Patents by Inventor Frederik Evert Potgieter

Frederik Evert Potgieter 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).

  • Industrial shell and tube heat exchanger
    Patent number: 9476628
    Abstract: The invention discloses an industrial shell and tube heat exchanger for providing freezing or chilling of brine to produce slurry ice, which includes a shell and tube heat exchanger located in a horizontal position and which includes at least one tube within the shell and tube heat exchanger; and at least one rotatable spiral driven in at least the one tube, and which is adapted to move or pump the brine and slurry ice through the respective tube to ensure individual supply of brine for the production of slurry ice.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Inventor: Frederik Evert Potgieter
  • Industrial Shell and Tube Heat Exchanger
    Publication number: 20130199216
    Abstract: The invention discloses an industrial shell and tube heat exchanger for providing freezing or chilling of brine to produce slurry ice, which includes a shell and tube heat exchanger located in a horizontal position and which includes at least one tube within the shell and tube heat exchanger; and at least one rotatable spiral driven in at least the one tube, and which is adapted to move or pump the brine and slurry ice through the respective tube to ensure individual supply of brine for the production of slurry ice.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2011
    Publication date: August 8, 2013
    Inventor: Frederik Evert Potgieter