Patents by Inventor Duncan A. Mann

Duncan A. Mann 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: 4290903
    Abstract: A detergent additive product intended to enhance removal of oxidizable and oily stains from textiles comprising a substantially water impermeable container enclosing an organic matrix consisting of 30-85% by weight of a normally solid water soluble ethoxylated nonionic compound and 15-70% by weight of an organic peroxybleach precursor, optionally with 1-75% by weight of the matrix of other water soluble detergent components especially cationic surfactants, organic chelating agents and soil suspending agents. The particulate product has a maximum dimension in the range 1-4 mm, a penetrometer indentation of less than 1 mm, a wicking value (resistance to nonionic bleeding) <10 and should disperse in aqueous inorganic persalt-containing detergent solution to release at least 50% of the theoretically available bleach within 8 minutes. In a preferred granular form, the product is coated with 1-30%, by weight of the matrix, of a powder coating which may be organic or inorganic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 1979
    Date of Patent: September 22, 1981
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Neil A. Macgilp, Duncan A. Mann