Patents Assigned to Reckitt & Colman (Overseas) Limited
  • Publication number: 20140175682
    Abstract: An emanation system is described comprising and emanation device and a replaceable refill of liquid, wherein the refill comprises: a sealed reservoir of a liquid containing one or more active materials wherein the active material comprises at least ona of: a fragrance; an insecticide; a fungicide; a pesticide; a sanitising material; and/or a pharmaceutical; a porous wick having a length which extends from the interior of the reservoir to the exterior thereof; a reservoir seal having at least one aperture through which the porous wick extends; and a hollow liquid conduit housed within the wick having a length substantially identical to the wick; and wherein tha device comprises: an air pump; a fluid conduit In fluid communication with tha air pump such that, in use, air pumped by the pump will flow through the fluid conduit; a nozzle located at the end of the fluid conduit remote from tha air pump; a elector constriction provided in the fluid conduit adjacent or substantially adjacent the nozzle; a liquid cond
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2012
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Applicant: Reckitt & Colman (Overseas) Limited
    Inventors: Andrew Johnson, Loic Marouse
  • Publication number: 20140175189
    Abstract: A refill for a liquid wherein the refill comprises: a housing; at least one reservoir in the housing for holding the liquid; at least one aperture in the housing sealed by at least one valve wherein said at least one valve defines a liquid pathway from the reservoir to the exterior of the refill, wherein at least one of said valve(s) is configured to be automatically resealable when not being held open; and at least one wick housed entirely within the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2012
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Applicant: Reckitt & Colman (Overseas) Limited
    Inventor: Helen Stephenson
  • Patent number: 8757454
    Abstract: A fluid delivery system comprising a pump arranged to draw fluid, in use, from a reservoir (1) and dispense it through a dispensing tube (4), the pump comprising a cylinder (21) in which a piston (22) is reciprocally movable; an inlet into the cylinder; a one-way inlet valve (17) for controlling flow through the inlet; an outlet from the cylinder and leading to the dispensing tube; and an outlet valve (27) controlling flow through the outlet, wherein the piston is arranged to selectively contact the outlet valve to maintain it open during the initial portion of its downstroke and to allow it to close for the remainder of the downstroke.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: Reckitt & Colman (Overseas) Limited
    Inventors: XiaoYou Dong, XianZhi Zhou
  • Publication number: 20140166781
    Abstract: An emanation system is described comprising and emanation device and a replaceable refill of liquid, wherein the refill comprises: a sealed reservoir of a liquid containing one or more active materials wherein the active material comprises at least one of: a fragrance; an insecticide; a fungicide; a pesticide; a sanitising material; and/or a pharmaceutical; a porous wick having a length which extends from the interior of the reservoir to the exterior thereof; a reservoir seal having at least one aperture through which the porous wick extends; and a hollow liquid conduit housed within the wick having a length substantially identical to the wick; and wherein the device comprises: an air pump; a fluid conduit in fluid communication with the air pump such that, in use, air pumped by the pump will flow through the fluid conduit; a nozzle located at the end of the fluid conduit remote from the air pump; a ejector constriction provided in the fluid conduit adjacent or substantially adjacent the nozzle; a liquid cond
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2012
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Applicant: Reckitt & Colman (Overseas) Limited
    Inventors: Andrew Johnson, Loic Marouse
  • Publication number: 20140166771
    Abstract: A non-automated dispenser adapted to passively emanate a volatile material at room temperatures via a membrane, in particularly concerned with the emanation of a volatile material such as a fragrance/air freshener, an insecticide, a disinfectant, a bactericide, a fungicide and/or a medicament.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2013
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Applicant: Reckitt & Colman (Overseas) Limited
    Inventors: Andrea Duddington, Benjamin David Hindle
  • Publication number: 20140161428
    Abstract: A liquid dispensing system comprising a universal refill of liquid and an emanation device; wherein the refill comprises: a housing; at least one reservoir in the housing for holding the liquid; at least one aperture in the housing sealed by at least one valve wherein said at least one valve defines a liquid pathway from the reservoir to the exterior of the refill, wherein at least one of said valve(s) is configured to be automatically resealable when not being held open; at least one wick housed entirely within the housing; and wherein the emanation device is selected from: an emanation device configured to spray the liquid; an emanation device configured to evaporate the liquid by electrically powered means; an emanation device configured to evaporate the liquid by passive, non-electrically powered means; an emanation device configured to emanate the liquid by two or more of spraying the liquid, evaporating the liquid by electrically powered means and/or evaporating the liquid by passive, non-electrically p
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2012
    Publication date: June 12, 2014
    Applicant: Reckitt & Colman (overseas) Limited
    Inventor: Helen Stephenson
  • Publication number: 20140153910
    Abstract: A device for emanating a liquid wherein the device is for use with a refill of liquid, wherein the device comprises: a housing with at least one exit port for emanated liquid therein; a hollow and elongate extraction limb having at least one aperture therein to define a fluid flow path from the said at least one aperture into the hollow extraction limb and to said at least one exit port; a heater that, in use, can transfer heat therefrom to at least a part of the extraction limb.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2012
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Applicant: RECKITT & COLMAN (OVERSEAS) LIMITED
    Inventor: Helen Stephenson
  • Publication number: 20140143960
    Abstract: A depilatory cream composition comprising •a depilatory active; and, •a conditioning complex; wherein the conditioning complex comprises: •one or more of: a glycol carboxylate, a dialkyl ether of formula R1—O—R2 wherein R1 and R2, independently of one another, represent linear or branched alkyl and/or alkenyl groups having from 6 to 28 carbon atoms; and, an aliphatic alkyl mono-alcohol having at least 12 carbon atoms in the alkyl chain; •a silicone or an optionally branched alkane containing at least 12 carbon atoms; •an ethoxylated fatty alcohol and/or ethoxylated fatty ester with an HLB value of 13 or above; and, •a conditioning agent •water.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 29, 2012
    Publication date: May 29, 2014
    Applicant: RECKITT & COLMAN (OVERSEAS) LIMITED
    Inventors: Sylvie Reid, Anne Tindal, Philippe Valcasara
  • Publication number: 20140147191
    Abstract: A cap for a depilatory composition product container which comprises a product application surface to dispense the composition onto the skin of the user, and a product removal edge for scraping the cream from the skin of the user, such that the cap can function both as product applicator and product residue collector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2012
    Publication date: May 29, 2014
    Applicant: RECKITT & COLMAN (OVERSEAS) LIMITED
    Inventors: Claire Rachel Campbell, Simon Campbell, Jacqueline Charlesworth, Robert Giles, Alex Peacop
  • Publication number: 20140140683
    Abstract: A device for emanating a liquid is described wherein the device is for use with a refill of liquid, wherein the device comprises: a housing with at least one exit port for emanated liquid therein; a hollow and elongate extraction limb having at least one capillary tube therein, said at least one capillary tube being open at one end to extract liquid from the refill and open at the other end to deposit said liquid on at least one wick provided only on an outer surface of a refill housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2012
    Publication date: May 22, 2014
    Applicant: Reckitt & Colman (Overseas) Limited
    Inventors: Helen Stephenson, Richard Koontz, Paul Newton
  • Patent number: 8729005
    Abstract: An aqueous liquid acidic hard surface cleaning composition having a pH of about 2-4 which necessarily comprises: an acid constituent, which is preferably an organic acid constituent, and especially preferably acetic acid, at least one nonionic surfactant, and especially preferably wherein the nonionic surfactants are derived from Guerbet alcohols; an organic solvent constituent which comprises at least one glycol ether solvent, preferably a glycol ether solvent; a sequestering polymer constituent; optionally a cosurfactant constituent, including one or more anionic, cationic, amphoteric or zwitterionic surfactants; optionally one or more further constituents selected coloring agents, fragrances and fragrance solubilizers, viscosity modifying agents including one or more thickeners, pH adjusting agents and pH buffers including organic and inorganic salts, optical brighteners, opacifying agents, hydrotropes, abrasives, and preservatives, as well as other optional constituents known to the art; and the balance,
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: Reckitt & Colman (Overseas) Limited
    Inventors: Malcolm Tom McKechnie, Edward Staunton, Alfred Vincent Spencer, Neil Atkin, Wesley Bowyer
  • Patent number: 8728208
    Abstract: An air cleaner is described comprising a housing having an air inlet and an air exhaust extending therethrough, a refill for containing a reservoir of liquid which is releasable from the housing, a nebulizer within the housing configured, in use, to be in fluid contact with the source of liquid to generate a mist of liquid droplets, said nebulizer being configured, in use, to eject the mist upwardly, a chamber within the housing in which the mist is retained, a fan within the housing configured, in use, to generate a flow of air through the air inlet and into the chamber such that at least some of the contaminants in the air flow are urged by the mist out of the flow of air and toward the refill. A refill for the air cleaner is also described as well as the use of said air cleaner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: Reckitt & Colman (Overseas) Limited
    Inventors: Jocelin Langford, Ellen Piercy, Steve Walsh
  • Patent number: 8709098
    Abstract: A depilatory cream composition comprising, a depilatory active, an emollient selected from at least one of mineral oil, silicone oil and emollient esters, and a silicone wax, a talc and/or polyamide resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: Reckitt & Colman (Overseas) Limited
    Inventors: Anne Tindal, Oumou Mangassi
  • Patent number: 8703067
    Abstract: A device for evaporating a volatile air treatment agent from a replaceable refill is described herein, the device comprises: a housing with at least one exit orifice for evaporated air treatment agent to exit the device; receiving means within said housing to releasably receive and secure the refill to the device; electrical heating means within said housing; control means; and chimney means within said housing having a lower orifice and an upper orifice to define a first airflow channel therebetween; an airborne agent detector means operable to detect airborne agents in the air, wherein said means are provided with at least one aperture to the exterior of the device to permit, in use, air from outside of the device to enter said airborne agent detector means; wherein the refill for use with the device comprises: a reservoir portion for holding a quantity of volatile air treatment agent; and a wick having a proximal end within the reservoir portion substantially adjacent a base of said reservoir portion and h
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: Reckitt & Colman (Overseas) Limited
    Inventor: Simon Woolley
  • Patent number: 8695890
    Abstract: A spraying device (10) is described, the device comprising a housing (12) adapted to receive a refill (16) of fluid therein and having an aperture (14) suitable for permitting, in use, the spraying of a fluid therethrough, the device further comprising actuation means (24) configured for periodic actuation of the refill, wherein the device is provided with detection means (26) configured to distinguish between at least one area of lower reflectance and at least one area of relatively higher reflectance on a spray head of said refill. Methods of operation of such a spraying device are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignee: Reckitt & Colman (Overseas) Limited
    Inventors: Martin Butler, Steve Walsh
  • Publication number: 20140100288
    Abstract: Provided are largely aqueous topical antimicrobial cleaning composition which provides an antimicrobial benefit, as well as methods for their production and methods for their use. The compositions comprise at least two different cationic surfactants which provide a primary antimicrobial benefit, and as a predominant further surfactant an amine oxide surfactant. The composition are at an acidic pH and are highly effective in providing an antimicrobial benefit to topical surfaces, e.g, epidermis and hair.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2012
    Publication date: April 10, 2014
    Applicant: RECKITT & COLMAN (OVERSEAS) LIMITED
    Inventor: Sarah DeSzalay
  • Publication number: 20140084021
    Abstract: A dispenser including a base unit with an actuation mechanism for dispensing liquid and a refill unit insertible into the base unit in an inverted configuration with its outlet lowermost for the supply of liquid to the base unit. The refill unit includes an annular wall projecting into the refill unit and defining an outlet from the refill unit, the annular wall being closable at its innermost end by a valve element biased onto the annular wall. The base unit includes a hollow spigot and an annular seal surrounding and spaced from the top of the spigot whereby insertion of the refill unit into the base unit causes the spigot to enter the annular wall and to lift the valve element from the annular wall to define a flow path from the refill unit, and the annular seal to seal between the spigot and the annular wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2013
    Publication date: March 27, 2014
    Applicant: RECKITT & COLMAN (OVERSEAS) LIMITED
    Inventors: Zhou Xianzhi, Dong Xiao You, Christopher Leonard Padain, Jacobus Simon Petrus Van Diepen
  • Publication number: 20140076924
    Abstract: Disclosed is a foaming pump mechanism for dispensing a foamable or foaming liquid composition, as well as dispensers for delivery of a foaming or foamable liquid composition therefrom which is operable by a non-contact interaction with the user. The foaming pump mechanism includes an improved foam recovery means.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2011
    Publication date: March 20, 2014
    Applicant: RECKITT & COLMAN (OVERSEAS) LIMITED
    Inventors: ZhiHao Liang, XianZhi Zhou
  • Publication number: 20140070016
    Abstract: A spraying device is described, the device comprising a housing adapted to receive a refill of fluid therein and having an aperture suitable for permitting, in use, the spraying of a fluid therethrough, the device further comprising actuation means configured for periodic actuation of the refill, wherein the device is provided with detection means configured to distinguish between at least one area of lower reflectance and at least one area of relatively higher reflectance on a spray head of said refill. Methods of operation of such a spraying device are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2013
    Publication date: March 13, 2014
    Applicant: RECKITT & COLMAN (OVERSEAS) LIMITED
    Inventors: Martin Butler, Steve Walsh
  • Patent number: D704868
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: Reckitt & Colman (Overseas) Limited
    Inventors: David Sanders, Victoria Cobb