Patents by Inventor Ralf Sauer

Ralf Sauer 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: 20110047945
    Abstract: A vacuum cleaner filter bag includes (a) a bag wall made of filter material, an inlet opening being provided in the bag wall, (b) a deflecting strip for deflecting an air flow entering through the inlet opening, the deflecting strip being disposed in the interior of the vacuum cleaner filter bag, (c) a material strip which is disposed in the interior of the vacuum cleaner filter bag and connected to the bag wall, at least a part of the edge of the material strip not being connected to the bag wall, and (d) a spacing means which is configured such that the material strip is at a spacing at least partially from the bag wall during operation of the vacuum cleaner filter bag.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2009
    Publication date: March 3, 2011
    Inventors: Jan Schultink, Ralf Sauer
  • Publication number: 20100325833
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a vacuum cleaner filter bag comprising an inlet opening, a retaining plate, which is situated on the exterior of the bag in the vicinity of the inlet opening and can be attached to a retaining device of a vacuum cleaner in order to fix the vacuum cleaner filter bag, and a closing device situated in the vicinity of the inlet opening, which is configured in such a way that it adopts a first position when the retaining plate is not attached to the retaining device and a second position by the attachment of the retaining plate to the retaining device, wherein the inlet opening is closed in the first position of the closing device and is open in the second position of the closing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2006
    Publication date: December 30, 2010
    Inventors: Ralf Sauer, Jan Schultink
  • Publication number: 20100218470
    Abstract: The invention relates to a vacuum cleaner filter bag having a filter medium comprising a first layer consisting of a netting, a perforated sheet or a perforated non-woven with an air permeability of at least 10,000 l/(m2 s), and a first fibre layer consisting of man-made fibres and/or vegetable fibres and connected to one side of the first layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2008
    Publication date: September 2, 2010
    Inventors: Jan Schultink, Ralf Sauer
  • Publication number: 20100212273
    Abstract: The invention relates to a vacuum cleaner filter bag having a composite material comprising a first layer consisting of a netting or a perforated sheet with an air permeability of at least 10,000 l/(m2 s), and a first fibre layer consisting of man-made fibres and/or vegetable fibres and connected to one side of the first layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2008
    Publication date: August 26, 2010
    Inventors: Jan Schultink, Ralf Sauer
  • Patent number: 7744680
    Abstract: Described is a vacuum-cleaner bag which is made of an air-permeable filter material and forms a closed dust-collecting chamber, the vacuum-cleaner bag containing a material which can be whirled up under a given air flow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2010
    Assignee: Eurofilters N.V.
    Inventors: Jan Schultink, Ralf Sauer
  • Publication number: 20100058720
    Abstract: A vacuum cleaner filter bag with an inlet opening and a deflection device arranged in the area of the inlet opening, which is configured in such a way that an air stream flowing through the inlet opening can be deflected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2006
    Publication date: March 11, 2010
    Inventor: Ralf Sauer
  • Publication number: 20090308032
    Abstract: A dust filter bag is in the shape of a flat bag for a vacuum cleaner, which is formed from a first layer and a second layer made of a weldable material. The layers are welded together circumferentially along the circumference thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2007
    Publication date: December 17, 2009
    Inventors: Jan Schultink, Ralf Sauer
  • Publication number: 20090272083
    Abstract: The invention relates to a holding plate (1) for a vacuum cleaner bag with a base plate (2) with an opening (3), a locking element (4) arranged on the base plate with a horizontal swing to close the opening, and a spring element (6) arranged in such a way that the bending angle (B) of the spring element with a horizontal swing of the locking element in the opening direction brings the locking element out of the first position, in which the opening (3) is sealed, into the second position, in which the opening is open, in a previously determined swing angle range that is smaller than the corresponding opening angle (x) of the locking element (4), in such a way that the locking element can be brought from the second position into the first position by the restoring force of the spring element in the direction opposite to the opening direction, and the spring element is located behind the locking element in the opening direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2007
    Publication date: November 5, 2009
    Applicant: EUROFILTERS HOLDING N.V.
    Inventors: Ralf Sauer, Jan Schultink
  • Publication number: 20090266233
    Abstract: A filter bag for a vacuum cleaner made of a composite material comprising at least three layers, at least two layers which comprise a nonwoven fabric layer and at least one nonwoven fibre layer being connected by a weld.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2007
    Publication date: October 29, 2009
    Applicant: Eurofilters N.V.
    Inventors: Jan Schultink, Ralf Sauer
  • Patent number: 7582142
    Abstract: Described is an adsorbing agent for dust-collecting filters, especially for adsorbing odors. The adsorbing agent may include fibers, flakes and/or granulate as a supporting material onto which a powdery adsorption material is applied superficially.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2009
    Assignee: Eurofilters N.V.
    Inventors: Jan Schultink, Ralf Sauer
  • Publication number: 20090211211
    Abstract: The invention relates to a vacuum cleaner filter bag made of a filter material, comprising at least three layers with at least two layers of a non-woven or non-woven fabric layer, and at least one layer of a fibre web layer of fibres and/or filaments, wherein the at least two non-woven layers and the at least one fibre web layer are connected to each other by a thermal bonding connection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2006
    Publication date: August 27, 2009
    Inventors: Jan Schultink, Ralf Sauer
  • Publication number: 20090090092
    Abstract: A filter bag for a vacuum cleaner includes a tubular bag made of a casing which has at least one nonwoven layer. The casing has a first end region which is sealed at least partially and a second sealed end region situated opposite the first end region. The first end region is folded and forms a base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2006
    Publication date: April 9, 2009
    Applicant: Eurofilters N.V.
    Inventors: Jan Schultink, Ralf Sauer
  • Publication number: 20090031683
    Abstract: A filter bag for a vacuum cleaner includes at least three layers, at least two layers which comprise at least one nonwoven fabric layer and one nonwoven fibre layer being connected by a weld, a high bulk resulting due to the small number of welds per surface area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2006
    Publication date: February 5, 2009
    Inventors: Jan Schultink, Ralf Sauer
  • Publication number: 20080314005
    Abstract: The invention relates to a vacuum cleaner filter bag with an inlet opening, comprising a deflection device which is arranged in the interior of the vacuum cleaner filter bag in the area of the inlet opening and which is implemented such that an air current flowing in through the inlet opening can be deflected by the deflection device, and an air-permeable material layer which is arranged in the interior of the vacuum cleaner filter bag, which is connected to said vacuum cleaner filter bag at least one point, and which includes at least one part that is not connected to the vacuum cleaner filter bag and that includes part of the boundary of the material layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2006
    Publication date: December 25, 2008
    Inventors: Ralf Sauer, Jan Schultink
  • Publication number: 20080115671
    Abstract: The invention relates to vacuum cleaner filter bag with a bag wall made of a filter material, wherein the bag wall and/or the interior of the vacuum cleaner filter bag comprise fibres containing a biopolymer and having an antibacterial effect and/or a powder produced from a biopolymer and having an antibacterial effect.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2007
    Publication date: May 22, 2008
    Applicant: EUROFILTERS HOLDING N.V.
    Inventors: Ralf Sauer, Jan Schultink
  • Publication number: 20080017036
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an adsorbing agent for dust-collecting filters, especially for adsorbing odours, the adsorbing agent comprising fibres, flakes and/or granulate as a supporting material onto which a powdery adsorption material is applied superficially.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2005
    Publication date: January 24, 2008
    Applicant: EUROFILTERS N.V.
    Inventors: Jan Schultink, Ralf Sauer
  • Publication number: 20070299193
    Abstract: Sprayable low-viscosity rubber damping compounds based on liquid rubbers or elastomers and vulcanization agents, which contain small quantities of structure-reinforcing fiber fillers, are notable for the absence of previously usual solid rubbers and have a very low viscosity in the application state. Acoustic compounds of this kind are sprayable with the aid of fully automatic application systems, and are preferably processed at the basic body stage in vehicle construction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2007
    Publication date: December 27, 2007
    Inventors: Ralf Sauer, Peter Born
  • Publication number: 20070130894
    Abstract: Described is a vacuum-cleaner bag which is made of an air-permeable filter material and forms a closed dust-collecting chamber, the vacuum-cleaner bag containing a material which can be whirled up under a given air flow.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2004
    Publication date: June 14, 2007
    Inventors: Jan Schultink, Ralf Sauer
  • Publication number: 20060144024
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a nonwoven layer for a filter, in particular, for a vacuum cleaner bag, wherein at least one region of the nonwoven layer, the region having a predetermined thickness and a predetermined area, has an average pore size smaller than 50 ?m and comprises fibers being bonded together such that a movement of the fibers relative to each other in a direction parallel to the surface of the layer is inhibited. The invention is further directed to a filter medium, in particular, for a vacuum cleaner bag, comprising a filter structure wherein a surface or an interface of the filter structure is provided with a filter paper layer having a smaller surface area than the filter structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2003
    Publication date: July 6, 2006
    Inventors: Ralf Sauer, Jan Schultink
  • Publication number: 20040265560
    Abstract: Thermosetting binder compositions based on naturally occurring and/or synthetic rubbers containing olefinic double bonds and vulcanizing agents can be formed by extrusion on reinforcing agents in film form or in the form of fiber-containing sheet-like structures to give multi-layered planar shaped articles. Such multi-layered, planar shaped articles are suitable as reinforcing and stiffening agents which are free from the conventional low molecular weight epoxy resins and/or volatile diisocyanates of polyurethane binders. These shaped articles are suitable for stiffening or reinforcing thin-walled planar structural components of metal or plastic, in particular in the vehicle industry.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2004
    Publication date: December 30, 2004
    Inventors: Ralf Sauer, Martin Hornung, Severine Cadou, Laurence Deripps