Patents by Inventor Edward J. Gibbons

Edward J. Gibbons 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).

  • Method and apparatus for manufacturing dentifrice containing dispersed speckles
    Patent number: 4405399
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a dentifrice containing dispersed speckles or bits therein includes converting a gel or paste dental composition into flowing stream or ribbon form, directing a stream or curtain of speckle or bit particles onto the ribbon of dentifrice, to which such particles adhere, and controlling relative feed rates of the dentifrice and the speckles, so that there is produced a dentifrice containing the distributed speckles in desired proportion. Also described are apparatuses for carrying out the process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 1981
    Date of Patent: September 20, 1983
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventor: Edward J. Gibbons
  • Low density spray dried product
    Patent number: 4265781
    Abstract: A low density spray dried product such as a detergent having a central body in the form of an irregular-shaped bead with a plurality of nodules or arms extending in a cruciform manner outwardly thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 1979
    Date of Patent: May 5, 1981
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: William S. Gross, Edward J. Gibbons, Joseph B. Wraga