Nonaqueous Liquid Patents (Class 510/304)
  • Patent number: 11684065
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: BAYER CROPSCIENCE AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Malcolm Faers, Oliver Gaertzen, Andreas Roechling, Arno Ratschinski
  • Patent number: 9358195
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Joseph Anthony Lupia, Joseph Suhadolnik
  • Publication number: 20140274861
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: CHURCH & DWIGHT CO., INC.
    Inventors: Elena Petrovicova, Steven A. Bolkan, Sarah Waite
  • Patent number: 8637443
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2014
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Rajat Basu, Gary Zyhowski, Kane Cook, David Nalewajek
  • Patent number: 8314057
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2012
    Assignee: 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
  • Publication number: 20120289447
    Abstract: A stable, liquid bleach composition is disclosed. The composition comprises a peroxide-component, an enzyme component, and a solvent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2011
    Publication date: November 15, 2012
    Applicant: CHURCH & DWIGHT CO., INC.
    Inventor: Steven T. ADAMY
  • Patent number: 8273698
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2012
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventor: El Sayed Arafat
  • Patent number: 8153575
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: Empire Technology Development LLC
    Inventor: Angele Sjong
  • Patent number: 8148315
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2012
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: 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
  • Patent number: 8124576
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2012
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventor: Florence Catherine Courchay
  • Patent number: 7973002
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2011
    Assignee: Reckitt Benckiser N.V.
    Inventors: Daniele Fregonese, Chris Efstathios Housmekerides, Pavlinka Roy, Ralf Wiedemann
  • Patent number: 7935668
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: July 4, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2011
    Assignee: Reckitt Benckiser N.V.
    Inventors: Thomas Enkel, Mladen Nedic, Judith Preuschen
  • Patent number: 7786065
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2010
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Stacie Ellen Hecht, Gregory Scot Miracle, Scott Leroy Cron, Michael Stanford Showell
  • Patent number: 7704937
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2010
    Assignee: The 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
  • Patent number: 7700530
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2010
    Assignee: Kimberly Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Stacy Averic Mundschau, Lisa Ann Flugge-Berendes, Scott W. Wenzel, Uyen TuongNgoc Lam, Corey Thomas Cunningham
  • Patent number: 7488352
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2009
    Assignee: 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
  • Patent number: 7462589
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2008
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: 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
  • Patent number: 7452383
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2008
    Assignee: 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
  • Patent number: 7452384
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2008
    Assignee: 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
  • Patent number: 7439216
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2008
    Assignee: The 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
  • Patent number: 7435714
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2008
    Assignee: Evonik Degussa GmbH
    Inventors: Ulrike Kottke, Silke Stoschek, Klaus Zimmermann, Ralph Overdick, Michael Fender, Harald Jakob
  • Patent number: 7435713
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2008
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: William Michael Scheper, Michael Stanford Showell, Hiroshi Oh, David Lee Daugherty
  • Patent number: 7390778
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2008
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Janine Morgens Strang, Michael Peter Siklosi
  • Patent number: 7344656
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2008
    Assignee: Truox, Inc.
    Inventor: Perry L. Martin
  • Patent number: 7335630
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2008
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Patrick Firmin August Delplancke, Jean-Pol Boutique, Stefano Scialla, Connie Lynn Sheets, James Charles Theophile Roger Burckett St Laurent, Hugo Robert Germain Denutte
  • Patent number: 7326676
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2008
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Patrick Firmin August Delplancke, Jean-Pol Boutique, Stefano Scialla, Gregory Leo Jervier, Connie Lynn Sheets
  • Patent number: 7326677
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2008
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Patrick Firmin August Delplancke, Jean-Pol Boutique, Stefano Scialla, Gregory Leo Jervier, Connie Lynn Sheets
  • Patent number: 7319085
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2008
    Assignee: The PRocter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Gregory Scot Miracle, Cynthia Marie Stark, Michael Eugene Burns, John Christian Haught, William Michael Scheper
  • Patent number: 7220715
    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: February 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2007
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Co.
    Inventors: Chanchal Kumar Ghosh, John Christian Haught
  • Patent number: 7202202
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a surfactant system and a consumable detergent composition comprising the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2007
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Donna Jean Haeggberg, John Christian Haught, Kelli Alison Fleisch, William Michael Scheper, Keith Homer Baker, Robb Richard Gardner
  • Patent number: 7125831
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2006
    Assignee: NOF Corporation
    Inventors: Takaya Azuma, Susumu Shirouzu
  • Patent number: 7105477
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2006
    Assignee: Kao Corporation
    Inventors: Osamu Takiguchi, Koji Yui, Takashi Oda
  • Patent number: 7074748
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2006
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Vincent John Becks, Eugene Steven Sadlowski
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Patent number: 6900166
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2005
    Assignee: 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
  • Patent number: 6884765
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2005
    Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventor: Vijaya Milind Bargaje
  • Patent number: 6846790
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2005
    Assignee: 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
  • Patent number: 6734153
    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: December 17, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2004
    Assignee: Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventor: William Michael Scheper
  • Patent number: 6683038
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2004
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Peter Jens Forth, Etinne Maria Betty Andre Jeuniaux, Hilde Christina Jozef Aelbrecht
  • Patent number: 6677288
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2004
    Assignee: 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
  • Patent number: 6673764
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2004
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: 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.
  • Patent number: 6670317
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2003
    Assignee: Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: John Cort Severns, Toan Trinh, Robert Piller Fox
  • Patent number: 6660703
    Abstract: Methods and compositions to treat fabrics with lipophilic fluid and a rebuild agent are provided by the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2003
    Assignee: Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventor: William Michael Scheper
  • Patent number: 6605580
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2003
    Assignee: 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
  • Patent number: 6566318
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2003
    Inventors: Christopher Mark Perkins, Regine Labeque, Barbara Kay Williams, James Pyott Johnston, David Johnathan Kitko, James Charles Theophile Roger Burckett-St. Laurent, Michael Eugene Burns
  • Patent number: 6562774
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2003
    Assignee: 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
  • Patent number: 6562775
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2003
    Assignee: Ciba Specialty Chemicals Corporation
    Inventors: Frank Bachmann, Josef Dannacher, Martin Studer, Beat Freiermuth, Cornelia Makowka, Peter Weingartner, Grit Richter, Gunther Schlingloff
  • Patent number: 6537958
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2003
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Gloria Di Capua, Pierre Antoine Dresco, Stefano Scialla