Patents by Inventor Thorsten Tabke

Thorsten Tabke 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: 10352618
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for drying a chamber comprising a predominantly protective-gas atmosphere in the chamber under positive pressure, which has an operating pressure p1 and a predetermined minimum pressure pmin, wherein the minimum pressure pmin of the gas chamber is monitored and the operating pressure p1 is greater than the minimum pressure pmin, wherein the method comprises the following steps: a) removing of a partial quantity Vi of the protective gas from the chamber, wherein the partial quantity Vi is equivalent to the pressure differential ?p, which is smaller or equal to the differential between p1 and pmin, b) introducing a partial quantity V2 of a dry or dried protective gas into the gas chamber up to a gas pressure p2, which is greater than pmin and c) repeating method steps a) and b) after a predetermined waiting time ?t. The invention further relates to an arrangement for carrying out the method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: WIKA Alexander Weigand SE & Co. KG
    Inventors: Thorsten Tabke, Thomas Saewe
  • Publication number: 20180087839
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for drying a chamber comprising a predominantly protective-gas atmosphere in the chamber under positive pressure, which has an operating pressure p1 and a predetermined minimum pressure pmin, wherein the minimum pressure pmin of the gas chamber is monitored and the operating pressure p1 is greater than the minimum pressure pmin, wherein the method comprises the following steps: a) removing of a partial quantity Vi of the protective gas from the chamber, wherein the partial quantity Vi is equivalent to the pressure differential ?p, which is smaller or equal to the differential between p1 and pmin, b) introducing a partial quantity V2 of a dry or dried protective gas into the gas chamber up to a gas pressure p2, which is greater than pmin and c) repeating method steps a) and b) after a predetermined waiting time ?t. The invention further relates to an arrangement for carrying out the method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2016
    Publication date: March 29, 2018
    Inventors: Thorsten Tabke, Thomas Saewe