Nonaqueous Liquid Patents (Class 510/304)
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Patent number: 11684065Abstract: The present invention relates to new, oil-based suspension concentrates of agrochemical active compounds, a process for the preparation of these formulations and their use for the application of the active compounds contained.Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 2016Date of Patent: June 27, 2023Assignee: BAYER CROPSCIENCE AKTIENGESELLSCHAFTInventors: Malcolm Faers, Oliver Gaertzen, Andreas Roechling, Arno Ratschinski
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Patent number: 9358195Abstract: Disclosed are stabilized body care products, household products, textiles and fabrics which comprise certain hindered nitroxyl, hydroxylamine and hydroxylamine salt compounds. Dyed products and articles are effectively stabilized against color degradation. The products are for example skin-care products, hair-care products, dentifrices, cosmetics, laundry detergents and fabric softeners, non-detergent based fabric care products, household cleaners and textile-care products.Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 2003Date of Patent: June 7, 2016Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Joseph Anthony Lupia, Joseph Suhadolnik
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Publication number: 20140274861Abstract: An anhydrous composition comprising a liquid phase, a dispersed solid phase and a processed clay mixture. The composition has a minimum amount of water and is surprisingly stable during its long-term storage, with no phase separation and minimal activated oxygen loss.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2013Publication date: September 18, 2014Applicant: CHURCH & DWIGHT CO., INC.Inventors: Elena Petrovicova, Steven A. Bolkan, Sarah Waite
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Patent number: 8637443Abstract: The invention provides solvent and cleaning compositions comprising an ionic surfactant, which preferably has a fluorinated portion thereof, and a solvent selected from hydrofluoro- and/or hydrochlorofluoro-olefins. Additionally, the invention provides drying, dry cleaning, and soil repellency compositions containing a hydrofluoro- or hydrochlorofluoro-olefin and said surfactant. Additionally, the invention provides drying compositions containing a hydrofluoro-olefin or hydrochlorofluoro-olefin and an alcohol such as methanol, ethanol or isopropanol.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2009Date of Patent: January 28, 2014Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.Inventors: Rajat Basu, Gary Zyhowski, Kane Cook, David Nalewajek
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Patent number: 8314057Abstract: The invention discloses synergistic combinations of surfactants blends and cleaning composition. In certain embodiments a surfactant system is disclosed which includes extended anionic surfactants, linker surfactants, and a multiply charged cation component. This system forms emulsions with, and can remove greasy and oily stains, even those comprised of non-trans fats. In another embodiment anionic surfactants are combined with a solvent, and amine oxide to remove sunscreen stains. The compositions may be used alone, as a pre-spotter or other pre-treatment or as a part of a soft surface or hard surface cleaning composition.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2010Date of Patent: November 20, 2012Assignee: Ecolab USA Inc.Inventors: Stephen B. Christensen, Joanna A. Pham, Victor Fuk-Pong Man, Michael Charles DeNoma, Yvonne Marie Killeen, Steven Eugene Lentsch, Dawn Lock
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Publication number: 20120289447Abstract: A stable, liquid bleach composition is disclosed. The composition comprises a peroxide-component, an enzyme component, and a solvent.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 10, 2011Publication date: November 15, 2012Applicant: CHURCH & DWIGHT CO., INC.Inventor: Steven T. ADAMY
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Patent number: 8273698Abstract: The present invention relates to siloxane compositions having a VOC of about 19 g/l, a flash point above 140° F., and a vapor pressure of less than seven millimeters of mercury (7 mm Hg). The siloxane compositions consist essentially of unsubstituted and/or alkylated cyclicsiloxanes having 5 or 6 silicon atoms, an alkylated cyclicsiloxane having 3 or 4 silicon atoms, a linear alkylated siloxane fluid, at least one alkylene glycol alkylether and an alkylene glycol having at least six carbon atoms.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2012Date of Patent: September 25, 2012Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the NavyInventor: El Sayed Arafat
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Patent number: 8153575Abstract: The present technology relates to compositions and processes for improved dry cleaning using densified carbon dioxide. The methods utilize a composition comprising densified carbon dioxide and a plurality of magnetic particles comprising a lipase wherein the lipase is immobilized on the surface of one or more of the plurality of magnetic particles.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2011Date of Patent: April 10, 2012Assignee: Empire Technology Development LLCInventor: Angele Sjong
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Patent number: 8148315Abstract: A method for uniform deposition of fabric care actives to a fabric article in a non-aqueous solvent based fabric treatment process; and compositions capable of uniformly depositing the fabric care actives on the fabric article being treated to achieve maximum benefit.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2004Date of Patent: April 3, 2012Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Keith Homer Baker, Julie Ann O'Neil, Victor Manuel Arredondo, Robb Richard Gardner, Jeffrey Scott Dupont, Mark Robert Sivik, Jeffrey Jon Hopkins, William Michael Scheper
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Patent number: 8124576Abstract: The present invention relates to a liquid detergent comprising less than 40% total water or non-amino functional solvent, alkyl benzene sulphonate surfactant comprising greater than 20% of the 2 phenyl isomer and a gel breaker selected from the group consisting of amino alcohol compounds having a molecular weight above 61 g/mol, wherein the composition has a ratio of total surfactant to total solvent of greater than 1:1.Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 2010Date of Patent: February 28, 2012Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventor: Florence Catherine Courchay
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Patent number: 7973002Abstract: A composition comprising phthalimidoperhexanoic acid (PAP) is provided. The PAP has a particle size of 0.01 to 100 ?m and a particle size distribution with x(50) of less than 10 ?m. Preferably the composition is a detergent composition.Type: GrantFiled: May 9, 2006Date of Patent: July 5, 2011Assignee: Reckitt Benckiser N.V.Inventors: Daniele Fregonese, Chris Efstathios Housmekerides, Pavlinka Roy, Ralf Wiedemann
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Patent number: 7935668Abstract: A detergent composition comprises an MGDA containing particulate material. The MGDA particulate is at least partially coated with a coating of a water soluble/dispersible material having a melting point of less than 100° C. The coating material exhibits a pH of greater than or equal to 7 in an aqueous medium.Type: GrantFiled: July 4, 2005Date of Patent: May 3, 2011Assignee: Reckitt Benckiser N.V.Inventors: Thomas Enkel, Mladen Nedic, Judith Preuschen
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Patent number: 7786065Abstract: A novel class of ionic liquids and methods for their preparation are disclosed. Specifically, these novel ionic liquids can be derived from peracid anions. The present invention also relates to compositions containing these novel ionic liquids and method of using the same.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 2006Date of Patent: August 31, 2010Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Stacie Ellen Hecht, Gregory Scot Miracle, Scott Leroy Cron, Michael Stanford Showell
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Patent number: 7704937Abstract: A composition for treating or cleaning fabric articles, especially articles of clothing, linen and drapery, wherein the composition comprises a lipophilic fluid, a polyalkyleneoxide polysiloxane surfactant, and a second surfactant.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2008Date of Patent: April 27, 2010Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: 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
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Patent number: 7700530Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a cleanser including a balance of components for providing consumers with an enhanced exfoliation experience that smoothes skin immediately and sustains the smooth feeling for an extended period of time. Additionally, the cleanser provides a simultaneous cleansing and warming effect to the consumer's skin. Particularly, in one embodiment, the cleanser includes a combination of a water soluble carrier, a warming agent, a water soluble silicone surfactant, and an exfoliant.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2008Date of Patent: April 20, 2010Assignee: Kimberly Clark Worldwide, Inc.Inventors: Stacy Averic Mundschau, Lisa Ann Flugge-Berendes, Scott W. Wenzel, Uyen TuongNgoc Lam, Corey Thomas Cunningham
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Patent number: 7488352Abstract: A dry cleaning process for in-home dry cleaning comprising a dry cleaning step of contacting a laundry article stained with particulate soil with a dry cleaning composition wherein the liquor to cloth ratio (w/w) (LCR) is at most 20, and wherein the composition comprises a) a non-flammable, non-chlorine containing organic dry cleaning solvent; b) a cleaning effective amount of an acid surfactant.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 2003Date of Patent: February 10, 2009Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, division of Conopco, Inc.Inventors: Johannes Maria Evers, Machiel Goedhart, Freddie Kerpels, Cornelis Gerhard Van Kralingen, Pieter Everhardus Overdevest, Hank Robert Reinhoudt, Karin Vrieswijk
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Patent number: 7462589Abstract: A delivery system for uniform deposition of fabric care actives to a fabric article in a non-aqueous solvent based fabric treatment process; and compositions capable of uniformly depositing the fabric care actives on the fabric article being treated to achieve maximum benefit.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2004Date of Patent: December 9, 2008Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Keith Homer Baker, Julie Ann O'Neil, Victor Manuel Arredondo, Robb Richard Gardner, Jeffrey Scott Dupont, Mark Robert Sivik, Jeffrey Jon Hopkins, William Michael Scheper
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Patent number: 7452384Abstract: A dry cleaning process for in-home dry cleaning comprising a low-aqueous dry cleaning step of contacting a laundry article with a low-aqueous dry cleaning composition, wherein said composition comprises a non-flammable, non-chlorine containing organic dry cleaning solvent, water and surfactant, whereby the water to cloth ratio (w/w) is less than 0.45 and the water to surfactant ratio (w/w) is at most 1.5, wherein said organic dry cleaning solvent is selected from hydrofluorocarbon, hydrofluoroether and siloxane solvent.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2003Date of Patent: November 18, 2008Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, division of Conopco, Inc.Inventors: Johannes Maria Evers, Machiel Goedhart, Freddie Kerpels, Cornelis Gerhard Van Kralingen, Pieter Everhardus Overdevest, Hank Robert Reinhoudt, Karin Vrieswijk
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Patent number: 7452383Abstract: A dry cleaning process for in-home dry cleaning comprising a low aqueous dry cleaning step of contacting a laundry article with a low aqueous dry cleaning composition wherein the liquor to cloth ratio (w/w) (LCR) is at most 20, and wherein said low aqueous composition comprises: a) at least one non-flammable, non-chlorine containing organic dry cleaning solvent; b) 0.01 to 0.9 wt. % water and c) a cleaning effective amount of a surfactant wherein said surfactant comprises at least one anionic headgroup.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 2003Date of Patent: November 18, 2008Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, Division of Conopco, Inc.Inventors: Johannes Maria Evers, Machiel Goedhart, Freddie Kerpels, Cornelis Gerhard Van Kralingen, Pieter Everhardus Overdevest, Hank Robert Reinhoudt, Karin Vrieswijk
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Patent number: 7439216Abstract: A composition for treating or cleaning fabric articles, especially articles of clothing, linen and drapery, wherein the composition comprises a lipophilic fluid, a polyalkyleneoxide polysiloxane surfactant, and a second surfactant.Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 2005Date of Patent: October 21, 2008Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: 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
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Patent number: 7435713Abstract: Compositions and methods for removing and/or reducing incidental soils from fabric articles, especially articles of clothing, linen and drapery, wherein the compositions provide improved cleaning of incidental soils, either with or without a subsequent wash process or other entire fabric care process are provided. The compositions and methods are safe for use on a wide range of fabric articles, even in the home.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2005Date of Patent: October 14, 2008Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: William Michael Scheper, Michael Stanford Showell, Hiroshi Oh, David Lee Daugherty
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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: 7390778Abstract: A composition for treating fabrics, comprising: a) a fabric shrinkage reducing composition selected from the group consisting of ethylene glycol, all isomers of propanediol, butanediol, pentanediol, hexanediol and mixtures thereof; b) a liquid cleaning/refreshment composition. The fabric shrinkage reducing composition and the liquid cleaning/refreshment composition are releasably absorbed in a substrate in a weight ratio of from about 1:2 to about 1:5. The fabric shrinkage reducing composition helps to reduce shrinkage of the fabrics treated in an in-home, non-immersion cleaning and refreshing process which is conducted in a clothes dryer, or the like apparatus. Also provided are non-immersion cleaning/refreshment processes using this composition, a kit containing the necessary items to conduct the processes of this invention and a sheet for releasably absorbing the compositions of this invention.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 1999Date of Patent: June 24, 2008Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Janine Morgens Strang, Michael Peter Siklosi
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Patent number: 7344656Abstract: Stable oxidizing compositions and a method of preparing such compositions are presented. The compositions include a peroxygen, for example, a potassium monopersulfate or, percarbonate particle suspended in an alcoholic gel. The alcohol content in the gel is such that the peroxygen particle is prevented from coming into contact with water during storage, thereby helping maintain a high available oxygen level. When the alcoholic gel is mixed with water, it becomes less viscous and exposes the peroxygen particle to the water. The peroxygen is ready for use when it dissolves in the water.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2004Date of Patent: March 18, 2008Assignee: Truox, Inc.Inventor: Perry L. Martin
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Patent number: 7335630Abstract: The invention is directed to aqueous liquid laundry detergent compositions for cleaning and imparting fabric care benefits to fabrics laundered therewith. Such compositions comprise (A) at least one detersive surfactant; (B) droplets of a silicone blend comprising a nitrogen-containing amino or ammonium functionalized polysiloxane and a nitrogen-free non-functionalized polysiloxane; and (C) at least one additional non-silicone laundry adjunct selected from detersive enzymes, dye transfer inhibiting agents, optical brighteners, suds suppressors and combinations thereof. The functionalized polysiloxane component of the silicone blend has a relatively low, i.e., less than 30 mol %, content of reactive/curable groups, a nitrogen content which ranges from 0.05% to 0.30% by weight and a viscosity which ranges from 0.00002 m2/s to 0.2 m2/s. The nitrogen-free non-functionalized polysiloxane material ranges in viscosity from 0.01 m2/sec to 2.0 m2/sec.Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 2005Date of Patent: February 26, 2008Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Patrick Firmin August Delplancke, Jean-Pol Boutique, Stefano Scialla, Connie Lynn Sheets, James Charles Theophile Roger Burckett St Laurent, Hugo Robert Germain Denutte
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Patent number: 7326676Abstract: The invention is directed to aqueous liquid laundry detergent compositions for cleaning and imparting fabric care benefits to fabrics laundered therewith. Such compositions comprise (A) at least one detersive surfactant; (B) droplets of a silicone blend comprising a nitrogen-containing amino or ammonium functionalized polysiloxane and a nitrogen-free non-functionalized polysiloxane; and (C) at least one additional non-silicone laundry adjunct selected from detersive enzymes, dye transfer inhibiting agents, optical brighteners, suds suppressors and combinations thereof. The functionalized polysiloxane component of the silicone blend has a relatively low, i.e., less than 30 mol %, content of reactive/curable groups, a nitrogen content which ranges from 0.05% to 0.50% by weight and a viscosity which ranges from 0.00002 m2/s to 0.2 m2/s. The nitrogen-free, non-functionalized polysiloxane material ranges in viscosity from 0.01 m2/sec to 2.0 m2/sec.Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 2004Date of Patent: February 5, 2008Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Patrick Firmin August Delplancke, Jean-Pol Boutique, Stefano Scialla, Gregory Leo Jervier, Connie Lynn Sheets
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Patent number: 7326677Abstract: The invention is directed to liquid laundry detergent compositions for treating non-keratinous substrates under domestic wash conditions, such composition comprise (A) at least one surfactant selected from the group consisting of anionic surfactants, nonionic surfactants, zwitterionic surfactants, amphoteric surfactants, and combinations thereof; (B) a silicone blend comprising a non-functionalized silicone and a functionalized silicone; and (C) at least one additional non-silicone laundry adjunct selected from the group consisting of detergent builders, detersive enzymes, dye transfer inhibiting agents, and combinations thereof. The claimed compositions are further essentially free of any coacervate phase-forming polymer and essentially free of any cationic deposition aid.Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 2004Date of Patent: February 5, 2008Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Patrick Firmin August Delplancke, Jean-Pol Boutique, Stefano Scialla, Gregory Leo Jervier, Connie Lynn Sheets
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Patent number: 7319085Abstract: The present invention relates to methods to treat fabrics with lipophilic fluid, a polar phase and bleach system. The present invention is also directed to compositions containing lipophilic fluid, a polar phase and a bleach system.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2005Date of Patent: January 15, 2008Assignee: The PRocter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Gregory Scot Miracle, Cynthia Marie Stark, Michael Eugene Burns, John Christian Haught, William Michael Scheper
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Patent number: 7220715Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 13, 2006Date of Patent: May 22, 2007Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Co.Inventors: Chanchal Kumar Ghosh, John Christian Haught
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Patent number: 7202202Abstract: The present invention relates to a surfactant system and a consumable detergent composition comprising the same.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2004Date of Patent: April 10, 2007Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Donna Jean Haeggberg, John Christian Haught, Kelli Alison Fleisch, William Michael Scheper, Keith Homer Baker, Robb Richard Gardner
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Patent number: 7125831Abstract: The invention can provide a detergent composition for dry cleaning which comprises a nonionic surfactant as the component (a), a cyclic polysiloxane as the component (b) and a polyether modified silicone having a HLB value of at most 6 as the component (c), wherein the content of the component (a) is 5 to 70% by weight based on the total weight of the components (a), (b) and (c), the content of the total of the components (b) and (c) is 30 to 95% by weight based on the same, and the ratio by weight of the component (b) to the component (c) {b/c} is 1/10 to 20/1 and a detergent liquid for dry cleaning using the above detergent composition.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2002Date of Patent: October 24, 2006Assignee: NOF CorporationInventors: Takaya Azuma, Susumu Shirouzu
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Patent number: 7105477Abstract: The liquid detergent composition is provided with a high detergency and ensuring a good dispersion stability of builder particles and comprises a liquid dispersion containing (a) 30 mass % or more of a specific inorganic builder particle and (b) a block or graft polymer having a carboxyl group (i) and a polymer chain (ii), having, as its structural unit, an alkyleneoxy group, the composition having a viscosity (25° C.) of 3000 mPa·s or less and a volumetric separation rate (25° C., allowed to stand for 30 days) of 5% or less.Type: GrantFiled: May 7, 2002Date of Patent: September 12, 2006Assignee: Kao CorporationInventors: Osamu Takiguchi, Koji Yui, Takashi Oda
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Patent number: 7074748Abstract: The present invention relates to a liquid composition comprising a transparent or translucent liquid medium and solid particles contained within the liquid medium wherein the liquid medium comprises less than 10% by weight of water and the composition is contained within a pouch made from a transparent or translucent water-soluble material, so that the individual solid particles are visible from outside the pouch. Preferably the solid particles have a mean geometric diameter of between 0.5 mm and 12 mm.Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 2003Date of Patent: July 11, 2006Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Vincent John Becks, Eugene Steven Sadlowski
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Patent number: 7053033Abstract: Methods and compositions to treat fabrics with lipophilic fluid and a specific fabric care active are provided by the present invention.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2004Date of Patent: May 30, 2006Assignee: Procter & Gamble CompanyInventor: William Michael Scheper
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Patent number: 6987086Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 10, 2002Date of Patent: January 17, 2006Assignee: Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: John Christopher Deak, Robert James Perry
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Patent number: 6939837Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 4, 2001Date of Patent: September 6, 2005Assignee: Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: 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
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Patent number: 6900166Abstract: A process for dry cleaning laundry articles comprising at least one dry cleaning step followed by at least one regeneration step wherein said regeneration step comprises contacting the articles with a regeneration composition comprising 0 to 10 wt. % of a surfactant; 0.001 to 10 wt. % of water; 0 to 50 wt. % of a cosolvent and the balance being organic dry cleaning solvent, preferably a non-flammable, non-chlorine containing organic dry cleaning solvent, wherein the regeneration composition comprises an aqueous phase having a pH of at least 5.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2002Date of Patent: May 31, 2005Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, division of Conopco, Inc.Inventors: Joop Evers, Machiel Goedhart, Fred Kerpels, Cornelis Gerhard Kralingen van, Pieter Everhardus Overdevest, Hank Robert Reinhoudt, Karin Vrieswijk
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Patent number: 6884765Abstract: A process for cleaning textile fabric without the need for conventional detergent systems comprising agitating the fabric in a composition comprising at least two immiscible liquids, for example, perchloroethylene or petroleum ether and water, having at least one liquid-liquid interface with an interfacial tension of at least 5 mN/m, preferably at least 10 mN/m, and where the concentration of the most polar liquid in the composition is from 10 to 90% by volume.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2001Date of Patent: April 26, 2005Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA division of Conopco, Inc.Inventor: Vijaya Milind Bargaje
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Patent number: 6846790Abstract: A sequential process for dry cleaning laundry articles is provided comprising a) at least one non-aqueous dry cleaning step, b) at least one low-aqueous dry cleaning step, and, optionally, at least one rinsing step.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2002Date of Patent: January 25, 2005Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, division of Conopco, Inc.Inventors: Joop Evers, Machiel Goedhart, Fred Kerpels, Cornelis Gerhard Kralingen van, Pieter Everhardus Overdevest, Hank Robert Reinhoudt, Karin Vrieswijk
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Patent number: 6734153Abstract: Methods and compositions to treat fabrics with lipophilic fluid and a specific fabric care active are provided by the present invention.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2002Date of Patent: May 11, 2004Assignee: Procter & Gamble CompanyInventor: William Michael Scheper
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Patent number: 6683038Abstract: This invention relates to a pouched liquid composition which comprises an alkoxylated amine, imine, amide or imide compound, small amount of water and specific levels high ionic strength chelating agents.Type: GrantFiled: August 1, 2001Date of Patent: January 27, 2004Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Peter Jens Forth, Etinne Maria Betty Andre Jeuniaux, Hilde Christina Jozef Aelbrecht
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Patent number: 6677288Abstract: There is provided a targeted bleaching composition comprising an organic substance which forms a complex with a transition metal, the complex catalyzing bleaching of a substrate by a precursor selected from atmospheric oxygen and/or a peroxyl species. The complex is bound to a recognizing portion having a high binding affinity for stains present on fabrics.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2001Date of Patent: January 13, 2004Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, division of Conopco, Inc.Inventors: Bernard Lucas Feringa, Ronald Hage, Steven Howell, Neil James Parry, Johannes Gerardhus Roelfes, Cornelis Theodorus Verrips
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Patent number: 6673764Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions and methods for improving the visual properties of a wash process which utilizes lipophilic fluid (e.g., siloxane solvent) by coloring agents, sudsing agents and mixtures thereof.Type: GrantFiled: May 4, 2001Date of Patent: January 6, 2004Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: John Cort Severns, Frederick Anthony Hartman, Christiaan Arthur Jacques Kamiel Thoen, Paul Amaat France, Phillip Kyle Vinson, James Charles Theophile Roger Burckett-St. Laurent, Joseph Michael Ladd, Jr.
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Patent number: 6670317Abstract: Fabric care compositions comprising a perfume, methods for using such compositions and systems for their use in a lipophilic fluid treatment process are provided. More particularly, the present invention relates to fabric care compositions and systems comprising a perfume, and methods for using such compositions in the cleaning and treatment of garments with a lipophilic fluid.Type: GrantFiled: May 4, 2001Date of Patent: December 30, 2003Assignee: Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: John Cort Severns, Toan Trinh, Robert Piller Fox
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Patent number: 6660703Abstract: Methods and compositions to treat fabrics with lipophilic fluid and a rebuild agent are provided by the present invention.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2002Date of Patent: December 9, 2003Assignee: Procter & Gamble CompanyInventor: William Michael Scheper
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Patent number: 6605580Abstract: A bleaching composition is provided comprising a) a bleach-effective amount of an inorganic bleaching agent; b) a bleach-compatible solvent c) 0 to 10 wt % of a surfactant; d) less than 10 wt % of a modifier; and e) an effective dry cleaning amount of densified carbon dioxide, said composition being essentially free of organic peracid or precursor thereof.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2000Date of Patent: August 12, 2003Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, division of Conopco, Inc.Inventors: Dirk Johannes Bijl, Ronald Hage, Jan Kevelam, Jean Hypolites Koek, Dennis Stephen Murphy, Irene Erica Smit, Johannes Jacob Verhagen, Pieter van der Vlist
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Patent number: 6566318Abstract: Laundry or cleaning composition comprising: (a) an effective amount, preferably from about 0.0001% to about 99.9%, more typically from about 0.1% to about 25%, of a bleach activator and/or organic percarboxylic acid; (b) a catalytically effective amount, preferably from about 1 ppb to about 99.9%, of a transition-metal bleach catalyst which is a complex of a transition-metal and a cross-bridged macropolycyclic ligand; and (c) at least about 0.1% of one or more laundry or cleaning adjunct materials, preferably comprising an oxygen bleaching agent. Preferred compositions are laundry compositions and automatic dishwashing detergents which provide enhanced cleaning/bleaching benefits through the use of such catalysts in combination with bleach activators and/or organic percarboxylic acids.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2002Date of Patent: May 20, 2003Inventors: Christopher Mark Perkins, Regine Labeque, Barbara Kay Williams, James Pyott Johnston, David Johnathan Kitko, James Charles Theophile Roger Burckett-St. Laurent, Michael Eugene Burns
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Patent number: 6562775Abstract: The present invention provides a process for inhibiting the re-absorption of migrating dyes in the wash liquor, comprising introducing into a wash liquor containing a peroxide-containing detergent, from 0.5 to 150 mg per liter of wash liquor, of one or more manganese containing compounds.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2002Date of Patent: May 13, 2003Assignee: Ciba Specialty Chemicals CorporationInventors: Frank Bachmann, Josef Dannacher, Martin Studer, Beat Freiermuth, Cornelia Makowka, Peter Weingartner, Grit Richter, Gunther Schlingloff
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Patent number: 6562774Abstract: A bleaching composition is provided comprising a) a bleach-effective amount of a low-active oxygen bleaching agent; b) a bleach-compatible solvent c) 0 to 10 wt % of a surfactant; d) less than 10 wt % of a modifier; and e) an effective dry cleaning amount of densified carbon dioxide, said composition being essentially free of carbon dioxide soluble organic peracid.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2000Date of Patent: May 13, 2003Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Case USA, division of Conopco, Inc.Inventors: Dirk Johannes Bijl, Ronald Hage, Jan Kevelam, Jean Hypolites Koek, Dennis Stephen Murphy, Irene Erica Smit, Johannes Jacob Verhagen, Pieter Van Der Vlist
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Patent number: 6537958Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for preparing a pre-formed peroxycarboxylic acid and a bleaching comprising same. These compositions are suitable to deliver improved bleaching performance while also being safe to color and fabric. Furthermore the compositions herein are also chemically and physically stable upon prolonged periods of storage time.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 2001Date of Patent: March 25, 2003Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Gloria Di Capua, Pierre Antoine Dresco, Stefano Scialla