Patents by Inventor Thomas Merle

Thomas Merle 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: 9174218
    Abstract: An apparatus (100) has a batch container (110) having one or more openings (120) for the introduction of the substances to be processed, one or more openings (130) for the discharge of the processed substances, and a process chamber (140) having a rotor (150) and a stator (160), the rotor (150) mounted rotatably about a rotational axis (155) with respect to the stator (160) for the purpose of processing substances introduced into the process chamber (140). The stator (160) has a working surface (161) which is inclined at an angle W1 in relation to the rotational axis (155) of the rotor (150) and the rotor (150) has a working surface (151) which is inclined at an angle W2>W1 in relation to the rotational axis (155) of the rotor (150), such that the working surfaces (161, 151) of stator (160) and rotor (150) are disposed at an acute angle relative to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: FrymaKoruma AG
    Inventors: Thomas Merle, Stefan Wienberg
  • Publication number: 20110315799
    Abstract: An apparatus (100) has a batch container (110) having one or more openings (120) for the introduction of the substances to be processed, one or more openings (130) for the discharge of the processed substances, and a process chamber (140) having a rotor (150) and a stator (160), the rotor (150) mounted rotatably about a rotational axis (155) with respect to the stator (160) for the purpose of processing substances introduced into the process chamber (140). The stator (160) has a working surface (161) which is inclined at an angle W1 in relation to the rotational axis (155) of the rotor (150) and the rotor (150) has a working surface (151) which is inclined at an angle W2>W1 in relation to the rotational axis (155) of the rotor (150), such that the working surfaces (161, 151) of stator (160) and rotor (150) are disposed at an acute angle relative to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2009
    Publication date: December 29, 2011
    Applicant: FRYMAKORUMA AG
    Inventors: Thomas Merle, Stefan Wienberg
  • Publication number: 20020165732
    Abstract: An on-call system and method which utilizes the Internet and WCTP and WAP protocols and is suitable for use with medical personnel and enables users to remotely access information relative to a person and the person's on-call schedule. The system and method permits at least one user to have immediate and direct communication with at least one recipient using the Internet and/or wireless communications systems and methods. The system and method further provides an automated answering and communication service for persons consisting of an interactive Internet-based system and method that uses a centralized database of scheduling information to organize, orchestrate and instantly connect physicians, hospitals and related medical professionals and even patients during both routine and urgent situations. The system and method enables individuals to be grouped or categorized as desired.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2002
    Publication date: November 7, 2002
    Applicant: MatchMD, LLC
    Inventors: Bilal Ezzeddine, Basil Bakri, Austin Cleveland, Sam Bakri, Thomas Merle