Patents by Inventor Wilhelm Blankmeiser

Wilhelm Blankmeiser 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).

  • Cellular wheel sluice for pressure vessels
    Patent number: 5341966
    Abstract: A cellular rotary sluice for discharging material from a pressure vessel including a cell housing rotatable about a vertical axis with top and bottom stationary sealing plates and rotatable inner and outer vertical edge members with the edge members provided with wear facing at a top and bottom edge and with wear inserts in the top and bottom plates, a seal outside of the wear locations formed either by a packing seal within a ring or an O-ring, and in one form a space which is pressurized preventing the passing of material into and past the wear locations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 1992
    Date of Patent: August 30, 1994
    Assignee: Kloeckner-Humboldt-Deutz AG
    Inventors: Wilhelm Blankmeiser, Peter Spuerck