Higher Fatty Acid Component, Or Salt Or Glyceride Ester Thereof (e.g., Soap, Vegetable Oil, Magnesium Stearate, Etc.) Patents (Class 510/353)
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Patent number: 11235300Abstract: The invention relates to a pretreatment process for improving the filling of a chamber with solid particles, in which said solid particles are mixed before loading of said solid particles into the chamber with at least one lubricant that is solid at ambient temperature chosen from saturated fatty acids having 14 or more carbon atoms, metal salts of saturated fatty acids having 14 or more carbon atoms, esters of fatty acids having 14 or more carbon atoms, fatty alcohols having 14 or more carbon atoms, linear N-alkanes having 16 or more carbon atoms in solid form, fumaric acid, talc, sodium stearoyl fumarate, the lubricant being introduced at a content of between 0.01% and 1% relative to the total weight of the mixture of solid particles and lubricant. The invention also relates to the use of the process for the pretreatment of particles of adsorbents for the separation of xylenes.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2018Date of Patent: February 1, 2022Assignee: IFP Energies nouvellesInventors: Guillaume Blancke, Morgane Josserand, Danielle Richard, Catherine Laroche
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Patent number: 9868288Abstract: A cleaning liquid for an inkjet recording apparatus is provided. The cleaning liquid includes an organic solvent having a boiling point of less than 250° C. and no organic solvent having a boiling point of 250° C. or more. The organic solvent having a boiling point of less than 250° C. includes two or more methoxy-group-containing organic solvents and at least one of 1,2-propanediol, 1,3-propanediol, 1,2-butanediol, and 2,3-butanediol.Type: GrantFiled: July 5, 2016Date of Patent: January 16, 2018Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.Inventors: Hidefumi Nagashima, Naohiro Toda, Juichi Furukawa, Masahiro Kido, Takashi Tamai, Ichiroh Fujii, Hisashi Habashi
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Patent number: 9204655Abstract: A surface treatment powder comprising (a) about 50 wt. % or more of a percarbonate, perphosphate, persulfate, peroxide or perborate salt; (b) about 0.2-10 wt. % of a chlorinated isocyanurate salt; and (c) a bleach activator, and method of using same to inhibit the growth of a microorganism on a surface.Type: GrantFiled: November 23, 2011Date of Patent: December 8, 2015Assignee: DeVere Company, Inc.Inventors: Randal D. Stevenson, Thomas J. Fahey
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Patent number: 9034811Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: November 8, 2013Date of Patent: May 19, 2015Inventors: David Edward Molnar, Peter McLean Harrison
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Patent number: 8962544Abstract: A detergent composition as described which can be utilized in a variety of applications for cleaning surfaces and objects, removing suspended soils, and rinsing easily. The detergent composition is particularly effective at removing soils caused by raw fish soil.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2012Date of Patent: February 24, 2015Assignee: Ecolab USA Inc.Inventors: Jenna M. Johnson, Victor F. Man, Kim R. Smith, Tomoko Nakabayashi
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Patent number: 8877696Abstract: A cleaning composition may comprise a pH-switchable sudsing system and a cleansing system. The pH-switchable sudsing system may comprise a primary sudsing agent in combination with a pH-switchable co-surfactant. The pH-switchable co-surfactant is selected from diamine molecules having a general formula R1R2—N—R3—N+(CH3)3X?, where R1 is a linear or branched C8 to C16 hydrocarbyl, R2 is a linear or branched C1 to C3 hydrocarbyl, R3 is a linear or branched C3 to C6 hydrocarbylene, and X is a counteranion. The tertiary amine nitrogen of the pH-switchable co-surfactant has a pKa value. When the tertiary amine nitrogen is unprotonated, the pH-switchable co-surfactant may provide a suds-boosting effect in washing solutions at a washing pH above the pKa. When the tertiary amine nitrogen is protonated, the pH-switchable co-surfactant may provide a suds-reducing benefit in rinse waters at a rinse pH below the pKa.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2013Date of Patent: November 4, 2014Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Hiroshi Oh, John August Wos, Robb Richard Gardner, Timothy Bates
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Patent number: 8785364Abstract: Dual-usage aqueous liquid detergent compositions having suds compatability and improved cleaning, said composition containing from about 1% to about 60%, by weight of the composition, of a surfactant system wherein said surfactant system contains at least 35%, by weight of the surfactant system, of alkylethoxysulfate; from 0% to about 10%, by weight of the surfactant system, of nonionic surfactant; from 0% to about 10%, by weight of the surfactant system, of soap; further contains from about 0.001% to about 4.0%, by weight of the composition, of an anti-foam selected from organomodified silicone polymers with aryl or alkylaryl substituents combined with silicone resin and the primary filler is modified silica; and mixtures thereof; and contains from about 0.01% to about 2.5%, by weight of the composition, of a structurant. Methods of using such detergent compositions for laundering textiles.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2013Date of Patent: July 22, 2014Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Eugene Steven Sadlowski, Shari Joy Soper
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Patent number: 8785368Abstract: The object of the present invention is to improve the solidification point and the hardness of a soap of the fatty acid soap series wherein a large amount of myristic acid is blended. The solid soap of the present invention to achieve the above-described object is characterized by comprising a fatty acid soap and 1 to 8 mass % of betaine, and in that the content of myristic acid is 50 mass % or more in the total fatty acid of the fatty acid soap.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2013Date of Patent: July 22, 2014Assignee: P & PF Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tetsuo Nishina, Takahito Makita, Tomoko Toda, Takahiro Okuda, Yoshinobu Saito
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Publication number: 20140194336Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for selectively producing sophorolactone without use of organic solvent, comprising the steps of: -pre-cultivating cells of a Candida species capable of producing sophorolactone, in absence of an oily substrate until a stationary growth phase is obtained, -cultivating said pre-cultivated cells in an aqueous medium in the presence of at least one fermentable sugar and substrate; the reaction mixture of sugar, substrate and pre-cultivated cells being present in an amount and conditions such that the cells metabolize the sugar and substrate thereby forming sophorolactone and fatty acid, -continuously feeding said substrate to said cells thereby suppressing the formation of fatty acid and keeping fatty acid levels in the reaction mixture below 10 g/l, resulting in the crystallization of at least part of the sophorolactone present in the reaction mixture, -warming the reaction mixture to a temperature between 60° C. and 90° C.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 6, 2012Publication date: July 10, 2014Applicant: ECOVER CO-ORDINATION CENTER N.V.Inventors: Dirk Develter, Steve Fleurackers
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Patent number: 8759274Abstract: The present invention is directed to self-emulsifiable compositions comprising polyolefines, in particular polyisobutene, the process to obtain said emulsions and the use of said emulsions.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2012Date of Patent: June 24, 2014Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Rainer Dobrawa, Dieter Boeckh, Rajan K. Panandiker, Julie Menkhaus, Frank Huelskoetter
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Publication number: 20140014137Abstract: The invention relates to methods and compositions for treating non-trans fats with a souring composition that acts as both a souring agent and a chelating agent. The invention also relates to methods for reducing the frequency of laundry fires with acidic GLDA.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 17, 2012Publication date: January 16, 2014Applicant: Ecolab USA Inc.Inventors: Victor F. Man, Yvonne M. Killeen
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Publication number: 20130345105Abstract: A cleaning system can include a noble gas, and one or more vessels configured to convert the noble gas into a supercritical fluid, and/or receive and clean an article of manufacture with the noble gas in the supercritical fluid state. A cleaning process can include converting a noble gas into a supercritical fluid state; and cleaning an article of manufacture with the noble gas in the supercritical fluid state so as to remove one or more contaminants from the article of manufacture. A cleaning composition can include a noble gas in a supercritical fluid state, and a textile article of manufacture having one or more contaminants located in the supercritical noble gas.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 23, 2013Publication date: December 26, 2013Applicant: EMPIRE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT LLCInventors: William B. CARLSON, Gregory D. PHELAN, Philip A. SULLIVAN
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Patent number: 8603959Abstract: Fatty esters of oligoesters of a dicarboxylic acid and a polyol retaining at least one free hydroxyl group, particularly of the formula (I): R1—[OR2O—C(O)—R3—(O)C—]m—R4 (I), where R1 is H, a monocarboxylic acid group, or R6O—[C(O)—R3—(O)C]—; R2s are residues of polyols having at least one substituent free hydroxyl; R3s are hydrocarbylene; R4 is —OH, —OM where M is a salt forming metal, amine or ammonium, —OR6, or —OR2O—R7; R5 is C7 to C21 hydrocarbyl; R6 is C8 to C22 hydrocarbyl; R7 is H, or —C(O)R5; and m is 1 to 20; provided that at least one of R1 and R4 is or includes a C8 to C22 group, are surfactants. A range of surfactant properties can be obtained by varying the molecules within these ranges. Especially where R2 is derived from a higher polyol e.g. sorbitol, R3 is C2 to C6, and the fatty terminal group is C8 to C14, the products can be highly water soluble and effective oil in water emulsifiers.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2005Date of Patent: December 10, 2013Assignee: Croda International PLCInventors: Hanamanthsa S Bevinakatti, Alan G Waite
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Patent number: 8536108Abstract: The present application relates to care polymers and fabric and home care compositions comprising such care polymers, as well as processes for making and using such care polymers and such compositions. The performance of the care polymers that Applicants teach, can be further increased by following the emulsification teaching of the present specification and/or combining such care polymers with silicone materials.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2011Date of Patent: September 17, 2013Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Rajan Keshav Panandiker, Julie Ann Menkhaus, Dieter Boeckh, Rainer Dobrawa, Frank Huelskoetter, Valentin Cepus, Jack Tinsley, Klaus Muehlbach, Markus Brym, Sophia Ebert, Ivette Garcia Castro
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Patent number: 8492325Abstract: Dual-usage aqueous liquid detergent compositions having suds compatability and improved cleaning, said composition containing from about 1% to about 60%, by weight of the composition, of a surfactant system wherein said surfactant system contains at least 35%, by weight of the surfactant system, of alkylethoxysulfate; from 0% to about 10%, by weight of the surfactant system, of nonionic surfactant; from 0% to about 10%, by weight of the surfactant system, of soap; further contains from about 0.001% to about 4.0%, by weight of the composition, of an anti-foam selected from organomodified silicone polymers with aryl or alkylaryl substituents combined with silicone resin and the primary filler is modified silica; and mixtures thereof; and contains from about 0.01% to about 2.5%, by weight of the composition, of a structurant. Methods of using such detergent compositions for laundering textiles.Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 2011Date of Patent: July 23, 2013Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Eugene Steven Sadlowski, Shari Joy Soper
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Patent number: 8357648Abstract: According to the present invention there is provided a pearlescent unitary dose composition comprising a water-soluble film encapsulating a liquid treatment composition suitable for use as a laundry or hard surface cleaning composition having turbidity of greater than 5 and less than 3000 NTU, the composition comprising a pearlescent agent and from 2% to 15% by weight of the composition of water.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2008Date of Patent: January 22, 2013Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Rajan Keshav Panandiker, Kerry Andrew Vetter, David Scott Dunlop, Karl Ghislain Braeckman
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Patent number: 8309506Abstract: The present invention is an auxiliary washing aid comprising a textile substrate coated or otherwise impregnated with a composition comprising elementary silver and/or a silver compound, non-neutralized fatty acid, and hydrogen peroxide.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2011Date of Patent: November 13, 2012Assignee: Henkel AG & Co. KGaAInventors: Matthias Sunder, Robert Stephen Cappleman, Francesca Corbellini, Georg Meine
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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: 20120225025Abstract: The present invention relates to dye transfer inhibiting polymers in powder, pellet and granule form, having higher storage stability and improved processability and to their application in laundry detergents and cleaners, in textile auxiliaries, and also further applications in cosmetics.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 27, 2012Publication date: September 6, 2012Applicant: BASF SEInventor: Frank-Peter LANG
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Publication number: 20120216353Abstract: The instant disclosure relates to compositions comprising selected polyglycerol esters and a treatment and/or care agent. The disclosed compositions may be useful in fabric care compositions, for example, detergents, fabric softening compositions and the like. Methods of making and using compositions comprising polyglycerol esters and a treatment and/or care agent are also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 8, 2012Publication date: August 30, 2012Inventors: Jennifer Beth Ponder, Keith Homer Baker, Rajan Keshav Panandiker, Kerry Andrew Vetter, Robert John Strife
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Patent number: 8202832Abstract: The present invention relates to a nano-clay composite and a composition for fabricating the same. The nano-clay composite of the invention is formed by compounding a composition comprising a polymer, a surfactant, a polymer modification component, and micro/nano powders. The nano-clay composite is flexible to completely adhere to cleaning surfaces to remove unwanted materials via the release of surfactant, as well as the scrubbing effect produced by the friction between micro/nano powders and the surface.Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 2008Date of Patent: June 19, 2012Assignee: Industrial Technology Research InstituteInventors: Hung-Chiao Cheng, Wen-Hann Jou, Yeu-Kuen Wei
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Patent number: 8168582Abstract: A liquid fabric treatment composition comprising a cationic fabric softening agent and a water-soluble linear polymeric viscosity modifier represented by the formula: Z—Y—(X—Y)n—Z in which: X represents a polyether chain, each Y independently represents a linking group derived from a diisocyanate, each Z independently represents a hydrophobic group and optionally includes a spacer linked to Y, n represents an integer of at least 2, and the molecular weight of the polymer is from 2,000 to 80,000.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2006Date of Patent: May 1, 2012Assignee: The Sun Products CorporationInventors: Paul William Blanco, Allen Mark Carrier, Michael Douglas Eason, Christopher Gerald Gore, Sarah Louise Roberts, Stephane Patrick Roth, Joseph Steven Maxim, Jr.
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Patent number: 8129324Abstract: Fatty esters of oligoesters of a dicarboxylic acid and a polyol retaining at least one free hydroxyl group, particularly of the formula (I): R1—[OR2O—C(O)—R3—(O)C—]m—R4 (I), where R1 is H, a monocarboxylic acid group, or R6O—[C(O)—R3—(O)C]—; R2s are residues of polyols having at least one substituent free hydroxyl; R3s are hydrocarbylene; R4 is —OH, —OM where M is a salt forming metal, amine or ammonium, —OR6, or —OR2O—R7; R5 is C7 to C21 hydrocarbyl; R6 is C8 to C22 hydrocarbyl; R7 is H, or —C(O)R5; and m is 1 to 20; provided that at least one of R1 and R4 is or includes a C8 to C22 group, are surfactants. A range of surfactant properties can be obtained by varying the molecules within these ranges. Especially where R2 is derived from a higher polyol e.g. sorbitol, R3 is C2 to C6, and the fatty terminal group is C8 to C14, the products can be highly water soluble and effective oil in water emulsifiers.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2005Date of Patent: March 6, 2012Assignee: Croda International PLCInventors: Hanamanthsa S Bevinakatti, Alan G Waite
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Patent number: 8114826Abstract: A flowable concentrated soap cleansing composition is provided which includes from 40 to 65% of C12-C18 fatty acid mixture in combined amount of salt and free acid forms, the mixture having C12-C14 chain length present in greater amount than C16-C18 chain length of fatty acid. Further, the composition includes 25 to 50% water, 1 to 15% of a first anti-crystallization agent, and 2 to 15% of a second anti-crystallization agent. The first anti-crystallization agent is sodium lauryl ether sulfate with a weight average ethoxylation of from 0.5 to 2 moles ethylene oxide per mole of sulfate. The second anti-crystallization agent is polypropylene glycol of weight average molecular weight ranging from 195 to 10,000. The composition has a viscosity ranging from 10 to 100 Pa*s at 20° C. as measured after 2 minutes at 10 rpm on a Brookfield Viscometer using Spindle RV 7.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2011Date of Patent: February 14, 2012Assignee: Conopco, Inc.Inventors: Kevin David Hermanson, Martin Swanson Vethamuthu, Anat Shiloach, Rajendra Mohanlal Dave
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Publication number: 20110263475Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2011Publication date: October 27, 2011Inventors: Tim Roger Michel Vanpachtenbeke, Francesco De Buzzaccarini, Rajan Keshav Panandiker, Johan Depoortere, Karel Jozef Maria Depoot, Kerry Andrew Vetter
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Patent number: 8034757Abstract: The present invention provides a detergent composition for clothing containing components (a) and (b): (a) glyceryl or polyglyceryl monoether represented by formula (I); and (b) a sulfate selected from those represented by formulae (II), (III), and (IV). Component (a) contains compounds having different condensation degrees of glycerol n's, with the proviso that when component (b) is a sulfate represented by formula (II) or (III), component (a) has a condensation degree of glycerol n of 3 to 5. Formula (I) is R—O—(C3H6O2)n—H (I), wherein R represents a hydrocarbon group having 6 to 22 carbon atoms; and n represents a condensation degree of glycerol and is an integer. Formulas (II)-(IV) are: R1—O—SO3M (II); R1—O-(EO)m-(AO)1—SO3M (III); and R1—O-(A1O)p-(AO)q—SO3M (IV).Type: GrantFiled: December 26, 2008Date of Patent: October 11, 2011Assignee: Kao CorporationInventors: Daiya Murata, Takanori Kotera
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Patent number: 7968509Abstract: The present invention relates to a softening detergent composition containing a glyceryl monoether represented by formula (I) and (b) a clay mineral: R—O—(C3H6O2)n—H??(I) wherein R represents a hydrocarbon group having 6 to 22 carbon atoms and n represents the degree of condensation of glycerin and denotes a number from 3 to 5.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2007Date of Patent: June 28, 2011Assignee: Kao CorporationInventors: Yohei Ozeki, Teruo Kubota, Takanori Kotera, Motomitsu Hasumi
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Patent number: 7915214Abstract: A cleansing or a surface-conditioning composition comprising a mixture of (i) and (ii) in water: i) a surfactant selected from the group consisting of anionic, non-ionic, zwitterionic, cationic, and mixtures thereof, and ii) a hydrophobic benefit agent in a particulate form having a mean particle size in the range of 1-1,000 micron, and a specific gravity of ?1, not encapsulated within a film or a capsule-like enclosure, the particulate hydrophobic benefit agent comprising: a) a physically-modified form of the hydrophobic benefit agent; and b) a deposition-aid material bonded to the surface of the physically-modified benefit agent material, wherein the bonding between the two said materials is achieved prior to addition to i), wherein said deposition-aid material is not a surfactant having a weight average molecular weight of less than 5,000 Dalton.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2008Date of Patent: March 29, 2011Assignee: Amcol International CorporationInventors: Ashoke K. SenGupta, Ilona Lin, Jason St. Onge
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Patent number: 7910535Abstract: According to the present invention there is provided a pearlescent liquid treatment composition suitable for use as a laundry or hard surface cleaning composition comprising a pearlescent agent, said pearlescent agent having D0.99 volume particle size of less than 50 ?m and is present in composition at a level of from 0.02% to 2.0% by weight of the composition.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2008Date of Patent: March 22, 2011Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Rajan Keshav Panandiker, Kerry Andrew Vetter, David Scott Dunlop, Karl Ghislain Braeckman, Karel Jozef Maria Depoot, Tim Roger Michel Vanpachtenbeke
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Patent number: 7888306Abstract: A cleansing or a surface-conditioning composition comprising a mixture of (i) and (ii) in water: i) a surfactant selected from the group consisting of anionic, non-ionic, zwitterionic, cationic, and mixtures thereof; and ii) a hydrophobic benefit agent in a particulate form having a mean particle size in the range of 1-1,000 micron, and a specific gravity of ?1, not encapsulated within a film or a capsule-like enclosure, the particulate hydrophobic benefit agent comprising: a) a physically-modified form of the hydrophobic benefit agent; and b) a deposition-aid material bonded to the surface of the physically-modified benefit agent material, wherein the bonding between the two said materials is achieved prior to addition to i), wherein said deposition-aid material is not a surfactant having a weight average molecular weight of less than 5,000 Dalton.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2008Date of Patent: February 15, 2011Assignee: Amcol International CorporationInventors: Ashoke K. SenGupta, Ilona Lin, Jason St. Onge, Melanie J. Hughes
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Patent number: 7883549Abstract: An aqueous liquid laundry detergent containing methylcarboxymethyl cellulose having a degree of methylation in the range from 0.01 to 0.3, surfactant, and at least one typical ingredient of laundry detergents. The detergent inhibits graying of textile fabrics during the washing of the fabrics.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2008Date of Patent: February 8, 2011Assignee: Henkel AG & Co. KGaAInventors: Josef Penninger, Nadine Warkotsch
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Patent number: 7871972Abstract: A cleansing or a surface-conditioning composition comprising a mixture of (i) and (ii) in water: i) a surfactant selected from the group consisting of anionic, non-ionic, zwitterionic, cationic, and mixtures thereof; and ii) a hydrophobic benefit agent in a particulate form having a mean particle size in the range of 1-1,000 micron, and a specific gravity of ?1, not encapsulated within a film or a capsule-like enclosure, the particulate hydrophobic benefit agent comprising: a) a physically-modified form of the hydrophobic benefit agent; and b) a deposition-aid material bonded to the surface of the physically-modified benefit agent, wherein the bonding between the benefit agent and the deposition-aid material is achieved prior to addition to i), wherein said deposition-aid material is not a surfactant having a weight average molecular weight of less than 5,000 Dalton.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2008Date of Patent: January 18, 2011Assignee: AMCOL International CorporationInventor: Ashoke K. SenGupta
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Patent number: 7858575Abstract: The present invention relates to fabric softening compositions providing improved stability upon storage as well as improved resistance to shear.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 2008Date of Patent: December 28, 2010Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventor: Franciscus Joseph Madeleine De Block
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Patent number: 7855173Abstract: A cationic oil-in-water emulsion, for addition to detersive compositions, comprising hydrophilic cationic polymers, a surface-active, anionic polymer that is capable of adsorbing at an air-water interface or an oil-water interface and/or is oil-soluble, and a hydrophobic benefit agent in the oil phase made by adding the benefit agent to a hydrophobic liquid; thickening the oil phase with an organophillic smectite clay reacted at clay platelet surfaces to make the clay platelet surfaces hydrophobic while the edge surfaces of the clay remain hydrophilic, such that the organophillic smectite clay is adsorbed at an oil/water interface in the emulsion, and one of the hydrophilic, cationic polymers has a cationic nitrogen content of at least 6% by weight, that is incompatible with anionic surfactants, being insoluble in anionic-surfactant solutions containing an amount of 3% or higher of an anionic surfactant, and another hydrophilic cationic polymer has a cationic nitrogen content of at least 0.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2009Date of Patent: December 21, 2010Assignee: Amcol International CorporationInventors: Ashoke K. SenGupta, Ilona Lin, Jason Harold St. Onge
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Publication number: 20100190679Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: January 26, 2009Publication date: July 29, 2010Inventors: Tim Roger Michel Vanpachtenbeke, Francesco De Buzzaccarini, Rajan Keshav Panandiker, Johan Depoortere, Karel Jozef Maria Depoot, Kerry Andrew Vetter
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Patent number: 7648952Abstract: A liquid washing and cleaning composition comprising: one or more of constituents a1) through a4) a1) alkylbenzenesulfonate, a2) olefinsulfonate, a3) alkylsulfate, a4) alkyl ether sulfate or mixtures thereof, b) secondary alkanesulfonate, c) at least one soap, d) at least one nonionic surfactant and e) at least one cationic surfactant, wherein the mixing ratio of the secondary alkanesulfonate to the component AT formed from the one or more of constituents a1, a2, a3 and a4 is 4.9 to 0.1: 5.1 to 9.9.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2005Date of Patent: January 19, 2010Assignee: Clariant Produkte (Deutschland) GmbHInventor: Frank-Peter Lang
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Patent number: 7629305Abstract: A cleaning composition with a limited number of natural ingredients contains a nonionic surfactant, a solvent and a short chain syndetic. The cleaning composition can be used to clean laundry, soft surfaces, and hard surfaces and cleans as well or better than commercial compositions containing synthetically derived cleaning agents.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2008Date of Patent: December 8, 2009Assignee: The Clorox CompanyInventors: Erika Szekeres, David Jackson Lestage, Joe McShane, David R. Scheuing, Laura Shimmin
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Patent number: 7569533Abstract: A cationic oil-in-water emulsion, for addition to detersive compositions, comprising hydrophilic cationic polymers, a surface-active, anionic polymer that is capable of adsorbing at an air-water interface or an oil-water interface and/or is oil-soluble, and a hydrophobic benefit agent in the oil phase made by adding the benefit agent to a hydrophobic liquid; thickening the oil phase with an organophillic smectite clay reacted at clay platelet surfaces to make the clay platelet surfaces hydrophobic while the edge surfaces of the clay remain hydrophilic, such that the organophillic smectite clay is adsorbed at an oil/water interface in the emulsion, and one of the hydrophilic, cationic polymers has a cationic nitrogen content of at least 6% by weight, that is incompatible with anionic surfactants, being insoluble in anionic-surfactant solutions containing an amount of 3% or higher of an anionic surfactant, and another hydrophilic cationic polymer has a cationic nitrogen content of at least 0.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2006Date of Patent: August 4, 2009Assignee: Amcol International CorporationInventors: Ashoke K. SenGupta, Ilona Lin, Jason St. Onge
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Publication number: 20090156454Abstract: Granulates for washing- or cleaning agents, containing (a) a sensitive washing- or cleaning agent component, (b) an adsorbent carrier material, (c) a binder that is different from (b), and (d) optional additional substances that are different from (b) and (c). The granulates display a disintegration index of at least 50 percent after 24 hours. These granulates are particularly suited for use in liquid- or gel-forming aqueous washing- or cleaning agents. Also, a procedure for the manufacture of such granulates, in regards to washing- or cleaning agents.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 20, 2008Publication date: June 18, 2009Applicant: HENKEL AG & CO. KGaAInventors: Peter Schmiedel, Petra Padurschel, Heribert Kaiser, Anette Nordskog, Wolfgang von Rybinski, Regina Stehr, Karl-Heinz Maurer, Cornelius Bessler, Soeren Hoelsken, Rolf Tenhaef
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Publication number: 20090099055Abstract: A solid textile-care composition having a matrix of soap and, distributed therein, a textile-care compound and a perfume. Also, textile-softening laundry detergents or cleaning agents containing the textile-care composition.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 6, 2008Publication date: April 16, 2009Applicant: Henkel AG & Co. KGaAInventors: Konstanze Mayer, Karl-Heinz Scheffler
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Patent number: 7507696Abstract: The present invention is related to an aqueous cleansing composition especially for keratin fibers such as human hair with reduced color wash our and therewith color durability is extended. Accordingly the subject of the present invention is an aqueous cleansing composition especially for keratin fibers such as human hair comprising one or more surfactant selected form anionic, non-ionic and amphoteric ones at a concentration of 5 to 50% by weight calculated to total composition, at least one monoglyceride with 12 to 22 C atoms in fatty acid moiety and at least one compound comprising a silicone polymer, a quaternary ammonium group and a polyether group in its molecule.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2007Date of Patent: March 24, 2009Assignee: KPSS-Kao Professissional Slaon Sservices GmbHInventors: Martin Hoffmann, Andrea Ast, Michael Molenda
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Patent number: 7485610Abstract: The invention relates to a method for the production of a solid fragrance concentrate, by absorption of a liquid fragrance or fragrance mixture in a solid or solid mixture, using one or several surfactants and/or co-surfactants, solid at normal temperatures as solid or solid mixture, whereby the liquid fragrance or fragrance mixture is dissolved in the above at a temperature above the solidification temperature of the solid or solid mixture and the solution subsequently solidified by cooling. The solid or solid mixture comprises fatty alcohol(s) or a mixture of fatty alcohol(s) and fatty acid(s) and/or fatty alcohol ethoxylate and/or polyethylene glycol.Type: GrantFiled: October 8, 2003Date of Patent: February 3, 2009Assignee: Bell Flavors & Fragrances Duft und Aroma GmbHInventors: Raymond Heinz, Hans-Jürgen Huppert, Katharina Girke
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Publication number: 20090029898Abstract: Washing or cleaning compositions that contain a surfactant and a fatty alkyl dialkylhydroxyethylammonium salt as a dye transfer inhibitor, as well as processes for making the compositions and for washing or cleaning colored textile fabrics.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 31, 2008Publication date: January 29, 2009Applicant: Henkel AG & Co. KGaAInventors: Theodor Voelkel, Bernhard Guckenbiehl, Christina Roeleke
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Patent number: 7405190Abstract: Mixtures comprising at least one alk(en)yl polyglycoside ether carboxylate, and one or more fatty alcohols are described along with methods for preparing the same, wherein a starting mixture comprising (i) at least one alk(en)yl polyglycoside, and (ii) one or more fatty alcohols is provided, and the starting mixture is reacted with a compound selected from the group consisting of ?-halocarboxylic acids, ?-halocarboxylic acid salts, ?-halocarboxylic acid esters, and mixtures thereof.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2005Date of Patent: July 29, 2008Assignee: Cognis IP Management GmbHInventors: Ansgar Behler, Karl Heinz Schmid, Michael Neuss, Rainer Eskuchen
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Patent number: 7375071Abstract: Liquid compositions containing one or more anionic surfactants in combination with one or more polydiallyl dialkyl ammonium compounds or derivatives or copolymers thereof, these compositions being suitable for the production of liquid laundry detergents, preferably for dye-transfer-inhibiting liquid color-protecting detergents.Type: GrantFiled: October 4, 2005Date of Patent: May 20, 2008Assignee: Cognis IP Management GmbHInventors: Ditmar Kischkel, Manfred Weuthen, Rolf Wachter, Joerg Schad
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Patent number: 7354892Abstract: A unique laundry detergent composition is described that comprises linear alkyl benzene sulfonate, alkyl ether sulfate, alcohol ethoxylate, fatty acid, an alkali metal silicate, polyacrylate, and optionally carbonate, that is low sudsing and that shows improved whiteness retention over other fatty acid soap containing detergents in the absence of silicates.Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 2006Date of Patent: April 8, 2008Assignee: The Dial CorporationInventors: Thorsten Bastigkeit, Jessica Lawshe, Daniel Wood, Aurora Stamper, Joan Bergstrom
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Patent number: 7297674Abstract: The present invention provides a shear thinning, transparent gel laundry detergent composition, comprising a surfactant system containing surfactant material selected from an anionic surfactant, a nonionic surfactant or a mixture thereof, and from 0.1 to 10% by weight of a clarity improving agent being a glycol dialkyl ether selected from a mono-or polyethylene glycol dialkyl ether having the formula (CpH2p+1)O—(CH2CH2O)n—(CqH2q+1),??(I) a mono- or polypropylene glycol dialkyl ether having the formula (CpH2p+1)O—(CH2CH (CH3)O)n—(CqH2q+1),??(II) ?and mixtures thereof, wherein p and q independently are integers in the range of from 1 to 5, and n is an integer in the range of from 1 to 50, preferably 1 to 10. It has been found that this gel laundry composition is highly transparent, such that particles can be suspended therein for improving visual appearance.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2004Date of Patent: November 20, 2007Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA division of Conopco, Inc.Inventor: John David Hines
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Patent number: 7291582Abstract: An aqueous liquid laundry detergent composition comprising an alkoxylated carboxylic acid surfcatant and a free radical scavenger in the mole ratio of from about 500:1 to about 20:1. The composition substantially prevents the degradation of the alkoxylated ester surfactant upon storage and is also color-stable.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2005Date of Patent: November 6, 2007Assignee: Conopco, Inc., d/b/a UnileverInventors: Feng-lung Gordon Hsu, Shui-Ping Zhu
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Patent number: 7205268Abstract: A low-foaming aqueous liquid laundry detergent composition comprising from about 0.05% to about 6%, by weight of the composition, of certain carboxylic acid ester and/or low-degree alkoxylated derivatives thereof having HLB below about 10; from about 8% to about 80% of a surfactant; from about 15% to about 90% of water. The compositions are particularly suitable for use in front-loading laundry washing machines.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2005Date of Patent: April 17, 2007Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA division of Conopco, Inc.Inventors: Feng-Lung Gordon Hsu, Shui-Ping Zhu
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Patent number: 7098175Abstract: Aqueous laundry detergent compositions comprising a solubilized ethoxylated fatty acid diester as a detergency booster and/or a defoamer. Preferred compositions include a nonionic surfactant, preferably ethoxylated fatty acid monoester, as at least part of the surfactant in the composition, and also functioning as the solibilizer for the ethoxylated fatty acid diester.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2004Date of Patent: August 29, 2006Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA Division of Conopco, Inc.Inventors: Feng-Lung Gordon Hsu, Shui-Ping Zhu, Yun-Peng Zhu