Patents by Inventor Frank Hoferichter

Frank Hoferichter 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: 5683177
    Abstract: A transporter-mixer for bulk-material/liquid mixtures has a cylindrical transport container mounted on a support frame with its longitudinal axis approximately horizontal and a controllable container-drive unit whose direction is reversible as a function of the angle of rotation. Fitted on the transport container periphery is a closable loading hatch which opens into the transport container. Mounted on the transport container's inside wall is a mixing screw and at a rear end of the container is an annular discharge channel with an inwards-facing discharge port. The mean height of the mixing screw is, at the most, 15% of the container diameter and a curved, enclosed guide channel of essentially constant cross-section connects the annular discharge channel and a central discharge port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 1996
    Date of Patent: November 4, 1997
    Assignee: Imk Ingenieurkontor fuer Maschinenkonstruktion GmbH
    Inventors: Frank Hoferichter, Frank Herrmann, Holger Dietrich