Patents by Inventor Anton Esser

Anton Esser 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).

  • Publication number: 20140053996
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for production of paper, card and board comprising draining a filler-containing paper stock comprising at least one water-soluble polymer with sheet formation in the wire section and then pressing the paper in the press section, wherein a paper stock having a fibrous concentration in the range from 20 to 40 g/l has the at least one water-soluble polymer added to it, then the paper stock is diluted to a fibrous concentration in the range from 5 to 15 g/l, the diluted paper stock is drained to form a sheet and the sheet is pressed in the press section to a solids content G(x) wt % or greater and G(x) computes according to G(x)=48 +(x?15)·0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2013
    Publication date: February 27, 2014
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Anton ESSER, Hans-Joachim Haehnle
  • Patent number: 8647470
    Abstract: Process for the production of paper, board and cardboard having high dry strength by addition of an aqueous composition comprising a nanocellulose and at least one polymer selected from the group consisting of the anionic polymers and water-soluble cationic polymers, draining of the paper stock and drying of the paper products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2014
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventor: Anton Esser
  • Patent number: 8613833
    Abstract: Aqueous slurries of finely divided fillers which are at least partly covered by anionic latices, the slurries being obtainable by treating aqueous slurries of finely divided fillers with at least one anionic latex with a glass transition temperature of ?5 to ?50° C., preparation of the aqueous slurries and their use as an additive to the paper stock in the production of filler-containing paper, filler-containing cardboard or filler-containing board by draining the paper stock.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2013
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Juergen Schmidt-Thuemmes, Anton Esser, Joerg Nieberle
  • Patent number: 8597466
    Abstract: Process for the production of paper, board and cardboard having high dry strength by separate addition of a water-soluble cationic polymer and of an aqueous dispersion of a water-insoluble polymer having a content of acid groups of not more than 10 mol % or of an aqueous dispersion of a nonionic polymer, which dispersion has been made anionic, to a paper stock, draining of the paper stock and drying of the paper products. Preferably, the polymers are added to a paper stock which has a temperature of at least 40° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2013
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Anton Esser, Hans-Joachim Haehnle
  • Patent number: 8529732
    Abstract: Process for the production of paper, board and cardboard having high dry strength by addition of a water-soluble cationic polymer and of an anionic polymer to a paper stock, draining of the paper stock and drying of the paper products, wherein an aqueous dispersion of at least one anionic latex and at least one degraded starch is used as the anionic polymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Anton Esser, Joerg Nieberle
  • Patent number: 8486227
    Abstract: A process for the production of paper, board and cardboard by draining a paper stock containing interfering substances in the presence of polymers which contain vinylamine units and which have an average molar mass Mw of at least 1 million, a high-consistency stock first being prepared, at least one polymer containing vinylamine units and having an average molar mass Mw of at least 1 million and a degree of hydrolysis of from 1 to 20 mol % being metered into the high-consistency stock, the high-consistency stock being diluted to a low-consistency stock by adding water, and the low-consistency stock being drained, the polymers being hydrolyzed homo- or copolymers of N-vinylcarboxamides additives for reducing deposits in the wire part, press section and drying section of paper machines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Anton Esser, Rainer Blum, Joachim Kuhn, Marc Leduc, Ralf Hemel
  • Patent number: 8465584
    Abstract: An aqueous slurry of finely divided fillers which are at least partly coated with anionic latices, wherein the slurry is obtainable by treating an aqueous slurry of finely divided fillers with an aqueous dispersion comprising at least one anionic latex and at least one degraded starch, preparation of the aqueous slurries and their use as an additive to the paper stock in the production of filler-containing paper, filler-containing cardboard or filler-containing board by draining the paper stock.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2013
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Joerg Nieberle, Anton Esser
  • Patent number: 8449721
    Abstract: Aqueous slurries of finely divided fillers which are at least partly covered by anionic latices, the slurries being obtainable by treating aqueous slurries of finely divided fillers with at least one anionic latex which comprises, incorporated in the form of polymerized units, at least one monomer comprising phosphonic and/or phosphoric acid groups, preparation of the aqueous slurries and their use as an additive to the paper stock in the production of filler-containing paper, filler-containing cardboard or filler-containing board by draining the paper stock.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2013
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Juergen Schmidt-Thuemmes, Anton Esser, Joerg Nieberle
  • Patent number: 8382948
    Abstract: The use of water-soluble, amphoteric copolymers which are obtainable by copolymerization of a) at least one N-vinylcarboxamide of the general formula in which R1 and R2, independently of one another, are H or C1- to C6-alkyl, b) at least one monomer which is selected from the group consisting of (b1) monoethylenically unsaturated sulfonic acids, phosphonic acids, phosphoric acid esters and derivatives thereof, and (b2) monoethylenically unsaturated mono- and dicarboxylic acids, the salts thereof and dicarboxylic anhydrides, c) if appropriate, at least one monoethylenically unsaturated monomer differing from the components (a) and (b), and d) if appropriate, at least one compound which has at least two ethylenically unsaturated double bonds in the molecule, with the proviso that the monomer mixture comprises at least one monomer (b) having at least one free acid group and/or an acid group in salt form, and subsequent partial or complete hydrolysis of the groups —CO—R1 from the monomers
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2013
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Hans-Joachim Haehnle, Anton Esser
  • Publication number: 20130014908
    Abstract: A process for the production of paper, board and cardboard by draining a paper stock containing interfering substances in the presence of polymers which contain vinylamine units and which have an average molar mass Mw of at least 1 million, a high-consistency stock first being prepared, at least one polymer containing vinylamine units and having an average molar mass Mw of at least 1 million and a degree of hydrolysis of from 1 to 20 mol % being metered into the high-consistency stock, the high-consistency stock being diluted to a low-consistency stock by adding water, and the low-consistency stock being drained, the polymers being hydrolyzed homo- or copolymers of N-vinylcarboxamides additives for reducing deposits in the wire part, press section and drying section of paper machines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2012
    Publication date: January 17, 2013
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Anton Esser, Ranier Blum, Joachim Kuhn, Marc Leduc, Ralf Hemel
  • Patent number: 8349134
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for producing paper, board and cardboard of high dry strength by separately adding a polymer comprising vinylamine units and a polymeric anionic compound to a paper pulp, dewatering the pulp and drying the paper products, which comprises using as polymeric anionic compound at least one copolymer obtainable by copolymerizing (a) at least one N-vinylcarboxamide of the formula in which R1 and R2 are H or C1- to C6 alkyl, (b) at least one monoethylenically unsaturated monomer comprising acid groups, and/or the alkali metal, alkaline earth metal or ammonium salts thereof, and if appropriate (c) other monoethylenically unsaturated monomers, and if appropriate (d) compounds having at least two ethylenically unsaturated double bonds in their molecule.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Anton Esser, Hans-Joachim Haehnle, Martin Ruebenacker, Norbert Schall, Jacques Dupuis, Josef Neutzner, Manfred Niessner, Berthold Sturm
  • Publication number: 20120325420
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the production of paper, card and board, including the steps of draining a filler-containing paper stock, having a certain fibrous concentration and containing at least one water-soluble amphoteric copolymer, with sheet formation in a wire section, then pressing the paper in a press section, diluting the paper stock to a fibrous concentration in the range from 5 to 15 g/l, draining the diluted paper stock to form a sheet, and then pressing the sheet in the press section to a solids content G(x) wt % or greater, such that G(x) computes according to: G(x)=48+(x?15)·0.4, where x is the numerical value of a filler content of the dry paper, card or board (in wt %), and G(x) is a numerical value of the minimal solids content (in wt %) to which the sheet is pressed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2012
    Publication date: December 27, 2012
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Anton Esser, Hans-Joachim Hähnle
  • Patent number: 8337665
    Abstract: A process for the production of paper, board and cardboard by draining a paper stock containing interfering substances in the presence of polymers which contain vinylamine units and which have an average molar mass Mw of at least 1 million, a high-consistency stock first being prepared, at least one polymer containing vinylamine units and having an average molar mass Mw of at least 1 million and a degree of hydrolysis of from 1 to 20 mol % being metered into the high-consistency stock, the high-consistency stock being diluted to a low-consistency stock by adding water, and the low-consistency stock being drained, and the use of hydrolyzed homo- or copolymers of N-vinylcarboxamides having a degree of hydrolysis of from 1 to 20 mol % and an average molar mass Mw of at least 1 million in the production of paper, board or cardboard as an additive to a high-consistency stock containing interfering substances, for reducing deposits in the wire part, press section and drying section of paper machines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Anton Esser, Rainer Blum, Joachim Kuhn, Marc Leduc, Ralf Hemel
  • Publication number: 20120205065
    Abstract: Process for the production of paper, board and cardboard having high dry strength by addition of an aqueous composition comprising a nanocellulose and at least one polymer selected from the group consisting of the anionic polymers and water-soluble cationic polymers, draining of the paper stock and drying of the paper products.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2010
    Publication date: August 16, 2012
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventor: Anton Esser
  • Patent number: 8227529
    Abstract: Aqueous slurries of finely divided fillers which are at least partly coated with a composition comprising at least one water-soluble amphoteric copolymer and at least one latex.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2012
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Anton Esser, Hans-Joachim Haehnle, Marc Schroeder
  • Patent number: 8197641
    Abstract: Process for treating aqueous slurries of finely divided fillers, an aqueous dispersion of at least one latex and an aqueous slurry of at least one starch being metered separately from one another into an aqueous slurry of at least one finely divided filler.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2012
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Anton Esser, Hans-Joachim Haehnle, Marc Schroeder
  • Patent number: 8192580
    Abstract: A process for treating aqueous slurries of finely divided fillers, wherein the treatment is carried out by heating an aqueous slurry of at least one finely divided filler and then by adding an aqueous dispersion of at least one latex.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2012
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Anton Esser, Hans-Joachim Haehnle, Marc Schroeder
  • Patent number: 8097126
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an aqueous composition comprising at least one finely divided filler and at least one water-soluble amphoteric copolymer, a process for the preparation of such a composition and its use as an additive in the production of paper, cardboard and board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2012
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Hans-Joachim Haehnle, Anton Esser, Volker Braig, Rainer Blum, Peter Baumann, Jacques Dupuis, Josef Neutzner
  • Publication number: 20110308752
    Abstract: Process for the production of paper, board and cardboard having high dry strength by addition of a water-soluble cationic polymer and of an anionic polymer to a paper stock, draining of the paper stock and drying of the paper products, wherein an aqueous dispersion of at least one anionic latex and at least one degraded starch is used as the anionic polymer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2010
    Publication date: December 22, 2011
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Anton Esser, Joerg Nieberle
  • Publication number: 20110230601
    Abstract: An aqueous slurry of finely divided fillers which are at least partly coated with anionic latices, wherein the slurry is obtainable by treating an aqueous slurry of finely divided fillers with an aqueous dispersion comprising at least one anionic latex and at least one degraded starch, preparation of the aqueous slurries and their use as an additive to the paper stock in the production of filler-containing paper, filler-containing cardboard or filler-containing board by draining the paper stock.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2009
    Publication date: September 22, 2011
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Joerg Nieberle, Anton Esser