Patents by Inventor Pius Steinmann

Pius Steinmann 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: 11951719
    Abstract: A carrier material has a resin layer arranged on a side of the carrier material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: SWISS KRONO Tec AG
    Inventors: Roger Braun, Andreas Gier, Dorin Moisch, Pius Steinmann
  • Publication number: 20210053386
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for subsequently altering a decorative surface that is ready for use, including the following steps: providing a material panel with a decorative layer which is ready for use and has a first coloured. decoration and a protective layer with a structured surface. According to the invention, in order to provide a method for subsequently altering a decorative surface that is ready for use, with which the structures can be optically highlighted, without interfering with the mechanical or structural integrity of the decorative surface, a second coloured decoration is applied to the protective layer and unevenly distributed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2019
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Applicant: SWISS KRONO Tec AG
    Inventors: Pius Steinmann, Vito Monteleone, Stefan Christen
  • Publication number: 20210009841
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a color-changeable decorative surface. In order to provide a decorative surface that can be changed in a particularly simple manner in terms of its coloring by the end consumer and which is particularly cost-effective and resistant, it is provided that at least one layer of a coating agent, which enables the absorption of color particles, is applied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2019
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Applicant: SWISS KRONO Tec AG
    Inventors: Pius Steinmann, Roger Braun
  • Publication number: 20210010203
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a synthetic resin surface or lacquered surface with a variable color, having the steps of providing a support layer with a lower face and an upper face, impregnating the support layer with a liquid impregnant without using a pickling additive and at least drying the impregnated support layer. The aim of the invention is to provide a decorative surface, the coloring of which by the end consumer can be modified in a particularly simple manner and which is particularly inexpensive and resistant. This is achieved in that a layer of coating agent is deposited on the upper face of the support layer and is dried, and the support layer is then connected to a material, wherein the layer is cured in order to form an open-pore layer which is at least as transparent as possible upon drying and/or connecting to the upper face.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2019
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Applicant: SWISS KRONO Tec AG
    Inventors: Roger Braun, Pius Steinmann
  • Publication number: 20190126600
    Abstract: A carrier material has a resin layer arranged on a side of the carrier material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2016
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Applicant: SWISS KRONO Tec AG
    Inventors: Roger BRAUN, Andreas GIER, Dorin MOISCH, Pius STEINMANN
  • Patent number: 9023475
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for spraying particulate solids onto a substrate, comprising the steps of: coating the substrate with a wet and/or adhesive synthetic resin layer, building up a gas pressure in a line, generating a pressure differential in the line, swirling and carrying along particulate solids in the line, ejecting swirled, particulate solids from the line onto the surface of the wet and/or adhesive synthetic resin layer of the substrate. The invention also relates to a substrate, in particular a wood-based panel or decorative paper, at least partially coated with a particulate solid, characterized in that the particulate solid is applied to the substrate with an accuracy of up to ±0.8 g/m2, preferably of up to ±0.5 g/m2, particularly preferably of up to ±0.3 g/m2, preferably of up to 0.1 g/m2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: Kronotec AG
    Inventors: Pius Steinmann, Christian Huebner, Erich Bauer
  • Publication number: 20140044958
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for spraying particulate solids onto a substrate, comprising the steps of: coating the substrate with a wet and/or adhesive synthetic resin layer, building up a gas pressure in a line, generating a pressure differential in the line, swirling and carrying along particulate solids in the line, ejecting swirled, particulate solids from the line onto the surface of the wet and/or adhesive synthetic resin layer of the substrate. The invention also relates to a substrate, in particular a wood-based panel or decorative paper, at least partially coated with a particulate solid, characterized in that the particulate solid is applied to the substrate with an accuracy of up to ±0.8 g/m2, preferably of up to ±0.5 g/m2, particularly preferably of up to ±0.3 g/m2, preferably of up to 0.1 g/m2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2013
    Publication date: February 13, 2014
    Applicant: KRONOTEC AG
    Inventors: Pius Steinmann, Christian Huebner, Erich Bauer
  • Patent number: 8586137
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for spraying particulate solids onto a substrate, comprising the steps of: coating the substrate with a wet and/or adhesive synthetic resin layer, building up a gas pressure in a line, generating a pressure differential in the line, swirling and carrying along particulate solids in the line, ejecting swirled, particulate solids from the line onto the surface of the wet and/or adhesive synthetic resin layer of the substrate. The invention also relates to a substrate, in particular a wood-based panel or decorative paper, at least partially coated with a particulate solid, characterized in that the particulate solid is applied to the substrate with an accuracy of up to ±0.8 g/m2, preferably of up to ±0.5 g/m2, particularly preferably of up to ±0.3 g/m2, preferably of up to 0.1 g/m2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: Kronotec AG
    Inventors: Pius Steinmann, Christian Huebner, Erich Bauer
  • Publication number: 20120107497
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for spraying particulate solids onto a substrate, comprising the steps of: coating the substrate with a wet and/or adhesive synthetic resin layer, building up a gas pressure in a line, generating a pressure differential in the line, swirling and carrying along particulate solids in the line, ejecting swirled, particulate solids from the line onto the surface of the wet and/or adhesive synthetic resin layer of the substrate. The invention also relates to a substrate, in particular a wood-based panel or decorative paper, at least partially coated with a particulate solid, characterized in that the particulate solid is applied to the substrate with an accuracy of up to ±0.8 g/m2, preferably of up to ±0.5 g/m2, particularly preferably of up to ±0.3 g/m2, preferably of up to 0.1 g/m2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2012
    Publication date: May 3, 2012
    Applicant: KRONOTEC AG
    Inventors: Pius Steinmann, Christian Hubner, Erich Bauer
  • Patent number: 8096261
    Abstract: The invention relates to a substrate, a method for spraying particulate solids onto a substrate and an apparatus for spraying particulate solids onto a substrate covered with a wet and/or adhesive synthetic resin layer, comprising a feed line having means for generating a gas pressure at its first end and a free opening at its second end, a reservoir for particulate solids, and a nozzle for generating a pressure differential, wherein the reservoir and the nozzle are inserted in the line in such a way that particulate solids are taken out of the reservoir into the line and swirled, and transported to the open end of the line, from which the particulate solids are ejected and sprayed onto the wet and/or adhesive synthetic resin layer, by the pressure differential generated by the nozzle in operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2012
    Assignee: Kronotec AG
    Inventors: Pius Steinmann, Christian Hubner, Erich Bauer
  • Publication number: 20070151663
    Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus for spraying particulate solids onto a substrate covered with a wet and/or adhesive synthetic resin layer, comprising a feed line having means for generating a gas pressure at its first end and a free opening at its second end, a reservoir for particulate solids, and a nozzle for generating a pressure differential, wherein the reservoir and the nozzle are inserted in the line in such a way that particulate solids are taken out of the reservoir into the line and swirled, and transported to the open end of the line, from which the particulate solids are ejected and sprayed onto the wet and/or adhesive synthetic resin layer, by the pressure differential generated by the nozzle in operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2006
    Publication date: July 5, 2007
    Inventors: Pius Steinmann, Christian Hubner