Patents by Inventor Raymond Plüss

Raymond Plüss 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).

  • Mass transfer apparatus having a structured packing
    Patent number: 8746660
    Abstract: An absorber or desorber contains a layer (10) for a structured packing which has corrugations, wherein a plurality of open channels (12, 14, 16) is formed by the corrugations, wherein the channels include a first corrugation valley (22), a first corrugation peak (32) and a second corrugation peak (42). The first corrugation peak (32) and the second corrugation peak (42) bound the first corrugation valley (22), wherein the first and second corrugation peaks have a first apex (33) and a second apex (43). An indentation (34) extending in the direction of the first apex (33) is formed on the first apex (33) of the first corrugation peak (32). The first corrugation valley (22) has a valley bottom (23), wherein the normal spacing (27) of at least one point of the indentation (34) from the valley bottom (23) of the corrugation valley (22) is smaller than the normal spacing (28) of the first apex (33) from the valley bottom (23) of the corrugation valley (22).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: Solzer Chemtech AG
    Inventors: Ilja Ausner, Markus Duss, Raymond Plüss
  • MASS TRANSFER APPARATUS HAVING A STRUCTURED PACKING
    Publication number: 20110309536
    Abstract: An absorber or desorber contains a layer (10) for a structured packing which has corrugations, wherein a plurality of open channels (12, 14, 16) is formed by the corrugations, wherein the channels include a first corrugation valley (22), a first corrugation peak (32) and a second corrugation peak (42). The first corrugation peak (32) and the second corrugation peak (42) bound the first corrugation valley (22), wherein the first and second corrugation peaks have a first apex (33) and a second apex (43). An indentation (34) extending in the direction of the first apex (33) is formed on the first apex (33) of the first corrugation peak (32). The first corrugation valley (22) has a valley bottom (23), wherein the normal spacing (27) of at least one point of the indentation (34) from the valley bottom (23) of the corrugation valley (22) is smaller than the normal spacing (28) of the first apex (33) from the valley bottom (23) of the corrugation valley (22).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2010
    Publication date: December 22, 2011
    Inventors: Ilja Ausner, Markus Duss, Raymond Plüss
  • Contact tray for a mass transfer column
    Patent number: 8066264
    Abstract: The valve cover has a pair of tabs at the ends that are inserted into end sections of an orifice in the tray deck. The tabs of the valve cover abut against the underside of the tray deck while a pair of sloped portions of the valve cover rest on the top side of the tray deck in order to hold the valve cover in place.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2011
    Assignee: Sulzer Chemtech AG
    Inventors: Bartele Griepsma, Mark W. Pilling, Raymond Plüss, Daniel Summers