Patents by Inventor Werner Kubitza

Werner Kubitza 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: 6376602
    Abstract: The present invention relates to water-borne coating compositions wherein the binder contains a mixture of a) a polyol component dispersed in water or a water/solvent mixture which contains at least one polymer prepared from olefinically unsaturated monomers and having a molecular weight (Mn) of at least 500, at least two alcoholic hydroxyl groups per molecule, a hydroxyl value of 15 to 250 mg KOH/g, an acid value of 0 to 7 mg KOH/g and a total content of sulfonate and carboxylate groups of 0 to 4.5 milliquivalents per 100 g of solid resin and b) a polyisocyanate component which is emulsified in the dispersion of polyol component a), has a viscosity at 23° C. of 50 to 10,000 mPa.s and an average NCO functionality of 1.8 to 4.2, and contains 12.0 to 21.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 1995
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2002
    Assignee: Bayer Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Joachim Probst, Werner Kubitza, Rolf Roschu, Hans Josef Laas
  • Patent number: 6319981
    Abstract: The present invention relates to coating compounds of which the binder consists essentially of a combination of a) a polyol component dissolved and/or dispersed in water or a water/solvent mixture, and b) a polyisocyanate component emulsified in the solution and/or dispersion of the polyol component with a viscosity at 23° C. of 50 to 10,000 mPa.s, in quantities corresponding to an equivalent ratio of isocyanate groups of component a) to alcoholic hydroxyl groups of component b) of 0.5:1 to 5:1, characterized in that component consists essentially of a1) a water-dilutable, hydroxyfunctional polycondensate resin free from urethane and sulfonate groups and having a molecular weight Mn above 500 or a2) a mixture of such a polycondensation resin with up to 100% by weight, based on the weight of the polycondensation resin, of at least one water-dilutable, hydroxyfunctional polymerization resin having a molecular weight Mn above 500.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 1994
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2001
    Assignee: Bayer Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Rolf Dhein, Knud Reuter, Lothar Bäcker, Joachim Probst, Werner Kubitza, Rainer Rettig
  • Patent number: 5985986
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of a coating bya) applying to a water-resistant substrate an aqueous coating composition containing water and a binder which consists essentially of at least one hydrophilically-modified organic polyisocyanate or polyisocyanate mixture which has an NCO content of 5 to 30, preferably 10 to 23% by weight, and is dispersible in water andb) curing the composition in the presence of moisture to form a polyurea coating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 1994
    Date of Patent: November 16, 1999
    Assignee: Bayer Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Werner Kubitza, Rolf Roschu, Ferdinand Zollner, Hans Josef Laas
  • Patent number: 5563207
    Abstract: Water-dispersible polyisocyanate compositions based on aliphatic and aromatic diisocyanates and having an NCO content, based on solids, of 6 to 21% by weight, a weight ratio of incorporated TDI units to incorporated HDI units of 6:1 to 0.1:1 and a content of ethylene oxide units, arranged within terminal polyether chains, of 5 to 40% by weight; a method for the preparation of these polyisocyanate compositions by reacting a polyisocyanate component with monovalent polyether alcohols containing ethylene oxide units at an NCO/OH equivalent ratio of 2:1 to 120:1; and aqueous coating compositions containing these polyisocyanate compositions and polyhydroxyl compounds as the binder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 1995
    Date of Patent: October 8, 1996
    Assignee: Bayer Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Martin Brahm, Wolfgang Kremer, Lutz Schmalstieg, Joachim Probst, Werner Kubitza
  • Patent number: 5552477
    Abstract: An aqueous two-component coating agent whose binder consists essentially of a combination of a) a polyol component present dissolved and/or dispersed in water comprising a1) at least one water-dilutable polymerisation resin or polycondensation resin with a molecular weight Mn of over 500 possessing hydroxyl groups and a2) a reactive diluent consisting of at least one water-soluble compound with a molecular weight Mn of under 500 capable of reacting with isocyanate groups and b) a polyisocyanate component with a viscosity at 23.degree. C. of from 50 to 10 000 mPa present emulsified in the aqueous solution or dispersion, a method for producing such coating agents wherein the said polyisocyanate component is emulsified in the said aqueous solution or dispersion with the optional incorporation of auxiliary substances and additives in the system prior to adding the polyisocyanate, and the use of the coating agents for the production of air-drying and/or heat-drying coatings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 1994
    Date of Patent: September 3, 1996
    Assignee: Bayer Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Rolf Dhein, Knud Reuter, Lothar B acker, Manfred Bock, Werner Kubitza, Joachim Probst
  • Patent number: 5508372
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the production of storage stable prepolymers containing free isocyanate groups by reactinga) an organic polyisocyanate component having (cyclo)aliphatically bound isocyanate groups and a maximum functionality of 4.5 withb) one or more hydroxy-functional polyacrylate resins having a content of alcoholic hydroxy groups of 0.05 to 7% by weight at an equivalent ratio of isocyanate groups of component a) to hydroxyl groups of component b) of 3:1 to 40:1, wherein components a) and b) are selected to provide a value B of at most 4 when calculated in accordance with the formula: ##EQU1## wherein F.sub.1 and F.sub.2 represent the NCO and OH functionalities of components a) and b), F.sub.1 representing the component with the lower functionality when the components differ in functionality andval.sub.A /val.sub.I represents the OH/NCO equivalent ratio of components a) and b).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 1993
    Date of Patent: April 16, 1996
    Assignee: Bayer Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Martin Brahm, Lutz Schmalstieg, Werner Kubitza, Wieland Hovestadt, Josef Pedain
  • Patent number: 5468804
    Abstract: A water-dispersible polyisocyanate composition obtained by the partial urethanization of the isocyanate groups of 2,4- and/or 2,6-diisocyanatotoluene with monohydric and polyhydric alcohols, a process for its production, its use as the binder for an aqueous two-component coating composition in combination with a water-soluble or water-dispersible polyhydroxyl component and coatings for water-resistant sheet-form substrates prepared from this coating composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 1994
    Date of Patent: November 21, 1995
    Assignee: Bayer Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Lutz Schmalstieg, Wolfgang Kremer, Martin Brahm, Joachim Probst, Werner Kubitza
  • Patent number: 5459197
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an aqueous two-component coating composition wherein the binder contains(a) a component which is dissolved and/or dispersed in water, has an average hydroxyl number of 15 to 200 mg KOH/g, and contains(a1) a polyol component having a content of 8 to 450 milliequivalents, per 100 g of component (a1) solids, of chemically incorporated ammonium groups, .dbd.N.dbd..sup.+, comprising one or more polyaddition resins which are water-dilutable, contain hydroxyl groups, and have a molecular weight (M.sub.n) of 500 to 20,000 and(a2) up to 10 wt %, based on the weight of component (a1), of one or more reactive diluents which are water-soluble, have a molecular weight (M.sub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 1994
    Date of Patent: October 17, 1995
    Assignee: Bayer Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Jurgen Schwindt, Helmut Reiff, Werner Kubitza
  • Patent number: 5387642
    Abstract: This invention relates to an aqueous binder composition containingA) an aqueous solution or dispersion of an organic polyol component which can be diluted with water and contains at least one polyester resin containing urethane, carboxylate and hydroxyl groups andB) a polyisocyanate component which has a viscosity of 50 to 10,000 mPa.s at 23.degree. C. and contains at least one organic polyisocyanate which is present as an emulsion in component A),wherein the NCO/OH equivalent ratio, based on the isocyanate groups of component B) and the hydroxyl groups of the polyol component present in A), is 0.5:1 to 5:1.The invention also relates to a process for the preparation of these coating compositions by emulsifying a polyisocyanate component having a viscosity of 50 to 10,000 mPa.s at 23.degree. C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 1993
    Date of Patent: February 7, 1995
    Assignee: Bayer Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Harald Blum, Werner Kubitza, Peter Hohlein
  • Patent number: 5336711
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an aqueous binder composition containingA) an aqueous solution or dispersion of a water-dilutable organic polyol component containing at least one polyester resin having carboxylate and hydroxyl groups and grafted with vinyl monomers andB) a polyisocyanate component which is emulsified in the aqueous solution or dispersion A), has a viscosity at 23.degree. C. of 50 to 10,000 mPa.s and contains at least one organic polyisocyanate,wherein the binder composition has an NCO/OH equivalent ratio of 0.5:1 to 5:1, based on the isocyanate groups of component B) and the alcoholic hydroxyl groups of component A).The present invention also relates to a process for the production of a coating or sealing composition containing this aqueous binder composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 1992
    Date of Patent: August 9, 1994
    Assignee: Bayer Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Volker Schneider, Harald Blum, Werner Kubitza, Joachim Probst
  • Patent number: 5331039
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a water-based binder composition containingA) an aqueous solution or dispersion of a water-dilutable organic polyol component containing a mixture of at least 5% by weight each of at least two hydroxy-functional polymers selected fromA1) polyester resins containing hydroxyl, urethane and carboxylate groups,A2) polyester resins containing hydroxyl and carboxylate groups, but no urethane or sulfonate groups,A3) polyester resins containing hydroxyl and sulfonate groups and, optionally, carboxylate groups and/or urethane groups,A4) polyacrylate resins containing hydroxyl, carboxylate and/or sulfonate groups,A5) acrylate-grafted polyester resins containing hydroxyl, carboxylate and/or sulfonate groups, andB) a polyisocyanate component which is emulsified in the aqueous solution or dispersion A), has a viscosity at 23.degree. C. of 50 to 10,000 mPa.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 1992
    Date of Patent: July 19, 1994
    Assignee: Bayer Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Harald Blum, Werner Kubitza, Joachim Probst, Michael Sonntag, Volker Schneider
  • Patent number: 5308912
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an aqueous coating composition containinga) an aqueous solution or dispersion of a polyol component containing at least one water-dilutable polyacrylate resin having hydroxyl groups and a molecular weight (M.sub.n) above 500,b) a polyisocyanate component which has a viscosity of 50 to 10,000 mPa.s at 23.degree. C. and is emulsified in component a), andc) 0.5 to 6% by weight, based on the weight of component a), of a water-soluble polyether polyol having a molecular weight of 300 to 1000,wherein the coating composition has an NCO/OH equivalent ratio of 0.5:1 to 5:1, based on the isocyanate groups of component b) and the alcoholic hydroxyl groups of components a) and c).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 1992
    Date of Patent: May 3, 1994
    Assignee: Bayer Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Dieter Margotte, Werner Kubitza
  • Patent number: 5252696
    Abstract: The present invention relates to water-dispersible polyisocyanate mixtures whicha) have an average isocyanate functionality of 1.8 to 4.2,b) contain 12.0 to 21.5% by weight of (cyclo)aliphatically bound isocyanate groups (calculated as NCO, molecular weight=42) andc) contain 2 to 20% by weight of ethylene oxide units (calculated as C.sub.2 H.sub.4 O, molecular weight=44) arranged within polyether chains, the polyether chains containing an average of 5.0 to 9.9 ethylene oxide units.The present invention also relates to the preparation of these polyisocyanate mixtures by reacting at an NCO/OH equivalent ratio of 4:1 to 120:1A) a polyisocyanate component having an average isocyanate functionality of 2.1 to 4.4 and containing one or more polyisocyanates in which all the isocyanate groups are (cyclo)aliphatically bound withB) a monovalent polyalkylene oxide polyether alcohol containing an average of 5.0 to 9.9 ethylene oxide units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 1992
    Date of Patent: October 12, 1993
    Assignee: Bayer Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Hans J. Laas, Tillmann Hassel, Werner Kubitza, Reinhard Halpaap, Klaus Noll
  • Patent number: 5098983
    Abstract: The present invention relates to polyisocyanate mixtures havinga) an average NCO functionality of 1.5 to 4.0,b) a content of (cyclo)aliphatically bound isocyanate groups (calculated as NCO, MW 42) of 2 to 40% by weight,c) a content of chemically incorporated carboxyl groups (calculated as COOH, MW 45) of 0.01 to 15% by weight andd) a content of (cyclo)aliphatically bound uretdione groups (calculated as C.sub.2 N.sub.2 O.sub.2, MW 84) of 1 to 23% by weight.The present invention also relates to processes for the production of these polyisocyanate mixtures and to their use, optionally after at least partial neutralization with tertiary amines, as binders for coating compositions which may be crosslinked under the effect of moisture and/or heat and as reactants for compounds containing isocyanate- and/or carboxyl-reactive groups in the production of high molecular weight plastics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 1991
    Date of Patent: March 24, 1992
    Assignee: Bayer Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Jurgen Mosbach, Hans-Josef Laas, Werner Kubitza
  • Patent number: 5075370
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a two-component coating composition which contains as binder componentsa) a polyol component containing at least one hydroxyl-containing polymer having chemically incorporated carboxylate and/or sulfonate groups and based on olefinically unsaturated compounds andb) a polyisocyanate component having a viscosity at 23.degree. C. of about 50 to 10,000 mPa.s and based on at least one organic polyisocyanatein quantities corresponding to an NCO/OH equivalent ratio of about 0.5:1 to 5:1, characterized in that component a) is an aqueous solution and/or dispersion of a polymer containing hydroxyl groups in which the polyisocyanate component b) is present in emulsified form.The present invention also relates to a process for the production of this coating composition which is characterized in that a polyisocyanate component having a viscosity at 23.degree. C. of about 50 to 10,000 mPa.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 1989
    Date of Patent: December 24, 1991
    Assignee: Bayer Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Werner Kubitza, Hermann Gruber, Joachim Probst
  • Patent number: 4994541
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a process for the preparation of modified polyisocyanates containing uretdione and isocyanurate groups by the oligomerization of a portion of the isocyanate groups of organic diisocyanates containing (cyclo)aliphatically-bound isocyanate groups in the presence of organic phosphines of catalysts followed by termination of the oligomerization reaction at the desired degree of oligomerization by the addition of a catalyst poison and removal, by distillation, of at least a portion of the excess, unreacted starting diisocyanate, characterized in that(a) about 0.1 to 10% of the isocyanate groups present in the starting diisocyanate are converted into urethane groups by the addition of at least one alcohol before and/or during the oligomerization reaction, and(b) the distillation residue obtained after removal of the excess starting diisocyanate is heated to temperatures of at least 50.degree. C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 1989
    Date of Patent: February 19, 1991
    Assignee: Bayer Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Winfried Dell, Werner Kubitza, Dietrich Liebsch
  • Patent number: 4929724
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a process for the production of uretdione group-containing compounds by dimerizing at least a part of the isocyanate groups of organic isocyanates in the presence of compounds containing phosphorus-nitrogen bonds as dimerization catalysts, characterized in that the reaction is carried out in the presence, as co-catalysts, of H-active organic compounds having a pKa-value of at least 6, which have at least one hydrogen atom bound to oxygen, sulphur or nitrogen.The invention also relates to the uretdione group-containing compounds obtained according to this process and to their use for the production of plastics materials according to the isocyanate-polyaddition process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 1985
    Date of Patent: May 29, 1990
    Assignee: Bayer Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Theodor Engbert, Jurg Frohlich, Werner Kubitza, Peter Breidenbach, Gerhard Mennicken
  • Patent number: 4711918
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a process for improving the coatings properties of aqueous emulsion paints having a binder based on homo or copolymers of olefinically unsaturated monomers substantially free from urethane groups by adding at least one organic polyisocyanate having a viscosity at 23.degree. C. of about 50 to 4000 mPa.s, wherein the organic polyisocyanate has aliphatically and/or cycloaliphatically bound isocyanate groups and an isocyanate functionality of at least 3, optionally in combination with other organic polyisocyanates containing aliphatically and/or cycloaliphatically bound isocyanate groups and having an isocyanate functionality of 2, provided that the average functionality is at least 2.2.The present invention is also directed to the ready for use aqueous emulsion paints prepared by the above process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 1986
    Date of Patent: December 8, 1987
    Assignee: Bayer Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Werner Kubitza, Gerhard Mennicken
  • Patent number: 4614785
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the production of oligomeric polyisocyanates by the dimerization or trimerization of a portion of the isocyanate groups in organic polyisocyanates in the presence of tertiary phosphines or in the presence of a peralkylated phosphorus acid triamides as catalyst, followed by termination of the dimerization and/or trimerization reaction at the required degree of oligomerization by the addition of a catalyst poison, characterized in that a sulfonyl isocyanate is used as the catalyst poison.The present invention also relates to the use of the oligomeric polyisocyanates obtained by this process, optionally in admixture with unreacted starting polyisocyanate or optionally blocked by blocking agents for isocyanate groups, as the polyisocyanate component in the production of polyurethane plastics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 1985
    Date of Patent: September 30, 1986
    Assignee: Bayer Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Roland Richter, Hanns P. Muller, Werner Kubitza, Theodor Engbert, Gerhard Mennicken
  • Patent number: 4456658
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for coating polyvinyl chloride sheet products, optionally containing plasticizers, with clear coatings which can be hardened under the influence of atmospheric moisture and have a viscosity at 23.degree. C. of from about 60 to 2500 mPa.s, and which contain (a) at least one polyisocyanate which is liquid at room temperature, (b) up to about 15% by weight, based on the coating of solvents, and optionally (c) conventional auxiliary agents and additives, and to the coated products produced therefrom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 1983
    Date of Patent: June 26, 1984
    Assignee: Bayer Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Werner Kubitza, Gerhard Mennicken