Abstract: A non-woven, fabric-like multifunctional cloth for household cleaning with high absorption capacity, minimum tearing resistance and a unique scrubbing and wiping efficacy. This cloth comprises a homogeneous mixture of wood pulp fibers and polypropylene microfibers impregnated with an all purpose cleaner.

Abstract: A sheet material which yields under non-uniform pressures caused by irregularities of contact between two relatively hard surfaces adapted to provide a more uniform pressure distribution comprising the combination of relatively small granules and relatively small stiff fibers in a matrix of waxy material adhered to a cover sheet of flexible material.

Abstract: An oral dentifrice composition such as a toothpaste, dental gel, toothpowder, dental tablet or lozenge containing as anticalculus agent about 4.3% to about 7% of alkali metal pyrophosphates comprising at least 4.3% of tetrapotassium pyrophosphate alone or admixed with up to 2.7% of tetrasodium pyrophoshpate, and as inhibitors against enzymatic hydrolysis of such agent in saliva, a fluoride and preferably up to about 3% of a synthetic anionic polymeric polycarboxylate, and use of such composition in a program of oral hygiene and/or for inhibiting dental calculus.

Abstract: Lecithin or certain other phosphate esters are added to a non-aqueous liquid heavy duty laundry detergent composition in the form of a suspension of builder salt in liquid nonionic surfactant containing small amounts of low density filler, such as hollow plastic or glass microspheres to provide stabilization against phase separation and further containing a small amount of organophilic modified clay, such as a water-swellable smectite clay, in which the metal cations are totally or partially exchanged with mono- or di-long chain quaternary ammonium compound to provide a viscoelastic network structure. The lecithin reduces plastic viscosity and helps maintain the viscoelastic network structure over extended periods of time.

Abstract: An antistatic and fabric softening laundry wash cycle additive article includes an antistatic and fabric softening composition in a filtering container, from which a complex of cationic surfactant and anionic surfactant is released into the wash water through the filtering walls of the container. The particles of the released complex, the size of which are controlled by the sizes of the filtering openings in the container walls, are small enough so that they do not form objectionable greasy deposits on the laundry, such as often results when antistatic and fabric softening cationic surfactant is present with anionic surfactant in a detergent composition, or is added to the wash water with such detergent composition. The cationic surfactant may be present in the filtering container as a complex with anionic surfactant or in mixture with anionic surfactant, in particulate form.

Abstract: Process for making a thixotropic detergent slurry, particularly suitable for use in making compositions useful in household automatic dishwashers. A slurry of particles of alkaline water-soluble builder salt, particularly sodium tripolyphosphate, is formed in a liquid containing dissolved alkaline builder salt, such as alkali metal carbonate. The proportion of solid particles is so high that the slurry has a viscosity of about 20,000 to 60,000 centipoises. This viscous slurry is subjected to wet grinding with a high speed disperser. Water and powdered clay are then added and the clay is deagglomerated in the mixture by mechanical action. Improved compositions containing limited amounts of potassium compounds and water-soluble polymers are also disclosed.

Abstract: A package comprising, an elongated collapsible tube defining a chamber to receive a flowable material, with the tube having a tapered shoulder, and a hollow neck having an inner end extending from the shoulder, and an outer end. The shoulder normally causes flavor loss of the material in the region of the chamber adjacent the shoulder. The package has an insert comprising a tubular section having an outer end connected to the neck, and an inner end extending into the chamber a sufficient distance to prevent extrusion of the material in the region of the shoulder through the neck.

Abstract: An oral dentifrice composition such as a toothpaste, dental gel, toothpowder, dental tablet or lozenge containing as anticalculus agent about 4.3% to about 7% of alkali metal pyrophosphates comprising at least 4.3% of tetrapotassium pyrophosphate alone or admixed with up to 2.7% of tetrasodium pyrophosphate, and as inhibitors against enzymatic hydrolysis of such agent in saliva, a fluoride and preferably up to about 3% of a synthetic anionic polymeric polycarboxylate, and use of such composition in a program of oral hygiene and/or for inhibiting dental calculus.

Abstract: A process for making hard, translucent, high moisture soap bars at 18-27% moisture. These soap bars are produced by varying the conditions of vacuum drying such that the crystalline structure of the soap remains small thereby producing better translucency of the soap pellets. These soap pellets that when compounded through conventional soap finishing equipment produce hard, machinable, high moisture, translucent soap bars.

Abstract: A foot support structure which is attached to a shoe so as to provide support to the medial arch of a foot in a longitudinal direction while acting as a supplement to the longitudinal fascia, ligaments and tendons of the foot is disclosed. The structure includes a sling strap which is most effective when employed with and anchored to a relatively flexible outsole. On the medial side of the foot, the sling pulls from a point just forward of the first metatarsal head. On the lateral side, the sling pulls from a point adjacent the posterior portion of the fifth metatarsal. The sling could also be anchored to transverse shoe components in the midfoot region. In one embodiment, the longitudinal support sling of the present invention includes a medial-lateral connector strap which extends across the top of the foot in the forefoot region and interconnects the medial and lateral sling portions proximate to the anterior portions thereof.

Abstract: A stackable, portable chafer assembly comprising a stack of chafter units in which a first lowermost unit has a frame which supports a water pan and the other units of the first unit nest within that pan in compact fashion. The frame of the first unit is designed to support one or more chafter units above it, with the frame of each successively higher unit resting on the frame of the next lower unit, whereby a compact stacked assembly is provided which saves substantially on storage space and which allows the plurality of units to be moved by a single person, avoiding the need to employ one person to move each one of the units.

Abstract: An oral composition such as a toothpaste (including gel or cream), mouthwash, lozenge, chewing gum or tooth powder containing a calculus-inhibiting amount of a linear molecularly dehydrated polyphosphate salt and, to inhibit enzymatic hydrolysis of said polyphosphate salt in saliva, a combination of a fluoride ion-providing source and a synthetic linear polymeric polycarboxylate.

Abstract: An oral composition such as a toothpaste (including gel or cream), mouthwash, lozenge, chewing gum or tooth powder containing a calculus-inhibiting amount of a linear molecularly dehydrated polyphosphate salt and, to inhibit enzymatic hydrolysis of said polyphosphate salt in saliva, a combination of a fluoride ion-providing source and a synthetic linear polymeric polycarboxylate.

Abstract: A light duty microemulsion liquid detergent composition, useful for removing greasy soils from surfaces with both neat and dilute forms of the detergent composition, includes a moderately water soluble complex of anionic and cationic surfactants, in which complex the anionic and cationic moieties are in essentially equivalent or equimolar proportions, an anionic detergent, a co-surfactant, an organic solvent and water.

Abstract: A particulate detergent composition, such as one comprising sodium linear higher alkylbenzene sulfonate (LAS) and bentonite, is made directly from anionic synthetic organic detergent acid by neutralizing such acid with a neutralizing agent, such as aqueous sodium hydroxide solution, in a reaction vessel and directly discharging the neutralized detergent salt from the reaction vessel into an absorption zone wherein globules of the anionic detergent salt, in aqueous solution or dispersion, and particulate solid carrier particles are rapidly circulated and repeatedly brought into contact with one another to produce detergent salt-carrier composition particles or agglomerates.

Abstract: An apparatus for making a post-forming gel comprising, a first cylinder having a chamber and a slidable piston separating the chamber into a first compartment to receive a gel base and a second compartment, and a second cylinder having a chamber and a slidable piston separating the chamber into a first compartment to receive the gel base and a second compartment, with the first compartments of the first and second cylinder facing each other. The apparatus has a shaft connecting the pistons of the first and second cylinders, and a conduit connecting the first compartments of the first and second cylinders. The apparatus has a device for reciprocating the pistons in the first and second cylinders to cycle the gel base through the conduit between the first compartments of the first and second cylinders, and a device for introducing a foaming agent to the gel base while it is being cycled between the cylinders.

Abstract: An appetite suppressant oral composition containing Benzocaine, high impact flavor and a sweetening agent, in the form of a dental cream or a mouthspray. A novel method of reducing appetite and thereby intended for controlling weight of consumers, which comprises applying to the oral cavity a high impact flavor in a dentrifrice or mouthspray.

Abstract: A disposable pad for odor prevention comprising a fluid impervious backing sheet, a top sheet and a pad sandwiched between the backing sheet and said top sheet, said pad being formed substantially of hydrophobic fibers so as to quickly disperse liquid waste for rapid evaporation.

Abstract: A stable hair straightening conditioner which softens and conditions hair when used as a rinse conditioner and which straightens hair when left in the hair using a one-step treatment process, consisting essentially of effective amounts of a nonionic water-soluble cellulose polymer, polyvinyl pyrrolidone, a di-C.sub.10 -C.sub.22 alkyl di-C.sub.1 -C.sub.3 alkyl quaternary ammonium compound, a C.sub.8 -C.sub.18 alkylamido C.sub.2 -C.sub.3 alkyl di C.sub.1 -C.sub.2 alkyl amine, propylene glycol, mineral oil, a C.sub.8 -C.sub.18 alkanol and cyclomethicone in an aqueous vehicle. Also within the scope of the invention is the process of straightening the hair which comprises the steps of applying the straightener-conditioner composition to wet or dry hair in an amount sufficient to wet the hair, combing the hair to distribute the composition and continuing said combing in the presence or absence of added heat until the hair is substantially dry.

Abstract: A clear, single phase, pre-spotting composition is provided in the form of a microemulsion, solution, or gel and which comprises, by weight:(a) from about 10 to 70% of an organic solvent comprising one or more alkanes having from 10 to 18 carbon atoms;(b) from about 4 to 60% of one or more nonionic surfactants comprising the condensation product of an aliphatic primary or secondary alcohol having from 9 to 16 carbon atoms with from 1 to 7 moles of ethylene oxide per mole of said alcohol;(c) from about 0 to 50% of a supplementary nonionic surfactant comprising an amine oxide or an alkyl phenol ethoxylate, the total amount of nonionic surfactants in the pre-spotting composition being no greater than about 60%;(d) from about 0 to 20%, of a co-surfactant comprising an aliphatic primary or secondary alcohol having from 10 to 18 carbon atoms;(e) from about 0 to 10% of a polar organic co-solvent;(f) from about 1 to 80% water, the respective percentages of each component of the composition being such as to form a cle