For Toilet Bowl Or Urinal Patents (Class 510/191)
  • Patent number: 11254859
    Abstract: An injection method for a solid retarded acid includes mixing a solid acidic substance with a natural polymer, extruding through an extruder to produce particles; putting the produced particles in a coating pan, and sprinkling zinc acetate powder; turning on the coating pan to rotate while irradiating with an infrared lamp; spraying a glycolic acid aqueous solution with a spray gun, and continuing to rotate to obtain the solid retarded acid; injecting non-reactive liquid and the solid retarded acid into the a sand mixing truck; after the mixture is uniformly mixed in the sand mixing truck, injecting the mixture into a formation by a fracturing truck; conveying the solid retarded acid to a designated location, then stopping a pump, removing pipelines, and opening the well for gushing. The method is good in drag reduction, easy for flowback, thereby reducing the construction cost and facilitating environmental protection, and has broad application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: SOUTHWEST PETROLEUM UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Shibin Wang, Peng Shi, Fuhu Chen, Zhi Wang, Yongchun Zhang, Binwei Xu, Shenyan Gou, Feng Zhao, Jianchun Guo
  • Patent number: 11089779
    Abstract: A disinfectant composition that is effective against tuberculosis-causing bacteria is disclosed. The composition contains a disinfectant agent that is a combination of biocidal quaternary ammonium compound and an N,N-di-substituted alkylamide water insoluble solvent. The composition can be a concentrated formulation or a ready-to-use formulation. Methods of disinfecting surfaces containing tuberculosis-causing bacteria are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: Stepan Company
    Inventors: Sangeeta Ganguly-Mink, Kenneth J. Littel, Shui Ping Zhu
  • Patent number: 11058118
    Abstract: Compositions, tablets, prills and granules are provided including (a) about 95 to about 99.999 weight percent of at least one alkali metal hydrogen sulfate; and (b) about 0.001 to less than 0.08 weight percent of at least one alkali metal salt of a fatty carboxylic acid and/or at least one alkaline earth metal salt of a fatty carboxylic acid; wherein the composition includes less than 1 weight percent of chlorite and/or hypochlorite and less than 1 weight percent of alkali metal salt and/or alkaline earth metal salt that is chemically different from the at least one alkali metal hydrogen sulfate, the at least one alkali metal salt of a fatty carboxylic acid and the at least one alkaline earth metal salt of a fatty carboxylic acid, on a basis of total weight of the composition. Methods of use also are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: Eagle US 2 LLC
    Inventor: Christopher M. Kareis
  • Patent number: 10683468
    Abstract: Implementations of cleaning compositions may include at least one of sodium lauryl sulfate, hydrochloric acid, muriatic acid, hydrobromic acid, and hydroiodic acid, may include at least one of citric acid, maleic acid, oxalic acid, sulfuric acid, sulfamic acid, sodium benzoate, and may include glutamic acid, sodium sulfonate, and potassium nitrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Inventor: Miguel Angel Regalado, Sr.
  • Patent number: 10287529
    Abstract: The invention is related to a precursor for making a detergent and a detergent comprising •water; •an alkyl sulfate; •a fatty acid alkanolamide and/or a fatty acid amidoamine; wherein the fatty acid alkanolamide corresponds to the formula (I) and wherein the fatty acid amidoamine corresponds to the formula (II).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: INNOSPEC PERFORMANCE CHEMICALS EUROPE LIMITED
    Inventors: Alessandra Andreoli, Massimo Mor, Federico Biasibetti
  • Patent number: 10166174
    Abstract: Pre-moistened wiping articles are provided comprising a fibrous web impregnated with a liquid cleaning composition including an unstable dispersion of water, surfactant, and water insoluble polysaccharide particles such as natural starch and/or microcrystalline cellulose. Due to the instability of the dispersion the particles primarily reside on the surface of the fibers forming the fibrous web and are freely released from the web as a result of the mechanical and hydraulic forces associated with use of the article. The pre-moistened wiping articles are suitable for use in personal care applications including use as perineal wipes. Embodiments of the invention further include methods of making pre-moistened wiping articles comprising a fibrous web impregnated with the unstable dispersion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: KIMBERLY-CLARK WORLDWIDE, INC.
    Inventors: Corey T. Cunningham, JongChon Kim, JungHak Kim, HwaJun Lee, SangSoo J. Lee, SangHa Park
  • Patent number: 10005983
    Abstract: Cleaning formulations and methods of use thereof are described. Embodiments of the cleaning formulation comprise (a) an effective amount of citrus based compounds and mixtures thereof; (b) an effective amount of a surfactant selected from primary and secondary nonionic surfactants, co-surfactants and mixtures thereof; (c) an effective amount of a wetting agent; (d) an effective amount of an emulsifier; and (e) optimally, an effective amount of an environmental impurity resistance mixture with an effective amount of soy bean, palm and coconut derived surfactants. Embodiments are particularly effective, mild and non-hazardous for cleaning solar panels, glass, glass composites, polymers and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Inventors: Reuben H Chow, Gary A Konkel
  • Patent number: 9918467
    Abstract: A wipe for anti-microbial disinfecting includes a flexible substrate and an anti-microbial ion source integrated on the substrate. The flexible substrate is made entirely or in part of woven fiber cloth, non-woven fiber cloth, woven synthetic cloth, non-woven synthetic cloth, or natural fiber cloth. The anti-microbial ion source is configured to dissolve in an aqueous solution to form an anti-microbial solution. The flexible substrate is configured to absorb the anti-microbial solution for use in cleaning.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignee: Microlin, LLC
    Inventor: Ashok V. Joshi
  • Patent number: 9771544
    Abstract: A composition for treating a hard surface. The composition has: (a) at least one adhesion promoter; (b) at least one surfactant selected from the group consisting of: anionic, non-ionic, cationic, amphoteric, zwitterionic, and combinations thereof; (c) mineral oil; (d) water; (e) optionally, at least one solvent; and wherein the composition is self-adhering upon application to a surface to be treated, and wherein the composition provides a wet film to said surface when water passes over said composition and surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2017
    Assignee: S. C. Johnson & Son, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael E. Klinkhammer, Thomas A. Strash, John R. Wietfeldt, Russell B. Wortley
  • Patent number: 9603359
    Abstract: A wipe for anti-microbial disinfecting includes a flexible substrate and an anti-microbial ion source integrated on the substrate. The flexible substrate is made entirely or in part of woven fiber cloth, non-woven fiber cloth, woven synthetic cloth, non-woven synthetic cloth, or natural fiber cloth. The anti-microbial ion source is configured to dissolve in an aqueous solution to form an anti-microbial solution. The flexible substrate is configured to absorb the anti-microbial solution for use in cleaning.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: Microlin, LLC
    Inventor: Ashok V. Joshi
  • Patent number: 9487742
    Abstract: The invention relates to drain cleaning compositions including relatively high concentrations of a hypochlorite oxidizing agent and a hydroxide (e.g., 4 to 12% and 2.5 to 10%, respectively. The composition further includes a surfactant (e.g., a surfactant blend, water, and exhibits a very high pH (e.g., at least 13). The composition is monophasic, even at high oxidizing and hydroxide concentrations. The surfactant may include a blend of an uncharged surfactant (e.g., an amphoteric surfactant or nonionic surfactant) and a charged surfactant (e.g., anionic, cationic, or a surfactant that becomes so under the high pH conditions of the composition). The ratio of charged to uncharged surfactant may be at least 1:10, e.g., from 1:10 to about 1:50.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Assignee: The Clorox Company
    Inventors: Rashda Khan, Daniela Fritter, Lorinda Alcantara, Wenyu Zhang, Miranda Helmer
  • Patent number: 9428715
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition for a cleansing agent comprising a component (A) in the form of an ionic surfactant and a component (B) in the form of one or more types of compounds selected from the group consisting of a hydroxystearic acid polymer and an esterification reaction product of a hydroxystearic acid polymer. According to the present invention, a composition for a cleansing agent can be provided that has favorable foaming power and foam quality, is easily rinsed during cleansing, is free of stickiness after cleansing and allows the obtaining of a moist feeling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: The Nisshin OilliO Group, Ltd.
    Inventors: Makoto Matsuzawa, Azusa Takanashi, Minaho Komori, Aki Gotou
  • Patent number: 9139668
    Abstract: There are provided compositions comprising (i) at least one non-aromatic polyol compound containing at least one polyol unit having at least two hydroxyl groups and at least one long chain unit containing at least 6 carbon atoms; and (ii) at least one fluoropolymer comprising repeating units derived from a fluorinated olefin. There are also provided methods of improving the shear stability of fluoropolymer dispersions, methods of coating substrates, and substrates coated with the above described composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2015
    Assignee: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
    Inventors: Tilman C. Zipplies, Klaus Hintzer, Michael C. Dadalas, Oliver Frey, Kai H Lochhaas
  • Patent number: 9103038
    Abstract: An acidic destaining composition for removing hard water and metal stains is disclosed. The composition comprises an acid in combination with a reducing agent and may preferably be formulated as a solid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Assignee: ECOLAB USA INC.
    Inventors: Thomas R. Mohs, Jennifer Bergerson
  • Patent number: 9023780
    Abstract: The use of ferric hydroxycarboxylate as a chelator and builder for cleaning compositions is disclosed. The cleaning composition may be formulated for warewashing, laundering, and for other means of removing soils and includes a ferric hydroxycarboxylate, an alkalinity source and a surfactant system. The cleaning composition has a pH of between about 9 and about 12.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: Ecolab USA Inc.
    Inventor: Altony Miralles
  • Patent number: 8993502
    Abstract: A composition for treating a hard surface. The composition has: (a) at least one adhesion promoter; (b) at least one surfactant selected from the group consisting of: anionic, non-ionic, cationic, amphoteric, zwitterionic, and combinations thereof; (c) mineral oil; (d) a blend of linear primary alcohols, wherein each alcohol of said blend includes a carbon chain containing 9 to 17 carbons or an ethoxylated blend thereof; (e) water; (f) optionally, at least one solvent; and wherein the composition is self-adhering upon application to a surface to be treated, and wherein the composition provides a wet film to said surface when water passes over said composition and surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: S. C. Johnson & Son, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael E. Klinkhammer, Russell B. Wortley, Thomas A. Strash
  • Patent number: 8987182
    Abstract: A toilet cleaner composition containing perfume, at least one non-ionic surfactant, at least one alkylbenzene sulfonate, and at least one olefin sulfonate, is sufficiently malleable that it may be shaped into rotationally symmetrical toilet cleaner blocks, and in particular into spherical blocks, using a rolling machine or a press. The resulting rotationally-symmetrical toilet cleaner block may be part of a toilet cleaning system comprising at least one toilet cleaner block and at least one dispenser device for use in a toilet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Nadine Warkotsch, Brigitte Giesen, Anke Ernst, Sascha Schrecker, Christian Reichert, Ralph Butter-Jentsch, Hans-Georg Muhlhausen, Robert Stephen Cappleman, Michael Horn
  • Patent number: 8980813
    Abstract: A composition for treating a hard surface. The composition has: (a) at least one adhesion promoter; (b) at least one surfactant selected from the group consisting of: anionic, non-ionic, cationic, amphoteric, zwitterionic, and combinations thereof; (c) mineral oil; (d) water; (e) optionally, at least one solvent; and wherein the composition is self-adhering upon application to a surface to be treated, and wherein the composition provides a wet film to said surface when water passes over said composition and surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: S. C. Johnson & Son, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael E. Klinkhammer, Thomas A. Strash, John R. Wietfeldt, Russell B. Wortley
  • Patent number: 8940679
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions for deodorizing and cleaning, in particular solid compositions in the form of effervescent tablets which can be reconstituted in water to obtain solutions for cleaning and deodorizing. The compositions comprise one or more Bacillus subtilis strain(s), one or more surfactant(s), one or more fragrance(s), one or more descaling agent(s), and one or more effervescent agent(s). The invention further relates to a kit comprising such tablets, as well as methods for obtaining cleaning and deodorizing tablets and solutions and their use for cleaning and deodorizing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2015
    Assignee: Pollets S.A.
    Inventor: Abdelhamid Jabrane
  • Patent number: 8865635
    Abstract: An aqueous-based cleaning composition including a water-insoluble builder component and a method of providing both such builder component and such cleaning composition in the absence of heat to provide a cleaning composition which is phase stable at room temperature without loss of cleaning efficacy. The builder component is composed of a C10-C16 linear fatty monohydric alcohol, e.g., tetradecanol, and an alcohol carrier. The alcohol carrier is preferably a C1-C4 monohydric alcohol. An alkyl glucoside is preferably also included in the cleaning composition to enhance the provision of the composition as a clear solution, and to promote combination of hydrophobic and hydrophilic materials upon the mixing of components to provide the cleaning composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignee: S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc.
    Inventor: Vasyl A. Nechyporenko
  • Patent number: 8859482
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a method of preparing a solid form of acetic acid. The method at least includes the steps of combining a solid acid and a metal acetate with a solvent to form a slurry. After a predetermined period of time, a solid form of acetic acid is recovered. The present invention also includes a solid product of acetic acid produced by the above-mentioned method. There is also disclosed a formulation including the solid product of acetic acid according to the present invention. Further, there is disclosed a cleaning system including the formulation according to the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: ChemLink Laboratories, LLC
    Inventors: Ryan Giffin Moore, Lucas John Smith
  • Publication number: 20140259336
    Abstract: A device may comprise first matter including a first material adapted, when in contact with a liquid, to clean the liquid and to maintain the liquid at a first color. The device may include second matter including a second material adapted, when in contact with the liquid, to maintain the liquid at a second color. The device may further include an interface configured to limit an exposure of the second material to the liquid before at least a portion of the first material contacts the liquid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Inventor: Aron Schuftan
  • Patent number: 8835371
    Abstract: An agent for the sanitary sector, which agent can be applied directly on a sanitary object, adheres there and can be flushed away only after a relatively large number of flushing operations. The agent includes fillers from the group of surfactants and also an adhesion promoter. The adhesion promoter is selected from hydrogenated polystyrene derivatives and olefin homopolymers and copolymers of two or more olefins, where the olefin homopolymers and copolymers may also be partially hydrogenated. The viscosity of the agent is at least 30 Pas, measured using a Haake viscometer, plate/plate system, plate diameter 10 mm, at a shear gradient of 2.62 s?1 and 20° C. The agent is so sticky that it can serve to attach bar-shaped agents in the toilet bowl. The concentration of the surfactants in the case of an adhesion promoter from the group of polyalkyleneimines is between 7 and 60% by weight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: Buck-Chemie GmbH
    Inventors: Joachim Leipold, Edgar Jaeschke, Matthias Fritz
  • Patent number: 8815788
    Abstract: A cleaning solution includes an aqueous base, 0.1 wt % to 10 wt % of an organic acid, 0.1 wt % to 35 wt % of a surfactant, 0.1 wt % to 10 wt % of an organic ester derived from a carboxylic acid having at least 4 carbons, and 0.1 wt % to 11 wt % of an ethylene glycol ether.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignee: HighQ Services, LLC
    Inventors: Morey E. Osborn, Babak R. Samani
  • Patent number: 8791058
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions for household care which include a cationic nanogel, particularly for treating and/or modifying hard or textile surfaces. The composition particularly enables a hydrophilization of hard surfaces, particularly useful in cleaning or rinsing operations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2014
    Assignee: Rhodia Operations
    Inventors: Katerina Karagianni, Iñigo Gonzalez, David James Wilson
  • Patent number: 8791057
    Abstract: A multi-phase surface cleaning composition. A first phase comprises an acidic cleaning formulation. A second phase comprises an alkaline cleaning formulation. The second phase includes a synthetic clay component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2014
    Assignee: Reckitt & Colman (Overseas) Limited
    Inventors: David Acher, Vikki Louise Binns, Mark Ward
  • Patent number: 8722609
    Abstract: A cleaning composition including an acid component is provided, along with methods for using the composition to remove soil from hard surfaces. The concentrate cleaning composition includes between about 1 and about 70 wt % of methane sulfonic acid, about 0.1 to about 15 wt % of a surfactant component, up to about 90% of a solvent and other adjuvants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: Ecolab Inc
    Inventors: Barbara G. Choczaj, Michael J. Bartelme, Steven E. Lentsch, Katherine O. Vetter, Marvin C. Trulsen, Erik C. Olson, Mark D. Levitt
  • Patent number: 8716207
    Abstract: A solid cleaning composition including an ionic liquid and a hardening agent is provided. The compositions are substantially free of alkyl phenol ethoxylates, including nonyl phenol ethoxylates. The solid cleaning compositions remain solid at room temperature despite the inclusion of ionic liquids, providing an effective, biorenewable, environmentally friendly alternative to nonyl phenol ethoxylate cleaning compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignee: Ecolab USA Inc.
    Inventors: Amanda Ruth Blattner, Charles Allen Hodge
  • Patent number: 8685304
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for the manufacture of a lavatory dispensing device useful for the delivery of at least one treatment composition, preferably a cleaning composition and/or a sanitizing composition to a sanitary appliance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: Reckitt Benckiser LLC
    Inventors: Nevin Arora, Christopher King, Robert Zhong Lu, Tri Nguyen, Dana Phieff, Steven Wu
  • Patent number: 8673835
    Abstract: The present invention provides compositions which not only effectively kill a broad spectrum of microorganisms present on surfaces on contact but continue to kill microorganisms for a period of time thereafter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: Reckitt Benckiser LLC
    Inventors: Timothy Michael Cusack, Karen Ann McCue, Herbert W Ulmer
  • Patent number: 8669218
    Abstract: An adherent gelled or pasty composition for cleaning and/or scenting a toilet, wherein the composition is applied internally onto the toilet ceramic and is rinsed off only after several flushing operations, the composition comprising: a surfactant selected from the group consisting of alkylpolyglycosides, amphoacetates, amphodiacetates, betaines, fatty alcohol ethercarboxylic acids, fatty acid sarcosinates, cocamidopropylamine oxide, aminopropionates, and biosurfactants; perfume; and water; wherein the composition comprises, as an adhesion promoter, an ester of polyisobutene succinic acid, and wherein the composition is free of further adhesion promoters and surfactants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2014
    Assignee: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Marc-Steffen Schiedel, Brigitte Giesen, Petra Plantikow, Luca Bellomi, Karl-Heinz Scheffler
  • Patent number: 8664172
    Abstract: A self-sticking disintegrating cleansing block to be attached directly to a wall of a toilet bowl or urinal, above the water-line and in the stream of flush water, by pressing the cleansing block to the wall. The cleaning block includes 25% to 99% of a solid surfactant, and 1% to 25% of a liquid component. The cleansing block may include a substrate removably attached to a surface of the cleansing block. In use, the substrate is removed from the cleansing block and the exposed surface of the cleansing block is pressed to a surface in a position above any waterline that is contacted by a rinse liquid that disintegrates the cleansing block. Rinse liquid is then allowed to contact the cleansing block such that an amount of the cleansing block is mixed with rinse fluid to clean the surface or a liquid reservoir adjacent the surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc.
    Inventors: Jerome J. Veltman, Michael E. Klinkhammer
  • Patent number: 8663607
    Abstract: Compositions containing ferrate(VI) are disclosed. Also, methods are disclosed that utilize ferrate(VI).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: Battelle Memorial Institute
    Inventors: Bruce F. Monzyk, Michael J. Murphy, Chad Cucksey, F. Michael von Fahnestock, Andrew J. Savage, David N. Clark
  • Patent number: 8609602
    Abstract: Disclosed are cleaning solutions. More particularly, non-toxic solutions of base, water, alcohol and detergent, that effectively and surprisingly eliminate contaminating aliphatic acids in aqueous solutions. When present as a foam or even a contaminating film remaining on various parts and surfaces, aliphatic acid contaminants can be present a large and costly problem in manufacturing operations, cleaning tasks, personal hygiene. The need to remove such contaminants arises in a myriad environments and situations, such as during the manufacture of detergents, pharmaceuticals, consumer products, coring and core analysis, manipulation of oils, fuels, fermentation applications, manufacture of emollients, moisturizers, liquors, foods such as seafood, milk, butter and other dairy products, water processing, paper products, tissue culture, reusable clinical equipment, and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2013
    Assignee: Anatrace Products, LLC
    Inventors: Benjamin R. Travis, Ritesh Mittal, Seth M. Huff, Lijun M. Huang, Liang Tang
  • Publication number: 20130319467
    Abstract: An acidic destaining composition for removing hard water and metal stains is disclosed. The composition comprises an acid in combination with a reducing agent and may preferably be formulated as a solid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2012
    Publication date: December 5, 2013
    Applicant: ECOLAB USA INC.
    Inventors: Thomas R. Mohs, Jennifer Bergerson
  • Patent number: 8536106
    Abstract: The use of ferric hydroxycarboxylate as a chelator and builder for cleaning compositions is disclosed. The cleaning composition may be formulated for warewashing, laundering, and for other means of removing soils and includes a ferric hydroxycarboxylate, an alkalinity source and a surfactant system. The cleaning composition has a pH of between about 9 and about 12.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2013
    Assignee: Ecolab USA Inc.
    Inventor: Altony Miralles
  • Patent number: 8461093
    Abstract: Agent for sanitary facilities that can be applied directly on the sanitary object, adheres, and is flushable only after a large number of flushes. The agent comprises fillers from the group of surfactants and a bonding agent, wherein the bonding agent is selected from the group of polyalkylene derivatives, hydrogenated polystyrol derivatives, copolymers from the group of monoalkyl esters of poly(methyl vinyl ether/carbonic acid anhydrides, olefin homopolymers, and copolymers of two or more olefins, wherein the olefin homopolymers and copolymers can also be partially hydrogenated, partially oxidized, or further functionalized by graft molecules, and from the group of polyalkyleneimines, including in alkoxylized form, polyetheramines (alkoxylized amines) and polyglycerin polyether alkyl carbonic acids, polymers or derivatives comprising said polymer groups. The viscosity of the agent is at least 30 Pa s, measured using a Haake viscometer, plate/plate system, plate diameter 10 mm, at a shear rate of 2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2013
    Assignee: Buck-Chemie GmbH
    Inventors: Joachim Leipold, Edgar Jaeschke, Matthias Fritz
  • Patent number: 8444771
    Abstract: Method for cleaning and/or deodorizing a toilet bowl or urinal. In one embodiment, the method involves directly applying an agent to the toilet bowl or urinal. The agent adheres to the toilet bowl or urinal and can be flushed away only after a relatively large number of flushing operations. The agent includes fillers from the group of surfactants and also an adhesion promoter. The viscosity of the agent is at least 30 Pas, measured using a Haake viscometer, plate/plate system, plate diameter 10 mm, at a shear gradient of 2.62 s?1 and 20° C. and the agent is so sticky that it can serve to attach bar-shaped agents to the toilet bowl or urinal, wherein the concentration of the surfactants in the case of an adhesion promoter from the group of polvalkyleneimines is between 7 and 60% by weight. The agent may have associated with it one or more bar-shaped compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2013
    Assignee: Buck-Chemie GmbH
    Inventors: Joachim Leipold, Edgar Jaeschke, Matthias Fritz
  • Patent number: 8445422
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a liquid, cleaning composition comprising abrasive cleaning particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2013
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Denis Alfred Gonzales, Christopher Charles Graham, Colin Stephenson
  • Patent number: 8440600
    Abstract: An array of self-adhesive cleaning products, the array having a first self-adhesive cleaning product, the product being a gel, and a second self-adhesive cleaning product, the second product being a solid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2013
    Assignee: S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael E. Klinkhammer, Russell B. Wortley, Michelle C. Dauchy
  • Patent number: 8435934
    Abstract: An environmentally friendly hydrogen peroxide cleaning and sanitizing solution is disclosed that may be used for cleaning, deodorizing, sanitizing and scale inhibiting in toilets and urinals in washroom and toilet areas. The solution also has the added benefit of eliminating odors and reducing corrosion in the washroom plumbing. The present cleaning and sanitizing solution consists of distilled water, hydrogen peroxide, a surfactant, a hydrogen peroxide stabilizer, a chelating agent, and corrosion inhibitors. The pH of the cleaning and sanitizing solution is greater than 6.0, and typically about 6.0 to about 8.0. The present cleaning, sanitizing, deodorizing and scale inhibiting solution is distributed to the washroom fixtures by means of refillable pump systems commonly known in the art.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2013
    Assignee: Biochem Environmental Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Joanne Papari, Hao Li
  • Patent number: 8415285
    Abstract: The present invention provides compositions, in particular blocks, tablets and gels, for the prevention or removal of insoluble salt deposits comprising: a) an organic acid with two carboxylic acid functional groups obtainable by fermentation, selected from the list of itaconic acid, itaconic acid anhydride, succinic acid, succinic anhydride and combinations thereof, and b) at least one compound determining the release of said acid from said composition, said compound is selected from a list comprising: i) a hygroscopic compound, ii) a carbonate source, iii) an acid solubility retarding compound, iv) a compound with melting point situated between 60° C.-95° C., and combinations thereof. The invention further provides uses of the compositions for the prevention or removal of insoluble salt deposits. The invention also provides a method of manufacturing such compositions and a method for the prevention or removal of insoluble salt deposits with a product of the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2013
    Assignee: Ecover Coordination Center N.V.
    Inventors: Dirk Willem Godfried Develter, Luc Marc Leonie Lauryssen
  • Patent number: 8410038
    Abstract: The present invention is directed, in certain embodiments, to compositions useful for the removal of grease, lime scale, soap scum, feces, rust or other soils from surfaces such as those found in bathrooms, toilets and kitchens. Methods of removing soils and preventing soil adhesion are also contemplated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2013
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Michele Davister, Nathalie Dastbaz, Alain Jacques, Germaine Zocchi
  • Publication number: 20130042887
    Abstract: An aqueous cleaning composition and method for cleaning toilet bowl surfaces includes a composition having an acid, such as hydrochloric acid, and at least one antimicrobially active diamine surfactant such that the cleaning composition has a pH of less than 4 and a viscosity of at least 100 centipoise.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2011
    Publication date: February 21, 2013
    Inventors: Richard W. Avery, Kathleen A. Kochevar, Russell B. Wortley, Carlos Romero
  • Patent number: 8367595
    Abstract: Improved treatment blocks useful in the treatment of lavatory appliances, particularly toilets are provided. The improved treatment blocks are solid block compositions which comprise at least one detersive surfactant, a film forming constituent, optionally a bleach constituent and one or more further optional constituents. The improved treatment blocks provide good detersive characteristics and further provide a film forming material which contacts the surfaces of the lavatory appliance, e.g., toilet, in which the block compositions are used. Methods of producing the solid block composition and treatment blocks therefrom, as well as methods of use are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignee: Reckitt Benckiser LLC
    Inventors: Tak Wai Cheung, Robert Zhong Lu, Dana Moseson, Steven Wu
  • Patent number: 8349783
    Abstract: The present invention provides compositions which not only effectively kill a broad spectrum of microorganisms present on surfaces on contact but continue to kill microorganisms for a period of time thereafter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: Reckitt Benckiser LLC
    Inventors: Timothy Michael Cusack, Karen McCue, Hubert W Ulmer
  • Patent number: 8338352
    Abstract: A cleaning composition includes methacrylate, sodium carbonate, and water. The methacrylate, sodium carbonate, and water interact to form a hydrate solid having a growth exponent of less than about 3% when heated. The composition may also include one or more functional ingredients such as surfactants, builders and alkaline sources, but is generally substantially free of phosphorous.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: Ecolab USA Inc.
    Inventors: Brenda L. Tjelta, Lisa M. Sanders, Michael E. Besse
  • Publication number: 20120302484
    Abstract: The present invention provides compositions, in particular blocks, tablets and gels, for the prevention or removal of insoluble salt deposits comprising: a) an organic acid with two carboxylic acid functional groups obtainable by fermentation, selected from the list of itaconic acid, itaconic acid anhydride, succinic acid, succinic anhydride and combinations thereof, and b) at least one compound determining the release of said acid from said composition, said compound is selected from a list comprising: i) a hygroscopic compound, ii) a carbonate source, iii) an acid solubility retarding compound, iv) a compound with melting point situated between 60° C.-95° C., and combinations thereof. The invention further provides uses of the compositions for the prevention or removal of insoluble salt deposits. The invention also provides a method of manufacturing such compositions and a method for the prevention or removal of insoluble salt deposits with a product of the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2011
    Publication date: November 29, 2012
    Applicant: Ecover Coordination Center N.V.
    Inventors: Dirk Willem Godfried Develter, Luc Marc Leonie Lauryssen
  • Patent number: 8304379
    Abstract: According to the present invention, a solidified detergent composition is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: Hiroshima University
    Inventor: Hiroki Nikawa
  • Publication number: 20120252712
    Abstract: The invention relates to gel-form agents, containing, based on the total weight of the agent, from 45 to 90 wt % of water; from 5 to 35 wt % of emulsifiers and from I to 25 wt % of surfactants as well as optionally further auxiliaries and additives. The gel-form agents have a viscous damping factor Q?, measured at 23° C., in the range of less than 2.50 Pa s and preferably less than 1.80 Pa s. Such gels are suitable as self-clinging sanitary cleaning agents, preferably for cleaning and deodorising toilets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2010
    Publication date: October 4, 2012
    Applicant: Cognis IP management GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Albers, Bjoern Klotz