With Diverse Non-soap Surfactant Patents (Class 510/427)
  • Patent number: 6759380
    Abstract: A built laundry detergent composition contains a combination of anionic, nonionic and cationic surfactants which includes a highly ethoxylated nonionic surfactant which is a C8-C16 alcohol ethoxylated with an average of from 20 to 50 ethylene oxide groups. The cationic surfactant may advantageously be an ethoxylated quaternary ammonium compound. The composition exhibits improved oily soil detergency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2004
    Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Amrat Paul Singh, David Christopher Thorley
  • Patent number: 6746999
    Abstract: A light duty liquid detergent with desirable cleansing properties to the human skin comprising a C8-18 ethoxylated alkyl ether sulfate anionic surfactant, a sulfonate anionic surfactant, and water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2004
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Co.
    Inventor: Julien Drapier
  • Patent number: 6743760
    Abstract: A conditioning shampoo comprising: (a) 8-18 weight % of an anionic surfactant; (b) 0.5-0.8 weight % of a conditioning system comprising: (i) 0.1-0.75 weight % of silicone Quaternium-8; (ii) 0.1-0.5 weight % of a low molecular weight guar gum with a molecular weight less than 100,000 centipoise as an aqueous clear cationic solution of a modified polysaccharide clear cationic solution; and (iii) 0.1-0.5 weight % of Polyquaternium-10; (c) 1.0-6.0 weight % of an amphoteric surfactant; (d) 0.5-5.0 weight % of a member selected from the group consisting of cocodiethanol amide, and cocomonoethanol amide; and (e) the remainder as water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2004
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Eugene Hardy, Anthony Psihoules
  • Patent number: 6693067
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a water-soluble composition for removing rust from steel bars and steel frames, which is environmentally harmless and permits improving work efficiency by allowing work to be conducted in a state where rust was simply removed from the steel bars and frames by applying it on the steel bars or frames with a spray or brush. The rust-removing preparation of the present invention comprises a mixture of 10-11% by weight of phosphoric acid, 6-7% by weight of sodium pyrophosphate, 6-7% by weight of a hard water softener, 7-8% by weight of zeolite, 2-3% by weight of xanthan, 2-3% by weight of a surfactant, 4-5% by weight of stearic acid, 6-7% by weight of methyl alcohol and 2-3% by weight of a defoamer in 50-51% by weight of water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2004
    Assignees: Chum Dan Technical Evolution
    Inventor: Kwon-Taeg Kim
  • Patent number: 6689735
    Abstract: A built laundry detergent composition contains a combination of anionic, nonionic and cationic surfactants which includes a highly ethoxylated nonionic surfactant which is a C8-C16 alcohol ethoxylated with an average of from 20 to 50 ethylene oxide groups. The cationic surfactant may advantageously be an ethoxylated quaternary ammonium compound. The composition exhibits improved oily soil detergency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2004
    Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Amrat Paul Singh, David Christopher Thorley
  • Publication number: 20040023832
    Abstract: A clear liquid detergent composition suitable for use in dishwashing and multipurpose cleaners for household application as well as for industrial and institutional uses, composed by a) an anionic surfactant or association of anionic surfactants in the range of 1 to 40% b) a cationic surfactant or association of cationic surfactants in the range of 0.01 to 10% c) optionally amphoteric and/or nonionic surfactants in the range of 0.05 to 15%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2003
    Publication date: February 5, 2004
    Inventors: Manlio Gallotti, Georges R. Nunez
  • Patent number: 6683039
    Abstract: The present invention includes a composition comprising an enriched mixture of &agr;-sulfofatty acid esters. Increasing the concentration of specific chain length &agr;-sulfofatty acid esters, relative to the proportions of the other chain lengths, allows the detergent compositions to exhibit an improved cleaning performance while simultaneously cleaning a wide variety of materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2004
    Assignee: Huish Detergents, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Danton Huish, Laurie A. Jensen, Pule B. Libe, Mark Fredrickson
  • Patent number: 6670315
    Abstract: Tertiary-butyl acetate does not produce vapors which are considered as hazardous or polluting as those of other common organic solvents. Accordingly, the present invention discloses a general purpose cleaning composition that is formed by emulsifying t-butyl acetate with water. In another embodiment of the present invention, a general purpose cleaning composition is formed by mixing t-butyl acetate with more traditional solvents. The present invention also discloses liquid compositions for direct use in cleaning metals, processes for preparing such liquid compositions, and processes for cleaning metal and/or plastic surfaces with a composition according to the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2003
    Assignee: Henkel Corporation
    Inventors: Lawrence J. Marlin, Bhanu D. Patel
  • Patent number: 6652869
    Abstract: A cleaning wipe comprising a water insoluable substrate, wherein the substrate is a nonwoven fabric which is impregnated with a cleaning composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2003
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Lamberta Suazon, Dawne Barry, John Fletcher, Karen Wisniewski, Barbara Thomas
  • Patent number: 6653274
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a hard surface detergent composition containing a soil entrainment system. The composition can be used with conventional implements known in the art, including sponges, cloths and/or sponge, string, and/or strip mops and floor cloths such as those sold at retail and specialty stores. In a most preferred embodiment, the solution is used with a cleaning pad comprising an effective amount of a superabsorbent material, said pad preferably being part of a cleaning implement comprising a handle and said cleaning pad preferably being removable. The process of using the detergent composition with such a cleaning pad, and the provision of a kit containing both detergent composition and cleaning pad are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2003
    Assignee: The Proctor & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Robert Allen Godfroid, Kenneth William Willman, Christopher James Binski
  • Patent number: 6649579
    Abstract: A composition for cleaning hands is composed of methyl soyate, a surfactant, an emulsifier, an emollient, a wetting agent, a pH-modifying agent, water and optionally other ingredients. The composition lacks d-limonene. Hands are cleaned by applying the composition to the hands, rubbing the composition over the soiled region, and removing the composition by wiping.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2003
    Assignee: Soy Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Robert Denton
  • Patent number: 6635118
    Abstract: This invention relates to water-based alkaline cleaning solutions and their use as an environmentally safer replacement of organic solvents to remove photoresist, polyimide residue and other interlevel dielectric polymer coating residue from polymer film apply equipment, specifically, spin coater bowl and assembly parts consisting of a teflon top shield, stainless steel plate, and a bottom teflon spin coating bowl used in semiconductor device fabrication processes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2003
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Harbans S. Sachdev, Richard A. Cormack, Gerard V. Capogna, Felice J. Mancaruso, Krishna Sachdev
  • Patent number: 6613730
    Abstract: All purpose cleaning or microemulsion compositions more environmentally friendly, which is especially effective in the removal of oily or greasy soils, contains a charged surfactant-polymer complex, a hydrocarbon ingredient, a cosurfactant, and water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2003
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Patrick Durbut, Guy Broze, Francoise Mathieu
  • Patent number: 6613726
    Abstract: The present invention provides a stable composition in the form of an emulsion comprising a diacyl peroxide and a surfactant system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2003
    Inventors: Leo Gagliardi, Stefano Scialla, Vincentius Henricus Adrianus Maria Van Spaendonk, Silvia Zanazzi
  • Publication number: 20030158071
    Abstract: A hard surface cleaning composition containing: (a) a hydroxy mixed ether corresponding to formula I:
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2002
    Publication date: August 21, 2003
    Inventors: Joerg Kahre, Michael Elsner, Rita Koester, Karl Heinz Schmid
  • Patent number: 6605585
    Abstract: All purpose cleaning or microemulsion compositions more environmentally friendly, which is especially effective in the removal of oily or greasy soils contains a positively charged surfactant-polymer complex, a hydrocarbon ingredient, a cosurfactant, and water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2003
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Patrick Durbut, Guy Broze, Francoise Mathieu
  • Patent number: 6593288
    Abstract: This invention relates to the use of a water-soluble or water-dispersible copolymer comprising, in the form of polymerized units: (a) at least one monomer compound of general formula I: (b) at least one hydrophilic monomer bearing a function of acidic nature which is copolymerizable with (a) and capable of ionizing in the application medium, (c) optionally, at least one hydrophilic monomer compound containing ethylenic unsaturation and of neutral charge, bearing one or more hydrophilic groups, which is copolymerizable with (a) and (b), the a/b molar ratio being between 60/40 and 5/95, to give a hard surface hydrophilic properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2003
    Assignee: Rhodia Chimie
    Inventors: Eric Aubay, Dominic Yeung
  • Patent number: 6589926
    Abstract: Detergent compositions containing low molecular weight organic diamines are provided. More particularly, detergent compositions for hand dishwashing which have improved grease removal performance and benefits in sudsing are provided. Further, such detergent compositions have improved low temperature stability properties and dissolution properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2003
    Assignee: Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Phillip Kyle Vinson, Janice Lee Oglesby, William Michael Scheper, Chandrika Kasturi, Kofi Ofosu-Asante, Joanna Margaret Clarke, Robert Owens, Artemio Castro, Garry Kenneth Embleton
  • Publication number: 20030109410
    Abstract: The invention provides surfactant combinations comprising:
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2002
    Publication date: June 12, 2003
    Applicant: Goldschmidt AG
    Inventors: Werner Hahnel, Karin Mohr, Felix Muller, Jorg Peggau
  • Publication number: 20030109409
    Abstract: Laundry detergent compositions contain a sulphate or sulphonate anionic surfactant and a defined cationic surfactant in a weight ratio of 1:1 to 99:1. The cationic surfactant is a quaternary ammonium salt containing an ethoxylated alkyl chain. The compositions exhibit enhanced removal of oily soil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2002
    Publication date: June 12, 2003
    Applicant: Unilever Home and Personal Care, Division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventor: Amrat Paul Singh
  • Patent number: 6576603
    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
  • Patent number: 6573230
    Abstract: An improvement is described in all purpose liquid cleaning composition and microemulsion composition which are especially effective in the removal of oily and greasy soil and contains an anionic detergent, a nonionic surfactant, a preservative system, a short chain amphiphile, a hydrocarbon ingredient, and water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2003
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Baudouin Mertens, Julien Drapier
  • Patent number: 6566321
    Abstract: A low-foaming, liquid composition is disclosed. Methods of making and using the low-foaming, liquid composition are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2003
    Assignee: Kay Chemical, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph T. Thekkekandam, Frank Lama
  • Patent number: 6551980
    Abstract: A dishwashing cleaning wipe comprising a single layer needle punched fabric wherein the fabric is impregnated with a cleaning composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2003
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Karen Wisniewski, Barbara Thomas
  • Patent number: 6534468
    Abstract: All purpose cleaning or microemulsion compositions more environmentally friendly, which is especially effective in the removal of oily or greasy soils contains a positively charged surfactant-polymer complex, a hydrocarbon ingredient, a cosurfactant, and water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2003
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Patrick Durbut, Guy Broze, Françoise Mathieu
  • Patent number: 6534470
    Abstract: All purpose cleaning or microemulsion compositions more environmentally friendly, which is especially effective in the removal of oily or greasy soils, contains a charged surfactant-polymer complex, a hydrocarbon ingredient, a cosurfactant, and water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2003
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Patrick Durbut, Guy Broze, Françoise Mathieu
  • Patent number: 6531442
    Abstract: All purpose cleaning or microemulsion compositions more environmentally friendly, which is especially effective in the removal of oily or greasy soils, contains a positively charged surfactant-polymer complex, a hydrocarbon ingredient, a cosurfactant, and water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2003
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Patrick Durbut, Guy Broze, Françoise Mathieu
  • Patent number: 6521578
    Abstract: A hard surface cleaning composition containing: (a) from about 1 to 10% by weight of an alkyl or alkenyl oligoglycoside; (b) from about 1 to 10% by weight of an anionic surfactant selected from the group consisting of an alkyl or alkenyl sulfate, alkyl or alkenyl ether sulfate, a betaine, and mixtures thereof; (c) from about 0.1 to 15% by weight of an ethoxylated fatty amine having a formula: R—NH(CH2CH2O)zH wherein R is a linear or branched, alkyl or alkenyl group having from about 6 to 22 carbon atoms, and z is a number from 1 to about 10; and (d) remainder to 100% water, all weights being based on the weight of the composition, and wherein the composition has a pH value of from about 1.5 to 3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2003
    Assignee: Cognis Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Jutta Stute, Rita Koester, Ditmar Kischkel, Antonino Burgo
  • Patent number: 6521577
    Abstract: Hand dishwashing compositions comprising a low molecular weight organic diamine having a pK1 and a pK2 value in the range of from 8 10 11.5, an anionic surfactant, an amine oxide, and magnesium ions, said magnesium being present at an equimolar or less than equimolar amount of said diamine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2003
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Kofi Ofosu-Asante, Joanna Margaret Clarke, Robert Owens, Artemio Castro, Gary Kenneth Embleton
  • Patent number: 6518229
    Abstract: An antibacterial composition is provided that has an anionic surfactant, an amphoteric surfactant, a cationic conditioning agent, an antibacterial agent and water. Preferably, the composition is a liquid hand soap. The aqueous antibacterial composition, especially when an antibacterial liquid hand soap, has a proper balance of ingredients for providing a high cleansing ability, high foam, good conditioning and a pleasant emollient effect on the skin. The method of reducing amount of bacteria on part of a person's body, such as a hand, includes contacting the hand with the composition and, thereafter, rinsing the hand with water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2003
    Assignee: Playtex Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Anne Tashjian, Susan Mills, Marie Lewis
  • Publication number: 20030027737
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process of cleaning a hard surface with a liquid acidic composition comprising a surfactant system, wherein said surfactant system comprises: a sulphated or sulphonated anionic surfactant; a neutralizing co-surfactant; and a sulfobetaine and/or an alkoxylated nonionic surfactant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2002
    Publication date: February 6, 2003
    Applicant: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventor: Marc Francois Theophile Evers
  • Patent number: 6514923
    Abstract: Provided are aqueous hard surface cleaning and disinfecting composition which comprises the following constituents: (a) at lease one cationic surfactant having germicidal properties; and (b) a fluorosurfactant selected from the group of nonionic fluorosurfactant, cationic fluorosurfactant, and mixtures thereof, and (c) a film-forming, organosilicone quaternary ammonium compound. Optionally the compositions may further include (d) one or more detersive surfactants particularly selected from carboxylate surfactants, as well as nonionic, cationic and amphoteric surfactants, (e) one or more organic solvents, and further conventional additives.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2003
    Assignee: Reckitt Benckiser Inc.
    Inventors: Tak Wai Cheung, Dennis Thomas Smialowicz, Minaxi Hemansu Mehta
  • Patent number: 6514458
    Abstract: Method for removing microbial biofilm from surfaces in contact with an aqueous system is disclosed, which comprises adding to the system a treatment comprising low foaming, ethoxylated anionic surfactant composed of alkyl substituted carboxylated acid or salt thereof and polyoxyethylene-polyoxypropylene block copolymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2003
    Assignee: GE Betz, Inc.
    Inventors: Melvin H. Czechowski, Wilson K. Whitekettle
  • Patent number: 6506715
    Abstract: An automobile wash and wax composition suitable for simultaneously washing and waxing a soiled exterior surface of a vehicle without buffing. The automotive wash and wax composition being an aqueous emulsion containing an anionic surfactant, a silicone oil, an amino-functional silicone, a wax, and a cationic emulsifier. The wash and wax composition is applied to a pre-wetted exterior surface of a vehicle so as to substantially coat the surface of the vehicle that requires cleaning and polishing. After the coated surface has substantially dried, the surface is washed with a sufficient quantity of water to rinse away the soil particles and the residue of the anionic surfactant, leaving behind a durable, evenly distributed, high-gloss, water resistant protective film of silicones and wax on the vehicle surface, without any buffing of the surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2003
    Assignee: Turtle Wax, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael A. Schultz, Denis John Healy
  • Publication number: 20020187915
    Abstract: To provide a surfactant composition with an excellent foamability and thickening performance and further an excellent storage stability, it comprises the following components (a) and (b):
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2002
    Publication date: December 12, 2002
    Applicant: KAO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takaya Sakai, Makoto Kubo, Makio Tetsu, Youhei Kaneko
  • Patent number: 6444631
    Abstract: A dishwashing product containing a diamine-containing detergent composition specifically for hand dishwashing is disclosed. The container or bottle in which the detergent composition is contained is effectively resistant to UV light, thereby preventing any discoloration of the composition prior to full use of the product by the consumer. Alternatively, the composition itself is UV light resistant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2002
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Kofi Ofosu-Asante, Robert Henry Kordenbrock, Robert Owens
  • Patent number: 6440916
    Abstract: The present invention provides a process for cleaning or sanitization of hard surfaces, which process comprises the step of providing a composition containing a cationic surfactant, a fluorosurfactant, a film forming, organosilicone quaternary ammonium compound, along with optional components, and applying such a composition to a hard surface in need of cleaning.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2002
    Assignee: Reckitt & Colman Inc.
    Inventors: Tak Wai Cheung, Dennis Thomas Smialowicz, Minaxi Hemansu Mehta
  • Patent number: 6440925
    Abstract: A cleaning wipe comprising a single layer needle punched fabric wherein the fabric is impregnated with a cleaning composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2002
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Lamberta B. Suazon, Dawne Barry, John Fletcher, Karen Wisniewski, Barbara Thomas
  • Patent number: 6440924
    Abstract: Aqueous, liquid, multiphase, surfactant-containing cleaning composition having at least two continuous phases, having at least one lower aqueous phase I and an upper aqueous phase II immiscible with the lower phase I and which can be temporarily converted into an emulsion by shaking, wherein the composition contains one or more hydrophobic components and up to about 5% by weight of sodium hexametaphosphate. The compositions are useful as hard surface cleaners.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2002
    Assignee: Henkel Kommanditgesellschaft auf Aktien
    Inventors: Rainer Jeschke, Ryszard Katowicz, Georg Meine, Alexander Ditze, Marc Benoit
  • Patent number: 6429177
    Abstract: The invention provides a single chamber transparent or translucent package and personal product composition where when standing, the product forms 2 or more visibly distinct phases and, when agitated, the composition forms a visible single phase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2002
    Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Jason Richard Williams, Ernest Weatherley Macaulay, Michael Paul Aronson, Michael Massaro, Tom Salmon
  • Patent number: 6423678
    Abstract: Liquid detergent compositions containing from about 1% to about 90% of a surfactant selected from anionic, nonionic, and amphoteric surfactants and mixtures thereof are prepared with a hydrotrope that is a mixture of an alcohol ethoxylate and a polyethylene glycol ether of glycerin. The hydrotrope provides increased foam generation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2002
    Assignee: Amway Corporation
    Inventors: Ernest H. Brumbaugh, Robert D. Faber, Robert G. Berube
  • Patent number: 6399553
    Abstract: The invention provides an aqueous, hard surface cleaner with significantly improved residue removal and substantially reduced filming/streaking, said cleaner comprising: (a) an effective amount of at least one organic solvent with a vapor pressure of at least 0.001 mm Hg at 25° C., and mixtures of such solvents; (b) an effective amount of a mixture of anionic surfactants; (c) an effective amount of a buffering system which comprises a nitrogenous buffer which will result in a pH of greater than 6.5; and (d) the remainder as substantially all water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2002
    Assignee: The Clorox Company
    Inventors: Elizabeth A. Cable, Aram Garabedian, Jr.
  • Patent number: 6399555
    Abstract: An aqueous hard surface cleaner with improved soil removal is provided and has, as components, the following: (a) either an anionic, nonionic, amphoteric surfactant, and mixtures thereof with optionally, a quaternary ammonium surfactant, the total amount of the surfactants being present in a cleaning effective amount; (b) at least one water-soluble or dispersible organic solvent having a vapor pressure of at least 0.001 mm Hg at 25° C., present in a solubilizing—or dispersion—effective amount (c) a combination of (i) an incompletely neutralized potassium ethylenediamine—tetraacetate (EDTA) and (ii) a precipitating co-builder as chelating agents present in an amount effective to enhance soil removal in said cleaner; and (d) the remainder, water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2002
    Assignee: The Clorox Company
    Inventors: Michael H. Robbins, Jennifer C. Julian, Suzanne M. Thompson, Gary L. Robinson, Clement K. Choy, Elizabeth A. Gossett
  • Patent number: 6391843
    Abstract: A composition comprising: an organic chemical having a chemical group having a dipole moment of at least about 1.5 Debyes and a chemical linker selected from the group consisting of carboxylic acids having 4 to 6 carbon atoms, an ethoxylated polyhydric alcohol, a polyvinyl pyrrolidone and a polyethylene glycol having a molecular weight of about 600 to about 10,000, wherein the molar ratio of organic chemical to chemical linker is about 4:1 to 1:4.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2002
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Co.
    Inventors: Michele Davister, Guy Broze, Patrick Durbut, Hoai-Chau Cao, Thomas Connors, John Labows, Anne-Marie Misselyn
  • Patent number: 6380143
    Abstract: A detergent composition, having a selected surfactant system for improved performance, especially under high water hardness and low temperature wash water conditions is disclosed. The detergent composition includes a mid-chain branched primary alkyl sulfate surfactant in combination with a linear alkylbenzene sulfonate surfactant, and linear alkyl sulfate surfactant at optimally selected relative proportions. Additionally, the detergent composition contains up to about 5% of an alkyl ethoxylated sulfate surfactant and up to about 5% of a nonionic surfactant while unexpectedly having improved performance with such relatively low levels of a nonionic surfactant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2002
    Inventors: Frank Andrej Kvietok, Gabor Heltovics, Rinko Katsuda, Kenneth William Willman
  • Publication number: 20020045558
    Abstract: A laundry washing composition comprises:
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2001
    Publication date: April 18, 2002
    Applicant: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, Division of conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew Martin Creeth, Philippus Cornelis Van Der Hoeven, Edwin John Staples
  • Patent number: 6369016
    Abstract: A heavy oil remover comprises a hydrocarbon solvent, dipropylene glycol mono n-butyl ether, a volatility stabilizer, a salt of an alkyl aromatic sulfonic acid, a branched alcohol ethoxylate, an ethoxylated alkyl mercaptan, and water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2002
    Assignee: Dotolo Research Ltd.
    Inventor: Jack T. Vlasblom
  • Patent number: 6369012
    Abstract: The present invention relates to liquid detergent compositions comprising polymeric suds volume and suds duration enhancers. These polymeric materials provide enhanced suds volume and suds duration during hand washing of dishwasher, flatware, and pots and pans. The present invention also relates to methods for providing detergent compositions which have enduring suds volume and suds retention when hand washing of said dishwasher items.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2002
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Chandrika Kasturi, Michael Gayle Schafer, Mark Robert Sivik, Bernard William Kluesener, William Michael Scheper
  • Patent number: 6369015
    Abstract: A particulate laundry detergent is composed of at least two different granular components, one of which is an anionic surfactant granule having a bulk density of 300-600 g/l comprising linear alkylbenzene sulphonate on a particulate carrier material comprising of sodium carbonate and an optional finely-divided water-insoluble particulate material, preferably zeolite, which must be present if the average particle size of the sodium carbonate exceeds 40 &mgr;m. Also present is at least one other selected granular detergent component. The anionic surfactant granule may be prepared by in-situ neutralisation of alkylbenzene sulphonic acid with sodium carbonate in a fluidised bed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2002
    Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care, USA division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Andreas Theodorus Johannes Groot, Marco Klaver
  • Patent number: 6365561
    Abstract: The present invention relates to detergent compositions containing low molecular weight organic diamines. More particularly, the invention is directed to detergent compositions for hand dishwashing which has improved grease removal performance and benefits in sudsing. The detergents of this invention also have improved low temperature stability properties and dissolution properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2002
    Assignee: Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Phillip Kyle Vinson, Janice Lee Oglesby, Jeffrey John Scheibel, William Michael Scheper, Chandrika Kasturi, Kristen Lynne McKenzie, Kofi Ofosu-Asante, Joanna Margaret Clarke, Robert Owens