Patents by Inventor Horst Wachtler

Horst Wachtler 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).

  • Filtering and inerting of combustible dusts in the process off-gas
    Patent number: 6905533
    Abstract: A method for avoiding the spontaneous ignition of combustible dusts in process off-gases, wherein during the process the dusts are retained, without adversely affecting the process parameters, at least one sintered filter element which is arranged in a pressure vessel and is able to withstand temperatures of up to at least 250° C. and after the process has ended the dusts are inerted by blasting oxygen-containing gas back into the pressure vessel, and to a device for carrying out the method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2005
    Assignee: Siltronic AG
    Inventors: Franz Becker, Lothar Lehmann, Horst Wachtler
  • Filtering and inerting of combustible dusts in the process off-gas
    Publication number: 20030200867
    Abstract: A method for avoiding the spontaneous ignition of combustible dusts in process off-gases, wherein during the process the dusts are retained, without adversely affecting the process parameters, at least one sintered filter element which is arranged in a pressure vessel and is able to withstand temperatures of up to at least 250° C. and after the process has ended the dusts are inerted by blasting oxygen-containing gas back into the pressure vessel, and to a device for carrying out the method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2003
    Publication date: October 30, 2003
    Applicant: WACKER SILTRONIC AG
    Inventors: Franz Becker, Lothar Lehmann, Horst Wachtler