Abstract: A detergent composition comprising:
(a) a surfactant selected from the group consisting of an anionic surfactant, a nonionic surfactant, an amphoteric surfactant, a zwitterionic surfactant, and mixtures thereof;
(b) a cationic polymer; and
(c) a phosphate.
Abstract: A process for making a hair colorant composition involving: (a) providing a phase inversion temperature emulsion or microemulsion containing: (i) an oil component; and (ii) an emusifier selected from the group consisting of an alkyl and/or alkenyl oligoglycoside, an anionic surfactant, an esterquat, a polyolpoly-12-hydroxystearate, a fatty alcohol, a fatty alcohol polyethylene glycol ether, and mixtures thereof; (b) providing a dye component; and (c) combining (a) and (b) at a temperature of from 15 to 25° C.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
January 21, 2000
Date of Patent:
September 9, 2003
Assignee:
Henkel Kommanditgesellschaft auf Aktien
Inventors:
Joerg Kahre, Peter Busch, Thomas Foerster, Hermann Hensen, Holger Tesmann, Markus Sumser, Adrian Pitfield
Abstract: A chewing gum remover composition containing: (a) a C1-4 alkyl ester of a C6-22 saturated or unsaturated carboxylic acid; (b) a terpene; and (c) optionally, an oil-soluble surfactant, and wherein (a) and (b) are present in the composition in a ratio by weight of from about 10:1 to about 1:10.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 4, 2002
Date of Patent:
September 2, 2003
Assignees:
Cognis Corporation, Johnson Diversey, Inc.
Abstract: A process for making branched, substantially unsaturated ester oils involving: (a) providing an unsaturated C16-22 fatty acid; (b) dimerizing the unsaturated C16-22 fatty acid; (c) removing a monomer fraction accumulating during dimerization, the monomer fraction containing branched, substantially unsaturated fatty acids; (d) converting the branched, substantially unsaturated fatty acids contained in the monomer fraction into corresponding branched, substantially unsaturated fatty acid methyl esters having double bonds; (e) hydrogenating the branched, substantially unsaturated fatty acid methyl esters, with their double bonds intact, to form corresponding branched, substantially unsaturated fatty alcohols; and (f) esterifying the branched, substantially unsaturated fatty alcohols to form the branched, substantially unsaturated ester oils.
Abstract: A dishwashing detergent composition containing: (a) an alkoxylated carboxylic acid ester; and (b) a surfactant selected from the group consisting of an anionic surfactant, an amphoteric surfactant, a zwitterionic surfactant, and mixtures thereof.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 21, 2001
Date of Patent:
August 5, 2003
Assignee:
Cognis Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG
Inventors:
Rita Koester, Ansgar Behler, Michael Neuss, Karl-Heinz Schmid, Michael Elsner
Abstract: A cosmetic composition containing at least one plant extract from a plant belonging to a genus selected from the group consisting of Lannea, Odina, and mixtures thereof, for application onto a human substrate selected from the group consisting of skin, mucous membranes and epithelial appendages.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
April 17, 2002
Date of Patent:
July 29, 2003
Assignee:
Cognis France S.A.
Inventors:
Gilles Pauly, Philippe Moser, Louis Danoux
Abstract: A process for treating human skin by inhibiting serine protease formation involving contacting the skin with a composition containing a sterol sulfate.
Abstract: A soap bar composition containing: (a) an alkyl/alkenyl oligoglycoside; (b) an olefin sulfonate; and (c) a starch component, and wherein the soap bar composition is subtantially free of free fatty acids or their salts.
Abstract: A process for the remediation of soil, rock or water contaminated with volatile organic compounds involving: (1) forming an emulsifier comprising: (a) a sugar surfactant; and (b) a nonionic surfactant, other than the sugar surfactant which, when combined with the sugar surfactant, provides a hydrophilic-lipophilic balance of from about 8.0 to about 13.0; (2) mixing the emulsifier with the volatile organic compounds to form a stable emulsion; and (3) removing the stable emulsion from the soil, rock or water.
Abstract: A surfactant composition containing: (a) from about 30 to about 70% by weight of an alkyl ether sulfate; (b) from about 0.1 to about 10% by weight of an alkyl polyglycoside of formula I:
R1O(R2O)b(Z)a I
wherein R1 is a monovalent organic radical having from about 6 to about 30 carbon atoms; R2 is a divalent alkylene radical having from 2 to 4 carbon atoms; Z is a saccharide residue having 5 or 6 carbon atoms; b is a number having a value from 0 to about 12; a is a number having a value from 1 to about 6; and (c) from about 0.1 to about 10% by weight of a salt, all weights being based on the total weight of the composition.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 15, 2001
Date of Patent:
June 10, 2003
Assignee:
Cognis Corporation
Inventors:
George A. Smith, John F. Hessel, Christina M. Haas
Abstract: The invention relates to emulsion bases containing
(a) polyol poly-12-polyhydroxystearates,
(b) polyol esters selected from the group consisting of sorbitan esters, oligoglycerol esters and partial glycerides,
(c) citric acid esters,
(d) waxes and
(e) metal soaps.
The emulsion bases are distinguished by the fact that they enable both stable creams and lotions to be produced, irrespective of the polarity of the oils combined therewith.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
February 9, 2001
Date of Patent:
June 10, 2003
Assignee:
Cognis Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG
Inventors:
Stefan Bruening, Achim Ansmann, Gabriele Strauss
Abstract: A process for making a hair dye preparation involving: (a) providing an aqueous surface-active fatty alcohol dispersion containing: (i) a fatty alcohol; and (ii) a surfactant; (b) providing an oil component; (c) providing a hair dye component; and (d) combining (a)-(c), at a temperature of from 18 to 25° C., to form the hair dye preparation.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 13, 2000
Date of Patent:
June 3, 2003
Assignee:
Cognis Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG
Inventors:
Adrian Pitfield, Heribert Lorenz, Frank Golinski, Joerg Kahre, Thomas Foerster, Markus Sumser, Armin Wadle
Abstract: A process for making OH-terminated compounds involving: (a) combining at least one CH2OH-terminated diol and a titanium-containing catalyst to form a reaction mixture; (b) heating the reaction mixture to a temperature of from 110 to 160° C. to form a heated reaction mixture; (c) continuously adding dimethyl carbonate to the heated reaction mixture; (d) continuously distilling all methanol released from the heated reaction mixture; (e) heating the reaction mixture to a temperature of from 190 to 240° C. to form an OH-terminated product; (f) removing unreleased methanol and dimethyl carbonate from the reaction mixture under a pressure of less than 100 mbar; and (g) deactivating the titanium-containing catalyst by adding from 0.8 to 2 equivalents, based on the catalyst, of a 1 to 20% by weight aqueous solution of phosphoric acid to the reaction mixture, at a temperature of from 80 to 120° C.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 4, 2001
Date of Patent:
May 20, 2003
Assignee:
Cognis Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG
Inventors:
Alfred Westfechtel, Roland Gruetzmacher, Elke Grundt
Abstract: A process for inhibiting gel formation of a tablet-form detergent composition upon hydration, the process involving: (a) providing a detergent composition containing a surfactant component selected from the group consisting of an anionic surfactant, a nonionic surfactant, and mixtures thereof; (b) providing an anti-gelling agent selected from the group consisting of an alkyl polyglycoside, a polymeric surfactant, an alkyl sulfate, and mixtures thereof; and (c) mixing the surfactant with the anti-gelling prior to introducing the tablet-form detergent composition into water.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
April 10, 2001
Date of Patent:
May 20, 2003
Assignee:
Cognis Corporation
Inventors:
Timothy C. Morris, Robert J. Valesky, Stephen F. Gross, Charles B. Allen
Abstract: A process for cold-producing an oil-in-water emulsion having enhanced consistency and tactile properties involving: (a) providing an oil component; (b) providing an aqueous wax dispersion containing: (i) a wax component; and (ii) an emulsifier; (c) providing water; and (d) cold-stirring (a)-(c) to form the emulsion.
Abstract: A process for treating washed hair to provide hair with improved combability, comprising contacting hair with a water based composition comprising 0.1-3% by weight of a zwitterionic polymer; 0.01-10% by weight of an alkylpolyglycoside; 0.5-20% by weight of a fatty alcohol and the balance water.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 3, 1999
Date of Patent:
April 29, 2003
Assignee:
Henkel Kommanditgesellschaft auf Aktien
Inventors:
Joerg Kahre, Hermann Hensen, Thomas Mueller-Kirschbaum, Dagmar Goebels, Holger Tesmann
Abstract: A surfactant composition containing a mixture of at least two surfactants selected from the group consisting of anionics, nonionics, cationics, amphoterics, and mixtures thereof, wherein the surfactants have matching carbon chain length distributions in their hydrophobic groups.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 7, 1997
Date of Patent:
April 22, 2003
Assignee:
Cognis Corporation
Inventors:
George A. Smith, Michael Hansberry, Stephen F. Gross
Abstract: A process for making branched, substantially unsaturated fatty alcohols involving: (a) providing a C16-22 fatty acid; (b) dimerizing the C16-22 fatty acid to form a monomer fraction containing branched, substantially unsaturated fatty acids; (c) removing the monomer fraction; (d) esterifying the branched, substantially unsaturated fatty acids contained in the monomer fraction into branched, substantially unsaturated fatty acid methyl esters; and (e) hydrogenating the branched, substantially unsaturated fatty acid methyl esters with their double bonds intact, to form the branched, substantially unsaturated fatty alcohols.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 23, 2000
Date of Patent:
April 15, 2003
Assignee:
Cognis Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG
Inventors:
Alfred Westfechtel, Norbert Huebner, Lothar Friesenhagen, Gerrit Pelzer, Norbert Klein, Ansgar Behler, Thomas B. Downing, Steven A. Kennedy, C. William Blewett
Abstract: A fire-resistant composite substrate for use in making structural openings fire-resistant, the substrate containing: (a) elastically compressible particles; (b) at least one heat-activated expanding agent; (c) at least one heat-activated binder; and (d) a diisocyanate adhesive.
Abstract: An aqueous cosmetic phase-inversion temperature emulsion containing: (a) a wax ester; (b) a triglyceride; (c) a partial glyceride; and (d) a fatty alcohol polyglycol ether.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 23, 1999
Date of Patent:
March 25, 2003
Assignee:
Cognis Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG
Inventors:
Axel Boettcher, Hermann Hensen, Werner Seipel