Patents by Inventor Ralf Hirsch

Ralf Hirsch 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: 20060234047
    Abstract: Adhesive tape comprising a backing comprising an oriented thermoplastic film and a coating comprising a solventlessly prepared pressure-sensitive adhesive composition based on non-thermoplastic elastomers such as natural rubber and tackifying resins, characterized in that the pressure-sensitive adhesive composition comprises a thermally labile crosslinking system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2006
    Publication date: October 19, 2006
    Applicant: tesa Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Dieter Wenninger, Werner Karmann, Gerhard Bir, Sven Hansen, Heiko Leydecker, Stefanie Kaprolat, Ralf Hirsch, Klaus Massow
  • Patent number: 7045173
    Abstract: A process for producing products in web form comprising at least two layers, in which a composition emerging from an applicator is applied as a layer to a substrate in web form which is guided on a transport means, the application taking place with application of electrostatic charges, and in which the substrate coated with the composition is electrostatically neutralized before departing the applicator, the transport means being provided with an electrically insulating coating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2006
    Assignee: Tesa AG
    Inventors: Ralf Hirsch, Sven Konig, Dieter Muller, Hermann Neuhaus-Steinmetz, Horst Wickborn
  • Publication number: 20050263243
    Abstract: A process for continuous production of self-adhesive articles, wherein a) one polyol component is placed in a container A and essentially one isocyanate component is placed in a container B, b) the polyol component and the isocyanate component are mixed in a mixer, c) the polyurethane composition thus mixed is applied to a backing material which is coated with a pressure-sensitive adhesive composition and moves optionally at constant speed, d) the laminate, comprising first backing material, pressure-sensitive adhesive composition and polyurethane composition, is passed through a heat tunnel, for a time which is less than that required for complete curing of the polyurethane, but sufficient for the curves of storage modulus (G?) and loss modulus (G?) of the polyurethane composition, as a function of curing time, to cross each other, e) the laminate is wound up in a winding station.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2005
    Publication date: December 1, 2005
    Applicant: tesa Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Uwe Schumann, Ulrike Wappler, Ralf Hirsch, Andreas Beckmann, Andree Bernoth
  • Publication number: 20050084618
    Abstract: A process for producing products in web form comprising at least two layers, in which a composition emerging from an applicator is applied as a layer to a substrate in web form which is guided on a transport means, said application taking place with application of electrostatic charges, and in which the substrate coated with the composition is electrostatically neutralized before departing the applicator, the transport means being provided with an electrically insulating coating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2002
    Publication date: April 21, 2005
    Inventors: Ralf Hirsch, Sven Konig, Dieter Muller, Hermann Neuhaus-Steinmetz, Horst Wickborn
  • Patent number: 6803101
    Abstract: A self-adhesive protective film having a backing layer and an adhesive layer, characterized in that the backing layer is an undrawn film, the backing layer comprises at least one polypropylene block copolymer and the amount of polypropylene block copolymer makes up from 10 to 95% (w/w) of the protective film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2004
    Assignee: tesa AG
    Inventors: Nicolai Böhm, Ralf Hirsch, Jobst-Waldemar Klemp, Robert Meyer, Bernhard Müssig
  • Patent number: 6780271
    Abstract: Process for the continuous solvent-free and mastication-free production of self-adhesive compositions based on non-thermoplastic elastomers in a continuously operating apparatus having a filling section and a compounding section, comprising a) feeding the solid components of the self-adhesive composition, such as elastomers and resins, into the filling section of the apparatus, optionally feeding of fillers, colorants and/or crosslinkers, b) transferring the solid components of the self-adhesive composition from the filling section to the compounding section, c) adding the liquid components of the self-adhesive composition, such as plasticizers, crosslinkers and/or further tackifier resins to the compounding section, d) preparing a homogeneous self-adhesive composition in the compounding section, and e) discharging the self-adhesive composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2004
    Assignee: tesa AG
    Inventors: Axel Burmeister, Sven Hansen, Frank Henke, Ralf Hirsch, Heiko Leydecker, Klaus Massow, Jochen Stähr
  • Patent number: 6777490
    Abstract: Process for preparing a pressure-sensitive adhesive composition, characterized in that tackifiers in dispersed, melted or solid form are mixed with natural rubber latex, the water content being not more than 45% by weight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2004
    Assignee: tesa AG
    Inventors: Bernhard Müssig, Zygmut Kozaczka, Dieter Zielske, Jochen Stähr, Ralf Hirsch
  • Patent number: 6677000
    Abstract: A process for irradiating material in web form by means of electron beams and/or UV rays, wherein the material is applied to a transport means, the material on the transport means is guided through a first irradiation in which the material is irradiated on the open side, the material is transferred from the transport means to a substrate, and the material on the substrate is guided through a second irradiation in which the material is irradiated on the second, hitherto unirradiated, open side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2004
    Assignee: tesa Akteingesellschaft
    Inventors: Hermann Neuhaus-Steinmetz, Ralf Hirsch
  • Patent number: 6652908
    Abstract: A method of producing a coating of solvent-free pressure-sensitive adhesive systems on substrates, especially release-coated substrates, in which a fluid film is applied to a rotating roller by means of a fluid applicator, the pressure-sensitive adhesive system is applied in one or more layers to the fluid film by means of an adhesive applicator, and the roller is contacted with the substrate, so that the pressure-sensitive adhesive system is transferred from the roller to the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2003
    Assignee: tesa AG
    Inventors: Lars Guldbrandsen, Ralf Hirsch, Dieter Müller, Hermann Neuhaus-Steinmetz, Stefan Schulz, Jörg Speer
  • Publication number: 20030207992
    Abstract: Process for preparing a pressure-sensitive adhesive composition, characterized in that tackifiers in dispersed, melted or solid form are mixed with natural rubber latex, the water content being not more than 45% by weight.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 1999
    Publication date: November 6, 2003
    Inventors: BERNHARD MUSSIG, ZYGMUT KOZACZKA, DIETER ZIELSKE, JOCHEN STAHR, RALF HIRSCH
  • Publication number: 20030143338
    Abstract: A process for irradiating material in web form by means of electron beams and/or UV rays, wherein
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2002
    Publication date: July 31, 2003
    Inventors: Hermann Neuhaus-Steinmetz, Ralf Hirsch
  • Patent number: 6506447
    Abstract: Process for the continuous solvent-free and mastication-free production of self-adhesive compositions based on non-thermoplastic elastomers in a continuously operating apparatus having a filling section and a compounding section, comprising a) feeding the solid components of the self-adhesive composition, such as elastomers and resins, into the filling section of the apparatus, optionally feeding of fillers, colorants and/or crosslinkers, b) transferring the solid components of the self-adhesive composition from the filling section to the compounding section, c) adding the liquid components of the self-adhesive composition, such as plasticizers, crosslinkers and/or further tackifier resins to the compounding section, d) preparing a homogeneous self-adhesive composition in the compounding section, and e) discharging the self-adhesive composition, f) coating the self-adhesive composition on a web-form material, where the coating of the web-form material is carried out using a multi-roll applicator unit, p
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2003
    Assignee: tesa AG
    Inventors: Ralf Hirsch, Sven Hansen, Frank Henke, Klaus Massow, Jörg Speer, Hermann Neuhaus-Steinmetz
  • Patent number: 6472025
    Abstract: A method of producing a coating of solvent-free pressure-sensitive adhesive systems on substrates, especially release-coated substrates, in which the pressure-sensitive adhesive system is applied in one or more layers to a rotating roller by means of an adhesive applicator, the pressure-sensitive adhesive system on the roller is crosslinked in an irradiating means by means of high-energy radiation, and the roller is contacted with the substrate, so that the pressure-sensitive adhesive system is transferred from the roller to the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2002
    Assignee: tesa AG
    Inventors: Lars Guldbrandsen, Ralf Hirsch, Dieter Müller, Hermann Neuhaus-Steinmetz, Stefan Schulz, Jörg Speer
  • Patent number: 5869131
    Abstract: Process for the simultaneous treatment of the top and bottom sides of a web of paper support each with a liquid coating material, whereina) the web of paper support is passed through the gap between two rubber rollers rotating in the same direction,b) the top side of the web of paper support is treated with the first coating material by means of a first rubber roller,the first coating material is transferred to the first rubber roller by a first screen roller rotating in the opposite direction,the first coating material is applied to the first screen roller by means of a pouring device,c) the bottom side of the web of paper support is treated with the second coating material by means of a second rubber roller,the second coating material is transferred to the second rubber roller by a second screen roller rotating in the opposite direction,the second coating material is applied to the second screen roller by means of a pouring device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 1997
    Date of Patent: February 9, 1999
    Assignee: Beiersdorf AG
    Inventors: Frank Henke, Karsten Seitz, Ralf Hirsch, Christian Detzer, Herbert Knolle
  • Patent number: 5626966
    Abstract: Single-layer laser label comprising aa) backing layer of plastic, whichb) contains an additive which changes color under laser irradiation and whichc) is coated on one side with a self-adhesive composition whichd) is optionally covered with a release paper or a release film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 1995
    Date of Patent: May 6, 1997
    Assignee: Beiersdorf Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Klaus Kulper, Ralf Hirsch