Patents Assigned to Procter & Gamble Company
  • Compositions comprising alkoxylated polyamines having low melting points
    Patent number: 9540596
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions comprising water-soluble alkoxylated polyamines with a low melting point. More specifically, the present invention relates to compositions comprising water-soluble alkoxylated polyamines having an inner polyethylene oxide block comprising 5 to 18 polyethylene oxide units, a middle polyalkylene oxide block comprising 1 to 5 polyalkylene oxide units and an outer polyethylene oxide block comprising 2 to 14 polyethylene oxide units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Frank Hulskotter, Brian Joseph Loughnane, Sophia Rosa Ebert, Bjoern Ludolph
  • Method and device for grinding strand-like fibrous material
    Patent number: 9540745
    Abstract: A method and a device for grinding strand-like fibrous material, wherein the strand-like fibrous material is fed towards the cutting edge of a cutting mechanism and wherein a moveable striking mechanism for grinding the fibrous material cooperates with the cutting mechanism. Associated with the cutting mechanism is a moveable clamping mechanism, by means of which the fibrous material is clamped in an oscillating manner. To produce optimally uniform fibrous shreds, as defined by the position of the cutting edge, the fibrous material is guided through an oscillating clamping gap formed between the clamping mechanism and the cutting mechanism, wherein the clamping mechanism is guided in a back and forth clamping movement relative to the cutting mechanism. For this purpose, the clamping gap is formed by arranging the clamping mechanism and the cutting mechanism opposite one another in a clamping plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Norbert Stelzer, Olaf Schwarz, Ingo Mahlmann
  • Nestable transport members and a corresponding track
    Patent number: 9540183
    Abstract: An apparatus for advancing articles or tooling includes a frame having a first portion and a second portion spaced apart and opposing the first portion. The first and second portions each comprise an outer track and an inner track that extend parallel with the outer track. The outer and inner tracks define a machine direction. The apparatus includes a first transport member and as second transport member. The first and second transport members are defined by a first end portion, a second end portion, and a central portion separating the first and second end portions. The first and second end portions of the first and second transport members are at least partially nestable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Clifford Theodore Papsdorf, Hilde Cloostermans-Huwaert, Andre De Saert
  • Composition comprising benefit agent and aprotic solvent
    Patent number: 9540601
    Abstract: Composition comprising a benefit agent and an aprotic solvent, wherein the benefit agent comprises at least one hydrolytically unstable bond, or at least one nucleophilically unstable bond, or a mixture thereof. Methods of making such compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Gregory Scot Miracle, Eduardo Torres, Sanjeev Kumar Dey, John David Bruhnke
  • Liquid cleaning and/or cleansing composition
    Patent number: 9540594
    Abstract: A liquid cleaning and/or cleansing composition comprising non-spherical and/or non-rolling abrasive cleaning particles wherein the abrasive cleaning particles comprise extruded, and/or three dimensional printed, elements wherein the elements have a longitudinal length L extending parallel to a z-axis and a predetermined cross-sectional shape on a plane perpendicular to the longitudinal length L and projecting along the length L, the predetermined cross-sectional shape having a form factor of from 0.1 to 0.7 as measured according to ISO 9276-6, and wherein the ratio of the length L to perimeter-equivalent diameter of the predetermined cross-sectional shape “ECD PHull” is from 0.5 to 3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Denis Alfred Gonzales, Michael Leslie Groombridge, Michael McDonnell, Gregor Anton Meissner, Dominic Michael Piff
  • Blocky cationic organopolysiloxane
    Patent number: 9540489
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are inventive blocky cationic organopolysiloxanes and consumer product compositions comprising such organopolysiloxanes. Such compositions can deposit effectively onto target substrates to deliver consumer-desired benefits such as conditioning, anti-wrinkle, softness, and anti-static.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Rajan Keshav Panandiker, Steven Daryl Smith, Robert Joseph McChain, Carola Barrera
  • Laundry detergent composition comprising a particle having hueing agent and clay
    Patent number: 9540600
    Abstract: A laundry detergent composition having a particle, wherein the particle has: (a) hueing agent, wherein the hueing agent has the following structure: wherein: R1 and R2 are independently selected from the group consisting of: H; alkyl; alkoxy; alkyleneoxy; alkyl capped alkyleneoxy; urea; and amido; R3 is a substituted aryl group; X is a substituted group comprising sulfonamide moiety and optionally an alkyl and/or aryl moiety, and wherein the substituent group comprises at least one alkyleneoxy chain that comprises an average molar distribution of at least four alkyleneoxy moieties; (b) clay; and (c) another detergent ingredient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Patrick Christopher Stenger, Gregory Scot Miracle, Andrew Philip Moon, Michael McDonnell, Gregory Edward Fernandes, Dominick Joseph Valenti
  • Drive mechanism and methods of grouping articles
    Patent number: 9540127
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a frame defining a machine direction. The apparatus includes first and second transport members operatively engaged with the frame. The apparatus includes first carriage and second carriage drive mechanisms each having a carriage drive belt, a drive shaft, and a sprocket drive belt operatively engaged with the drive shaft. The carriage drive belts are operatively engaged with the carriage drive mechanisms and operatively connected with the respective transport member such that the carriage drive belt moves the transport member in the machine direction about an endless loop. The sprocket drive belts engage the drive mechanism in a position of the drive mechanism not connected with the carriage drive belt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Clifford Theodore Papsdorf, Chris Albert Blair, Mark Neil Howdyshell
  • Compositions comprising alkoxylated polyalkyleneimines having low melting points
    Patent number: 9540595
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions comprising water-soluble alkoxylated polyalkyleneimines with a low melting point. More specifically, the present invention relates to compositions comprising water-soluble alkoxylated polyalkyleneimines having an inner polyethylene oxide block comprising 5 to 18 polyethylene oxide units, a middle polyalkylene oxide block comprising 1 to 5 polyalkylene oxide units and an outer polyethylene oxide block comprising 2 to 14 polyethylene oxide units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Frank Hulskotter, Brian Joseph Loughnane, Sophia Rosa Ebert, Bjoern Ludolph
  • Method of manufacturing an injected and blown product
    Patent number: 9539754
    Abstract: The present relates to a method of manufacturing a product by the steps of i) injecting a sufficiently heated thermoplastic material into a 1st cavity to form a preliminary product comprising a collar having a connecting feature located on the inner surface thereof, then ii) optionally cooling the preliminary product of step i), then iii) blow molding the preliminary product in a 2nd cavity to form a void volume, wherein steps i) to iii) are performed in a single molding unit, then iv) removing the finished product produced in step iii) from the single molding unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Vincent Hubert M. De Wilde, Guy Hubert Stephane Sylvain Culeron, Francisco Miguel De Tavares Duarte Nogueira
  • Liquid cleaning and/or cleansing composition
    Patent number: 9540593
    Abstract: A liquid cleaning and/or cleansing composition comprising non-spherical and/or non-rolling abrasive cleaning particles wherein the abrasive cleaning particles comprise extruded, and/or three-dimensional printed, elements having a longitudinal length “L” extending parallel to a z-axis and a complex cross-sectional shape extending on a plane perpendicular to the longitudinal length “L” and parallel to an x-y plane, wherein the complex cross-sectional shape comprises one or more elongate protrusions projecting in a direction parallel to the longitudinal length “L”, each protrusion having at least one edge, and wherein the complex cross-sectional shape is a predetermined non-random cross-sectional shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Denis Alfred Gonzales, Michael Leslie Groombridge, Michael McDonnell, Gregor Anton Meissner, Dominic Michael Piff
  • Absorbent articles with channels and signals
    Patent number: 9532910
    Abstract: Absorbent articles herein may provide a topsheet, a backsheet, an absorbent core disposed between the topsheet and the backsheet, and a printed adhesive layer disposed between the topsheet and the absorbent core. The absorbent core may comprise channels, and the adhesive print layer may be visible through the topsheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Rodrigo Rosati, Carsten Heinrich Kreuzer, Hans Adolf Jackels, Blanca Arizti, Ernesto G. Bianchi, Donald Carroll Roe, Darrell Ian Brown, Sarah Ann Sanborn, Theodore Cory Fites
  • Method for diagnosing vulvovaginal disorders
    Patent number: 9532717
    Abstract: A method for diagnosing the presence of a vulvovaginal disorder is provided. The method uses a source of cross-polarized light to detect subsurface irritation in the vulvovaginal area. The presence of subsurface irritation is then used to diagnose the presence of a vulvovaginal disorder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventor: Miranda Aref Farage
  • Absorbent articles comprising stretch laminates
    Patent number: 9533067
    Abstract: An absorbent article includes a chassis comprising a topsheet, a backsheet, and an absorbent core disposed between the topsheet and the backsheet, and at least one elastically elongatable panel joined to the chassis. The elastically elongatable panel includes a stretch laminate that has at least one cover layer, an elastomeric film attached to the cover layer, the elastomeric film having two surfaces and a skin on at least one of the surfaces, and an adhesive disposed between the skin and the cover layer. The stretch laminate has at least one anchoring zone and at least one stretch zone, the skin that is located in the anchoring zone has a plurality of wrinkles, and the wrinkles have furrows, and at least some of the adhesive is disposed in at least some of the furrows. An absorbent article including the stretch laminate is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Marcus Schonbeck, Henner Sollmann, Georg Baldauf, Urmish Popatlal Dalal, Miguel Alberto Herrera, Erica Lynne Locke
  • Methods of making absorbent members having skewed density profile
    Patent number: 9534325
    Abstract: Absorbent members and methods of making the same are disclosed. In one embodiment, the absorbent member is a unitary absorbent fibrous web having a density profile through its thickness. In one embodiment, the density profile of the fibrous web is skewed toward one of the surfaces of the fibrous web. In such embodiments, the maximum density of the web may be located outside of the central 30% zone of the thickness of the web. In one embodiment, the method involves subjecting a precursor web to at least one cycle (or pass) through a mechanical deformation process. Typically, the method involves subjecting the precursor web to multiples cycles (or passes) through a mechanical deformation process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Jill Marlene Orr, Luigi Marinelli, John Brian Strube, Keith Robert Priessman, Carmine Cimini, Mario Dipilla
  • Structured liquid compositions
    Patent number: 9534191
    Abstract: Microfibrillated cellulose, derived from vegetables or wood, can be used to provide a liquid composition which is compatible with a broad range of ingredients suitable for consumer applications, including enzymes, while still providing good structuring of the liquid composition, without affecting ease of pour.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Susana Fernandez-Prieto, Neil Joseph Lant, Vincenzo Guida
  • Textured laminate surface, absorbent articles with textured laminate structure, and for manufacturing
    Patent number: 9532908
    Abstract: A textured laminate structure and absorbent articles having a component formed of the textured laminate structure are disclosed. The textured laminate structure may have a first layer formed of a nonwoven web having a preexisting pattern of first apertures therethrough, a second layer, and one or more elastic members disposed between the first and second layers in a prestrained condition. The laminate structure may be discontinuously joined or bonded such that the first layer is joined or bonded to the structure in first portions and unjoined or unbonded to the structure in second portions. The structure provides a stretch laminate with tactilely and visually interesting features, and may be used to form components of a disposable absorbent article such as a side panel thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Sarah Marie Wade, Masaharu Nishikawa, Kaoru Ishihara, Tina Marie Glahn, Gary Dean Lavon
  • Kit for fluffing a cleaning implement
    Patent number: 9533822
    Abstract: A kit containing at least one cleaning article and a package therefor. The cleaning article has a layer of tow fibers and a layer of sheet material, joined together in a layered construction. The cleaning article is compressed as contained in the package and releases as dispensed to ambient pressure. Such release aids in fluffing of the cleaning article, improving cleaning performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventor: Nicola John Policicchio
  • Feminine hygiene article package
    Patent number: D775520
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventor: Jerry Ray Stephens
  • Package with surface ornamentation
    Patent number: D775521
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Geraldine Uribe, Peter Charles Mason, Jr., Christine Kron, Jason Walley