Abstract: A non-welding solar collector tube connecting structure includes a collector tube having a tube wall, a containing space, a screw hole and a penetrating hole. The penetrating hole is interconnected to the containing space, and the connecting sleeve includes a tube pillar having a through hole, a plurality of screw threads formed on an external periphery of the tube pillar. A ring plate is installed at an end of the row tube, and the row tube is passed through the tube pillar, and a front end of the tube pillar is abutted against the ring plate, and the row tube is coupled to a side of the collector tube through tube pillar, and the ring plate is compressed by the tube pillar and abutted against the exterior of the penetrating hole.

Abstract: A solar energy gathering device includes a heat storage unit, a number of heat gathering units and a number of Fresnel lenses. Each of the heat gathering units includes a transparent glass block having a vacuum receiving space, and a heat pipe received in the vacuum receiving space and in thermally contact with the heat storage unit. The Fresnel lenses are attached on each of the glass blocks, and configured for converging solar light to the heat pipes through the glass bocks.

Abstract: A volumetric absorption solar collector in combination with a conventional flat panel collector. Addition of the volumetric absorption solar collector to the conventional flat panel collector allows the overall solar collection system to reach higher collection temperatures, increase collection efficiency, and reduce ecological footprint.

Abstract: An atomizing nozzle structured particularly for nasal therapy. Preferred embodiments include a 2-piece atomizing nozzle structured to couple with luer-locking structure carried by a syringe. Such an atomizing nozzle includes a nasal stopper and a stem. A preferred nasal stopper includes a distal tip sized for insertion into a nostril of a human child, with a proximal shield portion being structured to resist over-insertion of a discharge orifice into the nostril. A nasal stopper desirably provides a centering function to urge the discharge orifice away from a nasal wall. One operable stem is structured to couple with the stopper and desirably carries unitary thread structure at a proximal end. A second operable stem is structured as a unitary part of the nasal stopper and also desirably carries unitary thread structure at a proximal end. Certain embodiments may also include spacer structure configured to reduce a dead volume inside the atomizing nozzle.

Abstract: A portable, disposable, thermal drug dispensing apparatus and method of thermally controlling the delivery of medication therewith is provided. The apparatus provides a predetermined thermal energy over a predetermined amount of time to allow effective drug delivery regardless of the external environment. The apparatus produces exothermic or endothermic thermal energy, in a balanced and controlled environment via a chemical reaction between reactants contained as an integral part within the apparatus. The reactants are provided and automatically combined in a selective, predetermined manner within the apparatus to provide the desired thermal cycle needed to produce the desired, thermal environment for effective drug treatment.

Abstract: The present invention provides an improved means of treating tracheobronchitis, bronchiectasis and pneumonia in the nosocomial patient, preferably with aerosolized anti gram-positive and anti-gram negative antibiotics administered in combination or in seriatim in reliably sufficient amounts for therapeutic effect. In one aspect, the invention assures this result when aerosol is delivered into the ventilator circuit. In one embodiment the result is achieved mechanically. In another embodiment, the result is achieved by aerosol formulation. In another aspect, the invention assures the result when aerosol is delivered directly to the airways distal of the ventilator circuit. The treatment means eliminates the dosage variability that ventilator systems engender when aerosols are introduced via the ventilator circuit.

Abstract: Devices and methods for vaporizing active ingredients of a selected substance for inhalation using a portable vaporization device are provided herein. In certain aspects, the device includes a portable power source, a heating portion, an inhalation sensor, a temperature sensor, a distal light source, and a grinding portion. In response to an inhalation by a user, the power source energizes a heating element of the heating portion so as to heat air flow to a desired vaporization temperature within a few seconds of detecting inhalation, using convection and radiative heating. The device may include a receptacle for receiving a cartridge containing a pre-prepared substance, such as a liquid, gel, powder, or solid brick, and a grinding portion to allow a user to grind intact portions of cellulose-based material into smaller pieces to facilitate vaporization by manually rotating portions of the device relative to each other.

Abstract: A reaction and distribution system may include a distributor securable near or in a path correspond to a breathing passage such as the nostrils or the mouth of a user for delivering nitric oxide therapy thereto. The distributor may contain an internal reactor for creating the nitric oxide from reactants. Alternative embodiments may rely on a line delivering nitric oxide to the distributor from a remote generator such as a canister carried in a pocket or placed/at the bedside of a user.

Abstract: An inhaler for inhalation into the airway of a user, the inhaler having a housing at least partially defining a flow passageway extending through the inhaler from an air inlet to an outlet, the inhaler including a valve for selectively restricting the flow passageway.

Abstract: A method for controlling a humidifier of a CPAP device including a controller, the method including controlling a heating element in the humidifier with command signals from the controller, sensing a temperature of a fluid in the humidifier with a sensor in the humidifier that transmits signals to the controller, establishing an acceptable operating range for the signal transmitted to the controller, determining whether the transmitted signal is within the acceptable operating range, if the signal is within the acceptable operating range treating the signal as being indicative of the temperature of the fluid in the humidifier and using the signal to control the heating element, and if the signal is outside of the acceptable operating range, the controller determines the humidifier to be unavailable.

Abstract: A method and system for delivering a pharmaceutical gas to a patient. The method and system provide a known desired quantity of the pharmaceutical gas to the patient independent of the respiratory pattern of the patient. The preferred pharmaceutical gases are CO and NO, both of which are provided as a concentration in a carrier gas. The gas control system determines the delivery of the pharmaceutical gas to the patient to result in the known desired quantity (e.g. in molecules, milligrams or other quantified units) of the pharmaceutical gas being delivered. Upon completion of that known desired quantity of pharmaceutical gas over a plurality of breaths, the system can either terminate any further delivery of the pharmaceutical gas or can activate an alarm to alert the user that the known quantity has been delivered. The system also has alarm functions to alert the user of possible malfunctions of the system.

Abstract: The auxiliary breathing flow channel apparatus for an oxygen mask for pilots and crew of an airplane includes a flow control device with closed and open positions to regulate flow through an auxiliary channel. A pressure sensor such as an aneroid capsule automatically closes the auxiliary channel upon a decrease in cabin pressure. A handle also allows a user to manually move the flow regulating means to a closed position.

Abstract: A method of moisturizing while decolonizing mammalian tissue, comprising applying a multi-valent cationic antiseptic composition to the tissue, and applying a moisturizer composition to at least a portion of the same tissue is provided. An oral care kit comprising a composition comprising the multi-valent cationic antiseptic and the moisturizer composition, and a method of moisturizing oral tissue of a patient requiring intubation using the moisturizer composition and an endotracheal tube coated or impregnated with a cationic antiseptic are also provided.

Abstract: This invention relates to a headgear comprising a semi-rigid frame engageable with the head of a user and a releasable connection system for releasable connection with a user interface, wherein the frame extends generally about a rear region of a user's head, generally about an upper region of a user's head, and generally about an ear or both ears of a user.

Abstract: A condom-containing underwear includes a body portion for receiving a wearer's waist and covering at least 30 percent of the wearer's abdominal area; and a condom portion connected to the body portion and for receiving a penis. The body portion may include a shell and a lining. The lining may be detachable from the shell. The condom portion may be collapsible such that it takes the form of a penis only upon a full insertion of the penis within the condom portion.

Abstract: To provide an impact-absorbing pad fully satisfying impact absorbability for preventing femoral neck fractures, wearing comfort and breathability not to cause discomfort for all-day use, a small thickness not to impair external appearance, and flexibility in a surface direction not to cause uncomfortable feeling at the time of putting on and taking off, which are required for the impact-absorbing pad used in a hip protector, clothing furnished with the impact-absorbing pad, and a method for preventing femoral fractures. A pad main body having impact absorbability includes an impact-deflecting part having a through hole or concavity with a maximum length of 80 mm or less and an area of 600 mm2 or more and 5,000 mm2 or less, and the pad main body is disposed so as to apply the impact-deflecting part onto the greater trochanter of the femur, thereby preventing femoral fractures.

Abstract: Medical lens assemblies and sterile drapes with a lens assembly are presented herein. In one embodiment, a lens assembly includes an annular lens housing that is attachable to a medical drape. The lens housing is configured to releasably attach to a medical device, such as a surgical microscope. An annular lens cover holder is removably attachable to the lens housing. A lens cover for shielding the objective lens is pivotably hinged to the lens cover holder. In another embodiment, a drape assembly includes a flexible body sized to cover an optical device. A lens housing attached to the drape body is engageable with the optical device to attach proximate an objective lens thereof. A lens cover holder is removably attached to the lens housing to rotate about a first axis. A lens cover is mounted to the lens cover holder to pivot about a second, different axis.

Abstract: Provided is a soft flexible oral appliance having protuberances that mimic naturally occurring dental Tori. An upper, palatial appliance and a lower, mandibular appliance may be used in conjunction or separately to alleviate a variety of disorders, improve facial tone, and increase physical performance. The appliances are lightweight, thin, and do not prohibit normal speech patterns when in use. Small protuberances are strategically molded along key surfaces of each appliance to stimulate nerves in the tongue and affect forward protrusion. Forward positioning of the tongue dilates the airways of the throat improving breathing while the use is sleeping, playing sports, or talking. It also reduces bruxing, or grinding of the teeth. A method is further provided, for adding protuberances to other types of oral appliances, thereby conferring some of the benefits listed above on appliances originally intended for other dental uses.

Abstract: A mouthguard able to be shaped in the mouth, has an adaptable structure consisting of an adaptable material, and a skeleton, at least partially covered by the adaptable structure, consisting of a non-adaptable material. The mouthguard also has a removable pallet consisting of a non-adaptable material and comprising a first region intended to butt against the skeleton, the region of the pallet being dimensioned such that, during the adaption phase of the mouthguard, the combined presence of the pallet and of the skeleton ensures both ventilation space and the presence of sufficient material at the incisor-canine area.

Abstract: Apparatus and methods for adjusting a support to a body are described in which a portable support assembly may be worn or used by a bed-stricken or wheel-chair restricted individual around particular regions of the body where pressure ulcers tend to form. The portable support assembly may generally include adjustable supports which conform the assembly to the patient's body and which also help to distribute one or more fluid pad assemblies relative to the body. The support assembly may be incorporated into a design for a wheelchair or a bed.

Abstract: A combination light and cigar cutting blade that includes a housing having a first housing piece and a second housing piece that mates with the first housing piece when the housing pieces are assembled; a light source disposed in said first housing piece; at least one battery coupled with the light source; a switch mounted on the first housing piece coupled with the light source and battery, and having opposed positions for either activating the light source or turning the light source off; a cutting blade having an annular cutting blade surface; and an activating button mounted on the second housing piece for operating the cutting blade between a nested position in which the cutting blade is disposed within the second housing piece, and an extended position in which the cutting blade is extended from the second housing piece.

Abstract: A smokeless tobacco analogue material comprises comminuted sunflower seed hulls that are processed to be tasteless and to have a consistency and feel similar or complementary to a smokeless tobacco product. The analogue material can be mixed with a smokeless tobacco product to dilute and eventually eliminate the smokeless tobacco being used. Such mixing and progressive dilution of the smokeless tobacco proportion being used progressively dilutes the smokeless tobacco product taste and the nicotine concentration being consumed by a user. Other flavorings can also be added to the tasteless analogue material if desired.

Abstract: An alkaloid composition for an inhaler contains a solvent and at least about 25 wt. % anatabine based on the total alkaloid weight of the composition. The alkaloid composition may be contained in a refilling cartridge for an inhaler, or in a container as part of a kit for refilling an inhaler. The alkaloid compositions disclosed herein feature a balanced form of alkaloids to provide an attractive alternative to smoking tobacco, in which nicotine makes up about 90 wt. % of the total alkaloid content. The alkaloid compositions are characterized by a significant quantity of anatabine, which has lower toxicity than other alkaloids such as nicotine. The alkaloid compositions enable individuals to experience the pleasure-enhancing attributes of conventional cigarette smoking, while avoiding exposure to combusted materials and other potentially hazardous components present in tobacco.

Abstract: An electronic cigarette and a wireless charging device for the same. The electronic cigarette comprises a receiving coil electrically connected with a battery. The receiving coil is provided in a body of the electronic cigarette and an axis of the coil is parallel to the electronic cigarette. The charging device comprises an electronic switch and a transmitting coil connected with a power source in sequence. The electronic switch is controlled by a transmitting control unit, and the transmitting coil is used for the electronic cigarette to be inserted therein. A housing of the charging device is provided with an inserting hole or a sleeve, which is placed correspondingly with the transmitting coil. The electronic cigarette and the wireless charging device for the same work in a non-contact manner by using a insert total electromagnetic coupling structure.

Abstract: A system for producing porous masses may include a mold cavity disposed along the material path, at least one hopper before at least a portion of the mold cavity for feeding a matrix material to the material path, a heat source in thermal communication with at least a first portion of the material path, and a cutter disposed along the material path after the first portion of the material path.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a polyvinyl chloride-based resin fiber having a shrinkage stress of 70 ?N/dtex or less at 130° C. When fiber bundles for artificial hair which includes 20 to 100% by weight of this polyvinyl chloride-based resin fiber and 0 to 80% by weight of a thermoplastic resin fiber having a Young's modulus of 4 to 9 GPa and a shrinkage percentage of 10% or less at 130° C. and having a composition including no polyvinyl chloride-based resin are processed, a fiber for artificial hair and an artificial hair product having an excellent styling property and texture similar to those of human hair can be obtained.

Abstract: A hair extension has a linear fixing member from which hairs perpendicularly branch, arranged in a flat configuration and is formed by two flexible tapes adhered to each other to form a fixing strip, with hairs embedded between the two flexible tapes by a fixing adhesive layer arranged therebetween. The tapes are flexible and made of thermoplastic material provided with a plurality of through holes over the surface thereof. The linear fixing member has at least one uncovered adhesive face provided with a pressure-activated and non-permanent further adhesive layer. The tapes are pressed against each other, so that the hairs and the adhesive material of the fixing adhesive layer are at least partially penetrated into the through holes, and the exposed adhesive face forms a support surface for a plurality of peelable films, each separated from the other by a further non-permanent adhesive layer.

Abstract: The current invention discloses an easy to use portable manicure tray having a manicure board and a support structure. The manicure board has a phone holder, a nail polish remover alcove, a tool arrangement alcove, and a plurality of nail polish slots. These structures are designed to accommodate the needed materials used for a manicure treatment. With a support structure such as lap pouch having soft fillings, the manicure tray may be placed on a user's lap when the manicure process is being conducted. Additional structures such as a towel clamp, a carrying strap, and a removable light may further facilitate the manicure experience.

Abstract: A dual comb hair accessory has two opposed combs and at least one planar non-fabric elastomeric stretch element, preferably silicone, extending between the spines of the combs to hold the combs in opposition to each other and to allow the combs to be stretched away from each other before placement into the hair. The planar non-fabric elastomeric stretch element contacts the hair when the hair accessory is worn and provides an exposed planar form with decorative elements integrated into the planar form.

Abstract: A hair piece of the present invention includes a comb portion formed from a flexible polymeric material. The comb includes a top portion presenting a track or female connector and a plurality of teeth extending radially from the top portion for engaging hair of a user. The comb may be fabricated from many other materials in addition to polymeric material or combination thereof without limiting the scope of the present invention. A base or support portion of the hair piece is formed from another polymeric material such as foam or the like. The base portion may present various cross sections such as circular, rectangular, square, and the like. The base portion may present various length and heights as desired by the user. A human or synthetic hair of various shapes, styles and colors is connected to the base portion thereby totally covering the base portion.

Abstract: A hair protection cap according to the present disclosure includes a bag forming an interior channel having an inside surface and outside surface, the interior channel having a first opening and a second opening opposite the first opening. A first opening reducing device enables the expansion and contraction of a size of a perimeter of the first opening and a second opening reducing device enables closing of the second opening. The inside surface of the bag is a pliable material and the outside surface of the bag is a pliable water-resistant material, the pliable water-resistant material extending over the perimeter of the first opening on the inside surface of the bag.

Abstract: A hair band comprises a stretchable body and a center hole. The center hole increases in diameter when the hair band is moved from a rest position to a stretched position. A distance between an outer edge of the body and an outer edge of the center hole is greater than the center hole diameter when the hair band is in a rest position. The distance between the outer edge of the center hole and the outer edge of the body decreases and the inner diameter increases as the hair band is stretched. In some embodiments, the body is hollow and filled with one or more of a gel substance, a granular solid, and a viscous liquid. In some embodiments, the hair band is manufactured by one or more of an extrusion molding process and an injection molding process.

Abstract: A cosmetic method for temporary modification of an appearance of a contour of an eye is disclosed. The cosmetic method comprises placing an aesthetic prosthesis at least on a hollow portion of an upper eyelid. The hollow portion is situated close to a medial canthus. The placing includes visually and/or physically filling at least a portion of the hollow portion with at least a first portion of the aesthetic prosthesis. An aesthetic filler prosthesis and a kit for an aesthetic filler prosthesis are also disclosed.

Abstract: Hair care products for providing long-lasting conditioning, moisturizing, split end repair, body, volume, shine and increased hair strength benefits are disclosed. The products can be in the form of shampoos, conditioners, serums or oils, and comprise a compatible hair care carrier together with an unsaturated oil having an iodine value of at least about 80, and wherein the oil is selected from glycerol triesters of fatty acids wherein the fatty acids have a composition selected from: (a) less than 18% oleic acid (C18:1) and greater than 30% linoleic acid (C18:2); (b) less than 10% oleic acid (C18:1) and greater than 65% linolenic acid (C18:3); (c) greater than 50% eleostearic acid; and (d) mixtures thereof. The method of conditioning hair using the defined products is also disclosed.

Abstract: The invention concerns a method for straightening keratinous fibers including: (i) a step of applying on the keratinous fibers a hair straightening composition containing at least one polyhydroxylated aromatic compound, (ii) a step of increasing the temperature of the keratinous fibers, using heating means, to a temperature ranging between 110 and 250° C.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition for dyeing human keratin fibres such as the hair, comprising: (a) one or more amphoteric surfactants at a concentration of at least 0.5% by weight relative to the total weight of the composition; (b) one or more organic alkaline agents; (c) one or more oxidizing agents; (d) one or more oxidation dye precursors; (e) an amount of ammonia of less than 1.5% by weight relative to the total weight of the composition; (f) one or more cationic polymers. The invention also relates to a process for treating human keratin fibres using this composition, and aerosol or nonaerosol devices that make it possible to apply this composition in foam form.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an applicator (1) for applying a hair treatment composition. The applicator (1) comprises a plate (10) and a containment portion (20) movably joined by a connection (30) so that said applicator (1) may alternate between a closed state and an open state. A first fin (50), preferably a first (50) and a second (60) fin, projects from the substantially flat internal surface (101) of the plate (10) and bend the hair strand into the containment portion (20) while the applicator (1) is in use. The hair treatment applicator according to the invention allows for precise, non-messy and even application of a hair treatment composition to the hair, in particular to a hair strand and preferably to a bundle of hair strands.

Abstract: Present invention relates to a dyeing composition for hair with improved dyeing and conditioning properties of hair. The object of the present invention a composition for dyeing hair based on at least one hair dye and comprising at least one amino acid surfactant and at least one natural oil.

Abstract: High intensity ultrasound is used for pipeline obstruction remediation. Ultrasound transducers are positioned around an outside of the pipeline. The transducers transmit acoustic energy into the obstruction. The acoustic energy heats the obstruction at a location spaced away from the walls of the pipeline. As the obstruction heats, an opening may be formed in the obstruction, relieving pressure build-up without releasing the plug.

Abstract: Method and systems for managing clear-down are provided. The method can include generating a clear-down trigger associated with an ion mobility spectrometer and operating the ion mobility spectrometer in fast clear-down mode in response to the clear-down trigger. Methods and systems can further provide that where the ion mobility spectrometer operates in fast-switching mode, the ion mobility spectrometer alternating a plurality of times between operation according to a positive ion mode and operation according to a negative ion mode, and further operating according to the positive ion mode for less than about 1 second before switching to the operation according to the negative ion mode, and operating according to the negative ion mode for less than about 1 second before switching to the operation according to the positive ion mode.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a system and method may be described for cleaning jewelry and precious items. The method may use an automated cleaning machine and submerge a basket constructed for holding jewelry in a bath of cleaning solution; soak jewelry in the basket for a predetermined time; automatically draining the cleaning solution after the predetermined time; and subsequent to the draining of the cleaning solution, automatically rinsing the jewelry at least one time in the basket with water heated to at least close to the boiling point.

Abstract: A method for removing species from a substrate includes arranging a purge ring in a chamber proximate to a pedestal. The purge ring includes an inlet portion and an exhaust portion. The inlet portion defines an inlet plenum and an inlet baffle. The inlet baffle includes a continuous slit that is substantially continuous around a peripheral arc not less than about 270°. The exhaust portion includes an exhaust channel that is located substantially opposite the inlet baffle. The method further includes supplying ozone to the inlet plenum; at least partially defining a ring hole space having a periphery using the inlet portion and the exhaust portion; conveying gas from the inlet plenum into the ring hole space using the inlet baffle; conveying gas and other matter out of a purge space using the exhaust portion; and inhibiting deposition of material evolved from the substrate during curing using the purge ring.

Abstract: There is provided an ultrasonic cleaning method capable of reliably cleaning to remove adhesive components even when the adhesive components adhere to a rigid substrate. The ultrasonic cleaning method comprises performing the following steps (1) to (5), in this order: (1) a step of immersing a rigid substrate having an adhesive adhering to a surface thereof in an aromatic alcohol-based cleaning liquid at 25 to 60° C.; (2) a step of cleaning off the adhesive on the rigid substrate by ultrasonic oscillation while keeping the state where the rigid substrate is immersed in the step (1); (3) a step of subsequently immersing the rigid substrate in a glycol ether-based cleaning liquid at 25 to 60° C.

Abstract: Methods of removing residual polymer from vertical walls of a patterned dielectric layer are described. The methods involve the use of a gas phase etch to remove the residual polymer without substantially disturbing the patterned dielectric layer. The gas phase etch may be used on a patterned low-k dielectric layer and may maintain the low dielectric constant of the patterned dielectric layer. The gas phase etch may further avoid stressing the patterned low-k dielectric layer by avoiding the use of liquid etchants whose surface tension can upset delicate low-K features. The gas phase etch may further avoid the formation of solid etch by-products which cars also deform the delicate features.

Abstract: A cleaning station and method for cleaning welding torches disposed on welding robots, in particular a cleaning station and method for cleaning the interior of gas nozzles on electrical arc welding torches, which has a simpler and more robust construction, while at the same time having a reliable cleaning effect. The cleaning station has a cleaning wire, one end of which is attached on one side to a base and extends from the base towards a free end, wound in a coil around a longitudinal axis, wherein the outer diameter of the coil formed by the cleaning wire is dimensioned in such a way that the coil at the free end of the cleaning wire is inserable, at least along a section of its length, into a welding torch, especially into a gas nozzle of an electrical arc welding torch.

Abstract: A cleaning method is disclosed for wet cleaning of an exhaust-gas turbine. An amount of cleaning fluid injected via a nozzle into the flow duct of the turbine can be variable over a course of time about a defined mean amount of cleaning fluid.

Abstract: A washing treatment apparatus and a washing treatment method are provided. A washing treatment apparatus washes in a washing container an object to be washed including a tubular portion, and a main body portion to which one end portion of the tubular portion is connected. The washing treatment apparatus includes a washing solution supply unit which pressurizes and supplies a washing solution to the washing container, a penetration hole portion which is provided on the washing container and includes a penetration hole into which the tubular portion can be inserted, an outlet hole portion which is provided on the washing container and includes an outlet hole through which the washing solution supplied into the washing container flows out to adjust pressure of the washing solution in the washing container to predetermined pressure.

Abstract: A medical waste pretreatment and/or conditioner composition comprising a lipid agglomeration inhibitor and a surfactant having an HLB value ranging from about 1 to less than about 5, wherein a weight ratio of agglomeration inhibitor to surfactant on 100 wt. % active ingredient basis ranges from about 0.015:1 to about 3:1.

Abstract: Disclosed is a substrate processing system, including: a processing chamber to process a substrate; a vaporizing unit to vaporize a material of liquid; a supply system to supply the processing chamber with gas of the material vaporized by the vaporizing unit; an exhaust system to exhaust an atmosphere in the processing chamber; and a cleaning liquid supply system to supply the vaporizing unit with cleaning liquid for cleaning a product deposited in the vaporizing unit, wherein the cleaning liquid supply system supplies at least two kinds of cleaning liquids into the vaporizing unit so that the product can be removed from the vaporizing unit by action of the two kinds of cleaning liquids on the product.

Abstract: The invention relates to the use of an alkaline aqueous composition comprising a) an amine oxide b) a nonionic surfactant, not being an amine oxide, and c) a cationic hydrotrope having the formula (I), where R=C6-C22 hydrocarbyl, R1 and R2 are independently C1-C4 alkyl, n is at least 12, and at most 25, and X? is an anion, e.g. halide or methylsulphate; for removal of dirt from hard surfaces. In particular the composition significantly reduces the amount of traffic film remaining on the surface after brushless vehicle cleaning as compared to presently applied formulation concepts. Further, the invention relates to certain such compositions and intermediates to make these.