Patents by Inventor Zdenka Finder

Zdenka Finder 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: 20210189122
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method of producing a polyurethane floor panel, the method comprising mixing rubber powder, a polyol, an isocyanate component and a thermo-selective catalyst for creating a liquid two-component polyurethane reaction mixture, the thermo-selective catalyst being adapted to trigger the reaction of the polyols and the isocyanate into polyurethane selectively in case the temperature of the reaction mixture exceeds an activation temperature of the thermo-selective catalyst stirring the reaction mixture for at least 15 minutes filling the stirred liquid reaction mixture into a mold applying pressure under a temperature that exceeds the activation temperature on the mold and removing the hardened polyurethane floor panel from the mold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2018
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Applicant: Polytex Sportbelage Produktions-GmbH
    Inventors: Stephan SICK, Zdenka FINDER
  • Patent number: 11015302
    Abstract: A method for producing polyurethane flooring includes providing polyurethane reactive components including a isocyanate component and a polyol component, determining environmental data, determining process parameters for mixing the polyurethane reactive components, wherein the process parameters depend on the environmental data, mixing the foam for the polyurethane flooring by mixing the isocyanate component and the polyol component using a froth foam process with the process parameters, applying a first lane of the liquid foam to a ground, applying a second lane of the liquid foam to the ground, wherein a side edge of the second lane gets in contact with a side edge of the first lane, wherein the process parameter are determined so that the foam of the first lane is not cured before applying the foam of the second lane. Furthermore, the invention relates to an apparatus and a system for producing a polyurethane flooring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: POLYTEX SPORTBELAGE PRODUKTIONS-GMBH
    Inventors: Stephan Sick, Zdenka Finder, Ivo Lohr
  • Publication number: 20190256642
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a polyurethane flooring (129) for a sports field (136), the method comprising: providing (502) reactive components for producing polyurethane, the reactive components comprising an A component (902) being a polyol mixture and a B component (904) being an isocyanate mixture and water (914), the B component comprising: 2,2? Methylendiphenyldiisocyanate (922); diphenylmethane-2,4?-diisocyanate (924); diphenylmethane-4,4?-diisocyanate (926); and isocyanate prepolymer (932); mixing (504) the reactive components for generating a liquid polyurethane reaction mixture (129); applying (506) the polyurethane reaction mixture (128) to a ground (103) of the sports field before chemical reactions in the reaction mixture have generated a solid polyurethane foam, the polyurethane foam after its solidification to be used as the polyurethane flooring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2017
    Publication date: August 22, 2019
    Applicant: Polytex Sportbelage Produktions-GmbH
    Inventors: Stephan SICK, Zdenka FINDER
  • Publication number: 20190071546
    Abstract: The invention provides for a method manufacturing artificial turf infill (602), wherein the method comprises providing (700) an initial composition (1120) comprising a granulate (1006), at least one type of pigment, and a fluid binding agent. The fluid binding agent comprises at least one type of polymer component. The method further comprises mixing (702) the initial composition; adding (704) water and a catalyst to the initial composition during the mixing of the initial composition to cure the fluid binding agent and the at least one type of pigment into an initial coating (200) of the granulate. The method further comprises providing (706) a subsequent composition (1122) comprising the granulate with the initial coating, the at least one type of pigment, and the fluid binding agent. The method further comprises mixing (708) the subsequent composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2017
    Publication date: March 7, 2019
    Applicants: Polytex Sportbelage Produktions-GmbH, Unirubber Sp. z.o.o.
    Inventors: Stephan SICK, Zdenka FINDER, Izabela OWCZAREK-RYMAROWICZ
  • Publication number: 20190032285
    Abstract: A method for producing polyurethane flooring includes providing polyurethane reactive components including a isocyanate component and a polyol component, determining environmental data, determining process parameters for mixing the polyurethane reactive components, wherein the process parameters depend on the environmental data, mixing the foam for the polyurethane flooring by mixing the isocyanate component and the polyol component using a froth foam process with the process parameters, applying a first lane of the liquid foam to a ground, applying a second lane of the liquid foam to the ground, wherein a side edge of the second lane gets in contact with a side edge of the first lane, wherein the process parameter are determined so that the foam of the first lane is not cured before applying the foam of the second lane. Furthermore, the invention relates to an apparatus and a system for producing a polyurethane flooring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2017
    Publication date: January 31, 2019
    Inventors: Stephan SICK, Zdenka FINDER, Ivo LOHR
  • Patent number: 8097675
    Abstract: Isocyanate mixtures comprising: (a) NCO prepolymers having an NCO content of 1.5 to 18 wt. %; and (b) 1 to 40 wt. % of monomeric 2,2?-diisocyanatodiphenylmethane, based on the isocyanate mixture; wherein the isocyanate mixture has a total NCO content of from 2 to 22 wt. %; polyisocyanate polyaddition products prepared therefrom; and methods of making the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2012
    Assignees: Bayer MaterialScience AG, Polytex Sportbelage Produktions GmbH
    Inventors: Zdenka Finder, Jens Krause, Friedhelm Faehling, Manfred Schmidt, Dirk Wegener
  • Publication number: 20090247697
    Abstract: Isocyanate mixtures comprising: (a) NCO prepolymers having an NCO content of 1.5 to 18 wt. %; and (b) 1 to 40 wt. % of monomeric 2,2?-diisocyanatodiphenylmethane, based on the isocyanate mixture; wherein the isocyanate mixture has a total NCO content of from 2 to 22 wt. %; polyisocyanate polyaddition products prepared therefrom; and methods of making the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2009
    Publication date: October 1, 2009
    Applicant: Bayer MaterialScience AG
    Inventors: Zdenka Finder, Jens Krause, Friedhelm Faehling, Manfred Schmidt, Dirk Wegener