Patents by Inventor Michael E. Burns

Michael E. Burns 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).

  • Patent number: 11766676
    Abstract: An emulsion system is provided. The system includes a shaft that supports a plurality of cutting assemblies and screens in alternating order, wherein the cutting assembly rotates with respect to an in close proximity to the screen. The cutting assemblies include a plurality of cutting elements that extend radially outward from a hub and are positioned at consistent radial spacing along the perimeter of the hub. Each cutting element includes front and back edges that cut food particles in conjunction with holes within the screen, wherein the front and back edges are substantially perpendicular.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: COZZINI LLC
    Inventors: Edwin Earl King, Michael E. Burns
  • Patent number: 11278909
    Abstract: An emulsion system is provided. The system includes a shaft that supports a plurality of cutting assemblies and screens in alternating order, wherein the cutting assembly rotates with respect to an in close proximity to the screen. The cutting assemblies include a plurality of cutting elements that extend radially outward from a hub and are positioned at consistent radial spacing along the perimeter of the hub. Each cutting element includes front and back edges that cut food particles in conjunction with holes within the screen, wherein the front and back edges are substantially perpendicular.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: COZZINI LLC
    Inventors: Edwin Earl King, Michael E. Burns
  • Publication number: 20200298249
    Abstract: An emulsion system is provided. The system includes a shaft that supports a plurality of cutting assemblies and screens in alternating order, wherein the cutting assembly rotates with respect to an in close proximity to the screen. The cutting assemblies include a plurality of cutting elements that extend radially outward from a hub and are positioned at consistent radial spacing along the perimeter of the hub. Each cutting element includes front and back edges that cut food particles in conjunction with holes within the screen, wherein the front and back edges are substantially perpendicular.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2020
    Publication date: September 24, 2020
    Applicant: Cozzini LLC
    Inventors: Edwin Earl King, Michael E. Burns
  • Patent number: 5584888
    Abstract: Bleaching compositions, laundry and automatic dishwashing detergent compositions comprising particular neutral or anionically charged substituted bleach activators are provided. More specifically, the invention relates to compositions which provide enhanced cleaning/bleaching benefits through the selection of perhydrolysis-selective bleach activators having specific leaving groups with a conjugate acid pK.sub.a above 13 and with specific ratios of the rate of perhydrolysis to the rate of hydrolysis and the rate of perhydrolysis to the rate of diacylperoxide production. Included are preferred activator compounds and methods for washing fabrics, hard surfaces, and tableware using the activators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 1994
    Date of Patent: December 17, 1996
    Inventors: Gregory S. Miracle, Alan D. Willey, Kevin L. Kott, Michael E. Burns
  • Patent number: 5576282
    Abstract: Bleach boosters comprising zwitterionic imines and anionic imine polyions having a net negative charge are disclosed. The bleach boosters increase bleaching effectiveness in lower temperature solutions and demonstrate superior color safety profiles. The bleach boosters are ideally suited for inclusion into bleaching compositions including those with detersive surfactants and enzymes. Also provided is a laundry additive product including zwitterionic imines and anionic imine polyions with a net negative charge as bleach boosters. A method for laundering a fabric employing the bleach boosters of the present invention is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 1995
    Date of Patent: November 19, 1996
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Gregory S. Miracle, Michael E. Burns, Patti J. Kellett, James C. T. R. Burckett-St. Laurent
  • Patent number: 5574179
    Abstract: The present invention relates to softening compounds; stable, homogeneous, preferably concentrated, aqueous liquid and solid textile treatment compositions; and intermediate compositions and/or processes for making said compositions.The compositions of the present invention contain diester quaternary ammonium compounds wherein the fatty acyl groups have an Iodine Value of from greater than about 5 to less than about 100, a cis/trans isomer weight ratio of greater than about 30/70 when the Iodine Value is less than about 25, the level of unsaturation being less than about 65% by weight, wherein said compounds are capable of forming concentrated aqueous compositions with concentrations greater than about 13% by weight at an Iodine Value of greater than about 10 without viscosity modifiers other than normal polar organic solvents present in the raw material of the compound or added electrolyte.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 1995
    Date of Patent: November 12, 1996
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Errol H. Wahl, Dennis R. Bacon, Ellen S. Baker, Jean-Francois Bodet, Michael E. Burns, Hugo J. M. Demeyere, Charles A. Hensley, Robert Mermelstein, John C. Severns, John H. Shaw, Jr., Michael P. Siklosi, Alice M. Vogel, Jeffrey W. Watson
  • Patent number: 5562849
    Abstract: The present invention relates to softening compounds; stable, homogeneous, preferably concentrated, aqueous liquid and solid textile treatment compositions; and intermediate compositions and/or processes for making said compositions. The compositions of the present invention contain diester quaternary ammonium compounds wherein the fatty acyl groups have an Iodine Value of from greater than about 5 to less than about 100, a cis/trans isomer weight ratio of greater than about 30/70 when the Iodine Value is less than about 25, the level of unsaturation being less than about 65% by weight, wherein said compounds are capable of forming concentrated aqueous compositions with concentrations greater than about 13% by weight at an Iodine Value of greater than about 10 without viscosity modifiers other than normal polar organic solvents present in the raw material of the compound or added electrolyte.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 1995
    Date of Patent: October 8, 1996
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Errol H. Wahl, Dennis R. Bacon, Ellen S. Baker, Jean-Francois Bodet, Michael E. Burns, Hugo J. M. Demeyere, Charles A. Hensley, Robert Mermelstein, John C. Severns, John H. Shaw, Jr., Michael P. Siklosi, Alice M. Vogel, Jeffrey W. Watson
  • Patent number: 5560862
    Abstract: Bleaching compositions, laundry and automatic dishwashing detergent compositions comprising multiple-substituted bleach activators which have at least one quaternary nitrogen atom, are provided. More specifically, the invention relates to compositions which provide enhanced cleaning/bleaching benefits though the selection of multiple-substituted quaternary bleach activators having specific leaving groups with a conjugate acid aqueous pK.sub.a above 13 and with advantageous ratios of rate of perhydrolysis to rate of hydrolysis and of rate of perhydrolysis to rate of diacylperoxide production. Included are preferred activator compounds and methods for washing fabrics, hard surfaces, and tableware using the activators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 1995
    Date of Patent: October 1, 1996
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Eugene P. Gosselink, Gregory S. Miracle, Alan D. Willey, Michael E. Burns, Kevin L. Kott, Mark R. Sivik, Lucille F. Taylor
  • Patent number: 5561235
    Abstract: Bleaching compositions, laundry and automatic dishwashing detergent compositions comprising multiple-substituted bleach activators which have at least one quaternary nitrogen atom,, are provided. More specifically, the invention relates to compositions which provide enhanced cleaning/bleaching benefits though the selection of multiple-substituted quaternary bleach activators having specific leaving groups with a conjugate acid aqueous pK.sub.a above 13 and with advantageous ratios of rate of perhydrolysis to rate of hydrolysis and of rate of perhydrolysis to rate of diacylperoxide production. Included are preferred activator compounds and methods for washing fabrics, hard surfaces, and tableware using the activators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 1995
    Date of Patent: October 1, 1996
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Eugene P. Gosselink, Gregory S. Miracle, Alan D. Willey, Michael E. Burns, Kevin L. Kott, Mark R. Sivik, Lucille F. Taylor
  • Patent number: 5552556
    Abstract: Bleaching compositions, laundry and automatic dishwashing detergent compositions comprising particular neutral or anionically charged substituted bleach activators are provided. More specifically, the invention relates to compositions which provide enhanced cleaning/bleaching benefits through the selection of perhydrolysis-selective bleach activators having specific leaving groups with a conjugate acid pK.sub.a above 13 and with specific ratios of the rate of perhydrolysis to the rate of hydrolysis and the rate of perhydrolysis to the rate of diacylperoxide production. Included are preferred activator compounds and methods for washing fabrics, hard surfaces, and tableware using the activators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 1995
    Date of Patent: September 3, 1996
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Gregory S. Miracle, Alan D. Willey, Kevin L. Kott, Michael E. Burns
  • Patent number: 5545340
    Abstract: The present invention relates to softening compounds; stable, homogeneous, preferably concentrated, aqueous liquid and solid textile treatment compositions; and intermediate compositions and/or processes for making said compositions. The compositions of the present invention contain diester quaternary ammonium compounds wherein the fatty acyl groups have an Iodine Value of from greater than about 5 to less than about 100, a cis/trans isomer weight ratio of greater than about 30/70 when the Iodine Value is less than about 25, the level of unsaturation being less than about 65% by weight, wherein said compounds are capable of forming concentrated aqueous compositions with concentrations greater than about 13% by weight at an Iodine Value of greater than about 10 without viscosity modifiers other than normal polar organic solvents present in the raw material of the compound or added electrolyte.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 1995
    Date of Patent: August 13, 1996
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Errol H. Wahl, Dennis R. Bacon, Ellen S. Baker, Jean-Francois Bodet, Michael E. Burns, Hugo J. M. Demeyere, Charles A. Hensley, Robert Mermelstein, John C. Severns, John H. Shaw, Jr., Michael P. Siklosi, Alice M. Vogel, Jeffrey W. Watson
  • Patent number: 5523434
    Abstract: The synthesis of phenol sulfonate esters of alkanoyl amino acids is conducted in the presence of aqueous base to provide bleach activator compounds. Thus, the acid chloride of N-nonanoyl-6-aminocaproic acid is reacted with the sodium salt of p-phenol sulfonate in the presence of water at a pH in the range of about 9 to about 12 to yield the corresponding phenol sulfonate ester. The synthesis of the phenol sulfonate ester of the monononyl amide of adipic acid is also illustrated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 1995
    Date of Patent: June 4, 1996
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Michael E. Burns, Anthony J. Simpson
  • Patent number: 5503639
    Abstract: Laundry detergents and bleaching systems comprising acyl verolactam bleach activators having the formula: ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 is a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl or alkoxy group containing from about 1 to about 18 carbon atoms wherein the longest linear alkyl or alkoxy chain extending from and including the carbonyl carbon contains from about 2 to about 12 carbon atoms; ##STR2## wherein R.sup.2, R.sup.3, R.sup.4, R.sup.5, and R.sup.6 are members selected from the group consisting of H, halogen, nitro, alkyl, alkoxy, alkoxyaryl, alkaryl, and alkaryloxy moieties containing from about 1 to about 12 carbon atoms, and substituents having the structures: ##STR3## wherein R.sup.7 is selected from the group consisting of H, alkyl, alkaryl, alkoxy, alkoxyaryl, alkaryloxy, and aminoalkyl; X is O, NH, or NR.sup.9, wherein R.sup.9 is H or a C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl group; and R.sup.8 is an alkyl, cycloalkyl, or aryl group containing from 3 to 11 carbon atoms; orc) mixtures of a) and b)are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 1995
    Date of Patent: April 2, 1996
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Alan D. Willey, Michael E. Burns, Shuichi Tsunetsugu
  • Patent number: 5460747
    Abstract: Bleaching compositions, laundry and automatic dishwashing detergent compositions comprising multiple-substituted bleach activators which have at least one quaternary nitrogen atom, are provided. More specifically, the invention relates to compositions which provide enhanced cleaning/bleaching benefits though the selection of multiple-substituted quaternary bleach activators having specific leaving groups with a conjugate acid aqueous pK.sub.a above 13 and with advantageous ratios of rate of perhydrolysis to rate of hydrolysis and of rate of perhydrolysis to rate of diacylperoxide production. Included are preferred activator compounds and methods for washing fabrics, hard surfaces, and tableware using the activators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 1994
    Date of Patent: October 24, 1995
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Co.
    Inventors: Eugene P. Gosselink, Gregory S. Miracle, Alan D. Willey, Michael E. Burns, Kevin L. Kott, Mark R. Sivik, Lucille F. Taylor
  • Patent number: 5405413
    Abstract: Laundry detergents and bleaching systems comprise acyl valerolactam bleach activators. The bleach activators are effective under mixed soil conditions, especially mixtures of hydrophobic and hydrophilic soils and stains.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 1993
    Date of Patent: April 11, 1995
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Co.
    Inventors: Alan D. Willey, Michael E. Burns, Shuichi Tsunetsugu
  • Patent number: 5405412
    Abstract: Laundry detergents and automatic dishwashing compositions with activated bleaching systems which are effective under mixed soil conditions, especially mixtures of hydrophobic and hydrophilic soils and stains are presented. The preferred bleach activators are N-acyl caprolactams and nonanoyloxybenzene sulfonate. A particularly preferred embodiment comprises a 1:2.2:7.7 molar ratio of N-acyl caprolactam to alanoyloxybenzenesulfonate to peroxygen bleaching compound. This mixed caprolactam, alkanoyloxybenzenesulfonate bleaching composition delivers stronger than expected performance on both hydrophobic and hydrophilic stains and on dingy clean up.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 1915
    Date of Patent: April 11, 1995
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Alan D. Willey, Michael E. Burns, Jerome H. Collins
  • Patent number: 4909953
    Abstract: Process for improving storage stability of amidoperoxyacid, comprising containing said amidoperoxyacid with a phosphate buffer solution at a pH between about 3.5 and 6 after synthesis of the amidoperoxyacid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 1988
    Date of Patent: March 20, 1990
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Eugene S. Sadlowski, Michael E. Burns
  • Patent number: 4852989
    Abstract: This invention relates to bleaching compounds and compositions that provide effective and efficient surface bleaching of textiles over a wide range of bleach solution temperatures. The bleaching compounds of the invention yield a peroxyacid with a polar amide link in the hydrophobic chain when used in the bleaching compositions. In a preferred embodiment, the bleaching compositions of the invention are also detergent compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 1987
    Date of Patent: August 1, 1989
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Michael E. Burns, Frederick E. Hardy
  • Patent number: 4686063
    Abstract: This invention relates to peroxyacids having polar amide links in the hydrophobic chains and low levels of exotherm control agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 1986
    Date of Patent: August 11, 1987
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventor: Michael E. Burns
  • Patent number: 4634551
    Abstract: This invention relates to bleaching compounds and compositions that provide effective and efficient surface bleaching of textiles over a wide range of bleach solution temperatures. The bleaching compounds of the invention yield a peroxyacid with a polar amide link in the hydrophobic chain when used in the bleaching composition. In a preferred embodiment, the bleaching compositions of the invention are also detergent compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 1985
    Date of Patent: January 6, 1987
    Assignee: Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Michael E. Burns, Frederick E. Hardy