Patents by Inventor Karl-Heinz Proest

Karl-Heinz Proest 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 thermally treating a pourable plant product
    Patent number: 9089160
    Abstract: A device for thermally treating a pourable plant product includes a receiving device configured to receive the pourable plant product and a gas supply channel configured to supply a heated gas to the receiving device. The gas supply channel is divided directly upstream of the receiving device, in a gas flow direction, into a first gas supply sub-channel and a second gas supply sub-channel which follow each other in a direction of gravity, and which are configured to supply the heated gas to the receiving device. A cross section of at least the first gas supply sub-channel is configured to be closed or reduced before the receiving device independently of the second gas supply sub-section so as to eliminate or reduce a volume of the heated gas to the receiving device via the first gas supply sub-channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Assignee: PROBAT-WERKE VON GIMBORN MASCHINENFABRIK GMBH
    Inventors: Wim Abbing, Thomas Koziorowski, Karl-Heinz Proest, Heinrich Baumeister
  • DEVICE FOR THERMALLY TREATING A POURABLE PLANT PRODUCT
    Publication number: 20140068964
    Abstract: A device for thermally treating a pourable plant product includes a receiving device configured to receive the pourable plant product and a gas supply channel configured to supply a heated gas to the receiving device. The gas supply channel is divided directly upstream of the receiving device, in a gas flow direction, into a first gas supply sub-channel and a second gas supply sub-channel which follow each other in a direction of gravity, and which are configured to supply the heated gas to the receiving device. A cross section of at least the first gas supply sub-channel is configured to be closed or reduced before the receiving device independently of the second gas supply sub-section so as to eliminate or reduce a volume of the heated gas to the receiving device via the first gas supply sub-channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2012
    Publication date: March 13, 2014
    Applicant: PROBAT-WERKE VON GIMBORN MASCHINENFABRIK GMBH
    Inventors: Wim Abbing, Thomas Koziorowski, Karl-Heinz Proest, Heinrich Baumeister