Patents by Inventor Jan Willem Gerritsen

Jan Willem Gerritsen 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).

  • Method for dyeing textile materials in a supercritical fluid
    Patent number: 6620211
    Abstract: In a method for dyeing textile material with one or more fiber-reactive disperse dyestuffs in a supercritical or almost critical fluid, such as CO2, which textile material is selected from the group consisting of silk, wool and cellulose, combinations thereof and combinations of one or more thereof with synthetic fibers, such as polyester and/or polyamide, the relative humidity of the fluid is in the range from 10-100% during dyeing. Textile materials which have been dyed with the aid of this method have properties which are at least equal to those of textile materials of the same type which have been dyed in the traditional manner using water-soluble dyestuffs. A device for carrying out the dyeing method is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2003
    Assignee: Stork Prints B.V.
    Inventors: Wilhelmus J. T. Veugelers, Geert Feye Woerlee, Hendrik Gooijer, Jan Willem Gerritsen
  • Method for dyeing textile materials in a supercritical fluid
    Publication number: 20010020311
    Abstract: In a method for dyeing textile material with one or more fiber-reactive disperse dyestuffs in a supercritical or almost critical fluid, such as CO2, which textile material is selected from the group consisting of silk, wool and cellulose, combinations thereof and combinations of one or more thereof with synthetic fibers, such as polyester and/or polyamide, the relative humidity of the fluid is in the range from 10-100% during dyeing. Textile materials which have been dyed with the aid of this method have properties which are at least equal to those of textile materials of the same type which have been dyed in the traditional manner using water-soluble dyestuffs. A device for carrying out the dyeing method is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2001
    Publication date: September 13, 2001
    Applicant: Stork Brabant B.V., a Dutch company
    Inventors: Wilhelmus Johannes Theodorus Veugelers, Geert Feye Woerlee, Hendrik Gooijer, Jan Willem Gerritsen