Patents by Inventor Ferdinand Koglgruber

Ferdinand Koglgruber 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: 7176309
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing melem-free melamine by means of aqueous processing of a melted mass of melamine which is obtained using a high-pressure method. According to the inventive method, the melted mass of melamine is quenched by means of an aqueous solution containing alkalis, following the isolation of the off-gases, and is directly transferred into an aqueous alkaline melamine solution, out of which the melamine is then crystallized. The invention thus enables melamine to be obtained, with a melam content of less than 1000 ppm and a melem content of less than 50 ppm. The invention also relates to a quenching agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2007
    Assignee: AMI - Agrolinz Melamine International GmbH
    Inventors: Frank Schröder, Wolfgang Ruech, Christoph Neumüller, Ferdinand Koglgruber, Hans Christian Wagner
  • Patent number: 7022848
    Abstract: A process for the production of melamine by pyrolysis of urea in a high-pressure reactor having a vertical central pipe is provided. The melamine flows upwards into the reactor from below, mixes in the lower part of the reactor with a urea melt, and optionally NH3, introduced into the reactor from below, and emerges from the central pipe in the upper part of the central pipe. Part of the melamine formed flows downward in the annular space between the central pipe and reactor wall, and the remainder is expelled for further work-up. The off-gases are removed at the top of the reactor. A reactor for carrying out the process is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2006
    Assignee: Agrolinz Melamin GmbH
    Inventors: Hartmut Bucka, Gerhard Coufal, Ferdinand Koglgruber
  • Publication number: 20050131228
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing melem-free melamine by means of aqueous processing of a melted mass of melamine which is obtained using a high-pressure method. According to the inventive method, the melted mass of melamine is quenched by means of an aqueous solution containing alkalis, following the isolation of the off-gases, and is directly transferred into an aqueous alkaline melamine solution, out of which the melamine is then crystallized. The invention thus enables melamine to be obtained, with a melam content of less than 1000 ppm and a melem content of less than 50 ppm. The invention also relates to a quenching agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2002
    Publication date: June 16, 2005
    Inventors: Frank Schroder, Wolfgang Ruech, Christoph Neumuller, Ferdinand Koglgruber, Hans Wagner
  • Publication number: 20050038244
    Abstract: A process for the production of melamine by pyrolysis of urea in a high-pressure reactor having a vertical central pipe is provided. The melamine flows upwards into the reactor from below, mixes in the lower part of the reactor with a urea melt, and optionally NH3, introduced into the reactor from below, and emerges from the central pipe in the upper part of the central pipe. Part of the melamine formed flows downward in the annular space between the central pipe and reactor wall, and the remainder is expelled for further work-up. The off-gases are removed at the top of the reactor. A reactor for carrying out the process is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2004
    Publication date: February 17, 2005
    Inventors: Hartmut Bucka, Gerhard Coufal, Ferdinand Koglgruber
  • Patent number: 6815545
    Abstract: A process for the production of melamine by pyrolysis of urea in a high-pressure reactor having a vertical central pipe is provided. The melamine flows upwards into the reactor from below, mixes in the lower part of the reactor with a urea melt, and optionally NH3, introduced into the reactor from below, and emerges from the central pipe in the upper part of the central pipe. Part of the melamine formed flows downward in the annular space between the central pipe and reactor wall, and the remainder is expelled for further work-up. The off-gases are removed at the top of the reactor. A reactor for carrying out the process is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2004
    Assignee: Agrolinz Melamin GmbH
    Inventors: Hartmut Bucka, Gerhard Coufal, Ferdinand Koglgruber
  • Publication number: 20040054175
    Abstract: A process for the production of melamine by pyrolysis of urea in a high-pressure reactor having a vertical central pipe is provided. The melamine flows upwards into the reactor from below, mixes in the lower part of the reactor with a urea melt, and optionally NH3, introduced into the reactor from below, and emerges from the central pipe in the upper part of the central pipe. Part of the melamine formed flows downward in the annular space between the central pipe and reactor wall, and the remainder is expelled for further work-up. The off-gases are removed at the top of the reactor. A reactor for carrying out the process is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2003
    Publication date: March 18, 2004
    Inventors: Hartmut Bucka, Gerhard Coufal, Ferdinand Koglgruber