Patents by Inventor Thomas Georg Gfroerer

Thomas Georg Gfroerer 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: 20240158613
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for manufacturing a pellet in a pellet mill, which method comprises the steps of (A) pressing a mixture for compaction by a roller through a nozzle to obtain a strand, and (B) comminuting the strand to obtain the pellet, wherein the mixture for compaction comprises (i) 87 to 97 wt. % of a polymer stabilizer mixture polymer stabilizer mixture, which comprises the polymer stabilizers (i-1) 21 to 29 wt. % of tris(2,4-ditert-butylphenyl) phosphite (CAS-No. 31570-04-4), (i-2) 21 to 29 wt. % of tetrakis-[3-(3,5-ditert-butyl-4-hydroxy-phenyl)-propionyloxymethyl]methane (CAS-No. 6683-19-8), (i-3) 8 to 12 wt. % of a C16-C18 fatty acid calcium salt, (i-4) 36 to 44 wt. % of a calcium oxide, and wt. % of the polymer stabilizers (i-1), (i-2), (i-3) and (i-4) are based on the weight of the polymer stabilizer mixture, and (ii) 3 to 13 wt. % of a processing aid, which is a propylene-ethylene copolymer and which possesses a melting enthalpy below 100 J/g at 101.32 kPa.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2022
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Inventors: Thomas Georg GFROERER, Heinz HERBST, Oliver REICH, Gazi TUERKOGLU
  • Publication number: 20240149496
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for manufacturing a pellet in a pellet mill, which method comprises the steps of (A) pressing a mixture for compaction by a roller through a nozzle to obtain a strand, and (B) comminuting the strand to obtain the pellet, wherein the mixture for compaction comprises (i) 87 to 97 wt. % of a polymer stabilizer mixture polymer stabilizer mixture, which comprises the polymer stabilizers (i-1) 35 to 45 wt. % of tris(2,4-ditert-butylphenyl) phosphite (CAS-No. 31570-04-4), (i-2) 15 to 25 wt. % of tetrakis-[3-(3,5-ditert-butyl-4-hydroxy-phenyl)-propionyloxymethyl]methane (CAS-No. 6683-19-8), (i-3) 35 to 45 wt. % of a C16-C18 fatty acid calcium salt, and wt. % of the polymer stabilizers (i-1), (i-2) and (i-3) are based on the weight of the polymer N stabilizer mixture, and (ii) 3 to 13 wt. % of a processing aid, which is a propylene-ethylene copolymer and which possesses a melting enthalpy below 100 J/g at 101.32 kPa.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2022
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventors: Thomas Georg GFROERER, Oliver REICH, Heinz HERBST, Gazi TUERKOGLU
  • Patent number: 11958215
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for manufacturing a pellet in a pellet mill, which method comprises the steps of (A) pressing a mixture for compaction by a roller through a nozzle to obtain a strand, and (B) comminuting the strand to obtain the pellet, wherein the mixture for compaction comprises (i) 87 to 97 wt. % of a polymer stabilizer, which is tris(2,4-ditert-butylphenyl) phosphite (CAS-No. 31570-04-4), and (ii) 3 to 13 wt. % of a processing aid, which is a propylene-ethylene copolymer and which possesses a melting enthalpy below 100 J/g at 101.32 kPa. The pellet is useful for a dust-free handling of its polymer stabilizer at a manufacturing of the stabilized polymer. Furthermore, a method for stabilizing a polymer, which is a polyolefin, a polystyrene or a mixture thereof, is disclosed, which comprises the dosing of the pellet to the polymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Thomas Georg Gfroerer, Shyam Sundar Sathyanarayana, Yean Yik Geoerg, Florian Puch, Jennifer M. O'Sullivan, Heinz Herbst
  • Patent number: 11919202
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for manufacturing a pellet in a pellet mill, which method comprises the steps of (A) pressing a mixture for compaction by a roller through a nozzle to obtain a strand, and (B) comminuting the strand to obtain the pellet, wherein the mixture for compaction comprises (i) 87 to 97 wt. % of a polymer stabilizer, which is tris(2,4-ditert-butylphenyl) phosphite (CAS-No. 31570-04-4), and (ii) 3 to 13 wt. % of a processing aid, which is a propylene-ethylene copolymer and which possesses a melting enthalpy below 100 J/g at 101.32 kPa. The pellet is useful for a dust-free handling of its polymer stabilizer at a manufacturing of the stabilized polymer. Furthermore, a method for stabilizing a polymer, which is a polyolefin, a polystyrene or a mixture thereof, is disclosed, which comprises the dosing of the pellet to the polymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Thomas Georg Gfroerer, Shyam Sundar Sathyanarayana, Yean Yik Geoerg, Florian Puch, Jennifer M. O'Sullivan, Heinz Herbst
  • Publication number: 20230302686
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for manufacturing a pellet in a pellet mill, which method comprises the steps of (A) pressing a mixture for compaction by a roller through a nozzle to obtain a strand, and (B) comminuting the strand to obtain the pellet, wherein the mixture for compaction comprises (i) 87 to 97 wt. % of a polymer stabilizer, which is tris(2,4-ditert-butylphenyl) phosphite (CAS-No. 31570-04-4), and (ii) 3 to 13 wt. % of a processing aid, which is a propylene-ethylene copolymer and which possesses a melting enthalpy below 100 J/g at 101.32 kPa. The pellet is useful for a dust-free handling of its polymer stabilizer at a manufacturing of the stabilized polymer. Furthermore, a method for stabilizing a polymer, which is a polyolefin, a polystyrene or a mixture thereof, is disclosed, which comprises the dosing of the pellet to the polymer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2020
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Inventors: Thomas Georg Gfroerer, III, Shyam Sundar Sathyanarayana, Yean Yik Geoerg, Florian Puch, Jennifer M. O'Sullivan, Heinz Herbst
  • Publication number: 20220249383
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for manufacturing a tablet including (A) filling a starting material, which is in a solid form, in a first open cavity, which is formed by a first punch and a die, to obtain a second open cavity, which is filled at least partly with the starting material, (B) closing the second open cavity by a second punch to obtain a first dosed cavity, (C) compressing the starting material at a compression temperature below 37° C. by moving at least one out of the first punch and the second punch to obtain a second closed cavity, which has a smaller volume than the first closed cavity, which results in formation of a trapped tablet of the starting material in the second closed cavity, (D) removing the trapped tablet to obtain the tablet, which has a tablet temperature below 37° C. directly after removal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2020
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Inventors: Yean Yik Geoerg, Thomas Georg Gfroerer, Holger Ruckdaeschel, Shyam Sundar Sathyanarayana, Lothar Seidemann, Heinz Herbst
  • Patent number: 8609807
    Abstract: The invention relates to a technically advantageous method of producing low-dust granules of polymer additives or polymer additive mixtures. The granule-forming polymer additives are mixed together, the mixture is converted into a workable mass and pressed through an orifice. The pre-shaped strand-like extruded mass is cooled and, while still in a workable state, formed into granules by rolling, impressing, cooling and comminuting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2013
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Benjamin Breitenstein, Thomas Georg Gfrörer, Rolf Waldner, Pierre Lutz