Patents by Inventor Heinz Diethelm

Heinz Diethelm 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).

  • Device for processing bulk materials
    Patent number: 7762717
    Abstract: In a device for processing bulk materials, for example by mixing, shredding, metering and/or screening, with a container (40) and an implement (30) driven therein about a horizontal axis by an external rotary drive (10), it is proposed as claimed in the invention that, arranged between the container (40) and the rotary drive (10), is a connection unit (20), to which the container (40) is detachably fastened, in which a shaft (33) of the implement (30) is detachably retained and is detachably attached to the rotary drive (10), and in which a labyrinth seal (50) is loosely accommodated for the purpose of sealing the container (40) against the implement shaft (33).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2010
    Assignee: Gericke AG
    Inventors: André Röhm, Ralf Weinekötter, Peter Brechbühler, Heinz Diethelm
  • Device for processing bulk materials
    Publication number: 20060175761
    Abstract: In a device for processing bulk materials, for example by mixing, shredding, metering and/or screening, with a container (40) and an implement (30) driven therein about a horizontal axis by an external rotary drive (10), it is proposed as claimed in the invention that, arranged between the container (40) and the rotary drive (10), is a connection unit (20), to which the container (40) is detachably fastened, in which a shaft (33) of the implement (30) is detachably retained and is detachably attached to the rotary drive (10), and in which a labyrinth seal (50) is loosely accommodated for the purpose of sealing the container (40) against the implement shaft (33).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2006
    Publication date: August 10, 2006
    Inventors: Andre Rohm, Ralf Weinekotter, Peter Brechbuhler, Heinz Diethelm