Patents by Inventor Ralph Overdick

Ralph Overdick 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: 20130059765
    Abstract: Bleach particles with a core of sodium percarbonate, an inner coating layer with at least 50% by weight of sodium sulfate in the form of thenardite or burkeite and an outer coating layer comprising a water-soluble binder and a perhydrolyzable N-acyl compound or O-acyl compound as bleach activator are storage-stable, are suitable for silo storage and can be transported and handled safely even in a hot and humid climate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2011
    Publication date: March 7, 2013
    Applicant: Evonik Degussa GmbH
    Inventors: Stefan Leininger, Harald Jakob, Ralph Overdick
  • Patent number: 8153576
    Abstract: Sodium percarbonate particles with a coating layer which comprises from 70 to 99.8% by weight of anhydrous sodium sulfate and from 0.2 to 20% by weight of a sodium borate, and whose proportion by weight is from 1 to 10% based on the mass of the sodium percarbonate particle, exhibit a high storage stability in detergent and cleaning composition formulations through a synergistic effect of sodium sulfate and sodium borate on the storage stability, and at the same time only have a small content of boron.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: Evonik Degussa GmbH
    Inventors: Stefan Leininger, Harald Jakob, Ralph Overdick
  • Patent number: 7956027
    Abstract: Sodium percarbonate particles with a coating layer comprising sodium sulfate in the form of a high-temperature phase of sodium sulfate and/or of a high-temperature phase of a double salt of composition Na4(SO4)1+n(CO3)1?n where n is from 0 to 0.5 have an improved storage stability in detergent and cleaning composition formulations as compared with sodium percarbonate particles which comprise sodium sulfate in the coating layer only in the form of sodium sulfate (V) or burkeite.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 4, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2011
    Assignee: Evonik Degussa GmbH
    Inventors: Stefan Leininger, Harald Jakob, Ralph Overdick
  • Publication number: 20090137448
    Abstract: Sodium percarbonate particles with a coating layer comprising sodium sulfate in the form of a high-temperature phase of sodium sulfate and/or of a high-temperature phase of a double salt of composition Na4(SO4)1+n(CO3)1?n where n is from 0 to 0.5 have an improved storage stability in detergent and cleaning composition formulations as compared with sodium percarbonate particles which comprise sodium sulfate in the coating layer only in the form of sodium sulfate (V) or burkeite.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2009
    Publication date: May 28, 2009
    Applicant: Evonik Degussa GmbH
    Inventors: Stefan Leininger, Harald Jakob, Ralph Overdick
  • Publication number: 20090137447
    Abstract: Sodium percarbonate particles with a coating layer which comprises from 70 to 99.8% by weight of anhydrous sodium sulfate and from 0.2 to 20% by weight of a sodium borate, and whose proportion by weight is from 1 to 10% based on the mass of the sodium percarbonate particle, exhibit a high storage stability in detergent and cleaning composition formulations through a synergistic effect of sodium sulfate and sodium borate on the storage stability, and at the same time only have a small content of boron.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2009
    Publication date: May 28, 2009
    Applicant: Evonik Degussa GmbH
    Inventors: Stefan Leininger, Harald Jakob, Ralph Overdick
  • Patent number: 7435714
    Abstract: The invention relates to liquid detergent and cleaning agent compositions of high storage stability. They comprise a liquid medium with a water content of up to 15 wt. % and particulate coating bleaching agents suspended therein. The bleaching agent has a dissolving time of at least 5 minutes and a coating of at least two layers: The innermost layer comprises one or more hydrate-forming inorganic salts as the main component(s), and an outer layer, which makes up 0.2 to 5 wt. % of the coated bleaching agent, comprises alkali metal silicate(s) with a modulus of SiO2 to M2O (M=alkali metal) of greater than 2.5 as the main component(s). Preferred compositions comprise sodium percarbonate with an innermost layer of substantially sodium sulfate and an outermost layer of substantially 0.5 to 1.5 wt. % sodium silicate (modulus 3.2 to 4.2) as the bleaching agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2008
    Assignee: Evonik Degussa GmbH
    Inventors: Ulrike Kottke, Silke Stoschek, Klaus Zimmermann, Ralph Overdick, Michael Fender, Harald Jakob
  • Publication number: 20070184266
    Abstract: The invention relates to hydrosoluble polymers exhibiting improved solubility characteristics, the production and use thereof. The inventive polymers can be of natural or synthetic nature and are provided with a water glass-containing coating. They are used, for example for water and wastewater treatment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2004
    Publication date: August 9, 2007
    Inventors: Norbert Steiner, Gregor Herth, Klaus Zimmermann, Harald Jakob, Ralph Overdick
  • Patent number: 7241433
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the preparation of coated granular sodium percarbonate having a low TAM value. The preparation is carried out by fluidized-bed spray granulation at a temperature TG in the range from 45 to 75° C., and the coating is effected by the spray application of an aqueous solution containing at least one coating component in a fluidized bed at a temperature TU in the range from 35 to 100° C. According to the invention, a) after the fluidized-bed spray granulation but before the coating, drying is carried out at TNT of greater than TG, or b) the fluidized-bed granulation is carried out in at least two steps at TG1, TG2 . . . TGn, TG2 or TGn being higher than TG1, and drying being unnecessary if ? of the granulate have been formed at TG1, or c) drying takes place not after the granulation but after the coating, at TUNT, TUNT being at least 20° C. higher than TG.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2007
    Assignee: Degussa GmbH
    Inventors: Harald Jakob, Waldemar Hessberger, Juergen Lattich, Ralph Overdick
  • Publication number: 20060148669
    Abstract: The invention relates to liquid detergent and cleaning agent compositions of high storage stability. They comprise a liquid medium with a water content of up to 15 wt. % and particulate coating bleaching agents suspended therein. The bleaching agent has a dissolving time of at least 5 minutes and a coating of at least two layers: The innermost layer comprises one or more hydrate-forming inorganic salts as the main component(s), and an outer layer, which makes up 0.2 to 5 wt. % of the coated bleaching agent, comprises alkali metal silicate(s) with a modulus of SiO2 to M2O (M=alkali metal) of greater than 2.5 as the main component(s). Preferred compositions comprise sodium percarbonate with an innermost layer of substantially sodium sulfate and an outermost layer of substantially 0.5 to 1.5 wt. % sodium silicate (modulus 3.2 to 4.2) as the bleaching agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2003
    Publication date: July 6, 2006
    Applicant: Degussa AG
    Inventors: Nee Kunz Ulrike Kottke, Silke Stoschek, Klaus Zimmermann, Ralph Overdick, Michael Fender, Harald Jakob
  • Publication number: 20060063693
    Abstract: The invention relates to coated peroxygen compounds, in particular coated sodium percarbonate particles, with a delayed release of the active oxygen (=increased dissolving time). Particles according to the invention comprise an innermost shell layer, comprising at least one hydrate-forming inorganic salt, and an outer shell layer, comprising 0.2 to 3 wt. % alkali metal silicate with a modulus of greater than 2.5, in particular 3 to 5, the outer layer having been prepared using an alkali metal silicate solution with an alkali metal silicate concentration in the range from 2 to 20 wt. %. By lowering the alkali metal silicate concentration in the solution to be used, the dissolving time can be increased for the same shell amount. The dissolving time can be increased greatly by the layer sequence and the concentration of the solution, at a low amount of alkali metal silicate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2003
    Publication date: March 23, 2006
    Applicant: Degussa AG
    Inventors: Harald Jakob, Klaus Zimmermann, Ralph Overdick, Wolfgang Leonhardt
  • Patent number: 6942845
    Abstract: The invention relates to uncoated and/or coated sodium percarbonate with improved internal stability and storage stability; and, a process that provides uncoated and/or coated sodium percarbonate with improved internal stability and storage stability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2005
    Assignee: Degussa AG
    Inventors: Harald Jakob, Waldemar Hessberger, Lothar Kaiser, Juergen Lattich, Ralph Overdick
  • Publication number: 20030104967
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the preparation of coated granular sodium percarbonate having a low TAM value. The preparation is carried out by fluidized-bed spray granulation at a temperature TG in the range from 45 to 75° C., and the coating is effected by the spray application of an aqueous solution containing at least one coating component in a fluidized bed at a temperature TU in the range from 35 to 100° C. According to the invention, a) after the fluidized-bed spray granulation but before the coating, drying is carried out at TNT of greater than TG, or b) the fluidized-bed granulation is carried out in at least two steps at TG1, TG2 . . . TGn, TG2 or TGn being higher than TG1, and drying being unnecessary if ⅔ of the granulate have been formed at TG1, or c) drying takes place not after the granulation but after the coating, at TUNT, TUNT being at least 20° C. higher than TG.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2002
    Publication date: June 5, 2003
    Applicant: DEGUSSA AG
    Inventors: Harald Jakob, Waldemar Hessberger, Juergen Lattich, Ralph Overdick
  • Publication number: 20020127168
    Abstract: The invention relates to uncoated and/or coated sodium percarbonate with improved internal stability and storage stability; and, a process that provides uncoated and/or coated sodium percarbonate with improved internal stability and storage stability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2001
    Publication date: September 12, 2002
    Applicant: DE GUSSA AG
    Inventors: Harald Jakob, Waldemar Hessberger, Lothar Kaiser, Juergen Lattich, Ralph Overdick
  • Patent number: 6239095
    Abstract: A process for the preparation of coated peroxygen compounds, in particular sodium percarbonate, by fluidized bed coating. By using a fluidized bed reactor with a radial inflow base, the passage openings of which allow the fluidized bed gas to emerge in the region of the opening at an angle of less than 35°, measured with respect to the horizontal, in the form of directed part streams, and in which are arranged spray nozzles, the pulse of which points in the same direction as the pulse of the fluidizing gas, it is possible to obtain products with an increased active oxygen stability. A circular reactor, the inflow base of which has lamellae overlapping like turbine blades and nozzles aligned in the direction of rotation of the fluidized bed is preferred.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2001
    Assignee: Degussa-Huls Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Birgit Bertsch-Frank, Martin Bewersdorf, Lothar Kaiser, Rainer Kohlen, Ralph Overdick, Michael Scheibe