Patents by Inventor Karl-Heinz Schumacher

Karl-Heinz Schumacher 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).

  • Publication number: 20190016931
    Abstract: A description is given of the use of a one-component laminating adhesive for composite film lamination, and also of a method for composite film lamination. The laminating adhesive comprises an aqueous polymer dispersion preparable by radical emulsion polymerization of monomers comprising (a) at least 60 wt %, based on the total amount of monomers, of at least one monomer selected from the group consisting of C1 to C20 alkyl acrylates, C1 to C20 alkyl methacrylates, vinyl esters of carboxylic acids comprising up to 20 carbon atoms, vinylaromatics having up to 20 carbon atoms, vinyl halides, vinyl ethers of alcohols comprising 1 to 10 carbon atoms, aliphatic hydrocarbons having 2 to 8 carbon atoms and one or two double bonds, and mixtures of these monomers, and (b) at least 0.1 wt %, based on the total amount of monomers, of at least one monomer having at least one acid group, and (c) 0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2017
    Publication date: January 17, 2019
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Karl-Heinz SCHUMACHER, Christine TONHAUSER, Christoph KIENER, Peter PREISHUBER-PFLUEGL, Andrea KUNTZ
  • Publication number: 20190002743
    Abstract: Described are aqueous polymer dispersions and a method for producing them. The polymer dispersions comprise polymer particles having an average particle diameter of greater than 200 nm, monomodal particle size distribution, and uniform glass transition temperature, and are prepared by radical emulsion polymerization of a monomer mixture comprising ethylenically unsaturated, radically polymerizable monomers, using a polymer seed, less than 0.8 part by weight of emulsifier, and without protective colloids. The monomer mixture consists of a) at least 60 wt % of at least one monomer selected from the group consisting of C1 to C20 alkyl acrylates, C1 to C20 alkyl methacrylates, vinyl esters of carboxylic acids containing up to 20 carbons, vinylaromatics having up to 20 carbons, ethylenically ensaturated nitriles, vinyl halides, vinyl ethers of alcohols containing 1 to 10 carbons, aliphatic hydrocarbons having 2 to 8 carbons and one or two double bonds, and mixtures of these monomers, b) at least 0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2016
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Christine TONHAUSER, Karl-Heinz SCHUMACHER, Georg LANGHAUSER, Sindy SCHUSTER, Christoph KIENER, Matthias ZORN
  • Publication number: 20180155479
    Abstract: What are described are copolymers formed from (a) at least one monomer M1 of the formula in which R1 is an organic radical having a (meth)acryloyl group, R2, R3 and R4 are each independently a hydrogen atom or a C1- to C10-alkyl group; and (b) at least one ethylenically unsaturated, free-radically copolymerizable monomer M2 other than the monomers M1. What are also described are two-pack adhesives comprising the copolymers and a polyfunctional hardener. The copolymers and the two-pack adhesives can be used as laminating adhesives.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2016
    Publication date: June 7, 2018
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Ulrike LICHT, Karl-Heinz SCHUMACHER, Rainer KLOPSCH, Diego GHISLIERI
  • Publication number: 20180118985
    Abstract: Described are aqueous polymer dispersions for composite film lamination, comprising a dispersed polymer and a dissolved polymer, and also a multistage process for preparing them from ethylenically unsaturated, radically polymerizable monomers. In a first stage, a first polymer is prepared by radical emulsion polymerization. In a second stage, an aqueous polymer dispersion is prepared in the presence of the first polymer. The monomers of the first stage comprise monomers with acid groups. The dissolved polymer comprises monomers having oxazoline groups, and also water-soluble monomers. The aqueous polymer dispersions can be used as adhesive for producing composite films.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2016
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Matthias ZORN, Karl-Heinz SCHUMACHER
  • Patent number: 9957407
    Abstract: A description is given of the use of a polymer dispersion for cold sealing, the polymer dispersion comprising a polymer in dispersion in water and having a glass transition temperature in the range from ?20 to +10° C., said polymer being preparable by emulsion polymerization of radically polymerizable monomers in the presence of at least one polymeric protective colloid, and the polymer being formed to an extent of 0.05 to less than 1 wt % of a monomer M, selected from the group consisting of (meth)acrylate monomers having a substituent of the formula where X is CH2, O, NH or NR, and R is a C1 to C4 alkyl group. Descriptions are also given of a method for producing cold-sealed packaging, and of the packaging obtainable by said method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Andrea Kuntz, Karl-Heinz Schumacher, Christoph Kiener
  • Publication number: 20180094174
    Abstract: Described is an aqueous cold seal adhesive in the form of an aqueous polymer dispersion comprising a mixture of a first polymer and a second polymer, wherein the first polymer is an emulsion polymer prepared in the presence of a protective colloid and is composed to an extent of at least 60% by weight of principal monomers selected from the group consisting of C1 to C20 alkyl (meth)acrylates and has a glass transition temperature of less than 0° C.; and wherein the second polymer is an emulsion polymer prepared in the presence of a protective colloid and is composed to an extent of at least 60% by weight of principal monomers selected from the group consisting of vinylaromatics having up to 20 C atom, and has a glass transition temperature of at least 50° C. Also described are cold sealable coated polymer films coated with the aqueous cold seal adhesive and a method for producing a cold-sealed pack by applying the aqueous cold seal adhesive to a packaging substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2016
    Publication date: April 5, 2018
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Afsaneh NABIFAR, Karl-Heinz SCHUMACHER, Andrea KUNTZ, Christoph KIENER, Martin BEK
  • Publication number: 20180066166
    Abstract: Described are aqueous polymer dispersions for composite film lamination and a multistage process for preparing them from ethylenically unsaturated, radically polymerizable monomers. In a first stage, a first polymer is prepared by radical emulsion polymerization. In a further stage, an aqueous polymer dispersion is prepared in the presence of the first polymer. The monomers of the first stage comprise monomers with acid groups. The monomers of the further stage comprise monomers having oxazoline groups. The polymerization of the first stage takes place at a low pH of less than 5. The acid groups of the first polymer are neutralized before the polymerization of the further stage. The aqueous polymer dispersions can be used as adhesives for producing composite films.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2016
    Publication date: March 8, 2018
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Matthias ZORN, Karl-Heinz SCHUMACHER
  • Publication number: 20170355887
    Abstract: Described are aqueous adhesive dispersions comprising dispersed polyurethanes and also ethoxylated fatty alcohols as emulsifiers. The polyurethanes are constructed from certain organic diisocyanates, dihydroxy compounds selected from certain polyester diols and polyether diols, and compounds having groups reactive toward isocyanate groups and having at least one ionic group. The adhesive dispersions can be used as laminating adhesives, for example for composite film lamination or for the lamination of rigid moldings with flexible decorative foils.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2015
    Publication date: December 14, 2017
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Karl-Heinz SCHUMACHER, Gemma SANDERS, Kimberly SIMANCAS, Oliver HARTZ
  • Publication number: 20170259343
    Abstract: In order for a bar feeding device comprising at least one bar guide for feeding at least one item of bar stock to at least one workpiece spindle of a lathe, and a machining unit, for producing an end contour at one end of the item of bar stock, which enables gripping of the end by means of a collet chuck in the bar guide to be improved such that said bar feeding device operates as efficiently as possible and in particular reloading of items of bar stock into the at least one bar guide can be performed as efficiently as possible and within a short time, it is proposed that the bar feeding device has a bar loading magazine that is rotatable about a magazine axis and comprises more than two bar guides that are disposed about the magazine axis in a magazine drum, and that the bar feeding device comprises a buffer storage unit that is disposed between the machining unit and the bar loading magazine and stores a plurality of premachined items of bar stock that are provided with the end contour.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2017
    Publication date: September 14, 2017
    Inventor: Karl-Heinz Schumacher
  • Patent number: 9669610
    Abstract: The use of aqueous polyurethane dispersions is described for the lamination of moldings, where the polyurethane comprises units derived from at least one amorphous polyester polyol and comprises units derived from at least one polycarbonate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Axel Meyer, Karl-Heinz Schumacher, Oliver Hartz
  • Publication number: 20160002486
    Abstract: A description is given of the use of a polymer dispersion for cold sealing, the polymer dispersion comprising a polymer in dispersion in water and having a glass transition temperature in the range from ?20 to +10° C., said polymer being preparable by emulsion polymerization of radically polymerizable monomers in the presence of at least one polymeric protective colloid, and the polymer being formed to an extent of 0.05 to less than 1 wt % of a monomer M, selected from the group consisting of (meth)acrylate monomers having a substituent of the formula where X is CH2, O, NH or NR, and R is a C1 to C4 alkyl group. Descriptions are also given of a method for producing cold-sealed packaging, and of the packaging obtainable by said method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2014
    Publication date: January 7, 2016
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Andrea KUNTZ, Karl-Heinz SCHUMACHER, Christoph KIENER
  • Publication number: 20150239222
    Abstract: The use of aqueous polyurethane dispersions is described for the lamination of moldings, where the polyurethane comprises units derived from at least one amorphous polyester polyol and comprises units derived from at least one polycarbonate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2013
    Publication date: August 27, 2015
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Axel Meyer, Karl-Heinz Schumacher, Oliver Hartz
  • Patent number: 9062233
    Abstract: Described is a process for preparing an aqueous polymer dispersion from ethylenically unsaturated, free-radically polymerizable monomers. In a first stage, a first polymer is prepared by free-radical emulsion polymerization. In a second stage, an aqueous polymer dispersion is prepared in the presence of the first polymer. The monomers of the first stage comprise monomers with acid groups. The polymerization of the first stage takes place at a low pH of less than 5. The acid groups of the first polymer are neutralized during the polymerization of the second stage to an extent such that the pH of the polymer dispersion at the end of the second stage is greater than 5. The aqueous polymer dispersions can be used as adhesives for producing composite films.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2015
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Daniel Wilms, Karl-Heinz Schumacher, Michael Groβ, Georg Langhauser
  • Patent number: 9051409
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of a polyurethane adhesive in the manufacture of film/foil-coated furniture. The adhesive consists of two components, the first component comprising at least two different polyurethanes which comprise carboxyl groups, and the polyurethanes comprising units derived from polyester diols and units derived from polyether diols, the weight quantity ratio of the sum total of all units derived from polyester diols to the sum total of all units derived from polyether diols being in the range from 1:9 to 9:1, and the second component comprising at least one silane compound reactive toward carboxyl groups.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2015
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Oliver Hartz, Axel Weiss, Karl-Heinz Schumacher, Axel Meyer, Oral Aydin
  • Patent number: 9005762
    Abstract: The use of aqueous polyurethane dispersions is described for composite foil lamination, where at least 10% by weight of the polyurethane derives from at least one amorphous polyester polyol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Axel Meyer, Karl-Heinz Schumacher, Christoph Kiener
  • Patent number: 8992708
    Abstract: Described is the use of synthetic adhesives in the manufacture of corrugated fiberboard at relatively low temperatures and high lineal speeds. The corrugated fiberboard includes a corrugated sheet of paper and a flat linerboard and the corrugation of the corrugated sheet of paper is produced at paper temperatures below 95° C. and at a lineal speed above 150 m/min. The production of the corrugation of a corrugated sheet of paper is immediately followed by a continuous operation in which a preferably unheated corrugated board adhesive is applied and the corrugated sheet of paper is adhered to at least one first linerboard. The corrugated board adhesive used is an aqueous adhesive dispersion based on at least one synthetic, dispersed polymer having preferably more than 40% by weight solids content, selected from acrylate copolymers, copolymers of vinylaromatics and conjugated aliphatic dienes and vinyl acetate-alkylene copolymers, wherein the glass transition temperatures of the polymers are above 20° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Karl-Heinz Schumacher, Gledison Fonseca, Rabie Al-Hellani, Wolfgang Gaschler, Ellen Krüger, Andrea Herold, Hildegard Stein, Oliver Hartz, Hubertus Kröner
  • Patent number: 8980437
    Abstract: The use of polyelectrolyte complexes is described, for providing an oxygen barrier to packaging materials made of polymer foils. Polymeric components of the polyelectrolyte complex are applied in polymerized form to the polymer foil. The polymer foil is either coated with an aqueous dispersion comprising a dispersed polyelectrolyte complex previously produced by water-in-water emulsion polymerization, or is coated with a composition comprising a polyelectrolyte complex produced from anionic polymer and from cationic surfactant, or the polymer foil is coated with at least three alternating layers, where respectively one of two adjacent layers comprises an anionic polyelectrolyte component and the other of two adjacent layers comprises a cationic polyelectrolyte component, and polyelectrolyte complexes form at the opposite, adjacent interfaces of the alternating layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Carmen-Elena Cimpeanu, Thomas Breiner, Dieter Urban, Karl-Heinz Schumacher, Volker Schaedler, Heiko Diehl, Hermann Seyffer
  • Patent number: 8916641
    Abstract: A description is given of an adhesive comprising two components, the first component comprising at least two different polymers of which at least one contains carboxyl groups. One of the polymers is selected from polymers which are capable of forming crystalline domains and copolymers of ethylene and vinyl acetate, and the second polymer is an amorphous polyurethane, the quantitative weight ratio of first polymer to second polymer being from 2:8 to 8:2. The second component comprises at least one silane compound that is reactive toward carboxyl groups. The adhesive can be used to produce film-laminated moldings for automobile construction which feature high resistance to climatic cycling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2014
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Oliver Hartz, Axel Weiss, Karl-Heinz Schumacher, Axel Meyer, Oral Aydin
  • Patent number: 8865030
    Abstract: The present invention relates to microcapsules comprising a capsule core comprising a lipophilic substance and also at least one compound which absorbs electromagnetic radiation from the wavelength range from 700 nm to 1 m, and a capsule wall synthesized from 40 to 80% by weight of one or more monomers (monomers I) selected from C1-C24 alkyl esters of acrylic and/or methacrylic acid, acrylic acid, methacrylic acid, and maleic acid, 20 to 60% by weight of one or more di- or polyfunctional monomers (monomers II) which are sparingly soluble or insoluble in water, and 0 to 40% by weight of one or more other monomers (monomers III), based in each case on the total weight of the monomers, and also to microcapsules comprising at least one epoxy tackifier resin and if desired a compound which absorbs electromagnetic radiation from the wavelength range from 700 nm to 1 m, to a process for preparing them, to their use in pressure sensitive adhesives, and also to a method of adhesively bonding at least two substrates
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Tobias Joachim Koplin, Simon Nord, Ulrike Licht, Cornelis Petrus Beyers, Tina Schroeder-Grimonpont, Karl-Heinz Schumacher
  • Patent number: 8859106
    Abstract: A multilayered composite or coated substrate, comprising compounds of which at least 40% by weight are composed of alpha-amino acids linked via peptide bonds as adhesion promoters between at least two adjacent layers of the composite or between the coating and the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Hermann Seyffer, Karl-Heinz Schumacher, Hans-Georg Lemaire, Ulf Baus, Thomas Subkowski, Marvin Karos, Claus Bollschweiler, Thomas Heidenfelder