Patents by Inventor Gerald Gruener

Gerald Gruener 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).

  • Grate bar for an incinerator and method for producing such a grate bar
    Patent number: 9038550
    Abstract: A grate bar for an incinerator having a grate bar base body and a high temperature resistant cover plate covering the grate bar base body at least on a surface portion which in operation points to a combustion chamber. The cover plate is separated from the grate bar base body by a thermal insulating material. In the grate bar base body a cavity is inserted in a side pointing to the cover plate and/or in the cover plate in the side pointing to the grate bar base body, which cavity is at least partially filled with a ceramic fiber insulating material. The invention further relates to a method for producing such a grate bar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: Baumgarte Boiler Systems GmbH
    Inventors: Bernd Spliethoff, Michael Mimor, Gerald Gruener, Nils Plagge
  • GRATE BAR FOR AN INCINERATOR AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SUCH A GRATE BAR
    Publication number: 20120012037
    Abstract: A grate bar for an incinerator having a grate bar base body and a high temperature resistant cover plate covering the grate bar base body at least on a surface portion which in operation points to a combustion chamber. The cover plate is separated from the grate bar base body by a thermal insulating material. In the grate bar base body a cavity is inserted in a side pointing to the cover plate and/or in the cover plate in the side pointing to the grate bar base body, which cavity is at least partially filled with a ceramic fibre insulating material. The invention further relates to a method for producing such a grate bar.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2010
    Publication date: January 19, 2012
    Applicant: Baumgarte Boiler Systems GmbH
    Inventors: Bernd Spliethoff, Michael Mimor, Gerald Gruener, Nils Plagge