Liquid Composition (e.g., Slurry, Etc.) Patents (Class 510/397)
  • Patent number: 7393820
    Abstract: A substantially transparent, liquid cleaning product for hard surfaces, comprising at least 15% by weight of a surfactant and one or more abrasive materials selected from the group consisting of polymers having a diameter of from 0.6 to 4 mm, natural materials having a diameter of from 0.05 to 4 mm, and mixtures thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2008
    Assignee: Henkel Kommanditgesellschaft auf Aktien
    Inventors: Heinz-Dieter Soldanski, Brigitie Giesen
  • Patent number: 7300480
    Abstract: The solution is useful for removing a barrier material from a semiconductor substrate. The solution comprises, by weight percent, 0.01 to 25 oxidizer, 0 to 15 inhibitor for a nonferrous metal, 0 to 15 abrasive, 0 to 20 complexing agent for the nonferrous metal, 0.01 to 12 barrier removal agent and balance water. The barrier removal agent is selected from the group comprising imine derivative compounds, hydrazine derivative compounds and mixtures thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2007
    Assignee: Rohm and Haas Electronic Materials CMP Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Jinru Bian, Kai Hu, Hugh Li, Zhendong Liu, John Quanci, Matthew R. VanHanehem
  • Patent number: 7238654
    Abstract: The invention relates to a compatibilizing dispersant used in a slurry composition comprising a strongly cationic component and a strongly anionic component. More specifically, the invention relates to stable aqueous slurries comprising suspended particles of sparingly soluble salts, oxide, and/or hydroxides of copper and/or zinc. The slurry further comprises a quaternary amine compound present in a biocidally effective amount when the slurry is used in a manner that provides the sparingly soluble copper and/or zinc containing particles in a biocidally effective amount. The slurry further comprises an effective amount of a dispersant having a large non-ionic component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2007
    Assignee: Phibro-Tech, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert L. Hodge, H. Wayne Richardson
  • Patent number: 7183247
    Abstract: A process for the production of a flowable suspension containing phthalimidoperoxyhexanoic acid by combining phthalimidoperoxyhexanoic acid in granular form with a liquid alcohol and grinding the combination to form a flowable suspension of the phthalimidoperoxyhexanoic acid in the alcohol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2007
    Assignee: Henkel Kommanditgesellschaft auf Aktien (Henkel KGaA)
    Inventors: Matthias Sunder, Christian Schoth, Theodor Voelkel, Dieter Nickel
  • Patent number: 7183248
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a cleaning composition comprising: (a) an enzyme in an amount effective to promote cleaning; (b) viable microorganisms in an amount effective to degrade and promote the degradation of organic materials; (c) a surfactant; and (d) an aqueous carrier; said cleaning composition maintaining at least 95% enzymatic activity at a pH range of from about 5.5 to about 13.5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2007
    Assignee: Treyco Supply Co.
    Inventor: James T. Manning, Jr.
  • Patent number: 6899865
    Abstract: An oral composition comprises water and a cyclic carbonate compound in a certain ratio. In this case, the ratio of the water and the cyclic carbonate compound is such that when the water and the cyclic carbonate compound are mixed together the mixture goes into a 2-phase state. Moreover, the oral composition may further comprise a polyol, and in this case the ratio of the water, the cyclic carbonate compound and the polyol is such that when the water, the cyclic carbonate compound and the polyol are mixed together the mixture goes into a 2-phase state. The oral composition has an excellent effect of removing accumulations on dental surfaces or between teeth through a physico-chemical action, rather than relying purely on a mechanical action.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2005
    Assignee: Kao Corporation
    Inventor: Yoshiyuki Eshita
  • Patent number: 6767874
    Abstract: A cleaning composition for removing organic deposits from hard to reach surfaces. In its basic embodiment, the cleaning composition comprises: a) a water miscible solvent; b) an inorganic salt in crystal form; and c) water. The inorganic salt in crystal form comprises from about 30 to about 70% weight of the total composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2004
    Inventor: Gustavo M. Gonzalez
  • Patent number: 6673762
    Abstract: A contaminated surface polishing-washing detergent composition comprises a polishing media and a dispersion medium wherein at least a part of the polishing media is made of a fine powder of an RB ceramic and/or CRB ceramic. The composition is effective in polishing-washing the surfaces of a precision-worked base material, and after the polishing-washing, the particles of metal oxides and the particles of removed burrs and the cutting metal chips are simply separated from the composition by use of the difference in specific gravity to re-use it by recycling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2004
    Assignee: Minebea Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuo Hokkirigawa, Motoharu Akiyama, Noriyuki Yoshimura
  • Patent number: 6670318
    Abstract: A liquid cleanser comprises an aqueous medium, a surface active agent and a polishing material wherein the polishing material contains as at least one component thereof an RB ceramic and/or CRB ceramic powder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2003
    Assignee: Minebea Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuo Hokkirigawa, Motoharu Akiyama, Noriyuki Yoshimura
  • Patent number: 6638326
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions for the chemical mechanical planarization (“CMP”) of barrier/adhesion layers, particularly Ta/TaN barrier/adhesion layers as occur in the manufacture of integrated circuits. CMP compositions comprise an aqueous solution of oxidizer and colloidal silica abrasive. Oxidizers include hydroxylamine nitrate, nitric acid, benzotriazole, ammonium nitrate, aluminum nitrate, hydrazine and mixtures thereof in aqueous solution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2003
    Assignee: EKC Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert J. Small, Maria Peterson, Tuan Truong, Melvin Keith Carter, Lily Yao
  • Patent number: 6525008
    Abstract: A cleaning medium for use in cleaning printing forms includes either an acid solution having a pH of from 1 to 4 or a basic solution having a pH of from 10 to 14. A dispersible abrasive agent in a concentration of from 1 to 15 grams per 100 grams of the cleaning composition, a surfactant in a concentration of from 1 to 50 grams per 100 grams of the cleaning composition, an organic solvent in a concentration of from 10 to 50 grams per 100 grams of the cleaning composition, and additional water if needed are added to the acid or basic solution to form the cleaning medium. A cleaning medium in concentrate form is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2003
    Assignee: MAN Roland Druckmaschinen AG
    Inventors: Thomas Hartmann, Hans-Christoph Beltle, Andrea Fuchs, Roland Dietrich
  • Patent number: 6494928
    Abstract: There is provided a polishing compound for sheet metal coating comprising an polishing material and a surfactant in which a RB ceramics and/or CRB ceramics powder is used at least as a part of the polishing material, thereby shortening a stain removing process of a coated surface in reparative sheet metal coating work of cars, etc. without conducting a washing process thereafter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2002
    Assignee: Minebea Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuo Hokkirigawa, Motoharu Akiyama, Noriyuki Yoshimura
  • Patent number: 6488729
    Abstract: To provide a polishing composition which enables maintenance of excellent properties and high quality of the surface of a hard disk without lowering polishing rate during polishing of the surface, and which can provide a polished surface in which the amount of dub-off is considerably reduced as compared with that of a conventional level, a polishing composition containing water, a polishing material (particularly alumina), a polishing accelerator, and at least one of hydroxypropyl cellulose and hydroxyalkyl alkyl cellulose is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2002
    Assignees: Showa Denko K.K., Yamaguchi Seiken Kogyo K.K.
    Inventors: Ken Ishitobi, Masahiro Nozaki, Tadanori Nagao, Yoshiki Hayashi
  • Patent number: 6478837
    Abstract: An abrasive composition for substrates for magnetic recording disks and a process for producing a substrate for a magnetic recording disk are provided, which enable lowering of surface roughness of a substrate for a magnetic recording disk; form no nodules, polishing scratches, and minute defects such as micropits; and enable polishing at economical speeds. The abrasive composition comprises at least water, titanium oxide fine particles and an abrasion promoter, wherein 90-100% of the titanium oxide is constituted by a single crystal structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2002
    Assignee: Showa Denko K.K.
    Inventor: Norihiko Miyata
  • Patent number: 6458753
    Abstract: An abrasive cleaning composition comprises abrasive particles, preferable of a soluble abrasive, cationic or non ionic surfactants and a quaternary ammonium antibacterial agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2002
    Assignee: Reckitt Benckiser (UK) Limited
    Inventor: Nicholas Haylett
  • Patent number: 6425929
    Abstract: A metal cleaner-polish in the form of a substantially homogeneous liquid slurry containing aliphatic hydrocarbons, finely divided abrasive, and isopropanol as a stabilizer/solvent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2002
    Inventor: Carl L. Naney
  • Patent number: 6398827
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a polishing composition for polishing alumina disks, polishing substrates having silica surfaces and semiconductor wafers, comprising a stable aqueous silica sol containing moniliform colloidal silica particles having a ratio (D1/D2) of a particle diameter D1 nm (as measured by dynamic light scattering method) to a mean particle diameter D2 (as measured by nitrogen absorption method) of 3 or more, wherein D1 is between 50 to 800 nm and D2 is between 10 to 120 nm, said moniliform colloidal silica particles being composed of spherical colloidal silica particles and a metal oxide-containing silica bond which bonds these spherical colloidal silica particles together, wherein the spherical colloidal silica particles are linked together in rows in only one plane by observation through an electron microscope, and further wherein said polishing composition contains 0.5 to 50% by weight of said moniliform colloidal silica particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2002
    Assignee: Nissan Chemical Industries, LTD.
    Inventors: Isao Ota, Tohru Nishimura, Yoshitane Watanabe, Yoshiyuki Kashima, Kiyomi Ema, Yutaka Ohmori
  • Patent number: 6358909
    Abstract: An oil-in-water suspoemulsion system is provided for the delivery of actives for laundering, cleaning or surface treatment, in which the suspoemulsion includes a major portion of water as a continuous phase, at least one Active, and an encapsulate including an oil, and at least first and second nonionic surfactants, the first and second nonionic surfactants having a HLB of at least about 3, the encapsulate substantially completely coating the active and suspending it within the aqueous phase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2002
    Assignee: The Clorox Company
    Inventors: Maria G. Ochomogo, Malcolm A. Deleo, Hanneliese S. Selbach
  • Patent number: 6284056
    Abstract: A composition useful for removal of organic deposits from a ceramic, glass, plastic, or metal substrate, and a method of use thereof. In a preferred embodiment, the invention pertains to a composition for cleaning an organically fouled smoking apparatus such as a pipe, a cigarette holder, or a water pipe, and to a process whereby the smoking apparatus is cleaned and disinfected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2001
    Inventor: Gustavo M. Gonzalez
  • Patent number: 6255271
    Abstract: A fabric care composition comprises an amine or amide-epichlorohydrin resin or derivative thereof, a silicone component and, optionally, a textile compatible carrier. The textile compatible carrier facilitates contact between the resin and a fabric. The composition is adapted for use in the rinse cycle of a laundering process and may be used, as part of such a process, in the treatment of fabric to reduce creasing of the fabric.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2001
    Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care, USA, division of Conopco
    Inventors: Robert John Carswell, Anthony Nicholas Jarvis, Adelle Louise Killey, William Mooney, Andrew Philip Parker, Emily Jane Peckham, Zhengwu Shen
  • Patent number: 6251150
    Abstract: The present invention provides a slurry composition for chemical mechanical polishing comprising spinel particles having the formula AO•xZ2O3 wherein A is at least one divalent cation, Z is at least one trivalent cation, and 0.01≦x≦100. The present invention also includes a method of chemical mechanical polishing the surface of a substrate using slurry compositions that include these spinel particles. The slurry compositions of the present invention provide the desired level of planarization and selectivity for both metal and oxide surfaces. In addition, the slurry compositions of the invention can be prepared such that they are substantially free of alpha phase alumina particles and other high hardness particles to produce a scratch-free polished surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2001
    Assignees: EKC Technology, Inc., Baikowski Chimie
    Inventors: Robert James Small, Maria Louise Peterson, Tuan Troung, Lionel Bonneau, Jean Claude Drouget
  • Patent number: 6248143
    Abstract: An abrasive composition for polishing glass, containing a basic salt of magnesium. Also disclosed is a method for polishing glass with the abrasive composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2001
    Assignee: Showa Denko Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Masuda, Hiroshi Mizukami, Nobuhiko Ohara, Yutaka Yamauchi
  • Patent number: 6221119
    Abstract: A slurry in accordance with the invention comprises CeO2 polishing particles and sodium polyacrylate in an aqueous solution. This slurry is used to polish a glass or glass ceramic substrate. I have discovered that adding sodium polyacrylate to a CeO2 slurry improves the polishing rate without causing a major negative impact on the slurry stability or redispersibility. In addition, the addition of the sodium polyacrylate does not cause a great deal of foaming. This polishing process can be used to prepare substrates for the manufacture of magnetic disks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2001
    Assignee: Komag, Inc.
    Inventor: Andrew M. Homola
  • Patent number: 6218353
    Abstract: A liquid composition useful for suspending and dispensing a solid particulate comprises carbon dioxide, a surfactant, an organic co-solvent, and the solid particulate to be suspended. The composition may optionally contain water. The composition is useful as a propellant in an aerosol container for spraying the solid particulate from the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2001
    Assignee: MiCell Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Timothy J. Romack, David F. Cauble, Jr., James B. McClain
  • Patent number: 6204234
    Abstract: The present invention relates to cleaning compositions, including laundry, dishwashing, hard surface cleaner, oral/dental cleaning compositions, comprising a proteinic substrate based oxygenase, which provide effective and efficient cleaning of proteic based stains and/or soils such as protein containing food stains/soils and everyday body soils and provide sanitisation of the treated surfaces. Furthermore, the cleaning compositions of the present invention provide fabric realistic items cleaning and whitening performance when formulated as a laundry detergent composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2001
    Assignee: The Proctor & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Ivan Maurice Alfons Jan Herbots, Alfred Busch
  • Patent number: 6193790
    Abstract: A polishing composition for memory hard disks, which comprises water and at least one abrasive selected from the group consisting of aluminum oxide, silicon dioxide, cerium oxide, zirconium oxide, titanium oxide, silicon nitride and manganese dioxide, and which further contains succinic acid or its salt dissolved in the composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2001
    Assignee: Fujimi Incorporated
    Inventor: Katsumi Tani
  • Patent number: 6190443
    Abstract: A polishing composition for polishing a memory hard disk, which comprises water and at least one abrasive selected from the group consisting of silicon dioxide, aluminum oxide, cerium oxide, zirconium oxide, titanium oxide, silicon nitride and manganese dioxide and which further contains an iron chelate complex dissolved in the composition, the iron chelate complex having a nitrogen-containing compound as a ligand, and the pH of the entire composition being from 6 to 10.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2001
    Assignee: Fujimi Incorporated
    Inventors: Keigo Ohashi, Hitoshi Kodama, Noritaka Yokomichi
  • Patent number: 6159925
    Abstract: This invention relates to an acid liquid crystal composition comprising a water insoluble organic compound, a nonionic surfactant, an abrasive, an anionic surfactant, a cosurfactant, a hydroxy containing organic acid, and water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2000
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Co.
    Inventor: Genevieve Blandiaux
  • Patent number: 6152976
    Abstract: An abrasive composition for polishing a substrate for a magnetic recording disc is described, which comprises finely divided titanium oxide particles, an abrasion promoter, an optional water-soluble oxidizing agent, and water. This abrasive composition is used for polishing a substrate for a magnetic recording disc by a process wherein the substrate is polished with a pad while the abrasive composition is supplied between the substrate and the pad, and at least one of the pad and the substrate is rotated. The contents of the finely divided titanium oxide particles, the abrasion promoter and the optional water-soluble oxidizing agent are 2-20 wt. %, 1-20 wt. % and up to 10 wt. %, respectively, based on the weight of the abrasive composition as used for polishing the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2000
    Assignee: Showa Denko Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Ken Ishitobi, Norihiko Miyata
  • Patent number: 6051541
    Abstract: A translucent/transparent composition capable of suspending relatively large size particles while remaining readily pourable. The composition is stable, even in presence of readily large amount of electrolyte/surfactant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2000
    Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care, Division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Kristina Marie Neuser, Myongsuk Bae-Lee, Feng-Lung Gordon Hsu, Daniel Joseph Kuzmenka, Dennis Stephen Murphy
  • Patent number: 6022838
    Abstract: A cleaning, polishing, and reconditioning composition of matter for internal parts of an engine, particularly suited for a cylinder of an internal combustion engine, composed of abrasive powder, chemical compositions of non-ferrous metals including nickel, sodium, cobalt, and molybdenum, and a carrier substance, which is either a dense liquid or has capacity of liquefying at temperatures existing within said engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2000
    Inventors: Oleg Mikhailovich Martynov, Igor Mikhailovich Martynov
  • Patent number: 5985817
    Abstract: The inventive compositions are pourable aqueous bleach composition which contain abrasives, suitable for use in cleaning hard surfaces such as are found, for example, in lavatories and kitchens. The compositions of the invention show good shelf life, exhibit a high level of bleach stability and show good stain and soil removal, particularly from hard surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 16, 1999
    Assignee: Reckitt & Colman South Africa Ltd.
    Inventors: A. Thomas Weibel, Ann Marie Lynch, Rosita Gabriella Nunez, Helen B. Wang, Pranil Pooran Hagroo, Leonard February
  • Patent number: 5968888
    Abstract: This invention relates to a liquid crystal composition comprising a water insoluble organic compound, a nonionic surfactant, magnesium sulfate, a water soluble cosurfactant, an abrasive, an ethoxylated alkyl ether sulfate surfactant or alkyl sulfate surfactant, a fatty acid, a 2-alkyl alkanol and water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 19, 1999
    Assignee: Colgate Palmolive Company
    Inventor: Genevieve Blandiaux
  • Patent number: 5965510
    Abstract: This invention relates to activation of enzymes. More specifically, the invention relates to agents capable of enhancing the activity of peroxidases or peroxidase acting compounds. The invention also relates to methods of oxidizing a substrate with a source of hydrogen peroxide in the presence of a peroxidase enzyme or a peroxidase acting compound, and an enhancing agent. More specifically, the invention relates to a method of bleaching of dye in solutions, to a method of inhibiting the transfer of a textile dye from a dyed fabric to another fabric when said fabrics are washed together in a wash liquor, to a method of bleaching of lignin-containing material, in particular bleaching of pulp for paper production, to a method of treatment of waste water from pulp manufacturing, and to a method of enzymatic polymerization and/or modification of lignin or lignin containing material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 1995
    Date of Patent: October 12, 1999
    Assignee: Novo Nordisk A/S
    Inventors: Palle Schneider, S.o slashed.ren Ebdrup
  • Patent number: 5962388
    Abstract: Compositions described herein are aqueous detergent compositions, preferably hard surface cleaning compositions, which contain alkyl aryl sulfonate surfactant, selected hydrophobic cleaning solvent, polycarboxylic acid, and aqueous solvent system in solution and/or a micellar phase, the pH being from about 2 to about 4. The have excellent soap scum removal and hard water deposit removal properties and are easy to rinse. Such compositions optionally contain additional anionic sulfate surfactant, cationic surfactant, peroxide and/or hydrophilic polymer for additional benefits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 5, 1999
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Alan Edward Sherry, Jeffrey Lawrence Flora, Jason Michael Knight
  • Patent number: 5922666
    Abstract: This invention relates to a liquid crystal composition comprising a water insoluble organic compound, a nonionic surfactant, an abrasive, an ethoxylated alkyl ether sulfate surfactant or alkyl sulfate surfactant, a fatty acid, a magnesium salt, a monoester of a C.sub.4 -C.sub.15 organic diol and water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 13, 1999
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Co.
    Inventor: Genevieve Blandiaux
  • Patent number: 5898026
    Abstract: This invention relates to a liquid crystal composition comprising a water insoluble organic compound, a nonionic surfactant, wood particles, an ethoxylated alkyl ether sulfate surfactant, a cosurfactant and water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 1997
    Date of Patent: April 27, 1999
    Assignee: Colgate Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Georges Yianakopoulos, Genevieve Blandiaux, Myriam Mondin
  • Patent number: 5883064
    Abstract: A granular detergent composition having a density from 550 to 950 g/liter, said detergent composition comprisingi) a polymeric dye transfer inhibiting agentii) a protease having an isoelectric point below 10iii) a surfactant system which is free of alkylbenzene sulfonate surfactant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 16, 1999
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Andre Cesar Baeck, Alfred Busch, Ann Katrien Marie Verschuere
  • Patent number: 5877139
    Abstract: There is provided an enzymatic detergent composition comprising one or more surfactants and an endoglucanase which is not a Family 7 cellulase, which contains no cellulose binding domain and wherein the catalytic domain contains at least two disulphide bridges. Preferably, the endoglucanase is producible from Thermomonospora fusca, or mutants or variants thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 2, 1999
    Assignee: Lever Brothers Company, Division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric Casteleijn, Willem R. van Dijk, Jan Klugkist, Pieter Dirk van Wassenaar
  • Patent number: 5863882
    Abstract: The formulations of the invention comprise a suspension of a sanitizing composition, bacterial spores, surfactants, a thickening agent, and abrasive particles all contained in aqueous solution. These formulations can be used for cleaning and sanitizing bathroom fixtures, sinks, toilet bowls, and other dirty and contaminated surfaces, and have the advantages of being a good surface cleaning agent and a good sanitizer along with providing the long term effect of beneficial bacteria that control pathogens and degrade wastes both on the surface and in the sewage system associated with the surface being treated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 1997
    Date of Patent: January 26, 1999
    Assignee: Sybron Chemical Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Jian-Er Lin, Douglas A. Dent
  • Patent number: 5846925
    Abstract: Solutions comprising at least one polyamino disuccinic acid and one or more polyamino monosuccinic acids are useful in gas conditioning (preferably as the iron chelate). The copper chelates are also useful in electroless copper plating. Another aspect of the invention includes the use of the aminosuccinic acid mixtures in laundry detergent compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 1997
    Date of Patent: December 8, 1998
    Assignee: The Dow Chemical Company
    Inventors: David A. Wilson, Druce K. Crump
  • Patent number: 5798327
    Abstract: There is provided an enzymatic detergent composition comprising a surfactant and an endoglucanase producible from Thermomonospora fusca, preferably E5, or mutants or variants thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 1996
    Date of Patent: August 25, 1998
    Assignee: Lever Brothers Company
    Inventors: Eric Casteleijn, Willem R. van Dijk, Jan Klugkist, Pieter Dirk van Wassenaar
  • Patent number: 5783543
    Abstract: A carpet cleaning composition comprising: (a) a powder-form solid adsorbent; (b) rollable particles of porous material, each particle having a length greater than 1 mm, and a diameter equal to at least 10% of the length of the particle; and (c) water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 1996
    Date of Patent: July 21, 1998
    Assignee: Henkel Kommanditgesellschaft auf Aktien
    Inventors: Theo Fleckenstein, Alexander Ditze, Franz Kresse, Thomas Hahn
  • Patent number: 5703028
    Abstract: This invention relates to a liquid crystal composition comprising a water insoluble organic compound, a sulfonate surfactant, an abrasive, an ethoxylated alkyl ether sulfate surfactant, a cosurfactant and water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 30, 1997
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Co
    Inventors: Rita Erilli, Chantal Gallant, Regis Lysy
  • Patent number: 5696074
    Abstract: Liquid crystalline aqueous surfactant compositions containing alkyl glycosides, long-chain alcohols, and, optionally, anionic surfactants; and to finished products containing them.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 1995
    Date of Patent: December 9, 1997
    Assignee: Henkel Kommanditgesellschaft auf Aktien
    Inventors: Dieter Nickel, Rainer Hofmann, Manfred Weuthen
  • Patent number: 5573701
    Abstract: Enhanced levels of viscosity reducing polymer can be stably incorporated in liquid detergent compositions of the kind comprising a structured phase containing detergent active material dispersed in an aqueous phase containing dissolved electrolyte, if the polymer is only partly dissolved in the latter phase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 1993
    Date of Patent: November 12, 1996
    Assignee: Lever Brothers Company, Division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Mario Bulfari, Johannes C. Van De Pas
  • Patent number: 5538663
    Abstract: A detergent composition is disclosed. The composition comprises polymer particles having an average particle size of 50-500 .mu.m in 5% by weight sodium chloride aqueous solution and a modulus of elasticity of 1.times.10.sup.3 -5.times.10.sup.5 dyne/cm.sup.2 in said sodium chloride aqueous solution. It exhibits a superior physical or mechanical washing performance, and gives remarkably reduced irritation and minimal damage to the object being washed. When a germicide is incorporated in addition to the polymer particles, its sterilization effect is greatly enhanced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 1992
    Date of Patent: July 23, 1996
    Assignee: Kao Corporation
    Inventors: Hideki Kihara, Yasushi Kajihara, Hajime Hirota
  • Patent number: 5536437
    Abstract: Physically stable, non-scratching hard surface cleaning compositions having shear thickening properties are provided and include an alkali metal silicate, an inorganic or organic compound containing an alkali metal cation or an organic compound containing at least one hydroxyl group and water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 1995
    Date of Patent: July 16, 1996
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Co.
    Inventor: Andrea Motyka