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).

  • Patent number: 8439127
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2013
    Assignee: Ruhrpumpen GmbH
    Inventors: Wolfgang Paul, Dirk Heidemann, Maciej Barcikowski
  • Patent number: 8382960
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2013
    Assignee: Ruhrpumpen GmbH
    Inventors: Wolfgang Paul, Dirk Heidemann, Maciej Barcikowski, Hauke Jasper
  • Patent number: 8220323
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2012
    Assignee: Ruhrpumpen GmbH
    Inventors: Wolfgang Paul, Dirk Heidemann
  • Patent number: 8074745
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2011
    Assignee: Ruhrpumpen GmbH
    Inventors: Wolfgang Paul, Maciej Barcikowski, Dirk Heidemann, Mathias Ozimek
  • Patent number: 8074746
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2011
    Assignee: Ruhrpumpen GmbH
    Inventors: Wolfgang Paul, Maciej Barcikowski, Dirk Heidemann, Mathias Ozimek
  • Patent number: 8002204
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2011
    Assignee: Ruhrpumpen GmbH
    Inventors: Wolfgang Paul, Dirk Heidemann, Kay Simon, Maciej Barcikowski, Thomas Graefenstein, Steffen Krenzer
  • Publication number: 20100300720
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2010
    Publication date: December 2, 2010
    Applicant: RUHRPUMPEN GMBH
    Inventors: Wolfgang Paul, Dirk Heidemann, Maciej Barcikowski
  • Publication number: 20100275682
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2010
    Publication date: November 4, 2010
    Applicant: Ruhrpumpern GmbH
    Inventors: Wolfgang Paul, Dirk Heidemann
  • Patent number: 7819343
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2010
    Assignee: Ruhrpumpen GmbH
    Inventors: Wolfgang Paul, Dirk Heidemann, Kay Simon, Thomas Graefenstein, Steffen Krenzer
  • Patent number: 7802639
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2010
    Assignee: Ruhrpumpen GmbH
    Inventors: Wolfgang Paul, Dirk Heidemann, Maciej Barcikowski
  • Publication number: 20100111625
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2008
    Publication date: May 6, 2010
    Applicant: RUHRPUMPEN GMBH
    Inventors: Wolfgang Paul, Dirk Heidemann, Maciej Barcikowski, Hauke Jasper
  • Publication number: 20090165617
    Abstract: 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 p
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2007
    Publication date: July 2, 2009
    Applicant: RUHRPUMPEN GMBH
    Inventors: Wolfgang Paul, Dirk Heidemann, Kay Simon, Maciej Barcikowski, Thomas Grafenstein, Steffen Krenzer
  • Publication number: 20090165618
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2007
    Publication date: July 2, 2009
    Applicant: RUHRPUMPEN GMBH
    Inventors: Wolfgang Paul, Dirk Heidemann, Kay Simon
  • Publication number: 20080271766
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2008
    Publication date: November 6, 2008
    Applicant: RUHRPUMPEN GMBH
    Inventors: Wolfgang Paul, Maciej Barcikowski, Dirk Heidemann, Mathias Ozimek
  • Publication number: 20080067858
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2005
    Publication date: March 20, 2008
    Inventors: Wolfgang Paul, Maciej Barcikowski, Dirk Heidemann, Mathias Ozimek
  • Patent number: 7163165
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2007
    Assignee: Ruhrpumpen GmbH
    Inventors: Wolfgang Paul, Dirk Heidemann, Maciej Bareikowski