Abstract: A UHT process for the manufacture of an aqueous antiperspirant composition comprising the steps of: (i) mixing aluminium-containing antiperspirant salt, water soluble calcium salt, amino acid, and water, (ii) heating the mixture to a temperature of greater than 100° C. at a pressure of greater than 1 Bar (100,000 Pa) and (iii) restoring the mixture to ambient temperature and pressure.

Abstract: The invention relates to a water-in-oil antiperspirant composition comprising: A) an aqueous phase containing dissolved antiperspirant active; B) an oil phase comprising: i) an amido gelator; ii) a fatty alcohol that is liquid at 25° C.; iii) a primary non-volatile emollient oil having a refractive index of from 1.47 to 1.56; iv) a secondary non-volatile emollient oil having a refractive index of from 1.38 to 1.451 and C) and emulsifier; and further to a method of production of said antiperspirant composition.

Abstract: Desensitizing drug products, methods of making desensitizing drug products, and methods of using desensitizing drug products including delivery of desensitizing drug products. In one embodiment, the desensitizing drug products are male genital desensitizers that comprise one or anesthetic agents and one or more melting point depressing agents.

Abstract: An aqueous composition comprising an aluminium sesquichlorohydrate salt, water soluble calcium salt, and amino acid, wherein the molar ratio of water soluble calcium salt to aluminium is at least 1:40 and the molar ratio of amino acid to aluminium is at least 1:20 and methods for making such compositions having enhanced antiperspirancy performance.

Abstract: The Putt Pointer putter grip with GPS (grooved putt sight) is the only putter grip in existence today as a practical aid for golfers to determine the line of the putt. Other methods employed by golfers today can be seen on television wherein the golfer “stalks” the green looking at all variables he/she deems relevant to making a putt. Golfers kneel behind the ball, some nearly lay behind the ball in a crouching fashion to see the line of the putt relative to the slope of the green. Putt Pointer used with the conventional method of “plumb bobbing” eliminates completely the need for all of the aforementioned contortions. The features of the Putt Pointer putter grip can be applied to any form of putter mold to produce the grooves for sighting the putt line.

Abstract: An aqueous composition comprising basic aluminium chloride salt, water soluble calcium salt, and amino acid, characterised in that the basic aluminium chloride salt is of formula AI2OH4.4CI1.6 to AI2OH4.9CI1.1 and methods for making such compositions having enhanced antiperspirancy performance.

Abstract: A UHT process for the manufacture of an aqueous antiperspirant composition comprising the steps of: (i) mixing aluminium-containing antiperspirant salt, water soluble calcium salt, amino acid, and water, (ii) heating the mixture to a temperature of greater than 100° C. at a pressure of greater than 1 Bar (100,000 Pa) and (iii) restoring the mixture to ambient temperature and pressure.

Abstract: An aqueous composition comprising basic aluminium chloride salt, water soluble calcium salt, and amino acid, characterised in that the basic aluminium chloride salt is of formula Al2OH4.4Cl1.6 to Al2OH4.9Cl1.1 and methods for making such compositions having enhanced antiperspirancy performance.

Abstract: A method of manufacture of an anhydrous cosmetic composition comprising the mixing of dried calcium chloride with liquid carrier material and fragrance comprising a solvent to give a give a base composition, followed by the gassing of the base composition with a propellant to give an aerosol composition, wherein the fragrance and the solvent therein are pre-mixed and this mixture comprises one or more components having a log P of greater than 5.5 and a vapour pressure at 25° C. of less than 0.001 mm Hg (0.1333 Pa) and does not comprise dipropyleneglycol at 3% or greater of this mixture; the method enhancing the homogeneity and stability of the composition.

Abstract: Systems and methods for automating testing of multiple SATA hard drives with multiple motherboards are described herein. In certain embodiments any number of SATA drives may be switchably connected to any number of motherboards, and any number of tests may be performed on combinations of the SATA drives and motherboards without or with only minimal manual intervention between tests. In one embodiment, the system may include an automated selector having a controller adapted to receive a testing instruction and transmit the received testing instruction and a mainboard in communication with the controller. The mainboard may include a logic device to receive the testing instruction from the controller and/or a switch for pairing and unpairing motherboards with SATA storage devices.

Abstract: Systems and methods for automating testing of multiple SATA hard drives with multiple motherboards are described herein. In certain embodiments any number of SATA drives may be switchably connected to any number of motherboards, and any number of tests may be performed on combinations of the SATA drives and motherboards without or with only minimal manual intervention between tests. In one embodiment, the system may include an automated selector having a controller adapted to receive a testing instruction and transmit the received testing instruction and a mainboard in communication with the controller. The mainboard may include a logic device to receive the testing instruction from the controller and/or a switch for pairing and unpairing motherboards with SATA storage devices.

Abstract: Fragrance leaches rapidly from capsules having shells made from cross linked gelatin into volatile silicone oils. Unfortunately such oils are much favored for anhydrous antiperspirant compositions. The rate and extent of leaching can be ameliorated greatly or nearly halted by employing as carrier oil, an ester oil or an ether oil, even in the presence of a significant fraction of volatile silicone oil. Consequently, the capability of antiperspirant compositions to generate detectable fragrance over an extended period after application to the skin is improved by employing ester or ether oil as all or part of the carrier liquid in which the antiperspirant is suspended.

Abstract: Fragrance leaches rapidly from capsules having shells made from cross linked gelatin into volatile silicone oils. Unfortunately such oils are much favored for anhydrous antiperspirant compositions. The rate and extent of leaching can be ameliorated greatly or nearly halted by employing as carrier oil, an ester oil or an ether oil, even in the presence of a significant fraction of volatile silicone oil. Consequently, the capability of antiperspirant compositions to generate detectable fragrance over an extended period after application to the skin is improved by employing ester or ether oil as all or part of the carrier liquid in which the antiperspirant is suspended.

Abstract: An antiperspirant or deodorant composition comprising i) an antiperspirant or deodorant active, ii) a liquid carrier for the antiperspirant or deodorant active, and iii) fragrance in which the fragrance comprises a mixture of first and second fragrances, respectively (iiia) and (iiib), the first fragrance (iiia) being free from encapsulation and comprising fragrance components having a boiling point of higher than 250° C. at 1 bar pressure in a weight proportion of greater than 65% and the second fragrance (iiib) being encapsulated in a water-insoluble shear-sensitive encapsulating material and comprising fragrance components having a boiling point of greater than 250° C. at 1 bar pressure in a weight proportion of less than 65%.

Abstract: Disclosed are gel compositions that include (a) polyhydric alcohol, (b) water, (c) gelling agent, (d) fragrance-delivery particles having i) at least one shell formed by a step-growth polymerization reaction, ii) interior said shell, a core comprising at least one region formed by chain-grown polymerization of selected monomers, iii) optionally, surfactant grafted to said shell, wherein the fragrance delivery particles have an average diameter of less than 20 microns, and (e) free fragrance, wherein the compositions are in the form of deodorant gel sticks.

Abstract: An anhydrous antiperspirant composition comprising a dehydrated alum salt, a water soluble calcium salt, and a liquid carrier material comprising 50% or more by weight of hydrophobic oils.

Abstract: A method for reducing perspiration comprising the application to the surface of the human body of an alum salt and calcium chloride and compositions suitable for use in said method, in particular anhydrous compositions comprising both an alum salt and calcium chloride.

Abstract: Desensitizing drug products, methods of making desensitizing drug products, and methods of using desensitizing drug products including delivery of desensitizing drug products are disclosed herein.

Abstract: Desensitizing drug products, methods of making desensitizing drug products, and methods of using desensitizing drug products including delivery of desensitizing drug products. In one embodiment, the desensitizing drug products are male genital desensitizers that comprise one or anesthetic agents and one or more melting point depressing agents.

Abstract: Desensitizing drug products, methods of making desensitizing drug products, and methods of using desensitizing drug products including delivery of desensitizing drug products. In one embodiment, the desensitizing drug products are male genital desensitizers that comprise one or anesthetic agents and one or more melting point depressing agents.