Patents by Inventor Ulrich Enders

Ulrich Enders 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: 6716014
    Abstract: A melt spinning apparatus for spinning a synthetic yarn, wherein the yarn is formed by combining a plurality of filaments and wound to a package by means of a takeup device downstream of the spinning apparatus. Downstream of the spinneret, an inlet cylinder with a gas-permeable wall and a cooling tube are arranged. The cooling tube connects to a suction device such that an air stream forms in the cooling tube in the direction of the advancing yarn. This air stream assists the advance of the filaments and leads to a delayed cooling. To ensure adequate cooling of the filaments within the cooling zone, an air supply device is provided for generating an additional cooling air stream which flows in the axial direction of the cooling tube for cooling the filaments downstream of the inlet to the cooling tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2004
    Assignee: Barmag AG
    Inventors: Klaus Schäfer, Dieter Wiemer, Detlev Schulz, Hansjörg Meise, Ulrich Enders, Hans-Gerhard Hutter, Peter Senge, Roland Nitschke, Gerhard Müller
  • Patent number: 6572798
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for spinning a synthetic yarn, wherein a heated polymeric melt is extruded through a spinneret and the resulting filaments are combined and wound to a package by means of a take-up device located downstream of the spinneret. A cooling tube for the filaments is positioned below the spinneret, and an inlet cylinder which has a gas permeable wall is positioned between the inlet cylinder and the cooling tube. The cooling tube connects to an air stream generator in such a manner that an air stream develops in the cooling tube in the direction of the advancing yarn. The air stream is formed by a quantity of air that enters the cooling tube via the inlet cylinder, and the inlet cylinder is subdivided in the direction of the advancing yarn into several zones, each with a different gas permeability, for controlling the quantity of air entering the inlet cylinder. It is thereby possible to influence with advantage the precooling of the yarn and the formation of the air stream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2003
    Assignee: Barmag AG
    Inventors: Roland Nitschke, Hansjörg Meise, Hans-Gerhard Hutter, Ulrich Enders, Peter Senge, Detlev Schulz, Dieter Wiemer
  • Publication number: 20010033037
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for spinning a synthetic yarn, wherein a heated polymeric melt is extruded through a spinneret and the resulting filaments are combined and wound to a package by means of a take-up device located downstream of the spinneret. A cooling tube for the filaments is positioned below the spinneret, and an inlet cylinder which has a gas permeable wall is positioned between the inlet cylinder and the cooling tube. The cooling tube connects to an air stream generator in such a manner that an air stream develops in the cooling tube in the direction of the advancing yarn. The air stream is formed by a quantity of air that enters the cooling tube via the inlet cylinder, and the inlet cylinder is subdivided in the direction of the advancing yarn into several zones, each with a different gas permeability, for controlling the quantity of air entering the inlet cylinder. It is thereby possible to influence with advantage the precooling of the yarn and the formation of the air stream.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2000
    Publication date: October 25, 2001
    Inventors: Roland Nitschke, Hansjorg Meise, Hans-Gerhard Hutter, Ulrich Enders, Peter Senge, Detlev Schulz, Dieter Wiemer
  • Publication number: 20010015508
    Abstract: A melt spinning apparatus and a method for spinning a synthetic yarn, wherein the yarn is formed by combining a plurality of filaments and wound to a package by means of a takeup device downstream of the spinning apparatus. Downstream of the spinneret, an inlet cylinder with a gas-permeable wall and a cooling tube are arranged. The cooling tube connects to a suction device such that an air stream forms in the cooling tube in the direction of the advancing yarn. This air stream assists the advance of the filaments and leads to a delayed cooling. To ensure adequate cooling of the filaments within the cooling zone, an air supply device is provided for generating an additional cooling air stream which flows in the axial direction of the cooling tube for cooling the filaments downstream of the inlet to the cooling tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2001
    Publication date: August 23, 2001
    Inventors: Klaus Schafer, Dieter Wiemer, Detlev Schulz, Hansjorg Meise, Ulrich Enders, Hans-Gerhard Hutter, Peter Senge, Roland Nitschke, Gerhard Muller
  • Patent number: 6258406
    Abstract: A device and method for applying a liquid to at least one advancing yarn which is guided over a surface of a driven godet in contact therewith. A liquid is supplied through a plurality of capillaries to the surface. To this end, the pore-sized openings of the capillaries are evenly distributed on the godet surface being wetted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2001
    Assignee: Barmag AG
    Inventors: Ulrich Enders, Markus Reichwein
  • Patent number: 5844494
    Abstract: Method of diagnosing failures in a production process of a synthetic filament yarn, in which a first process parameter dependent on the process control is continuously measured and evaluated, and in which as a function of the evaluation or course derived therefrom an indication signal is generated, there being continuously measured and evaluated at least a second reference parameter dependent on the process control, and the indication signal being generated, when an error-typical behavior is found in the first and in at least one additional parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 1997
    Date of Patent: December 1, 1998
    Assignee: Barmag AG
    Inventors: Jorg Spahlinger, Manfred Mayer, Ulrich Enders, Bernd Neumann
  • Patent number: 5664307
    Abstract: A draw process is described, in which yarns in particular of thermoplastic plastics are drawn by influencing their temperature, so as to improve the yarn properties. The process can be employed in a spin process or in a subsequent improvement step. In accordance with the invention, the temperature of the temperature modulating device is controlled as a function of a yarn tension signal, which is obtained within or downstream of the draw zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 1995
    Date of Patent: September 9, 1997
    Assignee: Barmag AG
    Inventors: Albert Stitz, Hans Peter Berger, Ulrich Enders
  • Patent number: 5434280
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for recovering monoglycerides and optionally diglycerides and/or triglycerides as well as optionally glycerol from mixtures comprising glycerides and glycerol containing glycerides, respectively, by countercurrent extraction with a circulating extraction. As an extractant, forming a separate phase, there is used a hydrocarbon having a density of more than 180 kg/m.sup.3 and/or trifluoromethane having a density of more than 180 kg/m.sup.3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 1993
    Date of Patent: July 18, 1995
    Assignee: Siegfried Peter
    Inventors: Siegfried Peter, Bernd Czech, Ulrich Ender, Eckhard Weidner