Patents by Inventor Thomas Kerle

Thomas Kerle 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: 20070113357
    Abstract: A method for dyeing a glass fiber nonwoven fabric comprises applying a dye to an intermediate support or directly to the surface of the glass fiber nonwoven fabric and applying heat to convert the dye to the gaseous state and/or to an aerosol, whereby the dye at least partially penetrates the interior volume of the glass fiber nonwoven fabric and reactively bonds with the material of the glass fiber nonwoven fabric to achieve a durable and wear-resistant coloration of the glass fiber nonwoven fabric.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2006
    Publication date: May 24, 2007
    Applicant: PADALUMA GmbH
    Inventor: Thomas Kerle
  • Publication number: 20060123554
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for imagewise dyeing of leather. In a first step (10), a mordant comprising acrylates or polyacrylates is applied to a leather (1). After a drying and curing time, a further step (12) comprises applying a water-soluble dye to the leather (1) by means of a transfer, the dye being initially applied to the transfer by a digital printing process and in the course of being transferred from the transfer to the leather (1) binding reactively with the latter and with the mordant penetrated thereinto.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2005
    Publication date: June 15, 2006
    Inventor: Thomas Kerle
  • Publication number: 20060080788
    Abstract: In order to provide, in a contemporary manner, inlays in which the character of the wood is retained, a process method applies a stain containing acrylates or polyacrylates to a wood substrate in a first step. After a drying time, in a further step, a mordant dye that reactively binds with the wood substrate and with the stain that has penetrated into the wood substrate is applied to the wood substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2005
    Publication date: April 20, 2006
    Inventor: Thomas Kerle
  • Patent number: 5534098
    Abstract: A process for printing for producing a transparent imprint on a transparent fabric, comprises the steps of applying the ply of the fabric to be printed on onto a base provided with a heat-resistant anti-adhesive coating, feeding an offset-transfer onto the area of the fabric to be printed on, covering the areas of the fabric not to be printed on with a thermal insulation layer, applying pressure directed against the base at least on the offset-transfer at a temperature of more than 90.degree. C. for a period of at least 5 seconds, relieving at least the printed area of the fabric and removing the offset-transfer as well as the thermal insulation layer from the fabric and removing the fabric from the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 1994
    Date of Patent: July 9, 1996
    Assignee: Eidos Lizenzverwertungs GmbH
    Inventor: Thomas Kerle
  • Patent number: 5353706
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for printing on woven fabrics of natural fibers or of woven fabrics with a predominantly natural fiber component of cotton, wool, silk, linen, and the like, by means of a transfer printing method, with the woven fabrics being materials, the surfaces of which do not demonstrate sufficient inherent affinity for the dyes to be transferred from the transfer paper to the substrate, where the woven fabric surface to be printed on is first pretreated in such a manner that transparent varnish is applied to these surfaces, where the varnish is a varnish which is at least free of natural resins, which, after it dries, can absorb and fix the sublimable dye or dyes of the transfer paper during a subsequent transfer printing process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 1992
    Date of Patent: October 11, 1994
    Inventor: Thomas Kerle