Patents by Inventor Thomas Röder

Thomas Röder 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: 20250122645
    Abstract: A method for preparing a cooled spinning solution suitable for forming a regenerated cellulosic shaped body by extrusion into a coagulation bath. The method comprises at least one conditioning step during which the spinning solution is distributed over a cooled surface by at least one distributing blade.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2022
    Publication date: April 17, 2025
    Inventors: Thomas RÖDER, Fritz SUCHOMEL, Sigrid REDLINGER
  • Publication number: 20250084566
    Abstract: A method and a production facility for producing regenerated cellulosic fibers. A spinning solution is extruded into a coagulation bath which contains a salt and preferably an alkali. The spinning solution comprises cellulose dissolved in an aqueous solvent comprising NaOH and ZnO and the coagulation bath has a pH-value of at least seven. The fibers in the fiber tow are fixated and stretched to essentially their final cellulose specific diameter before being cut to staple fibers in an undried state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2022
    Publication date: March 13, 2025
    Inventors: Thomas RÖDER, Friedrich SUCHOMEL, Christian MAYRHOFER-HUBER, Makus DUCHLBAUER
  • Publication number: 20240229303
    Abstract: A method and a production facility for producing regenerated cellulosic fibers. A spinning solution is extruded into a coagulation bath which contains a salt and preferably an alkali. The spinning solution comprises cellulose dissolved in an aqueous solvent comprising NaOH and ZnO and the coagulation bath has a pH-value of at least seven. The processing facility comprises a cutter to cut the fiber tow in an undried state into cut fibers, a fleece-forming device for suspending the cut fibers and collecting them in form of a non-woven fiber layer, and at least on pressing device for pressing the non-woven fiber layer, thereby imposing a natural crimp on the fibers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2022
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Inventors: Thomas RÖDER, Friedrich SUCHOMEL, Christian MAYRHOFER-HUBER, Markus DUSCHLBAUER
  • Patent number: 11001941
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a direct dissolving process for the production of polysaccharide fibers which contain ?(1?3)-glucan as a fiber-forming substance, with aqueous sodium hydroxide solution as a solvent, as well as to the fibers made thereby, and to their use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: NUTRITION & BIOSCIENCES USA 4, INC.
    Inventors: Gregor Kraft, Gert Kroner, Thomas Röder, Heinrich Firgo
  • Patent number: 10876226
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for the production of polysaccharide fibers which contain a mixture of cellulose and ?(1?3)-glucan as a fiber-forming substance, as well as to the fibers made thereby, and to their use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: DUPONT INDUSTRIAL BIOSCIENCES USA, LLC
    Inventors: Thomas Röder, Gernot Kaindl, Sigrid Redlinger, Heinrich Firgo, Gert Kroner
  • Patent number: 10876225
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for the production of polysaccharide fibers which contain ?(1?3)-glucan as a fiber-forming substance, as well as to the fibers made thereby, and to their use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: DUPONT INDUSTRIAL BIOSCIENCES USA, LLC
    Inventors: Gregor Kraft, Gert Kroner, Thomas Röder, Heinrich Firgo
  • Patent number: 10220111
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for the production of highly absorbent polysaccharide fibers which contain a mixture of cellulose and ?(1?3)-glucan as a fiber-forming substance, as well as to the highly absorbent fibers made thereby, and to their use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: LENZING AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Thomas Röder, Gernot Kaindl, Sigrid Redlinger, Heinrich Firgo, Gert Kroner
  • Patent number: 10196758
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a direct dissolving process for the production of polysaccharide fibers which contain ?(1?3)-glucan as a fiber-forming substance, with aqueous sodium hydroxide solution as a solvent, as well as to the fibers made thereby, and to their use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: LENZING AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Gregor Kraft, Gert Kroner, Thomas Röder, Heinrich Firgo
  • Publication number: 20180340270
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for the production of polysaccharide fibers which contain a mixture of cellulose and ?(1?3)-glucan as a fiber-forming substance, as well as to the fibers made thereby, and to their use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2018
    Publication date: November 29, 2018
    Inventors: Thomas Röder, Gernot Kaindl, Sigrid Redlinger, Heinrich Firgo, Gert Kroner
  • Publication number: 20180320291
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a direct dissolving process for the production of polysaccharide fibers which contain ?(1?3)-glucan as a fiber-forming substance, with aqueous sodium hydroxide solution as a solvent, as well as to the fibers made thereby, and to their use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2018
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Inventors: Gregor Kraft, Gert Kroner, Thomas Röder, Heinrich Firgo
  • Publication number: 20180258557
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for the production of polysaccharide fibers which contain ?(1?3)-glucan as a fiber-forming substance, as well as to the fibers made thereby, and to their use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2018
    Publication date: September 13, 2018
    Inventors: Gregor Kraft, Gert Kroner, Thomas Röder, Heinrich Firgo
  • Publication number: 20160177471
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a direct dissolving process for the production of polysaccharide fibers which contain ?(1?3)-glucan as a fiber-forming substance, with aqueous sodium hydroxide solution as a solvent, as well as to the fibers made thereby, and to their use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2014
    Publication date: June 23, 2016
    Applicant: Lenzing AG
    Inventors: Gregor Kraft, Gert Kroner, Thomas Röder, Heinrich Firgo
  • Publication number: 20160144065
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for the production of highly absorbent polysaccharide fibers which contain a mixture of cellulose and ?(1?3)-glucan as a fiber-forming substance, as well as to the highly absorbent fibers made thereby, and to their use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2014
    Publication date: May 26, 2016
    Inventors: Thomas Röder, Gernot Kaindl, Sigrid Redlinger, Heinrich Firgo, Gert Kroner
  • Publication number: 20160138195
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for the production of polysaccharide fibers which contain ?(1?3)-glucan as a fiber-forming substance, as well as to the fibers made thereby, and to their use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2014
    Publication date: May 19, 2016
    Inventors: Gregor Kraft, Gert Kroner, Thomas Röder, Heinrich Firgo
  • Publication number: 20160138196
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for the production of polysaccharide fibers which contain a mixture of cellulose and ?(1?3)-glucan as a fiber-forming substance, as well as to the fibers made thereby, and to their use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2014
    Publication date: May 19, 2016
    Inventors: Thomas Röder, Gernot Kaindl, Sigrid Redlinger, Heinrich Firgo, Gert Kroner
  • Patent number: 7706544
    Abstract: An audio reproduction system is divided into a central wave-field synthesis module and a plurality of loudspeaker modules disposed in a distributed way, wherein synthesis signals for the individual loudspeakers as well as corresponding channel information associated to the synthesis signals are calculated in the central wave-field synthesis module. The synthesis signals for a loudspeaker as well as associated channel information will then be transmitted to respective loudspeaker modules via a transmission path, wherein every loudspeaker module obtains the synthesis signals and associated channel information intended for the loudspeaker associated to the loudspeaker module. A distributed audio rendering and digital/analog converting takes place in the loudspeaker module to generate the actually analog loudspeaker signals in a distributed way in spatial proximity to every loudspeaker.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2010
    Assignee: Fraunhofer-Geselleschaft zur Forderung der Angewandten Forschung E.V.
    Inventors: Frank Melchior, Thomas Röder, Michael Beckinger, Sandra Brix, Thomas Sporer, Haymo Kutschbach, Berthold Schlenker, Carsten Land
  • Publication number: 20080219484
    Abstract: In a reproduction environment, speakers are grouped in directional groups, wherein the directional groups overlap with respect to the associated speakers so that speakers are present which have a speaker parameter having different values for the first directional group and the second directional group. A controller for controlling a plurality of speakers has a provider for providing a source position of an audio source, wherein the source position is located between the first directional group position and the second directional group position. The apparatus further has a calculator for calculating a speaker signal for the at least one speaker, based on the first parameter value for the speaker parameter and based on the second parameter value for the speaker parameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2006
    Publication date: September 11, 2008
    Applicant: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Forcerung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
    Inventors: Michael Strauss, Michael Beckinger, Thomas Roder, Frank Melchior, Gabriel Gatzsche, Katrin Reichelt, Joachim Deguara, Martin Dausel, Rene Rodigast
  • Publication number: 20060180179
    Abstract: The invention relates to an automatic dishwasher (1) which can be operated in several operating modes (71, 72, 73, 74). The automatic dishwasher (1) proposed according to the invention can be switched from a first operating mode (71) to a second operating mode (72) only when a third operating mode (73) called kosher operation is executed. During the third operating mode (73) “Kosher operation”, the interior of the automatic dishwasher (1) is cleaned with a heated cleaning fluid whose temperature lies above the maximum temperature occurring in the normal operation of the automatic dishwasher (1). The endless conveyor belt (10) of the automatic dishwasher (1) is treated by a cleaning device (43) during the third operating mode (73) “Kosher operation”; moreover, a water tank (25) of the automatic dishwasher (1) is heated to a higher temperature than the temperature which occurs in the normal operation of the automatic dishwasher (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2004
    Publication date: August 17, 2006
    Applicant: MEIKO Maschinenbau GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Roderer, Norbert Suhm
  • Publication number: 20060092854
    Abstract: For reducing Doppler artifacts in the wave-field synthesis due to delay changes from one time to a second time, first, the delay for the first time and the delay for the second time are determined. Then, a value of an audio signal delayed by the first delay for the current time and the value for the audio signal delayed by the second delay for the current time are determined. Then, the first value is weighted by a first weighting factor and a second value is averaged with a second weighting factor, whereupon the two weighted values are added up to obtain a discrete value for the current time of the component in a loudspeaker signal for a loudspeaker based on a virtual source. Thus, by knowing a delay present at a later time, panning is obtained from a delay to a subsequent delay, which reduces undesired Doppler artifacts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2005
    Publication date: May 4, 2006
    Inventors: Thomas Roder, Thomas Sporer, Sandra Brix
  • Publication number: 20050175197
    Abstract: An audio reproduction system is divided into a central wave-field synthesis module and a plurality of loudspeaker modules disposed in a distributed way, wherein synthesis signals for the individual loudspeakers as well as corresponding channel information associated to the synthesis signals are calculated in the central wave-field synthesis module. The synthesis signals for a loudspeaker as well as associated channel information will then be transmitted to respective loudspeaker modules via a transmission path, wherein every loudspeaker module obtains the synthesis signals and associated channel information intended for the loudspeaker associated to the loudspeaker module. A distributed audio rendering and digital/analog converting takes place in the loudspeaker module to generate the actually analog loudspeaker signals in a distributed way in spatial proximity to every loudspeaker.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2005
    Publication date: August 11, 2005
    Inventors: Frank Melchior, Thomas Roder, Michael Beckinger, Sandra Brix, Thomas Sporer, Haymo Kutschbach, Berthold Schlenker, Carsten Land