Patents by Inventor Torben Kaminsky

Torben Kaminsky 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: 20220332017
    Abstract: An underwater granulation system has a water box, a perforated plate with multiple through-openings for feeding a polymer melt into the water box, and a cutting plate support which is arranged in the water box so as to be driven in rotation about an axis of rotation (X) in a cutting direction. The cutting plate support has multiple cutting plates which face the perforated plate and are adapted to form granules by shearing particles from the polymer melt entering through the perforated plate. The water box is connected to a water supply for heat evacuation and for evacuating the separated particles from the water box. The water box also has a hollow cylindrical portion relative to the axis of rotation (X), in which multiple water inlets distributed over the circumference and multiple water outlets distributed over the circumference are arranged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2020
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Michael Freese, Torben Kaminsky
  • Publication number: 20220289928
    Abstract: A method can be used for manufacturing one or more bodies made of a porous material derived from precursors of the porous material in a sol-gel process. The method involves filling precursors of the porous material into a mold defining the shape of the body, where the precursors include at least two reactive components and a solvent, and forming a gel body. The step is then repeated so as to form several gel bodies. The gel bodies are then removed from the mold after a predetermined time in which the gel bodies are formed from the precursors of the porous material. The gel bodies are arranged adjacent to one another, a spacer is provided between two adjacent gel bodies so as to provide a clearance therebetween, and the solvent is then removed from the gel bodies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2020
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Dirk WEINRICH, Volker Vogelsang, Rene Thomas Wiegmann, Sohaji Movahhed, Marc Fricke, Torben Kaminsky, Maria Thomas, Joerg Erbes, Wibke Loelsberg
  • Patent number: 11142625
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for production of expanded thermoplastic elastomer, said process comprising the steps of: (e) adding monomers and/or oligomers used for producing the thermoplastic elastomer with or without further starting materials into a first stage of a polymer-processing machine, (f) mixing the monomers and/or oligomers and also the optionally added further starting materials and reacting the monomers and/or oligomers to give a polymer melt in the first stage of the polymer-processing machine, (g) passing the polymer melt into a second stage of a polymer-processing machine and adding a physical blowing agent with or without further starting materials to obtain a polymer melt comprising a blowing agent, (h) molding the polymer melt comprising a blowing agent into an expanded thermoplastic elastomer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Peter Gutmann, Christian Däschlein, Jürgen Ahlers, Elke Marten, Torben Kaminsky, Dirk Kempfert
  • Patent number: 10005218
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for production of expanded pellets from a polymer melt comprising a blowing agent, said process comprising the steps of: a) pressing the polymer melt comprising a blowing agent through a perforated disk controlled to a temperature between 150° C. and 280° C. and into a pelletizing chamber, b) using a cutting device to comminute the polymer melt pressed through the temperature-controlled perforated disk into individual expanding pellets, c) discharging the pellets from the pelletizing chamber using a liquid stream, wherein the blowing agent comprises CO2 or N2 or a combination of CO2 and N2 and the pelletizing chamber is traversed by a stream of liquid which is controlled to a temperature between 10° C. and 60° C. and the pressure of which is from 0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Hans Rudolph, Rainer Klostermann, Torben Kaminsky, Bernd Lohaus, Jürgen Ahlers, Bernhard Schmied, Peter Gutmann, Klaus Hahn, Frank Prissok, Elke Marten, Christian Däschlein
  • Patent number: 9464722
    Abstract: A pipe switch having a setting system, a housing and a closure element. The housing includes an inner wall in which a feed opening and at least two discharge openings are provided. The position of the closure element is rotatably changeable relative to the discharge openings. The setting system including a control and a drive controls the closure element such that a plurality of positions of the closure element relative to the discharge openings are realized accordingly. The closure element may be in the form of a slide or a two-part element having flaps. The setting system in cooperation with the closure system provides the plurality of positions of the closure element relative to the discharge openings, in each of which the sum of the cross-sectional areas of a first and of a second discharge opening not covered by the closure element is substantially constant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2016
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Torben Kaminsky, Horst Papenfuss, Christoph Bahr, Hartmut Giesker, Ulrich Stich
  • Publication number: 20150174808
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for production of expanded pellets from a polymer melt comprising a blowing agent, said process comprising the steps of: a) pressing the polymer melt comprising a blowing agent through a perforated disk controlled to a temperature between 150° C. and 280° C. and into a pelletizing chamber, b) using a cutting device to comminute the polymer melt pressed through the temperature-controlled perforated disk into individual expanding pellets, c) discharging the pellets from the pelletizing chamber using a liquid stream, wherein the blowing agent comprises CO2 or N2 or a combination of CO2 and N2 and the pelletizing chamber is traversed by a stream of liquid which is controlled to a temperature between 10° C. and 60° C. and the pressure of which is from 0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2013
    Publication date: June 25, 2015
    Inventors: Hans Rudolph, Rainer Klostermann, Torben Kaminsky, Bernd Lohaus, Jürgen Ahlers, Bernhard Schmied, Peter Gutmann, Klaus Hahn, Frank Prissok, Elke Marten, Christian Däschlein
  • Patent number: 8455608
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for preparing a thermoplastic polyisocyanate polyaddition product based on polyisocyanate (i) and compounds which are reactive toward polyisocyanate, with or without the use of chain extenders, a first catalyst (iv) and/or auxiliaries and/or additives (v), wherein a second catalyst is initially vaporized and then applied to the polyisocyanate polyaddition product by condensation, and to the products prepared therefrom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2013
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Torben Kaminsky, Dirk Kempfert
  • Publication number: 20130008543
    Abstract: A pipe switch having a setting system, a housing and a closure element. The housing includes an inner wall in which a feed opening and at least two discharge openings are provided. The position of the closure element is rotatably changeable relative to the discharge openings. The setting system including a control and a drive controls the closure element such that a plurality of positions of the closure element relative to the discharge openings are realized accordingly. The closure element may be in the form of a slide or a two-part element having flaps. The setting system in cooperation with the closure system provides the plurality of positions of the closure element relative to the discharge openings, in each of which the sum of the cross-sectional areas of a first and of a second discharge opening not covered by the closure element is substantially constant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2012
    Publication date: January 10, 2013
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Torben Kaminsky, Horst Papenfuss, Christoph Bahr, Hartmut Giesker, Ulrich Stich
  • Publication number: 20120059141
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for preparing a thermoplastic polyisocyanate polyaddition product based on polyisocyanate (i) and compounds which are reactive toward polyisocyanate, with or without the use of chain extenders, a first catalyst (iv) and/or auxiliaries and/or additives (v), wherein a second catalyst is initially vaporized and then applied to the polyisocyanate polyaddition product by condensation, and to the products prepared therefrom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2011
    Publication date: March 8, 2012
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Torben Kaminsky, Dirk Kempfert