Patents by Inventor Thomas Vens

Thomas Vens 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).

  • Taylor reactor for substance tranformation
    Publication number: 20060062702
    Abstract: In the Taylor reactor, in accordance with a first alternative of the invention, the reactor housing and/or the rotor are/is equipped such that the cross section of the reaction volume initially rises from the inlet to the outlet but the rise in cross section decreases in the direction of the outlet at least over part of the length of the rotor. In accordance with a second alternative of the invention, which may also find application in addition to the first, the end face of the rotor is designed in such a way that the reaction volume opens out into the outlet in such a way that it is at least substantially free from deadspaces (FIG. 4).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2003
    Publication date: March 23, 2006
    Applicant: BASF Coatings Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Edeltraud Hagemeister, Werner-Alfons Jung, Heinz-Peter Rink, Hans-Ulrich Moritz, Iris Conrad, Tsung-Chieh Cheng, Thomas Vens