Patents by Inventor Robert Knöfel

Robert Knöfel 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: 11435329
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a combustion tube for a device for elemental analysis of a sample, comprising an outer tube including an outlet and an inner tube including an inlet, the inner tube detachably insertable into the outer tube, wherein the outer and inner tubes are arranged such that the sample passes through the inlet, through the inner tube into the outer tube, and out of the combustion tube through the outlet, wherein the inner and outer tubes are configured such that, at least in a region in which the inner tube is surrounded by the outer tube, the sample is essentially inside the inner tube. The outer tube is made of a quartz glass, and the inner tube is made of a ceramic. The present invention further relates to a device for elemental analysis of a sample comprising a combustion tube according to the present disclosure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: Analytik Jena AG
    Inventors: Christiane Ehrling, Robert Knöfel
  • Patent number: 10914715
    Abstract: The invention relates to an analysis device for determining a measurement variable based on the concentration of one or more contents of a sample, comprising: a digestion reactor with a gas inlet and a gas outlet; a measuring device which is connected to the gas outlet of the digestion reactor; a control and analysis device which is designed to receive and process measurement values that are registered by the measuring device and are based on the measurement variable; an oxygen generating device; and a gas line system which connects the oxygen generating device to the gas inlets of the digestion reactor in order to supply oxygen generated by the oxygen generating device to the digestion reactor, wherein the gas line system comprises a gas storage device which has at least one chamber with a variable volume for receiving an oxygen quantity to be stored.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: Analytik Jena AG
    Inventors: Christiane Ehrling, Heiko Henneberg, Robert Knöfel, Kristin Scheide
  • Publication number: 20200400627
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a combustion tube for a device for elemental analysis of a sample, comprising an outer tube including an outlet and an inner tube including an inlet, the inner tube detachably insertable into the outer tube, wherein the outer and inner tubes are arranged such that the sample passes through the inlet, through the inner tube into the outer tube, and out of the combustion tube through the outlet, wherein the inner and outer tubes are configured such that, at least in a region in which the inner tube is surrounded by the outer tube, the sample is essentially inside the inner tube. The outer tube is made of a quartz glass, and the inner tube is made of a ceramic. The present invention further relates to a device for elemental analysis of a sample comprising a combustion tube according to the present disclosure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2020
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Inventors: Christiane Ehrling, Robert Knöfel
  • Publication number: 20190086376
    Abstract: The invention relates to an analysis device for determining a measurement variable based on the concentration of one or more contents of a sample, comprising: a digestion reactor with a gas inlet and a gas outlet; a measuring device which is connected to the gas outlet of the digestion reactor; a control and analysis device which is designed to receive and process measurement values that are registered by the measuring device and are based on the measurement variable; an oxygen generating device; and a gas line system which connects the oxygen generating device to the gas inlets of the digestion reactor in order to supply oxygen generated by the oxygen generating device to the digestion reactor, wherein the gas line system comprises a gas storage device which has at least one chamber with a variable volume for receiving an oxygen quantity to be stored.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2016
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Inventors: Christiane Ehrling, Heiko Henneberg, Robert Knöfel, Kristin Scheide