Patents by Inventor Manfred Heider

Manfred Heider 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).

  • Measurement of volatile constituents of a culture medium
    Patent number: 4404284
    Abstract: A device for measuring volatile constituents of a culture medium in the fermentation industry, comprising a probe, which has a permeable membrane to exchange material for a carrier medium, and a sensor responding to the content of the substance to be measured which has permeated into the carrier medium. In order that the device may be used in industrial fermenters and in order to achieve a high degree of accuracy in measurement and reproducibility of the measured values, both the permeable membrane and the sensor are disposed in the space in which the culture medium to be tested is situated, the probe being introduced into the space containing the culture medium where appropriate by way of a lock.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 1981
    Date of Patent: September 13, 1983
    Assignee: Vogelbusch Gesellschaft m.b.H.
    Inventors: Manfred Heider, Josef Hofschneider, Wolfgang Schallenberger, Franz Nodes, Eberhard Kempe