Patents by Inventor Gunter Hertwich

Gunter Hertwich 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).

  • Two-chamber furnace for the melt- contact smelting of contaminated aluminum scrap
    Publication number: 20010028136
    Abstract: A two-chamber furnace for smelting scrap aluminum which is contaminated, has a distillation chamber above the first furnace chamber functioning as a charging stack and separated from the first chamber by a slider or flap arrangement. Flue gas from the first chamber is forced through the distillation chamber to destructively distill off the contaminants. The hood of the distillation chamber is equipped with a pressing body to compact the charge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2001
    Publication date: October 11, 2001
    Applicant: HERTWICH ENGINEERING GMBH
    Inventor: Gunter Hertwich