Patents Assigned to division
  • Product sleeve having premium card formed integrally therewith
    Patent number: 5240173
    Abstract: A product sleeve blank comprises a number of panels hingedly connected toher. The outside panels have interengagement structure associated therewith. One of the outside panels has a premium card detachably joined to an edge thereof along a perforation line. The sleeve blank is sized so that when this outside panel is folded about its hinge line with the adjacent panel, the premium card overlies a further panel between the hinge lines of that panel. The premium card may be affixed to this further panel and then the premium card detached from the outside panel with which it is associated so that the panels may be hinged and the inter-engagement structure engaged to form a sleeve. The premium card may be readily removed by a consumer by being peeled from the panel to which it is affixed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 1992
    Date of Patent: August 31, 1993
    Assignee: Somerville POackaging, Division of Paperboard Industries Corporation
    Inventor: Leslie J. Dagostine
  • Treatment of periodontitis
    Patent number: 5240696
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the prevention of periodontitis by the use of a medicament which contains Triclosan. It has been found that Triclosan has a considerable anti-cyclo-oxygenase activity, thus inhibiting the formation of prostaglandins which are mediators of the loss of alveolar bone in the periodontium. Reducing the formation of said prostaglandins therefore reduces said loss of alveolar bone, which is one of the symptoms connected with periodontitis.The medicament is preferably in the form of a toothpaste.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 1992
    Date of Patent: August 31, 1993
    Assignee: Chesebrough-Pond's USA Co., Division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Franciscus J. Van Der Ouderaa, Diane Cummins, Derek M. Hull
  • Arrangement for attach, quick disconnect and jettison of rocket booster from space vehicle core
    Patent number: 5238209
    Abstract: An arrangement for attaching, quickly disconnecting and jettisoning a rocket booster from a core space vehicle. The arrangement includes a housing connected to the booster and having a drive means slidably positioned therewithin and selectively locked to a bearing block connected to the space vehicle core by a lockable collet clutch means. The collet clutch means is unlocked by the drive means in response to a selective pressure to disconnect the booster from the space vehicle core and continued movement of the drive means within the housing forces the drive means into a high force contact with the bearing block, causing a rebound which jettisons the housing and connected booster from the core of the space vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 1991
    Date of Patent: August 24, 1993
    Assignee: General Dynamics Corporation, Space Systems Division
    Inventor: Stephen Hornyak
  • Apparatus for controlling density profile in a concrete extruded slab
    Patent number: 5238374
    Abstract: In the extrusion of hollow core concrete slabs, the density profile across the slab is controlled by the vibration of a hammering plate forming one side of a packing chamber through which the concrete is extruded. Vibrations are imparted to the hammering plate by a vibrator that acts to produce vibratory motions in the plate that are not parallel to the direction of extrusion. With two vibrators producing vibratory components both in the direction of extrusion and outwardly to opposite sides of the packing chamber, the flow of concrete to the side edges of the slab is augmented. In an auger-type extruder, this allows the outer augers to be run at a slower speed than otherwise, thus increasing their service life. The vibratory frequency may also be reduced considerably, thus reducing the noise generated by operation of the apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 1991
    Date of Patent: August 24, 1993
    Assignee: Ultra Span, a Division of Alphair Ventilating Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: Ernst Martens
  • Process for refining soap-containing crude polyol fatty-acid polyester reaction products
    Patent number: 5239097
    Abstract: The present invention pertains to a process for refining soap-containing crude polyol fatty-acid polyester reaction product, comprising the step of contacting the crude reaction product with an aqueous acid solution to substantially convert the soap into its corresponding free fatty acids, the subsequent step of drying said crude reaction product to substantially remove any free-water therein, and the step of substantially removing from the dried crude reaction product any salts therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 1990
    Date of Patent: August 24, 1993
    Assignee: Van den Bergh Foods, Co., Division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Frederik D. Barkey Wolf, Bart Barmentlo, Anton R. Immerseel, Otto E. Rosier, Arend Zwanenburg
  • Detergent compositions
    Patent number: 5238594
    Abstract: A bleaching particulate detergent composition comprises one or more detergent-active compounds, one or more detergency builders including a specific alkali metal aluminosilicate, maximum aluminum zeolite P (zeolite MAP), and a bleach system comprising sodium percarbonate. Zeolite MAP has a beneficial effect on sodium percarbonate stability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 1992
    Date of Patent: August 24, 1993
    Assignee: Lever Brothers Co., Division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventor: Andrew P. Chapple
  • Detergent compositions comprising alkyl glycerate cosurfactants
    Patent number: 5236612
    Abstract: The present invention provides detergent compositions comprising alkyl glycerates as a coactive in combination with cosurfactants for enhanced removal of oil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 1991
    Date of Patent: August 17, 1993
    Assignee: Lever Brothers Company, Division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Mohammad A. Rahman, Robert W. Humphreys, Shang-Ren Wu
  • Particulate bleaching detergent composition
    Patent number: 5236613
    Abstract: There is provided a particulate bleaching detergent composition having improved stability, said composition comprising a zeolite built base powder and alkalimetal percarbonate particles having a morphology index of less than 0.06. The morphology index is defined as:MI=0.0448 * CV+3.61 * 10.sup.6 /d.sup.3where CV is the coefficient of variation of the weight average particle size distribution, and d is the weight mean average particle size (in microns).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 1991
    Date of Patent: August 17, 1993
    Assignee: Lever Brothers Company, Division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter F. Garner-Gray, Ian E. Niven
  • Bleaching composition
    Patent number: 5236616
    Abstract: Bleaching compositions are disclosed comprising a peroxide bleaching agent and a novel cationic peroxyacid bleach precursor having at least one of the following groups (A) and (B) : ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 are each individually H, or a substituent group containing at least one carbon atom, provided that R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 are not both H.The novel bleach precursor of the cationic nitrile type shows no tendency to deliquesce under normal atmospheric conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 1991
    Date of Patent: August 17, 1993
    Assignee: Lever Brothers Company, Division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: John Oakes, David W. Thornthwaite
  • Multi-level motor load sensing circuit
    Patent number: 5235265
    Abstract: A multi-level motor load sensing circuit senses first, second and third ranges of auxiliary winding voltage and provides a load-too-high signal for the first range, a load-OK signal for the second range, and a load-too-low signal for the third range, and provides an output which transitions from the load-too-high signal to the load-OK signal to the load-too-low signal as auxiliary winding voltage increases from the first range to the second range to the third range, and which transitions from the load-too-low signal to the load-OK signal to the load-too-high signal as auxiliary winding voltage decreases from the third range to the second to the first range. The output transitions twice during each of rising and falling values of auxiliary winding voltage between the first and third ranges. Hysteresis with improved tracking is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 1992
    Date of Patent: August 10, 1993
    Assignee: Rexnord Corporation, Stearns Division
    Inventor: Steven F. Chmiel
  • Detergent composition containing modified dioctanedral fabric softening clay having from 100-10,000 micrograms of non-exchangeable lithium per gram of clay
    Patent number: 5234620
    Abstract: The invention relates to fabric softening clays, detergent compositions comprising clays and processes for producing the clays. The fabric softening clays are dioctahedral 2:1 layer phyllosilicates comprising at least 100 micrograms of lithium per gram of clay mineral. Problems of poor clay color may be overcome.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 1991
    Date of Patent: August 10, 1993
    Assignee: Lever Brothers Company, Division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Roger Brace, Andrew P. Chapple, Peter Graham
  • Air/fuel ratio sensor for an internal combustion engine
    Patent number: 5234569
    Abstract: A sensor is disclosed for detecting the relative air/fuel ratio of the exhaust gas from an internal combustion engine. The sensor includes a housing which defines a closed interior chamber. An oxygen diffusion cell constructed of a solid electrolytic material has one side exposed to the exhaust gas and a second side exposed to the housing chamber so that oxygen ions flow through the diffusion cell in dependence upon the relative oxygen concentration in both the exhaust gas and the internal air chamber. A sense cell constructed of a solid electrolytic material also has one side exposed to the air chamber and a second side exposed to a substantially constant source of oxygen, such as the atmosphere. Thus, oxygen ion flow through the sense cell varies as a function of the oxygen concentration in the air chamber and thus of the oxygen concentration in the engine exhaust gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 1992
    Date of Patent: August 10, 1993
    Assignee: Hitachi America, Ltd., Research and Development Division
    Inventor: Frank W. Hunt
  • Aqueous based personal washing cleanser
    Patent number: 5234619
    Abstract: An aqueous based personal washing product is disclosed which when used has good cleaning ability and is particularly mild to the skin. The liquid product, containing a selected blend of surfactants and emollients, including long chain fatty acids, free isethionate salts and acyl-isethionates is particularly adapted for facial washing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 1991
    Date of Patent: August 10, 1993
    Assignee: Lever Brothers Company, Division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Alan P. Greene, Barbara Y. McFarquhar, Rosa M. Paredes, Marianne E. Fenske, Frederick S. Osmer
  • Bacteriocin from lactococcus lactis subspecies lactis
    Patent number: 5232849
    Abstract: A bacteriocin or polypeptide (LL-2 SEQ ID NO:2) derived from Lactococcus lactis subspecies lactis NRRL-B-18809 is described. Sequenced DNA and polypeptide precursor encoded thereby (SEQ ID NO: 1) are described. Methods of use and production of the polypeptide LL-2 are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 1992
    Date of Patent: August 3, 1993
    Assignee: Quest International Flavors & Food Ingredients Company division of Indopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Ebenezer R. Vedamuthu, James T. Henderson, John D. Marugg, Pieter D. van Wassenaar
  • Self-tanner cosmetic compositions
    Patent number: 5232688
    Abstract: A composition and method for self-tanning of skin is provided which includes an .alpha.-hydroxy substituted ketone or aldehyde such as dihydroxacetone, a polyacrylamide and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. Advantageously, there may also be incorporated at least 15% propylene glycol to improve color intensity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 1992
    Date of Patent: August 3, 1993
    Assignee: Chesebrough-Pond's USA Co., Division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Philip D. Ziegler, Brian A. Crotty
  • Protein dispersions in food products
    Patent number: 5232731
    Abstract: The invention concerns casein-containing dispersions, mixed with denatured protein containing compounds. The pH of the mixture is 4.8-5.2, which pH is regulated by stopping of the milk fermentation by heating. The dispersions can be used as a fat replacer in food products such as dressings, toppings, mayonnaises, frozen deserts, cheese products, and spreads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 1991
    Date of Patent: August 3, 1993
    Assignee: Van den Bergh Foods Co., Division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Frederick W. Cain, Maurizio Decio, Bertus M. van Bogegom, Hubertus C. van Gastel, Johannes Visser
  • Garment hanger body
    Patent number: D337893
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 1991
    Date of Patent: August 3, 1993
    Assignee: A & E Products Group, a Division of Carlisle Plastics, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael D. Norman
  • Bottle
    Patent number: D337948
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 1991
    Date of Patent: August 3, 1993
    Assignee: Lever Brothers Company, Division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventor: Ulrich Reif
  • Infusion packet
    Patent number: D338768
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 1991
    Date of Patent: August 31, 1993
    Assignee: Thomas J. Lipton Co., Division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Geoffrey W. Vernon, Michael J. Cahill
  • Combined bottle and cap
    Patent number: D338835
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 1990
    Date of Patent: August 31, 1993
    Assignee: Chesebrough-Pond's USA Co., Division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventor: Serge Mansau