Patents by Inventor Dirk Heidemann
Dirk Heidemann 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).
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Patent number: 8439127Abstract: A drive apparatus for a drill stem of a de-coking system is disclosed. The apparatus includes a feeder as water supply to the drill stem. The drill stem is rotatably driven by a rotational drive which includes a motor and a first and second gear box. The second gear box has an output gear which is meshed with a large gear which is connected to an outer gear rim of the feeder. A skirt envelops the gear which is formed by an output gear and by the second motor driven gear box and the gear which is connected to the feeder completely. A lower side of the skirt is open.Type: GrantFiled: August 13, 2010Date of Patent: May 14, 2013Assignee: Ruhrpumpen GmbHInventors: Wolfgang Paul, Dirk Heidemann, Maciej Barcikowski
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Patent number: 8382960Abstract: So-called decoking, in other words, the emptying of a container in which coke arising from the operation of a refinery is deposited and carried out using a decoking tool with a free mounting on the end of a drilling bar. The mounting is achieved using a sliding guide on a guide plate, coupled to the container. Distortions in the container and the guide plate therewith as a result of temperature variations during operation of the refinery which could lead to function disturbance of the drilling rod are avoided, wherein the sliding guide and the guide plate are arranged with a spring relative deflection by at least one spring element in the manner of a spring damper.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2008Date of Patent: February 26, 2013Assignee: Ruhrpumpen GmbHInventors: Wolfgang Paul, Dirk Heidemann, Maciej Barcikowski, Hauke Jasper
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Patent number: 8220323Abstract: The invention relates to a safety device for a crosshead of a decoking plant arranged by means of a carrying device to be liftable and lowerable on profiles of a frame above a drum adapted to receive material, such as coke, and guided on guide rails of the profiles by means of rolls, and carried by a cable of a winch slung around return pulleys at the top of the frame and around a carrying pulley rotatably supported at the top end of the crosshead; and equipped with brakes for stopping the crosshead in an emergency, when the carrying device fails, and for intercepting the crosshead and fixing it on the guide rails or on the profiles. For a safety device, a test apparatus is provided for testing the brakes on site, comprising a carrying device, such as a brace, attachable on the frame, on which the crosshead is mountable for simulating a free fall of the same by means of a release device, and an arrestor device for the crosshead releasably attachable on the frame at a distance below the brace.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2010Date of Patent: July 17, 2012Assignee: Ruhrpumpen GmbHInventors: Wolfgang Paul, Dirk Heidemann
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Patent number: 8074745Abstract: A tool for crushing coke includes a casing which in the operational state is connected to a drill rod and on or in which is arranged at least one cutting nozzle and one drill nozzle for drilling coke and at least one valve for controlling a direction of flow of water flowing through the drill rod and the casing through the cutting nozzle and the drill nozzle.Type: GrantFiled: April 8, 2005Date of Patent: December 13, 2011Assignee: Ruhrpumpen GmbHInventors: Wolfgang Paul, Maciej Barcikowski, Dirk Heidemann, Mathias Ozimek
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Patent number: 8074746Abstract: A tool for crushing coke includes a casing which in the operational state is connected to a drill rod and on or in which is arranged at least one cutting nozzle and one drill nozzle for drilling coke and at least one valve for controlling a direction of flow of water flowing through the drill rod and the casing through the cutting nozzle and the drill nozzle.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2008Date of Patent: December 13, 2011Assignee: Ruhrpumpen GmbHInventors: Wolfgang Paul, Maciej Barcikowski, Dirk Heidemann, Mathias Ozimek
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Patent number: 8002204Abstract: A tool for cutting up coke in containers. The tool includes a housing mounted on a drill stem in the operating condition. The tool also includes at least one cutting nozzle for cutting and a boring nozzle for boring coke by means of a water jet, and a switching apparatus for controlling the feeding of pressurized water flowing through the drill stem and the housing. The switching apparatus includes a linearly moveable switching element, a driving apparatus and a control apparatus, which is rotatable as a function of a change of the water pressure by the driving apparatus to switch a valve to distribute the water and to pass it on. The angular position of the control apparatus controls whether the flow path of the water to the boring nozzle or the flow path to the cutting nozzle is free or obstructed.Type: GrantFiled: December 31, 2007Date of Patent: August 23, 2011Assignee: Ruhrpumpen GmbHInventors: Wolfgang Paul, Dirk Heidemann, Kay Simon, Maciej Barcikowski, Thomas Graefenstein, Steffen Krenzer
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Publication number: 20100300720Abstract: A drive apparatus for a drill stem, in particular for de-coking systems, has a feeder (4) connected to a water supply (8) via a first interface (6) and connected to a drill stem (12) via a second interface (10), as well as a drive (14) and a gearbox (16) for rotatably driving said feeder (4) and said drill stem (6), characterized in that said feeder (4) has a first section (20) connected to the water supply (8) and a second section (40) connected to the drill stern (12) and the first (20) and second (40) sections are releasably connected to each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 13, 2010Publication date: December 2, 2010Applicant: RUHRPUMPEN GMBHInventors: Wolfgang Paul, Dirk Heidemann, Maciej Barcikowski
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Publication number: 20100275682Abstract: The invention relates to a safety device for a crosshead of a decoking plant arranged by means of a carrying device to be liftable and lowerable on profiles of a frame above a drum adapted to receive material, such as coke, and guided on guide rails of the profiles by means of rolls, and carried by a cable of a winch slung around return pulleys at the top of the frame and around a carrying pulley rotatably supported at the top end of the crosshead; and equipped with brakes for stopping the crosshead in an emergency, when the carrying device fails, and for intercepting the crosshead and fixing it on the guide rails or on the profiles. For a safety device, a test apparatus is provided for testing the brakes on site, comprising a carrying device, such as a brace, attachable on the frame, on which the crosshead is mountable for simulating a free fall of the same by means of a release device, and an arrestor device for the crosshead releasably attachable on the frame at a distance below the brace.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 29, 2010Publication date: November 4, 2010Applicant: Ruhrpumpern GmbHInventors: Wolfgang Paul, Dirk Heidemann
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Patent number: 7819343Abstract: In a tool for cutting up coke, comprising a housing mounted on a drill stem in the operating condition, and wherein at least one cutting nozzle for cutting and one boring nozzle for boring coke by means of a water jet, and a switchable valve means arranged in a flow-through channel for alternatively feeding the water to the flow channels in a flow body for the paths to the cutting and boring nozzles, and a switching apparatus manually or water-pressure-controlled operable at switching pressure of the water within the flow-through channel, for switching the valve means, are arranged, comprising a distribution apparatus rotatably supported above the flow body, with at least one valve body for closing off at least one opening of the flow channels, wherein depending on each angular position of the distribution apparatus with respect to the flow body, the flow path of the water to the boring nozzle or the flow path to the cutting nozzle is free or obstructed, for easier rotation of the distribution apparatus,Type: GrantFiled: December 31, 2007Date of Patent: October 26, 2010Assignee: Ruhrpumpen GmbHInventors: Wolfgang Paul, Dirk Heidemann, Kay Simon, Thomas Graefenstein, Steffen Krenzer
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Patent number: 7802639Abstract: A drive apparatus for a drill stem, in particular for de-coking systems, has a feeder (4) connected to a water supply (8) via a first interface (6) and connected to a drill stem (12) via a second interface (10), as well as a drive (14) and a gearbox (16) for rotatably driving said feeder (4) and said drill stem (6), characterized in that said feeder (4) has a first section (20) connected to the water supply (8) and a second section (40) connected to the drill stem (12) and the first (20) and second (40) sections are releasably connected to each other.Type: GrantFiled: July 23, 2002Date of Patent: September 28, 2010Assignee: Ruhrpumpen GmbHInventors: Wolfgang Paul, Dirk Heidemann, Maciej Barcikowski
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Publication number: 20100111625Abstract: So-called decoking, in other words, the emptying of a container in which coke arising from the operation of a refinery is deposited and carried out using a decoking tool with a free mounting on the end of a drilling bar. The mounting is achieved using a sliding guide on a guide plate, coupled to the container. Distortions in the container and the guide plate therewith as a result of temperature variations during operation of the refinery which could lead to function disturbance of the drilling rod are avoided, wherein the sliding guide and the guide plate are arranged with a spring relative deflection by at least one spring element in the manner of a spring damper.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 25, 2008Publication date: May 6, 2010Applicant: RUHRPUMPEN GMBHInventors: Wolfgang Paul, Dirk Heidemann, Maciej Barcikowski, Hauke Jasper
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Publication number: 20090165617Abstract: In a tool for cutting up coke in containers, including a housing mounted on a drill stem in the operating condition, and wherein at least one cutting nozzle for cutting and a boring nozzle for boring coke by means of a water jet, and a switching apparatus for controlling the feeding of pressurized water flowing through the drill stem and the housing are arranged, wherein the switching apparatus for switching the tool includes a linearly moveable switching element, a driving apparatus and a control apparatus, which is rotatable about the longitudinal axis of the housing as a function of a change of the water pressure by the driving apparatus to switch a valve to distribute the water and to pass it on, wherein depending on each angular position of the control apparatus the flow path of the water to the boring nozzle or the flow path to the cutting nozzle is free or obstructed, the switching apparatus is arranged in the housing of the tool above the area in which a separation of the supply path of the water is pType: ApplicationFiled: December 31, 2007Publication date: July 2, 2009Applicant: RUHRPUMPEN GMBHInventors: Wolfgang Paul, Dirk Heidemann, Kay Simon, Maciej Barcikowski, Thomas Grafenstein, Steffen Krenzer
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Publication number: 20090165618Abstract: In a tool for cutting up coke, comprising a housing mounted on a drill stem in the operating condition, and wherein at least one cutting nozzle for cutting and one boring nozzle for boring coke by means of a water jet, and a switchable valve means arranged in a flow-through channel for alternatively feeding the water to the flow channels in a flow body for the paths to the cutting and boring nozzles, and a switching apparatus manually or water-pressure-controlled operable at switching pressure of the water within the flow-through channel, for switching the valve means, are arranged, comprising a distribution apparatus rotatably supported above the flow body, with at least one valve body for closing off at least one opening of the flow channels, wherein depending on each angular position of the distribution apparatus with respect to the flow body, the flow path of the water to the boring nozzle or the flow path to the cutting nozzle is free or obstructed, for easier rotation of the distribution apparatus,Type: ApplicationFiled: December 31, 2007Publication date: July 2, 2009Applicant: RUHRPUMPEN GMBHInventors: Wolfgang Paul, Dirk Heidemann, Kay Simon
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Publication number: 20080271766Abstract: A tool for crushing coke includes a casing which in the operational state is connected to a drill rod and on or in which is arranged at least one cutting nozzle and one drill nozzle for drilling coke and at least one valve for controlling a direction of flow of water flowing through the drill rod and the casing through the cutting nozzle and the drill nozzle.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 30, 2008Publication date: November 6, 2008Applicant: RUHRPUMPEN GMBHInventors: Wolfgang Paul, Maciej Barcikowski, Dirk Heidemann, Mathias Ozimek
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Publication number: 20080067858Abstract: A tool for crushing coke includes a casing which in the operational state is connected to a drill rod and on or in which is arranged at least one cutting nozzle and one drill nozzle for drilling coke and at least one valve for controlling a direction of flow of water flowing through the drill rod and the casing through the cutting nozzle and the drill nozzle.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 8, 2005Publication date: March 20, 2008Inventors: Wolfgang Paul, Maciej Barcikowski, Dirk Heidemann, Mathias Ozimek
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Patent number: 7163165Abstract: A tool for disintegrating coke has a housing attached to a drill stem in operation, at least one nozzle for cutting and one nozzle for drilling of coke, and at least one valve for closing and opening the nozzles, wherein the tool is adapted to have two different operating states and wherein the at least one valve closes off the cutting nozzles in the drilling operating state, while the drilling nozzles are closed off by the at least one valve in the cutting operating state, and wherein the housing, the valve and the nozzles are adapted so that water may flow unhindered from the drill stem through the housing and the valve and through the nozzles not closed off by the valve, wherein, the nozzles to be closed, for each chosen operating state, are closed off by the balls of a ball valve. An arrangement for operating the valve is arranged above the nozzles.Type: GrantFiled: July 23, 2002Date of Patent: January 16, 2007Assignee: Ruhrpumpen GmbHInventors: Wolfgang Paul, Dirk Heidemann, Maciej Bareikowski