Patents by Inventor Wolfgang Melzer

Wolfgang Melzer 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).

  • Process for the production of shaped bodies from biodegradable material and shaped body
    Patent number: 5849152
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the production of shaped bodies, in particular packaging shaped bodies, from biologically decomposable material using a viscous mass containing biologically decomposable fiber material, water and starch, which is baked with the formation of a composite of fiber material and starch in a baking mould, and a shaped body produced according to this process. The use of native and pre-gelatinated or modified starch in connection with a fiber material feed stock from fibers or fiber bundles of differing lengths is especially advantageous.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 15, 1998
    Assignee: Rapido Waagen- und Maschinenfabrik GmbH
    Inventors: Gerd Arnold, Hans Jurgen Steiger, Christian Gass, Friedrich Wissmueller, Erhard Buettner, Wolfgang Melzer, Brunhilde Schoenberg, Frank Dubbert, Thomas Koeblitz
  • Fluid measuring device
    Patent number: 3930411
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for measuring the quantity of a flow of fluid from fluid storage means such as liquefied gas. The device comprises a capacitor partially immersed in the stored fluid which includes a chamber being partially filled with the fluid. As fluid is drained from the capacitor, the timing and variations in capacitance are measured which is used to calculate quantity of flow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 1974
    Date of Patent: January 6, 1976
    Assignee: Linde Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Christoph Beeker, Wolfgang Melzer, Rudiger Romer, Gerhard Schieferstein