Patents by Inventor Hilgegard Romer

Hilgegard Romer 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).

  • Method and a device for the refining of glass
    Patent number: 8869561
    Abstract: A device for the refining of a glass melt at high temperatures according to the skull pot principle is provided. The device includes a skull crucible having walls that are constructed from a plurality of pipes, a high-frequency coil for coupling electrical energy into the contents of the skull crucible, and an inlet and an outlet of the skull crucible being arranged in a melt surface region of the glass melt, wherein the inlet and the outlet are essentially arranged lying opposite one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignee: Schott AG
    Inventors: Erich Rodek, Wolfgang Schmid-Bauer, Hilgegard Römer, Günter Weidmann, Werner Kiefer
  • Method and a device for the refining of glass
    Publication number: 20100147031
    Abstract: A device for the refining of a glass melt at high temperatures according to the skull pot principle is provided. The device includes a skull crucible having walls that are constructed from a plurality of pipes, a high-frequency coil for coupling electrical energy into the contents of the skull crucible, and an inlet and an outlet of the skull crucible being arranged in a melt surface region of the glass melt, wherein the inlet and the outlet are essentially arranged lying opposite one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2010
    Publication date: June 17, 2010
    Inventors: Erich Rodek, Wolfgang Schmid-Bauer, Hilgegard Römer, Günter Weidmann, Werner Kiefer
  • Method for the refining of glass
    Patent number: 7694533
    Abstract: A method for the refining of glass by means of high temperatures in a skull crucible is provided. The method includes introducing a glass melt in the skull crucible through an inlet disposed at an upper region of the skull crucible, heating the skull crucible by irradiation of high-frequency energy, and discharging the glass melt from the skull crucible through an outlet disposed at the upper region, the outlet being disposed at a place essentially lying opposite the inlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2010
    Assignee: Schott Glas
    Inventors: Erich Rodek, Wolfgang Schmid-Bauer, Hilgegard Römer, Günter Weidmann, Werner Kiefer
  • Method and a device for the refining of glass
    Publication number: 20070266737
    Abstract: A device for the refining of a glass melt at high temperatures according to the skull pot principle is provided. The device includes a skull crucible having walls that are constructed from a plurality of pipes, a high-frequency coil for coupling electrical energy into the contents of the skull crucible, and an inlet and an outlet of the skull crucible being arranged in a melt surface region of the glass melt, wherein the inlet and the outlet are essentially arranged lying opposite one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2007
    Publication date: November 22, 2007
    Inventors: Erich Rodek, Wolfgnag Bauer, Hilgegard Romer, Gunter Weidmann, Werner Kiefer
  • Method and device for refining glass
    Publication number: 20040011080
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and a device for refining a glass melt according to the skull pot principle. According to the invention, the inlet and outlet are located in the upper area of the crucible and lie diametrically opposite each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2003
    Publication date: January 22, 2004
    Inventors: Erich Rodek, Wolfgang Schmid Bauer, Hilgegard Romer, Gunter Weidmann, Werner Kiefer