For Textile Material (e.g., Laundry Detergent, Etc.) Patents (Class 510/276)
Multifunctional assembly (e.g., package with detergent and prespotter in separate containers, etc.) (Class 510/277)
For pile fabric or upholstery (e.g., carpet, rug, etc.) (Class 510/278)
For removing stains (other than merely in the course of laundering or dry-cleaning operation) (Class 510/281)
Dry cleaning (e.g., using nonaqueous fluid, etc.) (Class 510/285)
For delicate material (e.g., wool, silk, fine fabric, etc.) (Class 510/292)
Multiple-dose article (e.g., detergent-containing plastic bottle, etc.) (Class 510/293)
Dosing unit (e.g., detergent-impregnated water-insoluble substrate of fabric, tissue, etc.) (Class 510/295)
With soil release or antisoiling component (Class 510/299)
With photoactivator component or photobleaching function (e.g., porphine component, requiring use of visible or uv light, etc.) (Class 510/301)
With oxygen or halogen containing chemical bleach or oxidant component (Class 510/302)
With halogen, nitrogen, oxygen, or phosphorus containing antiseptic or biocidal component (Class 510/319)
Enzyme component of specific activity or source (e.g., protease, of bacterial origin, etc.) (Class 510/320)
With nitrogen, oxygen, or sulfur containing optical brightener (Class 510/324)
With nitrogen, oxygen, or sulfur containing textile softening or antistatic component (Class 510/327)
With component inhibiting corrosion of metal or vitreous enamel laundering equipment (other than inorganic silicate) (Class 510/335)
Gel, cream, or paste (Class 510/336)
Liquid composition (e.g., slurry, etc.) (Class 510/337)
Whole plant or animal material component or crude extract thereof (e.g., glue, flour, etc.) (Class 510/344)
Alkali metal borate component (e.g., borax, sodium metaborate, etc.) (Class 510/345)
Sulfonium, phosphonium, or nonanionic sulfoxy containing organic component (e.g., sulfoxide, sulfonamide, etc.) (Class 510/346)
Phosphate ester, wax, or organic silicon containing component (e.g., defoamer, etc.) (Class 510/347)
Titanium dioxide or inorganic alkaline earth metal salt component (e.g., calcium or magnesium carbonate, etc.) (Class 510/348)
Coated, encapsulated, or impregnated particle component in a physically heterogeneous composition (e.g., coated or encapsulated particles mixed with powder, granules, etc.) (Class 510/349)
Nitrogen containing surfactant devoid of covalently bonded anionic substituents which is admixed with a diverse non-soap surfactant (Class 510/350)
Sulfur containing anionically substituted surfactant which is admixed with a diverse non-soap surfactant (Class 510/351)
Higher fatty acid component, or salt or glyceride ester thereof (e.g., soap, vegetable oil, magnesium stearate, etc.) (Class 510/353)
Oxygen containing surfactant devoid of covalently bonded anionic substituents (e.g., polyethoxylated alcohol, amine oxide, etc.) (Class 510/356)
Sulfur-containing, anionically substituted surfactant (Class 510/357)
Poly(oxyalkylene) or plural carboxamido groups containing component (e.g., polyvinyl pyrrolidone, etc.) (Class 510/360)
Polycarboxylic acid component, or acid anhydride or salt thereof (e.g., sodium citrate, maleic anhydride polymer, polyacrylic acid, etc.) (Class 510/361)
  • Processes and compositions for use in garment restoration
    Patent number: 7141124
    Abstract: The present invention relates to process and methods, as well as compositions and systems for use in laundering smoke-damaged garments. In particular, the present invention utilizes ozonated water to treat the smoke-damaged garments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2006
    Inventor: J. Michael Rusciolelli
  • Hydrophobically modified polyethylenimines and polyvinylamines for wrinkle-resistant finishing of textiles containing cellulose
    Patent number: 7141077
    Abstract: A process for wrinkleproofing cellulosic textiles comprises treating the textiles with a finish and drying the treated textiles, wherein the finish comprises one or more water-soluble or water-dispersible hydrophobically modified polyethyleneimines and/or polyvinylamines. Suitable hydrophobically modified polyethyleneimines are hydrophobically modified homopolymers of ethyleneimine, hydrophobically modified graft polymers of polyamidoamines or of polyvinylamines. Suitable hydrophobically modified polyvinylamines are hydrophobically modified at least partially hydrolyzed homo- or copolymers of N-vinylcarboxamides. The polyethyleneimines and polyvinylamines can be crosslinked by polyfunctional crosslinking compounds, quaternized and/or modified by reaction with alkylene oxides, dialkyl carbonates, alkylene carbonates and/or C1–C4-carboxylic acids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2006
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Juergen Detering, Guenther Grimm, Torsten Freund
  • Endoglucanase enzyme NCE5 and cellulase preparations containing the same
    Patent number: 7138263
    Abstract: There is provided an endoglucanase enzyme, which is useful for reducing fuzz of regenerated cellulose-containing fabrics, improving the touch and appearance, color clarification, localized variation in color, reducing stiffness and using it as components of a detergent, as well as deinking waste paper and improving freeness of paper pulp. A cDNA coding for the endoglucanase enzyme NCE5 was cloned and its DNA sequence and amino acid sequence derived from it were determined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2006
    Assignee: Meiji Seika Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Koichiro Murashima, Naomi Sumida, Akitaka Nakane, Koji Yanai, Tomoko Nishimura, Jinichiro Koga, Takeshi Murakami, Toshiaki Kono
  • Composition for removal of odors and contaminants from textiles and method
    Patent number: 7135449
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to compositions useful for maintaining the clean impression of a carpet (that is, its scent and appearance) over an extended time despite occurrences that might damage the carpet surface. The composition, which includes an antimicrobial agent, an enzyme inhibitor, and an odor-reacting compound, can be used by a consumer to remove contaminants from the carpet and to prevent the odor associated with the decomposition of future contamination. Specifically, the composition has been shown effective in neutralizing odors associated with the decomposition of organic materials (such as urine or food spills) by absorbing and/or removing the odor-generating source. A manufacturing treatment composition and methods for using are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2006
    Assignee: Milliken & Company
    Inventors: Shulong Li, Richard A. Mayernik
  • High-density detergent composition
    Patent number: 7115548
    Abstract: A high-density detergent composition comprises 10 to 60% by weight of a surfactant composition having a weight ratio of an anionic surfactant to a nonionic surfactant of 4:10 or more and 10:0 or less, wherein the high-density detergent composition has a bulk density of from 600 to 1200 g/L, and has a total summation of a product of a mass base frequency Wi and a dissolving rate Vi of each group of classified granules obtained by classifying detergent granules by using a classifier, which satisfies the following formula: ?(Wi·Vi)?95(%), and wherein a mass base frequency of the classified granules having a size of less than 125 ?m is 0.1 or less, wherein the classifier comprises sieves each having a sieve-opening 2000 ?m, 1410 ?m, 1000 ?m, 710 ?m, 500 ?m, 355 ?m, 250 ?m, 180 ?m, and 125 ?m, and a receiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2006
    Assignee: Kao Corporation
    Inventors: Shu Yamaguchi, Hideichi Nitta, Kyoko Okada, Kimihiro Mizusawa, Jun Kozuka, Toshiharu Noguchi, Hiroyuki Yamashita
  • Process for chemically bonding an odor-encapsulating agent to textiles and textiles formed by the process
    Patent number: 7109324
    Abstract: A process for chemically bonding an odor-encapsulating agent to textiles includes reacting a cyclodextrin with a cross-linking agent capable of forming ether bonds with the cyclodextrin and with the textile material, and curing the textile material treated with a mixture of the cyclodextrin and cross-linking agent. Preferably, the cross-linking agent is imidazolidone, which forms an ether bond with a hydroxyl group on the cyclodextrin and with a hydroxyl group. In textile materials containing cellulose, imidazolidone forms an ether bond with a hydroxyl group on the cellulose. An active agent can be complexed with the cyclodextrin for release. Textiles formed by such a process can comprise an article of clothing adapted to trap odors emanating from a wearer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2006
    Assignee: Dan River, Inc.
    Inventors: Donald Eugene Todd, David Alan Brown
  • Methods and equipment for removing stains from fabrics using a composition comprising hydroxide and hypochlorite
    Patent number: 7109157
    Abstract: Methodologies and equipment for using a hypochlorite solution to remove menstrual fluid, underarm perspiration or other hard-to-remove stains from soft fabric articles with reduced damage to the fabric articles when compared with popular chlorine bleaches. The soft fabric articles preferably are in white, although the present invention can also be applied to articles in other colors. In one embodiment, the weight concentration ratio of the alkali metal hydroxide over the hypochlorite salt in the hypochlorite solution is no less than 1:12.5. The hypochlorite solution may contain at least 0.2% by weight of sodium hydroxide and/or have a pH of at least 11.8.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2006
    Inventor: Lawnie Taylor
  • Fabric treatment compositions comprising organically modified particles
    Patent number: 7105476
    Abstract: This invention relates to fabric treatment compositions comprising a textile compatible carrier and water insoluble particles having a layered structure comprising oxygen atoms and silicon and/or phosphorus atoms and comprising organic functional groups which are bonded to silicon and/or phosphorus atoms by direct covalent bonds between the silicon and/or phosphorus atoms and a carbon atom. A number of the compositions may impart anti-wrinkling ie, reduced crease formation or other benefits to fabrics washed or otherwise treated therewith.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2006
    Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA Division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventor: Nicola Whilton
  • Compositions for lipophilic fluid systems comprising 1,2-hexanediol
    Patent number: 7101835
    Abstract: Compositions for treating fabric articles, especially articles of clothing, linens and drapery, wherein the compositions provide improved cleaning of soils from and/or care of and/or treatment of fabric articles, especially while providing superior garment care for articles sensitive to water as compared to conventional fabric article treating compositions, are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2006
    Assignee: Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: John Christopher Deak, John Christian Haught, Joseph Michael Ladd, Jr., John Cort Severns, Christian Arthur Jacques K. Thoen, Jerome Howard Collins
  • Process of treating a carpet with a composition comprising an absorbent gelling material
    Patent number: 7101834
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process of treating a fabric with a composition comprising a pre-swollen absorbent gelling material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2006
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Ivano Antonio Gagliardi, Luigi Pace, Antonella Pesce, Luca Sacrinelli, Mélanie Catherine Emmanuelle Fauré-Tromeur
  • Soil redeposition inhibition agents and systems
    Patent number: 7094748
    Abstract: The present invention relates to soil redeposition inhibiting agents, soil redeposition inhibiting articles comprising such soil redeposition inhibiting agents, method for using such soil redeposition inhibiting articles for removing soils from dry or essentially dry fabrics, and systems employing said soil redeposition inhibiting agents such that soil is removed from dry or essentially dry fabrics exposed to the soil redeposition inhibiting agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2006
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Kofi Ofosu-Asante, Matthew Edward Volpenhein, Dean Larry DuVal, Sheri Anne Hunt, Eugene Joseph Pancheri, Mary Jane Combs, Ronald Allen Swift, II, Barbara Kay Williams, Pamela Ann Rockwell
  • Textile laundering composition comprising a self-crosslinking cationic polymer
    Patent number: 7091172
    Abstract: A process for the treatment of non-keratinaceous textiles, preferably cellulosic fibers, which comprises the step of treating the textiles with a composition which comprises: a self-crosslinking polymer and a nucleophilic species (preferably a polymer comprising at least one protected thiol group), and a textile compatible carrier. Under domestic washing conditions the polymer forms reactive thiol groups which are capable of causing covalent cross-linking with the polymer. Preferably, the thiol group is protected as an isothiouronium group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2006
    Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA Division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: John Oakes, Matthew Sugdon
  • Process for making a detergent product
    Patent number: 7087568
    Abstract: The present invention provides a process for making a viscous reaction product and making this into a solid or suspendable component, so that it can be incorporated in solid and liquid compositions such as cleaning compositions or for example fabric care compositions. The process comprises the steps of: a) reacting at least two compounds with one another to form a first active material to form a viscous mixed product which has a viscosity of at least 500 cps or even at least 1000 cps at 20° C., thereby preferably mixing this with a second active material; b) mixing the product of step a) with a liquid carrier material, (which can then be suspended in a liquid composition); or if slid components are required, step b) being followed by: c) mixing the mixture of step b) with a solid granulation agent to form a solid component; d) optionally forming the solid component of step c) into granules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2006
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventor: Johan Smets
  • Polymeric film for water soluble package
    Patent number: 7083047
    Abstract: A water soluble package comprises a polymeric film, the polymeric film comprising a polymeric backbone derived from a polymer which is water soluble, as defined herein, and one or more derivatising groups attached to the backbone, the derivatising group(s) being derived from a material having a ClogP of from 0.5 to 6 and/or being derived from a parent material comprising a C4 to C22 hydrocarbyl chain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2006
    Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Gavin Bone, Robert Walter Fuss, Craig Warren Jones, Steven Paul Rannard, Michael Stephen White
  • Treatment method, which promotes the removal of dirt, for the surfaces of textiles and non-textiles
    Patent number: 7074750
    Abstract: A process for the soil release treatment of surfaces of textile and nontextile materials, in which cationically modified hydrophilic nanoparticles based on crosslinked polymers of (a) 60 to 99.99% by weight of one or more carboxyl-containing ethylenically unsaturated monomers or salts thereof, (b) 0 to 40% by weight of one or more water-insoluble monoethylenically unsaturated monomers, (c) 0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2006
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Christoph Hamers, Dieter Boeckh, Kati Schmidt
  • Composition based on nanoparticles or a nanolatex of polymers for fabric care
    Patent number: 7071156
    Abstract: Composition for fabric care, in particular for cotton-based fabrics, comprising nanoparticles or a nanolatex of a polymer which is insoluble under the direct and/or indirect working conditions of the said composition in an aqueous or wet medium. The composition may be a solid or liquid detergent formulation, a liquid rinsing and/or softening formulation, a tumble dryer additive placed in contact with the wet fabrics in a tumble dryer, an aqueous ironing formulation or a prespotter placed on the dry fabrics prior to a washing operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2006
    Assignee: Rhodia Chimie
    Inventors: Eric Aubay, Marie-Pierre LaBeau, Ian Harrison
  • Using cationic celluloses to enhance delivery of fabric care benefit agents
    Patent number: 7056879
    Abstract: Laundry product compositions containing a stable mixture of at least one water insoluble fabric care benefit agent and at least one delivery enhancing agent that is preferably a silicone derivative. Detergent laundry product compositions containing from about 1% to about 80%, by weight of the composition, of a detersive surfactant that is an anionic surfactant, cationic surfactant, nonionic surfactant, amphoteric surfactant, zwitterionic surfactant, or a mixture thereof; from about 0.1% to about 10%, by weight of the composition, of a water insoluble fabric care benefit agent; from about 0.01% to about 5%, by weight of the composition, of a delivery enhancing agent; and wherein the ratio of the delivery enhancing agent to the fabric care benefit agent is from about 1:50 to about 1:1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2006
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Jiping Wang, Rajan Keshav Panandiker, Paul Francis Kindel, Mary Ruth Leyendecker
  • Substrate treating compositions comprising a C7 or higher monohydric alcohol
    Patent number: 7056875
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a composition for improving substrate characteristics. The composition has a substrate enhancing agent, like a monohydric alcohol, and the composition reduces wrinkles in substrates that have not been subjected to ironing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2006
    Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA
    Inventors: Daniel Joseph Fox, David Van Blarcom, Francoise Fredericks Meyer
  • Using cationic celluloses to enhance delivery of fabric care benefit agents
    Patent number: 7056880
    Abstract: Laundry product compositions containing a stable mixture of at least one water insoluble fabric care benefit agent and at least one delivery enhancing agent that is preferably a dispersible polyolefin, polymer latex, or mixture thereof. Detergent laundry product compositions containing from about 1% to about 80%, by weight of the composition, of a detersive surfactant that is an anionic surfactant, cationic surfactant, nonionic surfactant, amphoteric surfactant, zwitterionic surfactant, or a mixture thereof; from about 0.1% to about 10%, by weight of the composition, of a water insoluble fabric care benefit agent; from about 0.01% to about 5%, by weight of the composition, of a delivery enhancing agent; and wherein the ratio of the delivery enhancing agent to the fabric care benefit agent is from about 1:50 to about 1:1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2006
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Jiping Wang, Rajan Keshav Panandiker, Paul Francis Kindel, Mary Ruth Leyendecker
  • Targeted controlled delivery compositions activated by changes in pH or salt concentration
    Patent number: 7053034
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel controlled release carrier system for pH or salt triggered release and targeted delivery of fragrances and other active ingredients onto fabric, hair, skin, and other biological surfaces and which provides prolonged release of fragrances and other active ingredients over an extended period of time, or yields a high impact fragrance “burst” upon treating the target surface with heat (blow drying the hair, ironing the fabric). The controlled delivery system of the present invention is substantially a free-flowing powder formed of solid hydrophobic nano-spheres comprising the fragrance and other active ingredients that are encapsulated in a pH or salt sensitive micro-spheres. Also described are processes for preparing such compositions and processes for using same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2006
    Assignee: Salvona, LLC
    Inventors: Adi Shefer, Shmuel David Shefer
  • Treatment of fabric articles with specific fabric care actives and a siloxane lipophilic fluid
    Patent number: 7053033
    Abstract: Methods and compositions to treat fabrics with lipophilic fluid and a specific fabric care active are provided by the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2006
    Assignee: Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventor: William Michael Scheper
  • Clothes treatment for dry wrinkle resistance utilizing an aminosilicone containing a sterically hindered functional group
    Patent number: 7049276
    Abstract: The invention concerns the treatment of clothes for dry wrinkle resistance, in particular in-wear wrinkle resistance. The clothes are treated with an amino silicone, preferably one that contains sterically hindered functional groups. The silicone is preferably provided to the clothes in a domestic process, preferably during a process of ironing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2006
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Markus Wilhelm Altmann, Bruno Albert Jean Hubesch, Heidi Simonne Mariette Soyez
  • Process for making laundry detergent composition having granular cyclodextrin for removing malodor from laundered items
    Patent number: 7049280
    Abstract: Free-flowing cyclodextrin is made by combining water soluble, substantially perfume-free cyclodextrin with inorganic compounds, especially zeolites. The cyclodextrin is used in a laundry detergent product capable of removing malodor from laundered items during an automatic laundry washing process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2006
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble company
    Inventors: Adrian John Wayneforth Angell, Paul Amaat France
  • Process for preparing detergent granules with an improved dissolution rate
    Patent number: 7049279
    Abstract: A process for making surfactant granules involving: (a) providing a surfactant component selected from the group consisting of a surface-active protein, a surface-active protein derivative, and mixtures thereof; (b) providing a disintegrator component; (c) combining the surfactant component and the disintegrator component to form a surfactant mixture; and (d) granulating and compacting the surfactant mixture to form the surfactant granules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2006
    Assignee: Cognis Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Manfred Weuthen, Ditmar Kischkel
  • Fabric color care method for rejuvenating and/or restoring color to a faded fabric
    Patent number: 7041630
    Abstract: The present invention relates to fabric care methods for restoring and/or rejuvenating color of worn, faded fabric, by applying to said fabric a fabric color care composition which comprises: water soluble and/or water dispersible polymers; surfactant capable of forming a bilayer structure; and mixtures thereof. Optionally, the composition can contain other ingredients to provide additionally fabric care benefits, and/or to improve performance and formulatability. The composition is preferably applied as small particle size droplets, especially from spray container which preferably are in association with a set of instructions for use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2006
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Toan Trinh, Mary Vijayarani Barnabas, John William Smith, Helen Bernado Tordil
  • Fabric care composition comprising a block copolymer having a methoxyethyl acrylate core polymer and an alkyl methacrylate flanking polymer
    Patent number: 7030076
    Abstract: This invention relates to a fabric care composition comprising a thermoplastic elastomer and a textile compatible carrier, a method of treating fabric with such a composition as part of a laundering process and the use of a thermoplastic elastomer or a composition comprising a thermoplastic elastomer to improve the crease recovery properties and/or elasticity and/or shape retention of a fabric.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2006
    Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA a division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert John Carswell, James Bernard Cooper, Ezat Khoshdel, Euan Stuart Reid, Keith Leslie Rutherford
  • Liquid detergent composition
    Patent number: 7030069
    Abstract: The present invention provides a liquid laundry detergent composition, comprising surfactant material other than fatty acid soap, an effective amount of a water-soluble dye, an enzyme and from 1% to 20% wt of fatty acid soap having from 12 to 20 C atoms, wherein at least 1% by weight (based on the liquid composition) of the fatty acid soap is unsaturated. In addition said composition comprises from 0.01% to 3% wt of a perfume composition and from 0.001% to 2% by weight of an antioxidant. It was found that the color characteristics of said composition do not deteriorate during storage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2006
    Assignee: Unilever Home and Personal Care USA Division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Neeraj Gupta, Sachindew Manodjkoemar Ramcharan, Simon Marinus Veerman, Patrick Zwamborn
  • Process for the production of detergent granules
    Patent number: 7018971
    Abstract: A process for the preparation of detergent granules, the process comprising: (i) a first step of admixing in a mechanical granulator, an aluminosilicate and a first liquid binder comprising at least one surfactant, to produce a powder; and (ii) a second step of admixing in a low shear granulator, the powder produced in step (i), a water soluble salt and a second liquid binder, to produce the said detergent granules; wherein in step (ii), no more than 2%, preferably 0% by weight of the aluminosilicate based on the weight of the detergent granules is introduced into the low shear granulator of step (ii).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2006
    Assignee: Unilever Home and Personal Care USA division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Johannes Hendrikus Akkermans, Remy Antal Verburgh
  • Method for the use of aqueous vapor and lipophilic fluid during fabric cleaning
    Patent number: 7018423
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods to achieve improved cleaning of both wet washable and dry cleanable fabrics. The present invention is carried out by exposing the fabrics to an aqueous vapor and a lipophilic fluid, optionally, but preferably followed by an extraction of both.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2006
    Assignee: Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: John Christopher Deak, Paul Amaat France, Wilburt Thomas Woods, Anna Vadimovna Noyes, Linda-Carol McWilliams, Michael Jason Ullom
  • Compositions and methods for preventing gel formation comprising a siloxane and an alkylamine
    Patent number: 7018966
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a cleaning composition comprising an emulsion comprising a polar co-solvent, a non-polar co-solvent, and an alkylamine dispersed throughout the emulsion. The alkylamine serves to prevent the emulsion from inverting and forming a thick, slippery gel, which is known to interfere with the cleaning process and washing machine components. Further, the present invention relates to a method for preventing gel formation by adding an alkylamine to an emulsified cleaning composition and washing stained articles therein. In another aspect of the present invention a method for pre-treating a stained article is provided comprising applying a cleaning composition in the form of a gel comprising an emulsion of a polar co-solvent and a siloxane-based non-polar co-solvent, and a detergent to the article, allowing the cleaning composition to penetrate the stain; and laundering the article in a siloxane based cleaning composition comprising an alkylamine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2006
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Steven Stoessel, Renu Aggarwal
  • Effervescent cleaning composition comprising surfactant, builder, and dissolved gas
    Patent number: 7012056
    Abstract: The present invention provides an aqueous effervescent liquid cleaning composition which upon contact with water provides effervescent action, and which comprises at least 5% wt of a surfactant and a dissolved gas in a sufficient amount to provide the effervescent action, said gas having a higher solubility in an aqueous surfactant-containing composition than in water. It has been found that this composition is easy to produce at affordable cost and gives consumer perceivable benefits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2006
    Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA
    Inventor: Neeraj Gupta
  • Fabric care composition and method comprising a fabric care polysaccharide and wrinkle control agent
    Patent number: 7012053
    Abstract: The present invention relates to fabric care compositions, methods, and articles of manufacture for treating fabrics, comprising an effective amount of fabric care polysaccharides with globular structure. Optionally, the composition can contain other ingredients to improve performance and formulatability. The compositions can be applied to fabric by spraying, soaking, dipping, and can also be used for pre-wash treatment, adding to the wash cycle, adding to the rinse cycle, and/or adding to the drying cycle. Preferably the compositions are applied from spray containers which preferably are in association with instructions for use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2006
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Mary Vijayarani Barnabas, Toan Trinh, Freddy Arthur Barnabas, Michael Stanford Showell, Mark Richard Sine, Johan Smets, Helen Bernado Tordil, Todd Michael Wernicke
  • Fabric treatment compositions comprising organically modified particles
    Patent number: 7012055
    Abstract: Fabric treatment compositions comprising a textile compatible carrier and particles having a layered structure comprising oxygen atoms and silicon and/or phosphorus atoms and comprising organic functional groups which are bonded to silicon and/or phosphorus atoms by direct covalent bonds between the silicon and/or phosphorus atoms and a carbon atom. The functional groups are selected to impart lubricating properties to the particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2006
    Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Hugh Findlay, Joseph Edward Hunter, Laxmikant Tiwari, Nicola Whilton
  • Fabric color care method
    Patent number: 7005410
    Abstract: The present invention relates to fabric care methods for restoring and/or rejuvenating color of worn, faded fabric, by applying to said fabric a fabric color care composition which comprises: water soluble and/or water dispersible polymers; surfactant capable of forming a bilayer structure; and mixtures thereof. Optionally, the composition can contain other ingredients to provide additionally fabric care benefits, and/or to improve performance and formulatability. The composition is preferably applied as small particle size droplets, especially from spray container that preferably are in association with a set of instructions for use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2006
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Toan Trinh, Mary Vijayarani Barnabas, Eugene Paul Gosselink, John William Smith, Helen Bernardo Tordil, Robb Richard Gardner, Timothy Woodrow Coffindaffer
  • Production of a N-aryl-2-lactam and N-cycloalkyl-2-lactam by reductive amination of lactones with aryl amines
    Patent number: 7002024
    Abstract: This invention relates to a process for producing N-aryl-2-lactams and N-cycloalkyl-2-lactams by reductive amination of lactones with aryl amines utilizing a metal catalyst, which is optionally supported.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2006
    Assignee: E. I. duPont de Nemours and Company
    Inventor: Leo Ernest Manzer
  • Organic laundry detergent and method of producing the same
    Patent number: 7001877
    Abstract: The present invention is a laundry detergent or powder and method of making the same utilizing natural components such as but not limited to milk, beeswax, sodium hydroxide or lye, vegetable or soy oil, sugar, baking soda, and corn starch. It is still further contemplated that the invention may include a borate mineral from the subclass of carbonates as well as other variants such as but not limited to flour. Furthermore, the invention may be utilized for an herbicide, pesticide, bath soap, or other general cleaning product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2006
    Inventor: Carol A. Grier
  • Methods for laundering delicate garments in a washing machine
    Patent number: 6995124
    Abstract: A product and process for laundering delicate or dry-clean only garments in a conventional home washing machine. The process represents a home version of the commercial wet-cleaning processes for cleaning of delicate garments. The product comprises a liquid combination washing/conditioning composition and optionally a wash pretreatment composition, a flexible wrap container within which the garments are contained during washing and a pretreatment applicator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2006
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Todd Michael Wernicke, Freddy Arthur Barnabas, Michelle Frances Mellea, John Downing Curry, Michael P. Siklosi
  • Compositions and methods for removal of incidental soils from fabric articles
    Patent number: 6987086
    Abstract: Compositions for removing incidental soils from fabric articles, especially articles of clothing, linen and drapery, provide improved cleaning of incidental soils, either with or without a subsequent wash process. Methods for use of the compositions are also provided. The compositions and methods are safe for use on a wide range of fabric articles, even in the home.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2006
    Assignee: Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: John Christopher Deak, Robert James Perry
  • Production of N-aryl-2-lactam and N-alkyl-2-lactam by reductive amination of lactones with aryl and alkyl nitro compounds
    Patent number: 6984736
    Abstract: This invention relates to a process for producing N-aryl-2-lactams, N-alkyl-2-lactams, and N-cycloalkyl-2-lactams by reductive amination of lactones with aryl or alkyl nitro compounds utilizing a metal catalyst, which is optionally supported.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2006
    Assignee: E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventor: Leo Ernest Manzer
  • Solid detergent compositions
    Patent number: 6964945
    Abstract: The invention relates to solid detergent compositions comprising an aluminosilicate builder and an anionic surfactant and comprising (n) components (i), n being at least 2, whereby the level of aluminosilicate builder in said components together is at least 5% by weight of the composition and the level of the anionic surfactant in said components together is at least 5% by weight of the composition, and whereby the degree of mixture (M) of the anionic surfactant and the aluminosilicate builder is from 0 to 0.7, as defined in the description.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2005
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Richard Timothy Hartshorn, Zayeed Alam, Kevin Norwood
  • Perfluoroalkyl haloalkyl ethers and compositions and applications thereof
    Patent number: 6953606
    Abstract: Described are compositions comprising perfluoroalkyl haloalkyl ethers and, optionally, surfactant; uses for perfluoroalkyl haloalkyl ether compounds and compositions thereof, optionally comprising surfactant; and perfluoroalkyl haloalkyl ethers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2005
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Frederick E. Behr, Richard M. Flynn
  • Detergent compositions comprising hydrotropes
    Patent number: 6949496
    Abstract: The present invention relates to detergent compositions, especially liquid, granular and tablet forms of laundry detergent compositions, that comprise improved hydrotropes, wherein the hydrotropes are organic molecules in which two polar groups are separated from each other by at least 5 aliphatic carbon atoms; liquid compositions that contain such hydrotropes have a viscosity, dilution profile and dissolution behavior that render the product effective and convenient for use as a liquid laundry detergent composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2005
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Jean-Pol Boutique, Walter August Maria Broeckx, Steven Jozef Louis Coosemans, Lorenzo Matteo Pierre Gualco, James Pyott Johnston, Eric Tcheou, David William Ingram
  • Methods and equipment for removing stains from fabrics
    Patent number: 6946435
    Abstract: Methodologies and equipment for using a sodium hypochlorite solution to remove menstrial fluid, underarm perspiration or other hard-to-remove stains from soft fabric articles. In one embodiment, the sodium hypochlorite solution contains at least 0.2% by weight of sodium hydroxide. In another embodiment, the sodium hypochlorite solution contains about 0.5–3% by weight of sodium hydroxide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2005
    Inventor: Lawnie H. Taylor
  • Rapidly dissolvable polymer films and articles made therefrom
    Patent number: 6946501
    Abstract: A film-forming composition for use in preparing water-soluble films that are rapidly dissolving under cold water conditions, the composition comprising a water soluble polymer material such as polyvinyl alcohol and a principal solvent, typically diol(s) or derivative of a diol. Films made from the film-forming compositions may be used to encapsulate a variety of compositions for subsequent release into an aqueous medium. Encapsulated compositions can include various laundry detergents and additives, fabric care compositions such as fabric softening compositions and dishwashing detergents among others. When used to encapsulate compositions, the solvent system used in the film-forming composition will have at least one common solvent material as the solvent system used in the encapsulated composition to improve film dissolution and to prevent problems associated with solvent migration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2005
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Kelly Ann Kochvar, Heidi Simonne Mariette Soyez, Peter Jens Forth, Jean-Pol Boutique, Ruth Anne Wagers, Errol Hoffman Wahl, Matthew Lawrence Lynch, Wayne Robert Fisher
  • Non-immersive method for treating or cleaning fabrics using a siloxane lipophilic fluid
    Patent number: 6939837
    Abstract: An process for treating or cleaning fabric articles, especially articles of clothing, linen and drapery, wherein the method comprises contacting the fabric articles to be cleaned or treated with a cleaning fluid comprising a lipophilic fluid and removing from the fabric articles a portion of the cleaning fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2005
    Assignee: Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Anna Vadimovna Noyes, John Cort Severns, Frederick Anthony Hartman, James Charles Theophile Roger Burckett-St. Laurent, Arseni V. Radomyselski, Paul Amaat France, Jeffrey John Scheibel, Christiaan Arthur Jacques Kamiel Thoen, John Christopher Deak, Phillip Kyle Vinson, Nabil Yaqub Sakkab
  • Detergent compositions
    Patent number: 6936577
    Abstract: A particulate laundry detergent composition which comprises a detergent base powder comprising surfactant and builder and, as separate particulate components: (a) an alkali metal carbonate salt selected from carbonate, bicarbonate, sesquicarbonate and combinations thereof; and (b) a water-soluble organic acid which, when reacted with (a) in the presence of water, generates carbon dioxide gas; wherein the alkali metal carbonate salt, when taken separately, has a 90% dissolution time of less than 15 seconds, preferably less than 10 seconds, more preferably less than 7 seconds; and the water-soluble organic acid has a d50 particle size which is in the range of from 150 to 1500 microns. The alkali metal carbonate salt preferably has an average bulk density of at most 1000 g/l, preferably at most 800 g/l, more preferably at most 600 g/l. The alkali metal carbonate salt preferably has a d50 particle size of at most 250 microns, preferably from 1 to 200 microns, more preferably from 10 to 150 microns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2005
    Assignee: Unilever Home Products and Care USA, division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Prasanna Rao Dontula, Alyn James Parry, Catherine Maria Powell, Karen Robinson, Wiebe Schokker, Gilbert Martin Verschelling, Pieter Broer van der Weg
  • Effervescent cleaning composition for use in fabric washing
    Patent number: 6933266
    Abstract: The present invention provides an aqueous effervescent liquid detergent composition which upon contact with water provides effervescent action, and which comprises at least 5% by weight of a surfactant and from 0.1 to less than 3% by weight of a volatile organic solvent selected from pentane, hexane, cyclohexane and diethylether. Said solvent is present in sufficient amount to provide the effervescent action, and has a higher solubility in an aqueous surfactant-containing composition than in water, the boiling point of said solvent being lower than the typical temperature during the washing process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2005
    Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventor: Neeraj Gupta
  • Process for treating a lipophilic fluid
    Patent number: 6930079
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for treating a lipophilic fluid contained in an emulsion of water and lipophilic fluid. The process includes the steps of pretreating the emulsion, removing lipophilic fluid from the emulsion, and purifying the lipophilic fluid to remove at least a portion of the impurities collected during the use of the emulsion. Method options are provided for each of the aforementioned steps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2005
    Assignee: Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: John Christopher Deak, Paul Amaat France, Kristina Marie Rohal Gansle, Anna Vadimovna Noyes, Arseni V. Radomyselski, John Cort Severns, Christiaan Arthur Jacques Kamiel Thoen, Jean Wevers
  • Fabric color care method
    Patent number: 6916774
    Abstract: The present invention relates to fabric care methods for restoring and/or rejuvenating color of worn, faded fabric, by applying to said fabric a fabric color care composition which comprises: water soluble and/or water dispersible polymers; surfactant capable of forming a bilayer structure; and mixtures thereof. Optionally, the composition can contain other ingredients to provide additionally fabric care benefits, and/or to improve performance and formulatability. The composition is preferably applied as small particle size droplets, especially from spray container which preferably are in association with a set of instructions for use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2005
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Toan Trinh, Mary Vijayarani Barnabas, John William Smith, Helen Bernado Tordil
  • Process for treating a lipophilic fluid in the form of a siloxane emulsion
    Patent number: 6914040
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for treating a lipophilic fluid contained in an emulsion of water and lipophilic fluid. The process includes the steps of pretreating the emulsion, removing lipophilic fluid from the emulsion, and purifying the lipophilic fluid to remove at least a portion of the impurities collected during the use of the emulsion. Method options are provided for each of the aforementioned steps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2005
    Assignee: Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: John Christopher Deak, Paul Armaat France, Kristina Marie Rohal Gansle, Anna Vadimovna Radomyselski, Arseni V. Radomyselski, John Cort Severns, Christiaan Arthur Jacques Kamiel Thoen, Jean Wevers