Patents by Inventor Ronald Frederick Vogel
Ronald Frederick Vogel 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: 7398787Abstract: A non-intrusive device for automatically dosing at least one liquid laundry care composition to an automatic laundry washing machine. The device employs a Venturi tube mechanism or a pump to dose the laundry detergent care composition. The dosing is controlled by a machine-generic algorithm capable of determining the actual cycle at any duration of wash for various cycle designs from various washing machines, without the input of precise cycle design; and dose the correct products correctly and is capable of distinguishing between major water addition and a water pulse.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2004Date of Patent: July 15, 2008Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA division of Conopco, Inc.Inventors: Feng-Lung Gordon Hsu, Sudhakar Puvvada, Ronald Frederick Vogel, Diane Wolf, Gary Hsu
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Patent number: 7181934Abstract: The present invention is directed to a device for dispensing a unit dose water-soluble pouch containing a laundry additive during the spin cycle of a washing machine process having a spinning wash drum. The device is attached to the vertical center post of a washing machine and holds a water-soluble pouch above the high water level. During the spin cycle, the spinning center post will create sufficient centrifugal force so that the water-soluble pouch is released from the device. The water-soluble pouch will then fall into the laundry where the water-soluble pouch will dissolve when rinse water fills the machine thereby releasing the laundry additive to treat the washed articles.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2003Date of Patent: February 27, 2007Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, division of Conopco, Inc.Inventors: Feng-Lung Gordon Hsu, Daniel Joseph Fox, Edward John Giblin, Ronald Frederick Vogel, Gary Hsu, Mohammad Hosseini-Nejad
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Patent number: 7018970Abstract: According to the inventive method of making gels, the main mixture comprising most of the ingredients with the exception of a fatty alcohol is mixed, using at least one in-line mixer, with the gelling post-mix comprising the fatty alcohol. The preferred process includes the mixing of the main mixture and the gelling post-mix just prior to either filling or storing the composition.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2003Date of Patent: March 28, 2006Assignee: Unilever Home and Personal Care USA division of Conopco, Inc.Inventors: Feng-Lung Gordon Hsu, Yun-Peng Zhu, Charles Ebert, Agnes Boudou, Ronald Frederick Vogel, John David Hines
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Patent number: 6972278Abstract: A shear-thinning lamellar gel detergent composition containing suspended particles, employing a non-neutralized fatty acid as a structuring agent, in a specific amount, depending on the total surfactant level. The weight % ratio of non-neutralized fatty acid to the total surfactant within a specific range, defined by the Gelling Index equation, results in gels with the desired properties. The inventive product offers an advantage of laundry pre-treater and a detergent in a single product and also provides a visual cue of suspended particles.Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 2004Date of Patent: December 6, 2005Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA division of Conopco, Inc.Inventors: Feng-Lung Gordon Hsu, Yun Peng Zhu, John David Hines, Ronald Frederick Vogel
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Patent number: 6849587Abstract: Liquid and/or gel laundry detergent compositions which snap back at the end of dispensing, thus eliminating or minimizing the dripping from the container. Employing a non-neutralized fatty acid to the total surfactant weight % ratio within a specific range, defined by the Snap Index equation, results in liquids and/or gels with the desired snap-back property.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2002Date of Patent: February 1, 2005Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, a division of Conopco, Inc.Inventors: Feng-Lung Gordon Hsu, Yun-Peng Zhu, Ronald Frederick Vogel, Agnes Boudou, Charles Ebert
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Publication number: 20040232032Abstract: The present invention is directed to a device for dispensing a unit dose water-soluble pouch containing a laundry additive during the spin cycle of a washing machine process having a spinning wash drum. The device is attached to the vertical center post of a washing machine and holds a water-soluble pouch above the high water level. During the spin cycle, the spinning center post will create sufficient centrifugal force so that the water-soluble pouch is released from the device. The water-soluble pouch will then fall into the laundry where the water-soluble pouch will dissolve when rinse water fills the machine thereby releasing the laundry additive to treat the washed articles.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 21, 2003Publication date: November 25, 2004Applicant: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, Division of Conopco, Inc.Inventors: Feng-Lung Gordon Hsu, Daniel Joseph Fox, Edward John Giblin, Ronald Frederick Vogel, Gary Hsu, Mohammad Hosseini-Nejad
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Patent number: 6815409Abstract: Gel detergent compositions which pile-up on a surface, upon dispensing, to minimize the spreading of the gel to a substantially larger area. The gels that can pile up are less messy to use and provide better stain removal, since more detergent is concentrated on the desired area of fabric (e.g., the spot). The composition comprises from about 10% to about 35% of a surfactant, from about 0.1 to about 5% of a non-neutralized fatty acid; from about 50 to about 85% of water; with the total of anionic surfactants selected from soap, linear alkyl benzene sulfonic acid, primary and secondary alkyl sulfates being more than 50% of total surfactant level.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2002Date of Patent: November 9, 2004Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA division of Conopco, Inc.Inventors: Feng-Lung Gordon Hsu, Yun-Peng Zhu, Ronald Frederick Vogel, Agnes Boudou, Charles Ebert, Kwang H Lee
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Patent number: 6794347Abstract: According to the inventive method of making gels, the main mixture comprising most of the ingredients with the exception of a non-neutralized fatty acid or sulphonic acid, and/or other anionic surfactant acids is mixed, using at least one in-line static mixer, with the gelling post-mix comprising the non-neutralized fatty acid or sulphonic acid, or other anionic surfactant acids. The preferred process includes the mixing of the main mixture and the gelling post-mix just prior to either filling or storing the composition.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2002Date of Patent: September 21, 2004Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA a division of Conopco, Inc.Inventors: Feng-Lung Gordon Hsu, Yun-Peng Zhu, Charles Ebert, Agnes Boudou, Ronald Frederick Vogel
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Patent number: 6794348Abstract: A sher-thinnig lamellar gel detergent composition, employing non-neutralized fatty acid in a specific amount, depending on the total surfactant level. The weight % ratio of non-neutralized fatty acid to the total surfactant within a specific range, defined by the Gelling Index equation, results in gels with the desired properties. The inventive product offers an advantage of laundry pre-treater and a detergent in a single product.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2002Date of Patent: September 21, 2004Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA division of Conopco, Inc.Inventors: Feng-Lung Gordon Hsu, Yun-Peng Zhu, Ronald Frederick Vogel, Agnes Boudou, Charles Ebert, Mohammad Hosseini-Nejad
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Publication number: 20040058838Abstract: A sher-thinnig lamellar gel detergent composition, employing non-neutralized fatty acid in a specific amount, depending on the total surfactant level. The weight % ratio of non-neutralized fatty acid to the total surfactant within a specific range, defined by the Gelling Index equation, results in gels with the desired properties. The inventive product offers an advantage of laundry pre-treater and a detergent in a single product.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 20, 2002Publication date: March 25, 2004Applicant: Unilever Home and Personal Care USA, Division of Conopco, Inc.Inventors: Feng-Lung Gordon Hsu, Yun-Peng Zhu, Ronald Frederick Vogel, Agnes Boudou, Charles Ebert, Mohammad Hosseini-Nejad
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Publication number: 20040058834Abstract: Liquid and/or gel laundry detergent compositions which snap back at the end of dispensing, thus eliminating or minimizing the dripping from the container. Employing a non-neutralized fatty acid to the total surfactant weight % ratio within a specific range, defined by the Snap Index equation, results in liquids and/or gels with the desired snap-back property.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 20, 2002Publication date: March 25, 2004Applicant: Unilever Home and Personal Care USA, Division of Conopco, Inc.Inventors: Feng-Lung Gordon Hsu, Yun-Peng Zhu, Ronald Frederick Vogel, Agnes Boudou, Charles Ebert
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Publication number: 20040058840Abstract: Gel detergent compositions which pile-up on a surface, upon dispensing, to minimize the spreading of the gel to a substantially larger area. The gels that can pile up are less messy to use and provide better stain removal, since more detergent is concentrated on the desired area of fabric (e.g., the spot). The composition comprises from about 10% to about 35% of a surfactant, from about 0.1 to about 5% of a non-neutralized fatty acid; from about 50 to about 85% of water; with the total of anionic surfactants selected from soap, linear alkyl benzene sulfonic acid, primary and secondary alkyl sulfates being more than 50% of total surfactant level.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 20, 2002Publication date: March 25, 2004Applicant: Unilever Home and Personal Care USA, Division of Conopco, Inc.Inventors: Feng-Lung Gordon Hsu, Yun-Peng Zhu, Ronald Frederick Vogel, Agnes Boudou, Charles Ebert, Kwang H. Lee
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Publication number: 20040058837Abstract: According to the inventive method of making gels, the main mixture comprising most of the ingredients with the exception of a non-neutralized fatty acid or sulphonic acid, and/or other anionic surfactant acids is mixed, using at least one in-line static mixer, with the gelling post-mix comprising the non-neutralized fatty acid or sulphonic acid, or other anionic surfactant acids. The preferred process includes the mixing of the main mixture and the gelling post-mix just prior to either filling or storing the composition.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 20, 2002Publication date: March 25, 2004Applicant: Unilever Home and Personal Care USA, Division of Conopco, Inc.Inventors: Feng-Lung Gordon Hsu, Yun-Peng Zhu, Charles Ebert, Agnes Boudou, Ronald Frederick Vogel