Patents by Inventor Johannes Hendrikus Maria Akkermans

Johannes Hendrikus Maria Akkermans 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: 7018972
    Abstract: A process for the preparation of detergent granules, the process comprising: (i) a first step of admixing in a mechanical granulator, a solid component and a first liquid binder, to produce a powder; and (ii) a second step of admixing in a low shear granulator, the powder produced in step (i), and a second liquid binder, to produce the detergent granules; the second liquid binder having a different composition from the first liquid binder and the weight ratio of the first liquid binder to the second liquid binder being from 15:1 to 1:1, preferably from 10:1 to 1:1, more preferably from 5:1 to 1:1, most preferably from 3:1 to 2:1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2006
    Assignee: Unilever Home and Personal Care USA a division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Johannes Hendrikus Maria Akkermans, Roland Wilhemus Johannes van Pomeren, Remy Antal Verburgh
  • Publication number: 20030096727
    Abstract: A process for the preparation of detergent granules, the process comprising:
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2002
    Publication date: May 22, 2003
    Applicant: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, Division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Johannes Hendrikus Maria Akkermans, Roland Wilhemus Johannes van Pomeren, Remy Antal Verburgh
  • Publication number: 20030060392
    Abstract: A mechanical granulation process for the production of detergent granules, the process comprising dosing to a mechanical granulation apparatus an acid precursor of an anionic surfactant, a non-surfactant acid and a solid carbonated neutralising agent wherein the amount of salt formed in situ in the resultant detergent granules by reaction between the non-surfactant acid and the neutralising agent is at least 5% by weight, preferably at least 10% by weight, more preferably at least 25% by weight, most preferably at least 50% by weight of those granules.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2002
    Publication date: March 27, 2003
    Applicant: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, Division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Johannes Hendrikus Maria Akkermans, Andreas Theodorus Johannes Groot, Cornelis Paulus Maria Montanus