Patents by Inventor Michael Gierlings

Michael Gierlings 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: 12134257
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for adhesively bonding substrates in film form, wherein one of the substrates has a thermoplastic surface which is converted into a softened state prior to adhesive bonding, and wherein the surface of this substrate that is opposite to the thermoplastic surface is cooled using a cooling roller. Furthermore, the present invention relates to a device for carrying out the method according to the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignee: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Hans-Georg Kinzelmann, Michael Gierlings
  • Patent number: 11628658
    Abstract: A device for laminating a substrate with a thermoplastic coating material has an IR heating device for melting a surface of the coating material, an opposite cooling apparatus which actively cools the opposite surface of the coating material, and at least one press-roller assembly, which presses together the substrate web and the coating material to produce a hot-melt adhesive bond. In order to prevent any irregularities in the finished product, the cooling apparatus is designed as a rotatably driven cooling roller, over the circumference of which the following are arranged in succession: a feed apparatus for the thermoplastic coating material, one or more IR radiant heaters for heating the surface of the thermoplastic coating material resting on the cooling roller, a feed apparatus for the substrate web, one or more press rollers for pressing the substrate web against the coating material, and a removal apparatus for the laminated product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: Klomfass Gierlings & Partner GbR (vertretungsberechtigter Gesellschafter Michael Gierlings...)
    Inventors: Michael Gierlings, Thorsten-Derrick Klomfass
  • Publication number: 20220063258
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for adhesively bonding substrates in film form, wherein one of the substrates has a thermoplastic surface which is converted into a softened state prior to adhesive bonding, and wherein the surface of this substrate that is opposite to the thermoplastic surface is cooled using a cooling roller. Furthermore, the present invention relates to a device for carrying out the method according to the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2021
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Inventors: Hans-Georg Kinzelmann, Michael Gierlings
  • Patent number: 10934458
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for adhering flexible substrates, the connecting adhesive layer being formed in a thin manner. The invention further relates to a composite substrate, wherein the two substrates are connected by a thin flexible adhesive layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Hans-Georg Kinzelmann, Michael Gierlings
  • Publication number: 20200384751
    Abstract: A device for laminating a substrate with a thermoplastic coating material has an IR heating device for melting a surface of the coating material, an opposite cooling apparatus which actively cools the opposite surface of the coating material, and at least one press-roller assembly, which presses together the substrate web and the coating material to produce a hot-melt adhesive bond. In order to prevent any irregularities in the finished product, the cooling apparatus is designed as a rotatably driven cooling roller, over the circumference of which the following are arranged in succession: a feed apparatus for the thermoplastic coating material, one or more IR radiant heaters for heating the surface of the thermoplastic coating material resting on the cooling roller, a feed apparatus for the substrate web, one or more press rollers for pressing the substrate web against the coating material, and a removal apparatus for the laminated product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2018
    Publication date: December 10, 2020
    Applicant: Klomfass Gierlings & Partner GbR (vertretungsberechtigter Gesellschafter Michael Gierlings, Marderwe
    Inventors: Michael GIERLINGS, Thorsten-Derrick KLOMFASS
  • Patent number: 10350855
    Abstract: The invention relates to: a method for adhesively bonding two substrates, in which a first substrate, which contains a thermoplastic, is transported by way of at least one supporting conveyor belt through a heating zone in which the surface of said substrate is softened, and then the second substrate, which has an adhesive layer, is laminated onto the softened surface of the first substrate and pressed together therewith; a composite body obtainable in this manner, in which the two substrates are bonded by a flexible, thin adhesive layer; and a device for adhesively bonding these two substrates by means of the described method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: HENKEL AG & CO. KGAA
    Inventors: Hans-Georg Kinzelmann, Michael Gierlings
  • Publication number: 20170203543
    Abstract: The invention relates to: a method for adhesively bonding two substrates, in which a first substrate, which contains a thermoplastic, is transported by way of at least one supporting conveyor belt through a heating zone in which the surface of said substrate is softened, and then the second substrate, which has an adhesive layer, is laminated onto the softened surface of the first substrate and pressed together therewith; a composite body obtainable in this manner, in which the two substrates are bonded by a flexible, thin adhesive layer; and a device for adhesively bonding these two substrates by means of the described method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2017
    Publication date: July 20, 2017
    Inventors: Hans-Georg Kinzelmann, Michael Gierlings
  • Publication number: 20150140307
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for adhering flexible substrates, the connecting adhesive layer being formed in a thin manner. The invention further relates to a composite substrate, wherein the two substrates are connected by a thin flexible adhesive layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2015
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Inventors: Hans-Georg Kinzelmann, Michael Gierlings