Patents by Inventor Günter Lütkebruns

Günter Lütkebruns 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: 9709345
    Abstract: An apparatus for influencing the outflow region of a tube carrier plate of a tube bundle heat exchanger, in particular for the food and beverage industry, and more particularly for temperature-sensitive and/or viscous food products in the dairy industry, for example desserts, sauces or concentrates, is described. The apparatus operates so that the tendency for deposits to form in the region of the tube carrier plate through which product flows out is reduced. An annular space-like outlet channel has, at least overall in the region thereof between a maximum outside diameter of an outlet-side displacement body and a second connection opening, a channel passage cross-section, which has a constant cross-section over the entire length of the region and which corresponds to a total cross-section of all of the inner tubes through which a product flows in parallel, which inner tubes each have an individual cross-section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: GEA TDS GmbH
    Inventors: Ulrich Rolle, Günter Lütkebruns, Uwe Schwenzow, Hubert Assing, Markus Grimm, Ralf Speemann
  • Publication number: 20160153728
    Abstract: An apparatus for influencing the outflow region of a tube carrier plate of a tube bundle heat exchanger, in particular for the food and beverage industry, and more particularly for temperature-sensitive and/or viscous food products in the dairy industry, for example desserts, sauces or concentrates, is described. The apparatus operates so that the tendency for deposits to form in the region of the tube carrier plate through which product flows out is reduced. An annular space-like outlet channel has, at least overall in the region thereof between a maximum outside diameter of an outlet-side displacement body and a second connection opening, a channel passage cross-section, which has a constant cross-section over the entire length of the region and which corresponds to a total cross-section of all of the inner tubes, through which a product flows in parallel, which inner tubes each have an individual cross-section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2014
    Publication date: June 2, 2016
    Applicant: GEA TDS GmbH
    Inventors: Ulrich Rolle, Günter Lütkebruns, Uwe Schwenzow, Hubert Assing, Markus Grimm, Ralf Speemann