With Clay, Aluminum, Or Heavy Metal Containing Component Patents (Class 510/485)
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Patent number: 8680031Abstract: Exfoliating compositions, such as soaps, scrubs, and muds, for conditioning skin. The compositions include a carrier and particles that are insoluble in the carrier. The carrier may include one of more of a surfactant and an emollient, among other ingredients. The particles preferably include calcium carbonate, one or more phyllosilicates, and a quartz group tectosilicate, preferably have a calcium carbonate equivalent of less than 90%, and preferably embody a schistose texture. The exfoliating compositions with such particles have unexpected moisturizing and skin-conditioning properties.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2013Date of Patent: March 25, 2014Assignee: Roanoke CollegeInventor: DorothyBelle Poli
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Patent number: 8546315Abstract: A personal cleansing composition includes soap at a concentration of at least 10 weight percent of the composition; and talc having a primarily triclinic crystal structure, the talc being included at a concentration of between 0.1 and 15 weight percent of the composition. A method for enhancing lathering properties of a bar soap includes the step of molding a bar soap from such a composition.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2011Date of Patent: October 1, 2013Assignee: The Dial CorporationInventor: Jesus Macias
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Patent number: 8063265Abstract: A hydrogel having a floatability where from 40% to 90% of a solution and/or suspension to be thickened are thickened starting from the surface of the liquid and the rest of the solution and/or suspension to be thickened is thickened starting from the bottom of the container, a process for preparing the hydrogel and also its use for absorbing blood and/or body fluids, especially in hygiene articles, or for thickening aqueous solutions and/or suspensions, especially for thickening medical wastes.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2004Date of Patent: November 22, 2011Assignee: BASF AktiengesellschaftInventors: Martin Beck, Volker Frenz, Anna Kowalski, Elisabeth Selzer, Ernst Jürgen Bauer, Harald Keller, Bernhard Steinmetz
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Patent number: 7858574Abstract: A warewashing detergent composition is provided according to the invention. The warewashing detergent composition includes a cleaning agent, an alkaline source, and a corrosion inhibitor. The cleaning agent comprises a detersive amount of a surfactant. The alkaline source is provided in an amount effective to provide a use composition having a pH of at least about 8. The corrosion inhibitor includes a source of aluminum ion and at least one of a source of calcium ion or a source of magnesium ion. The amounts of calcium ion or magnesium ion can be selected depending upon the hardness of the water of dilution. Methods for using a warewashing detergent composition are provided.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2010Date of Patent: December 28, 2010Assignee: Ecolab USA Inc.Inventors: Kim R. Smith, Michael J. Bartelme, Keith E. Olson
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Patent number: 7829516Abstract: A warewashing detergent composition is provided according to the invention. The warewashing detergent composition includes a cleaning agent, an alkaline source, and a corrosion inhibitor. The cleaning agent comprises a detersive amount of a surfactant. The alkaline source is provided in an amount effective to provide a use composition having a pH of at least about 8. The corrosion inhibitor includes a source of aluminum ion and a source of zinc ion. The relative amounts of the source of zinc ion and the source of aluminum ion can be controlled to reduce visible filming when the warewashing detergent composition is used in the presence of hard water. Methods for using and manufacturing a warewashing detergent composition are provided.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2009Date of Patent: November 9, 2010Assignee: Ecolab USA Inc.Inventors: Kim R. Smith, Keith E. Olson, Howie Kestell, Michael J. Bartelme, Steven E. Lentsch, Victor F. Man, Burton M. Baum, Terence P. Everson
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Patent number: 7781389Abstract: The invention proposes a bleaching agent-containing washing or cleaning agent that contains a particulate phthalimidoperoxyalkanoic acid and an active substance selected from the group encompassing Zn ions, benzotriazole, nitrate ions, phosphonocarboxylic acids, phosphonic acids, phosphates, polyaspartic acids, fatty amines, surfactants having nitrogen-containing head groups, and mixtures thereof.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2009Date of Patent: August 24, 2010Assignee: Henkel AG & Co. KGaAInventors: Peter Schmiedel, Elke Scholl, Wolfgang Von Rybinski, Christian Rosenkranz, Soeren Hoelsken, Bernhard Guckenbiehl
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Patent number: 7759299Abstract: A warewashing detergent composition is provided according to the invention. The warewashing detergent composition includes a cleaning agent, an alkaline source, and a corrosion inhibitor. The cleaning agent comprises a detersive amount of a surfactant. The alkaline source is provided in an amount effective to provide a use composition having a pH of at least about 8. The corrosion inhibitor includes a source of aluminum ion and at least one of a source of calcium ion or a source of magnesium ion. The amounts of calcium ion or magnesium ion can be selected depending upon the hardness of the water of dilution. Methods for using a warewashing detergent composition are provided.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2006Date of Patent: July 20, 2010Assignee: Ecolab Inc.Inventors: Kim R. Smith, Michael J. Bartelme, Keith E. Olson
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Patent number: 7638473Abstract: A warewashing detergent composition is provided according to the invention. The warewashing detergent composition includes a cleaning agent, an alkaline source, and a corrosion inhibitor. The cleaning agent comprises a detersive amount of a surfactant. The alkaline source is provided in an amount effective to provide a use composition having a pH of at least about 8. The corrosion inhibitor includes a source of aluminum ion and a source of zinc ion. The relative amounts of the source of zinc ion and the source of aluminum ion can be controlled to reduce visible filming when the warewashing detergent composition is used in the presence of hard water. Methods for using and manufacturing a warewashing detergent composition are provided.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 2008Date of Patent: December 29, 2009Assignee: Ecolab Inc.Inventors: Kim R. Smith, Keith E. Olson, Howie Kestell, Michael J. Bartelme, Steven E. Lentsch, Victor F. Man, Burton M. Baum, Terence P. Everson
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Patent number: 7638476Abstract: Aqueous washing and cleaning agents that contain capsules in addition to other constituents, the capsules each encompassing an active ingredient in a matrix. The introduction of a combination of aluminum silicate and silicic acid into the matrix improves the solubility characteristics of the capsules in a washing operation.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2008Date of Patent: December 29, 2009Assignee: Henkel AG & Co. KGaAInventors: Bernhard Orlich, Bernd Richter, Sören Hölsken, Stefan Van Der Burgh
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Patent number: 7524803Abstract: A warewashing detergent composition is provided according to the invention. The warewashing detergent composition includes a cleaning agent, an alkaline source, and a corrosion inhibitor. The cleaning agent comprises a detersive amount of a surfactant. The alkaline source is provided in an amount effective to provide a use solution having a pH of at least about 8. The corrosion inhibitor includes a source of aluminum ion and a source of zinc ion. Methods for using and manufacturing a warewashing detergent composition are provided.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2007Date of Patent: April 28, 2009Assignee: Ecolab Inc.Inventors: Steven E. Lentsch, Michael J. Bartelme, Victor F. Man, Burton M. Baum, Terence P. Everson
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Patent number: 7452853Abstract: A warewashing detergent composition is provided according to the invention. The warewashing detergent composition includes a cleaning agent, an alkaline source, and a corrosion inhibitor. The cleaning agent comprises a detersive amount of a surfactant. The alkaline source is provided in an amount effective to provide a use composition having a pH of at least about 8. The corrosion inhibitor includes a source of aluminum ion and a source of zinc ion. The relative amounts of the source of zinc ion and the source of aluminum ion can be controlled to reduce visible filming when the warewashing detergent composition is used in the presence of hard water. Methods for using and manufacturing a warewashing detergent composition are provided.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 2006Date of Patent: November 18, 2008Assignee: Ecolab Inc.Inventors: Kim R. Smith, Keith E. Olson, Howie Kestell, Michael J. Bartelme, Steven E. Lentsch, Victor F. Man, Burton M. Baum, Terence P. Everson
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Patent number: 7320957Abstract: Rinse-aid composition comprising a polyalkoxylated trisiloxane surfactant and a non-ionic solubilising system having a cloud point above room temperature and an acidifying agent wherein the rinse-aid composition has a pH of from about 1 to about 4.5.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2006Date of Patent: January 22, 2008Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Anju Deepali Massey Brooker, Harold Emmerson, Andrew Paul Nelson, Eric San Jose Robles, Brian Xiaoqing Song
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Patent number: 7309684Abstract: An oil-in-water emulsion composition remover is disclosed. The compositions comprise a solvent, water and a surfactant. The removers are useful in removing non-aqueous and aqueous coatings, waxes, greases, and the like, from substrates to which the coatings, waxes, greases, and the like, have been applied.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2005Date of Patent: December 18, 2007Assignee: The Lubrizol CorporationInventors: Brian B. Filippini, Christopher M. Carter, Harshida C. Dave
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Patent number: 7285521Abstract: The invention relates to a synergistic detergent composition capable of reducing oiliness or greasiness of the skin and also reduce post wash re-accumulation of sebum on the skin. It is particularly preferred to formulate the composition as a wash off product by incorporating a clay belonging to the hormite group of the 2:1 type of clay minerals, and having an inverted ribbon configuration.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2005Date of Patent: October 23, 2007Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, division of Conopco, Inc.Inventors: Debojit Chakrabarty, Anant Kondiram Parte, Yashodhara Pawar
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Patent number: 7199094Abstract: Improved hard surface cleaning compositions having an acidic pH provide good removal of soap scum stains. Compositions of the present invention comprise an acidic constituent which comprises either citric acid alone or citric acid in combination with an acid selected from the group consisting of sorbic acid, acetic acid, boric acid, formic acid, maleic acid, adipic acid, lactic acid, malic acid, malonic acid, glycolic acid, and mixtures thereof; at least one anionic surfactant; at least one thickener; at least one scrubbing agent; one or more optional constituents; and the balance water; wherein the aqueous hard surface cleaning composition exhibits a pH of 6.0 or less.Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 2003Date of Patent: April 3, 2007Assignee: Reckitt Benckiser Inc.Inventors: Tak Wai Cheung, Benjamin Costa, Edward Fu
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Patent number: 7196044Abstract: A warewashing detergent composition is provided according to the invention. The warewashing detergent composition includes a cleaning agent, an alkaline source, and a corrosion inhibitor. The cleaning agent comprises a detersive amount of a surfactant. The alkaline source is provided in an amount effective to provide a use composition having a pH of at least about 8. The corrosion inhibitor includes a source of aluminum ion and a source of zinc ion. The relative amounts of the source of zinc ion and the source of aluminum ion can be controlled to reduce visible filming when the warewashing detergent composition is used in the presence of hard water. Methods for using and manufacturing a warewashing detergent composition are provided.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2004Date of Patent: March 27, 2007Assignee: Ecolab, Inc.Inventors: Kim R. Smith, Keith E. Olson, Howie Kestell, Michael J. Bartelme, Steven E. Lentsch, Victor F. Man, Burton M. Baum, Terence P. Everson
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Patent number: 7196045Abstract: A warewashing detergent composition is provided according to the invention. The warewashing detergent composition includes a cleaning agent, an alkaline source, and a corrosion inhibitor. The cleaning agent comprises a detersive amount of a surfactant. The alkaline source is provided in an amount effective to provide a use solution having a pH of at least about 8. The corrosion inhibitor includes a source of aluminum ion and a source of zinc ion. Methods for using and manufacturing a warewashing detergent composition are provided.Type: GrantFiled: February 2, 2006Date of Patent: March 27, 2007Assignee: Ecolab Inc.Inventors: Steven E. Lentsch, Michael J. Bartelme, Victor F. Man, Burton M. Baum, Terence P. Everson
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Patent number: 7135448Abstract: A warewashing detergent composition is provided according to the invention. The warewashing detergent composition includes a cleaning agent, an alkaline source, and a corrosion inhibitor. The cleaning agent comprises a detersive amount of a surfactant. The alkaline source is provided in an amount effective to provide a use solution having a pH of at least about 8. The corrosion inhibitor includes a source of aluminum ion and a source of zinc ion. Methods for using and manufacturing a warewashing detergent composition are provided.Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 2003Date of Patent: November 14, 2006Assignee: Ecolab Inc.Inventors: Steven E. Lentsch, Michael J. Bartelme, Victor F. Man, Burton M. Baum, Terence P. Everson
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Patent number: 7105476Abstract: This invention relates to fabric treatment compositions comprising a textile compatible carrier and water insoluble particles having a layered structure comprising oxygen atoms and silicon and/or phosphorus atoms and comprising organic functional groups which are bonded to silicon and/or phosphorus atoms by direct covalent bonds between the silicon and/or phosphorus atoms and a carbon atom. A number of the compositions may impart anti-wrinkling ie, reduced crease formation or other benefits to fabrics washed or otherwise treated therewith.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2001Date of Patent: September 12, 2006Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA Division of Conopco, Inc.Inventor: Nicola Whilton
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Patent number: 7101833Abstract: Methods for treating glassware surfaces, for example dishes and glasses, using corrosion protection agents, especially corrosion protection agents comprising zinc-containing materials. Methods using corrosion protection agents that form a part of a treatment system and/or are incorporated in a composition of matter are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2004Date of Patent: September 5, 2006Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Patricia Sara Berger, Brian Xiaoqing Song, James Robert Schwartz, Robert William Corkery
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Patent number: 7094740Abstract: Corrosion protection agents for treating glassware surfaces, for example dishes and glasses, especially corrosion protection agents comprising zinc-containing materials are provided. Treatment systems and composition of matter, which incorporate these corrosion protection agents, are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2004Date of Patent: August 22, 2006Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Patricia Sara Berger, Brian Xiaoqing Song, James Robert Schwartz, Robert William Corkery
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Patent number: 7018975Abstract: A cleaning formulation comprising a cleaning agent, a particulate clay material and an aqueous carrier. The formulation has a pH less than about 4.0 and is characterized by at least a 90% reduction in viscosity at 25° C. at a shear rate of up to about 0.10 s?1. The cleaning formulation is thixotropic and has a highly desirable combination of acid stability, temperature stability, electrolyte stability and ultraviolet radiation stability.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2003Date of Patent: March 28, 2006Assignee: Trojan Technologies Inc.Inventor: Howard A. Ketelson
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Patent number: 6894019Abstract: Base particles for supporting a surfactant, obtainable by a step of spray-drying a slurry comprising (A) a zeolite having an average aggregate particle diameter of 15 ?m or less and a variation coefficient of a distribution of an aggregate particle diameter of 29% or less, (B) a water-soluble polymer; (C) a water-soluble salt, and (D) a surfactant in an amount of 5% by weight or less of the slurry; detergent particles comprising the base particles; and a zeolite for a laundry detergent, wherein the zeolite has an average aggregate particle diameter of 15 ?m or less and a variation coefficient of a distribution of an aggregate particle diameter of 29% or less; and a process for preparing base particles for supporting a surfactant, comprising a step of spray-drying a slurry comprising a zeolite (A) having an average aggregate particle diameter of 15 ?m or less and a variation coefficient of a distribution of an aggregate particle diameter of 29% or less, a water-soluble polymer (B), a water-soluble salt (C), anType: GrantFiled: December 18, 2001Date of Patent: May 17, 2005Assignee: Kao CorporationInventors: Kazuo Oki, Hiroji Hosokawa, Shu Yamaguchi, Kimihiro Mizusawa
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Patent number: 6828288Abstract: The present invention provides a cleaning composition which has a superior cleaning power, bactericidal power and the like, and which is highly safe. The present invention relates to a cleaning composition which is characterized in that this composition is formed by adding a soap to a mixture containing a silicic acid compound, an aluminum compound and water, or a solution of such a mixture.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2002Date of Patent: December 7, 2004Assignee: IQ Center Co., Ltd.Inventor: Kazuyuki Takeshima
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Patent number: 6787516Abstract: A fabric care composition comprises (i) an organophilic clay; (ii) a functionalized oil; and (iii) water. The composition may be used to provide fabrics with softness and/or anti-wrinkle and/or other fabric benefits in laundering processes.Type: GrantFiled: August 4, 2003Date of Patent: September 7, 2004Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, division of Conopco, Inc.Inventors: David Moorfield, Nicola Whilton
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Patent number: 6730656Abstract: A solid detergent composition comprising a clay system, said clay system comprises a hectorite clay and a dioctahedral smectite clay, wherein the weight ratio of said hectorite clay to said dioctahedral smectite clay is less than 1:1. The two clay types may be present in a solid detergent composition in the form of an agglomerate.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2003Date of Patent: May 4, 2004Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Richard Timothy Hartshorn, Alison Lesley Main, Nathalie Sophie Letzelter, Barry Thomas Ingram
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Patent number: 6699831Abstract: The present invention provides a liquid detergent composition being excellent in detergency and dispersion stability and a process for producing the same. The invention provides a liquid detergent composition having a degree of separation by volume of 5% or less after storage for 1 month at 25° C., comprising a liquid phase as the phase (a), a polymeric dispersant as the component (b)] and at least one selected from the group consisting of a crystalline silicate compound and an aluminosilicate compound as the component (c), wherein the component (b) has a cation exchange capacity of not less than 120 CaCO3 mg/g when the water content of the composition is 5% by weight or less and then the aluminosilicate compound only is used as the component (c) or when the water content of the composition is larger than 5% by weight.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2001Date of Patent: March 2, 2004Assignee: Kao CorporationInventors: Tomoe Takano, Koji Yui, Takashi Oda, Akira Ishikawa, Osamu Takiguchi
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Patent number: 6689739Abstract: The present invention relates to detergent compositions which comprise low levels of inorganic sulphate filler salts, but instead high levels of carbonate salts and a system to counter balance the carbonate. This system comprises a floculating agent and a clay. Preferably only very low levels of an inorganic sulphate salt are present. Preferably, also other salts or silicates are present, including phosphates and/or zeolites.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2001Date of Patent: February 10, 2004Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventor: Robin Gibson Hall
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Patent number: 6656901Abstract: A fabric care composition comprises (i) an organophilic clay; (ii) a functionalised oil; and (iii) water. The composition may be used to provide fabrics with softness and/or anti-wrinkle and/or other fabric benefits in laundering processes.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2001Date of Patent: December 2, 2003Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA division of Conopco, Inc.Inventors: David Moorfield, Nicola Whilton
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Patent number: 6635613Abstract: A cleaning formulation comprising a cleaning agent, a particulate clay material and an aqueous carrier. The formulation has a pH less than about 4.0 and is characterized by at least a 90% reduction in viscosity at 25° C. at a shear rate of up to about 0.10 s−1. The cleaning formulation is thixotropic and has a highly desirable combination of acid stability, temperature stability, electrolyte stability and ultraviolet radiation stability.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2000Date of Patent: October 21, 2003Assignee: Trojan Technologies, Inc.Inventor: Howard A. Ketelson
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Patent number: 6627598Abstract: The present invention relates to detergent compositions which comprise a flocculating agent and an organophilic smectite clay whereof at least 30%, preferably at least 40% of the exchangeable cations in the clay is replaced by one or more long-chain organic cations, preferably having at least one long carbon chain of at least 10 or even 12 carbon atoms. The compositions provide improved fabric softening and deliver good cleaning.Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 2002Date of Patent: September 30, 2003Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Barry Thomas Ingram, Stephen Wayne Heinzman, Nathalie Sophie Letzelter, Robin Gibson Hall
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Patent number: 6605583Abstract: A water soluble tablet comprising a cleaning composition.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2003Date of Patent: August 12, 2003Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive CompanyInventor: Philip Gorlin
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Patent number: 6596682Abstract: A water soluble tablet comprising a cleaning composition.Type: GrantFiled: April 16, 2002Date of Patent: July 22, 2003Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive CompanyInventors: Philip Gorlin, Steve Zabarylo, Harry Aszman, John Fletcher
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Patent number: 6486111Abstract: A water soluble tablet comprising a cleaning composition which contains a bleach.Type: GrantFiled: April 18, 2002Date of Patent: November 26, 2002Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive CompanyInventors: Steve Zabarylo, John Fletcher, Philip Gorlin, Harry Aszman
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Publication number: 20010016567Abstract: An object is to provide a homogeneous composite metallic soap containing molybdenum in high yields.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 21, 2001Publication date: August 23, 2001Inventors: Toru Imori, Mizuho Yoshida
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Patent number: 6265371Abstract: A powdery detergent composition having a high detergency and an excellent storage stability (caking resistance), and comprising (a) a chelating agent composed of a compound having an average degree of neutralization in a molecule of 20 to 70%, a molecular weight of 600 or less, the number of carboxyl groups contained in one molecule of 3 to 5, and a constant of a chelating stability with Ca2+ of 6 to 13, (b) an alkali agent composed of a compound a 0.1% by weight aqueous solution or dispersion of which has the maximum pH of 10 or more at 20° C., at least 5 ml of 0.1 N HCl aqueous solution being required to adjust 1 liter of the aqueous solution or the dispersion to pH 9, and (c) a surfactant at specific ratios, respectively.Type: GrantFiled: January 6, 2000Date of Patent: July 24, 2001Assignee: Kao CorporationInventors: Genjiro Hagino, Shuji Tagata, Sachiko Noguchi
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Patent number: 6235704Abstract: A solid textile detergent formulation comprises (A) from 1 to 30% by weight of inorganic builders based on carbonates, (B) from 0 to 12% by weight of inorganic builders based on crystalline or amorphous alumosilicates and/or crystalline or amorphous silicates, (C) from 0 to 5% by weight of inorganic builders based on phosphates, (D) from 1 to 40% by weight of one or more glycine-N,N-diacetic acid derivatives I where R is an organic radical and M is hydrogen or a cation, as organic builder component, (E) from 0 to 40% by weight of anionic surfactants and (F) from 0.5 to 50% by weight of nonionic surfactants.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2000Date of Patent: May 22, 2001Assignee: BASF AktiengesellschaftInventors: Jürgen Detering, Richard Baur, Werner Bertleff, Rainer Rahm, Günter Oetter
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Patent number: 6225278Abstract: The invention relates to a solid textile detergent formulation containing (A) 1-60 wt. % inorganic builders based on crystalline or amorphous aluminosilicates, crystalline or amorphous silicates, carbonates and/or phosphates, (B) 1-40 wt. % of one or several glycin-N, N-diacetic acid derivatives of formula (I), wherein R stands for an organic radical and M means hydrogen or a cation, (C) 0-6 wt. % anionic surfactants with one or several sulphate groups, one or several sulphate groups or one or two carboxylate groups and (D) 0.5-50 wt. % non ionic surfactants.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2000Date of Patent: May 1, 2001Assignee: BASF AktiengesellschaftInventors: Jürgen Detering, Richard Baur, Werner Bertleff, Rainer Rahm, Günter Oetter, Beate Ehle
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Patent number: 6025319Abstract: A laundry additive particle having multiple coatings and compositions employing the particle are provided. The laundry additive particle comprises a porous carrier core material; a first encapsulating material coated on the core material to form an intermediate layer, the first encapsulating material comprising a glassy material derived from one or more at least partially water-soluble hydroxylic compounds having an anhydrous, nonplasticized, glass transition temperature, T.sub.g, of at least about 0.degree. C.; and a second encapsulating material coated on the intermediate layer to form an outer layer, the second encapsulating material comprising a carbohydrate material having an anhydrous, nonplasticized, glass transition temperature, T.sub.g, of at least about 130.degree.0 C.; and the laundry additive particle has a hygroscopicity value of less than about 80%. Preferably, a laundry or cleaning agent such as a perfume is supported on or contained in the porous carrier.Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 1998Date of Patent: February 15, 2000Assignee: Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Athanasios Surutzidis, Michael J. LeBlanc
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Patent number: 6004918Abstract: Liquid foam control compositions provide good control for liquid detergent formulations, while being storage stable both before and after incorporation into liquid detergent.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 1998Date of Patent: December 21, 1999Assignee: Wacker Silicones CorporationInventor: William Kiger Adams
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Patent number: 5981456Abstract: An automatic dishwashing detergent composition is described which contains an effective amount of a defined water soluble cationic or amphoteric polymer and a phosphate or nonphosphate builder. The polymers are soluble or dispersible to at least 0.01% by weight in distilled water at 25.degree. C. A method of using the polymers to prevent fading or corrosion of dishware is also described.Type: GrantFiled: July 23, 1997Date of Patent: November 9, 1999Assignee: Lever Brothers CompanyInventors: Alla Tartakovsky, Joseph Oreste Carnali, Richard Gerald Gary
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Patent number: 5858959Abstract: Glassy particles containing agents useful for laundry and cleaning products (preferably perfumes, bleaching agents, soil release polymers), and laundry and cleaning products containing these glassy particles. The particles comprise a glass derived from one or more at least partially water-soluble hydroxylic compounds, such as hydrogenated starch hydrolysates, sucrose, glucose, and starch hydrolysates. The glassy particle also has a hygroscopicity value of less than about 80%.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 1997Date of Patent: January 12, 1999Assignee: Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Athanasios Surutzidis, Michael Jude LeBlanc
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Patent number: 5705462Abstract: A bar soap comprising:A) from about 70 to about 85% by weight of at least one fatty acid salt,B) from about 0.5 to about 10% by weight of at least one fatty acid,C) from about 1 to about 10% by weight of at least one alkyl ether sulfate, andD) from about 0.1 to about 1% by weight of at least one of an alkyl oligoglycoside and an alkenyl oligoglycoside.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 1996Date of Patent: January 6, 1998Assignee: Henkel Kommanditgesellschaft auf AktienInventors: Marlene Hormes, Werner Schneider, Wolfhard Scholz, Udo Hennen