Nonaqueous Liquid Patents (Class 510/338)
  • Patent number: 11555169
    Abstract: The invention relates to a cleaning product comprising: an inverted container assembly (10) comprising an inverted container (11) and a liquid dispenser (15) attached to a bottom surface (12) of the inverted container (11), and a viscous cleaning composition contained in the inverted container assembly (10).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Karl Ghislain Braeckman, Katrien Brouwers, Robby Renilde Francois Keuleers, Evelyne Johanna Lutgarde Vanhecke
  • Patent number: 11261407
    Abstract: A viscoelastic, solid-state surfactant composition for textile treatment, containing based on the total weight thereof (i) a total amount of 10% to 70% by weight of at least one surfactant, (ii) a total amount of more than 1% by weight of at least one benzylidene alditol compound of formula (I), and (iii) water, constitutes an easily soluble, aesthetically pleasing and storage-stable form of a solid-state composition for providing surfactant-containing liquors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Peter Schmiedel, Filiz Yapici, Boray Torun, Anna Klemmer, Michael Dreja
  • Patent number: 9453191
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a pourable thixotropic detergent composition comprising a continuous phase and at least 0.3 wt. % of suspended particles comprising water-soluble surfactant, said continuous phase containing at least 10 wt. % of an aminocarboxylate chelant and at least 10 wt. % of water and said water-soluble surfactant being selected from aryl sulfonate surfactant, alkyl sulfate surfactant and combinations thereof. The pourable detergent composition offers the advantage that it does not exhibit significant demixing during storage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2016
    Assignee: Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Maria Petra J van Deurzen, Robert Jan Moll
  • Patent number: 9217128
    Abstract: A composition is provided which is suitable for use in a cleaning or washing process. The composition is contained in an aqueous sensitive device and includes at least one aqueous sensitive component and a non-aqueous carrier component for stabilizing said aqueous sensitive component. The non-aqueous carrier component includes a mineral oil and a gelling agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2015
    Assignee: Chemlink Specialities LTD
    Inventors: Robert Barrie Ainscow, Robert Vernon Ainscow, Norman Charles Lowe
  • Patent number: 9034811
    Abstract: Concentrated cleaning formulations for removing debris from hard surfaces and textile surfaces. An exemplary formulation includes a mixture of the following chemical components, in specified proportions: glycerin; monopropylene glycol; triethylene glycol methyl ether; a non-ionic surfactant; an emulsifier; soya methyl ester or canola methyl ester, or both; and hydroxypropyl sulfonate; The formulation is free of water other than insignificant amounts present in the chemical components combined to make the mixture. Combining the formulation with water causes a temperature of the combination to increase above the temperatures of the water and the formulation before combining.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Inventors: David Edward Molnar, Peter McLean Harrison
  • Publication number: 20150065411
    Abstract: The need for a stable, compact composition providing improved fabric care benefit, that is also convenient to use, can be met by incorporating a cationic cellulose polymer into a non-aqueous composition, using a non-aqueous dispersant. Such compositions have good physical stability, with little or no clumping of the cationic polymer in particulate form.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2014
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Inventors: Regine LABEQUE, Rajaë BOULAICH, Marc JENNEWEIN
  • Publication number: 20140349907
    Abstract: The present invention relates to low pH, compact fluid laundry detergent compositions comprising branched surfactants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2014
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Applicant: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Gayle Marie FRANKENBACH, James William HOLDER, Stephen Joseph HODSON, Jan Richard DAVIS, Gregory Thomas WANING
  • Patent number: 8889610
    Abstract: The need for a stable, quick dissolving unit dose article delivering good fabric care benefit is met by combining a cationic polymer with a fatty acid or salt in a non-aqueous composition, that is comprised within a water-soluble or dispersible film. By combining the cationic polymer with the fatty acid, the cationic polymer is prevented from reducing the solubility of the encapsulating film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Regine Labeque, Peter Jos Emma Van Ginderen, Marc Jennewein
  • Patent number: 8853142
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods for producing liquid detergent products using a vessel comprising an inlet, an outlet, an agitation device, and an additive mixing zone disposed between the inlet and the outlet. The method comprises introducing an unstructured liquid detergent precursor into the inlet of the vessel; mixing an additive and the unstructured liquid detergent precursor in an additive mixing zone to form a combined additive detergent; adding a structurant to the combined additive detergent downstream of the additive mixing zone to form a liquid detergent product. The liquid detergent products may be used in a water-soluble pouch, for e.g., a multi-compartment water-soluble pouch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Francesc Corominas, Laurens Beelen, Mohamed Akalay
  • Patent number: 8846596
    Abstract: Liquid cleaning compositions are described herein that include a metal bleach catalyst which is a complex of a transition-metal and a macrocyclic ligand, the ligand having a calculated Octanol/Water Partition Coefficient value of from about ?1.50 to about ?0.10, a formulation enabling fraction comprising at least one formulation enabling ingredient, the formulation enabling fraction having a Hydrophilic Index of from about 4.0 to about 10.0, and a formulation deactivating fraction comprising at least one formulation deactivating ingredient that has a calculated Octanol/Water Partition Coefficient value of from about ?3.5 to about ?0.10.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Robert Richard Dykstra, Mario Elmen Tremblay, Xiaoru Jenny Wang, James Lee Danziger, Daniel Dale Ditullio, Jr., Consuelo Kong, Ismael Cotte-Rodriguez
  • 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
  • Publication number: 20140165296
    Abstract: A liquid detergent composition has a thickening system which comprises triethanolamine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2012
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Applicant: Reckitt Benckiser N.V.
    Inventors: Fabio Costiniti, Irene Bello, Laura Roscioli, Simone Scoizzato, Luigina Simonato, Ralf Wiedemann
  • Publication number: 20140037703
    Abstract: The present application relates to encapsulated benefit agents, compositions comprising such encapsulated benefit agents and processes for making and using compositions comprising such encapsulated benefit agents. Such encapsulated benefit agents eliminate or minimize one or more of the drawbacks of current encapsulated benefit agents and thus provide formulators with additional perfume delivery opportunities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2013
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Applicant: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Jiten Odhavji DIHORA, Johan (NMN) SMETS, Todd Arlin SCHWANTES, Peggy Dorothy SANDS
  • Patent number: 8629093
    Abstract: The present application relates to a compact liquid detergent composition comprising a mixture of chelants suitable for use in laundry cleaning.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2014
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Regine Labeque, Eugene Joseph Pancheri
  • Patent number: 8569385
    Abstract: The present invention provides for a composition comprising a silane having the formula: (R1)(R2)(R3)Si—R4—Si(R5)(R6)(R7) wherein R1, R2, R3, R5, and R6 are each independently selected from the group consisting of 1 to 6 monovalent hydrocarbon radicals, aryl, and a hydrocarbon group of 7 to 10 carbons containing an aryl group; R4 is a hydrocarbon group of 1 to 3 carbons; R7 comprises an anionic, cationic or zwitterionic substituent. The silanes of the present invention exhibit resistance to hydrolysis over a wide pH range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2013
    Assignee: Momentive Performance Materials Inc.
    Inventors: Mark D. Leatherman, George A. Policello, Wenqing N. Peng, Liping Zeng, Ronald Wagner, Suresh K. Rajamaran, Zijun Xia
  • 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
  • Patent number: 8206778
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a magnetic recording medium includes the steps of forming an intermediate layer that is electrically conductive over a non-magnetic substrate; forming an aluminum-containing layer on the intermediate layer; forming a plurality of micro pits in the aluminum-containing layer; generating an alumina-containing layer by anode oxidation of the aluminum-containing layer and simultaneously forming a plurality of nano holes in the alumina-containing layer originating from the plurality of micro pits respectively to expose the intermediate layer; cleaning and drying the plurality of nano holes using a fluid selected from the group consisting of a sub- and super-critical carbon dioxide fluid; and depositing a magnetic metal selectively through the plurality of nano holes on the intermediate layer to form a plurality of magnetic recording elements that collectively form a magnetic recording layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2012
    Assignee: Fuji Electric Device Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kouichi Tsuda
  • Publication number: 20120148636
    Abstract: A process for producing micronized dispersed micro-particles and to micro-particles produced by this process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2010
    Publication date: June 14, 2012
    Inventors: Colin Berrido, Peter Rabke, Hans-Jurgen Huppert
  • 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
  • Publication number: 20110252574
    Abstract: A process for making an anhydrous laundry liquid detergent base composition comprising detersive surfactant, the process comprising the steps of: a) providing a pre-neutralized sulphate detersive surfactant syrup wherein at least 50% of the sulphate detersive surfactant is pre-neutralized with an organic neutralizing agent; b) adding a neutralizing agent to the sulphate detersive surfactant syrup; and c) adding a sulphonic detersive surfactant in acid form to the mixture resulting from step b).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2011
    Publication date: October 20, 2011
    Inventor: Stephen Joseph HODSON
  • Publication number: 20110150949
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a liquid, cleaning and/or cleansing composition comprising abrasive cleaning particles, wherein said abrasive cleaning particles comprise a divinyl benzene cross-linked styrene polymer, wherein said abrasive cleaning particles are non-spherical and have a mean particles size D(v,0.9) of at least about 10 ?m and wherein said liquid, cleaning and/or cleansing composition comprises from about 0% to about 30% by weight of the composition of an organic solvent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2010
    Publication date: June 23, 2011
    Applicant: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Denis Alfred GONZALES, Martin Ian James, Geert Andre Deleersnyder, Steve Ray Merrigan, Thomas Allen Desmarais
  • Publication number: 20110143990
    Abstract: A laundry detergent composition comprising a graft copolymer of polyethylene, polypropylene or polybutylene oxide with vinyl acetate in a weight ratio of from about 1:0.2 to about 1:10; from about 0.2% to about 8% of organic solvent; and from about 2% to about 20% of a surfactant system; wherein said detergent composition is in a form selected from: liquid; gel; and combinations thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2011
    Publication date: June 16, 2011
    Inventors: Jean-Pol Boutique, James Lee Danziger, Frank Hulskotter, Frederik Vandenberghe, Robb Richard Gardner, Arturo Luis Casado-Dominguez
  • Publication number: 20110105428
    Abstract: The present invention provides for a composition comprising a silane having the formula: (R1)(R2)(R3)Si—R4—Si(R5)(R6)(R7) wherein R1, R2, R3, R5, and R6 are each independently selected from the group consisting of 1 to 6 monovalent hydrocarbon radicals, aryl, and a hydrocarbon group of 7 to 10 carbons containing an aryl group; R4 is a hydrocarbon group of 1 to 3 carbons; R7 comprises an anionic, cationic or zwitterionic substituent. The silanes of the present invention exhibit resistance to hydrolysis over a wide pH range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2010
    Publication date: May 5, 2011
    Applicant: Momentive Performance Materials Inc.
    Inventors: Mark D. LEATHERMAN, George A. Policello, Wenqing Peng, Liping Zheng, Roland Wagner, Suresh K. Rajaraman, Zijun Xia
  • Publication number: 20100240571
    Abstract: Fluid detergent compositions comprising an external structurant comprising dibenzylidene polyol acetal derivatives for providing desired rheological benefits such as product thickening, shear thinning behavior, as well as particle suspension capabilities, and a detersive enzyme such as lipase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2010
    Publication date: September 23, 2010
    Inventors: Jean-Pol Boutique, James Charles Theophile Roger Burckett St. Laurent, Myriam Boulliche, Dennis Allen Beckholt, Sohan Rajpanth Murthy, Mario Elmen Tremblay
  • Publication number: 20100210501
    Abstract: A structured liquid detergent composition in the form of a liquid matrix made up of an external structuring system of a bacterial cellulose network; water; and surfactant system including an anionic surfactant; a nonionic surfactant; a cationic surfactant; an ampholytic surfactant; a zwitterionic surfactant; or mixtures thereof, wherein said liquid matrix has a yield stress of from about 0.003 Pa to about 5.0 Pa at about 25° C. and provides suitable particle suspension capabilities and shear thinning characteristics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2009
    Publication date: August 19, 2010
    Inventors: Marco Caggioni, Rafael Ortiz, Freddy Arthur Barnabas, Raul Victorino Nunes, Janine A. Flood, Francesc Corominas
  • 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: 7704938
    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: December 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2010
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: John Christopher Deak, John Christian Haught, Joseph Michael Ladd, Jr., John Cort Severns, Christian Arthur Jacques K. Thoen, Jerome Howard Collins
  • Publication number: 20100056419
    Abstract: The instant disclosure relates to stable color maintenance and/or rejuvenation compositions comprising at least one cationic polymer and anionic surfactant, and methods for providing the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2009
    Publication date: March 4, 2010
    Inventors: Alessandro Corona, III, Brian W. Everingham, Gayle Marie Frankenbach, Rajan Keshav Panandiker, Beth Ann Schubert, Mark Robert Sivik, Kerry Andrew Vetter, Gregory Thomas Waning
  • Publication number: 20100029539
    Abstract: The present application relates to encapsulated benefit agents, compositions comprising such encapsulated benefit agents and processes for making and using compositions comprising such encapsulated benefit agents that do not require or require a reduced amount of scavenger materials. Such encapsulated benefit agents, compositions comprising such encapsulated benefit agents are processed such that no or lower levels of scavenger materials are required.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2009
    Publication date: February 4, 2010
    Inventors: Jiten Odhavji Dihora, Walter Franciscus Joanna Vanderveken, Sanford Theodore Kirksey, JR., John Charles Debraal, Robert Stanley Bobnock, Gary Thomas Hart, Adam Keith Druckrey
  • Publication number: 20100016205
    Abstract: The invention relates to the use of at least one ionic liquid or of a mixture of ionic liquids as a detergent for the cleaning of articles with a compressed gas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2009
    Publication date: January 21, 2010
    Applicant: Evonik Goldschmidt GmbH
    Inventor: Peter SCHWAB
  • Publication number: 20090233829
    Abstract: A multiphase cleaning composition comprises a first phase and a second ionic liquid phase, wherein the second phase is substantially immiscible with the first phase. The first phase may comprise, for example, an aqueous phase or a silicone solvent system. Methods of cleaning a soiled surface comprise contacting a soiled surface with a multiphase wash liquor including a first phase and a second ionic liquid phase, wherein the second phase is substantially immiscible with the first phase, and removing soils from the surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2009
    Publication date: September 17, 2009
    Inventors: Stacie Ellen Hecht, Kenneth Nathan Price, Patricia Sara Berger, Peter Robert Foley, Howard David Hutton, III, Michael Stanford Showell, Robb Richard Gardner, Raymond Louis Niehoff, Kenneth Richard Seddon, Harambage Quintas Nimal Gunaratne, Martyn Earle
  • Publication number: 20090221464
    Abstract: The present invention refers to a process to obtain a highly soluble linear alkylbenzene sulfonate (LAS). Specifically it comprises the addition, prior or after sulfonation of linear alkylbenzene and/or neutralization of linear alkylbenzene sulfonic acid of an hydrotropic composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2005
    Publication date: September 3, 2009
    Inventors: Jose Luis Berna Tejero, Jose Luis Goncalvez De Almeida, Ignacio Lopez Serrano
  • Publication number: 20090069209
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for washing fabric loads without water or using water only as a co-solvent are disclosed. One method of non-aqueous clothes washing includes the steps of disposing clothing in a wash container, delivering a wash liquor to the fabric load, the wash liquor comprising a substantially non-reactive, non-aqueous, non-oleophilic, apolar working fluid and at least one washing additive, applying mechanical energy to the clothing and wash liquor for a sufficient amount of time to provide fabric cleaning and, thereafter, substantially removing the wash liquor from the fabric load. The working fluid may be selected from the group consisting of perfluorocarbons, hydrofluoroethers, fluoronated hydrocarbons and fluoroinerts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2008
    Publication date: March 12, 2009
    Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
    Inventors: KURT A. ESTES, DANIEL C. CONRAD, MARK BRADLEY KOVICH, TREMITCHELL L. WRIGHT
  • 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
  • Publication number: 20090014034
    Abstract: Cleaning and/or benefit compositions comprising a formaldehyde-generating agent, particularly a formaldehyde-containing crosslinking agent, and a formaldehyde scavenger are disclosed. Processes for making and using the aforementioned compositions are further disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2008
    Publication date: January 15, 2009
    Inventors: Jiping Wang, Shannon Dale Wagers
  • Publication number: 20080293606
    Abstract: Defoamer compositions contain a carrier oil and at least one particulate filler of less than 40°, measured with water as a surrounding phase. The defoamers are surprisingly more active than prior art defoamers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2006
    Publication date: November 27, 2008
    Applicant: WACKER CHEMIE AG
    Inventors: Holger Rautschek, Christian Fehn, Heinz Hoffmann
  • 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: 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: 7271140
    Abstract: A stain removing composition having a mixture of N-methyl pyrrolidinone and at least one solvent from the group consisting of 3-pentanol, dipropylene glycol monomethyl ether, propylene glycol n-propyl ether, and diethylene glycol monobutyl ether. Preferably, the stain removing composition comprises, in percent by weight about 70-90%, N-methyl pyrrolidinone and about 10-30%, in percent by weight, at least one of the solvents from the group described above.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2007
    Assignee: Harris Research, Inc.
    Inventor: Edward E. Durrant
  • 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: 7189686
    Abstract: The invention relates to a water soluble container which containing concentrate composition useful for hard surface disinfecting and cleaning comprising: (a) at least one cationic surfactant having germicidal properties; (b) at least one non-ionic surfactant; (c) at least one organic solvent having a solubility in water of at least 4% wt.; (d) optionally, at least one alkanolamine; (e) optionally, at least one polyethylene glycol; and (f) optionally, up to about 10% wt. of one or more conventional additives selected from coloring agents, fragrances and fragrance solubilizers, viscosity modifying agents, other surfactants, other antimicrobial/germicidal agents, pH adjusting agents and pH buffers including organic and inorganic salts, optical brighteners, opacifying agents, hydrotropes, antifoaming agents, enzymes, anti-spotting agents, anti-oxidants, preservatives, and anti-corrosion agents; wherein said concentrate composition contains no more than 20% wt. water, and desirably contains less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2007
    Assignee: Reckitt Benckiser Inc.
    Inventors: Diane Joyce Burt, Delford Ian Christmas, James Chi-Cheng Feng, Lucia Krubasik, Ralph Gencarelli
  • Patent number: 7183247
    Abstract: A process for the production of a flowable suspension containing phthalimidoperoxyhexanoic acid by combining phthalimidoperoxyhexanoic acid in granular form with a liquid alcohol and grinding the combination to form a flowable suspension of the phthalimidoperoxyhexanoic acid in the alcohol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2007
    Assignee: Henkel Kommanditgesellschaft auf Aktien (Henkel KGaA)
    Inventors: Matthias Sunder, Christian Schoth, Theodor Voelkel, Dieter Nickel
  • 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: 7101835
    Abstract: Compositions for treating fabric articles, especially articles of clothing, linens and drapery, wherein the compositions provide improved cleaning of soils from and/or care of and/or treatment of fabric articles, especially while providing superior garment care for articles sensitive to water as compared to conventional fabric article treating compositions, are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2006
    Assignee: Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: John Christopher Deak, John Christian Haught, Joseph Michael Ladd, Jr., John Cort Severns, Christian Arthur Jacques K. Thoen, Jerome Howard Collins
  • 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: 6964942
    Abstract: Basic cleaning compositions using toxicologically-acceptable ingredients for cleaning fruits and vegetables are provided. Liquid formulations comprising detergent surfactant, such as oleate, alcohol ethoxylates, etc., and neutralized phosphoric acid are sprayed onto apples, lettuce and the like to remove soil and unwanted deposits, especially wax. Articles for applying the compositions to produce by spraying are disclosed. Use of the compositions for disinfectancy/sanitization of produce and cleaning/disinfectancy/sanitization of non-food inanimate surfaces are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2005
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Bruce Prentiss Murch, Brian Joseph Roselle, Kyle David Jones, Keith Homer Baker, Thomas Edward Ward, Toan Trinh
  • Patent number: 6949497
    Abstract: A liquid detergent composition comprising: a) an alkyl benzene sulfonic acid neutralized with an alkanolamine, said alkyl benzene sulfonic acid containing less than 25%, preferably less than 20%, of the 2-phenyl isomer; and b) an organic solvent; said composition containing less than 3 wt. % water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2005
    Assignee: Reckitt Benckiser N.V.
    Inventors: Antonio Cordellina, Giorgio Franzolin, Daniele Fregonese, Alessandro Latini, Sara Quaggia
  • Patent number: 6949496
    Abstract: The present invention relates to detergent compositions, especially liquid, granular and tablet forms of laundry detergent compositions, that comprise improved hydrotropes, wherein the hydrotropes are organic molecules in which two polar groups are separated from each other by at least 5 aliphatic carbon atoms; liquid compositions that contain such hydrotropes have a viscosity, dilution profile and dissolution behavior that render the product effective and convenient for use as a liquid laundry detergent composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2005
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Jean-Pol Boutique, Walter August Maria Broeckx, Steven Jozef Louis Coosemans, Lorenzo Matteo Pierre Gualco, James Pyott Johnston, Eric Tcheou, David William Ingram