Patents by Inventor Heiko Frahm

Heiko Frahm 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: 9962732
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for coating the surface of inorganic particles in an aqueous phase, particularly of titanium dioxide pigment particles, with a dense skin of silicon dioxide and at least one further inorganic compound, particularly with aluminum oxide, where the coating largely consists of separate layers. Titanium dioxide pigment particles, treated with SiO2 and Al2O3 according to the invention, are characterized by improved tinting strength, reduced acid solubility and an isoelectric point shifted towards higher pH values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: Kronos International, INc.
    Inventors: Norbert Beyer, Jud-Reginauld Fidalgo-Estevez, Heiko Frahm, Siegfried Bluemel
  • Patent number: 9909011
    Abstract: A method for coating the surface of inorganic solid particles in an aqueous suspension, particularly for coating titanium dioxide with SiO2 includes: a) disagglomeration of the solid particles contained in aqueous suspension, b) addition of a water-soluble precursor of the coating substance to the suspension, c) immediately following step b) homogenization of the suspension, where the temperature and pH value of the suspension do not change significantly in steps a) to c), d) feeding the slurry into a tank and precipitation of the coating substance onto the particle surface and, optionally, application of further coatings, and e) separation of the solid particles from the suspension. The method produces to a highly homogeneous and continuous skin on the particle surface, and to less separately precipitated coating substance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: Kronos International, Inc.
    Inventors: Heiko Frahm, Joerg Friedrich, Mark Kaminski, Erwin Schmeier, Lydia Drews-Nicolai, Volker Juergens
  • Patent number: 9637640
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for coating the surface of inorganic solid particles in an aqueous suspension. The untreated particles, particularly TiO2 base material, are made into an aqueous suspension and subsequently disagglomerated. According to the invention, a disagglomerated suspension of untreated particles is fed (recirculated) from an intermediate vessel (vessel) in a cyclic process. The intermediate vessel contains a high-speed agitator preferably having a minimum peripheral speed of 15 m/s or a specific agitator capacity P/V of at least 30 W/m3. A pipeline mixer (e.g. inline disperser) based on the rotor/stator principle is furthermore installed in the circuit. The water-soluble precursor compounds of the coating substances, and equally any necessary pH-controlling substances, are metered into the pipeline mixer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: Kronos International, Inc.
    Inventors: Corinna Hommes, Jörg Friedrich, Heiko Frahm, Uwe Wilkenhoner
  • Publication number: 20160045933
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for coating the surface of inorganic particles in an aqueous phase, particularly of titanium dioxide pigment particles, with a dense skin of silicon dioxide and at least one further inorganic compound, particularly with aluminium oxide, where the coating largely consists of separate layers. Titanium dioxide pigment particles, treated with SiO2 and Al2O3 according to the invention, are characterised by improved tinting strength, reduced acid solubility and an isoelectric point shifted towards higher pH values.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2015
    Publication date: February 18, 2016
    Inventors: Norbert Beyer, Jud-Reginauld FidaIgo-Estevez, Heiko Frahm, Siegfried Bluemel
  • Publication number: 20150166794
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for coating the surface of inorganic solid particles in an aqueous suspension. The untreated particles, particularly TiO2 base material, are made into an aqueous suspension and subsequently disagglomerated. According to the invention, a disagglomerated suspension of untreated particles is fed (recirculated) from an intermediate vessel (vessel) in a cyclic process. The intermediate vessel contains a high-speed agitator preferably having a minimum peripheral speed of 15 m/s or a specific agitator capacity P/V of at least 30 W/m3. A pipeline mixer (e.g. inline disperser) based on the rotor/stator principle is furthermore installed in the circuit. The water-soluble precursor compounds of the coating substances, and equally any necessary pH-controlling substances, are metered into the pipeline mixer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2014
    Publication date: June 18, 2015
    Inventors: Corinna Hommes, Jörg Friedrich, Heiko Frahm, Uwe Wilkenhoner
  • Publication number: 20090297852
    Abstract: A method for coating the surface of inorganic solid particles in an aqueous suspension, particularly for coating titanium dioxide with SiO2 includes: a) disagglomeration of the solid particles contained in aqueous suspension, b) addition of a water-soluble precursor of the coating substance to the suspension, c) immediately following step b) homogenization of the suspension, where the temperature and pH value of the suspension do not change significantly in steps a) to c), d) feeding the slurry into a tank and precipitation of the coating substance onto the particle surface and, optionally, application of further coatings, and e) separation of the solid particles from the suspension. The method produces to a highly homogeneous and continuous skin on the particle surface, and to less separately precipitated coating substance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2009
    Publication date: December 3, 2009
    Inventors: Heiko Frahm, Joerg Friedrich, Mark Kaminski, Erwin Schmeier, Lydia Drews-Nicolai, Volker Juergens
  • Publication number: 20090148364
    Abstract: A method for reprocessing cyclone dust occurring during the carbochlorination of titaniferous raw materials, which essentially consists of titanium dioxide, coke and other inert metal oxides, such as silicon dioxide, and for returning a coke-rich and/or a TiO2-rich fraction to the chlorination reactor includes: preparing an aqueous suspension of the cyclone dust; separating a coke-rich fraction (1) from the aqueous suspension by flotation; adding hydrofluoric acid to the remaining suspension; and separating a TiO2-rich fraction (2) by flotation from the remaining suspension.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2008
    Publication date: June 11, 2009
    Inventors: Heiko Frahm, Joerg Friedrich, Dirk Floeder