Patents by Inventor Horst Thiess

Horst Thiess 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).

  • Monitoring device for melting furnaces
    Patent number: 7090801
    Abstract: Cracking of a crucible can cause heavy damage to the system in melting furnaces. A reliable monitoring of threatening breaking out of the melt is therefore needed. For this purpose a monitoring device for melting furnaces is provided to monitor the breaking out of melt and includes a closed circuit consisting of several conductor sections with at least a partially conducting surface and a measuring/displaying device. A first conductor section is series connected through an ohmic resistor R to a second conductor section. The first conductor section is arranged directly adjacent, however, electrically isolatingly spaced from and with respect to the second conductor section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2006
    Assignee: Wieland-Werke AG
    Inventors: Hilmar R. Mueller, Horst Thiess
  • Monitoring device for melting furnaces
    Publication number: 20040114663
    Abstract: Cracking of a crucible can cause heavy damage to the system in melting furnaces. A reliable monitoring of threatening breaking out of the melt is therefore needed. For this purpose a monitoring device for melting furnaces is provided to monitor the breaking out of melt and includes a closed circuit consisting of several conductor sections with at least a partially conducting surface and a measuring/displaying device. A first conductor section is series connected through an ohmic resistor R to a second conductor section. The first conductor section is arranged directly adjacent, however, electrically isolatingly spaced from and with respect to the second conductor section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2003
    Publication date: June 17, 2004
    Inventors: Hilmar R. Mueller, Horst Thiess