Patents by Inventor Horst Sachs

Horst Sachs 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).

  • APPARATUS FOR DISCHARGING BULK MATERIAL
    Publication number: 20130202368
    Abstract: An apparatus for discharging bulk material from a container containing gas includes a single-shaft screw conveyor including a conveying tube having an axis of symmetry. A purge tank is disposed downstream of the screw conveyor with the conveying tube opening into the purge tank. The purge tank includes ports for a supply and discharge of a purge gas stream and an outlet opening for the bulk material. A closing cone with a cone tip and an axis of symmetry is shiftably mounted on its axis of symmetry. The closing cone is pressed with the cone tip from outside into an outlet opening of the conveying tube. The axis of symmetry of the closing cone coincides with the axis of symmetry of the conveying tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2011
    Publication date: August 8, 2013
    Applicants: LURGI GMBH, L' AIR LIQUIDE, SOCIÉTÉ ANONYME POUR L'ETUDE ET L' EXPLOITATION DES PROCÉDÉS GEORGES CLAUDE
    Inventors: Georg Ehring, Martin Mueller-Hasky, Christoph Steden, Frank Castillo-Welter, Dominic Walter, Horst Sachs, Michael Stiller