Patents by Inventor Friedrich Engel

Friedrich Engel 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: 6241888
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method of controlling a biological wastewater purification plant, in which the wastewater is aerated in an activation tank in the presence of an activated sludge and, to influence the properties of the activated sludge, phosphorus is added under controlled concentration, which comprises measuring the phosphorus concentration in the activated sludge for the control of the phosphorus addition and controlling the phosphorus addition in such a manner that the phosphorus concentration in the activated sludge is greater than or equal to a lower limit and is less than or equal to an upper limit. By means of the method according to the invention, the effluent values of a biological wastewater purification plant can be optimized and the limit values in the effluent of a wastewater purification plant prescribed by the authorities can be complied with better than hitherto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2001
    Assignee: Hoechst Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Friedrich Engel
  • Patent number: 4541587
    Abstract: The invention relates to a hub for magnetic tape cassettes, especially compact cassettes, and to magnetic tape cassettes possessing such hubs. In a first embodiment, spring means are provided on the inner periphery of the hub and exert radial pressures on the drive spindle, the spring means consisting, for example, of sprung teeth. In a further embodiment, the teeth have a spring rate of from about 1 P/mm to 40 P/mm. In another embodiment, the hub consists of an inner part and an outer part which can be coupled to one another and between which there is some play after coupling. A large number of specific examples of hubs are given to show possible shapes and arrangements of the teeth, and to show the types of material that can be used. In an advantageous embodiment, the inner part of the two-part hub can also be made a part of the drive spindle on the recorder, which inner part can be coupled with the outer part when the drive spindle enters the cassette.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 1984
    Date of Patent: September 17, 1985
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Werner Stumpfi, Gunter Bettinger, Friedrich Engel, Horst Fitterer, Norbert Kreimes, Dietmar Pfefferkorn, Norbert Schaffer, Kurt Schmidts
  • Patent number: 4515331
    Abstract: The invention relates to a hub for magnetic tape cassettes, especially compact cassettes, and to magnetic tape cassettes possessing such hubs. In a first embodiment, spring means are provided on the inner periphery of the hub and exert radial pressures on the drive spindle, the spring means consisting, for example, of sprung teeth. In a further embodiment, the teeth have a spring rate of from about 1 P/mm to 40 P/mm. In another embodiment, the hub consists of an inner part and an outer part which can be coupled to one another and between which there is some play after coupling. A large number of specific examples of hubs are given to show possible shapes and arrangements of the teeth, and to show the types of material that can be used. In an advantageous embodiment, the inner part of the two-part hub can also be made a part of the drive spindle on the recorder, which inner part can be coupled with the outer part when the drive spindle enters the cassette.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 1981
    Date of Patent: May 7, 1985
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Werner Stumpfi, Gunter Bettinger, Friedrich Engel, Horst Fitterer, Norbert Kreimes, Dietmar Pfefferkorn, Norbert Schaffer, Kurt Schmidts