Patents by Inventor Ralf Bremer

Ralf Bremer 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: 10551400
    Abstract: Device for solid-phase microextraction and analysis of substances to be analyzed, in particular in a gas chromatograph, with at least one collector, which is made of sorbent and/or adsorbent material and is placed on a rod-like support, and with at least one sample container, which is sealed with a pierceable partition wall and into which the collector is introduced piercing the partition wall for a sampling time, wherein the sealing of the sample container is assembled from the pierceable partition wall and a clamping ring, which can be mounted on the sample container and presses the partition wall together with a sealing element onto an upper rim of the sample container, and which comprises a socket in which a fitting of a transport adapter which is attached to a handling end of the rod-like support can be anchored detachably and with sealing surface pressure after the collector is inserted into the sample container following piercing the partition wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: GERSTEL Systemtechnik GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Ralf Bremer, Bernhard Rose
  • Publication number: 20180156836
    Abstract: Device for solid-phase microextraction and analysis of substances to be analyzed, in particular in a gas chromatograph, with at least one collector, which is made of sorbent and/or adsorbent material and is placed on a rod-like support, and with at least one sample container, which is sealed with a pierceable partition wall and into which the collector is introduced piercing the partition wall for a sampling time, wherein the sealing of the sample container is assembled from the pierceable partition wall and a clamping ring, which can be mounted on the sample container and presses the partition wall together with a sealing element onto an upper rim of the sample container, and which comprises a socket in which a fitting of a transport adapter which is attached to a handling end of the rod-like support can be anchored detachably and with sealing surface pressure after the collector is inserted into the sample container following piercing the partition wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2017
    Publication date: June 7, 2018
    Inventors: Ralf Bremer, Bernhard Rose
  • Patent number: 9869688
    Abstract: Device for solid-phase microextraction and analysis of substances to be analyzed, in particular in a gas chromatograph, with at least one collector, which is made of sorbent and/or adsorbent material and is placed on a rod-like support, and with at least one sample container, which is sealed with a pierceable partition wall and into which the collector is introduced piercing the partition wall for a sampling time, wherein the sealing of the sample container is assembled from the pierceable partition wall and a clamping ring, which can be mounted on the sample container and presses the partition wall together with a sealing element onto an upper rim of the sample container, and which comprises a socket in which a fitting of a transport adapter which is attached to a handling end of the rod-like support can be anchored detachably and with sealing surface pressure after the collector is inserted into the sample container following piercing the partition wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2018
    Assignee: GERSTEL SYSTEMTECHNIK GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Ralf Bremer, Bernhard Rose
  • Publication number: 20150276780
    Abstract: Device for solid-phase microextraction and analysis of substances to be analyzed, in particular in a gas chromatograph, with at least one collector, which is made of sorbent and/or adsorbent material and is placed on a rod-like support, and with at least one sample container, which is sealed with a pierceable partition wall and into which the collector is introduced piercing the partition wall for a sampling time, wherein the sealing of the sample container is assembled from the pierceable partition wall and a clamping ring, which can be mounted on the sample container and presses the partition wall together with a sealing element onto an upper rim of the sample container, and which comprises a socket in which a fitting of a transport adapter which is attached to a handling end of the rod-like support can be anchored detachably and with sealing surface pressure after the collector is inserted into the sample container following piercing the partition wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2015
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Inventors: Ralf Bremer, Bernhard Rose
  • Patent number: 7712385
    Abstract: A method for the preparation of samples for an analyzer and a sampling station therefor are provided which allow automated injection of larger inert-gas volumes to be introduced into a sample container via a packing, in order to enrich the packing of the substances of a sample to be investigated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2010
    Assignee: Gerstel Systemtechnik GmbH & Co.KG
    Inventors: Ralf Bremer, Bernhard Rose
  • Publication number: 20070137320
    Abstract: A method for the preparation of samples for an analyzer and a sampling station therefor are provided which allow automated injection of larger inert-gas volumes to be introduced into a sample container via a packing, in order to enrich the packing of the substances of a sample to be investigated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2006
    Publication date: June 21, 2007
    Applicant: Gerstel Systemtechnik GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Ralf Bremer, Bernhard Rose
  • Patent number: 7127956
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method of sample delivery for a sample analyser, which has a delivery device for samples which can be loaded with exchangeable liners, which are tubular at least at the inlet end and hold the sample, the liners, on which there is respectively fitted at the gas inlet end a transporting head which holds the liner by means of a seal hereby having a friction fit, being arranged such that they are inserted at predetermined locations in a magazine and/or in sample containers, a changing device, which is equipped with a gripper for the transporting heads of the liners, being used and on the basis of a predetermined program, the changing device gripping the respective liner at a predetermined place on its transporting head and inserting it into the delivery device in a sealing manner, the sample delivery being performed and, subsequently, the liner being removed from the delivery device by the changing device, by gripping its transporting head, and also to a liner handling system for this.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2006
    Assignee: Gerstel Systemtechnik GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Ralf Bremer, Bernhard Rose
  • Patent number: 6973846
    Abstract: The invention relates to a sample handling device for an analytical device, comprising a sampler provided with a holder, a movable holding arm for the holder and a support for the holder, said support being arranged in a stationary manner with respect to the holding arm, said holder being transferable between a suspended position on the support and a position located on the holding arm and being releasable from the holding arm by a pulling force exerted by the holding arm substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the latter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2005
    Assignee: Gerstel Systemtechnik GmbH & Co.
    Inventors: Ralf Bremer, Bernhard Rose
  • Publication number: 20050229723
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method of sample delivery for a sample analyser, which has a delivery device for samples which can be loaded with exchangeable liners, which are tubular at least at the inlet end and hold the sample, the liners, on which there is respectively fitted at the gas inlet end a transporting head which holds the liner by means of a seal hereby having a friction fit, being arranged such that they are inserted at predetermined locations in a magazine and/or in sample containers, a changing device, which is equipped with a gripper for the transporting heads of the liners, being used and on the basis of a predetermined program, the changing device gripping the respective liner at a predetermined place on its transporting head and inserting it into the delivery device in a sealing manner, the sample delivery being performed and, subsequently, the liner being removed from the delivery device by the changing device, by gripping its transporting head, and also to a liner handling system for this.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2005
    Publication date: October 20, 2005
    Inventors: Ralf Bremer, Bernhard Rose
  • Patent number: 6907796
    Abstract: The invention relates to a temperature-controlled injector for a chemical analysis unit, in particular a gas chromatograph, comprising an injector tube, which can be received by a receiving tube, having a cooling system, which surrounds the receiving tube, through which coolant can flow, which has coolant connections and which is designed as a metallic tube coil, and a resistance heating system for the injector tube, in which injector the receiving tube consists of a material of good thermal conductivity, is electrically insulating towards the outside, and the tube coil rests on the receiving tube, has an electrical resistance which is sufficient to rapidly heat the injector tube and can be acted on by current via electrical connection pieces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2005
    Assignee: Gerstel Systemtechnik GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Ralf Bremer, Bernhard Rose
  • Publication number: 20040159167
    Abstract: The invention relates to a temperature-controlled injector for a chemical analysis unit, in particular a gas chromatograph, comprising an injector tube, which can be received by a receiving tube, having a cooling system, which surrounds the receiving tube, through which coolant can flow, which has coolant connections and which is designed as a metallic tube coil, and a resistance heating system for the injector tube, in which injector the receiving tube consists of a material of good thermal conductivity, is electrically insulating towards the outside, and the tube coil rests on the receiving tube, has an electrical resistance which is sufficient to rapidly heat the injector tube and can be acted on by current via electrical connection pieces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2002
    Publication date: August 19, 2004
    Inventors: Ralf Bremer, Bernhard Rose
  • Publication number: 20030233893
    Abstract: The invention relates to a sample handling device for an analytical device, comprising a sampler provided with a holder, a movable holding arm for the holder and a support for the holder, said support being arranged in a stationary manner with respect to the holding arm, said holder being transferable between a suspended position on the support and a position located on the holding arm and being releasable from the holding arm by a pulling force exerted by the holding arm substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the latter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2003
    Publication date: December 25, 2003
    Applicant: Gerstal Systemtechnik GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Ralf Bremer, Bernhard Rose
  • Patent number: 6475437
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and device for preparing samples for gas chromatography, the sample material being guided through a liquid chromatograph (1) by a solvent and being monitored by a detector (2), and, on the basis of the detector (2) recognizing a chromatographic region of interest, the sample material of this region being removed from the stream of sample material leaving the liquid chromatograph (1) and being analyzed by gas chromatography. In this case, the stream of sample material leaving the liquid chromatograph (1) is guided through a flow-through cuvette (4), and the removal is carried out, until the end of the chromatographic region of interest, via a syringe (18) which, when the sample material of the region of interest reaches the flow-through cuvette (4), is introduced into the stream of sample material guided through the flow-through cuvette (4) and is drawn upwards at a predetermined ratio to the transport rate of the stream of sample material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2002
    Assignee: Gerstel GmbH
    Inventors: Eberhard Gerstel, Ralf Bremer
  • Patent number: 6447575
    Abstract: The invention relates to gas chromatography analysis of a sample having components to be investigated and water contained therein, which after thermodesorption is separated and analyzed, the thermodesorbed sample being transferred by a carrier gas into a first polar separation column which retains higher-boiling components and water and passes low-boiling components, the latter being led, past a branching point which leads, on the one hand, to a second polar or non-polar separation column and, on the other hand, to the non-polar separation column, to the non-polar separation column in a fashion excluding access to the second polar or non-polar separation column, after which higher-boiling components and water are transferred to the second polar or non-polar separation column in a fashion excluding access to the non-polar separation column, water being eliminated upstream of the second polar or non-polar separation column by cryofocussing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2002
    Assignee: Gertstel Systemtechnik GmbH & Co.
    Inventors: Ralf Bremer, Andreas Hoffmann
  • Patent number: 6354136
    Abstract: The invention relates to a gas chromatograph having a temperature-controlled injector for containing a vaporizer tube with chemical substances, thereon to be analyzed via a gas chromatography column, which temperature-controlled injector and vaporization tube can be heated by an electric resistance coil type of heating unit and can be cooled by a cooling unit, wherein the cooling unit has a cooling coil (7) which surrounds the heating unit and which is provided via a feedline and a return line (8, 9) with an external source of liquid, cooled coolant, with provision of a pump (11) for circulating the coolant and of a drain valve for draining the cooling coil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2002
    Assignee: Gerstal GmbH Co., KG
    Inventors: Ralf Bremer, Bernhard Rose
  • Publication number: 20010027722
    Abstract: The invention relates to gas chromatography analysis of a sample having components to be investigated and water contained therein, which after thermodesorption is separated and analyzed, the thermodesorbed sample being transferred by means of carrier gas into a first polar separation column which retains higher-boiling components and water and passes low-boiling components, the lafter being led, past a branching point which leads, on the one hand, to a second polar or non-polar separation column and, on the other hand, to the non-polar separation column, to the non-polar separation column in a fashion excluding access to the second polar or non-polar separation column, after which higher-boiling components and water are transferred to the second polar or non-polar separation column in a fashion excluding access to the non-polar separation column, water being eliminated upstream of the second polar or non-polar separation column by means of cryofocussing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2000
    Publication date: October 11, 2001
    Inventors: Ralf Bremer, Andreas Hoffmann
  • Patent number: 6245298
    Abstract: The invention relates to a sample application device for a gas chromatograph, having an evaporator (1) which can be cooled, can be heated in a temperature-controlled manner, is provided with a carrier-gas feed and has a valve head (11) for holding an exchangeable sampling tube (27), a receiving chamber (4) for the sampling tube (27), a column exit (18) and, if appropriate, a splitter exit (31). In this device, a pyrolyser tube (20), which is coupled to the carrier-gas feed and is held by the valve head (11), is arranged in the receiving chamber (4), in which there is a heating coil (26) into which the sampling tube (27) can be fitted and to which current can be applied by means of a heating conductor (25) which is guided outwards through the valve head (11).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2001
    Assignee: Gerstel GmbH & Co., KG
    Inventors: Ralf Bremer, Bernhard Rose
  • Patent number: 6180410
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and device for preparing samples for gas chromatography, the sample material being guided through a liquid chromatograph (1) by means of a solvent and being monitoring by means of a detector (2), and, on the basis of the detector (2) recognizing a chromatographic region of interest, the sample material of this region being removed from the stream of sample material leaving the liquid chromatograph (1) and being analyzed by gas chromatography. In this case, the stream of sample material leaving the liquid chromatograph (1) is guided through a flow-through cuvette (4), and the removal is carried out, until the end of the chromatographic region of interest, via a syringe (18) which, when the sample material of the region of interest reaches the flow-through cuvette (4), is introduced into the stream of sample material guided through the flow-through cuvette (4) and is drawn upwards at a predetermined ratio to the transport rate of the stream of sample material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2001
    Assignee: Gerstel GmbH
    Inventors: Eberhard Gerstel, Ralf Bremer
  • Patent number: 6134945
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for applying samples to be analyzed by gas chromatography using a sampling tube, which has a section which contains the adsorbing agent and narrows essentially conically towards a bore which is free of adsorbing agent and has a reduced diameter, in such a manner that the flow rate of a gas which is guided through towards the narrowed section on the outlet side is at least approximately equal to the inlet-side flow rate, liquid or gaseous starting sample material being guided through the sampling tube towards the narrowed section, so that substances to be analyzed are adsorbed on the adsorbing agent, the sampling tube being flushed with drying gas, which is guided through the sampling tube in the same direction as the starting sample material, until the liquid phase, which is contained in the sampling tube, or the starting sample material is essentially removed, and the adsorbed sample being desorbed by means of a carrier gas which is introduced through the sampling tube from
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2000
    Assignee: Gerstel GmbH
    Inventors: Eberhard Gerstel, Ralf Bremer
  • Patent number: 6055845
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for applying samples to be analyzed by gas chromatography using a sampling tube, which has a section which contains the adsorbing agent and narrows essentially conically towards a bore which is free of adsorbing agent and has a reduced diameter, in such a manner that the flow rate of a gas which is guided through towards the narrowed section on the outlet side is at least approximately equal to the inlet-side flow rate, liquid or gaseous starting sample material being guided through the sampling tube towards the narrowed section, so that substances to be analyzed are adsorbed on the adsorbing agent, the sampling tube being flushed with drying gas, which is guided through the sampling tube in the same direction as the starting sample material, until the liquid phase, which is contained in the sampling tube, or the starting sample material is essentially removed, and the adsorbed sample being desorbed by means of a carrier gas which is introduced through the sampling tube from
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2000
    Assignee: Gerstel GmbH
    Inventors: Eberhard Gerstel, Ralf Bremer