Patents by Inventor Muneo Aoyagi
Muneo Aoyagi 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).
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Patent number: 6838424Abstract: To provide two-agent type liquid bleaching compositions having excellent bleaching effect even if a mixing ratio of the two agents varies, great usability, and no problem in storage stability, two-agent type liquid bleaching compositions contains an agent A and an agent B filled and held in separate chambers of a container and comprises the agent A made of constituents containing 0.1 to 10% by weight of hydrogen peroxide and water and provided with certain buffering capacity, and the agent B made of constituents containing an alkali agent and water and provided with certain buffering capacity.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2002Date of Patent: January 4, 2005Assignee: Kao CorporationInventors: Kazuyoshi Ozaki, Masataka Maki, Nobuyuki Ogura, Muneo Aoyagi
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Patent number: 6833343Abstract: A bleaching detergent formulation comprising the components of: (A) particles comprising 0.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2002Date of Patent: December 21, 2004Assignee: Kao CorporationInventors: Muneo Aoyagi, Hiroshi Danjo, Masakazu Furukawa, Kazuyoshi Ozaki
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Publication number: 20030119697Abstract: To provide two-agent type liquid bleaching compositions having excellent bleaching effect even if a mixing ratio of the two agents varies, great usability, and no problem in storage stability, two-agent type liquid bleaching compositions contains an agent A and an agent B filled and held in separate chambers of a container and comprises the agent A made of constituents containing 0.1 to 10% by weight of hydrogen peroxide and water and provided with certain buffering capacity, and the agent B made of constituents containing an alkali agent and water and provided with certain buffering capacity.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 10, 2002Publication date: June 26, 2003Applicant: KAO CORPORATIONInventors: Kazuyoshi Ozaki, Masataka Maki, Nobuyuki Ogura, Muneo Aoyagi
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Publication number: 20030060388Abstract: A bleaching detergent formulation comprising the components of: (A) particles comprising 0.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2002Publication date: March 27, 2003Inventors: Muneo Aoyagi, Hiroshi Danjo, Masakazu Furukawa, Kazuyoshi Ozaki
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Patent number: 6500794Abstract: The present invention provides a granulated bleaching activator having a high solubility, that is, a granulated bleaching activator comprising (a) a bleaching activator and (b) at least one nonionic surfactant selected from the group consisting of a nonionic surfactant (b1) having a melting point less than 20° C. and an alkylene oxide addition type nonionic surfactant (b2) having a melting point less than 20° C., (b1) fulfilling the specific requirements concerning solubility, in a specific ratio.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2000Date of Patent: December 31, 2002Assignee: Kao CorporationInventors: Nobuyoshi Yamaguchi, Hiroshi Noro, Shigeaki Fujinami, Masakazu Furukawa, Kazuyoshi Ozaki, Masataka Maki, Nobuyuki Ogura, Muneo Aoyagi
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Publication number: 20010046951Abstract: The present invention provides a bleaching detergent composition exhibiting a wide bleaching effect for various stains including hydrophilic stains and olephilic stains, as well as an high bleaching effect and dye-transfer inhibiting effect in a wide range of temperature from a low to a high temperature of laundry water. That is, the present invention provides a bleaching detergent composition comprising (a) an alkannitrile compound having a quaternary ammonium group bondeded to a carbon atom to which the nitrile group is bonded, (b) an inorganic peroxide and (c) an alkali metal carbonate and further comprising component (d-i) an alkanoyloxybenzenesulfonic acid having an alkanoyl group of 6 to 14 carbon atoms or an alkanoyloxybenzenecarboxylic acid having an alkanoyl group of 6 to 14 carbon atoms or a salt thereof and/or (d-ii) tetraacetylethylenediamine.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 29, 2001Publication date: November 29, 2001Applicant: Kao CorporationInventors: Nobuyuki Ogura, Muneo Aoyagi
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Patent number: 6159919Abstract: The bleaching detergent composition in a form of granules or powders containing an organic peracid precursor which produces an organic peracid upon reaction with hydrogen peroxide in water, the organic peracid having an alkyl group with 7 to 19 carbon atoms, and a hydrogen peroxide releasing material, wherein the bleaching detergent composition comprises the following components a) to c): a) one or more surfactants; b) one or more crystalline alkali metal silicates; and c) one or more agents for capturing metal ions other than the crystalline alkali metal silicates b), wherein a total amount of the above a), b), and c) components in the bleaching detergent composition occupies from 70 to 99% by weight, and wherein the weight ratio of component b) to component a) is b/a=90/10 to 45/55, and the weight ratio of component b) to component c) is b/c=7/93 to 75/25, and wherein the weight ratio of the organic peracid precursor to nonionic surfactants used as component a) is from 10/90 to 70/30.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 1996Date of Patent: December 12, 2000Assignee: Kao CorporationInventors: Shu Yamaguchi, Nobuyosi Yamaguchi, Muneo Aoyagi, Noriaki Ushio, Shigeru Tamura, Masaki Tsumadori
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Patent number: 5827447Abstract: A transparent liquid bleaching agent composition having a transparent appearance and excellent storage stability and bleaching power, characterized by comprising hydrogen peroxide (a), a surfactant (b) and a bleach activator (c) capable of yielding an organic peracid when reacted with hydrogen peroxide and having a parameter .beta. of a mixed system consisting of the surfactant (b) and the bleach activator (c) as calculated according to the following equation of smaller than -2: ##EQU1## wherein C.sub.1 : the critical micelle concentration of the surfactant;C.sub.2 : the critical micelle concentration of the bleach activator;.alpha..sub.1 : the molar fraction of the surfactant in the whole mixed solute (molar fraction of added surfactant);.alpha..sub.2 : the molar fraction of the bleach activator in the whole mixed solute (molar fraction of added activator);C*: the critical micelle concentration of theX.sub.1 : the molar fraction of the surfactant in the mixed micelle; andX.sub.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 1995Date of Patent: October 27, 1998Assignee: Kao CorporationInventors: Yoshinori Tamura, Hiroyuki Yamada, Muneo Aoyagi
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Patent number: 5696070Abstract: A liquid softener composition comprising a quaternary ammonium salt represented by the general formula (1) and a method for its preparation: ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1, R.sup.2, and R.sup.3 are an alkyl group or hydroxyalkyl group of 1 to 4 carbon atoms, R.sup.4 and R.sup.5 are an unsubstituted or hydroxyl group-substituted linear or branched alkyl group or alkenyl group of 8 to 36 carbon atoms, A is a linear or branched alkylene group of 2 or 3 carbon atoms, X is an anion group, n is an integer in the range of 1 to 6, and m is a numeral in the range of 0 to 20.Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 1996Date of Patent: December 9, 1997Assignee: Kao CorporationInventors: Osamu Tachizawa, Akira Sakaguchi, Tohru Katoh, Kohshiro Sotoya, deceased, Noriko Yamaguchi, Junichi Inokoshi, Muneo Aoyagi
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Patent number: 5458801Abstract: A granular bleach activator composition and a process for producing a granular bleach activator composition having excellent solubility and storability, which comprises using at least one member selected from the group consisting of substances (a), (b), (c) and (d) as a core particle and granulating the core particle and a powdery bleach activator in the presence of a water-soluble organic binder to give granules having a weight-average particle diameter of 100 to 3,000 .mu.m:(a) a water-soluble substance having a pH in a 3 wt. % aqueous solution thereof, of 2 to 10,(b) a borate-coated sodium percarbonate, the particle of which has an inner surface and/or an outer surface coated with the borate,(c) a borate-coated sodium perborate, the particle of which has an inner surface and/or an outer surface coated with the borate, and(d) sodium perborate other than the borate-coated sodium perborate (c).Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 1992Date of Patent: October 17, 1995Assignee: Kao CorporationInventors: Tomonori Oyashiki, Hiroshi Noro, Koichiro Suzuki, Takeshi Ishikawa, Hiroyuki Yamashita, Muneo Aoyagi
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Patent number: 5330677Abstract: A bleaching composition comprises (a) hydrogen or a peroxide to produce hydrogen peroxide in its aqueous solution and (b) an organic peracid precursor having the formula (I) in which a quaternary ammonium is connected with an alkyl through an ether, an amide or an ester.Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 1992Date of Patent: July 19, 1994Assignee: Kao CorporationInventors: Kohshiro Sotoya, Muneo Aoyagi, Nobuyuki Ogura, Youhei Kaneko
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Patent number: 5158700Abstract: A bleaching composition comprises (a) hydrogen or a peroxide to produce hydrogen peroxide in its aqueous solution and (b) an organic peracid precusor having the formula (I) in which a quaternary ammonium is connected with an alkyl through an ether, an amide or an ester.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 1990Date of Patent: October 27, 1992Assignee: Kao CorporationInventors: Kohshiro Sotoya, Muneo Aoyagi, Nobuyuki Ogura, Youhei Kaneko
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Patent number: 5118436Abstract: A liquid bleaching composition is acidic with a PH value of 1.5 to 6 and improved in stability. It comprises:(a) 0.5 to 10% by weight of hydrogen peroxide,(b) 0.1 to 20% by weight of an anionic surfactant,(c) 0.1 to 20% by weight of a nonionic surfactant,(d) 0.05 to 5% by weight of a polyacrylic acid having an average molecular weight of 1,000 to 100,000 or a salt thereof and/or a maleic polymer having an average molecular weight of 500 to 100,000, and(e) 0.0001 to 1% by weight of a polyphosphoric acid, a salt thereof, an amino phosphonic acid, a salt thereof, or a diphosphonic acid or a salt thereof.Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 1990Date of Patent: June 2, 1992Assignee: Kao CorporationInventors: Muneo Aoyagi, Kazuhiro Takanashi
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Patent number: 5093022Abstract: A bleaching composition which may serve as a detergent comprises hydrogen peroxide and a bleaching activator having a cationic group and having the formula (I) in which L is an ester-having phenyl and an amide-having phenyl: ##STR1##Type: GrantFiled: November 27, 1989Date of Patent: March 3, 1992Assignee: Kao CorporationInventors: Kohshiro Sotoya, Nobuyuki Ogura, Muneo Aoyagi, Moriyasu Murata
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Patent number: 5059344Abstract: A bleaching composition comprises a peroxide and an amphoteric organic per acid precursor. In particular the amphoteric organic per acid precursor is a quaternary ammonium salt has the following formula in which Z is sulfonate or carboxylate and is a new compound.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 1990Date of Patent: October 22, 1991Assignee: Kao CorporationInventors: Muneo Aoyagi, Kazuhiro Takanashi, Hiroyuki Araki, Moriyasu Murata, Kohshiro Sotoya, Nobuyuki Ogura, Masaaki Yamamura
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Patent number: 4978770Abstract: A bleaching composition comprises (a) a peroxide and (b) an organic peracid precursor having at least one group selected from (b-1) and (b-2) and then further comprises a detergent component(s).Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 1990Date of Patent: December 18, 1990Assignee: Kao CorporationInventors: Muneo Aoyagi, Kazuhiro Takanashi, Masaaki Yamamura, Moriyasu Murata, Hiroyuki Yamada, Hiroyuki Araki, Takanori Fukumoto
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Patent number: 4933103Abstract: A bleaching composition comprises a peroxide and an amphoteric organic per acid precursor. In particular the amphoteric organic per acid precursor is a quaternary ammonium salt has the following formula in which Z is sulfonate or carboxylate and is a new compound.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 1988Date of Patent: June 12, 1990Assignee: Kao CorporationInventors: Muneo Aoyagi, Kazuhiro Takanashi, Hiroyuki Araki, Moriyasu Murata, Kohshiro Sotoya, Nobuyuki Ogura, Masaaki Yamamura
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Patent number: 4917813Abstract: A bleaching composition comprises (a) an inorganic peroxide, (b) a nonionic surfactant and (c) a polymer of the following general formula (I), a copolymer comprising a monomer unit of the general formula (I) or a water-soluble salt thereof: ##STR1## wherein X, Y and Z represent each --H, --CH.sub.3, --COOM, --CH.sub.2 COOM or --OH, M represents H, an alkali metal or a mixture of them and n represents a number of at least 2.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 1987Date of Patent: April 17, 1990Assignee: Kao CorporationInventors: Muneo Aoyagi, Atsuo Nakae
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Patent number: 4915863Abstract: A bleaching composition comprises (a) a peroxide and (b) an organic peracid precursor having at least one group selected from (b-1) and (b-2) and then further comprises a detergent component(s).Type: GrantFiled: August 8, 1988Date of Patent: April 10, 1990Assignee: Kao CorporationInventors: Muneo Aoyagi, Kazuhiro Takanashi, Masaaki Yamamura, Moriyasu Murata, Hiroyuki Yamada, Hiroyuki Araki, Takanori Fukumoto
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Patent number: RE35000Abstract: A liquid bleaching composition is acidic with a .[.PH.]. .Iadd.pH .Iaddend.value of 1.5 to 6 and improved in stability. It comprises:(a) 0.5 to 10% by weight of hydrogen peroxide,(b) 0.1 to 20% by weight of an anionic surfactant,(c) 0.1 to 20% by weight of a nonionic surfactant,(d) 0.05 to 5% by weight of a polyacrylic acid having an average molecular weight of 1,000 to 100,000 or a salt thereof and/or a maleic polymer having an average molecular weight of 500 to 100,000, and(e) 0.0001 to 1% by weight of a polyphosphoric acid, a salt thereof, an amino phosphonic acid, a salt thereof, or a diphosphonic acid or a salt thereof.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 1993Date of Patent: July 25, 1995Inventors: Muneo Aoyagi, Kazuhiro Takanashi