Patents by Inventor Dietmar HÄFELE

Dietmar HÄFELE 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).

  • Device for expelling drops of a flowable product, and method for operating one such device
    Patent number: 10994253
    Abstract: An apparatus for dropletizing a flowable product, having an outer tube which is arranged in a rotatable manner on a core, wherein, in the core, a feed device for the product to be dropletized and a distribution apparatus bearing against the inner circumference of the outer tube are provided. A device for cleaning an outer circumference of the outer tube is provided, wherein the device has a cleaning spatula, a guide rail for the cleaning spatula, which guide rail extends parallel to a central longitudinal axis of the outer tube, and a first drive for moving the cleaning spatula along the guide rail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: IPCO GERMANY GMBH
    Inventors: Bernd Schmidt, Sviatoslav Piddubnyi, Dietmar Häfele
  • DEVICE FOR EXPELLING DROPS OF A FLOWABLE PRODUCT, AND METHOD FOR OPERATING ONE SUCH DEVICE
    Publication number: 20190308151
    Abstract: An apparatus for dropletizing a flowable product, having an outer tube which is arranged in a rotatable manner on a core, wherein, in the core, a feed device for the product to be dropletized and a distribution apparatus bearing against the inner circumference of the outer tube are provided. A device for cleaning an outer circumference of the outer tube is provided, wherein the device has a cleaning spatula, a guide rail for the cleaning spatula, which guide rail extends parallel to a central longitudinal axis of the outer tube, and a first drive for moving the cleaning spatula along the guide rail.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2017
    Publication date: October 10, 2019
    Inventors: Bernd SCHMIDT, Sviatoslav PIDDUBNYI, Dietmar HÄFELE