Patents Assigned to division
  • Process for preparation of vegetable and fruit pieces
    Publication number: 20020012734
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of vegetable or fruit pieces, in particular to a process for preparing vegetable or fruit pieces which are more firm or which show reduced attrition/disintegration when subjected to shear, and which process does not require the addition of divalent cations such as calcium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2001
    Publication date: January 31, 2002
    Applicant: Lipton, Division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen Raymond Moore, Shiping Zhu
  • Laundry treatment for fabrics
    Publication number: 20020013248
    Abstract: A fabric rebuild polymer comprising a cellulose or other &bgr;-1,4 linked polysaccharide backbone with acetate groups pendant thereto, the average degree of substitution of acetate groups on the saccharide groups of the backbone being 0.55-0.70, with a molecular weight in the range 12,000-20,000 gives particularly effective fabric rebuild effect in a laundry treatment process at a pH in the range 9.5-11.0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2001
    Publication date: January 31, 2002
    Applicant: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, Division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventor: Andrew Hopkinson
  • Water soluble package and liquid contents therof
    Publication number: 20020013243
    Abstract: A water soluble package formed from a copolymeric polyvinyl alcohol film, wherein the comonomer comprises a carboxylate function, the package containing a substantially non-aqueous liquid composition which comprises: at least one ionic ingredient with an exchangeable hydrogen ion; and a molar excess (with respect to the amount of exchangeable hydrogen ions in the at least one ionic ingredient) of a stabilizing compound effective for combining with the exchangeable hydrogen ions to hinder the formation of lactones within the film, but can be as low as 95 mole % if the stabilizing compound comprises an inorganic base and/or ammonium hydroxide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2001
    Publication date: January 31, 2002
    Applicant: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, Division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Malcolm Hewitt, Hannah Mansfield, Jenny Wiggans
  • Oral composition
    Publication number: 20020012635
    Abstract: Oral composition comprises a first formulation stored adjacent a second formulation for simultaneous dispensing, wherein the pH the first formulation differs from the pH of the second formulation by at least one pH unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2001
    Publication date: January 31, 2002
    Applicant: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, Division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Hew Davies, Neil Kilcullen, Philip Christopher Waterfield
  • Ambient stable beverage
    Publication number: 20020012737
    Abstract: An ambient stable beverage that contains a preservative system that contains cinnamic acid, dimethyl dicarbonate and at least one essential oil. The beverage contains a minimum concentration of preservatives and has a pleasant taste.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2001
    Publication date: January 31, 2002
    Applicant: Lipton, Division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Roy Michael Kirby, David Savage, Malcolm Stratford
  • Composition
    Publication number: 20020012636
    Abstract: Oral composition comprising chalk, characterized in that it comprises a particulate material selected from the group consisting of silicon carbide and tungsten carbide and having an average particle size ranging from 1 to 10 &mgr;m in diameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2001
    Publication date: January 31, 2002
    Applicant: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, Division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen John Singleton, Matthew Pickles
  • Composition and method for bleaching a substrate
    Publication number: 20020013247
    Abstract: The invention relates to catalytically bleaching substrates, especially laundry fabrics, with atmospheric oxygen and a peroxyl species. A method of bleaching a substrate is provided that comprises applying to the substrate, in an aqueous medium, a specified organic substance which forms a complex with a transition metal, the complex catalysing bleaching of the substrate by atmospheric oxygen and a peroxyl species. Also provided is a bleaching composition comprising, in an aqueous medium, atmospheric oxygen and an organic substance which forms a complex with a transition metal, the complex catalysing bleaching of the substrate by the atmospheric oxygen, wherein the aqueous medium is provided with a peroxygen bleach or a peroxy-based or peroxy-generating bleach system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2001
    Publication date: January 31, 2002
    Applicant: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, Division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Ronald Hage, Ton Swarthoff, David Tetard, David William Thornthwaite
  • Composition and method for bleaching laundry fabrics
    Publication number: 20020013246
    Abstract: A bleaching composition for laundry fabrics is provided, comprising:
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2001
    Publication date: January 31, 2002
    Applicant: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, Division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Roelant Mathijs Hermant, Christiaan Lamers
  • Laundry wash compositions
    Publication number: 20020010124
    Abstract: A laundry washing composition comprises:
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2001
    Publication date: January 24, 2002
    Applicant: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, Division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew Martin Creeth, Philippus Cornelis Van Der Hoeven, Edwin John Staples
  • Composition and method for bleaching a substrate
    Publication number: 20020010120
    Abstract: The invention relates to catalytically bleaching substrates, especially laundry fabrics, with a bleaching composition and a peroxyl source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2001
    Publication date: January 24, 2002
    Applicant: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, Division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Ronald Hage, Daniela Nuhlen, Thomas Weyhermuller, Karl Wieghardt
  • Bleaching and dye transfer inhibiting composition and method for laundry fabrics
    Publication number: 20020010121
    Abstract: A bleaching composition for laundry fabrics is provided, comprising:
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2001
    Publication date: January 24, 2002
    Applicant: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, Division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Maria Petra Van Deurzen, Ronald Hage, Simon Marinus Veerman
  • Bleaching and dye transfer inhibiting composition and method for laundry fabrics
    Patent number: 6340661
    Abstract: A bleaching composition for laundry fabrics is provided, comprising: a bleach catalyst comprising a ligand which forms a complex with a transition metal, the complex catalysing bleaching of stains in the absence of peroxygen bleach or a peroxy-based or -generating bleach system; and a dye transfer inhibition agent, and wherein the composition is substantially devoid of peroxygen bleach or a peroxy-based or -generating bleach system. The bleaching composition provides effective bleaching performance on fabric stains without unacceptable transfer of dyes between fabrics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2002
    Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Maria Petra van Deurzen, Ronald Hage, Simon Marinus Veerman
  • Mass spectrometer with multiple capacitively coupled mass analysis stages
    Patent number: 6340814
    Abstract: A mass spectroscopy apparatus having two quadrupole mass analyzer stages is disclosed. Both stages are configured to transmit ions of the same mass to charge ratio and they are operated in series to provide a tandem mass analyzer having greater resolution than either stage has separately. The poles of the two quadrupoles are positioned axially and close together to minimize ion loss between the two stages. The RF component of the potential across the two stages are kept in phase such that some poles of the first stage are always 180° out of phase with some poles of the other stage. Capacitors are provided to couple the out of phase poles of the two stages to one another, thereby compensating for a stray capacitance which arises between the in phase poles of the two stages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2002
    Assignee: Sciex, A division of MDS Inc.
    Inventor: John Vandermey
  • Detergent compositions
    Patent number: 6339059
    Abstract: A detergent tablet having at least two discrete regions each compacted from particulate composition, wherein a first said region consists of a compacted particulate composition containing swelling disintegrant such that the region increases in volume on contact with water, and in at least one direction through said region is flanked on both sides by one or more other regions which swell to a lesser extent on contact with water than said first region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2002
    Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care, division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter William Appel, Jelles Vincent Boskamp, Anshu Mali Gupta, Christophe Michel Joueux, Marcel van der Kraan, Henning Wagner
  • Process and apparatus for the production of a deodorant or antiperspirant composition
    Patent number: 6338840
    Abstract: In a first aspect, a process for forming deodorant or antiperspirant sticks by continuously forming a mobile composition for dispensing into containers or molds at a rate matched with the rate at which it is dispensed, and in other aspects a process in which a mobile deodorant or antiperspirant composition is dispensed by injection molding, i.e. a process in which the deodorant or antiperspirant composition is dispensed under pressure. The composition at the time of injection moulding is preferably either in the vicinity of its regular set temperature, particularly in the range of about 0-3° C. below the regular set temperature and/or partially structured at the time of its delivery it into a container or mold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2002
    Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter Stewart Allan, Elaine Susanne Bibby, Michael Andrew Browne, Elfriede Maria Langeveld, Paul Lloyd, Reginald Manley, Robert J Owen, Paul Riessen Rennie, Jean Lesley Scott, Frederick Edmund Stocker, Karnik Tarverdi, Jacqueline Maria Thorpe
  • Die and process especially for stamping detergent bars
    Publication number: 20020003319
    Abstract: A device for stamping a detergent bar, i.e. a bar comprising soap, a synthetic detergent active or a mixture thereof, includes a die half and a release fluid reservoir. The die is porous so that at least one bar stamping surface has pores through which a release fluid may be to facilitate clean release of the detergent bar cleanly after stamping. Good release of the detergent bars from the die is expected without or with reduced chilling of the dies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2001
    Publication date: January 10, 2002
    Applicant: Lever Brothers Company, Division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Edward Ross Story, Dean Lawrence Ashbaugh, Arnold Brown, Pasquale Michael Buzzeo, Daniel John Heinz, Edward John Giblin
  • Detergent compositions
    Publication number: 20020004475
    Abstract: A built laundry detergent composition containing cationic detergent surfactant also contains from O.05 to 5 wt % of iminodisuccinate (IDS) or hydroxyiminodisuccinate (HIDS). The composition provides improved moil and stain removal in conjunction with reduced dye fading of coloured fabrics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2001
    Publication date: January 10, 2002
    Applicant: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, Division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Timothy David Finch, Amrat Paul Singh
  • Deodorant and/or antiperspirant compositions
    Publication number: 20020001572
    Abstract: The invention relates to antiperspirant/deodorant soft solid compositions which comprise:
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2001
    Publication date: January 3, 2002
    Applicant: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, Division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: David Allen Brewster, Anthony Aloysius Scafidi
  • Hair styling composition
    Patent number: 6335000
    Abstract: The invention provides hair styling compositions, for example creams, gels and especially aerosol hair styling mousses. The compositions contain a cross-linked silicone, such as an emulsion of cross-linked dimethiconol gum, and a cationic hair styling polymer having a cationic charge density of at least 1 meq/g. The compositions provide excellent styling as well as sensory feel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2002
    Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventor: Stuart Keith Pratley
  • Food flagging device and method of use thereof
    Patent number: H2008
    Abstract: A food flagging device has a flag stem, a time identification means, a magnet support platform, and a magnetic means. The time identification means is either attached to, or is contained within, the flag stem. The magnet support platform is either attached to, or is contiguous with, the flag stem. The magnetic means is attached to the magnet support platform and has a magnetic field that is sufficiently strong to hold the food flagging device to a stainless steel surface. The food flagging device is heat-resistant and is capable of being sanitized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2002
    Assignee: Chevron Products Company, a division of Chevron U.S.A. Inc.
    Inventor: Mark R. Johnson