Abstract: An air purifier and methods to sterilize an internal surface of an air purifier. The air purifier includes a removable particulate or gas filter, an air flow generator, a controller for said air flow generator, a first air flow setting with an air filtration air flow speed, and a second air flow setting which correlates with sterilization of an internal surface of the air purifier and/or removable particulate or gas filter. The air flow speed measured at the removable filter at the second air flow setting is from 0.1 to 1.2 cms?1.

Abstract: An air purifier comprising a fan, a motor, an air inlet and an air outlet, a removable particulate or gas filter, a sound sensor, a further sensor, means for transmitting information from the sound sensor and the further sensor to a processor for processing input from the sound sensor and the further sensor, and means for controlling the fan based on a calculation by the processor, wherein the further sensor is selected from a carbon dioxide sensor, a particulate sensor, a humidity sensor and a volatile organic carbon sensor.

Abstract: A method for sterilising an internal surface of an air purifier or a filter media in an air purifier according to any preceding claim by: (A) subjecting said internal surface or filter media to an air flow; (B) subjecting said internal surface or filter media to an ion cloud; and where steps (A) and (B) are in any order.

Abstract: An air purifier comprising a removable particulate or gas filter, an air flow generator, a means for controlling said air flow generator, a first air flow setting with an air filtration air flow speed and a second air flow setting which correlates with sterilisation of an internal surface of the air purifier and/or removable particulate or gas filter. A method for sterilising an internal surface of an air purifier according to any preceding claim by generating an air flow correlating with said second air flow setting. A method for sterilising an internal surface of an air purifier according to any preceding claim by generating an air flow correlating with said second air flow setting. A method for sterilising a removable filter in an air purifier according to any preceding claim by generating an air flow correlating with said second air flow setting. A method for preventing microbial growth on an internal surface of or a removable filter rom an air purifier by activating the air flow generator.

Abstract: A portable air purifier comprising a removable filter, an air flow generator, a temperature sensor, a humidity sensor, a processor for processing input from the temperature sensor and the humidity sensor, and means for activating said air flow generator from a stand-by configuration based on input from both said temperature and humidity sensors and a method for activating an air flow generator in a portable air purifier in stand-by mode, by obtaining information as to ambient temperature from a temperature sensor, obtaining information as to ambient humidity from a humidity sensor, determining likelihood of microbial growth on a removable filter in the purifier and, where conditions are such that microbial growth is of a defined quantum, activating the air flow generator.

Abstract: A method for sterilising an internal surface of an air purifier or filter media in an air purifier by subjecting said internal surface or filter media to an ion cloud.

Abstract: The present invention provides a liquid detergent composition comprising anionic surfactants, optionally one or more nonionic surfactants, polyethylene glycol, and water, and wherein the liquid detergent composition has a pH of 7.0 to 7.5, wherein the liquid detergent composition has a viscosity at 25° C. and 20 s?1 in the range of 5 to 100 mPa s?1, and wherein the liquid laundry composition has stable viscosity between a temperature range of 10 and 40° C., and wherein the composition is adapted for application with a hand-held dispensing device used for washing by hand. The liquid detergent composition has a low constant viscosity throughout the temperature range of normal use and produces a stable foamy lather.

Abstract: The present invention provides a detergent composition for use in a water-utilizing appliance, that allows for selection of an enhanced mode of operation of the appliance, based on the detection of a marker molecule in the solution of the detergent composition, where the enhanced mode comprises treatment of waste water generated during use of the appliance. The present invention also provides a method of selecting an enhanced mode of operation in a washing machine including a sensor assembly for detecting the presence of a marker molecule in a solution of the detergent composition.

Abstract: The present invention provides a liquid detergent composition comprising anionic surfactants, optionally one or more nonionic surfactants, polyethylene glycol, and water, and wherein the liquid detergent composition has a pH of 7.0 to 7.5, wherein the liquid detergent composition has a viscosity at 25° C. and 20 s?1 in the range of 5 to 100 mPa s?1, and wherein the liquid laundry composition has stable viscosity between a temperature range of 10 and 40° C., and wherein the composition is adapted for application with a hand-held dispensing device used for washing by hand. The liquid detergent composition has a low constant viscosity throughout the temperature range of normal use and produces a stable foamy lather.

Abstract: The present invention is in the field skin treatment, in particular and deep pore cleansing and delivery of benefit agents deep inside the pores. The invention further relates to air-water jet devices for providing said skin treatment. Accordingly it is an object of the invention to provide for a device and process for deep pore skin cleansing, especially, a process for skin cleansing using reduced amounts of water. We have found that a skin cleaning device comprising an air-water jet, wherein the air and water are mixed outside the nozzle(s), provides improved cleansing of skin, including deep poor cleansing, with low usage of water.