All Or Part Of The Unit Enclosure Is Made Of Water-sensitive Material (e.g., Water-soluble Or Dispersible Envelope Enclosing Powdered Detergent, Etc.) Patents (Class 510/296)
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Patent number: 7615524Abstract: The present invention relates to laundry additive sachets. The sachets comprise at least two compartments and may comprise further compartments. At least one of the compartments comprises a liquid laundry additive composition.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2004Date of Patent: November 10, 2009Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Co.Inventors: Valerio Del Duca, Mario Albanesi, Gina Isoldi
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Patent number: 7601679Abstract: A process for producing a detergent portion, comprising the steps of forming one or more dimensionally stable hollow bodies comprising at least one compartment by injection moulding, providing one or more means for compartmentalizing the dimensionally stable hollow bodies, filling the compartment with at least one detersive formulation, and closing the compartment to form a partial or whole enclosure around the detersive formulation.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2008Date of Patent: October 13, 2009Assignee: Henkel AG & Co. KGaAInventors: Henriette Weber, Sandra Hoffmann, Wilfried Raehse, Dieter Jung, Frank Meier, Christian Block, Rolf Bayersdoerfer, Markus Semrau, Karl-Martin Faeser, Paul Birnbrich, Dieter Nickel
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Patent number: 7595290Abstract: The present invention relates to free-flowing compositions in a pouch having one or more compartments. The compartment and preferably the pouch as a whole are made from stretchable material, typically an elastic film which is water-soluble. The compositions are preferably cleaning compositions or fabric care compositions, in particular laundry or dish washing compositions.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2002Date of Patent: September 29, 2009Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Thomas John Pounds, Nigel Patrick Somerville-Roberts, Wayne Robert Fisher, Vernon Sanford Ping, III
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Publication number: 20090217462Abstract: The present invention includes a consumer product packet comprising a capsule and a fill composition within the capsule. The capsule has a tack temperature of about 110° F. or higher and substantially dissolves in water within a predetermined time period at a temperature of about 70° F. or lower. In one example, the capsule comprises a film having at least one polymer, at least one plasticizer, and at least one temperature adjusting agent. Dependent on the fill composition, the consumer product packet may be used for any household or personal use. In one example, the fill composition is a detergent concentrate comprises one or more surfactants, one or more humectants, and a coalescing solvent which has hydrophilic-lipophilic balance (HLB) value from about 7 to about 9, wherein the ratio of the one or more humectants to the coalescing solvent is more than 1.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 6, 2009Publication date: September 3, 2009Inventors: Fred HOLZHAUER, Kaj JOHNSON, Mike RATKO
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Publication number: 20090209445Abstract: According to the present invention there is provided a pearlescent unitary dose composition comprising a water-soluble film encapsulating a liquid treatment composition suitable for use as a laundry or hard surface cleaning composition having turbidity of greater than 5 and less than 3000 NTU, said composition comprising a pearlescent agent and from 2% to 15% by weight of the composition of water.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 22, 2008Publication date: August 20, 2009Applicant: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Rajan Keshav Panandiker, Kerry Andrew Vetter, David Scott Dunlop, Karl Ghislain Braeckman
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Publication number: 20090199877Abstract: A process for making a detergent water-soluble pouch having a plurality of compartments the process comprising the steps of: a) making a first web of open or closed pouches in a first pouch making unit having a forming surface; b) making a second web of open or closed pouches in a second pouch making unit having a forming surface; c) combining the first and second webs of pouches wherein the forming surfaces bring the web of pouches into contact and preferably exert pressure on them to seal the webs; and d) cutting the resulting web of pouches to produce individual pouches having a plurality of compartments.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 4, 2009Publication date: August 13, 2009Inventors: Piotr Koch, Dirk Boysen
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Publication number: 20090196892Abstract: A process for preparing a water-soluble article comprising a water-soluble primary thermoformed component and a water-soluble secondary component arranged therein comprises:— (a) forming the primary component into a pocket, by thermoforming in the cavity of a thermoforming mould; (b) adding the secondary component to the mould; (c) introducing the contents of the primary component into the pocket; and (d) sealing the primary component, characterised in that the cavity of the thermoforming mould has a recess to receive the secondary component.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 13, 2009Publication date: August 6, 2009Applicant: RECKITT BENCKISER N.V.Inventors: Francesc AYATS, Jordi SALVADOR, Frederic MOREUX
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Publication number: 20090197789Abstract: A process for making modified N-acetylated chitosan comprising the steps of: a) forming an aqueous solution of chitosan in aqueous acid; b) mixing the resulting solution of step a) with an acetylating agent in a chitosan:acetylating agent sub-stoichiometric amount; and c) allowing the chitosan and acetylating agent to react for a length of time sufficient for substantial completion of the acetylation reaction.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 22, 2009Publication date: August 6, 2009Inventors: Anju Deepali Massey Brooker, Alan Thomas Brooker, Katherine Helen Combs, Larry Eugene Miller, Stephen Godfrey, Philip Robert Mallender
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Publication number: 20090196891Abstract: A process for preparing a water-soluble article comprising a water-soluble primary thermoformed component and a water-soluble secondary component arranged therein comprises: (a) forming the primary component into a pocket, by thermoforming in the cavity of a thermoforming mould; (b) adding the secondary component to the mould; (c) introducing the contents of the primary component into the pocket; and (d) sealing the primary component, characterised in that the cavity of the thermoforming mould has a recess to receive the secondary component.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 13, 2009Publication date: August 6, 2009Applicant: RECKITT BENCKISER N.V.Inventors: FRANCESC AYATS, JORDI SALVADOR, FREDERIC MOREAUX
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Publication number: 20090186797Abstract: According to the present invention there is provided a laundry detergent composition, comprising a hueing dye and a pearlescent agent, wherein the hueing dye exhibits a hueing efficiency of at least 10 and a wash removal value in the range of from about 30% to about 85%.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 22, 2008Publication date: July 23, 2009Applicant: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Rajan Keshav Panandiker, Kerry Andrew Vetter, David Scott Dunlop, Karel Jozef Maria Depoot
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Patent number: 7563757Abstract: The present invention relates to water-soluble pouch which contains a liquid detergent composition, wherein the pouch is a water-soluble film, the film material comprising a polyvinyl alcohol, and wherein the liquid detergent composition also comprises a plasticizer, wherein the plasticizer is selected from the group consisting of glycerol, ethylene glycol, diethylene glycol, triethylene glycol, 2-methyl-1,3-propane diol, sorbitol, methanol, diglycerol, 1,4-butane diol, urea and mixtures thereof, and wherein the liquid detergent composition further comprises a viscosity modifier, preferably a hydrogenated castor oil.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2005Date of Patent: July 21, 2009Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Stylianos Kouvroukoglou, Liesbet Maria Cornelia De Troch, Mark William Ridyard
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Patent number: 7557075Abstract: A package comprises an aqueous liquid detergent composition enclosed by a water-soluble or water-dispersible packaging material. The aqueous liquid detergent composition has a water content of between 20 and 50 wt %. The aqueous liquid detergent composition comprises at least one polyphosphate builder material in an amount of greater than 10 wt % and a carbohydrate.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2004Date of Patent: July 7, 2009Assignee: Reckitt Benckiser N.V.Inventors: Daniele Fregonese, Chris Efstathios Housmekerides
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Patent number: 7557077Abstract: The invention concerns the use, in a composition for textile care in aqueous or wet medium, of a non-ionic polysaccharide whereof the native skeleton is formed of a main chain comprising similar or different anhydrohexose units, and branches including at least an anhydropentose and/or anhydrohexose unit. The anhydrohexose and/or anhydropentose units of the native skeleton being modified by at least a non-ionic group. The composition is designed for washing and/or rinsing and/or softening, prespotting textile articles, drying wet clothes in a dryer or for facilitating ironing.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2006Date of Patent: July 7, 2009Assignee: Rhodia ChimieInventor: Ian Harrison
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Publication number: 20090163399Abstract: A detergent product comprises a container containing a detergent composition. The container is formed by the closing of a sachet formed from a water permeable water in soluble web. The sachet comprises a flexible body of at least 10 mm in one dimension and 10 mm in another direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 11, 2007Publication date: June 25, 2009Applicant: Reckitt Benckiser (UK) LimitedInventors: Fabio Corradini, John Newton
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Patent number: 7550421Abstract: A method of washing dishware/tableware in an automatic dishwashing machine, the method comprising simultaneously or sequentially delivering quantities of a particulate or densified particulate automatic dishwashing product and of an anhydrous liquid, gel or paste form dishwashing detergent auxiliary contained in separate compartments of a multi-compartment pouch into the same or different cycles of the dishwashing machine. The method provides improved cleaning performance and product stability.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2005Date of Patent: June 23, 2009Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Sanjeev Sharma, James Iain Kinloch, Simon John Greener, Kenton Ray Lynde
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Patent number: 7543707Abstract: A filled water-soluble injection moulded container (1) containing a first composition (6) held in a first compartment (2) and a second composition (8) held in a second compartment (3), said first compartment (2) and said second compartment (3) being separated by a water-soluble barrier (4) having an opening (5) plugged by a plug (7) arranged such that when said container (1) is filled with said first composition (6) and said second composition (8), said first compartment (2) is filled through said opening (5) in said barrier (4), said barrier (4) is plugged with said plug (7), and subsequently said second compartment (3) is filled with said second composition (8) and said second compartment is sealed with a closure part (9).Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2004Date of Patent: June 9, 2009Assignee: Reckitt Benckiser (UK) LimitedInventor: Fabienne Miler
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Patent number: 7534755Abstract: A liquid detergent composition comprising a liquid matrix having dispersed therein a plurality of visibly distinct beads and wherein the visibly distinct beads comprise a hueing agent.Type: GrantFiled: May 3, 2007Date of Patent: May 19, 2009Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Jean-Pol Boutique, Frederik Vandenberghe, Johan Smets
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Patent number: 7527880Abstract: A water-soluble substrate, and more particularly a water-soluble substrate that improves resistance to dissolution at neutral pH, and methods of making the same are disclosed. Articles, such as pouches, made from the water-soluble substrate, are also disclosed herein.Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 2007Date of Patent: May 5, 2009Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventor: Vincenzo Catalfamo
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Patent number: 7528099Abstract: The articles, compositions, and kits of the present invention are useful for conditioning fabric.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2006Date of Patent: May 5, 2009Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Errol Hoffman Wahl, Jodi Lee Brown, Lisa Grace Brush, Ruth Anne Wagers, George Endel Deckner, Eric Scott Johnson, Barbara Kay Williams, Jiping Wang, Jean-Pol Boutique, Patrick Firmin August Deplancke, Francesco de Buzzaccarini, Michele Ann Watkins
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Patent number: 7521411Abstract: A method of washing dishware/tableware in an automatic dishwashing machine, the method comprising simultaneously or sequentially delivering quantities of a particulate or densified particulate automatic dishwashing product and of an anhydrous liquid, gel or paste form dishwashing detergent auxiliary contained in separate compartments of a multi-compartment pouch into the same or different cycles of the dishwashing machine. The method provides improved cleaning performance and product stability.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2005Date of Patent: April 21, 2009Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Sanjeev Sharma, James Iain Kinloch, Simon John Greener, Kenton Ray Lynde
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Patent number: 7517846Abstract: The invention is a solid chemical concentrate system of at least two cooperative shapes. The first shape is an inwardly curved bar having an inner opening. The second shape is an insert which is capable of interlocking with the bar by insertion into the bar inner opening. The solid chemical concentrate provides chemical systems having active constituents which may be the same, different but compatible or functionally and chemically incompatible combined within one matrix to provide at least one substantially continuous surface. The system may also comprise an aqueous soluble or dispersible polymeric film cover.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2005Date of Patent: April 14, 2009Assignee: Ecolab Inc.Inventors: Elizabeth J. Gladfelter, Tina O. Outlaw, James L. Copeland, Rhonda K. Schulz, Daniel K. Boche, Jeff W. Peterson
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Patent number: 7517847Abstract: Bleaching product in the form of a coated substrate comprising a water-soluble film and a coating comprising a bleaching agent.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2006Date of Patent: April 14, 2009Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Vincenzo Catalfamo, Frank William Denome, Dennis Allen Beckholt, Yousef Georges Aouad, James Michael Archbold
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Patent number: 7507698Abstract: A material for use in washing comprising a textile article having a first functionality and a water-soluble container enclosing a composition having a second functionality.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 2003Date of Patent: March 24, 2009Assignee: Reckitt Benckiser N.V.Inventors: Giorgio Franzolin, Lucia Rossi
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Patent number: 7507699Abstract: The invention relates to a water soluble container which contains a composition useful for hard surface cleaning. The composition comprises a cationic surfactant having germicidal properties, a non-ionic surfactant, an alkali salt, an organic acid; and optionally, conventional additives, where the composition is in powder form. The water soluble containers can be made by thermoforming or injection molding.Type: GrantFiled: October 10, 2002Date of Patent: March 24, 2009Assignee: Reckitt Benckiser Inc.Inventors: Diane Joyce Burt, James Chi-Cheng Feng, Ralph Gencarelli, Jeanne Marie Lesica
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Publication number: 20090069207Abstract: According to the present invention there is provided a pearlescent liquid treatment composition suitable for use in laundering fabrics comprising a fabric care benefit agent selected from the group consisting of fabric softening agent, colour protection, pill reduction, anti-abrasion, anti-wrinkle agents and mixtures thereof and a pearlescent agent, said pearlescent agent having D0.99 volume particle size of less than 50 ?m.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 22, 2008Publication date: March 12, 2009Applicant: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Rajan Keshav Panandiker, Kerry Andrew Vetter, David Scott Dunlop, Karl Ghislain Braeckman, Karel Jozef Maria Depoot, Mary Jane Combs
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Publication number: 20090069206Abstract: According to the present invention there is provided a pearlescent liquid treatment composition suitable for use as a laundry or hard surface cleaning composition comprising a rheology modifier providing a pouring viscosity at 20 sec?1 of from 50 to 700 cps, a viscosity at constant low stress of 0.1 Pa which is at least 300 cps, preferably 500 cps and a pearlescent agent, said pearlescent agent having D0.99 volume particle size of less than 60 ?m.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 22, 2008Publication date: March 12, 2009Applicant: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Rajan Keshav Panandiker, Kerry Andrew Vetter, David Scott Dunlop, David Gladney, JR., Stephen Joseph Hodson, Karl Ghislain Braeckman, Karel Jozef Maria Depoot, Gayle Marie Frankenbach
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Publication number: 20090029897Abstract: The invention relates to methods for producing a detergent or cleaning agent dosing unit, comprising the following steps: a) providing a detergent or cleaning agent shaped body in the form of an annular tablet having a cavity with at least two opening faces; b) sealing one opening face of the cavity with a prefabricated, filled and closed water-soluble container by linking the prefabricated sachet with the detergent or cleaning agent shaped body; c) filling the cavity with a composition that has a detergent or cleaning action. The inventive methods allow to jointly produce solid and liquid or flowable detergent or cleaning agent compositions in separate areas of a compact dosing unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 6, 2006Publication date: January 29, 2009Inventors: Sandra Behr, Dirk Gerst, Wolfgang Barthel, Salvatore Fileccia, Ulf Arno Timmann
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Patent number: 7479475Abstract: The present invention relates a unit dose fabric treatment product comprising a non-aqueous liquid fabric treatment composition contained in a single compartment water-soluble pouch. The inner space of said pouch comprises (A) a cleaning system comprising more than 5% by weight of the fabric treatment composition of at least one anionic surfactant; and (B) a fabric softening system comprising at least one non-cationic fabric softening active selected from the group consisting of fabric softening clays, fabric softening silicones, and mixtures thereof, wherein the fabric softening clay is added as a premix comprising the clay and a solvent; wherein the fabric softening silicone is added as a premix comprising the silicone and a solvent or wherein the fabric softening silicone is added as pure compound without any solvent.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2003Date of Patent: January 20, 2009Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Francesco de Buzzaccarini, Jan Julien Marie-Louise Billiauw, Karel Jozef Maria Depoot
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Publication number: 20090011971Abstract: The present invention provides a method of treating fabrics by placing a multi-compartment pouch in the drum of the washing machine. Said pouch is made from a water-soluble film and have at least two compartments. The present invention also encompasses the use of the pouch herein define in view of reducing the patchy damage when treating fabrics.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 2, 2008Publication date: January 8, 2009Inventor: Marc Francois Theophile Evers
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Patent number: 7469519Abstract: A process for producing a substance with a water-soluble packaging. The process comprises the following steps: a) a water-soluble material is deformed so as to embody a vessel; b) the vessel is filled with a filling material selected among the group comprising detergents, cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, body care products, auxiliary agricultural agents, adhesives, surface-treating agents, construction materials, dyes or food items; c) a water-soluble film web is applied to the filled container; d) the filled container and film web are sealed; and e) the sealed and filled container is finished. The inventive methods are characterized in that a negative pressure is generated in the filled container in the course of the process. In order to generate the negative pressure, the air located between the filling material and the water-soluble film web applied in step c) escapes at least in part through openings in the water-soluble film web applied in step c).Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2006Date of Patent: December 30, 2008Assignee: Henkel Kommanditgesellschaft auf Aktien (Henkel KGaA)Inventors: Wolfgang Barthel, Birgit Burg, Arno Düffels, Salvatore Fileccia, Maren Jekel, Christian Nitsch, Ulf Arno Timmann
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Publication number: 20080293605Abstract: A low-foaming composition for cleaning a ware-washing machine comprises water, an alkoxylate, an acid (preferably citric acid), and preferably a phase separation promoter (for example a polyethylene glycol or an ionic salt). The composition is in two separate layers under ambient conditions.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 23, 2006Publication date: November 27, 2008Applicant: RECKITT BENCKISER N.V.Inventors: Karl Ludwig Gibis, Dietmar Van Loyen, Chris Efstathios Housmekerides
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Patent number: 7446084Abstract: A method for the production of multi-phase detergents or cleaning agents, comprising the production of a water-soluble or water-dispersible container; the filling of said container with detergents or cleaning agents; application of a separating layer and filling of said container with other detergents or cleaning agents. The method is characterized in that a liquid separating agent is applied in order to form the separating layer, said agent solidifying in order to form the separating layer; the amount of packaging material used is reduced and the number of method steps is also reduced. the invention is further characterized by optimized use of space in the packaging body.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2006Date of Patent: November 4, 2008Assignee: Henkel Kommanditgesellschaft auf AktienInventors: Wolfgang Barthel, Salvatore Fileccia, Arno Düffels, Maren Jekel, Birgit Burg
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Publication number: 20080261850Abstract: A unit dose fabric treatment system comprises a water soluble container in which a liquid fabric treatment composition is disposed, the composition comprising a fatty acid and an alkylated sugar.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 20, 2005Publication date: October 23, 2008Inventors: Stephen Leonard Briggs, Craig Warren Jones
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Patent number: 7435714Abstract: The invention relates to liquid detergent and cleaning agent compositions of high storage stability. They comprise a liquid medium with a water content of up to 15 wt. % and particulate coating bleaching agents suspended therein. The bleaching agent has a dissolving time of at least 5 minutes and a coating of at least two layers: The innermost layer comprises one or more hydrate-forming inorganic salts as the main component(s), and an outer layer, which makes up 0.2 to 5 wt. % of the coated bleaching agent, comprises alkali metal silicate(s) with a modulus of SiO2 to M2O (M=alkali metal) of greater than 2.5 as the main component(s). Preferred compositions comprise sodium percarbonate with an innermost layer of substantially sodium sulfate and an outermost layer of substantially 0.5 to 1.5 wt. % sodium silicate (modulus 3.2 to 4.2) as the bleaching agent.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2003Date of Patent: October 14, 2008Assignee: Evonik Degussa GmbHInventors: Ulrike Kottke, Silke Stoschek, Klaus Zimmermann, Ralph Overdick, Michael Fender, Harald Jakob
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Patent number: 7435715Abstract: Microcapsules for use in liquid detergents having a core and a polyelectrolyte complex shell in the form of a semipermeable membrane capable of withstanding a force before bursting of from about 20 mN to about 20,00 N and having a density of from about 900 Kg/m3 to about 1,300 Kg/m3 at 25° C. The invention also relates to a process for making the microcapsules and liquid detergents comprising said microcapsules.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2004Date of Patent: October 14, 2008Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Walter August Maria Broeckx, Roger Jeffrey Jones
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Publication number: 20080242580Abstract: A method of preparing a composition for use in a unit dose fabric treatment system, the method comprising the steps of reacting together, in the presence of water, a ester-containing soap precursor, a base material, and optionally a solvent.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 23, 2005Publication date: October 2, 2008Inventors: Stephen Leonard Briggs, Craig Warren Jones
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Publication number: 20080242579Abstract: A unit dose fabric treatment system comprises a water soluble container in which a liquid fabric treatment composition is disposed, the composition comprising one or more fatty acid esters wherein, in at least one of the fatty acid esters, the average proportion of C18 chains is less than 60%, preferably less than 50%, more preferably less than 40%, e.g. less than 30% by weight of the total weight of fatty acid chains in the fatty acid ester.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 16, 2005Publication date: October 2, 2008Inventors: Stephen Leonard Briggs, Lisa Emma Fildes, Craig Warren Jones
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Patent number: 7429273Abstract: The invention relates to a water-soluble product comprising a water-soluble polymer encasing a liquid carpet cleaning composition.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 2003Date of Patent: September 30, 2008Assignee: Reckitt Benckiser N.V.Inventors: Mattia De Dominicis, Zefferino Righetto
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Patent number: 7407923Abstract: A packaged detergent composition comprising a container that at least partly disintegrates in an aqueous environment, the container having at least one compartment, the detergent composition having at least one fluid phase and at least one solid substantially insoluble in the fluid phase and having a size sufficient to be retained by a 2.5 mm mesh wherein the movement of the at least one solid within the container is restricted, as well as its use in an automatic dishwashing or laundry washing machine.Type: GrantFiled: January 13, 2003Date of Patent: August 5, 2008Assignee: Reckitt Bencklser N.V.Inventors: Ralf Wiedemann, Enric Carbonell, Marcus Guzmann
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Publication number: 20080146481Abstract: A packet made from a film-forming composition made from a mixture of PVOH, chitosan, and an alkali metal or ammonium bisulfite or metabisulfite where the packet contains a cleaning active is discussed.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 13, 2007Publication date: June 19, 2008Inventors: Solomon Eli Brown, Andrew P. Verrall, Robert Aaron Schroer, Frank William Denome, Katherine Helen Combs, Larry Eugene Miller, Anju Deepali Massey Brooker
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Publication number: 20080139440Abstract: A method of improving the visual perceptibility of images on water-soluble printed films for unit dose detergent products through the use of coloured liquids located adjacent to the printed film and the unit dose detergent products having the printed film and coloured liquid.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 11, 2007Publication date: June 12, 2008Inventors: Vincenzo Catalfamo, Frank William Denome
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Patent number: 7375070Abstract: Portioned liquid detergents having a liquid phase having one or more solid particles dispersed therein, the detergent being contained in a water-soluble or water-dispersible container, wherein the solid particles have a size above 600 ?m.Type: GrantFiled: February 11, 2005Date of Patent: May 20, 2008Assignee: Henkel Kommanditgesellschaft auf AktienInventors: Ulrich Pegelow, Alexander Lambotte, Maren Jekel, Christian Nitsch, Arno Dueffels
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Patent number: 7365149Abstract: A surface of a melt polymerization reactor system having residual reaction components of a melt polymerization reaction thereon can be cleaned by introducing a cleaning agent having a phenolic compound to the polymerization reactor system and into contact with the surface of the melt polymerization reactor system having the residual reaction components of a melt polymerization reaction thereon. The residual reaction components of the melt polymerization reaction include polycarbonate oligomers or polymers or their degradation products. Further, the cleaning agent is maintained in contact with the surface for a period of time and at a temperature sufficient to substantially remove the residual reaction components from the surface.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2005Date of Patent: April 29, 2008Inventors: Hans-Peter Brack, Maarten Antoon Jan Campman, Laurus van der Wekke, Dennis James Patrick Maria Willemse
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Patent number: 7351683Abstract: The present invention relates to laundry additive sachets. The sachets comprise at least two compartments and may comprise further compartments. At least one of the compartments comprises a liquid laundry additive composition.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 2001Date of Patent: April 1, 2008Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Valerio Del Duca, Mario Albanesi, Gina Isoldi
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Patent number: 7325688Abstract: A pressurized pouch is made of a water-soluble material, preferably PVA film, to hold a concentrated product for later mixing in a bottle to provide a water solution. Because of the interior pressure, the water-soluble pouch retains a semi-rigid resilient shape that greatly facilitates its introduction through the neck of the bottle. The pressurized pouch can be made by either VFFS or HFFS machines wherein a puff of air is added prior to sealing. Alternatively, the pouch is made by filling it in a pressurized chamber.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2003Date of Patent: February 5, 2008Assignee: Gowan Milling Company, L.L.C.Inventors: Michael J. Tessmer, Robert D. Christiansen
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Patent number: 7304023Abstract: A composition in a water-soluble pouch is provided.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2005Date of Patent: December 4, 2007Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Bruno Matthieu Dasque, Nicola Ethel Davidson, Francesco de Buzzaccarini, James Charles Theophile Roger Burckett-St. Laurent, Valerio Del Duca, Frank William DeNome
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Patent number: 7273841Abstract: The invention relates to a water soluble container which contains a composition useful for hard surface cleaning. The composition comprises a cationic surfactant having germicidal properties, a short chain non-ionic surfactant, optionally, polyethylene glycol; and optionally, conventional additives, where the composition contains less than 25 percent water. The water soluble containers can be made by thermoforming or injection molding.Type: GrantFiled: May 9, 2002Date of Patent: September 25, 2007Assignee: Reckitt Benckiser IncInventors: Andrew Francis Colurciello, James Chi-Cheng Feng
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Patent number: 7271141Abstract: An aqueous liquid composition having a water content of between 20 and 50 wt. %, comprising at least one polyphosphate builder material, potassium ions and sodium ions, wherein the molar ratio of potassium to sodium is between 0.55:1 and 20:1.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2001Date of Patent: September 18, 2007Assignee: Reckitt Benckiser N.V. & Reckitt Benckiser (UK) LimitedInventors: Roger Kaiser, Ralf Wiedemann, Marcus Guzmann
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Patent number: 7271142Abstract: A particulate composition comprising particles which consist of a shell wall surrounding a hydrophilic core, wherein the shell wall is formed from a polymeric coacervate and wherein the particles comprise a polymeric amphipathic stabiliser. Also claimed is a process of producing a particulate composition comprising particles which consist of a shell wall surrounding a hydrophilic core, comprising the steps of a) forming an aqueous liquid that contains a wall building material that is capable of forming the shell wall by coacervation, b) dispersing the aqueous liquid into a water immiscible liquid, which comprises a stabilising substance to form a dispersion that comprises aqueous droplets dispersed in a continuous phase of water immiscible liquid, c) subjecting the dispersion to coacervation conditions, such that the wall building material coacervates at the surface of the aqueous doplets, characterised in that the stabilising substance comprises a polymeric amphipathic stabiliser.Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 2002Date of Patent: September 18, 2007Assignee: Ciba Specialty Chemicals Water Treatments LtdInventors: Kishor Kumar Mistry, Bryan David Grey
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Patent number: 7259134Abstract: Single or multi-compartment detergent pouch having walls composed of a water-soluble or dispersible water-containing polymer film, the pouch having at least one compartment containing a liquid composition and preferably at least one compartment containing a hygroscopic powder composition characterised in that the liquid composition comprises a moisture regulator system such that at equilibrium at 40% relative humidity and 21.1° C. (70° F.) the amount of water in the film is within about 30%, preferably within about 10% of that of the native film.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2004Date of Patent: August 21, 2007Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Dennis Allen Beckholt, Liben Hailu