Patents by Inventor Wilhelm Hörner

Wilhelm Hörner 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).

  • Casting mold half and casting mold for producing contact lenses
    Patent number: 6997693
    Abstract: A casting mold half (5, 5a) for producing contact lenses comprises a mount (50) and an insert (51, 51a), which is arranged at one end of the mount (50) and can be connected to the mount (50) and which has a shaping surface (510) for the shaping of the front or rear surface of the contact lens to be produced. The insert (51, 51a) consists in the region of the shaping surface (510) of a material which is permeable to the energy crosslinking the starting material of the contact lens. Finally, a mask made of a material impermeable to the energy crosslinking the starting material is provided for spatially delimiting this energy. The mask comprises a separate surround (512) made of a material impermeable to the energy crosslinking the starting material of the contact lens, which surrounds the edge region of the shaping surface (510) of the insert (51, 51a).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2006
    Assignee: Novartis AG
    Inventors: Wilhelm Hörner, Peter Hagmann
  • Single mould alignment
    Patent number: 6627124
    Abstract: The invention tackles the problem of improving the production process for contact lenses further, so that the production costs for contact lenses can be reduced further and the production capacities can be increased. To this end, provision is made for the two mould halves, which together form the mould for producing a contact lens, to be fixed to each other and/or detachably connected to each other by means of individual half-mould guide. In conjunction with a cyclic production process, a high degree of automation can be achieved in this way.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2003
    Assignee: Novartis AG
    Inventors: Peter Herbrechtsmeier, Peter Hagmann, Roger Biel, Axel Heinrich, Wilhelm Hörner, Egbert Jux, Anette Therese Lang-Schöll, Iris Jlona Leder-Brück, Achim Müller, Bernhard Seiferling, Werner Steffan
  • Liquid detergent and foam compositions comprising a diester or diamide quaternary ammonium compound
    Patent number: 6303563
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a liquid detergent composition comprising enzymes and a boron derived enzyme stabilising agent which can be used as a cleaning and softening composition in domestic laundry processes and which further comprises diester or diamide quaternary ammonium compound, preferably a diester quaternary ammonium compound. Preferably the composition has a pH which is between 7 and 10, more preferably between 7.5 and 8.5 when diluted to a 1% solution in distilled water. Whilst the composition may be used directly in the form of a liquid, or may be predissolved in water, in a preferred execution of the present invention the composition is used in the form of a foam or a gel or paste.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2001
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Francesco De Buzzaccarini, Thomas Wilhelm Hoerner, Bertrand Guichard
  • Detergent compositions comprising alpha combination of &agr;-amylases for malodor stripping
    Patent number: 6197070
    Abstract: Fabrics are laundered in detergent compositions containing a mixture of &agr;-amylase enzymes to remove malodorous materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2001
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Thomas Wilhelm Hörner, Kristien Greta Govers