Patents by Inventor Ralf Zimmermann

Ralf Zimmermann 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: 4252532
    Abstract: Process for dyeing evenly synthetic fiber materials and mixtures thereof with natural fibers, with water-insoluble disperse dyestuffs according to the exhaust method, which comprises adding water-soluble or dispersible linear polyesters that have been obtained by polycondensation of dicarboxylic acids with diols, including sulfo-groups-containing chain links, with an average molecular weight of 800 to 5,000, combined with surface-active oxethylation products, at a blend ratio of 1:0.25 to 1:1.5, as dispersing system with levelling action to the aqueous dyeliquors, besides said dyestuffs and pH-controlling substances.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 1977
    Date of Patent: February 24, 1981
    Assignee: Hoechst Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Friedrich Engelhardt, Karl Hintermeier, Joachim Ribka, Ralf Zimmermann