Patents by Inventor Horst Tappe

Horst Tappe 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: 5548072
    Abstract: Water-soluble azo compounds, preparation thereof and use thereof as dyesThere are described monoazo compounds conforming to the formula (1) ##STR1## which are used as dyes having fiber-reactive properties for preparing strong, red, fast dyeings and prints on hydroxy- and/or carboxamido-containing material, in particular fiber material, such as wool and synthetic polyamide fibers and in particular cellulose fibers, such as cotton.In the formula (1):M is hydrogen or an alkali metal; R.sup.1 is hydrogen or sulfo; R.sup.2 is hydrogen, alkyl of 1 to 4 carbon atoms, alkoxy of 1 to 4 carbon atoms, sulfo, hydroxy, halogen or carboxy; R.sup.3 is hydrogen, halogen, alkyl of 1 to 4 carbon atoms or alkoxy of 1 to 4 carbon atoms; Y is vinyl or is ethyl which contains in the .beta.-position a substituent which is eliminable with alkali to form a vinyl group; p is 1 or 2; the one --SO.sub.3 M group is attached to the naphthalene ring para or meta to the amino group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 1995
    Date of Patent: August 20, 1996
    Assignee: Hoechst Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: J org Dannheim, Dieter Oehme, Horst Tappe
  • Patent number: 5484458
    Abstract: Triphendioxazine compounds corresponding to the formula ##STR1## which are suitable as fiber-reactive dyestuffs for dyeing and printing material, in particular fiber material, containing hydroxy and/or carboxamide groups, such as wool and synthetic polyamide fibers, and especially cellulose fibers, such as cotton, are described. In formula (1), M is hydrogen or an alkali metal and Z is a radical of the formula (2) ##STR2## in which R is hydrogen, sulfo, alkyl having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, alkoxy having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, nitro or cyano, W is alkylene having 3 to 6 carbon atoms and the group --SO.sub.2 --Y is a fiber-reactive group of the vinyl sulfone series.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 1994
    Date of Patent: January 16, 1996
    Assignee: Hoechst Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Werner H. Russ, Horst Tappe, Christian Schumacher
  • Patent number: 5243034
    Abstract: Disazo dyestuffs containing sulfo groups and having fiber-reactive properties, which are capable of dyeing materials containing hydroxyl groups and/or carboxamide groups, in particular fiber materials, such as synthetic polyamide fibers, wool and in particular cellulose fiber materials, in deep fast shades. They contain a group corresponding to the formula ##STR1## in which R.sup..alpha. is hydrogen or alkyl having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, which can be substituted by carboxyl, sulfo, cyano, hydroxyl or chlorine;B is fluorine, chlorine, bromine, lower alkylsulfonyl, phenylsulfonyl, methoxy or sulfo;Q is a group of the formula ##STR2## in which Y is vinyl, .beta.-sulfatoethyl, .beta.-halogenoethyl, .beta.-thiosulfatoethyl, .beta.-phosphatoethyl or .beta.-acetoxyethyl,R is hydrogen or lower alkyl,k is the number zero to 4 andX, together with the N atom, forms the bivalent radical of a heterocyclic ring which optionally contains additional hetero atoms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 1991
    Date of Patent: September 7, 1993
    Assignee: Hoechst Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Horst Tappe, Dieter Oehme, Holger M. Buch, Werner H. Russ
  • Patent number: 5138041
    Abstract: Water-soluble dyes having fiber-reactive properties and conforming to the general formula (1) ##STR1## where F is the radical of a metal-free or heavy metal complex monoazo or disazo dye which contains at least one sulfo group,n is 1 or 2,Y is vinyl, .beta.-sulfatoethyl, .beta.-haloethyl, .beta.-thiosulfatoethyl, .beta.-phosphatoethyl or .beta.-acetoxyethyl,R.sup..alpha. is hydrogen or lower alkyl which may be substituted by carboxy, sulfo, cyano, hydroxyl or chlorine,A is a group of the general formula (2a) or (2b) ##STR2## where G is alkylene of 1 to 6 carbon atoms, alkylene of 2 to 6 carbon atoms which is interrupted by 1 or 2 hetero groups, or methyl-substituted cycloalkylene,R is hydrogen, halogen, hydroxy, sulfato, cyano, carboxy, carbamoyl, lower carbalkoxy, lower alkanoylamino, substituted or unsubstituted benzoylamino or a group of the formula --SO.sub.2 --Y.sup.2 where Y.sup.2 has one of the meanings of Y or is .beta.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 1990
    Date of Patent: August 11, 1992
    Assignee: Hoechst Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Holger M. Buch, Werner H. Russ, Horst Tappe
  • Patent number: 4963661
    Abstract: Water-soluble monoazo compounds according to the general formula (1) below having valuable fiber-reactive dyestuff properties which dye carboxamido- and/or hydroxy-containing materials, in particular cellulose fibers, in fast yellow to orange hues. ##STR1## in which the symbols denote: M is hydrogen or an alkali metal,R.sup.1 is hydrogen, methyl, ethyl, methoxy, ethoxy, chlorine, bromine, carboxy or sulfo,R.sup.2 is hydrogen, methyl, ethyl, methoxy, ethoxy, chlorine, or bromine,R is carboxy or lower carbalkoxy,n is the number zero or 1,X and Y independently of each other are each .beta.-thiosulfatoethyl or .beta.-sulfatoethyl or vinyl, however, in the case of X and/or Y being equal to vinyl the index n must be 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 1988
    Date of Patent: October 16, 1990
    Assignee: Hoechst Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Horst Tappe, Dieter Oehme, Ludwig Schlafer, Werner H. Russ
  • Patent number: 4948879
    Abstract: Monoazo compounds conforming to the general formula (1) shown and defined hereinafter have very good fiber-reactive dye properties and dye hydroxy- and/or carboxamido-containing material, in particular fiber material, such as wool and in particular cellulose fibers, in strong fast shades. ##STR1## where the symbols have the following meanings: D is a benzene or naphthalene ring or a heterocyclic radical,R.sup.1 and R.sup.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 1988
    Date of Patent: August 14, 1990
    Assignee: Hoechst Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Horst Tappe, Dieter Oehme, Werner H. Russ
  • Patent number: 4857070
    Abstract: The invention relates to new 2,4-diaminophenyl tetrahydrofurfuryl ethers of the general formula VIII and to their salts with inorganic or organic acids ##STR1## in which R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3 and R.sub.4, independently of one another, each represent a hydrogen atom, a (C.sub.1 -C.sub.4)alkyl group, hydroxy(C.sub.2 -C.sub.4)alkyl group, dihydroxy(C.sub.3 -C.sub.4)alkyl group, halogeno(C.sub.2 -C.sub.4)alkyl group, amino(C.sub.2 -C.sub.4)alkyl group or an amino(C.sub.2 -C.sub.4)alkyl group which is substituted once or twice by methyl, ethyl or hydroxyethyl radicals on the nitrogen, the carbon chain having a straight or branched arrangement, and it being a proviso that at least one of R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3 and R.sub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 1988
    Date of Patent: August 15, 1989
    Inventors: Winfried Seidel, Horst Tappe
  • Patent number: 4802889
    Abstract: Monoazo dyestuff of the formula ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 is 4 alkyl having 1 to 3 carbon atoms, andR.sup.2 is methyl, ethyl or alkoxy having 1 to 4 carbon atoms hich is unsubstituted or substituted by methoxy or ethoxy is useful for dyeing and printing hydrophobic fibers a blue color.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 1987
    Date of Patent: February 7, 1989
    Assignee: Cassella Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Ulrich Bte,uml/u/ hler, Horst Tappe, Reinhard Kuhn, Albert Bode, Margareta Boss
  • Patent number: 4678476
    Abstract: Synthetic fiber materials are effectively colored by dyeing or printing with a dyestuff mixture containing at least two separate dyestuffs (I) and (II) in a weight ratio of (I):(II) of from (20 to 99):(80 to 1) wherein:(I) is at least one dyestuff of the formula ##STR1## and (II) is at least one dyestuff of the formula ##STR2## in which X and Y are the same or different and each is independently chloro and bromo:R.sup.1 and R.sup.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 1986
    Date of Patent: July 7, 1987
    Assignee: Cassella Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Horst Tappe, Hubert Kruse, Reinhard Kuhn, Albert Bode, Margareta Boos
  • Patent number: 4620853
    Abstract: Dyestuff mixtures which contain dyestuffs (A) of the formula ##STR1## and dyestuff (B) of the formula ##STR2## in an (A):(B) weight ratio of (80 to 60):(20 to 40) useful for dyeing and printing hydrophobic fiber materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 1985
    Date of Patent: November 4, 1986
    Assignee: Cassella Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Horst Tappe, Klaus Hofmann, Manfred Hahnke, Albert Bode
  • Patent number: 4567252
    Abstract: Azo dyestuff of the formula ##STR1## wherein X is secondary amino or tertiary amino moiety, useful for dyeing and printing hydrophobic fiber materials to produce a deep orange color having excellent fastness properties and also useful for coloring organic solvents, mineral oil products, waxes, plastics and surface coatings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 1983
    Date of Patent: January 28, 1986
    Assignee: Cassella Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Ulrich Buhler, Horst Tappe, Albert Bode, Manfred Hahnke, Kurt Roth
  • Patent number: 4552953
    Abstract: Monoazo dyestuffs, free of carboxylic acid moieties or sulphonic acid moieties, of the formula ##STR1## wherein A and A' independently of one another are linear or branched alkylene having 2 to 6 carbon atoms;R is hydrogen, alkyl having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, cycloalkyl having 5 or 6 carbon atoms, alkenyl having 3 to 5 carbon atoms, phenyl, benzyl, phenethyl, alkylcarbonyl having 1 to 4 atoms or benzoyl;m is a number from 1 to 5 and n is a number from 0 to 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 1982
    Date of Patent: November 12, 1985
    Assignee: Cassella Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Ulrich Buhler, Klaus Kuhlein, Horst Tappe, Maria Kallay, Uwe Kosubek, Rudolf Lowenfeld
  • Patent number: 4505856
    Abstract: Azo dyestuff free from groups imparting solubility in water are used in the process for the production of white or variously colored designs on a colored substrate on textile material wherein the dyestuff is dischargeable to white and is of the formulaD--N.dbd.N--K--NHSO.sub.2 Rwhereinwherein D is 6-nitrobenzthiazol-2-yl, 5-nitrobenzisothiazol-3-yl, a substituted phenyl, a substituted thiazole or a substituted thiophene moiety;K is a 1,4-phenylene, 1,4-naphthylene, 2,5-thiazolylene or 2,5-thienylene; andR is alkyl, substituted alkyl, alkenyl, substituted alkenyl, phenyl or substituted phenyl.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 1983
    Date of Patent: March 19, 1985
    Assignee: Cassella Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Ulrich Buhler, Joachim Ribka, Horst Tappe, Kurt Roth
  • Patent number: 4472307
    Abstract: An improved process for the preparation of azo dyestuffs of the formula ##STR1## comprising diazotizing a 2-halo-4-nitroaniline at 10.degree. to 35.degree. C. in 70 to 100 percent by weight strength acetic acid by means of nitrosylsulphuric acid, adjusting the acetic acid content of the resulting diazo solution to 60 to 85% by the addition of water, and at a temperature from 15.degree. to 45.degree. C. adding an appropriate carbazole to the diazo solution as a solid or in the form of a suspension in 60 to 100 percent strength by weight acetic acid and coupling the carbazole to the diazotized amine to produce said azo dyestuff and isolating the dyestuff.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 1982
    Date of Patent: September 18, 1984
    Assignee: Cassella Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Ulrich Buhler, Wolfgang Bodenstedt, Heinz Hanel, Eberhardt Hebestreit, Horst Tappe
  • Patent number: 4440681
    Abstract: Water-insoluble azo dyestuffs, their manufacture and use, which have the formula ##STR1## wherein D is a substituted phenyl or heterocyclic moiety which are free from ionic substituents and R.sup.1 is methyl or ethyl.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 1981
    Date of Patent: April 3, 1984
    Assignee: Cassella Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Horst Tappe, Rudolf Lowenfeld, Uwe Kosubek, Maria Kallay
  • Patent number: 4431585
    Abstract: Water-insoluble azo dyestuffs suitable for dyeing and printing synthetic hydrophobic fiber materials are produced by azo coupling and have the formula ##STR1## wherein D is free from ionic moieties and is an unsubstituted or substituted phenyl, thiazole, isothiazole, benzthiazole, thiadiazole, benzisothiazole or thiophene moiety;A is alkylene having 2 to 6 carbon atoms which is unsubstituted or substituted by --OH;B is hydrogen, alkyl having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, hydroxyalkyl having 2 to 4 carbon atoms, alkoxyalkyl having 1 to 4 carbon atoms in the alkoxy moiety and a total of 3 to 8 carbon atoms, alkanoyloxyalkyl having 2 to 6 carbon atoms in the alkanoyl moiety and a total of 3 to 8 carbon atoms, hydroxypolyoxyalkylene having 4 to 12 carbon atoms, alkoxypolyoxyalkylene having 1 to 4 carbon atoms in the alkoxy moiety and a total of 5 to 16 carbon atoms, alkanoyloxypolyoxyalkylene having 2 to 5 carbon atoms in the alkanoyl moiety and a total of 5 to 16 carbon atoms, alkanoyl having 2 to 6 carbon atoms or benzo
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 1981
    Date of Patent: February 14, 1984
    Assignee: Cassella Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Horst Tappe, Ulrich Buhler, Kurt Roth, Hans-J. Weyer, Uwe Kosubek
  • Patent number: 4416665
    Abstract: Water-insoluble azo dyestuff of the formula ##STR1## its manufacture and its use as the dyestuff in the dyeing and printing of hydrophobic fiber materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 1981
    Date of Patent: November 22, 1983
    Assignee: Cassella Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Horst Tappe, Kurt Roth
  • Patent number: 4413144
    Abstract: 4-Isopropyl-4'-nitrobenzophenone and other benzophenones of the formula ##STR1## wherein R is hydrogen, alkyl having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, alkoxy having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, alkyl having 2 to 20 carbon atoms interrupted by oxygen, or alkoxy having 2 to 20 carbon atoms interrupted by oxygen, are prepared by reacting a substituted benzene compound of the formula ##STR2## with p-nitrobenzoyl halide at temperatures of 10.degree. to 140.degree. C. in the presence of a Friedel-Crafts catalyst and an inert solvent which is an aliphatic hydrocarbon, a chlorinated aliphatic hydrocarbon or chlorinated aromatic hydrocarbon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 1982
    Date of Patent: November 1, 1983
    Assignee: Cassella Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Horst Tappe, Herbert Wille
  • Patent number: 4406661
    Abstract: Azo dyestuffs free from groups imparting solubility in water are used in the process for the production of white or variously colored designs on a colored substrate on textile materials containing hydrophobic, synthetic fibers by impregnating the materials with dye liquors containing dyeing auxiliaries and padding auxiliaries as well as dyestuffs which are dischargeable to white, drying or incipiently drying the impregnated materials, printing the materials with an alkaline discharge reserve paste which contains a discharging agent, and subsequently subjecting the materials to a heat treatment at temperatures from 100.degree. to 230.degree. C., wherein said discharging agent is a base which produces a pH value of at least 8 in a 5% strength aqueous solution and the dyestuffs which are dischargeable to white are of the formulaD--N.dbd.N--K--NHSO.sub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 1982
    Date of Patent: September 27, 1983
    Assignee: Cassella Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Ulrich Buhler, Joachim Ribka, Horst Tappe, Kurt Roth
  • Patent number: RE33908
    Abstract: Synthetic fiber materials are effectively colored by dyeing or printing with a dyestuff mixture containing at least two separate dyestuffs (I) and (II) in a weight ratio of (I):(II) of from (20 to 99):(80 to 1) wherein:(I) is at least one dyestuff of the formula ##STR1## and (II) is at least one dyestuff of the formula ##STR2## in which X and Y are the same or different and each is independently chloro and bromo:R.sup.1 and R.sup.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 1991
    Date of Patent: May 5, 1992
    Assignee: Cassella Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Horst Tappe, Hubert Kruse, Reinhard Kuhn, Albert Bode, Margareta Boos