Tool Coated Or Impregnated With Material Supply Patents (Class 15/104.93)
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Publication number: 20130101965Abstract: A toothbrush having brush means and a means to support the brush means; and a one or two part therapeutic tooth treatment composition which becomes activated when wet incorporated on the brush means or within the toothbrush means to support the brush means in a manner such that the composition remains inactive during storage and is only activated when contacted with water or saliva; and a method comprising brushing a tooth with the toothbrush so that the brush means become wet with saliva, optionally wetting the brush means with water immediately prior to brushing a tooth, and the composition becomes activated to form a therapeutic composition to provide remineralization, whitening, and/or fluoridation.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 30, 2010Publication date: April 25, 2013Applicant: MYCONE DENTAL SUPPLY COMPANY INCInventors: Larry W. Steffier, George M. Lein
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Patent number: 8425136Abstract: A package for treating stained fabric. The package can have a backing layer having a second side and a pouch layer joined thereto to form a pouch. A fluid pervious contact substrate can be joined to a first side of the backing layer. The pouch can contain a stain treatment fluid. The package can have a first position in which first and second planar regions of the backing layer are substantially in plane with one another. The package can have a second position in which first planar region and second planar region are in a substantially angularly facing relationship. In the second position the pouch can be in fluid communication with the contact substrate. The stain treatment fluid can include a surfactant.Type: GrantFiled: January 13, 2011Date of Patent: April 23, 2013Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Janet Sue Littig, Morgan Thomas Leahy, Kuang-Kai Liu
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Publication number: 20130091711Abstract: An apparatus for maintaining a hair treatment device includes a housing, a brush assembly mounted to the housing and having a plurality of bristles dimensioned and adapted for at least one of cleaning and removal of hair from a clipper assembly of a hair treatment device and a dispensing member mounted to the housing and having a treatment agent for depositing on the clipper assembly. The dispensing member may include an absorbent member such as a sponge, pad or cloth. The treatment agent may be one of a lubricant, cleaning agent or medicinal.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 14, 2011Publication date: April 18, 2013Inventors: Brenda P.K. Yue, Vito James Carlucci, Cristian M. Castro Rey
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Patent number: 8419713Abstract: An assembly for mounting medical connector caps includes a carrier formed from a sheet of material and having an array of holes. The assembly also includes a plurality of medical connector caps. Each cap is inserted into one of the holes of the array. The assembly also includes a plurality of sealing tabs. A distinct sealing tab includes a cover portion that sealingly covers the openable end of a corresponding one of the caps and includes an overhang portion that overhangs the openable end thereof. The overhang portion is dimensioned to include a tether of sufficient length that a tip of the tether overlaps an adjacent portion of the carrier. The tip is affixed to the carrier, so that the corresponding one of the caps is tethered to the carrier by such sealing tab.Type: GrantFiled: August 1, 2012Date of Patent: April 16, 2013Assignee: The University of Utah Research FoundationInventors: Donald D. Solomon, James Paul Kennedy
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Publication number: 20130081219Abstract: A wet wipe is provided suitable for use in cleaning surfaces in a healthcare environment that leaves a smear-free or substantially smear-free finish. The wipe comprises a substrate that has been impregnated with a cleaning composition which comprises an aqueous alkyl glucoside and/or alkyl polyglucoside mixture. The alkyl glucoside and/or alkyl polyglucoside is present in any amount between 0.01% w/v and 4.00% w/v inclusive. Preferably, the substrate comprises a nonwoven material that is binder free.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 13, 2011Publication date: April 4, 2013Applicant: GAMA HEALTHCARE LIMITEDInventor: Adrian Neville FELLOWS
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Publication number: 20130067669Abstract: The present invention relates to a liquid cleaning composition comprising abrasive cleaning particles.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 18, 2012Publication date: March 21, 2013Inventor: The Procter & Gamble Company
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Publication number: 20130061410Abstract: A method of manufacturing wet wipes includes a step of continuously conveying a plurality of sheets by a conveyor, a step of folding each of the sheets toward a conveyor non-contact surface side of the sheets, a step of impregnating each of the folded sheets with the predetermined chemical solution, from a conveyor contact surface side of the sheets a step of laminating each of the sheets impregnated with the predetermined chemical solution, and a step of cutting the laminated sheets.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 12, 2011Publication date: March 14, 2013Applicant: UNICHARM CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshihide Ishikawa, Takeshi Bando
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Publication number: 20130055517Abstract: An article and soil capture agent for cleaning a surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2012Publication date: March 7, 2013Inventors: Robin Lynn McKiernan, Steven Daryl Smith, Robert Joseph McChain, Charles William Neal
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Publication number: 20130037049Abstract: The technical decision is applied for cleaning exteriority of external male genital organs. The hygienic article consists of the handle made to the shape of a dowel with the possibility of grasping by thumb and index finger of human hand and the sheaf of sliced cleaning material. The handle is made from press paper; sanitary-hygienic paper is used as the sliced cleaning material.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 1, 2010Publication date: February 14, 2013Inventor: Vyacheslav Leonidovich Kulichkov
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Publication number: 20130031735Abstract: This disclosure may disclose, inter alia, devices, systems, and methods for cleaning or removing contamination from a lens, or for increasing visibility of a lens during surgery. For example, a device with a handle actuated element is disclosed. The device includes a shaft that includes a rod, an element coupled to a distal tip of the rod, and a handle coupled to a proximal end of the rod. Actuation of the handle into a first position may cause the handle to be configured in a substantially hexagonal shape and may cause deployment of the element from the shaft. Actuation of the handle into a second position may cause the handle to be configured in a substantially rectangular shape and may cause retraction of the element into the shaft. The device may be introduced into an abdomen, and an element on the device can be deployed during surgery.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 1, 2011Publication date: February 7, 2013Applicant: MISDER LLCInventors: Marc I. Brand, David Stienmier, Kenneth W. Maydew
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Publication number: 20130025081Abstract: An oral care implement includes a handle, a head mounted to one end of the handle that includes a first face having a plurality of tooth cleaning elements extending therefrom and a second face, a store of dentifrice retained at the head, and a film matrix retained at the head containing at least one rapidly releasable agent. A soft tissue cleaner can be included on the second face. The at least one rapidly releasable agent can be provided to the first and/or second faces during use from the film matrix. In addition, dentifrice can be provided to the first and/or second faces during use from the store of dentifrice. The at least one rapidly releasable agent can include, for example, a flavoring agent, a dentifrice, or a therapeutic agent. The toothbrush can be small in size and lightweight so as to be readily portable for use away from the home.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 2, 2012Publication date: January 31, 2013Applicant: Colgate-Palmolive CompanyInventor: Colgate-Palmolive Company
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Publication number: 20130019421Abstract: A cleaning device includes a cap having an opening and that defines an inner cavity, and a channel that extends from a bottom of the inner cavity to a bottom of the cap. A plunger includes a domed top surface, a shoulder, and a rod member. The plunger moves toward the bottom of the cap as the domed top surface is contacted by a male protrusion of a male medical implement, to push the rod member and piercing end further into the channel. The crush ribs contact an inner surface of the channel to inhibit reverse movement of the plunger. A cleaning material contains a cleaning agent and is positioned around the rod member and compressed between the bottom of the inner cavity and the shoulder of the plunger to release the cleaning agent around the shoulder to contact the male protrusion.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 19, 2012Publication date: January 24, 2013Applicant: Ivera Medical CorporationInventors: Bobby E. Rogers, Paul DiPerna, Gino Kang, Christine Arme
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Publication number: 20130004552Abstract: Non-woven multi-layered fabric materials which include two external layers made of continuous filaments of a water-soluble or water dispersible polymer having an internal layer of a water-absorbent, flushable material are provided. Methods for making such non-woven multi-layered fabric materials, are also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 20, 2012Publication date: January 3, 2013Applicant: SUOMINEN CORPORATIONInventor: Roberto Pedoja
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Publication number: 20120324661Abstract: A cleaning article comprising a melamine foam which comprises a cleaning fluid. Also disclosed a methods for the manufacture of said cleaning articles, and methods for their use in the treatment of hard surfaces.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 10, 2007Publication date: December 27, 2012Applicant: Reckitt Benckiser Inc.Inventors: Mattia DeDominicis, Kristina Wiltsee
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Patent number: 8336152Abstract: The microbial scrub brush in one embodiment employs an insert that is impregnated with an anti-bacterial disinfectant and that is housed within a housing of alcohol-compatible material and sealed over by a removable lid. The insert is maintained in sterile condition until ready for use. After removal of the lid, the insert is moved over the end of a female luer or other portion of a medical device and rotated in order to clean the exterior surface as well as the interior luminal surface of the device. In one embodiment, the insert includes a base from which extends an outer wall that defines a chamber. A plurality of complaint fingers extend from the base into the chamber. A plurality of wipers extend radially inward from the outer wall into the chamber to enable the cleansing of both the exterior surface and an interior surface of the medical device.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2010Date of Patent: December 25, 2012Assignee: C. R. Bard, Inc.Inventors: Michael J. Vaillancourt, Marshall Kerr, Jeffrey D. Bright
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Patent number: 8337110Abstract: Disclosed are replaceable cleaning pads capable of delivering a bleaching agent and a detersive composition to surfaces being cleaned. The pads are constructed to retain bleach separate from detersive ingredients and certain other chemicals prior to use, yet permit rapid delivery of the combined chemicals to the surface being cleaned once the pad is wetted. Most preferably a detersive mixture is melt-anchored to the pad. In one form, the pad is a two layer pad, and in another form, the pad is a three layer pad.Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2011Date of Patent: December 25, 2012Assignee: S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc.Inventors: Wayne M. Rees, Sandra J. Demant, Benjamin N. Shiffler, Olivia Moodycliffe
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Patent number: 8336151Abstract: The microbial scrub brush in one embodiment employs an insert of foam material that is impregnated with an anti-bacterial disinfectant that is housed within a housing of alcohol compatible material and sealed over by a removable lid. The insert is maintained in sterile condition until ready for use. After the removal of the lid, the insert of foam material is moved over the end of a female luer or other portion of a medical device and rotated in order to clean the exterior surface as well as the interior luminal surface of the device. In one embodiment, the insert includes a plurality of resilient fingers that substantially occupy a cross sectional area of the cavity to enable the cleansing of both the exterior surface and an interior luminal surface of the medical device.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2010Date of Patent: December 25, 2012Assignee: C. R. Bard, Inc.Inventors: Marshall Kerr, Michael J. Vaillancourt, Catherine C. Breiter
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Publication number: 20120317735Abstract: The present invention relates to a liquid, cleaning and/or cleansing composition comprising biodegradable abrasive cleaning particles.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 19, 2012Publication date: December 20, 2012Inventors: Denis Alfred Gonzales, Aicha Dkidak, Martin Ian James
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Publication number: 20120317736Abstract: The present invention relates to a liquid, cleaning and/or cleansing composition comprising biodegradable abrasive cleaning particles.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 19, 2012Publication date: December 20, 2012Inventors: Denis Alfred Gonzales, Martin Ian James
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Publication number: 20120312321Abstract: An apparatus and method for cleaning a laundry treating appliance using mechanical and chemical cleaning action.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 13, 2011Publication date: December 13, 2012Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATIONInventors: SHAWN A. ARMSTRONG, TREMITCHELL WRIGHT
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Patent number: 8328949Abstract: An apparatus and method for cleaning a freshly laid egg is provided. An egg cleansing towelette is impregnated with an egg cleansing solution and sealed in a container. The towelette can be removed from the container when needed. The impregnated towelette can be rubbed over the shell of the freshly laid egg to remove dirt, blood, yolk and other undesirable materials found in a chicken coop. The towelette can also include an abrasive material to help remove the undesirable material. The egg cleansing solution can be fragrance-free and blended as to not potentially damage the bloom on the egg. The towelettes can be purchased in a container with a resealable opening.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2011Date of Patent: December 11, 2012Inventor: Samuel Jeffries
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Publication number: 20120297560Abstract: A dispersible wet wipe constructed of at two layers is disclosed. A triggerable binder composition binds said web substrate together. The wet wipe also includes a wetting composition including at least 0.3 percent of an insolubilizing agent.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 7, 2012Publication date: November 29, 2012Inventors: Kenneth John Zwick, Jun Zhang, Kroy Donald Johnson, Nathan John Vogel, Robert Irving Gusky, David James Sealy Powling
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Publication number: 20120291801Abstract: The present invention relates to a cleaning implement based on melamine-formaldehyde foam comprising hollow microspheres, wherein said hollow microspheres have a median particle diameter (D50, volume averaged, Malvern, Fraunhofer diffraction) in the range from 260 ?m to 490 ?m, and wherein the hollow microsphere are at least partly filled with a benefit agent. Additionally the present invention encompasses a method for cleaning a hard surface with a cleaning implement according to the present invention.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 16, 2012Publication date: November 22, 2012Inventors: David John Pung, Denis Alfred Gonzales, Tobias Heinz Steinke, Peter Nessel
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Publication number: 20120272465Abstract: The disclosure relates to pre-moistened webs and wipes having visible compressed sites that provide the perception of a cloth-like texture. The disclosure also relates to a nonwoven web made of non-thermoplastic fibers with at least one compressed site on the surface of the web that remains visible when the web is pre-moistened.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 11, 2012Publication date: November 1, 2012Inventor: Jonathan Paul Brennan
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Publication number: 20120255135Abstract: There is provided in a preferred embodiment of the present invention a maintenance device for snaps or fasteners having a housing and a dynamic body that is slidably engaged within said housing. Attached to the dynamic body is a pair of cleaning arms. A spring positioned between the body and the housing biases the body and arms to a relaxed and extended position. When the body is pressed against and engages a fastener, the body moves to a retracted position within the housing causing the cleaning arms pivot and engage the fastener. With the cleaning arms engaged, a twisting movement of the housing removes corrosion, dirt and debris from the fastener. The device further includes a refillable lubrication reservoir and channel which serves to lubricate the fastener while it is cleaned.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 11, 2011Publication date: October 11, 2012Inventor: Christopher J. Cunningham
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Patent number: 8282301Abstract: Described is a luffah having of a series of ruffles wherein a substantially dry, water-soluble, cleansing and/or moisturizing agent is present on the ruffles at a center portion of the luffah. Enough cleaning agent or moisturizer is present to allow the luffah to be used at least once. A method of forming a luffah herein includes injecting a substantially wet, cleansing and/or moisturizing agent at, or near, a core of a luffah which is then compressed around the injected cleansing and/or moisturizing agent. The substantially wet, cleansing and/or moisturizing agent is then allowed to dry into a generally dry, water-soluble, cleansing and/or moisturizing agent at the core of the luffah.Type: GrantFiled: August 8, 2008Date of Patent: October 9, 2012Assignee: Larsen Concepts, LLCInventors: Bruce T. Larsen, Bryan W. Larsen
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Patent number: 8281445Abstract: Embodiments of the invention include a heated eyelid cleansing apparatus, a method of manufacturing a heated eyelid cleansing apparatus, a kit for providing treatment to the eyelids, and a method for cleansing an eyelid with a heated eyelid cleansing composition. The apparatus comprises an eyelid cleansing composition, a fabric pad impregnated with the eyelid cleansing composition, and a heating element. The heating element may be encased within the fabric pad or it may be external to the fabric pad.Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 2009Date of Patent: October 9, 2012Assignee: OCuSOFT, Inc.Inventors: Nat G. Adkins, Jr., Daniel Banov, August Bassani, Patrick Witham
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Patent number: 8281450Abstract: A powder applicator includes first and second sheets of flexible material, each sheet having a circular configuration with an external perimeter and having a porous section. The powder applicator also includes an absorbent disc having a predetermined amount of powder. The first sheet external perimeter is coupled to the second sheet external perimeter and the absorbent disc is sandwiched between the first and second sheets.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2008Date of Patent: October 9, 2012Inventor: Jermaine D. Spain
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Publication number: 20120246853Abstract: A head for cleaning a target surface, such as a toilet bowl. The head has a longitudinal axis and comprises a starch based material. The material may be provided as a sheet, and formed to make a generally round head or a head of laminae. The head may optionally contain granules, which optionally define a core and improve the stiffness of the head. The starch based material may be extruded to have a machine direction oriented in the longitudinal direction of the cleaning device.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2011Publication date: October 4, 2012Inventors: Hirotaka Uchiyama, Joseph Michael Gaines, Kerry Andrew Vetter, Glenn Allen Bradbury
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Publication number: 20120246852Abstract: A home care article can include a composition and a substrate. The article can be compliant to a surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 4, 2012Publication date: October 4, 2012Inventors: Edward Dewey Smith, III, Shawn David McConaughy
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Publication number: 20120246851Abstract: A personal care article can include a composition and a substrate. The article can be compliant to a surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 4, 2012Publication date: October 4, 2012Inventors: Edward Dewey Smith, III, Shawn David McConaughy
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Publication number: 20120246854Abstract: A head for cleaning a target surface, such as a toilet bowl. The head has a longitudinal axis and comprises a starch based material. The material may be provided as a sheet, and formed to make a generally round head or a head of laminae. The head may optionally contain granules, which optionally define a core and improve the stiffness of the head. The starch based material may be extruded to have a machine direction oriented in the longitudinal direction of the cleaning device.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2011Publication date: October 4, 2012Inventors: Hirotaka Uchiyama, Joseph Michael Gaines, Kerry Andrew Vetter, Glenn Allen Bradbury
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Publication number: 20120246850Abstract: A head for cleaning a target surface, such as a toilet bowl. The head has a longitudinal axis and comprises a starch based material. The material may be provided as a sheet, and formed to make a generally round head or a head of laminae. The head may optionally contain granules, which optionally define a core and improve the stiffness of the head. The starch based material may be extruded to have a machine direction oriented in the longitudinal direction of the cleaning device.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2011Publication date: October 4, 2012Inventors: Joseph Michael Gaines, Hirotaka Uchiyama
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Publication number: 20120240957Abstract: An apparatus for cleaning the touch screen of any personal electronic device, including but not limited to smart phones and personal computing tablets. The apparatus comprises a wet portion and a dry portion in a substantially horizontal figure “8” configuration. The apparatus may also comprise a reservoir for storing a volume of conventional cleaning fluid. When not in use, the apparatus is slid into a case which is configured to house the wet and dry portions of the apparatus in separate housing compartments. A method is also provided for storing the apparatus when not in use so as to prolong its effective lifespan and improve its overall performance.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 21, 2012Publication date: September 27, 2012Inventor: Marc Lemchen
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Publication number: 20120233795Abstract: A wash sponge with a pliable, inner capsule that contains soap and has several holes. When the capsule is squeezed it discharges soap into the sponge. The holes, which are in fact cuts made in the sides of the capsule, serve as a kind of valve system that controls the flow of soap from the capsule into the sponge. The cuts are made in such a way that the entire circumference of the hole is not cut, and a flap if formed that remains attached to the capsule. When horizontal pressure is applied to the sponge (and the capsule), the holes open and the soap can flow out into the sponge; however, when incidental, vertical pressure is applied to the sponge (and capsule), the holes do not open significantly and soap does not flow out through the holes.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 28, 2012Publication date: September 20, 2012Inventor: SHIMON AVSHALOM
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Patent number: 8266757Abstract: The invention relates to a cleaning apparatus, in particular to a portable hand cleaner, having a plurality of cleaning members which are in particular of brush type and which are arranged at a common carrier and can be set into rotation by means of a fluid, in particular water, supplied to the cleaning apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2008Date of Patent: September 18, 2012Inventor: Anton Jaeger
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Publication number: 20120227195Abstract: Cleaning compositions and laundry detergents comprising polyalkylene glycol-based polymers are disclosed. The polyalkylene glycol-based polymers are polyoxyalkylene-oxide capped polyalkylene-oxide-polycarboxylate comb polymers. The polyalkylene glycol-based polymer includes: a glycol-based structure unit derived from a polyalkylene glycol-based monomer, and a carboxyl-based structure unit derived from a carboxyl group-containing monomer. The glycol-based structure unit may be present at a level of 1% to 99% by mass based on 100% by mass of all structure units derived from all monomers in the polyalkylene glycol-based polymer. The carboxyl structure unit may be present at a level of 1% to 99% by mass based on 100% by mass of all the structure units derived from all the monomers in the polyalkylene glycol-based polymer. The cleaning compositions have high anti-soil redeposition ability in washing treatment and high solubility and compatibility with surfactants.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2011Publication date: September 13, 2012Inventors: Koushik Mukherjee, Kenneth Nathan Price, Hemmi Akiko, Yoneda Atsuro, Michitaka Daisuke, Nakanishi Sachiko
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Publication number: 20120227196Abstract: Cleaning compositions and laundry detergents comprising polyalkylene glycol-based graft polymers are disclosed. The polyalkylene glycol-based graft polymers are polyoxyalkylene-oxide capped polyalkylene-oxide-polycarboxylate graft polymers. The polyalkylene glycol-based graft polymer is a compound obtained by polymerizing a polyalkylene glycol-based compound and at least one carboxyl group-containing monomer in a polymerization mixture comprising from 60% to 95% by mass of the polyalkylene glycol-based compound and from 5% to 40% by mass of the carboxyl group-containing monomer. The cleaning compositions have high anti-soil redeposition ability in washing treatment and high solubility and compatibility with surfactants.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2011Publication date: September 13, 2012Inventors: Koushik Mukherjee, Kenneth Nathan Price, Hemmi Akiko, Yoneda Atsuro, Nakanishi Sachiko, Sano Yuki
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Publication number: 20120231991Abstract: Cleaning compositions and laundry detergents comprising amphoteric polymers are disclosed. The amphoteric polymers may be comb polymers having polycarboxylate backbones and polyalkoxylate tentacles. In particular, the amphoteric polymer includes: a cationic group structure unit derived from a cationic group-containing monomer; and a carboxyl structure unit derived from a carboxyl group-containing monomer. The cationic group structure unit may be present at a level of 1% to 99% by mass based on 100% by mass of all structure units derived from all monomers in the amphoteric polymer. The carboxyl structure unit may be present at a level of 1% to 99% by mass based on 100% by mass of all the structure units derived from all the monomers in the amphoteric polymer. The cleaning compositions have high anti-soil redeposition ability and solubility with surfactants.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2011Publication date: September 13, 2012Inventors: Koushik Mukherjee, Kenneth Nathan Price, Yoneda Atsuro, Michitaka Daisuke
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Patent number: 8261401Abstract: The present invention is directed to a cleaning tool for hanging blinds. The cleaning device of the present invention provides an easier and more convenient way of cleaning vertical blinds.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2011Date of Patent: September 11, 2012Inventor: Maria Ciesielski
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Publication number: 20120216832Abstract: The present invention relates to a cleaning implement based on melamine formaldehyde foams comprising, abrasive particles and to a method of cleaning a hard surface with said cleaning implement.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 24, 2012Publication date: August 30, 2012Inventors: David John Pung, Denis Alfred GONZALES, Tobias Heinz Steinke, Peter NESSEL
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Publication number: 20120216359Abstract: A cleaning system for medical implements includes a number of cleaning caps attached to a substrate. Each cleaning cap can be selectively and individually removed from the substrate, which, prior to such removal, acts as a seal to the opening of each cap. Each cap includes an inner cavity accessible through the opening. The inner cavity holds a cleaning material that contains a cleaning agent, which is held in the inner cavity by the seal provided by the substrate. Upon removal, the cap can be placed on a site of a medical implement to clean the site by contact with the cleaning material and cleaning agent.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 16, 2012Publication date: August 30, 2012Applicant: Ivera Medical CorporationInventors: Bobby E. Rogers, Gino Kang
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Publication number: 20120216360Abstract: A cleaning device for a medical implement is disclosed. The cleaning device includes a cap having an opening to an inner cavity, the opening being adapted to receive a site of the medical implement. The cleaning device further includes a compressible cleaning material that contains a cleaning agent prior to receipt of the site of the medical implement, i.e. the cleaning material is pre-loaded with the cleaning agent. The compressible cleaning material is at least partially secured in the inner cavity and adapted to swab and clean the site with the cleaning agent.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 8, 2012Publication date: August 30, 2012Inventors: Bobby E. Rogers, Paul Diperna
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Patent number: 8215959Abstract: The invention is directed to a tongue-mounted cleaning article for caring for the teeth and gums having an elongated body defining an inner cavity having a contour of the tongue and optionally, apertures therethrough; an open end having an annular elastic member for removably attaching the article to the tongue; and a closed end having pyramidal protuberances disposed over a portion or the entirety of its surface to project outwardly for cleaning the teeth and gums.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2011Date of Patent: July 10, 2012Inventor: Adel Elseri
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Publication number: 20120159728Abstract: Cleaning sheets and cleaning tools that provide a wide cleaning area in a wetted state. A representative cleaning sheet includes a hydrophilic inner layer sheet and hydrophobic outer layer sheets. The inner layer sheet is disposed between the outer layer sheets and impregnated with cleaning solution. Fusion bonded layers are formed on inner sides (sides facing the inner layer sheet) of the outer layer sheets.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 18, 2010Publication date: June 28, 2012Inventors: Tomokazu Suda, Satoshi Hasegawa
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Publication number: 20120159727Abstract: A multipurpose cleaner composition comprising a soluble silicate, a surfactant, a polyol and water is disclosed. The multipurpose cleaner composition of the present invention is generally intended for cleaning schools, offices, homes and other locations; and in particular, all types of surfaces including wood, carpet, tile, concrete and glass. In one embodiment of the present invention the soluble silicate of the multipurpose cleaner composition has a mole ratio of at least 2.5 moles of silicate per mole of alkali metal oxide. In another embodiment of the present invention the multipurpose cleaner composition will have a pH level ranging from about 10.5 to about 11.9. In another embodiment of the present invention the multipurpose cleaner composition may be further diluted by adding water to create various solutions comprising about 1 part water to 1 part multipurpose cleaner composition up to about 500 parts water to 1 part multipurpose cleaner composition.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2011Publication date: June 28, 2012Inventors: Robert E. Hill, Timothy Ross
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Patent number: 8206820Abstract: The present invention envisages a cleaning implement comprising a melamine foam preferably having a thickness of at least about 5 mm and a perfume source, processes for making them and methods for using them.Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 2007Date of Patent: June 26, 2012Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Iris Bogaerts, Denis Alfred Gonzales, Wolfgang Edgar Huhn, Stefano Scialla, Vincenzo Tomarchio
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Patent number: 8206514Abstract: A cleaning device for a medical implement is disclosed. The cleaning device includes a cap having an opening to an inner cavity, the opening being adapted to receive a site of the medical implement. The cleaning device further includes a compressible cleaning material that contains a cleaning agent prior to receipt of the site of the medical implement, i.e. the cleaning material is pre-loaded with the cleaning agent. The compressible cleaning material is at least partially secured in the inner cavity and adapted to swab and clean the site with the cleaning agent.Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 2011Date of Patent: June 26, 2012Assignee: Ivera Medical CorporationInventors: Bobby E. Rogers, Paul Diperna
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Publication number: 20120151700Abstract: A disposable cleaning wipe, methods of manufacture and use of the disposable cleaning wipe are disclosed. The cleaning wipe may be made of a woven or non-woven fabric and is impregnated with a dryable non-foaming chemical that is re-activatable upon the addition of water. The cleaning wipe may be activated by a user by the addition of water and used to clean a hard surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 17, 2010Publication date: June 21, 2012Inventors: Donald Cooper, Gene E. DeJackome
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Publication number: 20120145171Abstract: A personal care implement is disclosed having a water insoluble absorbent/adsorbent layer attached to a water insoluble scrubbing layer and a mild, low active, low viscosity cleansing composition contained in the absorbent/adsorbent layer. A sufficient quantity of the composition is transferred on demand to the scrubbing layer by squeezing the implement. The implement produces copious quantities of lather foam and mild cleansing.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 8, 2010Publication date: June 14, 2012Applicant: CONOPCO, INC., D/B/A UNILEVERInventors: Kavssery Parameswaran ANANTHAPADMANABHAN, Bivash Ranjan DASGUPTA, Prabhjyot SINGH, Chandra Sekhar PALLA-VENKATA