Patents by Inventor Melanie Niemann

Melanie Niemann 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).

  • Patent number: 7858956
    Abstract: The invention relates to an irradiation unit for the UV irradiation of particularly web-shaped substrates, comprising a housing (10), a tubular UV lamp (12), arranged therein and a reflector arrangement (14), running along the UV lamp (12). According to the invention, a simple exchangeability may be achieved, whereby the reflector arrangement comprises a support profile (22), retained in the housing (10) and a reflector profile (24), embodied as a shape-retaining molded piece which may be detachably connected thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2010
    Assignee: IST Metz GmbH
    Inventors: Oliver Treichel, Klaus Ebinger, Joachim Jung, Stefan Jung, legal representative, Melanie Niemann, nee Jung, legal representative, Carsten Jung, legal representative, Günter Fuchs
  • Publication number: 20080315133
    Abstract: The invention relates to a UV irradiation unit comprising a housing (10), a rod-shaped lamp (12) which is arranged therein, a reflector (14) which extends along the UV-lamp (12) and which defines a lamp chamber (22) which surrounds the UV-lamp (12), in addition to a channel system (20) for guiding a cooling coolant through the reflector (14). According to the invention, the channel system (20) is arranged on the outside of the lamp chamber (22) such that it remains void of the coolant flow (24) for operating the lamp in an optimum manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2005
    Publication date: December 25, 2008
    Inventors: Joachim Jung, Stefan Jung, Melanie Niemann, Carsten Jung, Klaus Ebinger, Oliver Treichel, Gunter Fuchs, Urs Gumbel
  • Publication number: 20080277600
    Abstract: The invention relates to an irradiation unit for the UV irradiation of particularly web-shaped substrates, comprising a housing (10), a tubular UV lamp (12), arranged therein and a reflector arrangement (14), running along the UV lamp (12). According to the invention, a simple exchangeability may be achieved, whereby the reflector arrangement comprises a support profile (22), retained in the housing (10) and a reflector profile (24), embodied as a shape-retaining molded piece which may be detachably connected thereto.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2005
    Publication date: November 13, 2008
    Inventors: Oliver Treichel, Klaus Ebinger, Joachim Jung, Gunter Fuchs, Stefan Jung, Melanie Niemann, nee Jung, Carsten Jung