Phosphate Ester, Wax, Or Organic Silicon Containing Component (e.g., Defoamer, Etc.) Patents (Class 510/347)
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Patent number: 8003592Abstract: The present invention relates to a particle comprising: (a) solid film-forming polymeric material; (b) liquid fabric-softening component; and (c) cationically charged polymeric material.Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 2009Date of Patent: August 23, 2011Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Alan Thomas Brooker, Fabrizio Meli, Kevin Graham Blyth, Nigel Patrick Somerville Roberts
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Publication number: 20110091408Abstract: Fluoroalkyl phosphates containing a tertiary carbon and a nonfluorinated chain are useful as surfactants and additives. The f can be used to alter a surface property of a medium and to provide resistance to blocking, open time extension, or oil repellency to a substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 20, 2009Publication date: April 21, 2011Applicant: E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANYInventor: Anilkumar Raghavanpillai
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Patent number: 7919449Abstract: Laundry detergent compositions that provide soil release benefits to all fabric comprising an organophosphorus soil release agents and optional non-cotton secondary soil release agents. The present invention further relates to a method for providing soil release benefits to cotton fabric by contacting cotton articles with a water soluble and/or dispersible organophosphorus material. The contacting can be during washing or by pretreating by applying the composition directly to stains or by presoaking the clothing in the composition prior to washing. The present invention further relates to providing soil release benefits to all fabric in the laundry wash load in the presence of a bleaching agent.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2009Date of Patent: April 5, 2011Assignee: Rhodia OperationsInventors: Tobias Johannes Fütterer, Lawrence Alan Hough, Robert Lee Reierson
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Patent number: 7919073Abstract: This invention relates to a composition useful as an oral care composition comprising an organophosphate material, additional oral care composition ingredients, for example, a surfactant agent, and optionally an abrasive agent.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2009Date of Patent: April 5, 2011Assignee: Rhodia OperationsInventors: Tobias Johannes Fütterer, Lawrence Alan Hough, Robert Lee Reierson
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Patent number: 7910535Abstract: According to the present invention there is provided a pearlescent liquid treatment composition suitable for use as a laundry or hard surface cleaning composition comprising a pearlescent agent, said pearlescent agent having D0.99 volume particle size of less than 50 ?m and is present in composition at a level of from 0.02% to 2.0% by weight of the composition.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2008Date of Patent: March 22, 2011Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Rajan Keshav Panandiker, Kerry Andrew Vetter, David Scott Dunlop, Karl Ghislain Braeckman, Karel Jozef Maria Depoot, Tim Roger Michel Vanpachtenbeke
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Publication number: 20110021402Abstract: A solid detergent composition having the salt of an anionic surfactant and of a monopropanolamine counterion.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 1, 2010Publication date: January 27, 2011Applicant: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Ming Tang, Hiroshi Oh, Sen Liu, Victor Manuel Arredondo
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Publication number: 20110021406Abstract: A solid fabric treatment detergent composition having: (i) detersive surfactant; (ii) phthalimido peroxy caproic acid; (iii) from 0 wt % to 10 wt % zeolite builder; (iv) from 0 wt % to 10 wt % phosphate builder; and (v) optionally from 0 wt % to 10 wt % silicate salt, wherein the upon dilution in de-ionized water to a concentration of 1 wt % at 20° C., the composition has a pH of from 7.6 to 8.8.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 1, 2010Publication date: January 27, 2011Applicant: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Neil Joseph Lant, Gregory Scot Miracle, Alan Thomas Brooker, Nigel Patrick Somerville Robert
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Patent number: 7867963Abstract: A hydrophilized personal care formulation, which can be in the form of a hand or body soap (liquid or bar), lipstick, body wash, makeup remover, skin cleaner, hair conditioner, skin or hair moisturizer. The formulation employs an organophosphorus material or a mixture of an organophosphorus material, for example, mono-, di-, and polyol phosphate esters.Type: GrantFiled: January 6, 2009Date of Patent: January 11, 2011Assignee: Rhodia Inc.Inventors: Tobias Johannes Fütterer, Lawrence Alan Hough, Robert Lee Reierson
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Publication number: 20100190679Abstract: Aqueous laundry detergent compositions containing surfactants and fatty acid, having a pH of from about 6 to about 11 and containing a polymer having a number average molecular weight of from about 700,000 to about 4,000,000 and comprising monomeric units including: nonionic monomers selected from acrylamide, N,N-dialkyl acrylamide, methacrylamide, N,N-dialkylmethacrylamide, hydroxyalkyl acrylate and vinyl pyrrolidone, vinyl acetate, vinyl alcohol, and mixtures thereof; cationic monomers selected from N,N-dialkylaminoalkyl methacrylate, N,N-dialkylaminoalkyl acrylate, N,N-dialkylaminoalkyl acrylamide, N,N-dialkylaminoalkylmethacrylamide, methacylamidoalkyl trialkylammonium chloride, acrylamidoalkylltrialkylammonium chloride, vinylamine, quaternized vinyl imidazole and diallyl dialkyl ammonium chloride, and mixtures thereof; and anionic monomers selected from acrylic acid, methacrylic acid, maleic acid, vinyl sulfonic acid, styrene sulfonic acid, acrylamidopropylmethane sulfonic acid (AMPS), salts thereof, andType: ApplicationFiled: January 26, 2009Publication date: July 29, 2010Inventors: Tim Roger Michel Vanpachtenbeke, Francesco De Buzzaccarini, Rajan Keshav Panandiker, Johan Depoortere, Karel Jozef Maria Depoot, Kerry Andrew Vetter
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Patent number: 7700530Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a cleanser including a balance of components for providing consumers with an enhanced exfoliation experience that smoothes skin immediately and sustains the smooth feeling for an extended period of time. Additionally, the cleanser provides a simultaneous cleansing and warming effect to the consumer's skin. Particularly, in one embodiment, the cleanser includes a combination of a water soluble carrier, a warming agent, a water soluble silicone surfactant, and an exfoliant.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2008Date of Patent: April 20, 2010Assignee: Kimberly Clark Worldwide, Inc.Inventors: Stacy Averic Mundschau, Lisa Ann Flugge-Berendes, Scott W. Wenzel, Uyen TuongNgoc Lam, Corey Thomas Cunningham
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Patent number: 7678752Abstract: Systems, compositions and methods for fabric laundering comprising selected organosilicones which are formulated into microemulsions for improved deposition onto fabrics to provide fabric care benefits.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2007Date of Patent: March 16, 2010Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Rajan Keshav Panandiker, Kerry Andrew Vetter, Mary Jane Combs, David Gladney, Jr., Connie Lynn Sheets
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Patent number: 7658953Abstract: The present invention discloses a biocidal composition comprising hydrogen peroxide in a concentration of 0.05-50% (w/w) and a compound with a structure according to Formula 1: (OH)(X)(O)P—O—(CH—(Y)—CH2—O)n—R, or a salt thereof, wherein X is H or OH, Y is H or CH3, n is 2-6 and R is an alkyl radical containing 4-18 carbon atoms, in a concentration of 0.01-60% (w/w). A especially preferred compound according to Formula 1 is a compound wherein X is OH, Y is H, n is 4 and R is a straight alkyl chain containing 10 carbon atoms.Type: GrantFiled: January 13, 2006Date of Patent: February 9, 2010Assignee: Aseptix Research B.V.Inventor: Ilja Bobbert
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Publication number: 20090286710Abstract: The present invention relates to a solid laundry detergent composition comprising: (a) from 1 wt % to 40 wt % light density silicate salt having a bulk density of less than 200 g/l and a weight average particle size of less than 300 micrometers; (b) from 5 wt % to 60 wt % detersive surfactant; (c) from 0 wt % to 50 wt % carbonate salt; (d) from 0 wt % to 40 wt % sulphate salt; (e) from 0 wt % to 30 wt % phosphate builder; (f) from 0 wt % to 5 wt %% zeolite builder; and (g) from 0 wt % to 15 wt % water; wherein the composition has a bulk density of 600 g/l or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 11, 2009Publication date: November 19, 2009Inventor: Nigel Patrick Somerville Roberts
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Patent number: 7608575Abstract: Systems, compositions and methods for fabric laundering comprising selected organosilicones which are formulated into microemulsions for improved deposition onto fabrics to provide fabric care benefits.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2006Date of Patent: October 27, 2009Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Rajan Keshav Panandiker, Kerry Andrew Vetter, Freddy Arthur Barnabas, Patrick Firmin August Delplancke
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Patent number: 7601680Abstract: A composition having a first hydrophobic moiety linked to a spacer, which is linked to a second hydrophobic moiety to form a Gemini surfactant is provided. Each hydrophobic moiety of the foregoing composition may include silicon. A method for linking a first hydrophobic moiety to a second hydrophobic moiety using a spacer to form a Gemini surfactant is provided. A pesticide having an active ingredient and a composition having a first hydrophobic moiety linked to a spacer, which is linked to a second hydrophobic moiety to form a Gemini surfactant is also provided.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2005Date of Patent: October 13, 2009Assignee: Momentive Performance MaterialsInventors: Dong Wang, Wenqing Peng
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Publication number: 20090239779Abstract: The present invention relates to a solid laundry detergent composition comprising the magnesium salt of ethylene diamine-N?N?-disuccinic acid.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 17, 2009Publication date: September 24, 2009Inventors: Gail Margaret Baston, Paul Andrzej Luksza
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Patent number: 7557072Abstract: Laundry detergent compositions that provide soil release benefits to all fabric comprising an organophosphorus soil release agents and optional non-cotton secondary soil release agents. The present invention further relates to a method for providing soil release benefits to cotton fabric by contacting cotton articles with a water soluble and/or dispersible organophosphorus material. The contacting can be during washing or by pretreating by applying the composition directly to stains or by presoaking the clothing in the composition prior to washing. The present invention further relates to providing soil release benefits to all fabric in the laundry wash load in the presence of a bleaching agent.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2008Date of Patent: July 7, 2009Assignee: Rhodia Inc.Inventors: Tobias Johannes Fütterer, Lawrence Alan Hough, Robert Lee Reierson
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Patent number: 7550419Abstract: This invention relates to a composition useful as an oral care composition comprising an organophosphate material, additional oral care composition ingredients, for example, a surfactant agent, and optionally an abrasive agent.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2008Date of Patent: June 23, 2009Assignee: Rhodia Inc.Inventors: Tobias Johannes Fütterer, Lawrence Alan Hough, Robert Lee Reierson
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Publication number: 20090143269Abstract: A detergent composition comprising: from 0.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 24, 2008Publication date: June 4, 2009Inventors: Junhua Du, Qing Chen, Li Ran, Ignacio Gallo-Perez, Ming Tang, Kenneth Nathan Price
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Publication number: 20090137446Abstract: A composition for defoaming includes an organosilicon compound having radicals that are attached directly to the silicon and that have a specific number of carbon atoms. The composition may also include filler particles, and organopolysiloxane resin, and combinations thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 13, 2005Publication date: May 28, 2009Applicant: WACKER CHEMIE AGInventors: Holger Rautschek, Richard Becker
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Patent number: 7524800Abstract: A hydrophilized personal care formulation, which can be in the form of a hand or body soap (liquid or bar), lipstick, body wash, makeup remover, skin cleaner, hair conditioner, skin or hair moisturizer. The formulation employs an organophosphorus material or a mixture of an organophosphorus material, for example, mono-, di-, and polyol phosphate esters.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2008Date of Patent: April 28, 2009Assignee: Rhodia Inc.Inventors: Tobias Johannes Fütterer, Lawrence Alan Hough, Robert Lee Reierson
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Patent number: 7524808Abstract: A composition for cleaning or rinsing hard surfaces in an aqueous or aqueous/alcoholic medium including at least one organophosphorus material for contributing to said surfaces antideposition and/or antiadhesion properties with regard to soiling substances capable of being deposited on the surfaces.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2008Date of Patent: April 28, 2009Assignee: Rhodia Inc.Inventors: Tobias Johannes Fütterer, Lawrence Alan Hough, Robert Lee Reierson
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Patent number: 7507696Abstract: The present invention is related to an aqueous cleansing composition especially for keratin fibers such as human hair with reduced color wash our and therewith color durability is extended. Accordingly the subject of the present invention is an aqueous cleansing composition especially for keratin fibers such as human hair comprising one or more surfactant selected form anionic, non-ionic and amphoteric ones at a concentration of 5 to 50% by weight calculated to total composition, at least one monoglyceride with 12 to 22 C atoms in fatty acid moiety and at least one compound comprising a silicone polymer, a quaternary ammonium group and a polyether group in its molecule.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2007Date of Patent: March 24, 2009Assignee: KPSS-Kao Professissional Slaon Sservices GmbHInventors: Martin Hoffmann, Andrea Ast, Michael Molenda
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Patent number: 7462589Abstract: A delivery system for uniform deposition of fabric care actives to a fabric article in a non-aqueous solvent based fabric treatment process; and compositions capable of uniformly depositing the fabric care actives on the fabric article being treated to achieve maximum benefit.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2004Date of Patent: December 9, 2008Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Keith Homer Baker, Julie Ann O'Neil, Victor Manuel Arredondo, Robb Richard Gardner, Jeffrey Scott Dupont, Mark Robert Sivik, Jeffrey Jon Hopkins, William Michael Scheper
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Patent number: 7432235Abstract: Provided is a low-foaming silicone composition, including: (A) from 51 to 99.9 parts by mass of a polyoxyalkylene-modified organopolysiloxane having a specific structure, (B) from 0.1 to 49 parts by mass of a polyoxyalkylene/perfluoroalkyl-comodified organopolysiloxane having a specific structure, and (C) from 0 to 48.9 parts by mass of a glycerol-modified organopolysiloxane having a specific structure (provided that the combined quantity of the component (A), the component (B) and the component (C) is 100 parts by mass). The silicone composition exhibits a powerful surfactant action and low foaming properties, and is useful as a spreading agent and a cleaning agent.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2008Date of Patent: October 7, 2008Assignee: Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kazuyuki Takewaki, Teruki Ikeda
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Publication number: 20080178396Abstract: Methods of laundering textiles, comprising the sequential steps of: A) adding into a drum of a domestic front-loading laundry washing machine, wherein said washing machine has at least one rinse and spin program, at least: i) one or more textiles; and ii) a detergent composition; B) actuating the washing machine to perform at least one rinse and spin program, wherein the actuation of such rinse and spin program is not immediately preceded by a wash of said textiles; and C) removing the textiles from the washing machine.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 2, 2007Publication date: July 31, 2008Inventors: Josephus Hendrikus Petrus van der Linden, Alain Lievens, Sabine Ursula Metzer-Groom, Francesco de Buzzaccarini, James Charles Theophile Roger Burckett St. Laurent
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Patent number: 7381227Abstract: Relatively low levels of polysaccharides in combination with small, deformable, water-insoluble particles of a size in the range 0.05-5 microns are capable of giving benefits in a wash liquor in terms of reduced fabric abrasion.Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 2005Date of Patent: June 3, 2008Assignee: Conopco, Inc.Inventor: Andrew Philip Parker
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Personal care compositions comprising alkyl phosphate surfactants and selected auxiliary surfactants
Patent number: 7241724Abstract: The invention provides personal care compositions comprising both alkyl phosphate surfactants and selected auxiliary surfactant. By using specific auxiliary surfactant whose pKa is higher than that of the alkyl phosphate surfactants, particularly in specific rations, it is possible to prepare milder compositions.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2006Date of Patent: July 10, 2007Assignee: Conopco, Inc.Inventors: Joseph Oreste Carnali, Kavssery Parameswaran Ananthapadmanabhan -
Patent number: 7238652Abstract: The invention provides personal care compositions comprising both alkyl phosphate surfactants and selected auxiliary agent/acid. By using specific auxiliary agent whose pKa is higher than that of the alkyl phosphate surfactants, particularly in specific ratios, it is possible to prepare milder compositions.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2006Date of Patent: July 3, 2007Assignee: Conopco, Inc.Inventors: Joseph Oreste Carnali, Kavssery Parameswaran Ananthapadmanabhan
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Patent number: 6982242Abstract: An aqueous detergent composition is provided containing phosphoric acid or salt thereof, an organic phosphate surfactant, a nonionic surfactant, and water. The aqueous detergent composition may be employed to improved the adhesion of a coating to a substrate. Also provided is a method of improving the adhesion of a coating to a substrate.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2004Date of Patent: January 3, 2006Assignee: Rohm and Haas CompanyInventors: Audrey Brenda Liss, Joseph Martin Rokowski, Thomas James Ennis
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Patent number: 6897190Abstract: Wash added fabric care compositions including a dispersible polyolefin wax. More particularly the present invention relates to detergent compositions including dispersible polyolefin wax. The polyolefin wax may be at least partially modified to contain various functional groups such as carboxyl, alklamide, sulfonic acid or amide groups. The polyolefin wax may be introduced in the form of a suspension, dispersion, or emulsion. A method for applying these compositions during the wash cycle of a laundry process is also included.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2003Date of Patent: May 24, 2005Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Jiping Wang, Rajan Keshav Panandiker
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Publication number: 20040224869Abstract: The present invention is directed to a defoaming agent for use with polycarboxylate based admixtures for concrete. The defoaming agent is comprised of tributyl phosphate, an alkylaryl sulfonic acid metallic salt and a modified alkylpolyalcoxy ester. Tributyl phosphate is a phosphate ester based defoamer and the modified alkylpolyalcoxy ester is an air detraining agent. The alkylaryl sulfonic acid metallic salt is used as a hydrotrope to ensure that the tributyl phosphate and the modified alkylpolyalcoxy ester react and do not separate.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 18, 2004Publication date: November 11, 2004Applicant: Tomahawk, Inc.Inventors: Donald R. Lane, Jose A. Melendez
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Patent number: 6683033Abstract: A concentrated aqueous betaine surfactant composition consisting essentially of a betaine compound and from 0.5 to 3.5 wt %, based on the total weight of the composition, of at least one fluidizing additive selected from the group consisting of (i) a fatty acid dimer composition and (ii) phosphoric esters of fatty alcohols or polyethoxylated fatty alcohols, the composition containing a solid content of at least 40 wt %, said composition having a reduced viscosity and a low gel point.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2002Date of Patent: January 27, 2004Assignee: Kao CorporationInventors: Josep María González, María José Bermejo, Rosa María Barceló, Josep Vilaret, Nuria Siscart
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Patent number: 6656975Abstract: A silicone composition having a continuous phase of a polar organic liquid including particles of a silicone active material encapsulated within an organic encapsulating material which is a solid at 25° C. The silicone active material is sparingly soluble in the polar organic liquid at 25° C., but is substantially dissolved in the polar organic liquid at temperatures of from 40 to 100° C. The three phase contact angle between the organic encapsulating material, the silicone antifoam, and the polar organic liquid is below 130° C., with the angle measured through the silicone.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2002Date of Patent: December 2, 2003Assignee: Dow Corning CorporationInventors: Steven Patrick Christiano, Kenneth Christopher Fey
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Patent number: 6541443Abstract: A multifunctional detergent material, useful in laundry and cleaning product compositions, containing functional ingredients including a condensed phosphate material and a silicate material, and optionally other inorganic materials, such as carbonate and sulfate. The condensed phosphate material forms an amorphous phase containing polyphosphates, while the silicate material is present as crystalline particulate. The composition can be used to provide multiple functions for laundry and cleaning products in a single ingredient, including the functions of a builder, a filler, and an alkaline source.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2001Date of Patent: April 1, 2003Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventor: Jose Andres Rojo
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Patent number: 6521586Abstract: A foam control agent comprises (A) an organopolysiloxane material having at least one silicon-bonded substituent of the formula X—Ph, wherein X denotes a divalent aliphatic hydrocarbon group and Ph denotes an optionally substituted aromatic group, (B) an organosilicon resin and (C) a hydrophobic filler. The organosilicon resin (B) preferably consists of siloxane units of the formula R′aSiO4−a/2 wherein R′ denotes a hydroxyl, hydrocarbon or hydrocarbonoxy group, particularly trialkylsiloxy units and SiO4/2 units, wherein a has a value of from 0.5 to 2.4. The foam control agent may be provided as an emulsion or as a particulate material. It is especially useful as a detergent foam control agent.Type: GrantFiled: August 11, 2000Date of Patent: February 18, 2003Assignee: Dow Corning S.A.Inventors: Jan Hoogland, Anick Colson, Franck Renauld, Jacqueline L'Hostis, George Sawicki, Sophie Stassen
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Patent number: 6521587Abstract: A foam control agent, comprising (A) an organopolysiloxane material having at least one silicon-bonded substituent of the formula X-Ph, wherein X denotes a divalent aliphatic organic group bonded to silicon through a carbon atom and Ph denotes an optionally substituted aromatic group, (B) a water-insoluble organic fluid, (C) an organosilicon resin and (D) a hydrophobic filler. The foam control agent may be provided as an emulsion or as a particulate material. It is especially useful as a detergent foam control agent.Type: GrantFiled: August 11, 2000Date of Patent: February 18, 2003Assignee: Dow Corning S.A.Inventors: Jacqueline L'Hostis, Franck Renauld, George Sawicki
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Patent number: 6475982Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition containing MAP zeolite, ethoxylated nonionic surfactant and an alkali metal carbonate.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2000Date of Patent: November 5, 2002Assignee: Colgate Palmolive CompanyInventors: Charles Beagle, Richard Adams, David Beck
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Patent number: 6465413Abstract: This invention discloses laundering and dishwashing products which can be incorporated in a single compartment water soluble film sachet, the formulation comprising a granulated percarbonate compound mixed with and encapsulated in an encapsulating blend comprising sulfate, carboxy methyl cellulose and nonionic surfactant, wherein the detergent composition does not include zeolites or perborates.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 1999Date of Patent: October 15, 2002Inventor: Gerald Thomas Hinton
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Patent number: 6465418Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition containing zeolite, ethoxylated nonionic surfactant and an alkali metal carbonate.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2000Date of Patent: October 15, 2002Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Co.Inventors: Charles Beagle, Richard Adams, David Beck
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Patent number: 6465417Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition containing a MAP zeolite, ethoxylated nonionic surfactant and an alkali metal carbonate.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2000Date of Patent: October 15, 2002Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Co.Inventors: Charles Beagle, Richard Adams, David Beck
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Patent number: 6451749Abstract: The invention is directed to a care booster composition effective for reducing wrinkles in a fabric being washed. The care booster composition enhances the performance of laundry detergents and fabric conditioners and may be used in processes for cleaning cloths.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2001Date of Patent: September 17, 2002Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, division of Conopco, Inc.Inventors: Dennis Stephen Murphy, Michael Orchowski
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Patent number: 6369022Abstract: The foam control efficiency of a silicone antifoam in liquid or powder detergent formulations is improved by the use as an additive of an olefinically unsaturated alcohol, for example oleyl alcohol.Type: GrantFiled: January 8, 2001Date of Patent: April 9, 2002Assignees: Dow Corning, S.A., Dow Corning CorporationInventors: Jan Hoogland, George Sawicki
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Patent number: 6348441Abstract: Disclosed is a method of laundering soiled fabrics comprising the steps of contacting said fabric in an aqueous laundering solution with a nonaqueous liquid detergent composition containing from about 40% to about 99% by weight of the composition of a surfactant-containing non-aqueous liquid phase and from about 1% to about 50% by weight of the composition of particulate material which is substantially insoluble in said liquid phase and which is selected from peroxygen bleaching agents, bleach activators, organic detergent builders, inorganic alkalinity sources and combinations thereof. A dye transfer inhibitor and suds suppressors are essential components in one aspect of the present invention.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2000Date of Patent: February 19, 2002Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: John Davis Aiken, III, Murali Sampath, Ronald Allen Swift, II
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Patent number: 6323170Abstract: No-rinse floor cleaning compositions which provide improved burnish response to finished floors are sold in concentrated form or in diluted, ready to use form. The concentrated compositions when diluted with water comprise from about 100 ppm to about 750 ppm of an amine oxide surfactant, from about 0 ppm to about 650 ppm of a nonionic surfactant, and from about 1 ppm to about 40 ppm of a silicone antifoam agent. These floor cleaning compositions are substantially free of harsh chemicals and are particularly suitable for use on highly polished floors in commercial environments where daily burnishing is most often utilized.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 1999Date of Patent: November 27, 2001Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Co.Inventors: Thomas James Wierenga, Jeffrey Scott Weaver
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Patent number: 6207629Abstract: A concentrated aqueous betaine surfactant composition consisting essentially of a betaine compound and from 0.5 to 3.5 wt %, based on the total weight of the composition, of at least one fluidizing additive selected from the group consisting of (i) a fatty acid dimer composition and (ii) phosphoric esters of fatty alcohols or polyethoxylated fatty alcohols, the composition containing a solid content of at least 40 wt %, said composition having a reduced viscosity and a low gel point.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 1999Date of Patent: March 27, 2001Assignee: Kao CorporationInventors: Josep María González, María José Bermejo, Rosa María Barceló, Josep Vilaret, Nuria Siscart
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Patent number: 6177399Abstract: This invention relates to a process for cleaning textiles, which comprises applying a composition comprising a low molecular weight linear siloxane represented by the formula: CH3((CH3)2SiO)nSi(CH3)2CH3 wherein n is an integer from 1 to 7, and a cationic surfactant to stained textiles and heating it in the presence of an inorganic base compound at a temperature below which the textiles are deteriorated.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 1999Date of Patent: January 23, 2001Assignee: Dow Corning Taiwan, Inc.Inventors: Wang Ping Mei, Peter S. Wu, Samuel N. Chiang
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Patent number: 6169063Abstract: A granular detergent composition is provided. The detergent composition comprises at least about 1% by weight of a surfactant and at least about 1% by weight of a builder. The detergent composition also includes from about 6 to about 9% of a particulate foam control agent. In addition, the detergent composition includes from about 0.1 to about 10% of hydrated magnesium sulfate, from about 0.05 to about 0.4% of a protease enzyme, and from about 0.05 to about 0.2% of a cellulase enzyme. The detergent composition produces the low level of foam required for optimal cleaning in washing machines employing a low water wash process.Type: GrantFiled: October 4, 1999Date of Patent: January 2, 2001Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Frank Andrej Kvietok, Wendell Ivan Norman, Ronald Allen Swift, II, Jyoti Varadarajan
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Patent number: 6162781Abstract: Foam control granules, for use in particulate laundry detergent compositions, comprise a mobile hydrophobic foam control agent, preferably silicone oil in admixture with hydrophobic silica, optionally combined with a mixture of a hydrocarbon such as petroleum jelly and an alkylphosphoric acid salt, sorbed onto a porous absorbent inorganic carrier comprising or consisting of anhydrous sodium carbonate, preferably light soda ash. When such granules are prepared by mixing and granulating in a high shear mixer/granulator, the addition of from 1 to 10 wt % water after mixing and granulation results in granules having improved flow properties.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 1999Date of Patent: December 19, 2000Assignee: Lever Brothers Company, div. of Conopco Inc.Inventors: Marinela Buscan, Francois Delwel, Angela Di-Pietro
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Patent number: 6087317Abstract: By using a nonionic surfactant as the primary emulsifier having an hydrophilic-lipophilic balance (HLB) greater than about 13, at a concentration sufficient to provide about 0.5-3 molecules per 100 square .ANG. of surface area of silicone particles; and a nonionic cosurfactant having an HLB less than about 11, at a concentration sufficient to provide 5-15 molecules of emulsifier per 100 square .ANG. of surface area of silicone particles; aqueous emulsions containing low molecular weight silicones can be prepared which possess improved particle size stability. In particular, the low molecular weight silicones have a molecular weight less than about 1,000, and a viscosity of not greater than about 5 mm.sup.2 /sec. These emulsions can be used in applications relating to laundry pre-spotting, automotive bug and tar removal, and hard surface cleaning.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 1998Date of Patent: July 11, 2000Assignee: Dow Corning CorporationInventor: Ronald Paul Gee