Patents by Inventor Gerald Caspers
Gerald Caspers 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).
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Patent number: 11320199Abstract: The invention relates to an evaporation dryer (1) for drying particles, having—a process chamber (10) with at least one product inlet (11) for supplying the particles to be dried into the process chamber (10) and a product outlet (12) for discharging dried particles from the process chamber (10), —a heat exchanger (20) arranged within the process chamber (10), —having at least one inlet (21, 211) into the heat exchanger (20) for pressurized steam as process steam and at least one condensate outlet (22, 222) from the heat exchanger (20), wherein—the at least one condensate outlet (22, 222) is connected to an expansion tank (30), wherein at least one pump (40) is connected to the expansion tank (30), and the expanding steam is pumped out of the expansion tank (30) and supplied to the process steam.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2018Date of Patent: May 3, 2022Assignee: BMA BRAUNSCHWEIGISCHE MASCHINENBAUANSTALT AGInventors: Gerald Caspers, Hartmut Hafemann
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Publication number: 20200182544Abstract: The invention relates to an evaporation dryer (1) for drying particles, having—a process chamber (10) with at least one product inlet (11) for supplying the particles to be dried into the process chamber (10) and a product outlet (12) for discharging dried particles from the process chamber (10), —a heat exchanger (20) arranged within the process chamber (10), —having at least one inlet (21, 211) into the heat exchanger (20) for pressurized steam as process steam and at least one condensate outlet (22, 222) from the heat exchanger (20), wherein—the at least one condensate outlet (22, 222) is connected to an expansion tank (30), wherein at least one pump (40) is connected to the expansion tank (30), and the expanding steam is pumped out of the expansion tank (30) and supplied to the process steam.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 14, 2018Publication date: June 11, 2020Inventors: Gerald CASPERS, Hartmut HAFEMANN
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Patent number: 10330385Abstract: The present invention relates to a device for removing fluids and/or solid substances from a mixture of particle-shaped materials with a container which forms a ring-shaped process chamber with a plurality of cells separated from each other by walls, comprising an inlet cell, intermediate cells and an outlet cell, a feeding installation for conveying the mixture to be treated into the inlet cell of the process chamber, a discharge installation for discharging the mixture treated from the outlet cell of the process chamber, a ventilation installation for feeding in a first fluidisation agent, in particular in the form of overheated vapour, from below into the process chamber through an inflow floor for generating a fluidised bed in the process chamber, a heating installation for preparing the first fluidisation agent in the flow direction before the ventilation installation, swirl impellers for conditioning the flow in the container from the process chamber to the heating installation and which in part also leType: GrantFiled: March 9, 2015Date of Patent: June 25, 2019Assignee: BMA BRAUNSCHWEIGISCHE MASCHINENBAUANSTALT AGInventors: Gerald Caspers, Hartmut Hafemann, Carsten Bonath, Holger Fersterra
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Publication number: 20170045293Abstract: The present invention relates to a device for removing fluids and/or solid substances from a mixture of particle-shaped materials with a container which forms a ring-shaped process chamber with a plurality of cells separated from each other by walls, comprising an inlet cell, intermediate cells and an outlet cell, a feeding installation for conveying the mixture to be treated into the inlet cell of the process chamber, a discharge installation for discharging the mixture treated from the outlet cell of the process chamber, a ventilation installation for feeding in a first fluidisation agent, in particular in the form of overheated vapour, from below into the process chamber through an inflow floor for generating a fluidised bed in the process chamber, a heating installation for preparing the first fluidisation agent in the flow direction before the ventilation installation, swirl impellers for conditioning the flow in the container from the process chamber to the heating installation and which in part also leType: ApplicationFiled: March 9, 2015Publication date: February 16, 2017Applicant: BMA BRAUNSCHWEIGISCHE MASCHINENBAUANSTALT AGInventors: Gerald Caspers, Hartmut Hafemann, Carsten Bonath, Holger Fersterra
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Patent number: 8844162Abstract: A device for removing fluids from particulate materials, including a container having a circular process chamber with a cylindrical external contour, an input device for inputting the materials into the process chamber, a discharge device for discharging the particulate materials freed of the fluid from the process chamber, a feed device for feeding a fluidizing agent from below into the process chamber, and at least one conditioning device for conditioning the fluidization agent in the direction of flow prior to the feed device.Type: GrantFiled: July 14, 2009Date of Patent: September 30, 2014Assignee: BMA Braunschweigische Maschinenbauanstalt AGInventors: Lothar Krell, Gerald Caspers
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Publication number: 20110162229Abstract: A device for removing fluids from particulate materials, including a container having a circular process chamber with a cylindrical external contour, an input device for inputting the materials into the process chamber, a discharge device for discharging the particulate materials freed of the fluid from the process chamber, a feed device for feeding a fluidizing agent from below into the process chamber, and at least one conditioning device for conditioning the fluidization agent in the direction of flow prior to the feed device.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 14, 2009Publication date: July 7, 2011Applicant: Braunschweigische Maschinenbauanstalt AGInventors: Lothar Krell, Gerald Caspers
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Publication number: 20100126034Abstract: The invention relates to an appliance (1) for the removal of fluids and/or solids from a mixture of particulate materials with a container (2) that constitutes a ring-shaped processing space (20) with a cylindrical outer contour with devices for the charging and discharging of the particulate material into and out of the processing space (20) and with a fan device (5) for supplying a fluidization agent from underneath into the processing space (20) as well as devices (6) for the processing of the fluidization agent in the flow direction in front of the fan device, whereby in the processing space (20) cells (15, 16, 17) are formed extending in the vertical direction, where one cell constitutes a discharge cell (17) through which there is no fluidization agent flow from underneath, where at the lower end of the discharge cell the discharge device is arranged, and where another cell (15) is provided with a charge device, and where the cells (15, 16, 17) are open at their upper ends in order to enable the transpoType: ApplicationFiled: February 8, 2008Publication date: May 27, 2010Inventors: Gerald Caspers, Lothar Krell
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Patent number: 7578073Abstract: This invention relates to an appliance (1) for the removal of fluids and/or solids from a mixture of particulate materials with a container (2) that constitutes a ring-shaped processing space (20) with a cylindrical outer contour with devices for the charging and discharging of the particulate material into and out of the processing space (20) and with a fan device (5) for supplying a fluidization agent from underneath into the processing space (20) as well as devices (6) for the processing of the fluidization agent in the flow direction in front of the fan device, whereby in the processing space (20), cells (15, 16, 17) are formed extending in the vertical direction where one cell constitutes a discharge cell (17) through which there is no fluidization agent flow from underneath where at the lower end of the discharge cell the discharge device is arranged and where another cell (15) is provided with a charge device and where the cells (15, 16, 17) are open at their upper ends in order to facilitate transportType: GrantFiled: May 14, 2007Date of Patent: August 25, 2009Assignee: Braunschweigische Maschinenbauanstalt AGInventors: Lothar Krell, Gerald Caspers
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Publication number: 20080189976Abstract: This invention relates to a process and an appliance for drying byproducts from the processing of starch-containing and sugar-containing raw materials, in particular, after their fermentation and distillation, where the byproduct is fractionated in a purification phase with a high liquid proportion and a thick phase, whereby the thick phase is shaped into particles in a conditioning procedure and whereby these particles are dried in a fluidized-bed drying system with a relative gap volume, in the fluidized-bed layer, between 0.5 and 0.92.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 14, 2007Publication date: August 14, 2008Inventors: Lothar Krell, Gerald Caspers, Christian Klein
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Publication number: 20080189980Abstract: This invention relates to a process and an appliance for drying byproducts from the processing of starch-containing and sugar-containing raw materials, in particular, after their fermentation and distillation, where the byproduct is fractionated in a purification phase with a high liquid proportion and a thick phase, whereby the thick phase is shaped into particles in a conditioning procedure and whereby these particles are dried in a fluidized-bed drying system with a relative gap volume, in the fluidized-bed layer, between 0.5 and 0.92.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 14, 2007Publication date: August 14, 2008Inventors: Lothar Krell, Gerald Caspers