Patents by Inventor Carol Resch

Carol Resch 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).

  • Dry cleaning system using densified carbon dioxide and a surfactant adjunct
    Patent number: 5683977
    Abstract: A system for dry cleaning soils from fabrics comprising densified carbon dioxide and a surfactant in the densified CO.sub.2. The surfactant has a polysiloxane, a branched polyalkylene oxide and a halocarbon group which is a functional CO.sub.2 -philic moiety connected to a CO.sub.2 -phobic functional moiety. The surfactant either exhibits an HLB of less than 15 or has a ratio of siloxyl to substituted siloxyl groups of greater than 0.5:1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 1995
    Date of Patent: November 4, 1997
    Assignee: Lever Brothers Company, Division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Sharon Harriott Jureller, Judith Lynne Kerschner, Myongsuk Bae-Lee, Lisa Del Pizzo, Rosemarie Harris, Carol Resch, Cathy Wada
  • Method of dry cleaning fabrics using densified carbon dioxide
    Patent number: 5676705
    Abstract: A method of dry cleaning fabrics using a dry cleaning system is described. The system comprises densified carbon dioxide and a surfactant in the densified CO.sub.2. The surfactant has a polysiloxane, a branched polyalkylene oxide and a halocarbon group which is a functional CO.sub.2 -philic moiety connected to a CO.sub.2 -phobic functional moiety. The surfactant either exhibits an HLB of less than 15 or has a ratio of siloxyl to substituted siloxyl groups of greater than 0.5:1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 1995
    Date of Patent: October 14, 1997
    Assignee: Lever Brothers Company, Division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Sharon Harriott Jureller, Judith Lynne Kerschner, Myongsuk Bae-Lee, Lisa Del Pizzo, Rosemarie Harris, Carol Resch, Cathy Wada