Patents by Inventor Thomas Christian Laxhuber

Thomas Christian Laxhuber 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).

  • Publication number: 20230076213
    Abstract: A continuous dryer heat exchanger device has a plurality of heat exchanger units. Waste air of an associated dryer section of the associated continuous dryer is guided through an individual heat exchanger unit and contaminants from the waste air are deposited in the heat exchanger unit. A cleaning device for cleaning the continuous flow heat exchanger device of the contaminants is thereby provided, which cleaning device has a plurality of cleaning units. An associated heat exchanger unit is to be cleaned by means of the individual cleaning unit. A switching device is provided, by means of which the cleaning units are to be switched in series one after the other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2022
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Applicant: STELA Laxhuber GmbH
    Inventors: Michael Stummer, Thomas Christian Laxhuber
  • Patent number: 10634429
    Abstract: A continuous-flow dryer for drying a material by hot air is provided with a first and a second section, through which the material flows successively in a transport direction. It includes a fresh air supply device, an exhaust air recirculation device for removing exhaust air and for recirculating exhaust air as supply air, and a heat exchanger, through which fresh air and exhaust air are led, for transferring waste heat of the exhaust air into the fresh air. With the exhaust air recirculation device a first part of the exhaust air is removed from the first section and recirculated directly into the first section. Furthermore, a second part of the exhaust air is removed from the first section, led through the heat exchanger, and recirculated as supply air into the first section. The fresh air supply device supplies fresh air as supply air into the second section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: STELA Laxhuber GmbH
    Inventors: Tobias Latein, Thomas Christian Laxhuber
  • Patent number: 10634430
    Abstract: A continuous-flow dryer for drying a material by means of hot air is provided with a fresh air supply device for supplying fresh air as supply air, an exhaust air recirculation device for removing exhaust air and for recirculating exhaust air as supply air, and a heat exchanger, through which fresh air on the one hand and exhaust air on the other hand are led, for transferring waste heat of the exhaust air into the fresh air. According to the invention, the removed exhaust air is supplied at the bottom into the heat exchanger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: STELA Laxhuber GmbH
    Inventors: Tobias Latein, Thomas Christian Laxhuber
  • Patent number: 10619923
    Abstract: A continuous-flow dryer for drying a material by hot air is provided with a first and a second section, through which the material is passed successively in a transport direction. It includes a fresh air supply device, an exhaust air recirculation device for removing exhaust air and recirculating it as supply air, and a heat exchanger, through which fresh air and exhaust air are led, for transferring waste heat of the exhaust air into the fresh air. With the exhaust air recirculation device a first part of the exhaust air is removed from the first section and recirculated as supply air directly into the first section. Furthermore, a second part of the exhaust air is removed from the first section, led through the heat exchanger, and recirculated as supply air into the first section. The fresh air supply device supplies fresh air as supply air into the second section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: STELA Laxhuber GmbH
    Inventors: Tobias Latein, Thomas Christian Laxhuber
  • Publication number: 20190041134
    Abstract: The invention relates to a continuous flow dryer (10) for drying a material (14) by means of hot air (24), comprising a first and a second section (20, 22), which in a transport direction (18) are successively passed through by the material (14), and which in terms of flow are separated to a great extent. The invention is characterized in that a fresh air supply device (28) for supplying fresh air (26) as first infeed air (32) into the first section (20) is provided, an exhaust air recirculation device (44) for removing exhaust air (40) from the second section (22) and for recirculating exhaust air (40) as second infeed air (42) back into the second section (22) is provided. Furthermore, a heat exchanger (58) is provided, through which the fresh air (26) on the one hand and the exhaust air (40) on the other hand are guided, for transferring waste heat (62) of the exhaust air (40) into the fresh air (26).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2017
    Publication date: February 7, 2019
    Applicant: STELA Laxhuber GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Christian Laxhuber, Tobias Latein
  • Publication number: 20180306508
    Abstract: A continuous-flow dryer for drying a material by means of hot air is provided with a fresh air supply device for supplying fresh air as supply air, an exhaust air recirculation device for removing exhaust air and for recirculating exhaust air as supply air, and a heat exchanger, through which fresh air on the one hand and exhaust air on the other hand are led, for transferring waste heat of the exhaust air into the fresh air. According to the invention, the removed exhaust air is supplied at the bottom into the heat exchanger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2018
    Publication date: October 25, 2018
    Applicant: STELA Laxhuber GmbH
    Inventors: Tobias Latein, Thomas Christian Laxhuber
  • Publication number: 20180306506
    Abstract: A continuous-flow dryer for drying a material by hot air is provided with a first and a second section, through which the material is passed successively in a transport direction. It includes a fresh air supply device, an exhaust air recirculation device for removing exhaust air and recirculating it as supply air, and a heat exchanger, through which fresh air and exhaust air are led, for transferring waste heat of the exhaust air into the fresh air. With the exhaust air recirculation device a first part of the exhaust air is removed from the first section and recirculated as supply air directly into the first section. Furthermore, a second part of the exhaust air is removed from the first section, led through the heat exchanger, and recirculated as supply air into the first section. The fresh air supply device supplies fresh air as supply air into the second section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2018
    Publication date: October 25, 2018
    Applicant: STELA Laxhuber GmbH
    Inventors: Tobias Latein, Thomas Christian Laxhuber
  • Publication number: 20180306507
    Abstract: A continuous-flow dryer for drying a material by hot air is provided with a first and a second section, through which the material flows successively in a transport direction. It includes a fresh air supply device, an exhaust air recirculation device for removing exhaust air and for recirculating exhaust air as supply air, and a heat exchanger, through which fresh air and exhaust air are led, for transferring waste heat of the exhaust air into the fresh air. With the exhaust air recirculation device a first part of the exhaust air is removed from the first section and recirculated directly into the first section. Furthermore, a second part of the exhaust air is removed from the first section, led through the heat exchanger, and recirculated as supply air into the first section. The fresh air supply device supplies fresh air as supply air into the second section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2018
    Publication date: October 25, 2018
    Applicant: STELA Laxhuber GmbH
    Inventors: Tobias Latein, Thomas Christian Laxhuber
  • Publication number: 20170333911
    Abstract: A device for granulating sludge has a hollow-cylindrical die into which sludge to be granulated is to be injected and in which a stripper with at least one knife is rotatingly arranged. A knife holder holds at least one knife radially movably on the rotating stripper.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2014
    Publication date: November 23, 2017
    Inventors: Thomas Christian Laxhuber, Tobias Latein