Patents Assigned to Lenzing Aktiengesellschaft
  • Patent number: 12129573
    Abstract: A method of producing lyocell filaments employs a steam heatable spinneret having a rectangular shape with an aspect ratio of more than 2 and comprising at least a top housing and a nozzle frame. The spinneret is heated and used for spinning cellulosic filaments from a cellulose solution in a solvent. A lyocell process employs the spinneret.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: Lenzing Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Christoph Schrempf, Johann Pillichshammer, Andreas Gressenbauer, Ernst Reiter, Martin Neunteufel
  • Patent number: 12116701
    Abstract: A process for the production of an oxidized polymer from a tetrakis hydroxyalkyl phosphonium compound comprising NH3 or at least one nitrogen compound comprising at least one NH2 or at least two NH groups, or NH3, comprising the steps of: (a) reacting at least one tetrakis hydroxyalkyl phosphonium compound with NH3 or at least one nitrogen compound in order to obtain a precondensate, wherein the molar ratio of the tetrakis hydroxyakyl phosphonium compound to the nitrogen compound is in the range of 1: (0.05 to 2.0), preferably in the range of 1: (0.5 to 1.5), particularly preferably in the range of 1: (0,65 to 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: LENZING AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Heinrich Firgo, Clemens Bisjak
  • Patent number: 12116729
    Abstract: A method for providing a treated cellulose-comprising mixed starting material (110), in particular a mixed starting material (110) for forming a, in particular regenerated, cellulosic molded body (102) is described. The method comprises: i) providing (10) a first starting material (101a) which comprises a lignocellulosic raw material, ii) providing (1) a second starting material (101b) which comprises a cellulose-containing lignin-free product, iii) mixing (15) the first starting material (101a) and the second starting material (101b) to a mixed starting material (101), and iv) at least partially commonly treating (20) the first starting material (101a) and the second starting material (101b) for obtaining the treated mixed starting material (101), in particular a mixed pulp.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: LENZING AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Richard Herchl, Gabriele Schild, Christian Weilach
  • Patent number: 12091781
    Abstract: Silk woven fabric is known and renowned for its touch. The drawback of silk, however, is its price, its poor washability, and low resistance against certain chemical treatments. It is therefore the object of the invention to provide a silk-like woven fabric which overcomes these problems. According to the invention, this problem is solved by providing a silk-like woven fabric (2) made from weft yarns (4) and warp yarns (6), wherein at least one of the weft yarns (4) and the warp yarns (6) contains or consists of lyocell filaments (8). Especially twisted lyocell filament yarns are used, the resulting material has a touch comparable to silk and physical properties that are equal to or even surpass those of silk. Moreover, the lyocell filament yarns (4, 6) may have a higher twist than silk yarns, other cellulose yarns, or synthetic yarns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: Lenzing Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Susanne Carls, Martin Neunteufel, Dieter Eichinger, Christoph Schrempf, Mohammad Abu-Rous
  • Patent number: 12070701
    Abstract: A process (100) for the recovery of solvent (1) from solvent-containing cellulosic particles (2) is shown, the process comprising the steps: a) extracting the solvent (1) from the cellulosic particles (2) by means of a liquid extraction medium (3), thereby obtaining a solvent-enriched extraction medium (5), and b) obtaining the recovered solvent (6) from the solvent-enriched extraction medium (5). In order to improve the efficiency of the process, it is proposed that in step a) the solvent (1) is extracted from the cellulosic particles (2) in a continuous flow extraction reactor (4), wherein the extraction medium (3) continuously flows through the extraction reactor (4) to extract the solvent (1) from the cellulosic particles (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2024
    Assignee: Lenzing Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Roland Feiner, Thi Huyen Trang Trinh, Christian Sperger
  • Patent number: 11987906
    Abstract: A method of recycling a mixed textile, wherein the method comprises: i) supplying the mixed textile, wherein the mixed textile comprises cellulosic fibers and synthetic fibers, wherein the synthetic fibers comprise at least one synthetic plastic, ii) at least partially depleting the synthetic plastic from the cellulose, and iii) further processing the depleted mixed textile after depleting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: LENZING AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Christoph Klaus-Nietrost, Richard Herchl, Christian Weilach
  • Patent number: 11976397
    Abstract: A device for laying down filaments (3) into a spundbond fabric (8), dehumidifying the spundbond fabric (8) and sucking off the process air loaded with solvents and coagulants, including a conveyor device (7) for transporting the spundbond fabric (8) in a transport direction, wherein the conveyor device (7) has a deposition surface (6) for the filament (3), wherein the conveyor device (7) at least in the region of the deposition surface (6) is permeable for gases and liquids, wherein underneath the deposition surface (6) of the conveyor device (7) there is provided a primary dehumidifying device (9), wherein there is arranged at least one upper suction device (10, 11) upstream and/or downstream and/or laterally of the deposition surface (6).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: LENZING AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventor: Ibrahim Sagerer-Foric
  • Patent number: 11976417
    Abstract: A recycled cellulose raw material and a method for recycling a cellulose raw material from blended textile waste with high reliability and yielding high raw material quality is shown, the method comprising the steps in the given order: providing the blended textile waste containing at least one cellulose component and at least one synthetic polymer component, treating the blended textile waste in a non-oxidizing aqueous treatment medium in order to degrade the at least one synthetic polymer component, whereby the treatment is carried out at a temperature between 100° C. and 200° C., and obtaining the recycled cellulose raw material from the treated blended textile waste.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: LENZING AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Richard Herchl, Christoph Klaus-Nietrost, Christian Weilach
  • Patent number: 11952714
    Abstract: A process (1, 101, 201) for separating a fibrous target component (21) from textile waste (2, 5) is shown, said textile waste (2, 5) containing the target component (21) and at least one ancillary component (22), whereby the target component (21) consists of water-swellable textile fibers (51) with a density higher than the density of water, the process (1, 101, 201) comprising the steps: a) dispersing the comminuted textile waste (5) in an aqueous solution (7) to obtain a suspension (8) containing the textile waste (5), and b) separating the dispersed textile waste (5) into a high-density target fraction (81) comprising the target component (21), and a low-density residual fraction (82) comprising the at least one ancillary component (22), according to the respective density of said components (21, 22).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: LENZING AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Christoph Klaus-Nietrost, Richard Herchl, Christian Weilach
  • Patent number: 11939713
    Abstract: A plant (1) for the production of spunbonded nonwoven (8), comprising a spinning solution production (3), a spinning system (2), a device (6) for the delivery of coagulation liquid, at least one conveying device (7, 9) for depositing the spunbonded nonwoven (8), and a collecting device (13) for the spunbonded nonwoven (8), wherein at least one discharge device (14) is provided between the device (6) for the delivery of coagulation liquid and the collecting device (13) for the spunbonded nonwoven (8).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: LENZING AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Ibrahim Sagerer-Foric, Markus Malzner, Martin Lichtenthal
  • Patent number: 11932969
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a high-tenacity cellulosic regenerated fiber with an individual fiber titer of between 0.6 and 0.9 dtex and yarns and planar textile structures which contain regenerated fibers of this kind.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Lenzing Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Johann Leitner, Gert Kroner, Egon Dünser, Karin Kämpf, Harald Schobesberger, Roland Möslinger
  • Patent number: 11898273
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a cellulosic fiber of the lyocell genus. The fiber according to the invention has the following properties: a) the fiber has a content of hemicellulose of 5 wt. % or more b) the fiber is characterized by the Hoeller factors F1 and F2 as follows: Hoeller factor F1?0.7+x and ?1.3+x Hoeller factor F2?0.75+(x*6) and ?3.5+(x*6) wherein x is 0.5 if the fiber does not contain a matting agent and x is 0 if the fiber does contain a matting agent, and if x is 0.5, the fiber is essentially free from any incorporation agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: LENZING AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Verena Silbermann, Martina Opietnik
  • Patent number: 11898272
    Abstract: The present invention provides a process for the viable production of lyocell cellulose continuous filament yarns at very high production speeds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Lenzing Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Christoph Schrempf, Johann Pillichshammer, Andreas Gressenbauer, Ernst Reiter, Martin Neunteufel
  • Patent number: 11873581
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for cleaning a spunbonding spinneret for the production of cellulosic spunbonded nonwoven fabric from a solution of cellulose in an aqueous organic solvent by extruding the solution through nozzle holes of the spunbonding spinneret to form filaments and stretching the filaments in the direction of extrusion by means of a gas stream, during which method contaminations containing cellulose will accumulate on the spinneret surface. The method according to the invention comprises the steps of: a) spraying the contamination with an aqueous fluid precipitating the cellulose; and b) detaching and carrying away the contamination by means of the gas stream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: Lenzing Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Ibrahim Sagerer-Foric, Markus Malzner, Matthias Gschwandtner
  • Patent number: 11873580
    Abstract: The present invention provides a process for the viable removal of liquid from lyocell cellulose continuous filament yarns at very high production speeds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: LENZING AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Johann Pillichshammer, Christoph Schrempf, Andreas Gressenbauer, Ernst Reiter, Martin Neunteufel
  • Patent number: 11828005
    Abstract: A method of producing a chemical pulp from a textile material which comprises cellulose for manufacturing regenerated cellulosic molded bodies, wherein in the method the textile material is comminuted, at least a part of non-fiber-constituents of the comminuted textile material is separated from fiber-constituents of the comminuted textile material, at least a part of non-cellulosic fibers of the fiber-constituents is mechanically separated from cellulosic fibers of the fiber-constituents, at least a further part of the non-cellulosic fibers is chemically separated from the cellulosic fibers, and producing regenerated molded bodies from the chemical pulp based on the cellulosic fibers after mechanically separating and chemically separating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: Lenzing Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Christoph Klaus-Nietrost, Richard Herchl, Christian Weilach
  • Patent number: 11795582
    Abstract: What is shown is a spinning device (1) and a method for spinning up a spinning device (1) for the continuous extrusion of molded bodies (3) from a spinning solution (6), as well as a spin-up device (11) for the execution of the method, in which method the molded bodies (3) are extruded from the spinning solution (6) through spinnerets (7) of the spinning device (1) in the form of a loose spinning curtain (2), the molded bodies (3) of the loose spinning curtain (2) are, after the extrusion, combined into a molded body bundle (4), and the molded body bundle (4) is, in a further step, fed to a draw-off member (10) of the spinning device (1) in order to start a continuous extrusion of the molded bodies (3). In order to make the method for spinning up the spinning device (1) simpler and more reproducible, it is proposed that the molded bodies (3) be combined into the molded body bundle (4) by twisting the spinning curtain (2) around a torsion axis (20).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: LENZING AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Franz Alfred Dürnberger, Karl Ladner, Martin Lauber, Daniel Reischl
  • Patent number: 11718930
    Abstract: The invention shows a spin-up device (11, 51) and a method for spinning up a spinning device (1, 101) for the continuous extrusion of molded bodies (3) from a spinning solution (6), containing a solvent and cellulose dissolved in the solvent, wherein the molded bodies are extruded from the spinning solution (6) through spinnerets (7) of the spinning device (1, 101) in the form of a loose spinning curtain (2), the molded bodies (3) of the loose spinning curtain (2) are combined into a molded body bundle (4) after the extrusion, and the molded body bundle (4) is, in a further step, fed to a draw-off member (10) of the spinning device (1, 101) in order to start a continuous extrusion of the molded bodies (3). In order to make the spin-up method simpler in terms of process technology and more reproducible, it is proposed to increase the tensile strength of at least some areas of the molded bodies (3) of the loose spinning curtain (2) after their extrusion and before combining them into a molded body bundle (4).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: LENZING AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Franz Alfred Dürnberger, Christoph Schrempf, Christian Sperger
  • Patent number: 11713523
    Abstract: A fabric made of interwoven twines, wherein, in each case, two yarns are twisted together to form a twine and at least one of the yarns contains polyester staple fibers and cellulosic staple fibers of the types lyocell, viscose and/or modal, the share of cellulosic staple fibers in the fabric ranging from 10% by weight to 90% by weight. The fabric according to the invention is characterized in that the fabric or, respectively, those of the yarns contained therein which contain polyester staple fibers and cellulosic staple fibers as well as the twines produced therefrom comply with two relationships from which the suitability of the fabric for applications in automobiles, particularly in automobile seats, results.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: LENZING AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Friedrich Suchomel, Dieter Eichinger
  • Patent number: 11686016
    Abstract: A lining fabric (3) for a clothing article (1). The lining fabric (3) is hygroscopic to ensure good wearing comfort, and has sufficient dimensional stability to allow washing in a household laundry machine. The lining fabric (3) is made from yarns (6) containing or consisting of Lyocell filaments (7). The Lyocell filaments (7) have an average linear density of less than 1.5 dtex, preferably less than 1.4 dtex and even more preferred, less than 1.3 dtex. The washing shrinkage after five washings is preferably less than 4% in each of two perpendicular directions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: LENZING AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Mohammad Abu-Rous, Susanne Carls, Dieter Eichinger, Martin Neunteufel, Christoph Schrempf