Patents by Inventor Rodek Erich

Rodek Erich 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).

  • Melting and refining in baths with cooled walls
    Publication number: 20060291528
    Abstract: A method for melting inorganic materials, preferably glasses and glass-ceramics, in a melting unit with cooled walls is provided. The method includes selecting the temperature of at least one region of the melt is selected in such a way as to be in a range from Teff?20% to Teff+20%, where the temperature Teff is given by the temperature at which the energy consumption per unit weight of the material to be melted is at a minimum, with the throughput having been selected in such a way as to be suitably adapted to the required residence time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2003
    Publication date: December 28, 2006
    Inventors: Werner Kiefer, Hildegard Romer, Frank-Thomas Lentes, Guido Rake, Volker Ohmstede, Karin Naumann, Michael Leister, Gerhard Nuessle, Rodek Erich, Wolfgang Schmidbauer