Patents Assigned to division
  • Deodorant compositions
    Publication number: 20030108499
    Abstract: The present invention describes a deodorant composition comprising a suspension of a finely-divided particulate transition metal chelator in a silicone fluid carrier material that lacks a significant amount of astringent antiperspirant salts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2002
    Publication date: June 12, 2003
    Applicant: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, Division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Elizabeth Jane Smith, Andrew Sjaak Landa, Stephen Anthony Makin
  • Process for the preparation of one or more statins by frementation
    Publication number: 20030108657
    Abstract: A process is described for the preparation of one or more statins by fermentation, wherein a substrate is fermented with statins producing fungus wherein the substrate comprises more than 20% by weight of soy ingredients. Further a food product is described comprising an amount of one or more statins and an amount of one or more compounds chosen from the group: polyunsaturated fatty acids, phytosterols, proteins, peptides, dietary fibers, polyphenols and saponins, wherein the food product has a Hue a* value less than 20.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2002
    Publication date: June 12, 2003
    Applicant: Unilever Bestfoods North America, Division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Gijsbertus Johannes Van Oorschot, Eelko Gerben Ter Schure, Elke A. Trautwein
  • Personal wash sunscreen compositions which deposit and lather well
    Patent number: 6576228
    Abstract: The invention provides personal wash compositions which deposit high levels of sunscreen while maintaining good lather. Enhanced deposition, from bar or liquid, is based on specific sunscreens used, particularly on their solubility.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2003
    Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Harry Crookham, David John Lang, Mengtao He, Abid Khan-Lodhi
  • Bearing system for a sand container to be vibrated in a lost foam casting apparatus
    Patent number: 6575614
    Abstract: Bearing members project upwardly from a vibrating table with frusto-conical surfaces tapering upwardly to engage in corresponding frusto-conical sockets disposed in the bottom of a container of sand to be compacted. The frusto-conical sockets are formed of a material resistant to wear. The bearing members each comprise a body of wearable material which forms the frusto-conical surface. Each wearable body is fixed to the vibrating table by a respective releasable fastening element elongated in a vertical direction and having an upper head shaped to transmit and distribute a compression pre-load into the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2003
    Assignee: Fata Aluminium division of Fata Group S.p.A.
    Inventors: Bartolomeo Tosco, Luigi Villani
  • Composition
    Patent number: 6576341
    Abstract: This invention relates to a process for purification of nanotube soot in a non-destructive and efficient method using a polymer having a coiling structure to extract nanotubes from their accompanying material without damage to their structure and with a high mass yield. Nanotube soot is added to a solvent which including a coiling polymer to form a solution. The solution is mixed with a nanotube composite suspension is formed with extraneous solid material such as amorphous carbon settling at the bottom of the solution. The nanotube composite suspension is decanted from the settled solid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2003
    Assignees: Horcom Limited, Materials Ireland, a division of Forbairt, The Provost Fellows and Scholars of the College of the Holy and Undivided Trinity of Queen Elizabeth Near Dublin of College Green
    Inventors: Andrew Davey, Seamus Curran, Werner Blau
  • Dispensing for dryer
    Patent number: 6574883
    Abstract: A dispenser for laundry products, particularly for fabric softener products to be used in the dryer. The dispenser comprises a hollow ball having a plurality of product dispensing openings and a further product ingress opening for placing product in the ball. A measuring cup to hold product is accessed from the product ingress opening. In accordance with one preferred embodiment, the measuring cup includes only a single opening in its side wall for releasing product from the cup and into the hollow sphere. One or more closures are associated with the dispenser. After travelling through the small hole in the cup, the product is dispensed to the exterior of the hollow ball through the product dispensing openings and thus onto product. The hollow ball is preferably a manually squeezable plastic such as polyurethane. In another embodiment, the cup includes more than the single hole in the cup walls.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2003
    Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Edward John Giblin, Feng-Lung Gordon Hsu, Corrine Saso, Ramon E. Poo
  • Cold water infusing leaf tea
    Publication number: 20030104632
    Abstract: A method for preparing a cold water infusing leaf tea. Green tea leaves are macerated, treated with tannase, fermented in the presence of hydrogen peroxide in an amount that is sufficient to activate endogenous peroxidases to oxidize gallic acid and other compounds that are liberated by the tannase treatment, and then dried. The final product is a black leaf tea that infuses in hot or cold water to give good flavor and color.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2002
    Publication date: June 5, 2003
    Applicant: Lipton, Division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher William Goodsall, Timothy Graham Jones, Joseph Kipsiele Mitei, Andrew David Parry, Richard Safford, Ambalavanar Thiru
  • Antiperspirant compositions
    Publication number: 20030103920
    Abstract: A firm solid antiperspirant composition having a continuous phase comprising water-immiscible liquid containing
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2002
    Publication date: June 5, 2003
    Applicant: Unilever Home and Personal Care USA, Division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Sarah Jayne Clare, Kevin Ronald Franklin, Angela Mary Murphy, Kathryn Elizabeth Gransden, Graham Andrew Turner
  • Food product suitable for reducing low density lipoprotein cholesterol levels
    Publication number: 20030104004
    Abstract: A food product suitable for reducing low density lipoprotein cholesterol levels comprising an amount of soy protein of at least 5 grams per average serving and at least 5 mg/kg statins is described. Preferably the food product comprises a fermented soy ingredient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2002
    Publication date: June 5, 2003
    Applicant: Unilever Bestfoods North America, Division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Janos Bodor, Gijsbertus Johannes Van Oorschot, Mario Jorge Santos Da Silvo, Eelko Gerben Ter Schure, Elke A. Trautwein
  • Antiperspirant compositions comprising microemulsions
    Publication number: 20030103921
    Abstract: Structured, antiperspirant microemulsions possibly in the form of liquid crystals, containing cosmetic oils, a solution of antiperspirant salt in a hydrophilic solvent, a surfactant and an oil structurant are provided. These microemulsions can be used in different types of Solid applicators such as soft solid and, particularly desirably, firm stick applicators. The structured microemulsions are preferably clear by virtue of a suitable choice of oil, solvent and structurant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2002
    Publication date: June 5, 2003
    Applicant: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, Division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Mark Brucks, Kathryn Elizabeth Gransden, Zhuning Ma
  • Utility cart
    Patent number: 6572123
    Abstract: A utility cart which is capable of being readily converted from a first configuration as a conventional utility cart with the area above a bottom table being open into a second configuration as a bin cart, including a number of outwardly extending storage bins. In addition, the utility cart in accordance with the present invention includes end members having “I” beam type construction, the top table and the bottom table have panel members which pivot from an upright position to form a recessed top table and/or a recessed bottom table to a downward position to form a substantially flat top table and/or a substantially flat bottom table and a handle having an organizer integrally built therein, including a beverage container holder, a storage tray and one or more storage compartments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2003
    Assignee: AKRO-MILS, a division of Myers Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Randall W. Calmeise, Doug S. Hardesty
  • Detergent compositions
    Patent number: 6573231
    Abstract: A particulate laundry detergent composition having a bulk density of 550 to 900 g/l comprises at least two different granular multiingredient components. A first granular component (preferably non-spray-dried) has a bulk density of 550 to 1000 g/l and has a weight ratio of a first ingredient type to a second ingredient type of r; a second granular component (preferably spray-dried) has a bulk density of from 300 to 550 g/l and has a weight ratio of the first ingredient type to the second ingredient type of r′, wherein the ratio of r to r′ is within the range of from 1.25:1 to 1:1.25.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2003
    Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Vera Johanna Bakker, Daniel Pierre Berthod, Christophe Michel Joyeux, Duncan Howard Wright
  • Single package wall mounted HVAC unit
    Patent number: 6571572
    Abstract: A single package wall mounted HVAC unit comprising a cabinet assembly including a primary cabinet subassembly, a back panel subassembly adapted to close the open back of the back panel subassembly, and cabinet connection means for removably attaching the primary cabinet subassembly to the back panel subassembly so that the back panel subassembly can be attached to the wall of a structure and then the primary cabinet subassembly can be positioned on and attached to the back panel subassembly. Also disclosed is a blower mounting arrangement for selectively mounting the air circulation blower within the cabinet subassembly in different positions to attenuate the blower noise transmitted to the conditioned space. An interlock is disclosed for the control box to prevent the control box cover from being removed without disconnecting the HVAC unit from the power supply.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2003
    Assignee: Crispaire, a division of Airxcel, Inc.
    Inventors: Shelton P. Hobbs, Paul F. Fay
  • Laundry wash compositions
    Patent number: 6573229
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions for the washing of laundry fabrics, the compositions containing anionic surfactants and a cationic detergency enhancing polymer which may be homopolymer or copolymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2003
    Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA division of Conopco Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew Martin Creeth, Philippus Cornelis Van Der Hoeven, Edwin John Staples
  • Dry cleaning process
    Publication number: 20030097718
    Abstract: A sequential process for dry cleaning laundry articles is provided comprising
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2002
    Publication date: May 29, 2003
    Applicant: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, Division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Joop Evers, Machiel Goedhart, Fred Kerpels, Cornelis Gerhard Kralingen van, Pieter Everhardus Overdevest, Hank Robert Reinhoudt, Karin Vrieswijk
  • Piezoelectric dental scaler apparatus
    Publication number: 20030099917
    Abstract: Electrically-powered, hand-held, piezoelectric, dental scaler apparatus for its manufacture and use, wherein the apparatus includes a handle assembly having an elongated shaft passing through a bore within an inertial resistant mass, and one or more piezoelectric ceramic discs juxtaposed between the elongated shaft and the inertial resistant mass.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2001
    Publication date: May 29, 2003
    Applicant: Aseptico, Incorporated, a Division of North Pacific Dental
    Inventor: Jan Wietecha
  • Cosmetic composition and method of treating skin
    Publication number: 20030099677
    Abstract: A cosmetic method for treating aged, sensitive, dry, flaky, wrinkled and/or photodamaged skin is provided through topical application of a composition which comprises trans-7-octadecanoic acid and/or derivatives thereof. The invention also relates to compositions suitable for such cosmetic treatment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2002
    Publication date: May 29, 2003
    Applicant: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, Division of Conopco. Inc.
    Inventors: Sarah Louise Blachford, Rebecca Susan Ginger, Andrew Easson Mayes, Julia Sarah Rogers, Paula Rachel Yates
  • Process for the production of detergent granules
    Publication number: 20030100471
    Abstract: A process for the preparation of detergent granules, the process comprising:
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2002
    Publication date: May 29, 2003
    Applicant: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, Division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Johannes Hendrikus Akkermans, Remy Antal Verburgh
  • Detergent tablet compositions
    Publication number: 20030100472
    Abstract: A tablet comprising a first zone which comprises surfactant and preferably also, detergency builder, and a second zone comprising a fabric softening clay, the concentration of fabric softening clay being higher in the second zone than in the first zone, the rate of disintegration in water of the second zone at 20° C. being greater than the rate of the first zone at the same temperature, the rates being measured over a time period from when the tablet is first immersed in the water.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2002
    Publication date: May 29, 2003
    Applicant: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, Division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventor: Antje Minke Wierenga
  • Edible emulsion spread
    Publication number: 20030099755
    Abstract: Edible W/O-emulsion spread, which spread possesses ambient emulsion stability in the absence of partial glycerides, which spread comprises a dispersed aqueous phase which contains at least X wt. % on aqueous phase of a natural thickening agent, preferably a natural stach, which agent is characterized by a peak value in the temperature related viscosity graph of an aqueous dispersion of the thickener and where the thickener concentration X is chosen such that an aqueous dispersion with that concentration has a peak viscosity which is at least 70 Brabender Units and an end viscosity which preferably is at least 60 Brabender Units. The found aqueous phase ensures that a reduced (25-40 wt. %) fat emulsion spread, without the addition of partial glycerides, remains stable at an ambient temperature of 15° C. for at least seven days.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2002
    Publication date: May 29, 2003
    Applicant: Unilever Bestfoods North America, Division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Hindrik Huizinga, Anton Reid Van Immerseel, Edward G. Pelan