Patents by Inventor Arnd Kessler

Arnd Kessler 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).

  • Washing liquor comprising a Winsor II microemulsion and insoluble particles, and washing method
    Patent number: 10513675
    Abstract: The invention relates to an aqueous washing liquor in a device for cleaning soiled textile substrates, containing a plurality of water-insoluble solid particles and a liquid phase which contains a microemulsion, and to a textile washing method using said type of washing liquor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2019
    Assignee: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Peter Schmiedel, Michael Dreja, Christian Nitsch, Arnd Kessler, Benoit Luneau, Reinhard Strey, Anna Klemmer, Thorsten Bastigkeit, Thomas Mueller-Kirschbaum, Nicole Bode, Iwona Spill
  • Device and method for determining the dirt load in a rinsing or detergent solution
    Patent number: 10488332
    Abstract: A device for determining a dirt load in a rinsing or detergent solution in a water-conducting household appliance includes a sensor configured to execute a near-infrared spectroscopy for acquiring a spectral measured value of a dirt component in the rinsing or detergent solution in the water-conducting household appliance. A determination unit determines the dirt load of the rinsing or detergent solution on the basis of the acquired spectral measured value of the dirt component in the rinsing or detergent solution, and an adjustment unit adjusts a wash parameter of a current wash program in response to the determined dirt load.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignees: BSH Hausgeräte GmbH, Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Arnd Kessler, Edith Lambert, Nina Mußmann, Rainer Stamminger, Thomas Weber, Michaela Gerstenlauer, Heinz Heißler, Martin Stickel
  • WASHING LIQUOR COMPRISING A WINSOR II MICROEMULSION AND INSOLUBLE PARTICLES, AND WASHING METHOD
    Publication number: 20190352586
    Abstract: The invention relates to an aqueous washing liquor in a device for cleaning soiled textile substrates, containing a plurality of water-insoluble solid particles and a liquid phase which contains a microemulsion, and to a textile washing method using said type of washing liquor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2019
    Publication date: November 21, 2019
    Applicant: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Peter Schmiedel, Michael Dreja, Christian Nitsch, Arnd Kessler, Benoit Luneau, Reinhard Strey, Anna Klemmer, Thorsten Bastigkeit, Thomas Mueller-Kirschbaum, Nicole Bode, Iwona Spill
  • METHOD FOR THE DOSING OF CLEANING AGENTS
    Publication number: 20190310612
    Abstract: A method for the dosing of cleaning agents in cleaning machines includes the steps: receiving the control information items; wherein the control information items are dependent on an information item about a cleaning machine; determining the progress of a cleaning operation; dosing of cleaning agent depending on the received control information items and the determined progress of the cleaning operation; wherein the information item about the cleaning machine can be manually input via a user interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2017
    Publication date: October 10, 2019
    Applicant: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: ARND KESSLER, THOMAS WEBER, JOHANNES ZIPFEL, CHRISTIAN NITSCH, LARS ZUECHNER, NADINE FRANKE, GEORG WAWER, ALEXANDER MUELLER, THOMAS JUCKEL, CLEMENS ARTH
  • CLEANING AGENT IDENTIFICATION
    Publication number: 20190301073
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method carried out by at least one device, the method comprising: acquiring (410) an identification characteristic of a cleaning agent (26), and checking (460), at least partially based upon the obtained identification characteristic of the cleaning agent (26), whether an initiation of a cleaning operation of a cleaning device (10) by the cleaning agent (26) is permissible. The present disclosure further relates to a device for carrying out the method, and to a corresponding computer program.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2017
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Applicant: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Arnd Kessler, Christian Nitsch, Lars Zuechner, Georg Wawer, Alexander Mueller
  • FLUSHING COMPARTMENT FOR STORAGE MONITORING
    Publication number: 20190301074
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates in particular to a device comprising a flushing device (10) and a sensor device (20), wherein the flushing device (10) is designed to receive or contain a cleaning agent, and wherein the flushing device (10) and the sensor device (20) are or can be integrated into a cleaning device (1). According to the present disclosure, the sensor device (20) is designed to determine a quantity information that is representative of the amount of cleaning agent filled into the flushing device (10).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2017
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Applicant: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Arnd Kessler, Christian Nitsch, Lars Zuechner, Georg Wawer, Alexander Mueller
  • METHOD FOR ASCERTAINING TREATMENT PARAMETERS OF A TEXTILE BY MEANS OF STRUCTURAL INFORMATION
    Publication number: 20190302091
    Abstract: The present disclosure especially relates to a method, carried out by one or more devices, said method comprising: non-destructively determining structural information that is characteristic of at least part of the structure of a textile (202); ascertaining at least one treatment parameter of the textile (202) at least partly on the basis of said structural information; and outputting or initiating output of the at least one treatment parameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2017
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Applicant: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Arnd Kessler, Christian Nitsch, Lars Zuechner, Georg Wawer, Alexander Mueller
  • CHECKING FOR POTENTIALLY UNDESIRABLE ITEMS OF LAUNDRY
    Publication number: 20190264372
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates inter alia to a method which is carried out by at least one device, the method comprising: illuminating (510) at least some of the items of laundry which are located in a laundry container (302) of a washing machine (300) and are to be subjected to a washing process; determining (520) color information indicative of one or more colors of at least some of the illuminated items of laundry (320) which are located in the laundry container (302) of the washing machine (300); and checking (530), at least partially based upon the determined color information, whether a potentially undesirable item of laundry (322) is located in the laundry container (302) of the washing machine (300).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2017
    Publication date: August 29, 2019
    Applicant: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Arnd Kessler, Christian Nitsch, Lars Zuechner, Georg Wawer, Alexander Mueller
  • WASHING METHOD
    Publication number: 20180305645
    Abstract: An aqueous detergent solution in a device for cleaning soiled textile substrates is disclosed. The solution contains a plurality of water-insoluble solid particles which are obtained by reacting polyamide particles with polydialkylsiloxanes and/or alkanes carrying reactive groups.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2018
    Publication date: October 25, 2018
    Applicant: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Benoit Luneau, Michael Dreja, Peter Schmiedel, Christian Nitsch, Arnd Kessler, Thomas Mueller-Kirschbaum
  • WASHING METHOD
    Publication number: 20180291316
    Abstract: An aqueous detergent solution in a device for cleaning soiled textile substrates is disclosed. The solution contains a plurality of water-insoluble solid particles which have organic polymer material and carry polyalkoxy groups on their surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2018
    Publication date: October 11, 2018
    Applicant: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Benoit Luneau, Michael Dreja, Peter Schmiedel, Christian Nitsch, Arnd Kessler, Thomas Mueller-Kirschbaum
  • DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE DIRT LOAD IN A RINSING OR DETERGENT SOLUTION
    Publication number: 20180156725
    Abstract: A device for determining a dirt load in a rinsing or detergent solution in a water-conducting household appliance includes a sensor configured to execute a near-infrared spectroscopy for acquiring a spectral measured value of a dirt component in the rinsing or detergent solution in the water-conducting household appliance. A determination unit determines the dirt load of the rinsing or detergent solution on the basis of the acquired spectral measured value of the dirt component in the rinsing or detergent solution, and an adjustment unit adjusts a wash parameter of a current wash program in response to the determined dirt load.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2016
    Publication date: June 7, 2018
    Inventors: Arnd Kessler, Edith Lambert, Nina Mußmann, Rainer Stamminger, Thomas Weber, Michaela Gerstenlauer, Heinz Heißler, Martin Stickel
  • Detergents
    Patent number: 9752100
    Abstract: Phosphate-free dishwasher detergents which contain a builder, bleaching agents, a nonionic surfactant, and also a) a copolymer comprising i) sulfonic acid group-containing monomers, ii) further ionic and/or nonionic monomers, b) methyl glycine diacetic acid. The detergents according to the invention have good cleaning and rinsing results which are comparable to those of phosphate-containing dishwasher detergents or even outdo them.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Nadine Warkotsch, Johannes Zipfel, Arnd Kessler, Christian Nitsch, Arno Dueffels, Thomas Holderbaum
  • Machine dishwasher detergent
    Patent number: 9719055
    Abstract: A liquid cleaning agent containing: a) 20 to 70 wt % water, b) at least one amylase preparation, c) at least one Ca2+-ion source, d) lactic acid or a lactic acid salt, is notable for elevated amylase stability and improved cleaning performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Thomas Eiting, Dorota Sendor-Mueller, Johannes Zipfel, Arnd Kessler, Thorsten Bastigkeit, Christian Nitsch, Sven Mueller
  • POLYALKOXYLATED POLYAMINES IN NOVEL LAUNDRY METHODS
    Publication number: 20170114306
    Abstract: The invention relates to an aqueous detergent solution in a device for cleaning soiled textile substrates, said solution containing a plurality of water-insoluble solid particles and a detergent containing polyalkoxylated polyamines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2017
    Publication date: April 27, 2017
    Applicant: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Alexander Schulz, Nicole Bode, Peter Schmiedel, Christian Nitsch, Arnd Kessler, Thorsten Bastigkeit, Thomas Mueller-Kirschbaum
  • WASHING MACHINE COMPRISING A BLEACHING DEVICE AND A RESERVOIR FOR WATER-INSOLUBLE SOLID PARTICLES
    Publication number: 20170114488
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a washing machine comprising a washing chamber for receiving a wash liquor and textile substrates to be cleaned, and a decoloration device (3) which has an inlet (4) for introducing wash liquor from the washing chamber into the decoloration device (3) as well as an outlet (5) for discharging wash liquor from the decoloration device (3) into the washing chamber, and which, moreover, has at least one electrochemical activator that is suitable for initiating, within the decoloration device (3), a process for forming free radicals in the wash liquor. According to the present invention, the washing machine includes a reservoir containing water-insoluble solid particles. Furthermore, a method for washing textile substrates in such a washing machine is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2017
    Publication date: April 27, 2017
    Applicant: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Iwona Spill, Peter Schmiedel, Nicole Bode, Christian Nitsch, Arnd Kessler, Thorsten Bastigkeit, Thomas Mueller-Kirschbaum
  • WASHING LIQUID AND WASHING METHOD
    Publication number: 20170114310
    Abstract: The invention relates to an aqueous washing liquor in a device for cleaning soiled textile substrates, containing a plurality of water-insoluble solid particles and a liquid phase which contains a microemulsion, and to a textile washing method using said type of washing liquor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2017
    Publication date: April 27, 2017
    Applicant: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Peter Schmiedel, Michael Dreja, Christian Nitsch, Arnd Kessler, Benoit Luneau, Reinhard Strey, Anna Klemmer, Thorsten Bastigkeit, Thomas Mueller-Kirschbaum, Nicole Bode, Iwona Spill
  • NOVEL WASHING METHOD WITH ELECTROCHEMICALLY ACTIVATABLE MEDIATOR COMPOUND
    Publication number: 20170114305
    Abstract: The aim of the invention is to improve the cleaning power of washing and cleaning agents, especially with regards to bleachable stains, while avoiding any damage to the textile treated with said washing and cleaning agents. This is achieved by an aqueous washing liquid in a device for cleaning textile substrates, containing a plurality of water in-soluble solid particles and a mediator compound, which can produce an oxidizing bleaching agent, in an electrochemical cell using electric voltage in the washing liquid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2017
    Publication date: April 27, 2017
    Applicant: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Iwona Spill, Peter Schmiedel, Mareile Job, Nicole Bode, Christian Nitsch, Arnd Kessler, Thorsten Bastigkeit, Thomas Mueller-Kirschbaum, Thomas Gerke, Guido Grundmeier, Markus Voigt
  • WASHING MACHINE COMPRISING A BLEACHING DEVICE AND A RESERVOIR FOR WATER-INSOLUBLE SOLID PARTICLES
    Publication number: 20170114489
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a washing machine (1) comprising a washing chamber (2) for receiving a wash liquor and textile substrates to be cleaned, and a decoloration device (3) which has an inlet (4) for introducing wash liquor from the washing chamber (2) into the decoloration device (3) as well as an outlet (5) for discharging wash liquor from the decoloration device (3) into the washing chamber (2), and which, moreover, has at least one activator that is suitable for initiating, within the decoloration device (3), a process for forming free radicals in the wash liquor. According to the present invention, the washing machine includes a reservoir containing water-insoluble solid particles. Furthermore, a method for washing textile substrates in such a washing machine is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2017
    Publication date: April 27, 2017
    Applicant: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Iwona Spill, Peter Schmiedel, Nicole Bode, Christian Nitsch, Arnd Kessler, Thorsten Bastigkeit, Thomas Mueller-Kirschbaum
  • CONCENTRATED LAUNDRY DETERGENTS
    Publication number: 20160348042
    Abstract: One- or multi-phase non-solid concentrated products, which are capable of producing or maintaining a Winsor type 2 microemulsion system upon dilution in a short liquor technology washing machine, show improved performance for fat and oil-containing stains when used in novel methods in which various Winsor types are passed through starting from Winsor type 2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2016
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Applicant: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Peter Schmiedel, Kaoru Tachikawa, Yvonne Willemsen, Arnd Kessler, Nicole Bode, Iwona Spill, Reinhard Strey, Anna Klemmer, Christian Nitsch
  • Dosing system for a dishwasher machine
    Patent number: 9282876
    Abstract: The invention relates to a dispensing system (1) for delivering at least one cleaning-agent preparation (A, B, C) into the interior of an automatic dishwasher, encompassing a dispenser (2) having a light source (4), and a cartridge (3) couplable to the dispenser (2), in which cartridge at least one flowable preparation (A, B, C) is stocked; the cartridge (3) has a width (b) to depth (t) ratio from 3:1 to 20:1 and the cartridge (3) has a height (h) to depth (t) ratio from 3:1 to 20:1, and the walls of the cartridge (3) have, at least locally, a transmittance from 75% to 99% in the wavelength region between 700 nm and 1 mm; the flowable preparation (A, B, C) has a transmittance from 75% to 99% in the wavelength region between 700 nm and 1 mm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Konstantin Benda, Thorsten Bastigkeit, Arnd Kessler, Salvatore Fileccia, Christian Nitsch