Patents by Inventor Franz Spenger

Franz Spenger 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: 10065137
    Abstract: A device for separating and removing material to be sieved from flowing liquid includes a screen forming a sieve surface and fixed to a frame with grate bars arranged beside one another and separated from each other. At least one cleaning rake with numerous cleaning prongs can be in a conveying direction along the screen via a drive. When the cleaning prongs pass the screen, they engage at least in sections between adjacent grate bars to remove the material to be sieved and held back by the screen, thereby conveying it towards a discharge. The cleaning prongs may be configured to be movable laterally back and forth with regard to the conveying direction and with regard to the screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: Huber SE
    Inventors: Franz Spenger, Christian Brüderl, Christian Breinl
  • Patent number: 9511312
    Abstract: The invention refers to a sieve drum for an installation to remove material to be sieved from a liquid, especially sewage (1), in which case the sieve drum (4) has an opening (6) at least in a front side area (5), through which it can be refilled with a liquid that carries the material to be sieved. According to the invention, it is suggested that the sieve drum (4) should comprise a folded sieve wall (9) with many openings (6), in which case the sieve drum (4) has a support structure that fixes the sieve wall (9) exclusively in a clamping way. In addition, an installation to remove material to be sieved from a liquid, especially sewage (1), with a corresponding sieve drum is described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignee: Huber SE
    Inventors: Franz Spenger, Reinhard Stiegler, Daniel Hummel, Michael Kink
  • Patent number: 9506236
    Abstract: A device for removing floating material from a liquid, especially from sewage, has at least one sieve element shaped like a filter basket, for example, that in a front side has an inlet opening through which liquid can flow into the interior of the sieve element. The device is equipped with a drive so the sieve element can rotate around a rotation axis. A collection device is arranged within the sieve element for collecting the liquid and/or floating material, in which case the collection device is attached to a pumping-out device for the liquid and/or the floating material. A process for removing floating material from a liquid, especially from sewage, uses a sieve device that contains at least one sieve element that may be shaped like a filter basket, for example, and is equipped with a drive so it can rotate around a rotating axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: Huber SE
    Inventors: Christian Frommann, Franz Spenger, Stefan Reber
  • Publication number: 20160339367
    Abstract: A device for separating and removing sieve material from a flowing liquid includes a sieve grate that forms a sieve surface and is fixed to a frame. The sieve grate has several grate bars arranged beside one another and with at least some sections separated from one another by spaces. At least one cleaning rake has numerous cleaning prongs, the cleaning rake being movable along the front side of the sieve grate using a drive in such a way that at least sections of the cleaning prongs engage in the above-mentioned spaces when passing the sieve grate to remove sieve material held back by the sieve grate and convey it toward a device discharge. The cleaning rake has cleaning prongs that engage with variable depth into the above-mentioned spaces of the sieve grate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2016
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Inventors: Franz Spenger, Christian Bruederl, Christian Breinl
  • Publication number: 20160263502
    Abstract: A device for separating and removing material to be sieved from flowing liquid includes a screen forming a sieve surface and fixed to a frame with grate bars arranged beside one another and separated from each other. At least one cleaning rake with numerous cleaning prongs can be in a conveying direction along the screen via a drive. When the cleaning prongs pass the screen, they engage at least in sections between adjacent grate bars to remove the material to be sieved and held back by the screen, thereby conveying it towards a discharge. The cleaning prongs may be configured to be movable laterally back and forth with regard to the conveying direction and with regard to the screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2016
    Publication date: September 15, 2016
    Inventors: Franz Spenger, Christian Brüderl, Christian Breinl
  • Publication number: 20150314222
    Abstract: The invention refers to a sieve drum for an installation to remove material to be sieved from a liquid, especially sewage (1), in which case the sieve drum (4) has an opening (6) at least in a front side area (5), through which can be refilled with a liquid that also carries the material to be sieved. According to the invention, is suggested that the sieve drum (4) should comprise a folded sieve wall (9) with many openings (6), in which case the sieve drum (4) has a support structure that fixes the sieve wall (9) exclusively in a clamping way. In addition, an installation to remove material to be sieved from a liquid, especially sewage (1), with a corresponding sieve drum is described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2015
    Publication date: November 5, 2015
    Inventors: Franz Spenger, Reinhard Stiegler, Daniel Hummel, Michael Kink
  • Publication number: 20130264269
    Abstract: This invention refers to a device for separating and removing sieved material from a flowing liquid such as sewage, in which case the device has a sieve grate (1) with a sieve surface with a front side (2) pointing upstream while the device is operating, in which case the device has a supplementary grate (3) in a lower area of the sieve grate (1) placed upstream before the sieve grate (1), in which case the device has a drive (24) and a cleaning rake (4) that can be driven to revolve in a conveying direction with the help of the drive (24), in which case the operating cleaning rake (4) is moveable along at least one partial section of the front side (2) of the sieve grate (1) in order to remove the held-back sieved material and transport it towards a discharge opening (5) and wherein the cleaning rake (4) can be moved along a back side (6) of the supplementary grate (3) pointing downstream while it is moving in order to remove sieved material held back by the supplementary grate (3) and transport it towards a
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2013
    Publication date: October 10, 2013
    Applicant: Huber SE
    Inventors: Thomas Kerl, Franz Spenger, Christian Brüderl
  • Publication number: 20120073676
    Abstract: The invention refers to a device for removing screenings from liquid flowing in a channel (1), especially from sewage (2), the device comprising a tilted screening drum (4) being at least partly immersed in the liquid, being drivable around a rotating axis with the help of a drive and having an open face (5) on the inflow side, the device further comprising an extractor for the screenings, preferably in form of a screw conveyor (11) or suction device (17), whereas the extractor is arranged at least partially inside the screening drum (4) and comprises a feeding section for the screenings, preferably in form of a feeding funnel (15), that is arranged inside the screening drum (4). According to the invention, it is suggested for the screening drum (4) to have a folded sieve wall (19).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2011
    Publication date: March 29, 2012
    Applicant: Huber SE
    Inventors: Christian Frommann, Franz Spenger, Stefan Reber
  • Publication number: 20120018368
    Abstract: The invention refers to a device for removing floating material from a liquid, especially from sewage (2), with at least one sieve element shaped like a filter basket (4), for example, that in a front side has an inlet opening through which liquid can flow into the interior of the sieve element, and is equipped with a drive so the sieve element can rotate around a rotation axis. The invention suggests arranging a collection device (17) within the sieve element for collecting the liquid and/or floating material, in which case the collection device (17) is attached to a pumping-out device (20) for the liquid and/or the floating material. Another object of the invention is a process for removing floating material from a liquid, especially from sewage (2), in which case a sieve device is used that contains at least one sieve element that can be shaped like a filter basket (4), for example, and is equipped with a drive so it can rotate around a rotating axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2011
    Publication date: January 26, 2012
    Applicant: HUBER SE
    Inventors: Christian Frommann, Franz Spenger, Stefan Reber