Patents by Inventor Rainer Hans
Rainer Hans 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).
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Patent number: 8927470Abstract: The invention provides for a process and apparatus for preparing a soap concentrate, including: (a) introducing feed components to a first feeding zone; (b) first reacting in a first reacting zone; (c) first venting in a first venting zone; and (d) cooling in a cooling zone. The process may further include, after (c) and before (d): (i) continued reacting in a continued reacting zone; and (ii) second venting in a second venting zone. The invention also provides for a process and apparatus for preparing a lubricating composition comprising: (aa) introducing a soap concentrate and a base oil to a lubricating composition feeding zone; (bb) dispersing the soap concentrate in a lubricating composition dispersing zone; (cc) mixing the soap concentrate and the base oil in a lubricating composition mixing zone; and (dd) cooling in a lubricating composition cooling zone.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2007Date of Patent: January 6, 2015Assignee: Shell Oil CompanyInventors: Jean-Luc Pierre André Brossaud, David Edmund Code, Jerome Dabos, Jean-Claude Emile Maximilien Holley, Aimin Huang, Krishna Rangraj Kaushik, Catherine Maillard, Raghunath Gopal Menon, Jean-Paul Saint, Rainer Hans Schade
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Patent number: 8826636Abstract: The invention relates to a method for obtaining high-tenacity aramid yarn, wherein the yarn is made of a copolymer obtained from a mixture of monomers comprising DAPBI, an aromatic para-diamine, and an aromatic para-diacid, wherein the yarn is heated in at least two process steps, characterized in that in a first step the yarn is heated at a temperature of 200 to 360° C. at a tension of at least 0.2 cN/dtex, followed by a second step wherein the yarn is heated at a temperature of 370 to 500° C. at a tension of less than 1 cN/dtex. The invention further pertains to a multifilament aramid yarn spun from a sulfuric acid spin dope and having a tenacity of at least 2500 mN/tex.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2013Date of Patent: September 9, 2014Assignee: Teijin Aramid B.V.Inventors: Hanneke Boerstoel, Johannes Bos, Adriaan Anton Schaap, Dennis Wilbers, Leonardus Antonuis Godfried Busscher, Antonius Henricus Maria Schotman, Kurt Rainer Hans-Heinrich Stolze
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Patent number: 8668747Abstract: The present invention relates to storage stable aqueous dye dispersions, comprising (a) 2.0 to 30.0% by weight, based on the sum of (a), (b) and (c), of a dye of the formula (3) in which KK is a residue of a coupling component; (b) 0.1 to 20.0 % by weight, based on the sum of (a), (b) and (c), of at least one additive selected from the group consisting of wetting agents, dispersing agents, rheology modifiers, and preservatives; and (c) 50.0 to 97.9% by weight, based on the sum of (a), (b) and (c), of water. The invention moreover relates to a process for their preparation and the use thereof for the dyeing, in particular of paper.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2010Date of Patent: March 11, 2014Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Holger Lautenbach, Rainer Hans Traber, Heidemarie Urbing
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Publication number: 20130289234Abstract: The invention relates to a method for obtaining high-tenacity aramid yarn, wherein the yarn is made of a copolymer obtained from a mixture of monomers comprising DAPBI, an aromatic para-diamine, and an aromatic para-diacid, wherein the yarn is heated in at least two process steps, characterized in that in a first step the yarn is heated at a temperature of 200 to 360° C. at a tension of at least 0.2 cN/dtex, followed by a second step wherein the yarn is heated at a temperature of 370 to 500° C. at a tension of less than 1 cN/dtex. The invention further pertains to a multifilament aramid yarn spun from a sulfuric acid spin dope and having a tenacity of at least 2500 mN/tex.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 27, 2013Publication date: October 31, 2013Applicant: Teijin Aramid B.V.Inventors: Hanneke BOERSTOEL, Johannes BOS, Adriaan Anton SCHAAP, Dennis WILBERS, Leonardus Antonuis Godfried BUSSCHER, Antonius Henricus Maria SCHOTMAN, Kurt Rainer Hans-Heinrich STOLZE
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Patent number: 8506653Abstract: The present invention relates to an aqueous direct dye formulation, comprising (a) 5 to 25% by weight of a dye composition comprising (a1) 50-99% by weight of one or more dyes obtainable by reduction or thermal treatment of Direct Yellow 11, and (a2) 1-50% by weight of a blue, black and/or red direct dye, (all based on the dye composition); (b) up to 0.9% by weight of a saturated, cyclic or acyclic water-soluble amine comprising a primary, secondary or tertiary amino group and at least one further functional group selected from primary, secondary and tertiary amino groups, OH groups and ether groups; and (c) up to 0.9% by weight of urea; and (d) water, wherein the percentages for (a), (b), and (c) relate to the total weight of the aqueous direct dye formulation. The invention moreover relates to a process for their preparation and the use thereof for the dyeing, in particular of paper, as well as paper which has been dyed with this aqueous direct dye formulation.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2010Date of Patent: August 13, 2013Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Allan Francis Cunningham, Céline Hossenlopp, Heinz Schneider, Rainer Hans Traber, Horst Herrmann, Michael Jacquier
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Patent number: 8501071Abstract: The invention relates to a method for obtaining high-tenacity aramid yarn, wherein the yarn is made of a copolymer obtained from a mixture of monomers comprising DAPBI, an aromatic para-diamine, and an aromatic para-diacid, wherein the yarn is heated in at least two process steps, characterized in that in a first step the yarn is heated at a temperature of 200 to 360° C. at a tension of at least 0.2 cN/dtex, followed by a second step wherein the yarn is heated at a temperature of 370 to 500° C. at a tension of less than 1 cN/dtex. The invention further pertains to a multifilament aramid yarn spun from a sulfuric acid spin dope and having a tenacity of at least 2500 mN/tex.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2007Date of Patent: August 6, 2013Assignee: Teijin Aramid B.V.Inventors: Hanneke Boerstoel, Johannes Bos, Adriaan Anton Schaap, Dennis Wilbers, Leonardus Antonius Godfried Busscher, Antonius Henricus Maria Schotman, Kurt Rainer Hans-Heinrich Stolze
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Publication number: 20120005845Abstract: The present invention relates to an aqueous direct dye formulation, comprising (a) 5 to 25% by weight of a dye composition comprising (a1) 50-99% by weight of one or more dyes obtainable by reduction or thermal treatment of Direct Yellow 11, and (a2) 1-50% by weight of a blue, black and/or red direct dye, (all based on the dye composition); (b) up to 0.9% by weight of a saturated, cyclic or acyclic water-soluble amine comprising a primary, secondary or tertiary amino group and at least one further functional group selected from primary, secondary and tertiary amino groups, OH groups and ether groups; and (c) up to 0.9% by weight of urea; and (d) water, wherein the percentages for (a), (b), and (c) relate to the total weight of the aqueous direct dye formulation. The invention moreover relates to a process for their preparation and the use thereof for the dyeing, in particular of paper, as well as paper which has been dyed with this aqueous direct dye formulation.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 11, 2010Publication date: January 12, 2012Applicant: BASF SEInventors: Allan Francis Cunningham, Céline Hossenlopp, Heinz Schneider, Rainer Hans Traber, Horst Herrmann, Michael Jacquier
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Publication number: 20110296632Abstract: The present invention relates to storage stable aqueous dye dispersions, comprising (a) 2.0 to 30.0% by weight, based on the sum of (a), (b) and (c), of a dye of the formula (3) in which KK is a residue of a coupling component; (b) 0.1 to 20.0 % by weight, based on the sum of (a), (b) and (c), of at least one additive selected from the group consisting of wetting agents, dispersing agents, rheology modifiers, and preservatives; and (c) 50.0 to 97.9% by weight, based on the sum of (a), (b) and (c), of water. The invention moreover relates to a process for their preparation and the use thereof for the dyeing, in particular of paper.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 29, 2010Publication date: December 8, 2011Applicant: BASF SEInventors: Holger Lautenbach, Rainer Hans Traber, Heidemarie Urbing
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Publication number: 20100197535Abstract: The invention provides for a process and apparatus for preparing a soap concentrate, including: (a) introducing feed components to a first feeding zone; (b) first reacting in a first reacting zone; (c) first venting in a first venting zone; and (d) cooling in a cooling zone. The process may further include, after (c) and before (d): (i) continued reacting in a continued reacting zone; and (ii) second venting in a second venting zone. The invention also provides for a process and apparatus for preparing a lubricating composition comprising: (aa) introducing a soap concentrate and a base oil to a lubricating composition feeding zone; (bb) dispersing the soap concentrate in a lubricating composition dispersing zone; (cc) mixing the soap concentrate and the base oil in a lubricating composition mixing zone; and (dd) cooling in a lubricating composition cooling zone.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 29, 2007Publication date: August 5, 2010Inventors: Jean-Luc Pierre André Brossaud, Code David Edmund, Jerome Dabos, Jean-Claude Emile Maximilien Holley, Aimin Huang, Krishna Rangraj Kaushik, Catherine Maillard, Raghunath Gopal Menon, Jean-Paul Saint, Rainer Hans Schade
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Publication number: 20100001433Abstract: The invention relates to a method for obtaining high-tenacity aramid yarn, wherein the yarn is made of a copolymer obtained from a mixture of monomers comprising DAPBI, an aromatic para-diamine, and an aromatic para-diacid, wherein the yarn is heated in at least two process steps, characterized in that in a first step the yarn is heated at a temperature of 200 to 360° C. at a tension of at least 0.2 cN/dtex, followed by a second step wherein the yarn is heated at a temperature of 370 to 500° C. at a tension of less than 1 cN/dtex. The invention further pertains to a multifilament aramid yarn spun from a sulfuric acid spin dope and having a tenacity of at least 2500 mN/tex.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 19, 2007Publication date: January 7, 2010Applicant: TEIJIN ARAMID B.V.Inventors: Hanneke Boerstoel, Johannes Bos, Adriaan Anton Schaap, Dennis Wilbers, Leonardus Antonius Godfried Busscher, Antonius Henricus Maria Schotman, Kurt Rainer Hans-Heinrich Stolze
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Patent number: 7531107Abstract: Compositions comprising (A) a total of from 2 to 30% by weight, based on the total composition (A)+(B), of one or more amino alcohols of formula (1) herein R1, R2, R3 and R4 are each independently of the others hydrogen, 1-C12alkyl,C5-C24aryl or C6-C36aralkyl, and R5 and R6 are each independently of the other hydrogen or C1-C4alkyl; and (B) from 70 to 98% by weight, based on the total composition (A)+(B), of a fluorescent whitening agent of formula (2) herein X is hydrogen, an alkali metal ion, an ammonium ion or a hydroxyalkylammonium radical derived from the amino alcohol of formula (1), and R7, R8, R9 and R10 are each independently of the others —OR11, —NR11R12 or a group of formula (3) wherein R11, and R12 are each independently of the other hydrogen, alkyl, hydroxyalkyl, alkoxyalkyl, carboxyalkyl, H2N—CO-alkyl or alkylthio, are distinguished by high solubility in water and by high storage stability of the aqueous solutions.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2004Date of Patent: May 12, 2009Assignee: Ciba Specialty Chemicals CorporationInventors: Rainer Hans Traber, Ted Deisenroth, Sandra Galle, Helena Dbaly
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Patent number: 7425222Abstract: A process for improving the sun protection factor (SPF) of cellulosic fibre materials and blends thereof, which comprises contacting said materials with at least one compound of the formula (1) in which M is hydrogen, an alkali metal atom, ammonium or a cation formed from an amine; R1 and R1? independently of each other are hydrogen, hydroxy, optionally substituted alkyl, 4-morpholinyl, —NH—R3, —N(R3)2 or —O—R3, wherein R3is optionally substituted alkyl or optionally substituted aryl, R2 is a group of formula (2) wherein X is —O— or —NH— and R4 is C1-C4-alkyl which carries at least one hydrophilic substituent and R2? has the meaning of R1 or R2.Type: GrantFiled: February 11, 2002Date of Patent: September 16, 2008Assignee: Ciba Specialty Chemicals Corp.Inventors: Georges Metzger, Jean-Jacques Donzé, Hans Kramer, Serge Hauger, Volker Papendick, Michael Milde, Ted Deisenroth, Rainer Hans Traber, Ullrich Menge, Hauke Rohwer
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Patent number: 7270771Abstract: The present invention relates to a fluorescent whitening agent comprising a mixture of two symmetrically and one asymmetrically substituted triazinylaminostilbene disulphonic acids, novel asymmetrically substituted derivatives, a process for their preparations and use of the mixture for whitening synthetic or natural organic materials, especially paper and for the fluorescent whitening and improvement of sun protection factors of textile materials.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2003Date of Patent: September 18, 2007Assignee: Ciba Specialty Chemicals CorporationInventors: Fabienne Cuesta, Georges Metzger, Roland Naef, Peter Rohringer, Rainer Hans Traber
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Publication number: 20070199058Abstract: A security token is scanned by a pure reader that is connected to a computer. This immediately loads from the token into the computer a virtual machine having a virtual operating system. Then an identification/authentication code is entered via a peripheral of the computer, whereupon data can be exchanged between the security token and the virtual operating system, and thence exchanged between the virtual operating system and a remote location.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 7, 2007Publication date: August 23, 2007Inventors: Rainer Hans Baumgart, Uwe Demsky, Kai Martius, Matthias Besch
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Patent number: 6878328Abstract: A method for producing a plastic part having a first component and a second component connected to the first component. The method includes molding a temporary connection between the first component and a preliminary second component, coating at least a surface region of the first component, separating the first and preliminary second component, and then molding the second component to the first component. The plastic part can be an injection molded part and the components of the plastic part can be made using the same or different plastics.Type: GrantFiled: November 27, 2002Date of Patent: April 12, 2005Assignee: Braun GmbHInventors: Bernhard Boland, Götz Gardlo, Rainer Hans, Hansjörg Reick, Armin Schwarz-Hartmann
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Patent number: 6871373Abstract: The invention is directed to a bristle for a toothbrush, particularly for an electric toothbrush, and to a method for its manufacture. The bristle is manufactured from a monofilament (5) made of plastic. The bristle has in its cross section at least two zones (6, 7) and at least one point of preferred breaking.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2001Date of Patent: March 29, 2005Assignee: Braun GmbHInventors: Georges Driesen, Ahmet C. Firatli, Rainer Hans, Armin Schwarz-Hartmann
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Patent number: 6843773Abstract: The invention is directed to a blood pressure monitoring device comprising a central parts mounting module and to a method of manufacturing this parts mounting module. According to the invention fluid channels are produced by gas injection into the interior of the parts mounting module, the walls bounding the fluid channels being completely formed by the material of the parts mounting module. The injection of gas continues for as long as a core of the parts mounting module is still in the liquid phase in the area of the fluid channel, whilst an outer area surrounding the core has already solidified, so that the pressure fluid expels the liquid core area, producing a tubular fluid channel.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2002Date of Patent: January 18, 2005Assignee: Braun GmbHInventors: Dirk Freund, Martin Giersiepen, Brigitte Harttmann, Ulrich Heck, Stefan Hollinger, Frank Kressmann, Gerrit Rönneberg, Fred Schnak, Christoph Rennefeld, Rainer Hans
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Patent number: 6800775Abstract: Novel metal complexes of tripoadal ligands are useful as catalysts to enhance the action of peroxygen compounds in washing, cleaning and disinfecting processes.Type: GrantFiled: January 10, 2002Date of Patent: October 5, 2004Assignee: Ciba Specialty Chemicals CorporationInventors: Frank Bachmann, Josef Dannacher, Menno Hazenkamp, Gunther Schlingloff, Grit Richter, Helena Dbaly, Rainer Hans Traber
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Publication number: 20040177462Abstract: A toothbrush head has a tooth cleaning element extending from the head. The head is divided into at least two portions which can be moved independent of each other. The tooth cleaning element is rotatable relative to that portion of the head from which it extends.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2003Publication date: September 16, 2004Applicant: The Gillette CompanyInventors: William R. Brown, Thomas A. Christman, Joseph A. DePuydt, Ronald R. Duff, Edward J. Mangan, Phillip M. Braun, Karen Claire-Zimmet, Helge Zimmet, Joanna Q. Deng, Rudolf Majthan, Rainer Hans
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Patent number: 6730392Abstract: In hard layer coated parts which are coated with hard layers, this invention aims at improvements of wear resistance, oxidation behavior and lubrication properties. In hard layer coated parts which are coated with hard layers, hard layer coated parts featured by hard layers coated with minimum 1-2 layers which contain Al, Ti, Cr, N, O.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2001Date of Patent: May 4, 2004Assignee: Metaplas Ionon Oberflächenveredelungstechnik GmbHInventors: Jörg Vetter, Rainer Hans