Patents by Inventor Felix Ayala-Fierro

Felix Ayala-Fierro 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).

  • Use of polyethylene glycol to control the spray pattern of sprayable liquid abrasive cleansers
    Patent number: 9546346
    Abstract: Liquid abrasive cleanser compositions sprayable through conventional manual trigger sprayers comprise a polyalkylene glycol, a nonionic surfactant, a pH adjusting agent, an abrasive, and water, wherein sprayability is made possible by the addition of the polyalkylene glycol. The compositions that are sprayable and acceptable as hard surface cleaners comprise polyethylene glycol as the polyalkylene glycol. The addition of polyethylene glycol having molecular weight of from about 4,000 to about 1,000,000 dramatically increases the sprayer output volume of liquid abrasive compositions having greater than or equal to 10 wt. % calcium carbonate. Addition of polyethylene glycol of molecular weight of from about 4,000 to about 100,000 converts otherwise non-sprayable liquid abrasive compositions into reliably sprayable compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2017
    Assignee: The Dial Corporation
    Inventors: Mick Bjelopavlic, Joan M. Bergstrom, Felix Ayala-Fierro
  • USE OF POLYETHYLENE GLYCOL TO CONTROL THE SPRAY PATTERN OF SPRAYABLE LIQUID ABRASIVE CLEANSERS
    Publication number: 20120258904
    Abstract: Liquid abrasive cleanser compositions sprayable through conventional manual trigger sprayers comprise a polyalkylene glycol, a nonionic surfactant, a pH adjusting agent, an abrasive, and water, wherein sprayability is made possible by the addition of the polyalkylene glycol. The compositions that are sprayable and acceptable as hard surface cleaners comprise polyethylene glycol as the polyalkylene glycol. The addition of polyethylene glycol having molecular weight of from about 4,000 to about 1,000,000 dramatically increases the sprayer output volume of liquid abrasive compositions having greater than or equal to 10 wt. % calcium carbonate. Addition of polyethylene glycol of molecular weight of from about 4,000 to about 100,000 converts otherwise non-sprayable liquid abrasive compositions into reliably sprayable compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2011
    Publication date: October 11, 2012
    Applicant: The Dial Corporation
    Inventors: Mick Bjelopavlic, Joan M. Bergstrom, Felix Ayala-Fierro