Patents by Inventor Wolfgang Ruberg

Wolfgang Ruberg 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: 11224848
    Abstract: A mixing machine includes a mixing head and at least one connection means for connecting a mixing container to the mixing head for forming a closed mixing container. The mixing head is pivotably mounted with respect to a frame such that the closed mixing container formed from the mixing head and container can be pivoted relative to the frame for performing the mixing process. The mixing head carries at least one rotationally-driven mixing tool. The mixing head comprises a head plate having a connecting flange molded thereon which is configured as an annular disc and comprises a planar contact surface. This contact surface has a radial extension such that mixing containers with different connection diameters on their mixing head connection side can be connected to the mixing head. The at least one connection means is configured for gripping mixing containers which differ in the diameter of their connection sides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: DR. HERFELD GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Wolfgang Rüberg, Matthias Tölle, Marvin Kind
  • Patent number: 11059005
    Abstract: A mixing machine includes a mixing head and at least one connection means for connecting a mixing container containing material to be mixed to said mixing head for forming a closed mixing container. The mixing head, as part of a pivotable assembly, is pivotably mounted with respect to a frame such that the closed mixing container formed from the mixing head and the mixing container can be pivoted relative to the frame for performing the mixing process. The mixing head carries at least one rotationally-driven mixing tool. The mixing head comprises a head plate having a connecting flange molded thereon which is configured as an annular disc and comprises a planar contact surface. At least two ring seals of differing diameters are arranged in said contact surface of the connecting flange at a spacing between each other, such that mixing containers with different connection diameters of their mixing head side can be connected to said mixing head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: DR. HERFELD GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Wolfgang Rüberg, Nadine Schweinsberg, Matthias Tölle, Marvin Kind
  • Publication number: 20210060504
    Abstract: An industrial mixing machine comprises a mixing head and at least one attachment means for attaching a mixing container, which contains a material to be mixed and is open on the attachment side, to the mixing head to form a closed mixing receptacle. The mixing head is pivotably mounted in relation to a frame as part of a pivotable assembly in such a way that the closed mixing receptacle formed from mixing head and mixing container is pivotable in relation to the frame to carry out the mixing process. The mixing head has at least one mixing tool, which is seated on a drive shaft extending through the mixing head and rotationally driven thereby, having multiple radial blades. The radial blades have a cross-sectional geometry according to which, starting from its maximum thickness, the blade thickness decreases in the rotational direction toward the rear blade end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2020
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Inventor: Wolfgang Rüberg
  • Publication number: 20200030762
    Abstract: A mixing machine includes a mixing head and at least one connection means for connecting a mixing container containing material to be mixed to said mixing head for forming a closed mixing container. The mixing head, as part of a pivotable assembly, is pivotably mounted with respect to a frame such that the closed mixing container formed from the mixing head and the mixing container can be pivoted relative to the frame for performing the mixing process. The mixing head carries at least one rotationally-driven mixing tool. The mixing head comprises a head plate having a connecting flange molded thereon which is configured as an annular disc and comprises a planar contact surface. The contact surface of said connecting flange has a radial extension such that mixing containers with different connection diameters on their mixing head connection side can be connected to said mixing head.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2019
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Inventors: Wolfgang Rüberg, Matthias Tölle, Marvin Kind
  • Publication number: 20190255493
    Abstract: A mixing machine includes a mixing head and at least one connection means for connecting a mixing container containing material to be mixed to said mixing head for forming a closed mixing container. The mixing head, as part of a pivotable assembly, is pivotably mounted with respect to a frame such that the closed mixing container formed from the mixing head and the mixing container can be pivoted relative to the frame for performing the mixing process. The mixing head carries at least one rotationally-driven mixing tool. The mixing head comprises a head plate having a connecting flange molded thereon which is configured as an annular disc and comprises a planar contact surface. At least two ring seals of differing diameters are arranged in said contact surface of the connecting flange at a spacing between each other, such that mixing containers with different connection diameters of their mixing head side can be connected to said mixing head.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2019
    Publication date: August 22, 2019
    Inventors: Wolfgang Rüberg, Nadine Schweinsberg, Matthias Tölle, Marvin Kind
  • Patent number: 10265669
    Abstract: A mixing container 1 with a top filling opening 5, with a connection flange 9, 9.1 which projects outward in the area of the top filling opening 5 in a radial direction for connecting the mixing container 1 to the mixing head of an industrial mixing machine and with a bottom discharge 13 that can be blocked and opened comprises a mixing receptacle 3, 3.1 forming the hollow chamber 4 of the mixing container 1 and with a wall 18, 19 encompassing its hollow chamber and flexible in a radial direction and comprises a container frame 2 holding the mixing receptacle 3, 3,1 and with the connection flange 9 and the discharge 13. The container frame 2 holds the mixing receptacle 3, 3.1, in such a manner that its wall 18, 19 surrounding the hollow chamber 4 is at least partially accessible in the circumferential direction for bringing about a deformation of it in the radial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: DR. HERFELD GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Wolfgang Rüberg, Ulrich Tölle
  • Patent number: 10071351
    Abstract: An inner 11 for lining a mixing vessel 1 comprising a feed opening 4 on the upper side and a flange 5 projecting outward in the radial direction and on the lower side a discharge duct 8 with a discharge flap valve 23 that can be adjusted from an open position into a closed position and vice versa, which mixing vessel 1 with bulk material introduced into it for the process of blending can be connected onto a mixing head 18 of an industrial blender 19, said mixing supporting one or multiple mixing tool(s), which inner liner 11 bears a supporting flange joint 17 on the upper side projects outward in the radial direction, and, when inserted into the mixing vessel 1, comes to bear against the flange 5 of the mixing vessel 1 and on its bottom side comprises a discharge duct extension 14, projecting into the discharge duct 8 of the mixing vessel 1, which projects into the discharge duct 8 of the mixing vessel 1 with a length that is at least sufficient to reach the discharge flap valve 23 when it is the closed posit
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: DR. HERFELD GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Wolfgang Rüberg, Ulrich Tölle
  • Patent number: 9950301
    Abstract: A mixing machine 1 comprising a mixing head 3 having element(s) for connecting to a receptacle to form a mixing container. The mixing head 3 is pivotably supported in a frame 2 such that the mixing container can pivot for the mixing process. The mixing head 3 has at least one rotationally driven mixing tool whose drive shaft 23 extends through the wall of the mixing head 3. The mixing head 3 has a double wall with a perforated inner wall 8. The perforations form a fluid path from the chamber surrounded by the inner wall 8 to the intermediate wall chamber 10. The intermediate wall chamber 10 is connected to a pressure adjustment device for adjusting the pressure. A flexible liner 15 is arranged in the mixing head 3 on its inner surface, which liner 15 can be fixed to the inner wall 8 of the mixing head by applying a vacuum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: DR. HERFELD GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Wolfgang Rüberg, Ulrich Tölle
  • Publication number: 20160375416
    Abstract: A mixing container 1 with a top filling opening 5, with a connection flange 9, 9.1 which projects outward in the area of the top filling opening 5 in a radial direction for connecting the mixing container 1 to the mixing head of an industrial mixing machine and with a bottom discharge 13 that can be blocked and opened comprises a mixing receptacle 3, 3.1 forming the hollow chamber 4 of the mixing container 1 and with a wall 18, 19 encompassing its hollow chamber and flexible in a radial direction and comprises a container frame 2 holding the mixing receptacle 3, 3,1 and with the connection flange 9 and the discharge 13. The container frame 2 holds the mixing receptacle 3, 3.1, in such a manner that its wall 18, 19 surrounding the hollow chamber 4 is at least partially accessible in the circumferential direction for bringing about a deformation of it in the radial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2016
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventors: Wolfgang Rüberg, Ulrich Tölle
  • Publication number: 20160375415
    Abstract: A mixing machine 1 comprising a mixing head 3 having element(s) for connecting to a receptacle to form a mixing container. The mixing head 3 is pivotably supported in a frame 2 such that the mixing container can pivot for the mixing process. The mixing head 3 has at least one rotationally driven mixing tool whose drive shaft 23 extends through the wall of the mixing head 3. The mixing head 3 has a double wall with a perforated inner wall 8. The perforations form a fluid path from the chamber surrounded by the inner wall 8 to the intermediate wall chamber 10. The intermediate wall chamber 10 is connected to a pressure adjustment device for adjusting the pressure. A flexible liner 15 is arranged in the mixing head 3 on its inner surface, which liner 15 can be fixed to the inner wall 8 of the mixing head by applying a vacuum.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2016
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventors: Wolfgang Rüberg, Ulrich Tölle
  • Publication number: 20150078119
    Abstract: An inner liner 11 for lining a mixing vessel 1 comprising a feed opening 4 on the upper side and a flange 5 projecting outward in the radial direction and on the lower side a discharge duct 8 with a discharge flap valve 23 that can be adjusted from an open position into a closed position and vice versa, which mixing vessel 1 with bulk material introduced into it for the process of blending can be connected onto a mixing head 18 of an industrial blender 19, said mixing head supporting one or multiple mixing tool(s), which inner liner 11 bears a supporting flange joint 17 on the upper side that projects outward in the radial direction, and, when inserted into the mixing vessel 1, comes to bear against the flange 5 of the mixing vessel 1 and on its bottom side comprises a discharge duct extension 14, projecting into the discharge duct 8 of the mixing vessel 1, which projects into the discharge duct 8 of the mixing vessel 1 with a length that is at least sufficient to reach the discharge flap valve 23 when it is
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2014
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Inventors: Wolfgang Rüberg, Ulrich Tölle
  • Patent number: 8979354
    Abstract: A mixer 1 for thermal treatment of a material for mixing consisting of solid particles comprises a mixing vessel 2 for admitting the material for mixing. The vessel 2 has at least one thermal medium channel that with its surface gets at least partially in contact with the solid particles to be heat-treated, through which thermal treatment media are fed when the mixer 1 is in operation. Additionally, the mixer 1 has available a device for circulating the material for mixing found in the container 2. The container 2 is turnably supported about an axis R that penetrates the two front sides 7, 20. A motorized drive 17, 18, 18.1 serves as a circulating device to turn the container 2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: Dr. Herfeld GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Ulrich Tölle, Wolfgang Rüberg, Matthias Herfeld
  • Patent number: 8678639
    Abstract: A mixing machine 1 includes a mixing head 3 displayed with one or several elements 12 for connecting the same to a container 5 containing a mix to form a closed mixing receptacle containing the mix. The mixing head 3 is mounted pivotably relative to a frame 2 in such a way that the mixing receptacle formed from mixing head 3 and container 5 is pivotable to execute the mixing process. The mixing machine 1 further includes a device for producing a mix stream and at least one rotary-driven mixing tool interacting in the mix stream. The mix-stream-producing device is designed to produce a low-energy primary mix-stream as a feed stream for supplying the mix contained in the mixing receptacle to the at least one mixing tool W2 disposed in the mixing head 3 interacting in the primary mix-stream produced by the mix-stream-producing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2014
    Assignee: Dr. Herfeld GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Ulrich Tölle, Wolfgang Rüberg
  • Publication number: 20100302898
    Abstract: A mixer 1 for thermal treatment of a material for mixing consisting of solid particles comprises a mixing vessel 2 for admitting the material for mixing. The vessel 2 has at least one thermal medium channel that with its surface gets at least partially in contact with the solid particles to be heat-treated, through which thermal treatment media are fed when the mixer 1 is in operation. Additionally, the mixer 1 has available a device for circulating the material for mixing found in the container 2. The container 2 is turnably supported about an axis R that penetrates the two front sides 7, 20. A motorized drive 17, 18, 18.1 serves as a circulating device to turn the container 2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2010
    Publication date: December 2, 2010
    Applicant: DR. HERFELD GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Ulrich Tölle, Wolfgang Rüberg, Matthias Herfeld
  • Patent number: 5097475
    Abstract: A high electrical power is input in a gas-swept electrical discharge for gas laser by controlling with a high electrical efficiency and without dissipative resistance. A discharge chamber is swept through with a gas at a high velocity wherein transverse to the flow direction, the gas discharge burns as a steady-field discharge between an anode and several cathodes opposite the anode. These are disposed in tandem in the flow direction. Power is supplied to each individual cathode by means of a fast, independently controlled switched-mode power supply unit constant current characteristics wherein the current is supplied to the switched-mode power supply unit by series-connected partial voltage sources of the cathodes. A pre-ionization device is provided on the flow bounding surface of the discharge chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 1990
    Date of Patent: March 17, 1992
    Assignee: Heraeus Holding GmbH
    Inventors: Peter R. Perzl, Heinz B. Puell, Wolfgang Ruberg, Robert Mayr, Axel R. Gregory
  • Patent number: 5067135
    Abstract: A discharge device, especially for a gas laser, has a discharge chamber through which a gas flows at high velocity and the gas discharge burns as a steady-field discharge between an anode and a cathode lying opposite the anode as the main electrodes extending transversely of the gas flow. To obtain a high ionization rate with a low alternating-current power consumption, while at the same time pre-ionizing the entire volume of incoming gas present between the cathode and anode, at least two pre-ionizing electrodes are present, one of which is in front of the cathode and the other in front of the anode in the direction of flow, and the pre-ionizing electrodes are out of phase with one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 1990
    Date of Patent: November 19, 1991
    Assignee: Haraeus Holding GmbH
    Inventors: Peter R. Perzl, Wolfgang Ruberg, Heinz B. Puell
  • Patent number: 5033059
    Abstract: A discharge device for a gas laser has an AC-supplied pre-ionizing electrode enveloped in dielectric material, which has a length corresponding approximately to that of the cathode and anode and lies ahead of the cathode and anode in the direction of the flow of the gas, and which is connected to one of the main electrodes through a low impedance with regard to the pre-ionizing alternating current. To obtain a high ionization power with a low alternating current power requirement, while at the same time pre-ionizing the entire volume of the incoming gas present between cathode and anode, the pre-ionizing electrode is connected both to the anode and to the cathode through a low impedance with regard to the pre-ionizing alternating current.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 1990
    Date of Patent: July 16, 1991
    Assignee: Heraeus Holding GmbH
    Inventors: Peter R. Perzl, Wolfgang Ruberg, Heinz B. Puell
  • Patent number: 4225234
    Abstract: A method of flameless atomic absorption analysis in which an element in a sample is measured by vaporizing the sample in a graphite crucible or cuvette and measuring the absorbance of the atomic vapor at a wavelength characteristic of the element. The method includes the steps of (1) successively introducing a preselected number of aliquots of the same sample into the graphite cuvette, (2) thermally pretreating each sample aliquot upon introduction to remove volatile or decomposable substances therefrom, and (3) vaporizing sample remaining in the cuvette for measurement only after performing the predetermined successive number of sample introduction and thermal pretreatment cycles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 1978
    Date of Patent: September 30, 1980
    Assignee: Beckman Instruments GmbH
    Inventors: Paul Schmider, Wolfgang Ruberg