Patents by Inventor Rainer Hendel

Rainer Hendel 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).

  • Method of producing safety textiles in one of the colors fluorescent yellow, orange-red and fluorescent red
    Patent number: 8236064
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for producing safety textiles in one of the following colors: fluorescent yellow, fluorescent orange-red or fluorescent red. In a first step a textile starting material is pre-dyed in the desired color such that the pre-dyed fluorescent material has a specified first minimum luminance factor and the color is situated within an associated color diamond. After that the pre-dyed material is cross-dyed with a mixture of a luminescent pigment dye and a binder in such a way that the cross-dyed fluorescent material has a specified second minimum luminance factor and the color of the cross-dyed material continues to be situated within the color diamond. Subsequently the cross-dyed material is dried.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2012
    Assignee: Hendel Textilveredelung GmbH
    Inventors: Rainer Hendel, Sven Klaus Brosig
  • Method of Producing Safety Textiles in One of the Colors Fluorescent Yellow, Fluorecent Orange-Red and Fluorescent Red
    Publication number: 20110183560
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for producing safety textiles in one of the following colors: fluorescent yellow, fluorescent orange-red or fluorescent red. In a first step a textile starting material is pre-dyed in the desired color such that the pre-dyed fluorescent material has a specified first minimum luminance factor and the color is situated within an associated color diamond. After that the pre-dyed material is cross-dyed with a mixture of a luminescent pigment dye and a binder in such a way that the cross-dyed fluorescent material has a specified second minimum luminance factor and the color of the cross-dyed material continues to be situated within the color diamond. Subsequently the cross-dyed material is dried.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2007
    Publication date: July 28, 2011
    Inventors: Rainer Hendel, Sven Klaus Brosig