Patents by Inventor Hans P. Sporri

Hans P. Sporri 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: 4967571
    Abstract: In a device for the cryogenic pelletization of liquids by dripping the liquids into a coolant having a temperature sufficiently cold to solidify the drops, said device including a liquid container mounted above a coolant reservoir, a dripping unit at the bottom of said container, said dripping unit including an inner disk disposed toward the interior of said container, an outer disk against said inner disk, said outer disk being disposed toward said coolant reservoir, flow openings in said inner and outer disks alignable with each other to permit liquid reservoir, means for rotating one of said disks with respect to the other of said disks to adjust the effective size of said flow openings by adjusting their degree of alignment, the improvement being in that nozzle-like drip-off elements being mounted in said flow openings of said outer disk, and said elements being detachably mounted to comprise replaceable insert elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 1989
    Date of Patent: November 6, 1990
    Assignee: Messer. Griesheim GmbH
    Inventor: Hans P. Sporri