Patents Assigned to Kiwi Brands, Inc.
  • Patent number: 5562780
    Abstract: A method for dispensing an emulsion or a water soluble composition in an aqueous medium comprising the steps of introducing said water soluble composition and at least one nonionic or anionic surfactant into water so that the resulting concentration of surfactant or surfactant mixture in the water is less than the critical micelle concentration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 1994
    Date of Patent: October 8, 1996
    Assignee: Kiwi Brands Inc.
    Inventors: Charles J. Bunczk, Peter A. Burke
  • Patent number: 5449473
    Abstract: In a solid lavatory cleansing block containing a surfactant, a germicide agent or an oxidizing agent and fillers, the improvement which comprises said cleansing block having a polybutene compound in an amount from about 0.1 to 8% by weight of the composition to stabilize the bleaching agent, said polybutene compound of the formula: ##STR1## wherein n can be varied to give an average molecular weight of 320 to 2,300.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 1994
    Date of Patent: September 12, 1995
    Assignee: Kiwi Brands Inc.
    Inventors: Charles J. Bunczk, Peter A. Burke, William R. Camp, John L. Orehotsky
  • Patent number: 5399282
    Abstract: A dusting and cleaning composition particularly suited for cleaning furniture and similar surfaces, including one or more paraffinic or naphthenic oils, one or more volatile organic solvents, terpene, a glycol ether, a compatible emulsifier system, and water, wherein the cleaning composition is in the form of a readily breakable oil-out emulsion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 1994
    Date of Patent: March 21, 1995
    Assignee: Kiwi Brands, Inc.
    Inventors: Kathryn E. Hansen, Luz P. Requejo
  • Patent number: 5344811
    Abstract: A method for dispensing an emulsion or a water soluble composition in an aqueous medium comprising the steps of introducing said water soluble composition and at least one non-ionic or anionic surfactant into water so that the resulting concentration of surfactant or surfactant mixture in the water is less than the critical micelle concentration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 1993
    Date of Patent: September 6, 1994
    Assignee: Kiwi Brands Inc
    Inventors: Charles J. Bunczk, Peter A. Burke
  • Patent number: 5336427
    Abstract: In a solid lavatory cleansing block or tablet containing a surfactant, a germicide agent or an oxidizing agent and fillers, the improvement which comprises said cleansing block having a stabilizer selected from the group consisting of mineral oil, silicone fluids and polybutene in an amount from about 0.1 to 8% by weight of the composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 1993
    Date of Patent: August 9, 1994
    Assignee: Kiwi Brands, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles J. Bunczk, Peter A. Burke, William R. Camp, John L. Orehotsky
  • Patent number: 5205955
    Abstract: In a solid lavatory cleansing block or tablet containing a surfactant, a halogen release bleaching agent and fillers, the improvement which comprises said cleansing block having a stabilizer selected from the group consisting of mineral oil, silicone fluids and polybutene in an amount from about 0.1 to 8% by weight of the composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 1991
    Date of Patent: April 27, 1993
    Assignee: Kiwi Brands, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles J. Bunczk, Peter A. Burke, William R. Camp, John L. Orehotsky
  • Patent number: 5043090
    Abstract: The invention is a process for manufacturing an iodophor filler for a lavatory cleaning cake. The process involves mixing in a dry-mixer means or "Turbulizer" a dry filler composition. The dry filler composition contains an adsorbent and the dry-mixer means provides a uniform turbulent flow of the dry filler composition as the composition passes through the dry-mixer means. The method then involves wetting the dry filler composition with a liquid iodophor while the composition is in the uniform turbulent flow. Agglomerating of the wetted filler composition then occurs within a controlled residence time of the wetted filler composition in the dry-mixer means whereby the iodophor is substantially, uniformly distributed throughout the dry filler composition. The dry filler composition, desirably, includes both a dry adsorbent and a dry absorbent. This invention includes the product of the process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 1990
    Date of Patent: August 27, 1991
    Assignee: Kiwi Brands, Inc.
    Inventors: William R. Camp, Charles J. Bunczk, Peter A. Burke
  • Patent number: 4911858
    Abstract: Solid cake lavoratory cleansing block compositions comprising polyethylene glycol polymer and guar gum, and optional ingredients which include fragrances, dyes, solid binders, filler material and mixtures thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 1988
    Date of Patent: March 27, 1990
    Assignee: Kiwi Brands, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles J. Bunczk, Peter A. Burke, William R. Camp
  • Patent number: 4911859
    Abstract: Solid cake lavoratory cleansing block composition comprising an iodophor, polyethylene oxide polymer having a molecular weight between about 1 to 6 million, a dye, calcium sulfate and optional ingredients which include fragrances, binders, filler material and mixtures thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 1988
    Date of Patent: March 27, 1990
    Assignee: Kiwi Brands, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles J. Bunczk, Peter A. Burke, William R. Camp
  • Patent number: 4780236
    Abstract: Solid cake lavoratory cleansing block composition comprising polyethylene glycol distearate having a dissolution time of at least 5.5 hours, and optional ingredients which include a gelling natural gum, fragrances, dyes, solid binders, filler material and mixtures thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 1987
    Date of Patent: October 25, 1988
    Assignee: Kiwi Brands, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles J. Bunczk, Peter M. Burke, Edward Strauch
  • Patent number: 4742982
    Abstract: An improved hanger for a toilet tank dispenser which comprises a relatively straight inner leg member, a generally hook-shaped outer leg member, and an angled connector joining said inner and outer leg members. The clamping force generated by the foregoing arrangement causes the inner leg and the dispenser attached thereto to be biased against the inner toilet tank wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 1983
    Date of Patent: May 10, 1988
    Assignee: Kiwi Brands, Inc.
    Inventors: Stanley Pilch, Elliott Subervi
  • Patent number: 4722801
    Abstract: Solid cake lavoratory cleansing block compositions comprising polyethylene glycol distearate having a dissolution time of at least 5.5 hours, and optional ingredients which include a gelling natural gum, fragrances, dyes, solid binders, filler material and mixtures thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 1986
    Date of Patent: February 2, 1988
    Assignee: Kiwi Brands, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles J. Bunczk, Peter A. Burke, Edward Strauch
  • Patent number: 4705181
    Abstract: A child-resistant safety cap for a container for liquids such as strong cleaners has an inner cap and an outer cap selectively engagable by teeth on the caps requiring axial pressure on the outer cap to engage and threadably loosen the inner cap from a neck of the container. The inner cap includes a protruding plug member that extends into a free end of a nozzle on the container, spaced from the threaded part of the container neck. Cylindrical inner surfaces of the outer cap conform to outer surfaces of the inner cap, the inner and outer caps remaining closely aligned with respect to the container neck. Complementary structure between the inner cap and the nozzle engage when the inner cap is fully tightened. The safety cap closes a container having an S-shaped bend accumulating a charge of liquid in a trap in the bend, the nozzle having a rearward conduit part reaching into the trap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 1986
    Date of Patent: November 10, 1987
    Assignee: Kiwi Brands, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter A. Burke, Walter Duering, Martin Gut