Polycarboxylic Acid Component, Or Acid Anhydride Or Salt Thereof (e.g., Sodium Citrate, Maleic Anhydride Polymer, Polyacrylic Acid, Etc.) Patents (Class 510/361)
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Patent number: 6475982Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition containing MAP zeolite, ethoxylated nonionic surfactant and an alkali metal carbonate.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2000Date of Patent: November 5, 2002Assignee: Colgate Palmolive CompanyInventors: Charles Beagle, Richard Adams, David Beck
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Patent number: 6472362Abstract: Detergent compositions in the form of tablets used in fabric washing which incorporate most of the surfactants in particles which constitute a substantial part but not all the composition of the tablet. The organic surfactant in this particles provides a substantial part but not all of the weight of the particles. The mixture of anionic and nonionic detergent surfactants is employed wherein anionic is clearly in the majority. The balance of the composition contains a substantial proportion of material other than organic surfactant which is water-soluble.Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 2000Date of Patent: October 29, 2002Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA division of Conopco, Inc.Inventors: Peter William Appel, Edwin Leo Lempers, Henning Wagner
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Patent number: 6471728Abstract: A blood removing cleaning composition which may take the form of a detergent builder, detergent additive, or detergent pre-spotter, generally including an amount of amine compound effective to remove blood from fabric; and, optionally, an effective soil degrading amount of enzyme, wherein the composition is generally free of any neutral salt. In other preferred forms, the compositions disclosed herein may comprise surfactants, sources of alkalinity, and sequestrants, among other adjuvants.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 1998Date of Patent: October 29, 2002Assignee: Ecolab IncorporatedInventors: Kim R. Smith, Lynne Ann Olson
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Patent number: 6465417Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition containing a MAP zeolite, ethoxylated nonionic surfactant and an alkali metal carbonate.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2000Date of Patent: October 15, 2002Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Co.Inventors: Charles Beagle, Richard Adams, David Beck
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Patent number: 6465418Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition containing zeolite, ethoxylated nonionic surfactant and an alkali metal carbonate.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2000Date of Patent: October 15, 2002Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Co.Inventors: Charles Beagle, Richard Adams, David Beck
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Patent number: 6462012Abstract: A detergent composition having a plasma-induced, water-soluble coating for controlling solubility, chemical stability, and physical properties is disclosed. A process for making such a detergent composition is also disclosed which involves subjecting a detergent material to a plasma glow zone in which an organic hydrophilic monomer is introduced such that it ultimately deposits on the detergent material to form a water-soluble coating. The detergent compositions are particulate or non-particulate and can be used for laundry, dishwashing, or other similar applications.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2001Date of Patent: October 8, 2002Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Jean Wevers, Paul Amaat France, Saswati Datta, Arseniy V. Radomyselskiy
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Patent number: 6462013Abstract: An isotropic liquid detergent composition comprising at least one surfactant and from about 0.1 to about 75 weight percent, based on the total weight of the liquid detergent composition, of a water-soluble or water-dispersible polymer having pendant acid functionality and a terminal fragment of a chain transfer agent, wherein the polymer is the polymerization product of a ethylenically unsaturated acid monomer and a C1 to C24 chain transfer agent. Unexpectedly, these polymers are compatible in isotropic liquid detergent formulations. When these polymers are used in a laundering process, they remove soil from textiles, inhibit soil redeposition onto textiles, and function as cobuilders by complexing metal ions present in hard water such as calcium and magnesium which otherwise may complex with the surfactants of a liquid detergent rendering the surfactants water-insoluble.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 1999Date of Patent: October 8, 2002Assignee: National Starch and Chemical Investment Holding CorporationInventors: Winborn C. Cooke, Jr., Klein A. Rodrigues
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Patent number: 6451064Abstract: Liquid multipurpose cleaning compositions comprising a peroxygen bleach, a surfactant that exhibits a foaming property in the presence of a peroxygen bleach and a foam reducing system and processes for using same are provided.Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 2000Date of Patent: September 17, 2002Assignee: Procter & GambleInventors: Valerio Del Duca, Carlo Ricci, Carla Scorsini
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Publication number: 20020103097Abstract: This invention relates to laundry detergent compositions, and, more particularly, to such compositions containing water soluble poly(vinylpyridine) betaine polymers containing a quaternary nitrogen and a carboxylic acid group, which polymers have effective dye complexing properties therein.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 5, 2000Publication date: August 1, 2002Applicant: ISP INVESTMENTS INC.Inventors: Bala Srinivas, Jenn S. Shih
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Patent number: 6395185Abstract: The invention relates to the inhibition of tripolyphosphate and pyrophosphate scales in aqueous systems involving adding to said aqueous system at least one copolymer comprising the following monomers in polymerized form: (I) 50-80% by weight of one or more weak acids; (II) 2-50% by weight of one or more strong acids; (III) 0-30% by weight of one or more monoethylenically unsaturated C4-C8 dicarboxylic acids; and (IV) 0-30% by weight of one or more monomethylenically unsaturated monomers polymerizable with (I), (II) and (III); wherein the total of monomers (I), (II), (III), and (IV) equals 100% by weight of copolymer. The invention is particularly suited to the inhibition of tripolyphosphate and pyrophosphate scales which occur as a result of using low phosphate (STPP) containing detergent formulations.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2000Date of Patent: May 28, 2002Assignee: Rohm and Haas CompanyInventors: Francois Gauthier, Jan Shulman, Barry Weinstein, Andrea Keenan, Yves Duccini
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Patent number: 6387864Abstract: A laundry detergent composition comprising about 1 to about 75 parts by weight of at least one caustic compound, about 0.5 to about 50 parts by weight of at least one nonionic surfactant, about 1 to about 35 parts by weight of at least one primary amine compound having the following general formula: NH2—CH2—(CHR)n—OH where each R is independently hydrogen, C1 to C30 alkyl, aryl, etheral, amino, hydroxy, alkoxy, or ester and n is 0 to 12, and about 1 to about 60 parts by weight of at least one builder, filler, or mixture thereof.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2000Date of Patent: May 14, 2002Assignee: Ecolab Inc.Inventor: Michael James Bartelme
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Publication number: 20020052304Abstract: A polymer for use in a composition or method of laundry treatment is a copolymer of:Type: ApplicationFiled: February 2, 2001Publication date: May 2, 2002Inventors: Eric Aubay, Wilfried Blokzijl, Cedric Geffroy, Khalid Mahmood, Laurence Griffith Thompson, John Michael Walsh, Kenneth Wong, Dominic Yeung
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Patent number: 6380144Abstract: Detergent compositions which comprise an anionic surfactant, a cationic surfactant and at least 13% perborate bleach contain citric acid and an alkali which react, in-use, to form a gas, thereby dispersing the perborate in a laundry liquor.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 1999Date of Patent: April 30, 2002Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventor: Gerard Marcel Bailley
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Patent number: 6376446Abstract: Liquid detergent compositions are described. The liquid detergent can contain defined mixtures of anionic, nonionic and cationic surfactants. The surfactants can be present at concentrations ranging from about at least 15% to about 60%. A useful ingredient in the detergent includes an alkylamine ethoxylate. This ethoxylate should have at least about 5 moles of ethoxylate per mole of the surfactant. Additional ingredients in the detergent include alkylamines and polyalkylene glycols, which facilitate achieving stable, pourable and pumpable liquid detergents that are highly concentrated. Other ingredients may also be included in the liquid detergent.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2000Date of Patent: April 23, 2002Assignee: Melaleuca, IncInventors: Raeda Smadi, George A. Smith, Suk H. Cho
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Patent number: 6376453Abstract: To provide detergent particles having high-speed dissolution capable of dissolving quickly in water after supplying the detergent particles in water, and a method for preparing the detergent particles, and a detergent composition comprising the detergent particles. Detergent particles having an average particle size of from 150 to 500 &mgr;m and a bulk density of 500 g/liter or more, wherein the detergent particles comprising a detergent particle being capable of releasing a bubble from an inner portion of the detergent particles in a process of dissolving the detergent particle in water, the bubble having a size of one-tenth or more of a particle size of the detergent particle, and wherein the detergent particles have a dissolution rate as calculated by Equation (1) of 90% or more, under conditions where the detergent particles are supplied in water at 5° C.Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 1999Date of Patent: April 23, 2002Assignee: Kao CorporationInventors: Teruo Kubota, Hitoshi Takaya, Shu Yamaguchi, Hiroyuki Yamashita, Shuji Takana
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Patent number: 6369021Abstract: The invention relates to a highly alkaline or mildly alkaline detergent composition having enhanced cleaning properties. The detergent combines a source of alkalinity and a blend of nonionic surfactants that enhances cleaning starchy soils. The blend of nonionic surfactants preferably includes an alkyl polyglycoside surfactant and a silicon surfactant having a hydrophobic silicon group and a pendant hydrophilic group. Preferably, the blend of nonionic surfactants includes a surfactant having a hydrophobic group and an ethylene oxide residue containing group and a polymer additive. A method for removing soil from an article is provided.Type: GrantFiled: May 7, 1999Date of Patent: April 9, 2002Assignee: Ecolab Inc.Inventors: Victor F. Man, Terrence P. Everson, Steven E. Lentsch
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Patent number: 6355607Abstract: A tablet comprising a combination of a means for providing effervescency upon contact with water, as well as a soluble salt selected from the group consisting of acetate, urea, and mixtures thereof is disclosed. The means for providing effervescence upon contact with water preferably comprises citric acid and a carbonate salt, such as a bicarbonate salt. Also disclosed is a process for making tablets according to the present invention.Type: GrantFiled: November 24, 1999Date of Patent: March 12, 2002Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Sonia Rahman, Paul Irma Albertus Van Dijk
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Patent number: 6344434Abstract: An acrylic polymer containing at least one terminal group of general formula (I), in the molecule and having a number-average molecular weight of 300 to 100,000; and a process for the preparation of the polymer, (where R1 is hydrogen or methyl; and X1 is hydrogen, alkali metal or ammonium) The invention provides acrylic polymer free from discoloration, excellent in chelating power, and biodegradable, a builder comprising the polymer, a detergent composition comprising the builder and a surfactant, a dispersant comprising a salt of the polymer, and processes for preparing them efficiently.Type: GrantFiled: July 23, 1999Date of Patent: February 5, 2002Assignee: Idemitsu Kosan Co., LTDInventors: Shigeru Matsuo, Seiji Takahashi, Shinji Ito
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Patent number: 6333301Abstract: An environmental protection-type aqueous detergent composition is provided, wherein enzymatic degradation effect is maximized and the use of surfactants is minimized. Said environmental protection-type particulate detergent composition comprises (a) 0.1-10% by weight of one or more detergent components selected from the group consisting of essential oils and essential oil components isolated or synthesized from said essential oils, (b) (i) 0.1-10% by weight of an oily surfactant for solubilizing said detergent components during impregnation and (ii) 0-20% by weight of a particulate surfactant, (c) an enzyme and (d) 10-90% by weight of an expanding agent and/or an enzymatic activity promoter, wherein the weight ratio of said (a) to (b) ranges from 1:0.5 to 1:15 and said (a) is impregnated into said (d).Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 1999Date of Patent: December 25, 2001Inventor: Akira Kamiya
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Patent number: 6329335Abstract: A process for the production of detergent tablets containing surfactants, builders and optionally other detergent ingredients. To produce the tablets, particulate detergent compositions containing 5 to 20% by weight of an overdried amorphous silicate, 0.5 to 10% by weight of polyethylene glycol and 1 to 15% by weight of water or aqueous solutions, based on the weight of the tablet formed, are tabletted under pressure. Despite low tabletting pressures, the process according to the invention gives tablets combining high fracture resistance and stability in storage with excellent dissolving behavior.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 1998Date of Patent: December 11, 2001Assignee: Henkel Kommanditgesellschaft auf AktienInventors: Michael Feist, Hans-Friedrich Kruse
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Patent number: 6329333Abstract: A paste-form detergent and process of making the detergent is presented. The detergent is composed of: 5 to 30 percent by weight of an ethoxylated alcohol of the formula R1—(OC2H4)m—OH where R1 is an alkyl or alkenyl group containing 9 to 15 carbon atoms and the average degree of ethoxylation m is 1 to 8; 1 to 20 percent by weight of an ethoxylated alcohol of the formula R2—(OC2H4)nOH where R2 is an alkyl or alkenyl group containing 12 to 22 carbon atoms and the average degree of ethoxylation n is 3 to 14, and n is greater than m by at least 1.0; 1 to 20 percent by weight of an alcohol or alkyl ether corresponding to the formula R3—O—R4 where R3 is an alkyl or alkenyl group containing 6 to 22 carbon atoms and R4 is hydrogen or an alkyl group containing 1 to 6 carbon atoms; 20 to 80 percent by weight of an alkalizing agent, and 0 to 15 percent by weight of an organic builder.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 1999Date of Patent: December 11, 2001Assignee: Henkel-Ecolab GmbH & Co. OHGInventors: Thomas Merz, Khalil Shamayeli, Edgar Koeppelmann
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Patent number: 6316396Abstract: The invention relates to amphiphilic compounds of the general formula (I) with at least two hydrophilic and at least two hydrophobic groups based on di, oligo or polyolethers. The amphiphilic compounds of this invention are highly surface active and are suitable as emulsifiers, demulsifiers, detergents, dispersants and hydrotropes for industrial and domestic purposes, e.g. in the fields of metalworking, ore separation, surface treatment, washing and cleaning, cosmetics, medicine and food processing and preparation.Type: GrantFiled: April 9, 1999Date of Patent: November 13, 2001Assignee: RWE-DEA Aktiengesellschaft fuer Mineraloel und ChemieInventors: Klaus Kwetkat, Wolfgang Schröder
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Patent number: 6310028Abstract: The speed of disintegration of tablets containing a water-softening agent, especially water-insoluble, water-softening agent intended as detergency builder for fabric washing is enhanced by incorporating partially hydrated sodium acetate alone or jointly with sodium citrate dihydrate and/or crystallised sodium acetate trihydrate.Type: GrantFiled: October 7, 1999Date of Patent: October 30, 2001Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care, USA, division of Conopco, Inc.Inventor: Roger Joseph Anna Janssen
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Publication number: 20010014656Abstract: A blood removing cleaning composition which may take the form of a detergent builder, detergent additive, or detergent pre-spotter, generally including an amount of amine compound effective to remove blood from fabric; and, optionally, an effective soil degrading amount of enzyme, wherein the composition is generally free of any neutral salt. In other preferred forms, the compositions disclosed herein may comprise surfactants, sources of alkalinity, and sequestrants, among other adjuvants.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 15, 1998Publication date: August 16, 2001Applicant: ECOLABInventors: KIM R. SMITH, LYNNE ANN OLSON
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Patent number: 6271386Abstract: This invention relates to stable, quaternized vinlypyridine carboxylate home-, co- and ter-polymers, useful as dye transfer inhibitors and polymers complexable with active agrochemical, pharmaceutical or cosmetic agents for controlled release thereof, and to a commercial process for the synthesis of said polymers in high yield and purity.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 1999Date of Patent: August 7, 2001Assignee: ISP Investments Inc.Inventors: Jenn S. Shih, Eduardo T. Yap, John C. Hornby, Bala Srinivas
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Patent number: 6255274Abstract: The use of comb polymers obtained by condensation of a) a polycarboxylic acid or a polyalcohol b) one or more optionally sulfo-substituted polyalcohols having 2 to 4 OH groups or polyglycols of the formula HO—(XO)a—H, in which X is C2H4 and/or C3H7 and a is a number from 2 to 35, preferably from 2 to 5, c) one or more optionally sulfonated C2-C10-dicarboxylic acids and d) one or more compounds of the formulae NH2R, NHR2, ROH, R1COOH, HO(XO)b—H and HO(CH2CH2)dSO3K, in which R is C1-C22-alkyl or C6-C10-aryl, R1 is C1-C22-alkyl, C1-C22-sulfoalkyl, C6-C10-aryl or C6-C10-sulfoaryl, X is C2H4 and/or C3H7, b is a number from 3 to 40, preferably 3 to 20, d is a number from 1 to 10, preferably 1 to 4, and K is a cation, as soil release polymers.Type: GrantFiled: February 16, 2000Date of Patent: July 3, 2001Assignee: Clariant GmbHInventors: Johannes Becherer, Frank-Peter Lang, Bernhard Mees, Roman Morschhäuser
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Patent number: 6242403Abstract: A detergent tablet of compressed particulate composition, and a process of making such a tablet, wherein the tablet or a region thereof comprises organic detergent and detergency builder and the tablet or region thereof is compacted from a composition which contains: (A) particles containing at least 60% by weight of non-soap anionic detergent (B) particles containing at least 80% of their own weight of one or more water-soluble materials selected from compounds with a water-solubility exceeding 50 grams per 100 grams water at 20° C.; and sodium tripolyphosphate containing at least 50% of its own weight of the phase I anhydrous form.Type: GrantFiled: November 23, 1999Date of Patent: June 5, 2001Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, division of Conopco, Inc.Inventors: Rene Lammers, Seeng Djiang Liem, Alastair Richard Sanderson, Bart Slenderbroek, Harmannus Tammes, Arie Vermaas, Gilbert Martin Verschelling, Ronaldus Wilhelmus Johannes Westerhout
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Patent number: 6221825Abstract: Low cost, highly aqueous, thickened heavy duty liquid laundry detergent compositions are provided. Such compositions contain relatively low levels of surfactant materials, certain viscosity-enhancing agents, and very large amounts of water. Only minimal amounts of other detergent composition adjuvants are permitted in such compositions.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 1999Date of Patent: April 24, 2001Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Johnny Williams, Jr., Harikrishnan Achuthan Nair
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Patent number: 6214787Abstract: The granular detergent composition for clothes washing including a surfactant, a metal ion capturing agent, a crystalline alkali metal silicate, and an acidic ingredient, wherein the granular detergent composition includes at least two different granules: a first granule containing the crystalline alkali metal silicate, and a second granule, which is an acidic granule, containing the acidic ingredient. In the granular detergent composition, the crystalline alkali metal silicate and the acidic ingredient are being present in different granules, and the granular detergent composition shows alkaline property in distilled water at 25° C. and has a bulk density of 650 g/L or more. Since each of an acidic ingredient and a crystalline alkali metal silicate is included in a different granule, the initial rise in the pH at initial washing can be adjusted, so that a further improved detergency against the sebum dirt stains is exhibited.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 1998Date of Patent: April 10, 2001Assignee: Kao CorporationInventors: Shu Yamaguchi, Shigeru Tamura, Futoshi Teranishi, Noriaki Ushio, Masaki Tsumadori, Hiroyuki Yamashita
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Patent number: 6211141Abstract: A high-density powdered detergent composition which has a bulk density of 0.6 to 1.2 g/ml and which comprises 0.5 to 30% by weight of (a) a glycine-N,N-diacetic acid derivative, 5 to 45% by weight of (b) a nonionic surfactant having an HLB value of 10.5 to 15.0, 0.5 to 18% by weight of (c) an anionic surfactant and 1 to 30% by weight of (d) an aluminosilicate, each percentage being based on the total weight of the composition, and the weight ratio of the component (b) to the component (c) lying between 90:1 and 60:40. This composition contains both a glycine-N,N-diacetic acid derivative which is a builder excellent in biodegradability and sequestering power and an inorganic builder such as zeolite or crystalline silicate, and exhibits high detergency.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 1998Date of Patent: April 3, 2001Assignee: Kao CorporationInventors: Shu Yamaguchi, Hiromitsu Hayashi, Masaki Tsumadori, Masaaki Yamamura, Noboru Moriyama
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Patent number: 6211138Abstract: A non-tower process for continuously preparing granular detergent compositions having a density of at least of about 600 g/l comprises the steps of (a) dispersing a surfactant, and coating the surfactant with fine powder having a diameter from 0.1 to 500 microns, while wetting the surfactant coated with the fine powder with finely atomized liquid, in a mixer, wherein first agglomerates are formed and (b) granulating the first agglomerates in one or more fluidizing apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 1999Date of Patent: April 3, 2001Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventor: Wayne Edward Beimesch
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Patent number: 6211137Abstract: A non-tower process for continuously preparing granular detergent compositions having a density of at least of about 600 g/l comprises the steps of (a) dispersing a surfactant, and coating the surfactant with fine powder having a diameter from 0.1 to 500 microns, in a mixer, wherein first agglomerates are formed and (b) granulating the first agglomerates in one or more fluidizing apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 1999Date of Patent: April 3, 2001Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Wayne Edward Beimesch, Jose Francisco Correa Romo, Steven Barrett Rogers
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Patent number: 6204239Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition containing zeolite, ethoxylated nonionic surfactant and an alkali metal carbonate.Type: GrantFiled: November 24, 1999Date of Patent: March 20, 2001Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive, Inc.Inventors: Charles Beagle, Richard Adams, David Beck
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Patent number: 6194370Abstract: Cost effective stain and soil removal aqueous heavy duty liquid laundry detergent compositions are provided. Such compositions comprise relatively low levels of selected aromatic surfactant materials, certain viscosity-enhancing agents, and very large amounts of water. Only minimal amounts of other detergent composition adjuvants are permitted in such compositions.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 1999Date of Patent: February 27, 2001Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Johnny Williams, Jr., Hari Achuthan Nair
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Patent number: 6177397Abstract: A free-flowing agglomerated powder detergent process and the resulting composition includes from about 5% to about 80% of an alkali metal carbonate; from about 5% to about 50% of a detergent surfactant, and, up to about 25% of an alkali metal salt of a carboxylic acid, wherein the carboxylic acid is selected from the group of carboxylic acids that, below a first temperature, have a greater water solubility than the water solubility of its corresponding alkali-metal salt. The alkali metal salt is preferably provided solely by the reaction of (a) a premix comprising the alkali metal carbonate coated with the surfactant (b) a carboxylic acid selected from the group consisting of citric acid, malic acid, and mixtures thereof, and (c) water.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 1998Date of Patent: January 23, 2001Assignee: Amway CorporationInventor: David Scott Staley
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Patent number: 6174852Abstract: A high-density powdered detergent composition which has a bulk density of 0.6 to 1.2 g/ml and which comprises 0.5 to 30% by weight of (a) a glycine-N,N-diacetic acid derivative, 20 to 50% by weight of (b) an anionic surfactant, 0.5 to 5% by weight of (c) an ether-type nonionic surfactant having an HLB value of 10.5 to 15.0 and 1 to 30% by weight of (d) an aluminosilcate, each percentage being based on the total weight of the composition, and the component (c) being contained in an amount of 0.5 to 10.0 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of the component (b). This composition contains both a glycine-N,N-diacetic acid derivative which is a builder excellent in biodegradability and sequestering power and an inorganic builder such as zeolite or crystalline silicate, and exhibits high detergency.Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 1998Date of Patent: January 16, 2001Assignee: Kao CorporationInventors: Hiromitsu Hayashi, Toshiharu Noguchi, Masaki Tsumadori, Masaaki Yamamura, Noboru Moriyama
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Patent number: 6172036Abstract: There is provided a rinse aid composition containing an amino tricarboxylic acid or its salts or complexes. The pH of said composition as a 1% solution in distilled water at 20°C. is preferably less than 7.Type: GrantFiled: April 9, 1999Date of Patent: January 9, 2001Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Graeme Duncan Cruickshank, Peter Andrew Smith
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Patent number: 6172028Abstract: A mixture comprising (a) from 0.1 to 99% by weight of at least one polycarboxylate having at least 3 carboxyls, (b) from 0.1 to 99% by weight of at least one amine having a pKa value of more than 9, and (c) from 0.1 to 99% by weight of at least one acid selected from the group consisting of mineral acids and organic acids having one or two carboxyls and not more than 10 carbons, with the proviso that the mixture contains less than 24% by weight of triphosphates, is used in detergent and rinse aid formulations.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 1998Date of Patent: January 9, 2001Assignee: BASF AktiengesellschaftInventors: Richard Baur, Werner Bertleff, Birgit Potthoff-Karl, Beate Ehle, Matthias Kroner, Gunnar Schornick
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Patent number: 6172027Abstract: The use of water-soluble copolymers which comprise (a) 5-20 mol % of N-vinylimidazole or 4-vinylpyridine N-oxide units, (b) 95-50 mol % of N-vinylpyrrolidone, N-vinyloxazolidone, methyl-N-vinylimidazole units or mixtures thereof and (c) 0-30 mol % of other monoethylenically unsaturated monomer units, and have an average molecular weight Mw of more than 50,000 as color transfer inhibitors in detergents.Type: GrantFiled: November 23, 1998Date of Patent: January 9, 2001Assignee: BASF AktiengesellschaftInventors: Dieter Boeckh, Stefan Stein, Angelika Funhoff, J{umlaut over (u)}rgen Alfred Lux, Hans-Ulrich J{umlaut over (a)}ger
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Patent number: 6169062Abstract: The present invention relates to tablets comprising a core and a coating, the core being formed by compressing a particulate material, the particulate material comprising surfactant and detergent builder, and the tablet further comprising a disintegrant, at least some of the disintegrant being in the coating. The invention also relates to processes for making the tablets.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 1999Date of Patent: January 2, 2001Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Serge Salager, Paul Irma Albertus Van Dijk, Jeroen Van Poucke
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Patent number: 6165968Abstract: This invention relates to a particulate foam control agent comprising from 1 to 30 parts by weight of a silicone antifoam, from 70 to 99 parts by weight of a zeolite carrier for the antifoam, from 1 to 60% by weight of the silicone antifoam of a surface active agent which has been deposited on the zeolite carrier not later than the silicone antifoam and from 1 to 40 parts by weight of a polycarboxylate-type binder or encapsulant, whereby the polycarboxylate-type binder has a pH of 3 or less when dissolved in water. The invention also relates to a detergent composition comprising the particulate foam control agent and a method for the preparation of the foam control agent.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 1999Date of Patent: December 26, 2000Assignee: Dow Corning S. A.Inventor: Bertrand Lenoble
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Patent number: 6165970Abstract: There is provided a detergent composition comprising (a) an organic polymer containing acrylic acid or its salts, having an average molecular weight of less than 15,000; and (b) an amino tricarboxylic acid or its salts or complexes or any mixture thereof exhibiting improved soil and stain removal.Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 1999Date of Patent: December 26, 2000Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Fiona Susan Williams (nee Mac Beath), David Jonathan Kitko, Susumu Murata, Toshiko Tsunetsugu, Shuichi Tsunetsugu
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Patent number: 6165959Abstract: A nonaqueous liquid detergent composition comprising a bleach precursor composition comprising: a) a bleach precursor; and b) a surfactant system; and c) an organic acid.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 1998Date of Patent: December 26, 2000Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Axel Meyer, Steven Jozef Louis Coosemans, Jean-Pol Boutique, James Pyott Johnston
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Patent number: 6162780Abstract: A carbonate-based detergent having improved properties is provided. Preferably, a base detergent includes an alkali metal carbonate builder, an anionic surfactant, an inert diluent, a copolymer, and a chlorine scavenger. The base detergent is mixed with an agglomerate including nonionic surfactants and a builder such as an alkali metal carbonate. The detergent has improved color retention properties. A method of preparing the improved detergent composition is also provided.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 1999Date of Patent: December 19, 2000Assignee: The Dial CorporationInventors: Terrell L. Partee, Charles Varker, Elaine T. Morse, Ronald D. Morgan
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Patent number: 6162784Abstract: Disclosed is a process for making a detergent composition containing a protease enzyme comprising: i) admixing a detergent surfactant and an acid source to form a surfactant/acid mixture; ii) forming an agglomerated surfactant/acid mix; and iii) adding an enzyme to the composition.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 1999Date of Patent: December 19, 2000Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Robin Gibson Hall, Christian Leo Marie Vermote
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Patent number: 6159922Abstract: Bleach compositions comprising a percarbonate bleach and an amino tricarboxylic acid exhibit a reduced tendency to deposit calcium carbonate insolubles on substrates being bleached. Laundry compositions comprising percarbonate bleach and methyl glycine diacetic acid are provided.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 1999Date of Patent: December 12, 2000Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventor: Fiona Susan (Mac Beath) Williams
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Patent number: 6153574Abstract: The speed of disintegration of tablets containing a water-softening agent, especially water-insoluble, water-softening agent intended as detergency builder for fabric washing is enhanced by incorporating spray-dried partially hydrated sodium acetate alone or jointly with sodium citrate dihydrate and/or crystallized sodium acetate trihydrate.Type: GrantFiled: October 7, 1999Date of Patent: November 28, 2000Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA division of Conopco, Inc.Inventor: Roger Joseph Anna Janssen
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Patent number: 6150313Abstract: An aqueous composition comprisinga. a skin cleansing effective amount of a surfactant or mixture thereof;b. a silicone in quantities of from about 0.1 to about 8 wt. % of the composition;c. a hydrocarbonaceous material in quantities of from about 0.1 to about 8 wt. % of the composition;d. a cationic polymer in quantities of from about 0.02 to about 1 wt. % of the composition;e. a combination of a polyacrylate thickening polymer and an acrylate methacrylate copolymer wherein the ester group of the methacrylate is alkyl of about 12 to about 20 carbon atoms, said alkyl having about fourteen to about twenty six ethoxy groups and the acrylate is one or more monomers of acrylic acid, methacrylic acid or one of their simple esters in quantities sufficient to provide both viscosity and visual phase stabilization; andf. the balance water.Type: GrantFiled: August 18, 1999Date of Patent: November 21, 2000Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive CompanyInventors: Subhash Harmalker, Gail Klewsaat, Tracey Aldrich
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Patent number: 6117834Abstract: A free-flowing granular polymer composition suitable for incorporation into a particulate detergent composition comprises a defined dye-transfer-inhibiting polymer, preferably poly(4-vinylpyridine) sodium carboxymethyl betaine chloride, and a carrier material comprising zeolite and a solid acid, for example, polyacrylic acid.Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 1999Date of Patent: September 12, 2000Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care U.S.A.Inventors: Hendrik de Ruijter, Antonius Henricus J Strijbosch
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Patent number: 6114289Abstract: A detergent composition containing an inexpensive detergent builder in the form of a selected crystalline calcium carbonate that has been coated with an encapsulating material such as a carbohydrate is provided. The crystalline calcium carbonate can be calcite and the encapsulating material can be sucrose. The crystalline calcium carbonate of the present invention is extremely inexpensive because it performs well even when used at large median particle sizes (e.g. less than 10 m.sup.2 /g surface areas).Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 1998Date of Patent: September 5, 2000Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Scott William Capeci, Eugene Joseph Pancheri