Patents by Inventor Sandra Hoffmann

Sandra Hoffmann 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).

  • Process for producing a hollow body with a compartment, containing a portion of a washing, cleaning or rinsing agent
    Patent number: 7601679
    Abstract: A process for producing a detergent portion, comprising the steps of forming one or more dimensionally stable hollow bodies comprising at least one compartment by injection moulding, providing one or more means for compartmentalizing the dimensionally stable hollow bodies, filling the compartment with at least one detersive formulation, and closing the compartment to form a partial or whole enclosure around the detersive formulation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2009
    Assignee: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Henriette Weber, Sandra Hoffmann, Wilfried Raehse, Dieter Jung, Frank Meier, Christian Block, Rolf Bayersdoerfer, Markus Semrau, Karl-Martin Faeser, Paul Birnbrich, Dieter Nickel
  • HOLLOW BODY WITH A COMPARTMENT, CONTAINING A PORTION OF A WASHING, CLEANING OR RINSING AGENT
    Publication number: 20080312123
    Abstract: A process for producing a detergent portion, comprising the steps of forming one or more dimensionally stable hollow bodies comprising at least one compartment by injection moulding, providing one or more means for compartmentalizing the dimensionally stable hollow bodies, filling the compartment with at least one detersive formulation, and closing the compartment to form a partial or whole enclosure around the detersive formulation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2008
    Publication date: December 18, 2008
    Applicant: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA (formerly named Henkel Kommanditgesellschaft auf Aktien)
    Inventors: Henriette Weber, Sandra Hoffmann, Wilfried Raehse, Dieter Jung, Frank Meier, Christian Block, Rolf Bayersdoerfer, Markus Semrau, Karl-Martin Faeser, Paul Birnbrich, Dieter Nickel
  • Hollow body with a compartment, containing a portion of a washing, cleaning or rinsing agent
    Patent number: 7417019
    Abstract: Detergent portions containing at least one detersive formulation wholly or partly contained in a dimensionally stable hollow body having an enclosure that wholly or partly surrounds the detersive formulation, the enclosure being formed of an uncompressed material that can disintegrate under laundering, cleaning, or washing conditions and that gives the hollow body dimensional stability, and optionally, the dimensionally stable hollow body having one or more means forming one or more compartments therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 4, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2008
    Assignee: Henkel Kommanditgesellschaft auf Aktien
    Inventors: Henriette Weber, Sandra Hoffmann, Wilfried Raehse, Dieter Jung, Frank Meier, Christian Block, Rolf Bayersdoerfer, Markus Semrau, Karl-Martin Faeser, Paul Birnbrich, Dieter Nickel
  • Coating meltable substances and substance mixtures
    Publication number: 20060073206
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for coating meltable substances or substance mixtures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2005
    Publication date: April 6, 2006
    Inventors: Sandra Hoffmann, Peter Victor
  • Washing, rinsing or cleaning products in portions in flexible water-soluble containers
    Publication number: 20040219297
    Abstract: A portioned washing, rinsing, or cleaning product, wherein a preparation is surrounded by an enclosure. The unfilled enclosure is deformable by a force F1>0 N and ≦500 N along a path s1 and, after the force has ceased, returns in the direction of its original shape with a recovery rate v>0 mm/min and ≦1000 mm/min. Also, a process for preparing the portioned product by injection molding, extrusion blowing, or thermoforming.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2004
    Publication date: November 4, 2004
    Inventors: Wilfried Raehse, Sandra Hoffmann
  • Hollow body with a compartment, containing a portion of a washing, cleaning or rinsing agent
    Publication number: 20040029764
    Abstract: Detergent portions containing at least one detersive formulation wholly or partly contained in a dimensionally stable hollow body having an enclosure that wholly or partly surrounds the detersive formulation, the enclosure being formed of an uncompressed material that can disintegrate under laundering, cleaning, or washing conditions and that gives the hollow body dimensional stability, and optionally, the dimensionally stable hollow body having one or more means forming one or more compartments therein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2003
    Publication date: February 12, 2004
    Inventors: Henriette Weber, Sandra Hoffmann, Wilfried Raehse, Dieter Jung, Frank Meier, Christian Block, Rolf Bayersdoerfer, Markus Semrau, Karl-Martin Faeser, Paul Birnbrich, Dieter Nickel