Patents by Inventor Rainer Blum

Rainer Blum 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: 8029647
    Abstract: Process for the production of paper, board and cardboard by draining a paper stock on a wire with sheet formation and drying of the sheets, the sheet formation being carried out in the absence of finely divided inorganic flocculants and (a) polymers comprising vinylamine units and/or polyvinylformamide having a molar mass Mw of, in each case, at least 1 million and (b) at least one cationic or nonionic polyacrylamide and/or one cationic or nonionic polymethacrylamide having a molar mass Mw of, in each case, at least 2.5 million being used as retention aids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2011
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Marc Leduc, Rainer Blum, Peter Leifert
  • Patent number: 7998314
    Abstract: A method for the production of paper, cardboard and card by adding a microparticle system consisting of a polymer retention agent having a molar mass Mw of at least 2 million and a fine-part inorganic component in order to form a paper material having a material density of a 20 g/l maximum and by dewatering the paper material, wherein the paper material undergoes at least one shearing step prior to or after addition of the retention agent and wherein the retention agent is introduced in a dosed manner into the paper material in at least two places and the fine inorganic component is dosed prior to or after addition of the retention agent or between two dosing points for the retention agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2011
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Oliver Koch, Frank Prechtl, Rainer Blum, Detlef Kannengiesser
  • Publication number: 20110132559
    Abstract: Process for the production of paper, board and cardboard having high dry strength by addition of at least one water-soluble (a) polymer comprising vinylamine units and at least one (b) polymer comprising ethylenimine units and at least one water-soluble polymeric anionic compound to a paper stock, draining of the paper stock with sheet formation and drying of the paper products, the water-soluble cationic polymers (a) and (b) being metered in any sequence or as a mixture into a paper stock, and papers which are obtainable by this process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2009
    Publication date: June 9, 2011
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Hans-Joachim Haehnle, Christian Jehn-Rendu, Rainer Blum, Ellen Krueger, Norbert Schall, Martin Ruebenacker
  • Patent number: 7951265
    Abstract: Aqueous slurries of finely divided fillers which are at least partly coated with polymers and which are obtainable by treating aqueous slurries of finely divided fillers with at least one water-soluble amphoteric copolymer whose structures are identified in the specification are used as an additive to the paper stock in the production of filler-containing paper, filler-containing cardboard or filler-containing board by draining of the paper stock.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2011
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Anton Esser, Volker Braig, Martin Wendker, Rainer Blum, Peter Baumann, Josef Neutzner, Jacques Dupuis, Hans-Joachim Haehnle
  • Patent number: 7918965
    Abstract: Process for the production of paper, board and cardboard by draining a paper stock with sheet formation in the presence of a retention aid system comprising (i) at least one polymer comprising vinylamine units, in the form of the free bases, of the salts and/or in quaternized form, as the sole cationic polymer, (ii) at least one linear, anionic polymer having a molar mass Mw of at least 1 million and/or at least one branched, anionic, water-soluble polymer and/or bentonite and/or silica gel and (iii) at least one particulate, anionic, crosslinked, organic polymer having a mean particle diameter of at least 1 ?m and an intrinsic viscosity of less than 3 dl/g, and use of the retention aid system comprising the components (i), (ii) and (iii) as an additive in the production of paper, board and cardboard.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2011
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Marc Leduc, Oliver Koch, Simon Champ, Rainer Blum, Andreas Merkel, Knut Menke
  • Publication number: 20100282424
    Abstract: A method for the production of paper, cardboard and card by adding a microparticle system consisting of a polymer retention agent having a molar mass Mw of at least 2 million and a fine-part inorganic component in order to form a paper material having a material density of a 20 g/l maximum and by dewatering the paper material, wherein the paper material undergoes at least one shearing step prior to or after addition of the retention agent and wherein the retention agent is introduced in a dosed manner into the paper material in at least two places and the fine inorganic component is dosed prior to or after addition of the retention agent or between two dosing points for the retention agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2005
    Publication date: November 11, 2010
    Applicant: BASF AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Oliver Koch, Frank Prechtl, Rainer Blum, Detlef Kannengiesser
  • Publication number: 20100147475
    Abstract: A process for producing paper of high basis weight by draining a paper pulp on a wire in the presence of a combination of at least two polymers as a retention and drainage aid system, forming sheets, and drying the sheets, which comprises forming the sheets in the absence of finely divided inorganic flocculants and using as retention and drainage aids (a) at least one amino-containing polymer and (b) at least one branched cationic polyacrylamide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2005
    Publication date: June 17, 2010
    Applicant: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Oliver Koch, Rainer Blum, Ron Van Dijk
  • Publication number: 20100006089
    Abstract: A façade or roof structure in light weight construction having at least one film element made of at least one film or fabric layer which forms the outer walls of a weather-proof cavity which can be filled with a gas, at least one material layer for reducing the transmission of energy by radiation and/or for noise insulation being disposed on at least one side of the film or fabric layer. The material layer is almost totally enclosed by the film or fabric layer in order to protect against climatic conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2009
    Publication date: January 14, 2010
    Applicant: MI-TECHNOLOGIES GMBH
    Inventors: Jens Höcker, Bernd Seybold, Rainer Blum
  • Publication number: 20080276770
    Abstract: A handle for a tool, such as a screwdriver, has a handle core on which a handle sheath is situated. The handle core may be connectable or connected at a first end to a shaft of the tool. The handle sheath may have three areas in the longitudinal direction. A first area may adjoin the first end of the handle core and may include a semisoft zone, for example having a hardness of 60 to 80 Shore A. A second area, adjoining the first area, may include a soft zone, for example having a hardness of 10 to 60 Shore A. A third area, adjoining the second area, may be include a hard zone, for example having a hardness of greater than 90 Shore A.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2008
    Publication date: November 13, 2008
    Inventors: Rainer Blum, Ernst von Lehmann
  • Publication number: 20080210394
    Abstract: Process for the production of filler-containing papers and filler-containing paper products by addition of an aqueous suspension of at least one finely divided polymer-pigment hybrid to a paper stock and drainage of the paper stock with sheet formation, the polymer-pigment hybrid being obtainable by milling an aqueous suspension of at least one inorganic pigment in the presence of at least one binder and, if appropriate, by drying the aqueous suspension thus obtainable and redispersing the dried polymer-pigment hybrid in water, and the use of the polymer-pigment hybrids thus obtainable as a filler for the production of filler-containing paper or filler-containing paper products.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2006
    Publication date: September 4, 2008
    Applicant: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Norbert Mahr, Dieter Meck, Rainer Blum, Ralf Hemel, Norbert Gispert, Jurgen Schmidt-Thummes, Christoph Hamers
  • Publication number: 20080196852
    Abstract: Process for the production of paper, board and cardboard by draining a paper stock with sheet formation in the presence of a retention aid system comprising (i) at least one polymer comprising vinylamine units, in the form of the free bases, of the salts and/or in quaternized form, as the sole cationic polymer, (ii) at least one linear, anionic polymer having a molar mass Mw of at least 1 million and/or at least one branched, anionic, water-soluble polymer and/or bentonite and/or silica gel and (iii) at least one particulate, anionic, crosslinked, organic polymer having a mean particle diameter of at least 1 ?m and an intrinsic viscosity of less than 3 dl/g, and use of the retention aid system comprising the components (i), (ii) and (iii) as an additive in the production of paper, board and cardboard.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2006
    Publication date: August 21, 2008
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Marc Leduc, Oliver Koch, Simon Champ, Rainer Blum, Andreas Merkel, Knut Menke
  • Publication number: 20080000601
    Abstract: Process for the production of paper, board and cardboard by draining a paper stock on a wire with sheet formation and drying of the sheets, the sheet formation being carried out in the absence of finely divided inorganic flocculants and (a) polymers comprising vinylamine units and/or polyvinylformamide having a molar mass Mw of, in each case, at least 1 million and (b) at least one cationic or nonionic polyacrylamide and/or one cationic or nonionic polymethacrylamide having a molar mass Mw of, in each case, at least 2.5 million being used as retention aids.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2005
    Publication date: January 3, 2008
    Applicant: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Marc Leduc, Rainer Blum, Peter Leifert
  • Patent number: 7306701
    Abstract: Paper, board and cardboard are produced by shearing the paper stock, adding a microparticle system comprising a cationic polymer and a finely divided inorganic component to the paper stock after the last shearing stage before the head box, draining the paper stock with sheet formation and drying the sheets, by a process in which cationic polyacrylamides, polymers containing vinylamine units and/or polydiallyldimethylammonium chloride having an average molar mass Mw of in each case at least 500 000 Dalton and a charge density of in each case not more than 4.0 meq/g are used as cationic polymers of the microparticle system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2007
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Rainer Blum, Ralf Hemel, Norbert Mahr, Rudolf Lorz
  • Publication number: 20070181274
    Abstract: A process for the production of paper, board and cardboard by draining a paper stock containing interfering substances in the presence of polymers which contain vinylamine units and which have an average molar mass Mw of at least 1 million, a high-consistency stock first being prepared, at least one polymer containing vinylamine units and having an average molar mass Mw of at least 1 million and a degree of hydrolysis of from 1 to 20 mol % being metered into the high-consistency stock, the high-consistency stock being diluted to a low-consistency stock by adding water, and the low-consistency stock being drained, and the use of hydrolyzed homo- or copolymers of N-vinylcarboxamides having a degree of hydrolysis of from 1 to 20 mol % and an average molar mass Mw of at least 1 million in the production of paper, board or cardboard as an additive to a high-consistency stock containing interfering substances, for reducing deposits in the wire part, press section and drying section of paper machines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2005
    Publication date: August 9, 2007
    Applicant: BASF AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Anton Esser, Rainer Blum, Joachim Kuhn, Marc Leduc, Ralf Hemel
  • Publication number: 20070119560
    Abstract: Paper, board and cardboard are produced by adding (i) at least one retention aid and (ii) ionic, water-insoluble, uncrosslinked, organic microparticles which have an average particle size of less than 500 nm and a content of polymerized ionic monomers of less than 1% by weight or water-insoluble, uncrosslinked, organic microparticles having an average particle size of less than 500 nm and a content of polymerized ionic monomers of not more than 10% by weight, which are obtainable by polymerizing the monomers in the presence of silica, waterglass, bentonite and/or mixtures thereof, to a paper stock and draining the paper stock over a wire.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2004
    Publication date: May 31, 2007
    Applicant: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Oliver Birkert, Rainer Blum, Volker Braig, Simon Champ, Dieter Distler, Reinhold Leyrer, Volker Schadler, Oliver Koch
  • Patent number: 7160961
    Abstract: The invention relates to cast resins containing A) at least one solid unsaturated polyester and B) at least one oligomer and/or polymer cross-linking agent that can be copolymerised therewith, said cross-linking agent having at least one terminal and/or lateral propenyl-, isoprenyl- and/or (meth)acrylester group in relation to the oligomer- and/or polymer main chain. The invention also relates to the use of cast resins as casting beans and impregnants and as coating agents. The invention further relates to a method for melt impregnating or melt coating components, absorbent mattes or grounded or ungrounded substrates with the cast resins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2007
    Assignee: Altana Electrical Insulation GmbH
    Inventors: Rainer Blum, Manfred Eichhorst, Gunther Hegemann, Klaus-Wilhelm Lienert
  • Patent number: 7122595
    Abstract: The invention relates to a powder-slurry that can be hardened by actinic radiation or by thermal means, comprising (I) components containing functional groups (A) which render them hardenable by actinic radiation and components containing complementary functional groups (B) which render them thermally hardenable, in a weight ratio of 50:1 to 1:50 and/or comprising (II) components containing the functional groups (A) and (B) which render them thermally hardenable and hardenable by actinic radiation in a molar ratio of 100:1 to 1:100.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2006
    Assignee: BASF Coatings AG
    Inventors: Günther Ott, Ulrike Röckrath, Uwe Meisenburg, Hubert Baumgart, Reinhold Schwalm, Erich Beck, Rainer Königer, Wolfgang Paulus, Horst Binger, Rainer Blum
  • Patent number: 7045174
    Abstract: The method for hardening electro-insulating materials is characterised by the utilization and/or co-utilization of near-infrared radiation (NIR) having a wavelength of 500 nm to 1400 nm. NIR also enables very fast hardening of the component surface even with pure thermally hardenable impregnating material and further provides good hardening of thick layers located deep inside said layers. Combined hardening, for example, NIR and UV light, is also possible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2006
    Assignee: Altana Electrical Insulation GmbH
    Inventors: Rainer Blum, Manfred Eichhorst, Gunther Hegemann, Klaus-Wilhelm Lienert
  • Patent number: 7033676
    Abstract: A binder mixture comprises at least one polymer (A) with saturated main chain that is not a polyester and at least one polyester (B) with a saturated and/or unsaturated main chain, where (i) one of the two components (A) or (B) contains structural units I and/or II, or both components (A) and (B) contain structural units I and/or II, ?in which the index n is an integer from 1 to 10; and where (ii) at least polyester (B) that contains no structural units I and/or II contains maleic and/or fumaric esters incorporated in its main chain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2006
    Assignee: BASF Coatings AG
    Inventors: Rainer Blum, Jorge Prieto
  • Publication number: 20060037725
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an aqueous composition comprising at least one finely divided filler and at least one water-soluble amphoteric copolymer, a process for the preparation of such a composition and its use as an additive in the production of paper, cardboard and board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2005
    Publication date: February 23, 2006
    Applicant: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Hans-Joachim Hahnle, Anton Esser, Volker Braig, Rainer Blum, Peter Baumann, Jacques Dupuis, Josef Neutzner