Patents by Inventor Thomas Schwerzel

Thomas Schwerzel 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).

  • Patent number: 6409860
    Abstract: An aqueous composition is essentially free of organic solvents, plasticizers and additional tackifiers and contains water and 20-99% by weight of a polymer and 1-80% by weight of a filler, the percentages by weight being based on the sum of the components of the aqueous composition, with the exception of water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 1996
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2002
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Peter Fickeisen, Oral Aydin, Eckehardt Wistuba, Thomas Schwerzel, Rüdiger Füssl, Dieter Urban
  • Patent number: 6080813
    Abstract: Aqueous polymer dispersions containing polymers obtainable by free-radical polymerization of unsaturated monomers, and sugared starch, and the use thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 1996
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2000
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Kurt Wendel, Thomas Schwerzel, Guenter Hirsch
  • Patent number: 5705563
    Abstract: Aqueous polymer dispersions containing polymers obtainable by free-radical polymerization of unsaturated monomers, and sugared starch, and the use thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 1996
    Date of Patent: January 6, 1998
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Kurt Wendel, Thomas Schwerzel, Guenter Hirsch
  • Patent number: 5639361
    Abstract: Binder systems suitable for electrodeposition coating and based on basic, thermally crosslinkable epoxy or polyurethane resins as binders (B), containing from 0.001 to 1% by weight of a polymer (I) whose predominant components are ethyl acrylate and/or n-propyl acrylate, based on the overall solids content of the binder system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 1995
    Date of Patent: June 17, 1997
    Assignee: BASF Lacke + Farben, AG
    Inventors: Klaus Humke, Udo Strauss, Hans Schupp, Thomas Schwerzel, Dieter Faul, Helmut Fobbe
  • Patent number: 5536779
    Abstract: A polymer powder obtained by drying an aqueous polymer dispersion, wherein the aqueous polymer dispersion is obtained by free-radical polymerization of unsaturated monomers and contains at least one added starch-degradation product which is obtained by hydrolysis in the aqueous phase, is water soluble at room temperature and has a weight average molecular weight M.sub.w of from 2500 to 25000.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 1994
    Date of Patent: July 16, 1996
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Kurt Wendel, Thomas Schwerzel, Guenter Hirsch
  • Patent number: 5358998
    Abstract: Aqueous polymer dispersions containing polymers obtainable by free-radical polymerization of unsaturated monomers, and sugared starch, and the use thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 1992
    Date of Patent: October 25, 1994
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Kurt Wendel, Thomas Schwerzel, Guenter Hirsch
  • Patent number: 5342916
    Abstract: Condensation polymers of sulfonated phenols, urea, other organic nitrogen-bases and formaldehyde, obtainable by(A) sulfonation of phenols with from 1.0 to 1.5 moles of sulfuric acid per mole of phenol and(B) condensation of these sulfonation products with(a) from 0.5 to 1.8 moles of urea per mole of phenol,(b) from 0.001 to 0.5 moles of at least one other organic nitrogen-base per mole of phenol, and(c) from 1.0 to 3.0 moles of formaldehyde per mole of phenol.The condensation polymers are suitable for use as tanning agents in the leather and skin-producing industry and as spraying aids for redispersible polymer powders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 1992
    Date of Patent: August 30, 1994
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Juergen Weiser, Wolfgang Reuther, Karl Stork, Ortwin Schaffer, Gernot Franzmann, Thomas Schwerzel, Maximilian Angel, Joachim Pakusch, Brigitte Wegner
  • Patent number: 5290832
    Abstract: A molding based on finely divided organic and/or inorganic materials containing, as binder, the solid component of an aqueous polymer dispersion which is obtainable by polymerizing unsaturated monomers which can be polymerized by means of free radicals in the aqueous phase in the presence of a monosaccharide, oligosaccharide, polysaccharide, oxidatively, hydrolytically and/or enzymatically degraded polysaccharide, chemically modified monosaccharide, oligosaccharide or polysaccharide, or a mixture of the said compounds, by the process of free-radical aqueous emulsion polymerization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 1992
    Date of Patent: March 1, 1994
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Thomas Schwerzel, Kurt Wendel, Thomas Anselmann, Ruediger Fuessl
  • Patent number: 5221296
    Abstract: Abrasives based on finely divided abrasive particles bonded to one another and/or to a support by means of a binder, where the binder is the solid component of an aqueous polymer dispersion which is obtainable by polymerizing unsaturated monomers which can be polymerized by means of free radicals, in the aqueous phase in the presence of a monosaccharide, oligosaccharide, polysaccharide, oxidatively, hydrolytically and/or enzymatically degraded polysaccharide, chemically modified monosaccharide, oligosaccharide or polysaccharide, or a mixture of the said compounds, by the process of free-radical aqueous emulsion polymerization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 1992
    Date of Patent: June 22, 1993
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Thomas Schwerzel, Kurt Wendel, Hermann Rockstroh
  • Patent number: 5196468
    Abstract: An essentially solvent-free adhesive composition containingA) an aqueous acrylate latex andB) 30 to 150% by weight, based on the solids content of the acrylate latex A), of a mixture ofb1) 50 to 95% by weight, based on the mixture, of at least one tackifying resin andb2) 5 to 50% by weight, based on the mixture, of a compound of the formula IR.sup.1 --O--(X--O).sub.n --R.sup.2where X is alkylene of 2 to 4 carbons, n is an integer from 1 to 8 and R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are each hydrogen or aryl or alkaryl of 6 to 12 carbon atoms, where R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are not both hydrogen,is prepared as described and used as adhesive for floor coverings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 1991
    Date of Patent: March 23, 1993
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Thomas Schwerzel, Peter Fickeisen, Hans J. Neumann
  • Patent number: 5188716
    Abstract: A heat-curable coating composition for cathodic electrocoating which becomes water-thinnable on protonation with an acid contains(A) 50-95% by weight of a polycondensation or polyaddition product having an average molecular weight of from 500 to 20,000 and containing primary and/or secondary hydroxyl groups and primary, secondary and/or tertiary amino groups, and(B) 5-50% by weight of a crosslinking agent obtainable by reactinga) an aliphatic polyhydroxy compound andb) an aromatic polyhydroxy compound withc) an aliphatic and/or cycloaliphatic polyisocyanate andd) a blocking agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 1990
    Date of Patent: February 23, 1993
    Assignee: BASF Lack + Farben Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Thomas Schwerzel, Hans Schupp, Klaus Huemke, Dieter Faul, Ulrich Heimann
  • Patent number: 5177125
    Abstract: A two-phase cathodic electrocoat is obtainable by coating an electrically conducting substrate with a mixture containingA) an aqueous cationic dispersion of a polycondensation or polyaddition product,B) an aqueous cationic dispersion of a polycondensation or polyaddition product having a glass transition temperature of from -80.degree. to 20.degree. C., the polymers of dispersions (A) and (B) being mutually incompatible, and C) optionally a crosslinking agent, a pigment paste, auxiliaries and/or additives, and then baking.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 1991
    Date of Patent: January 5, 1993
    Assignee: BASF Lacke & Farben Aktiengeselllschaft
    Inventors: Thomas Schwerzel, Hans Schupp, Klaus Huemke, Ulrich Heimann
  • Patent number: 5130350
    Abstract: Cathodic electrocoating binders which are water-dilutable on protonation with an acid are obtainable by reactingA) an epoxy compound or a mixture of epoxy compounds having an epoxide equivalent weight of less than 2,000 withB) a compound which is monofunctional with respect to epoxides and contains aliphatic or phenolic OH groups andC) a secondary amine of 2 to 36 carbon atoms, with the proviso that the reaction product of A), B) and C) still contains free epoxy groups, andD) an amount of an amidoamine containing primary amino groups which is equivalent to or greater than the amount of these free epoxy groups, the said amidoamine being obtainable from a primary diamine and a mono- and/or dicarboxylic acid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 1991
    Date of Patent: July 14, 1992
    Assignee: BASF Lacke & Farben Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Thomas Schwerzel, Hans Schupp, Dirk Lawrenz, Hans Oslowski, Ulrich Heimann
  • Patent number: 5096555
    Abstract: A heat-curable, cathodically depositable aqueous electrocoating composition contains(A) from 50 to 95% by weight of a polymerization or polycondensation or polyaddition product which has an average molecular weight of from 200 to 20,000 and primary and/or secondary hydroxyl groups and primary, secondary and/or tertiary amino groups and is water-thinnable on protonation with an acid, and(B) from 5 to 50% by weight of a water-thinnable crosslinking agent having cationic groups or groups which are convertible into cationic groups by protonation with an acid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 1990
    Date of Patent: March 17, 1992
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Hans Schupp, Thomas Schwerzel, Klaus Huemke, Dieter Faul
  • Patent number: 5086092
    Abstract: Heat-curable aqueous coating agents for cathodic electrocoating contain(A) an amino-containing polymerization, polycondensation or polyaddition product as a binder which becomes water-dilutable on protonation with an acid,(B) a crosslinking agent and(C) from 0.05 to 10% by weight, based on components (A) and (B), of a monomeric organic complexing agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 1991
    Date of Patent: February 4, 1992
    Assignee: BASF Lacke+Farben Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Hans Schupp, Thomas Schwerzel, Dirk Lawrenz, Hans-Josef Oslowski, Ulrich Heimann
  • Patent number: 5055168
    Abstract: Binders for cathodic electrocoating which are water-dilutable on protonation with acids contain(A) from 50 to 95% by weight of a polymerization, polycondensation or polyaddition product having an average molecular weight of from 200 to 20,000, primary and/or secondary hydroxyl groups, primary, secondary and/or tertiary amino groups and an amine number of from 30 to 150 and(B) from 5 to 50% by weight of a mixture of(a) blocked polyisocyanates and/or urea condensation products and(b) one or more phenolic Mannich bases obtainable from(b.sub.1) one or more polycyclic polyphenols,(b.sub.2) formaldehyde or a formaldehyde-donating compound and(b.sub.3) one or more secondary aliphatic amines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 1988
    Date of Patent: October 8, 1991
    Inventors: Dirk Lawrenz, Eberhard Schupp, Thomas Schwerzel
  • Patent number: 5051160
    Abstract: Polymeric reaction products which become water-thinnable on protonation with an acid and are suitable for use in the form of aqueous dispersions as additives in electrocoating baths are formed fromA. a butadiene/acrylonitrile copolymer which contains primary and/or secondary amino groups andB. an epoxy compound having an average molecular weight of from 140 to 10,000 and containing on average from 1.5 to 3 epoxy groups per molecule,the amount of (A) being such that 1.05 moles or more of primary and/or secondary amino groups of component (A) are present per mole of epoxy groups of component (B).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 1990
    Date of Patent: September 24, 1991
    Assignee: BASF Lacke & Farben Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Thomas Schwerzel, Hans Schupp
  • Patent number: 5041495
    Abstract: Aqueous secondary dispersions containing phosphate groups are obtainable by copolymerization of(A) 25-98% by weight of acrylates and/or methacrylates,(B) 1-10% by weight of acrylic and/or methacrylic acid,(C) 1-8% by weight of a compound of the general formula ##STR1## where R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are each hydrogen and/or a C.sub.1 -C.sub.8 -hydrocarbon radical and Z is a straight-chain or branched C.sub.1 -C.sub.8 -alkylene, and(D) 0-60% by weight of a copolymerizable olefinically unsaturated compound, in an organic solvent, neutralization of the copolymer solution and dilution with water and, if required, removal of solvent by distillation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 1990
    Date of Patent: August 20, 1991
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Thomas Schwerzel, Gerhard Auchter, Eckehardt Wistuba
  • Patent number: 5039721
    Abstract: Cathodic electrocoating binders which are water-dilutable on protonation with an acid are obtainable by reactingA) an epoxy compound or a mixture of epoxy compounds having an epoxide equivalent weight of less than 2,000 withB) a compound which is monofunctional with respect to epoxides and contains aliphatic or phenolic OH groups andC) a secondary amine of 2 to 36 carbon atoms, with the proviso that the reaction product of A), B) and C) still contains free epoxy groups, andD) an amount of an amidoamine containing primary amino groups which is equivalent to or greater than the amount of these free epoxy groups, the said amidoamine being obtainable from a primary diamine and a mono- and/or dicarboxylic acid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 1989
    Date of Patent: August 13, 1991
    Assignee: BASF Lacke & Farben Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Thomas Schwerzel, Hans Schupp, Dirk Lawrenz, Hans Oslowski, Ulrich Heimann
  • Patent number: 5015673
    Abstract: A synthetic resin which carries basic nitrogen groups and is water-dilutable by protonation with acid is obtainable by reacting(A) an epoxy resin having an average molecular weight M.sub.n of from 300 to 6,000 and on average from 1.5 to 3.0 epoxy groups per molecule with(B) a ketimine of a primary amine additionally containing one or more urethane groups and optionally also with(C) a diketimine of a diprimary amine containing no urethane groups and optionally also with(D) a secondary amine which may contain a tertiary amino group also, a ketimine of a primary monoamine and/or a ketimine of a primary/tertiary diamine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 1990
    Date of Patent: May 14, 1991
    Assignee: BASF Lacke & Farben Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Thomas Perner, Rolf Osterloh, Eberhard Schupp, Thomas Schwerzel, Klaas Ahlers