Patents by Inventor Rudolf H. Hoffmann

Rudolf H. Hoffmann 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: 4561458
    Abstract: A steam or the like supply system has two parallel legs of supply, a first leg designed for high-demand flows and for the metering thereof, and a second leg designed for low-demand flows and for the metering thereof. Each of these legs has its own control valve, and an electronic controller responds to a sensed drop in demand to control a program of valve in the low-demand line; similarly, the controller responds to a sensed increase in demand to control a program of valve shut down in the low-demand leg while opening the control valve in the high-demand line. Protective features in the controller assure against response to transient changes in demand and against interruption of a valve-changing operation until the programmed change has been fully implemented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 1984
    Date of Patent: December 31, 1985
    Assignee: Spence Engineering Company
    Inventor: Rudolf H. Hoffmann