading of the plunger with the loading representing a first controlled variable, a pressure sensor for sensing pressure in the hydraulic device with the pressure representing a second controlled variable, and an operator unit for changing the pressure applied to the rail section upon deviation of at least one of the controlled variables from a predetermined set value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2000
    Assignee: Welger GmbH
    Inventor: Dieter Wilkens
  • Patent number: 6012271
    Abstract: A round baler for fibrous agricultural material including compression and delivery elements, a main drive for driving the same, a wrapping apparatus, and at least one load sensor provided in the drive line for the compression elements for generating a control signal for actuation of the wrapping apparatus and/or turning off of the delivery elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2000
    Assignee: Welger GmbH
    Inventors: Dieter Wilkens, Joost Honhold, Jurgen Rohrbein
  • Patent number: 5819517
    Abstract: A conveying device for agricultural presses for compression of harvest products and including a pick-up drum for picking up the harvest products, a conveying channel located downstream of the pick-up drum and opening into the pressing space of a press, a feeding rotor limiting the conveying channel from above, a plurality of cutting knives extending through the channel bottom, and resilient elements for supporting the channel bottom and located at an end of the channel bottom adjacent to the pick-up drum so that the bottom may be moved downward against a spring force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 1996
    Date of Patent: October 13, 1998
    Assignee: Welger GmbH
    Inventors: Konstantinos Amanatidis, Dieter Wilkens
  • Patent number: 5752437
    Abstract: A roll baler for agricultural harvest products having a stem and including an approximately cylindrical pressing space and a plurality of press rolls arranged along a circumference of the pressing space close to each other, with each press roll having a plurality of longitudinal ribs uniformly distributed along a periphery of the press roll at a predetermined circumferential distance from each other, and with the predetermined distance being so selected that no two roll ribs lie in two mutually perpendicular longitudinal central planes of the press roll.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 19, 1998
    Assignee: Welger GmbH
    Inventors: Dieter Wilkens, Jurgen Rohrbein, Joost Honhold
  • Patent number: 5519990
    Abstract: A round baling press for agricultural stalk grains is disclosed which comprises revolving pressing elements wherein the revolving pressing elements include at least one of rollers, conveyors belts, conveyor bar chains and similar items, and further wherein the revolving pressing elements bound a pressing space. The revolving pressing elements are driven on their side facing the pressing space in a region of a commodity inlet aperture so as to revolve from a bottom to a top. The round baling press also comprises a revolving conveyor arrangement, wherein the revolving conveyor arrangement is driven in a same peripheral direction as the pressing elements. The revolving conveyor arrangement is disposed between a pickup and the commodity inlet aperture. The conveyor arrangement further comprises a conveyor roller having rigid prongs which are disposed directly upstream of the commodity inlet aperture and above a supply channel base so as to be rotatably fixed in a supply channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 1994
    Date of Patent: May 28, 1996
    Assignee: Welger GmbH
    Inventors: Peter Rodewald, Jurgen Rohrebein, Dieter Wilkens
  • Patent number: 4896803
    Abstract: Putting on aid for putting on stockings, particularly compression stockings, characterized by a frame-like construction with at least four substantially equidistantly spaced, parallel-extending support rods (10,12,14,16) whereof first ends are interconnected by means of a first clip (18) and whereof the second ends are interconnected by means of a second clip (20), the first substantially semicircular clip (18) with a diameter corresponding to the stocking width and the substantially U-shaped second clip (20) with a significantly greater width being interconnected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 1989
    Date of Patent: January 30, 1990
    Inventor: Claus-Dieter Wilkens
  • Patent number: 4519996
    Abstract: A process for enriching and separating heavy hydrogen isotopes having a heavy hydrogen cation (deuterium and/or tritium) from substance streams containing them, wherein the respectively present hydrogen isotopes are exchanged in chemical equilibria. A protic, acid solution containing deuterium and/or tritium is brought into contact with a value material from the group of open-chained polyethers or aminopolyethers, macro-monocyclic or macro-polycyclic polyethers, macro-monocyclic or macro-polycyclic amino polyethers, and mixtures of these values, in their free or proton salt form to form a reaction product of the heavy hydrogen cation with the value or value salt and bring about enrichment of deuterium and/or tritium in the reaction product. The reaction product containing the value or value salt is separated from the solution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 1983
    Date of Patent: May 28, 1985
    Assignee: Kernforschungszentrum Karlsruhe GmbH
    Inventors: Arndt Knochel, Ingo Eggers, Bernd Klatte, Rolf-Dieter Wilken