Patents by Inventor Zheng-Zhu Streich

Zheng-Zhu Streich 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: 10781374
    Abstract: An arrangement of a coke drum unit and of a coke crushing unit for use in a closed, gastight system for gaining sellable petroleum coke pieces out of solidified petroleum coke in a coke drum unit. It comprises a coke drum unit containing solidified petroleum coke; a coke crushing unit for crushing the petroleum coke into sellable petroleum coke pieces arranged below the coke drum unit; a lower funnel connected to the coke crushing unit and having an upper end portion; an upper funnel connected to the lower end of the coke drum unit and having a lower end portion with a smaller diameter than the upper end portion of the lower funnel; the lower end portion of the upper funnel extending into the upper end portion of the lower funnel; and at least one circumferential sealing element providing a gastight sealing between the upper funnel and the lower funnel and allowing for an axial and radial movement of the upper funnel with respect to the lower funnel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: TRIPLAN AG
    Inventor: Zheng-Zhu Streich
  • Publication number: 20190322941
    Abstract: An arrangement of a coke drum unit and of a coke crushing unit for use in a closed, gastight system for gaining sellable petroleum coke pieces out of solidified petroleum coke in a coke drum unit. It comprises a coke drum unit containing solidified petroleum coke; a coke crushing unit for crushing the petroleum coke into sellable petroleum coke pieces arranged below the coke drum unit; a lower funnel connected to the coke crushing unit and having an upper end portion; an upper funnel connected to the lower end of the coke drum unit and having a lower end portion with a smaller diameter than the upper end portion of the lower funnel; the lower end portion of the upper funnel extending into the upper end portion of the lower funnel; and at least one circumferential sealing element providing a gastight sealing between the upper funnel and the lower funnel and allowing for an axial and radial movement of the upper funnel with respect to the lower funnel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2016
    Publication date: October 24, 2019
    Inventor: Zheng-Zhu Streich