Patents by Inventor Dieter Kaps

Dieter Kaps 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).

  • Use of alkoxylation products of epoxidized fats as antifoaming agents
    Patent number: 6057375
    Abstract: A method of controlling or preventing foam in an aqueous system is provided, wherein an effective amount of an alkoxylated, epoxidized fatty compound that has been ring-opened with a nucleophile is determined and added to the system. After ring opening with the nucleophile, the epoxidized fatty compound is alkoxylated with an alkylene oxide selected from the group consisting of ethylene oxide, propylene oxide, and butylene oxide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2000
    Assignee: Henkel Kommanditgesellschaft auf Aktien
    Inventors: Horst-Werner Wollenweber, Klaus Hornfeck, Dieter Kaps, Bernhard Nellessen, Rita Koester, Wolfgang Drees, Peter Daute
  • Process for controlling the sedimentation of sticky impurities from paper stock suspensions
    Patent number: 5614062
    Abstract: A process for controlling the deposition of stickies from paper stock suspensions in papermaking involving the steps of: (a) providing a paper stock suspension containing stickies; and (b) contacting the stickies in the paper stock suspension with a native starch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 1995
    Date of Patent: March 25, 1997
    Assignee: Henkel Kommanditgesellschaft auf Aktien
    Inventors: Heinz-Guenther Schulte, Klaus Hornfeck, Dieter Kaps
  • Process for controlling the deposition of stickies from paper stock suspensions
    Patent number: 5474655
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for controlling the deposition of stickies from paper stock suspensions in papermaking. According to the invention, the deposition of stickies is controlled by addition of an effective quantity of a degradation product of native starch to the paper stock suspension.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 1995
    Date of Patent: December 12, 1995
    Assignee: Henkel Kommanditgesellschaft auf Aktien
    Inventors: Heinz-Guenther Schulte, Klaus Hornfeck, Dieter Kaps