Sulfur Containing Anionically Substituted Surfactant Which Is Admixed With A Diverse Non-soap Surfactant Patents (Class 510/351)
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Patent number: 12139692Abstract: A laundry scent additive having polyethylene glycol repeat units and perfume. The laundry scent additive enables consumers to control the amount of scent imparted to their laundry.Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 2023Date of Patent: November 12, 2024Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventor: Yousef Georges Aouad
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Patent number: 12006488Abstract: The invention relates to solidification of liquid amine oxide, betaine, and/or sultaine surfactants with a carrier to form a solidified surfactant composition. In particular, the invention relates to solidification of liquid surfactants utilizing drying device(s), wherein the feed composition contains at least one liquid surfactant and a carrier to form a solidified surfactant composition. The solidified surfactant compositions can be useful in various cleaning compositions.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2021Date of Patent: June 11, 2024Assignee: ECOLAB USA INC.Inventors: Wendy Lo, Erik C. Olson, Jon D. Hansen, Katherine Molinaro, Corey Rosenthal
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Patent number: 11891589Abstract: Fabric care compositions that include a graft copolymer, which may include (a) a polyalkylene oxide, such as polyethylene oxide (PEG); (b) N-vinylpyrrolidone (VP); and (c) a vinyl ester, such as vinyl acetate. Methods and uses relating to such compositions and/or graft copolymers.Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 2022Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Renae Dianna Fossum, Lidiany Gonzalez, Elaine Marie Burt, Jan Ole Mueller, Dieter Hannu Boeckh, Dawid Marczewski
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Patent number: 11718057Abstract: Apparatus for pressing and drying a pre-defined amount of waste includes a metal main frame positioned to provide rigid support, and a body mechanically linked to the main frame through a plurality of linkage plates. The apparatus also includes an inlet vertically mounted on the body and a twin screw assembly to press and dehydrate the pre-defined amount of waste. A plurality of mesh screens is rigidly linked to the main frame along the longitudinal axis of the apparatus to remove compressed liquid. The body is also designed to support rotation of the twin screw assembly, and the inlet includes an ingress cross-sectional opening to receive the pre-defined amount of waste.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2019Date of Patent: August 8, 2023Inventor: Albert Avedis Mardikian
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Patent number: 11697727Abstract: A modified starch product includes a quantity of particles, each having a starch core with an intermediate polymer coating and an exterior coating of a nano-silica. A method for manufacturing a modified starch product including admixing to a silicate and water to form a nano-silica solution; admixing an original starch and a polymer to form particles with a starch core having an intermediate polymer layer; admixing the nano-silica solution and the starch particles having an intermediate polymer layer to form a suspension of the modified starch product; dewatering the suspension of the modified starch product; and drying the modified starch product to form the modified starch having particles including the starch core with the intermediate polymer coating and the exterior coating of a nano-silica. A rubber formulation includes a quantity of elastomer and a quantity of the modified starch. The particles are substantially evenly distributed throughout the elastomer.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2020Date of Patent: July 11, 2023Assignee: THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANYInventors: Yusheng Chen, Abdul Awal
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Patent number: 11008502Abstract: Disclosed are compositions and methods for use in oil and gas operations.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2019Date of Patent: May 18, 2021Assignees: Chevron U.S.A. Inc., Chevron Oronite Company LLCInventors: Dennis A. Alexis, Gayani Pinnawala Arachchilage, Varadarajan Dwarakanath, Do Hoon Kim, Taimur Malik, Gregory A. Winslow, Aaron Wilhelm
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Patent number: 10351800Abstract: Provided are amine-neutralized anionic surfactants and their use in detergent formulations. The amine-neutralized an ionic surfactants are of the formula I, as described herein.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2016Date of Patent: July 16, 2019Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLCInventor: Vikram Prasad
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Publication number: 20150135446Abstract: A method for treating laundry spraying a liquid with dissolved detergent into a drum holding laundry, delaying for a predetermined time period after spraying the liquid to allow the detergent to be absorbed in the laundry, spraying steam into the drum to rinse the laundry, and supplying heated air into the drum to dry the laundry. The detergent including 5 to 10 wt % of polyoxyethylene alkylether, 3 to 10 wt % of sodium ethylhexyl sulfate, and the balance of water.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 14, 2014Publication date: May 21, 2015Inventors: Minji KIM, Sungmin YE, Jeongyun KIM
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Patent number: 9018152Abstract: A liquid detergent composition containing (A) 10 to 70 mass % of a nonionic surfactant, (B) 1 to 15 mass % of an anionic surfactant, (C) 0.01 to 2 mass % of a protease, and (D) 0.001 to 0.1 mass % of at least one compound selected from the group consisting of thiazole-based compounds and sulfur-containing amino acids.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2011Date of Patent: April 28, 2015Assignee: LION CorporationInventors: Hirotsugu Ogura, Hiroaki Shindo
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Patent number: 8987179Abstract: The invention relates to compositions containing a) 45 to 65 wt. % of one or more secondary paraffin sulfonates with 8 to 22 carbon atoms, b) 1 to 10 wt. % of one or more alcohol alkoxylates which are produced from the reaction of alcohols R—OH, wherein R is an alkyl group with 4 to 8 carbon atoms, with alkoxylating agents selected from ethylene oxide, propylene oxide, or mixtures thereof and which contain on average 1 to 10 mol of structural units derived from the alkoxylating agents per 1 mol of structural units derived from the alcohols, and c) 25 to 52 wt. % water, in relation to the total weight of the composition in each case. The compositions can be used in an advantageous manner for producing washing and cleaning agents.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2011Date of Patent: March 24, 2015Assignee: Weylchem Switzerland AGInventors: Johannes Himmrich, Wolfgang Walther
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Patent number: 8969280Abstract: The present invention is directed to visually contrasting aesthetic particles having increased water solubility, particularly useful for combination with granular laundry detergent composition.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2013Date of Patent: March 3, 2015Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Richard Lock, Michael Pickstock
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Publication number: 20150031593Abstract: The invention relates to a liquid detergent or cleaning agent, comprising a) an anionic surfactant neutralized with an amine, b) an alkoxylated oxo alcohol having 7 or 8 alkoxy units, and c) up to 10 wt. %, relative to the entire detergent or cleaning agent, of water. The liquid detergent or cleaning agent has very good cleaning performance toward soiling containing fat and can be a component of water-soluble packagings.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 25, 2013Publication date: January 29, 2015Applicant: HENKEL AG & Co. KGaAInventors: Frank Meier, Annika Gueldner, Sabine Schuemann, Luca Bellomi, Matthias Sunder
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Patent number: 8940681Abstract: The present invention improves dye transfer inhibition in the washing of textiles by the use of SO3M substituted urea derivatives of aromatic amines.Type: GrantFiled: August 21, 2014Date of Patent: January 27, 2015Assignee: Henkel AG & Co. KGaAInventors: Mareile Job, Birgit Gluesen, John Taylor, Anthony Lawrence
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Patent number: 8846596Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 16, 2012Date of Patent: September 30, 2014Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Robert Richard Dykstra, Mario Elmen Tremblay, Xiaoru Jenny Wang, James Lee Danziger, Daniel Dale Ditullio, Jr., Consuelo Kong, Ismael Cotte-Rodriguez
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Patent number: 8841247Abstract: This disclosure relates to detergent compositions containing pyridinol-N-oxide compounds and being substantially free of bleach. Methods for treating a stained fabric using such detergent compositions are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: August 15, 2012Date of Patent: September 23, 2014Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Gregory Scot Miracle, Bruce Prentiss Murch, Patrick Christopher Stenger, Charles Allen Pettigrew, Jr., Justin Angelo Caserta, Casey Patrick Kelly
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Patent number: 8759277Abstract: The invention involves foam stabilization compositions that rely upon anonionic/hydrophobic interaction. According to the invention, an associative thickener is used to provide long range nonionic/hydrophobic interaction with the hydrophobic groups of the surfactants present in the same. The interaction must be of sufficient character so that the components can maintain long range intermolecular networking, causing longer lasting and increased foam production, even in the presence of hydrophobic/oily soils. The system provides an environmentally friendly alternative for traditional foaming enhancers such as cocamide DEA.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2013Date of Patent: June 24, 2014Assignee: Ecolab USA Inc.Inventors: Victor Fuk-Pong Man, Yvonne Marie Killeen
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Patent number: 8729001Abstract: The invention relates to compositions containing a) 45 to 65 wt. % of one or more secondary paraffin sulfonates with 8 to 22 carbon atoms, b) 1 to 10 wt. % of one or more alcohol alkoxylates which are produced from the reaction of alcohols R—OH, wherein R is an alkyl group with 9 to 11 carbon atoms, with alkoxylating agents selected from ethylene oxide, propylene oxide, or mixtures thereof and which contain on average 1 to 4 mol of structural units derived from the alkoxylating agents per 1 mol of structural units derived from the alcohols, and c) 25 to 52 wt. % water, in relation to the total weight of the composition in each case. The compositions can be used in an advantageous manner for producing washing and cleaning agents.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2011Date of Patent: May 20, 2014Assignee: Clariant International, LtdInventors: Johannes Himmrich, Wolfgang Walther
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Patent number: 8729004Abstract: Chemical compositions and method of making the same are disclosed. The disclosed chemical compositions are particularly useful in methods of removing unwanted components within a papermaking process.Type: GrantFiled: August 21, 2013Date of Patent: May 20, 2014Assignee: West End Products, LLCInventors: Dennis Z. Lasik, William F. Mullen
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Patent number: 8729007Abstract: An acidic laundry detergent composition comprising less than about 20% of a surfactant system comprising surfactants selected from the group consisting of anionic surfactants, nonionic surfactants, cationic surfactants and mixtures thereof, wherein the surfactant system has a Hydrophilic Index of greater than or equal to about 9.00 and an organic acidulant at a level such that the ratio of surfactant system to organic acidulant is less or equal to about 3.0 and an alkaline neutralizer added in an amount necessary to raise the neat pH of the detergent composition above or equal to about 2.5 but no higher than or equal to about 3.0.Type: GrantFiled: January 17, 2013Date of Patent: May 20, 2014Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Eugene Steven Sadlowski, Cheyne Thomas, Peter De Nies, Nilgun Esin Aksoy
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Patent number: 8691741Abstract: The present invention provides a liquid detergent composition containing the following components (a) to (c), wherein the total content of components (a) to (c), (a)+(b)+(c), is 40 to 90% by mass; a mass ratio of components (a) to (b), (a)/(b), is 25/75 to 90/10; and a mass ratio [(a)+(b)]/(c), is 95/5 to 70/30: component (a): 15 to 75% by mass of a nonionic surfactant produced by adding p1 mol of ethylene oxide to a compound represented by R—OH (wherein, R represents a hydrocarbon group having 8 to 18 carbon atoms), then adding q1 mol of an alkylene oxide having 3 to 5 carbon atoms, and then adding p2 mol of ethylene oxide, wherein p1 is the number of 3 to 30, q1 is the number of 1 to 5, and p1+p2 is 14 to 50, component (b): anionic surfactant, component (c): cationic surfactant, component (d): 5 to 40% by mass of water-miscible organic solvent.Type: GrantFiled: April 16, 2010Date of Patent: April 8, 2014Assignee: Kao CorporationInventors: Hitoshi Ishizuka, Kyoko Okada, Yoshiyuki Komatsu, Toshio Miyake
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Publication number: 20130324454Abstract: The present invention is to a laundry detergent powder comprising: (i) from 20 to 80 wt % of a first particle comprising less than 55 wt % sulphate, anionic detersive surfactant, and having a bulk density of from 300 g/l to 1100 g/l: and (ii) from 20 to 80 wt % of a second particle comprising at least 55 wt % sulphate and, having a bulk density of from 350 g/l to 600 g/l, and a process to making the laundry detergent powder.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 30, 2013Publication date: December 5, 2013Applicant: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Hossam Hassan TANTAWY, Andres Arturo MARTINEZ-GUZMAN, Nigel Patrick SOMERVILLE-ROBERTS, Alan Thomas BROOKER, David James PARMLEY, Victor Stuart REID, Colin URE, Carly PICKERING
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Patent number: 8586523Abstract: [Problem] To provide detergent compositions with superior surfactant deposition-inhibiting ability and anti-gelling properties that exhibit good cleaning effectiveness even when laundering under harsh conditions such as laundering in residual bath water. [Solution] A laundry detergent or cleaning composition which comprises a copolymer containing sulfonate groups containing from 1 to 50 mass percent of structural units (a) derived from 1 or more kinds of monomers (A) selected from ether bond-containing monomers represented by Formulas (1) and (2), 50 mass % or more and less than 98 mass % of structural units (b) derived from a carboxyl group-containing monomer (B), and 1 mass % or more and less than 50 mass % of structural units (c) de-rived from a sulfonate group-containing monomer (C).Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 2009Date of Patent: November 19, 2013Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Jeffrey Scott Dupont, Atsuro Yoneda, Akiko Hemmi
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Patent number: 8568490Abstract: The invention provides a liquid detergent composition containing (a) a nonionic surfactant obtained by adding ethylene oxide and an alkylene oxide with from 3 to 5 carbon atoms to a compound represented by R—OH (wherein R represents an alkyl group or an alkenyl group with from 8 to 18 carbon atoms) under a specified condition, (b) an anionic surfactant and (c) a water-miscible organic solvent in specified ratios, respectively.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2009Date of Patent: October 29, 2013Assignee: Kao CorporationInventors: Toshio Miyake, Hitoshi Ishizuka, Kohei Nishida, Ayako Kita
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Publication number: 20130217608Abstract: Laundry detergents useful for cold-water cleaning and boosted bargain detergents are disclosed. The detergents include a surfactant composition derived from a metathesis-derived C10-C17 monounsaturated acid, octadecene-1,18-dioic acid, or their ester derivatives. For fatty alkyl ester sulfonate-containing detergents, the composition is selected from C10 betaines, C12 or C16 amidoamines, C12 ethanolamine amides, C16 amidoamine sulfonates, C18 diamidoamine dioxides, quaternized C18 diamidoamine betaines, sulfonated C18 low-EO fatty ester alkoxylates, C18 amidoamine carboxylates, and amidoamine oxides and sulfobetaines derived from cross-metathesis of palm or soybean oil. The bargain detergents include a performance booster selected from C12 low-EO fatty ester alkoxylate sulfonates, C18 amidoamine oxide esters, C18 amidoamine oxide carboxylates, and amidoamine sulfobetaines made from self metathesized palm or soybean oil.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 25, 2011Publication date: August 22, 2013Inventors: Dave R. Allen, Marcos Alonso, Randal J. Bernhardt, Dennis S. Murphy, Patrick Shane Wolfe, Aaron Brown
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Patent number: 8486883Abstract: The invention relates to the use of an anionic polymer in a liquid washing or cleaning agent for inhibiting graying when washing and/or cleaning textile web materials, and acrylic acid homopolymers comprising liquid washing and cleaning agents.Type: GrantFiled: January 13, 2012Date of Patent: July 16, 2013Assignee: Henkel AG & Co. KGaAInventors: Marc-Steffen Schiedel, Ulrich Pegelow, Peter Schmiedel, Evelyn Langen, Sabine Schümann, Martina Hutmacher, Heinz-Jürgen Völkel, Matthias Sunder, Birgit Glüsen, Cornelius Bessler, Timothy O'Connell, Stephan Gomolka, Eva-Maria Wikker
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Patent number: 8470053Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions and methods for wet-cleaning, in professional or household washing machine equipment, and subsequent drying in a tumbler dryer, of garments made of protein-fibers (animal based fibers) such as wool, cashmere, silk and other sensitive fibers. Using water and certain additives instead of organic solvents, these compositions enable the cleaning, including oil stains removal, and subsequent drying without incurring dimensional changes, shrinkage, surface damages, dye or color loss of dry clean only labeled garments or other delicate garments labeled for special care.Type: GrantFiled: February 2, 2009Date of Patent: June 25, 2013Inventor: Fariborz Dawudian
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Patent number: 8461094Abstract: A process for making a laundry liquid detergent comprising anionic detersive surfactant, the process comprising the steps of: a) making a base composition comprising alkanolamine and sodium ions in a molar ratio of from about 0.1:1 to 60:1; and b) adding water to the base composition.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2011Date of Patent: June 11, 2013Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Stephen Joseph Hodson, Eugene Joseph Pancheri
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Patent number: 8450260Abstract: A structured aqueous detergent composition comprising modified cellulose and surfactant characterized in that the composition comprises: a) 0.2 to 10 wt %, preferably 0.4 to 7 wt %, anionic surfactant or zwitterionic surfactant or mixtures thereof, b) 0.5 to 5 wt %, preferably 1 to 2 wt %, dispersed modified cellulose biopolymer, wherein the modification consists of the cellulose having its C6 primary alcohols oxidized to carboxyl moieties (acid/COOH—) on 10 to 70% of the glucose units and substantially all the remainder of the C6 positions occupied by unmodified primary alcohols, c) 0 to 10 wt % non-surfactant electrolyte; d) 0 to 15 wt % other conventional detergent composition additives e) balance water. The invention also provides a method to manufacture the composition.Type: GrantFiled: December 24, 2009Date of Patent: May 28, 2013Assignee: Conopco, Inc.Inventors: Robert John Crawford, Janet Lesley Scott, Giovanni Francesco Unali
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Patent number: 8450261Abstract: Laundry detergents or cleaning compositions which comprises a copolymer composition comprising i) a copolymer having a weight-average molecular weight of from about 10,000 to about 50,000 and comprising a) 30-60 mol% structural units derived from monoethylenically unsaturated dicarboxylic acid or dicarboxylate; b) structural units derived from monoethylenically unsaturated monocarboxylic acid or monocarboxylate; c) structural units derived from monomers containing sulfonic acid or sulfonate groups and having no ester bonds or amido bonds; and ii) 10,000 ppm or less of residual monoethylenically unsaturated dicarboxylic acid or dicarboxylate monomer.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2008Date of Patent: May 28, 2013Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Masato Nakano, Takahiro Tsumori
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Patent number: 8450262Abstract: [Objective] This invention is to provide a novel copolymer suitably applicable to a detergent composition having an excellent precipitation inhibitory ability and showing a good washing effect even under severe conditions of washing with water used to take Japanese bath. [Solution] A laundry detergent or cleaning composition which comprises a hydrophobic group-containing copolymer characterized by having 1 wt % or more but below 50 wt % of a structural unit (a) derived from at least one kind of monomer (A) selected from ether bond-containing monomers.Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 2009Date of Patent: May 28, 2013Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Jeffrey Scott Dupont, Atsuro Yoneda, Akiko Hemmi
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Patent number: 8440607Abstract: [Problem] To provide detergent compositions with superior surfactant deposition-inhibiting ability and anti-gelling properties that exhibit good cleaning effectiveness even when laundering under harsh conditions such as laundering in residual bath water. [Solution] A laundry detergent or cleaning composition which comprises a copolymer containing sulfonate groups containing from 1 to 50 mass percent of structural units (a) derived from 1 or more kinds of monomers (A) selected from ether bond-containing monomers represented by Formulas (1) and (2), 50 mass % or more and less than 98 mass % of structural units (b) derived from a carboxyl group-containing monomer (B), and 1 mass % or more and less than 50 mass % of structural units (c) de-rived from a sulfonate group-containing monomer (C).Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 2009Date of Patent: May 14, 2013Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Jeffrey Scott Dupont, Atsuro Yoneda, Akiko Hemmi
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Publication number: 20130061402Abstract: A multipurpose detergent composition comprising from about 5% to about 25% of a surfactant system comprising: from about 20% to about 100% of at least one anionic surfactant, wherein no more than about 12% by weight of the overall multipurpose detergent composition comprises anionic surfactants having more than 14 carbon atoms; from about 0.04% to about 40% of an ethoxylated nonionic surfactant; and from about 0.5% to about 5% of at least one organic acid, each organic acid in the multipurpose detergent composition having fewer than 9 carbon atoms, whereby the multipurpose detergent composition has a neat pH of from about 2 to about 7; the multipurpose detergent composition is substantially free of cationic surfactants, zwitterionic surfactants, and amphoteric surfactants, enzymes, soil suspension polymers and soil release polymers.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 7, 2012Publication date: March 14, 2013Inventors: Gayle Marie FRANKENBACH, Eugene Joseph Pancheri, Jan Richard Davis, Seok Kwon
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Patent number: 8338356Abstract: Provided is a surfactant composition having wide pH stability. The composition is useful for various applications, including textile processing. The composition comprises: a nonionic surfactant of formula (I): R1—O—[(CH2CH(R2)—O)x(CH2CH2O)y]z—H, wherein R1, R2, x, y, and z are defined herein, together with an anionic surfactant.Type: GrantFiled: December 25, 2008Date of Patent: December 25, 2012Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLCInventors: Jeff Jianhai Mu, Xiao Hua Wang, Pierre T. Varineau, Kirk R. Thompson
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Patent number: 8317879Abstract: The present invention provides compositions and methods to reduce smoking and/or haze during a heated laundry process. The compositions include a smoke reducing surfactant package and a detersive surfactant containing an amount of free alcohol. The smoke reducing surfactant package includes an anionic surfactant, an amphoteric surfactant or mixtures thereof. The surfactants are selected such that the amount of smoke or haze produced is reduced and or eliminated when garments contacted with the compositions containing the surfactants are heated to at least about 250° F. Methods of using the compositions are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2011Date of Patent: November 27, 2012Assignee: Ecolab USA Inc.Inventors: Eddie D. Sowle, Matthew A. Bilski, Max M. Guzman, Stephan M. Hubig
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Patent number: 8304377Abstract: Provided are new anionic surfactants and methods of their preparation and use. The surfactants are compounds of the formula I: wherein R, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, and R6 are as defined herein.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2010Date of Patent: November 6, 2012Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLCInventors: Wanglin Yu, Cynthia Rand, Edward D. Daugs, Yang Cheng, Irina V. Graf, Andre B. Argenton, Kari S. Phillipson
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Patent number: 8293697Abstract: Fluid detergent compositions comprising from about 0.01% to about 1% by weight of an external structurant comprising dibenzylidene sorbitol acetal derivatives for providing desired rheological benefits such as product thickening, shear thinning behavior, as well as particle suspension capabilities.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2010Date of Patent: October 23, 2012Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Jean-Pol Boutique, James Charles Theophile Roger Burckett St. Laurent, Myriam Bouilliche, Dennis Allen Beckholt, Sohan Rajpanth Murthy, Mario Elmen Tremblay
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Patent number: 8283385Abstract: Reversible switchable surfactants are provided. A surfactant is the salt of an amidine or guanidine: having at least one R group that is a hydrophobic moiety selected from the group consisting of higher aliphatic moiety, higher siloxyl moiety, higher aliphatic/siloxyl moiety, aliphatic/aryl moiety, siloxyl/aryl moiety, and aliphatic/siloxyl/aryl moiety. The other R groups are smaller moieties such as H, C1 to C4 aliphatic or the like. The surfactant is turned on by a gas that liberates hydrogen ions, such as, for example, carbon dioxide, which liberates hydrogen ions in the presence of water. The surfactant is turned off by exposure to a flushing gas and/or heating. When “on” the surfactants are useful to stabilize emulsions, and when “off” they are useful to separate immiscible liquids or a liquid and a solid. The surfactants find uses in polymerization and in the oil industry.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2006Date of Patent: October 9, 2012Assignee: Queen's University at KingstonInventor: Philip G. Jessop
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Patent number: 8283306Abstract: An aqueous laundry detergent composition in the form of a liquid or gel, having a pH of from about 6 to about 11 in a 1% water solution and containing a non-soap anionic surfactant; soap; nonionic surfactant; fabric softening cationic cosurfactant having a molecular weight of less than about 1000; fabric softening quaternized polymer having a molecular weight of at least 100,000; non-quaternized, non polyamine thickener; perfume microcapsules; wherein at least one of the following is true; i) the ratio by weight of nonionic surfactant to anionic surfactant is greater than 1 and the total percentage, by weight of the composition, of the total of anionic surfactant, nonionic surfactant and soap is from 10% to 30%; and/or ii) the aqueous laundry detergent composition further comprises from about 0.5% to about 5% of a hydrotrope. Methods of laundering with such compositions.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 2009Date of Patent: October 9, 2012Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Raphael Emmanuel Guyot, Marc Jennewein, James Charles Theophile Roger Burckett St. Laurent
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Publication number: 20120214724Abstract: The invention is directed to mixtures comprising C10-C13 alkylphenyl sulfonates having alkyl groups in a particular distribution (e.g., bimodal, peaked, and skewed). These C10-C13 alkylphenyl sulfonates are optionally renewable and unexpectedly provide superior results when used in consumer product cleaning and personal care compositions (e.g., dishcare, laundry, hard surface cleaners, shampoos, conditioners, and soaps). The invention is further directed to a method of making a mixture of partially or wholly renewable C10-C13 alkylphenyl sulfonates having a particular alkyl group distribution.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 17, 2012Publication date: August 23, 2012Inventors: Jeffrey John Scheibel, Phillip Richard Green, Jiten Odhavji Dihora, Phillip Kyle Vinson, Stephanie Ann Urbin, Dimitris Ioannis Collias
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Patent number: 8236746Abstract: A detergent composition containing: (a) a nonionic surfactant containing a polyoxyalkylene alkyl ether of which alkylene oxide moiety has an average number of moles of from 4 to 8; (b) an anionic surfactant, excluding a fatty acid and a salt thereof; and (c) a clay mineral represented by the general formula (I): [Si8(MgaAlb)O20(OH)4]X?·MeX+??(I) wherein a, b and x satisfy 0<a?6, 0<b?4, and x=12?2a?3b, and Me is at least one member selected from Na, K, Li, Ca, Mg and NH4, wherein the clay mineral is contained in an amount of 3% by weight or more, wherein a weight ratio of the component (a) to the component (b), (a)/(b), exceeds 1 and is less than 5.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2008Date of Patent: August 7, 2012Assignee: Kao CorporationInventors: Yuki Yanagisawa, Kuniaki Mitsuyoshi, Wataru Ueno, Isao Yamada, Teruo Kubota
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Patent number: 8207105Abstract: The instant disclosure relates to cleaning and/or treatment compositions, such as fabric care, hair care and skin care compositions, containing an aminosilicone, one or more anionic surfactants and one or more deposition aids. The disclosed compositions have improved rheology and performance. The disclosed compositions may provide one or more fabric care benefits including, for example, fabric softness and/or an anti-wrinkle benefit. Methods of making and using the compositions are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2011Date of Patent: June 26, 2012Assignee: The Procter and Gamble CompanyInventors: Rajan Keshav Panandiker, Kerry Andrew Vetter, Lenae Virginia Johnson, Julie Ann Menkhaus, Keith Homer Baker, Jennifer Beth Ponder, Peter De Nies
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Patent number: 8192504Abstract: There is provided an aqueous liquid domestic composition comprising (i) one or more active component selected from the group consisting of (A) 3% to 50% by weight, based on the total solids weight of said domestic composition, one or more softening agent, (B) 2% to 90% by weight, based on the total solids weight of said domestic composition, one or more anionic surfactant, and (C) a mixture consisting of (I) 1% to 25% by weight, based on the total solids weight of said domestic composition, one or more softening agent, and (II) 5% to 75% by weight, based on the total solids weight of said domestic composition, one or more anionic surfactant, and (D) 0.1% to 30% by weight, based on the total solids weight of said domestic composition, one or more amphoteric compound; and (ii) one or more cationic polymer latex comprising (I) 0.5% to 6% by weight, based on the dry weight of said polymer, one or more cationic monomer, (II) 30% to 99.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2008Date of Patent: June 5, 2012Assignee: Rohm and Haas CompanyInventors: Steven Michael Baxter, Marianne Patricia Creamer, Alan Wayne Kohr, Joseph Manna, Paul Francis David Reeve, Halla Ahmad Suleiman
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Publication number: 20120129955Abstract: Compositions comprising sulfo-estolides and alkyl ester sulfonates are described. Detergent formulations, such as laundry detergents, softeners, and other materials, containing any of these materials are disclosed, as well as personal care formulations, hard surface cleaner formulations, and automatic dishwasher detergent formulations. Laundry methods employing these formulations are also disclosed. These formulations are useful as laundry detergents and can be biodegradable, heavy duty liquids, 2× or 3× and up to 6× concentrates, low foaming, and/or effective in a high efficiency washing machine.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 26, 2012Publication date: May 24, 2012Inventors: Randal J. Bernhardt, Lourdes R. Alonso, Gregory P. Dado, Eddie I. Filipovic, Christopher A. Gariepy, Ronald A. Masters, Dennis S. Murphy, Jacqueline Maas Pytel, Branko Sajic, Irene Shapiro, Jeremy Aaron Weitgenant
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Patent number: 8177858Abstract: Aqueous laundry detergent compositions containing surfactants and fatty acid, having a pH of from about 6 to about 11 and containing a polymer having a number average molecular weight of from about 700,000 to about 4,000,000 and comprising monomeric units including: nonionic monomers selected from acrylamide, N,N-dialkyl acrylamide, methacrylamide, N,N-dialkylmethacrylamide, hydroxyalkyl acrylate and vinyl pyrrolidone, vinyl acetate, vinyl alcohol, and mixtures thereof; cationic monomers selected from N,N-dialkylaminoalkyl methacrylate, N,N-dialkylaminoalkyl acrylate, N,N-dialkylaminoalkyl acrylamide, N,N-dialkylaminoalkylmethacrylamide, methacylamidoalkyl trialkylammonium chloride, acrylamidoalkylltrialkylammonium chloride, vinylamine, quaternized vinyl imidazole and diallyl dialkyl ammonium chloride, and mixtures thereof; and anionic monomers selected from acrylic acid, methacrylic acid, maleic acid, vinyl sulfonic acid, styrene sulfonic acid, acrylamidopropylmethane sulfonic acid (AMPS), salts thereof, andType: GrantFiled: June 30, 2011Date of Patent: May 15, 2012Assignee: The Proctor and Gamble CompanyInventors: Tim Roger Michel Vanpachtenbeke, Francesco De Buzzaccarini, Rajan Keshav Panandiker, Johan Depoortere, Karel Jozef Maria Depoot, Kerry Andrew Vetter
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Publication number: 20120115769Abstract: The present invention relates to the detergent composition, containing (a) a nonionic surfactant represented by the formula (1); and (b) a sulfuric acid ester salt represented by the formula (2): R—O-(EO)m—(PO)n-(EO)m?—H??(1) wherein, R represents a hydrocarbon group having 6 to 24 carbon atoms; EO represents an ethyleneoxy group; PO represents a propyleneoxy group; m=0.1 to 25; m?=0 to 24.9; m+m?=0.5 to 25; and n=0.1 to 10; with the proviso that (EO)m, (PO)n, and (EO)m? are arranged in a block addition mode in this order; R1—O—(PO)x-(EO)y—SO3M??(2) wherein, R1 represents a hydrocarbon group having 6 to 24 carbon atoms; x=0.1 to 10; y=0 to 30; (PO)x and (EO)y are arranged in any order in any addition mode, being a block addition or a random addition, M is a counter ion.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 14, 2010Publication date: May 10, 2012Applicant: KAO CORPORATIONInventors: Masato Nomura, Katsuhisa Inoue, Hisato Fukuda
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Patent number: 8158570Abstract: The present invention provides a laundry detergent composition comprising an efficient sequestrant.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2006Date of Patent: April 17, 2012Assignee: The Sun Products CorporationInventors: Stephen Norman Batchelor, Matthew Tynan
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Patent number: 8153574Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 16, 2010Date of Patent: April 10, 2012Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Jean-Pol Boutique, James Charles Theophile Roger Burckett St. Laurent, Myriam Bouilliche, Dennis Allen Beckholt, Sohan Rajpanth Murthy, Mario Elmen Tremblay
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Patent number: 8143209Abstract: Laundry detergent and cleaning compositions comprising amphiphilic graft polymers based on water-soluble polyalkylene oxides (A) as a graft base and side chains formed by polymerization of a vinyl ester component (B), said polymers having an average of ?1 graft site per 50 alkylene oxide units and mean molar masses Mw of from 3000 to 100,000.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2007Date of Patent: March 27, 2012Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Dieter Boeckh, Lidcay Herrera Taboada, Asimina Kavarnou-Seiler, Gerd Konrad, Birgit Reinhard, Arturo Luis Casado-Dominguuez, Frank Hulskotter, James Lee Danziger
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Patent number: 8129323Abstract: A solid laundry detergent composition in particulate form comprising a plurality of particulate components, the composition comprises: alkyl benzene sulphonate anionic detersive surfactant; carboxylate polymer; carbonate salt; from 0% to less than 5%, by weight of the composition, of zeolite builder; from 0% to less than 5%, by weight of the composition, of phosphate builder; and essentially free silicate salt; wherein any particulate component that comprises at least 5%, by weight of the particulate component, of alkyl benzene sulphonate anionic detersive surfactant comprises a specific amount of carbonate salt to carboxylate polymer; and wherein the composition has a specific weight ratio of carbonate salt to carboxylate polymer.Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 2006Date of Patent: March 6, 2012Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Doris Appleby, Alan Thomas Brooker
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Patent number: 8119586Abstract: A detergent composition comprising an esterified substituted benzene sulfonate, a hydrogen peroxide source, a soil suspending polymer, and an organic catalyst.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2011Date of Patent: February 21, 2012Assignee: The Procter and Gamble CompanyInventors: Jeffrey John Scheibel, Scott Leroy Cron, Xinbei Song, Kevin Patrick Christmas, Gregory Scot Miracle