Patents by Inventor Peter Schmiedel

Peter Schmiedel 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).

  • LIQUID DETERGENT OR CLEANING AGENT WITH SUSPENDED PARTICLES
    Publication number: 20180030377
    Abstract: Particulate solids with an average particle diameter X50,3 of 0.01 mm to 3 mm, containing a total quantity of 30 to 100 wt. %, based on the total weight, of at least one polyester, containing at least one structural unit of the formula (I) and at least one structural unit of the formula (II), in which a and c each represents a number from 1 to 200 independently of each other. R2, R5, and R6 each represents hydrogen or a C1-C18 n-alkyl group or a C3-C18 isoalkyl group independently of one another. R7 represents a linear or branched C1-C30 alkyl group or a linear or branched C2-C30 alkenyl group, a cycloalkyl group with 5 to 9 carbon atoms, a C6-C30 aryl group, or a C6-C30 arylalkyl group. The particulate solids can be suspended in liquid, water-containing surfactant compositions in a stable manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2017
    Publication date: February 1, 2018
    Applicant: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Peter Schmiedel, Bent Rogge, Danilo Panzica, Olga Morozova, Kerstin Schmitz
  • SOLID COMPOSITION FOR THE TREATMENT OF TEXTILES
    Publication number: 20170275570
    Abstract: The invention relates to a solid composition for use in the treatment of textiles, containing respectively with respect to the total weight of the solid composition, a respective total amount of 25-65 wt.-% of at least one peroxide compound, 10-20 wt.-% of at least one organic bleaching activator, 5-20 wt.-% alkali metal silicate, 1-15 wt.-% of at least one polysaccharide, 0-5 wt.-% surfactant. Said solid composition is enveloped in a water-soluble material in order to obtain storage-stable single use portions together with liquid surfactant-containing compositions. The claimed solid composition can be used as an additive in conventional textile treatment agents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2015
    Publication date: September 28, 2017
    Applicant: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Matthias Sunder, Frank Meier, Sheila Edwards, Peter Schmiedel
  • METHOD FOR PRODUCING LIQUID COMPOSITIONS INCLUDING A SURFACTANT AND HAVING A YIELD POINT
    Publication number: 20170267954
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing liquid compositions that have a yield point and contain one or more surfactants, in which a basic formulation comprising at least one surfactant and at least one solvent is produced in a batch process in a first step, and this basic formulation is differentiated in a continuous method in a subsequent second step. The invention also relates to the compositions obtained in this manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2017
    Publication date: September 21, 2017
    Applicant: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Luca Bellomi, Karl-Heinz Scheffler, Nadine Langenscheidt-Dabringhausen, Martina Hutmacher, Peter Schmiedel, Gerd Boesemann
  • DEVICE FOR TREATING STAINS AND METHOD FOR TREATING STAINS USING SUCH A DEVICE
    Publication number: 20170268155
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a device for treating stains, which can be carried by a person, comprising a reservoir for receiving a chemical formulation, where the reservoir has an outlet port for dispensing the chemical formulation and where the device comprises a UV radiation source which emits its radiation in a direction essentially away from the device. The invention further relates to a method for treating spots using such a device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2015
    Publication date: September 21, 2017
    Applicant: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Iwona Spill, Peter Schmiedel, Michael Dreja, Walter Heberlein
  • MAKING FABRICS EASIER TO IRON
    Publication number: 20170241073
    Abstract: The aim is to reduce the wrinkling tendency of a cotton textile or otherwise cellulosic textile. This was achieved by bringing the textile into contact with an amino-group-containing polymer having carboxylic-acid-group-bearing substituents and optionally subsequently ironing the textile.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2017
    Publication date: August 24, 2017
    Applicant: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Iwona Spill, Peter Schmiedel, Markus Oberthuer, Vahid Ameri Dehabadi, Hans-Juergen Buschmann, Jochen Stefan Gutmann
  • TRANSPARENT TEXTILE CARE AGENT
    Publication number: 20170218304
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to textile care agents and to optically clear and transparent fabric softener formulations which also have a viscous consistency, containing a combination of special ester quats with nonionic emulsifiers and cationic thickeners, to the use of said textile care agents and fabric softener formulations. The present disclosure also relates to a method for washing textiles using said textile care agent and fabric softener formulations. The present disclosure relates to methods for producing the special ester quats, to the thus resulting ester quats and to the use thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2015
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Applicants: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA, BASF SE
    Inventors: Tatiana Schymitzek, Simon Pluszynski, Ulrich Platzbecker, Peter Schmiedel, Roland Ettl, Silvia Martinez Barrachina, Nuria Bonastre Gilabert, Maria Escoda Margenat
  • WASHING LIQUID AND WASHING METHOD
    Publication number: 20170114310
    Abstract: The invention relates to an aqueous washing liquor in a device for cleaning soiled textile substrates, containing a plurality of water-insoluble solid particles and a liquid phase which contains a microemulsion, and to a textile washing method using said type of washing liquor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2017
    Publication date: April 27, 2017
    Applicant: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Peter Schmiedel, Michael Dreja, Christian Nitsch, Arnd Kessler, Benoit Luneau, Reinhard Strey, Anna Klemmer, Thorsten Bastigkeit, Thomas Mueller-Kirschbaum, Nicole Bode, Iwona Spill
  • NOVEL WASHING METHOD WITH ELECTROCHEMICALLY ACTIVATABLE MEDIATOR COMPOUND
    Publication number: 20170114305
    Abstract: The aim of the invention is to improve the cleaning power of washing and cleaning agents, especially with regards to bleachable stains, while avoiding any damage to the textile treated with said washing and cleaning agents. This is achieved by an aqueous washing liquid in a device for cleaning textile substrates, containing a plurality of water in-soluble solid particles and a mediator compound, which can produce an oxidizing bleaching agent, in an electrochemical cell using electric voltage in the washing liquid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2017
    Publication date: April 27, 2017
    Applicant: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Iwona Spill, Peter Schmiedel, Mareile Job, Nicole Bode, Christian Nitsch, Arnd Kessler, Thorsten Bastigkeit, Thomas Mueller-Kirschbaum, Thomas Gerke, Guido Grundmeier, Markus Voigt
  • WASHING MACHINE COMPRISING A BLEACHING DEVICE AND A RESERVOIR FOR WATER-INSOLUBLE SOLID PARTICLES
    Publication number: 20170114489
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a washing machine (1) comprising a washing chamber (2) for receiving a wash liquor and textile substrates to be cleaned, and a decoloration device (3) which has an inlet (4) for introducing wash liquor from the washing chamber (2) into the decoloration device (3) as well as an outlet (5) for discharging wash liquor from the decoloration device (3) into the washing chamber (2), and which, moreover, has at least one activator that is suitable for initiating, within the decoloration device (3), a process for forming free radicals in the wash liquor. According to the present invention, the washing machine includes a reservoir containing water-insoluble solid particles. Furthermore, a method for washing textile substrates in such a washing machine is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2017
    Publication date: April 27, 2017
    Applicant: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Iwona Spill, Peter Schmiedel, Nicole Bode, Christian Nitsch, Arnd Kessler, Thorsten Bastigkeit, Thomas Mueller-Kirschbaum
  • POLYALKOXYLATED POLYAMINES IN NOVEL LAUNDRY METHODS
    Publication number: 20170114306
    Abstract: The invention relates to an aqueous detergent solution in a device for cleaning soiled textile substrates, said solution containing a plurality of water-insoluble solid particles and a detergent containing polyalkoxylated polyamines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2017
    Publication date: April 27, 2017
    Applicant: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Alexander Schulz, Nicole Bode, Peter Schmiedel, Christian Nitsch, Arnd Kessler, Thorsten Bastigkeit, Thomas Mueller-Kirschbaum
  • WASHING MACHINE COMPRISING A BLEACHING DEVICE AND A RESERVOIR FOR WATER-INSOLUBLE SOLID PARTICLES
    Publication number: 20170114488
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a washing machine comprising a washing chamber for receiving a wash liquor and textile substrates to be cleaned, and a decoloration device (3) which has an inlet (4) for introducing wash liquor from the washing chamber into the decoloration device (3) as well as an outlet (5) for discharging wash liquor from the decoloration device (3) into the washing chamber, and which, moreover, has at least one electrochemical activator that is suitable for initiating, within the decoloration device (3), a process for forming free radicals in the wash liquor. According to the present invention, the washing machine includes a reservoir containing water-insoluble solid particles. Furthermore, a method for washing textile substrates in such a washing machine is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2017
    Publication date: April 27, 2017
    Applicant: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Iwona Spill, Peter Schmiedel, Nicole Bode, Christian Nitsch, Arnd Kessler, Thorsten Bastigkeit, Thomas Mueller-Kirschbaum
  • WASHING OR CLEANING AGENTS WITH ELECTROCHEMICALLY ACTIVATABLE ANIONIC MEDIATOR COMPOUNDS
    Publication number: 20170037342
    Abstract: The aim of the invention is to improve the cleaning power of washing and cleaning agents, especially with regard to bleachable stains, while avoiding any damage to the textile treated with said washing and cleaning agents. This is substantially achieved by using an electrolytically bleachable species generated by a redox reaction from an anionically substituted 1-hydroxy-2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidine, 2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidine-N-oxide, or (2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidine-1-yl)oxyl.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2016
    Publication date: February 9, 2017
    Applicant: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Iwona Spill, Mareile Job, Peter Schmiedel, Thomas Gerke, Guido Grundmeier, Markus Voigt
  • Combination product having two separate cleaning compositions, both having a high viscosity
    Patent number: 9546347
    Abstract: The invention relates to fluid washing or cleaning products which are present as combination products comprising a packaging means and at least two fluid washing or cleaning compositions A and B that are located in said packaging means and that are separate from each other, wherein the two compositions A and B comprise A: 10 to 75 wt % of builder material(s); 0.1 to 10 wt % of enzyme preparation; 24.9 to 89.9 wt % of water; and B: less than 0.1 wt % of enzyme preparation; 0.5 to 90 wt % of water and at least one further ingredient of washing or cleaning products, and which fluid washing or cleaning products have an improved stability if the viscosity of the compositions A and B is above 1500 mPas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2017
    Assignee: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Konstantin Benda, Nina Muβmann, Thomas Eiting, Brigitte Kempen, Thorsten Bastigkeit, Peter Schmiedel
  • WASHING MACHINE WITH A DISCOLORATION RESERVOIR AND METHOD FOR WASHING TEXTILES IN SUCH A WASHING MACHINE
    Publication number: 20160369447
    Abstract: The invention relates to a washing machine (1) with a washing chamber (2) for receiving a washing liquid and textiles to be cleaned and with a discoloration reservoir (3) which has an inlet (4) for introducing washing liquid from the washing chamber (2) into the discoloration reservoir (3) and an outlet (5) for discharging washing liquid from the discoloration reservoir (3) into the washing chamber (2), and which moreover has at least one activation module, such as, for example, a UV radiation source or an electrode arrangement which is suitable for initiating, within the discoloration reservoir (3), a process for forming free radicals in the washing liquid. Furthermore, a method for washing textiles in such a washing machine is also specified.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2016
    Publication date: December 22, 2016
    Applicant: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Iwona Spill, Peter Schmiedel, Christian Kropf, Hendrik Hellmuth, Bent Rogge
  • DOSAGE FORM FOR WASHING OR CLEANING AGENTS
    Publication number: 20160362647
    Abstract: The invention relates to a molded foam body which comprises a dry foam and which is filled with a liquid washing or cleaning agent composition, to a set of molded foam bodies, to a method for producing said molded foam bodies, to a method for washing or cleaning and to the use of the molded foam bodies and the sets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2016
    Publication date: December 15, 2016
    Applicant: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Georg Meine, Christian Reichert, Peter Schmiedel, Bernd Larson, Cornelius Bessler
  • FLAVOLIPIDS AS SURFACTANTS IN CLEANSING COMPOSITIONS
    Publication number: 20160362632
    Abstract: Cosmetic, detergent, and surface cleansing compositions are provided. The provided compositions include a flavolipid according to formula (I), in which R1 and R2, independently of one another, are selected from linear or branched C4-C20 alkyl radicals, linear or branched C4-C20 alkenyl radicals, and linear or branched C4-C20 hydroxyalkyl radicals; R3, R4, R5 and R6, independently of one another, are selected from hydrogen, hydroxyl, C1-C4 alkyl radicals, C1-C4 alkenyl radicals, C1-C4 alkoxy radicals, and C1-C4 hydroxyalkyl radicals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2015
    Publication date: December 15, 2016
    Inventors: ALEXANDER SCHULZ, MICHAEL DREJA, PETER SCHMIEDEL, MENGTAO PETE HE
  • CONCENTRATED LAUNDRY DETERGENTS
    Publication number: 20160348042
    Abstract: One- or multi-phase non-solid concentrated products, which are capable of producing or maintaining a Winsor type 2 microemulsion system upon dilution in a short liquor technology washing machine, show improved performance for fat and oil-containing stains when used in novel methods in which various Winsor types are passed through starting from Winsor type 2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2016
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Applicant: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Peter Schmiedel, Kaoru Tachikawa, Yvonne Willemsen, Arnd Kessler, Nicole Bode, Iwona Spill, Reinhard Strey, Anna Klemmer, Christian Nitsch
  • WASHING OR CLEANING COMPOSITION HAVING IMPROVED FOAMING CHARACTERISTICS WITH A HIGH LEVEL OF SOILING
    Publication number: 20160348033
    Abstract: The present invention relates to washing or cleaning agents having improved foaming characteristics under high soil loading, containing at least one anionic surfactant and at least one alkylamidopropyl betaine of formula (R1)C(?O)NH(CH2)3N+(R2)(R3)CH2COO?, where R1 is an alkyl radical having 7 to 9 carbon atoms and R2 and R3 are identical or different alkyl radicals having 1 to 3 carbon atoms, wherein the weight ratio of the alkylamidopropyl betaine defined herein/total amount of anionic surfactant in the washing or cleaning agent is from 0.003 to 0.12, wherein the weight ratio of the total amount of alkylamidopropyl betaine as defined herein/total amount of alkylamidopropyl betaine in the washing or cleaning agent is 0.25 to 1.0, to washing or cleaning methods in which washing or cleaning agents of this kind are used.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2016
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Applicant: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Peter Schmiedel, Walter Heberlein, Danilo Panzica, Ketan Patil, Dieter Nickel, Ingrid Kraus, Robin Kleinschnitz, Hans-Henning Wenk, Dirk Kuppert, Juergen Lattich, Ashraf Marzouk
  • RAW MATERIAL AND USE THEREOF TO REDUCE CREASES IN TEXTILES
    Publication number: 20160348305
    Abstract: Raw materials that constitute reaction products of two compounds (1) and (2) having the general formulas (1) and (2), wherein the first compound (1) having the general formula (1): R1—(CH2)a—(CHR2)b—(CR32)c—(CHR4)d—(CH2)e—R5, and the second compound (2) has the general formula (2): Y-A-Si(OR1)r(R2)3-r, exhibit anti-wrinkle properties. They are used in laundry detergents, fabric softeners or textile treatment compositions that are applied to the textile outside a washing machine or a dryer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2016
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Applicant: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Benoit Luneau, Carolin Kruppa, Janice Mahnke, Mareile Job, Peter Schmiedel, Bent Rogge, Christina Roeleke, Karin Kania
  • DETERGENT OR CLEANING AGENT COMPRISING A DRY, WATER-SOLUBLE FOAM LAYER
    Publication number: 20160298061
    Abstract: The invention relates to detergent or cleaning agent products comprising: a) at least one first substantially water-soluble layer; b) at least one first chamber; and c) at least one second substantially water-soluble layer. The at least one first chamber contains a unit dose of a liquid and/or solid detergent or cleaning agent. Also disclosed are methods for manufacturing detergent or cleaning agent products as well as the use thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2016
    Publication date: October 13, 2016
    Applicant: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Christian Reichert, Peter Schmiedel, Tobias Segler, Matthias Sunder, Uwe Trebbe, Frank Meier