Patents by Inventor David Halsrud

David Halsrud has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20060211582
    Abstract: The passage of a container along a conveyor is lubricated by applying to the container or conveyor a lubricant composition comprising a water-miscible silicone material having a silicone emulsion wherein the silicone emulsion contains less than 500 ppm of a triethanolamine salts of alkyl benzene sulfonic acid compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2006
    Publication date: September 21, 2006
    Applicant: ECOLAB INC.
    Inventors: Arturo Valencia Sil, Lawrence Grab, Bruce Schmidt, David Halsrud, Guang-Jong Wei, Eric Morrison, Hector DiBenedetto, Jessica Anacker, Richard Johnson, Megan Malvey, Scott Bennett, Stefan Seemeyer
  • Publication number: 20060211583
    Abstract: The passage of a container along a conveyor is lubricated by applying to the container or conveyor a mixture of a water-miscible silicone material and a water-miscible lubricant. The mixture can be applied in relatively low amounts, to provide thin, substantially non-dripping lubricating films. In contrast to dilute aqueous lubricants, the lubricants of the invention provide drier lubrication of the conveyors and containers, a cleaner conveyor line and reduced lubricant usage, thereby reducing waste, cleanup and disposal problems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2005
    Publication date: September 21, 2006
    Applicant: ECOLAB INC.
    Inventors: Arturo Valencia Sil, Lawrence Grab, Bruce Schmidt, David Halsrud, Guang-Jong Wei, Eric Morrison, Hector DiBenedetto
  • Publication number: 20060160712
    Abstract: A method for antimicrobial treatment comprising applying to microbes a composition containing a diluting solvent (e.g., water), an antimicrobially-active solvent having a density different from the density of the diluting solvent, and an optional cosolvent, surfactant, or additional antimicrobial agent, wherein the amount of antimicrobially-active solvent or additional antimicrobial agent is sufficiently high and the amount of cosolvent or surfactant is sufficiently low so that the composition will provide greater than a 1-log order reduction in the population of bacteria or spores of Bacillus cereus within 10 seconds at 60° C. Preferred methods of the invention employ compositions containing an additional antimicrobial agent such as peroxyacetic acid. Compositions for use in the method can be prepared as concentrates, and used full strength or in diluted form.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2005
    Publication date: July 20, 2006
    Inventors: Robert Hei, Guang-jong Wei, David Halsrud, Kim Smith, Teresa Podtburg
  • Publication number: 20060067915
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition including a microbial component and a foaming component, wherein the composition can be used to prevent the proliferation, or otherwise competitively exclude the continued growth of, undesirable microbes. The present invention also includes a method of using this composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2005
    Publication date: March 30, 2006
    Inventors: Teresa Podtburg, Bruce Schmidt, Bruce Cords, Lawrence Grab, David Halsrud
  • Publication number: 20040167044
    Abstract: A lubricant concentrate comprising an effective lubricating amount of at least one ether carboxylate and at least one foam destabilizer, and methods of using the same. The lubricant concentrate may be diluted with water prior to use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2004
    Publication date: August 26, 2004
    Applicant: Ecolab Inc.
    Inventors: Richard O. Ruhr, Gerald Wichmann, Megan Malvey, Richard D. Johnson, David Halsrud