Nitrogen Attached To The Polycarboxylic Component By Nonionic Bonding (e.g., Nitrilotriacetate Salt, Etc.) Patents (Class 510/480)
  • Patent number: 7341987
    Abstract: A solid functional material comprises a functional agent such as a cleaning composition, a sanitizing agent, where a rinse agent, etc. in a solid block format. The solid block is formed by a binding agent that forms the active ingredients into a solid block. The binding agent comprises a phosphonate or amino acetate sequestrant, a carbonate salt and water in an E-Form hydrate. These materials at a specific mole ratio form a novel binding agent that can form functional materials into a solid matrix form.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2008
    Assignee: Ecolab Inc.
    Inventors: G. Jason Wei, Steven E. Lentsch, Keith E. Olson, Victor F. Man
  • Patent number: 7247607
    Abstract: Disclosed is an active and water-soluble natural detergent composite using soybean fatty acid and lecithin, and a method of producing the same. The method comprises agitating a mixture consisting of a natural vegetable fatty acid, lecithin, alkanolamide, and an organic solvent such as higher alcohol or polyhydric alcohol, saponifying the mixture to form microscopic detergent particles moving according to Brownian movement, and controlling the resulting detergent in terms of moisture and pH to allow the resulting detergent to be in a neutral or alkaline state. The detergent composite comprises 14 to 22 parts by weight of soybean fatty acid, 2 to 4 parts by weight of lecithin, 6 to 14 parts by weight of alkanolamide, 15 parts by weight of isooctylphenoxy polyoxyethoxy ethanol, 42 parts by weight of distilled water, 10 parts by weight of p-tert-oxyphenoxy polyethoxy ethanol, and 3 parts by weight of ethylene diamine tetracetic acid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2007
    Assignee: Green & Clean, Inc.
    Inventor: Kwang-Hwa Choi
  • Patent number: 7199095
    Abstract: An alkaline detergent composition is provided including a source of alkalinity and an effective soil removing amount of a nonionic surfactant blend. The nonionic surfactant blend includes a nonionic surfactant having a hydrophobic and an (EO) group and a nonionic silicone surfactant. The detergent composition provides for the removal of waxy-fatty soil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2007
    Assignee: Ecolab Inc.
    Inventors: Steven E. Lentsch, Victor F. Man, Deborah A. Ihns, Helmut K. Maier, Rhonda K. Schulz
  • Patent number: 7119053
    Abstract: An aqueous wheel cleaning solution for removing the dirt form the surface of aluminum, chrome, stainless steel, painted steel, painted aluminum, clear coated aluminum, rubber, and plastic wheels and tires without scrubbing by applying the cleaning solution to the wheel and/or tire then rinsing the wheel and/or tire with water. Selected polymers include a polyvinylpyrrolidone, a poly(N-vinylimidazole, a poly(4-vinylpyridine-betaine), and/or a poly(4-vinylpyridine-N-oxide) each one of which can be used with conventional wheel cleaning components such as an acid or alkaline-based cleaning formulation to dramatically improve its wheel cleaning power. These polymers can attach to organic and inorganic dirt particles forming a complex with them for easy removal from the wheel and/or tire during rinsing, leaving the wheel and/or tire clean without scrubbing the wheel or tire surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2006
    Assignee: Ashland Licensing and Intellectual Property, LLC
    Inventors: Elsie A. Jordan, Wen-Chen Su, Richard J. Baumgart, Frances E. Lockwood
  • Patent number: 7084102
    Abstract: A perfumed detergent tablet comprises a clay mineral compound and a heavy metal ion sequestrant. The clay mineral helps disperse the tablet in aqueous media and acts as a fabric softener for laundered fabrics. The perfume is free of Schiff bases, such as those formed from anthranilates and aldehydes, which can discolor the clay.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2006
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: José Arnau, Philip Andrew Cunningham, Michael Green, Allan Campbell McRitchie
  • Patent number: 7053031
    Abstract: The invention relates to the use of a composition for cleaning the outside of a means of transport. The composition contains component a) at least one tertiary amino oxide of formula R1 R2 R3 NO, whereby R1 represents an alkylamidoalkyl, alkenylamidoalkyl, alkoxypropylamidoalkyl or alkenylamidoalkyl group having between 8–18 carbon atoms, R2 and R3 represent, independently from each other, low molecular alkyl radicals or hydroxyethyl radicals or hydroxypropyl radicals, and component b) at least one alkali metal salt of polyasparaginic acid having a molecular weight of between 5,000 g/mol–50,000 g/mol, or a polyglutaminic acid having a molecular weight of between 5,000 g/mol–50,000 g/mol, or a mixture of both substances, whereby the weight ratio of the components a:b is between 10:1 and 3000:1. The cleaner of the present invention effectively removes dirt and comprises environmentally friendly corrosion inhibitors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2006
    Assignee: Clariant GmbH
    Inventors: Ingo Jeschke, Achim Stankowiak, Wolfgang Huber
  • Patent number: 7045492
    Abstract: A cleaning composition for treating and removing residue containing hydrocarbons and other flammable substances uses a mixture of one or more cleaning members containing quaternary salts, a chelator and a dispersant, mixed with water. The preferred cleaning members are tetradecyltrimethylammonium bromide, tetrasodium ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid, benzethonium hydrochloride and 2-butoxyethanol. The chelator is tetrasodium salt ethylenediamine of tetraacetic acid, and the dispersant is polyvinyl alcohol. Optionally, the cleaner contains ethanol and isopropyl alcohol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2006
    Inventors: Earl Jenevein, Sharon Vercellotti, John Vercellotti
  • Patent number: 7037884
    Abstract: An alkaline cleaner composition comprising an alkyl or alkylaryl ethoxy carboxylate, a strong chelating agent and a source of alkalinity, its manufacture and use in removing greasy soil from hard surface areas is described. The compositions are especially effective in removing lime-soaps in such greasy soil especially on institutional and commercial kitchen floors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2006
    Assignee: Ecolab Inc.
    Inventor: Victor Fuk-Pong Man
  • Patent number: 7026274
    Abstract: A cleaning composition for treating and removing stains from an object and for removing residue following a clean-up after a chemical or biological weapons attack. The composition uses ethanol, isopropyl alcohol, ethylene glycol mixed with one or more salts, such as bromides and chlorides, a chelator and a dispersant, mixed with water. The preferred salts are myristyltrimethylammonium bromide and benzethonium chloride, the chelator is tetrasodium salt ethylenediamine of tetraacetic acid, and the dispersant is polyvinyl alcohol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2006
    Inventor: Earl Jenevein
  • Patent number: 7008917
    Abstract: A cleaning composition, in a concentrated form comprising a water-soluble organic solvent, an ionic surfactant, a nonionic surfactant, a chelating agent, and distilled water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2006
    Assignee: The Knockout Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Karl A. Heise, Jerry Moore
  • Patent number: 6956019
    Abstract: An alkaline detergent composition is provided including a source of alkalinity and an effective soil removing amount of a nonionic surfactant blend. The nonionic surfactant blend includes a monionic surfactant having a hydrophobic and an (EO) group and a nonionic silicone surfactant. The detergent composition provides for the removal of waxy-fatty soil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2005
    Assignee: Ecolab Inc.
    Inventors: Steven E. Lentsch, Victor F. Man, Deborah A. Ihns, Helmut K. Maier, Rhonda K. Schulz
  • Patent number: 6951834
    Abstract: An improved cleaning composition loaded on a cleaning wipe having improved biocidal release from the cleaning wipe. The improved cleaning composition includes a cationic biocide and a biocide release agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2005
    Assignee: The Clorox Corporation
    Inventors: Shuman Mitra, Richard E. Simon, Wayne B. Scott, Kenneth L. Vieira, Glen A. Shaffer, Andrew Kilkenny
  • Patent number: 6933269
    Abstract: Polyaspartate derivatives, especially hydrophobically modified and/or hydrophilically modified polyaspartate derivatives, most especially polyaspartate derivatives that are both hydrophilically and hydrophobically modified, for use in detergent compositions, specifically laundry detergent compositions for providing cleaning, dispersancy, especially soil dispersion, builder properties and/or improved whitening of fabrics contacted by such detergent compositions; and methods for making such polyaspartate derivatives, and methods and articles employing such detergent compositions, are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2005
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Glenn Thomas Jordan, IV, Eugene Paul Gosselink
  • Patent number: 6921745
    Abstract: This invention provides an easily handled bactericide composition necessitating no rinsing step after treatment and exhibiting a safe and excellent bactericidal effect on surfaces which may be brought into direct contact with foods, such as hard surfaces in a house other than dishes and cooking devices. The bactericide composition of this invention comprises (a) polylysine, (b) plant essential oil, (c) organic solvent and (d) water in a specified ratio.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2005
    Assignee: Kao Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Yamada, Hirohiko Ishida, Kazunori Tsukuda
  • Patent number: 6897188
    Abstract: A liquid detergent concentrate is provided. The liquid detergent concentrate includes about 1 wt. % to about 40 wt. % combination anionic surfactant component and nonionic surfactant component containing about 0.5 wt. % to about 30 wt. % anionic surfactant and about 0.5 wt. % to about 30 wt. % nonionic surfactant, about 5 wt. % to about 60 wt. % of a water conditioning agent, and about 40 wt. % to about 95 wt. % water. The liquid detergent concentrate can be diluted with water to provide a liquid detergent use solution containing greater than 95 wt. % water. A method for washing textiles is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2005
    Assignee: Ecolab, Inc.
    Inventors: David W. Gohl, Paul J. Mattia, Robert D. Hei, John W. Birckbichler, Richard D. Stardig
  • Patent number: 6861398
    Abstract: The present invention relates to stable thixotropic polysuccinimide (PSI) dispersions, known as slurries, and to their use as additives for improving the flow properties of concrete, in oil wells, in acidic gel cleaners, and in drainage systems of tunnel constructions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2005
    Assignee: Bayer Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Thomas Klein, Joachim Voss, Holger Schmidt, Fred Ebert, Harry-Günter Müller
  • Patent number: 6855678
    Abstract: The present invention relates to improved cleaning compositions and new methods for treating medical residue such as that remaining on surgical devices and appliances after use. The medical residue treatment compositions of the invention include: (a) at least one surfactant; (b) at least one solvent; (c) at least one co-solvent; (d) at least one nitrogen containing biocide; and (e) at least one organic chelating agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2005
    Inventor: Reginald Reith Whiteley
  • Patent number: 6841527
    Abstract: An improved cleaning composition loaded on a cleaning wipe having improved biocidal release from the cleaning wipe. The improved cleaning composition includes a cationic biocide and a biocide release agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2005
    Assignee: The Clorox Company
    Inventors: Shuman Mitra, Richard E. Simon, Wayne B. Scott, Kenneth L. Vieira, Glen A. Shaffer, Andrew Kilkenny
  • Patent number: 6830629
    Abstract: Brass articles having leachable lead are contacted with an aqueous caustic solution that contains a chelating agent. A brass article can optionally be post-treated by contacting it with an aqueous solution containing anazole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2004
    Assignee: The Ford Meter Box Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Edward L. Cote, Andrew D. Wenzel, Lance E. Agness
  • Patent number: 6831108
    Abstract: Viscoelastic surfactant based aqueous fluid systems useful as thickening agents in various applications, e.g. to suspend particles produced during the excavation of geologic formations. The surfactants are zwitterionic/amphoteric surfactants such as dihydroxyl alkyl glycinate, alkyl ampho acetate or propionate, alkyl betaine, alkyl amidopropyl betaine and alkylimino mono- or di-propionates derived from certain waxes, fats and oils. The thickening agent is used in conjunction with an inorganic water-soluble salt or organic additive such as phthalic acid, salicylic acid or their salts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2004
    Assignee: Rhodia, Inc.
    Inventors: Manilal S. Dahanayake, Jiang Yang, Joseph H. Y. Niu, Paul Joel Derian, Ruoxin Li, David Dino
  • Patent number: 6784145
    Abstract: The invention relates to an article containing (A) a water-insoluble substrate and (B) containing an aqueous phase and N-(3-chloroallyl)hexaminium chloride. According to one preferred embodiment of the invention, the composition also contains at least one C1-C4 alkyl para hydroxybenzoate and/or at least one ethylenediamine-tetraacetic acid salt. The article may especially constitute a wipe for cleansing and/or removing makeup from the facial and/or body skin, and also for removing makeup from the eyes. The wipe may be in the form of a moist or dry wipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2004
    Assignee: L'Oreal
    Inventors: Patricia Delambre, Philippe Touzan, Pascal Simon
  • Patent number: 6774098
    Abstract: Methodologies and equipment for using hard surface cleaners to remove stains, such as menstrual fluid stains or underarm perspiration stains, from clothes or other soft fabrics. Suitable hard surface cleaners include Scrubbing Bubbles Mildew Stain Remover®, Tilex Mildew Remover®, Lysol Mildew Remover®, Scrub Free Mildew Stain Remover®, and other common household hard surface cleaners. In one embodiment, the stain removal requires little or no scrubbing of the fabric article.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2004
    Assignee: LHTaylor Associates
    Inventor: Lawnle H. Taylor
  • Patent number: 6733538
    Abstract: The present invention relates to laundry detergent compositions providing dye protection benefits to fabric comprising: a) from about 4% to about 70% by weight, of a surfactant; b) from about 0.01% by weight, of a dye maintenance polymer or oligomer, said polymer or copolymer comprising one or more linearly polymerizing monomers, cyclically polymerizing monomers, and mixtures thereof; and c) the balance carriers and adjunct ingredients.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2004
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Rajan Keshav Panandiker, Sherri Lynn Randall, Janet Sue Littig, Eugene Paul Gosselink, David William Bjorkquist
  • Patent number: 6727210
    Abstract: A composition, device and associated method of using the composition for use in cleaning the epidermis of a user. The composition comprises water; aloe extract; citric acid; disodium EDTA; PEG-60 lanolin; potassium sorbate; propylene glycol; quaternium-52; SD-alcohol; benzethonium chloride; pumice; methychloridsothiazolinone; methylisothiazalinone; degreaser; triethanolamine; and tocopherylactate. The device comprises a pouch containing a towelette containing the composition of the present invention. The method of using comprises the steps of obtaining, opening, pulling, and wiping.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2004
    Inventor: Donald E. Perdew, Jr.
  • Patent number: 6720297
    Abstract: A cleaning composition for treating and removing stains from a non-porous surface has one or more salts, such as quaternary ammonium salts, sulfates and chlorides, a chelator and a dispersant, dissolved in an aqueous solution of alcohol. The preferred salts are myristyltrimethylammonium bromide and benzethonium chloride, the chelator is tetrasodium salt ethylenediamine of tetraacetic acid, and the dispersant is polyvinyl alcohol. The cleaning composition is incorporated into a product, which has a non-woven polyester carrier impregnated with the cleaning composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2004
    Inventor: Earl Jenevein
  • Publication number: 20040058847
    Abstract: The present invention relates to liquid washing, cleaning, disinfecting bleaching compositions comprising amphiphilic copolymers which include structural units derived from
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2003
    Publication date: March 25, 2004
    Applicant: Clariant GmbH
    Inventors: Roman Morschhauser, Matthias Loffler, Christoph Kayser, Johannes Himmrich, Aranka Tardi, Sebastiano Lo Vasco, Carsten Muller
  • Publication number: 20040033929
    Abstract: Use of water-soluble of water-dispersible, film-forming graft polymers obtainable by free-radical polymerization of
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2003
    Publication date: February 19, 2004
    Inventors: Werner Bertleff, Michael Gotsche, Karl Kolter, Alfred Leinenbach
  • Patent number: 6693068
    Abstract: Improved aqueous carpet cleaning compositions which are ideally suited for use in machinery designed or used in the mechanical cleaning of carpets. The compositions are alkaline, and include one or more detersive surfactants, preferably one or more nonionic surfactants and one or more anionic surfactants; at least about 2% wt. of aminopolycarboxylic acid salt; an organic solvent constituent, preferably which includes a pyrrolidone based organic solvent constituent and excludes glycol and glycol ether solvents; an anti-resoiling agent; and water in quantum sufficient to provide 100% wt. of the compositions, as well as further optional constituents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2004
    Assignee: Reckitt Benckiser Inc.
    Inventors: Tracy Ann Ryan, Candice Lida Taylor, Frederic Albert Taraschi
  • Publication number: 20040029768
    Abstract: Use of an aqueous solution of a cationic copolymer in a detergent composition, characterized in that the cationic copolymer is formed from a cationic monomer and a nonionic monomer wherein said cationic copolymer has an average molecular weight in the range 30,000 to 300,000 and the aqueous solution has a concentration of 20 to 50% weight and a viscosity of less than 10,000 cP at 25° C. The invention also claims cosmetic compositions obtained from the aqueous solution of a cationic copolymer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2003
    Publication date: February 12, 2004
    Inventors: Robert Cockcroft, Eleanor Bernice Ridley, Valerie Reynolds
  • Patent number: 6689223
    Abstract: A method of cleaning hard surfaces by contact with an aqueous, liquid, multiphase, surfactant-containing cleaning composition having at least two continuous phases, one lower aqueous phase I and an upper aqueous phase II immiscible with the lower phase I, which can be temporarily converted into an emulsion by shaking and which cleaning composition contains no more than 50% by weight of nonionic surfactants, based on the total quantity of surfactants present.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2004
    Assignee: Henkel Kommanditgesellschaft auf Aktien
    Inventors: Georg Meine, Ryzard Katowicz, Ulf-Armin Schaper, Alexander Ditze
  • Patent number: 6689226
    Abstract: The decontamination gel consists of one solution including: a) a thickening agent; b) an active agent of decontamination; in which the thickening agent (a), is an agent exclusively organic, chosen among water-soluble organic polymers. This gel is usable for radioactive decontamination of surfaces, especially metallic surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2004
    Assignee: S.T.M.I. Société des Techniques en Milieu Ionisant
    Inventors: David Cheung, Philippe Rigal, Stéphane Bargues, Frédéric Favier, Jean-Louis Pascal
  • Patent number: 6686324
    Abstract: A low-foaming cleaning solution and dry particulate formulation which can be diluted with water, deionized water, or mixtures thereof, to form the cleaning solution. The cleaning solution has an alkaline pH, which is preferably from about 8 to about 11.5 and consists essentially of at least one low foaming surfactant in a concentration of from about 0.005% to about 40% w/w of the total solution, at least one active oxygen releasing compound in an amount effective to produce a hydrogen peroxide concentration of from about 0.005% to about 50% w/w of the total solution, at least one builder in a concentration of from about 0.001% to about 50% w/w of the total solution, and at least one diluent selected from the group consisting of water, deionized water, and mixtures thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2004
    Assignee: Virox Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Jose A. Ramirez, Nancy M. A. Sullivan
  • Publication number: 20040005990
    Abstract: Use as a soil antiredeposition agent (soil repellent) in a two-in-one or three-in-one washing and rinsing composition for the machine cleaning of kitchen- and tableware of a water-soluble or water-dispersible amphoteric copolymer derived
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2003
    Publication date: January 8, 2004
    Inventors: Eric Aubay, Garry Embleton
  • Patent number: 6673761
    Abstract: An cleaning composition loaded on a cleaning wipe having improved biocidal release from the cleaning wipe. The cleaning composition includes a cationic biocide, a biocide release agent and water. The cationic biocide release agent has an ionic strength in the cleaning composition of at least about 5×10−3 mol/l.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2004
    Assignee: The Clorox Company
    Inventors: Shuman Mitra, Richard E. Simon, Wayne B. Scott, Kenneth Vieira, Glen A. Shaffer
  • Patent number: 6664218
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a cleaning composition containing a zwitterionic surfactant, a glycol ether cosurfactant, a hydrophilizing polymer and water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2003
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Co
    Inventors: Nathalie Dastbaz, Eric Ewbank
  • Publication number: 20030220222
    Abstract: The invention relates to an aqueous composition comprising in combination an alkyl pyrrolidone, such as a C8-C18 linear alkyl pyrrolidone, and an alkyl polysaccharide such as an alkyl polyglucoside, and a method of enhancing the efficacy of an enzyme containing composition for use in cleaning medical instruments comprising the step of including in said composition an alkyl pyrrolidone and an alkyl polysaccharide. The methods and compositions of the present invention may further include at least one enzyme such as proteases, lipases, amylases, and cellulases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2003
    Publication date: November 27, 2003
    Inventors: Steven Kritzler, Alex Sava
  • Patent number: 6642192
    Abstract: The present invention deals with novel amphoteric surfactants that contain a hydroxy containing poly carboxylic group. This class of compounds are hydroxy succinic derivatives made by the reaction of epoxy succinic acid and an amine. The products are high purity, environmentally acceptable surfactants that are simultaneously exceptionally mild to skin and provides good detergency and conditioning of textile fiber, fabric, hair and skin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2003
    Assignee: Applied Carbochemicals Inc
    Inventor: Anthony J. O'Lenick, Jr.
  • Patent number: 6642200
    Abstract: A composition comprising A) from about 0.1% by weight of a polymer, copolymer, or mixtures thereof, said polymer or copolymer comprising one or more monomers having a cationic group and which is capable of attenuating and/or abating the loss of fabric dye; and B) the balance carriers and adjunct ingredients.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2003
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Shulin Larry Zhang, Janet Sue Littig, Neil James Gordon
  • Patent number: 6635612
    Abstract: The present invention provides a process for preparation of a chelant composition by a non-spray-drying process, a process for improving one or more of flowability and scoopability of a laundry detergent composition, and a chelant agglomerate useful as an ad-mix in a particulate laundry detergent. In one aspect of the present invention, the process for preparation of a chelant composition by a non-spray-drying process includes the steps of admixing a transition metal chelant and an inorganic compound to form a mixture, aglomerating the mixture in an aqueous medium to form a chelant agglomerate and drying the chelant agglomerate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2003
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Wendell I. Norman, Dennis Lee Perkins
  • Patent number: 6623695
    Abstract: An anticorrosive, penetration enhancing composition for cleaning decontaminating and rinsing includes electrochemically activated (ECA) water as the decontamination agent. The anticorrosive decontamination composition has, as the anticorrosive agent, a compound or mixture of compounds capable of inhibiting corrosion of various metals used in sterilization decontamination and rinsing systems and objects such as medical instruments. Preferred anticorrosive compounds include phosphates, azoles, and sulfates. Other additives, including wetting agents, are added to reduce the surface energy of the ECA water. This reduced surface energy permits the ECA water to penetrate into objects of complex design thus permitting complete decontamination of the treated object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2003
    Assignee: Steris Corporation
    Inventors: Paul S. Malchesky, Christopher M. Fricker
  • Patent number: 6613730
    Abstract: All purpose cleaning or microemulsion compositions more environmentally friendly, which is especially effective in the removal of oily or greasy soils, contains a charged surfactant-polymer complex, a hydrocarbon ingredient, a cosurfactant, and water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2003
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Patrick Durbut, Guy Broze, Francoise Mathieu
  • Patent number: 6608013
    Abstract: A light duty liquid detergent with desirable cleansing properties and mildness to the human skin comprising at least two surfactants, an improved preservative system, and water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2003
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Julien Drapier, Baudouin Mertens
  • Patent number: 6608020
    Abstract: All purpose cleaning or microemulsion compositions more environmentally friendly, which is especially effective in the removal of oily or greasy soils, contains a positively charged surfactant-polymer complex, and water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2003
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Patrick Durbut, Guy Broze, Francoise Mathieu
  • Patent number: 6605585
    Abstract: All purpose cleaning or microemulsion compositions more environmentally friendly, which is especially effective in the removal of oily or greasy soils contains a positively charged surfactant-polymer complex, a hydrocarbon ingredient, a cosurfactant, and water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2003
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Patrick Durbut, Guy Broze, Francoise Mathieu
  • Publication number: 20030139315
    Abstract: An alkaline cleaner composition comprising an alkyl or alkylaryl ethoxy carboxylate, a strong chelating agent and a source of alkalinity, its manufacture and use in removing greasy soil from hard surface areas is described. The compositions are especially effective in removing lime-soaps in such greasy soil especially on institutional and commercial kitchen floors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2002
    Publication date: July 24, 2003
    Inventor: Victor Fuk-Pong Man
  • Publication number: 20030134770
    Abstract: Liquid detergent compositions comprising a polymeric material which is a suds enhancer and a suds volume extender, said compositions having increased effectiveness for preventing re-deposition of grease during hand washing are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2002
    Publication date: July 17, 2003
    Inventors: Mark Robert Sivik, Jean-Francois Bodet, Bernard William Kluesener, William Michael Scheper, Dominic Wai-Kwing Yeung, Vance Bergeron
  • Patent number: 6579846
    Abstract: The present invention relates to acylated polymeric polyamines, to processes for their preparation, to their use, and to aqueous compositions which comprise these polyamines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2003
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Michael Zirnstein, Günter Oetter, Kristin Tiefensee, Knut Oppenländer, Jürgen Decker, Michael Ehle
  • Publication number: 20030100465
    Abstract: An improved cleaning composition adapted to clean a variety of hard surfaces. The improved cleaning composition includes a cationic biocide that includes biguanide compounds and/or quats.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2002
    Publication date: May 29, 2003
    Applicant: The Clorox Company, a Delaware corporation
    Inventors: Andrew Kilkenny, Elias A. Shaheen, Robert L. Blum, Shuman Mitra, Malcolm De Leo, Shona L. Nelson
  • Patent number: 6569261
    Abstract: This invention relates to a cleaning composition comprising at least one surfacatant or at least one cosmetic vehicle and a water-soluble or water-dispersible copolymer comprising, in the form of polymerized units: (a) at least one monomer compound of general formula I: (b) at least one hydrophilic monomer carrying a functional group with an acidic nature which is copolymerizable with (a) and which is capable of being ionized in the application medium; (c) optionally at least one hydrophilic monomer compound with ethylenic unsaturation with a neutral charge, carrying one or more hydrophilic groups, which is copolymerizable with (a) and (b).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2003
    Assignee: Rhodia Chimie
    Inventors: Eric Aubay, Dominic Yeung
  • Patent number: 6569829
    Abstract: A process for producing a long chain N-acyl acidic amino acid removes impurities by separating a mixture composed of a long chain N-acyl acidic amino acid containing an inorganic salt and a medium containing water and tertiary butanol into an aqueous layer and an organic layer containing the long chain N-acyl acidic amino acid at a temperature of from 35 to 80° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2003
    Assignee: Asahi Kasei Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yukio Yamawaki, Shinichi Yamamoto, Yoshinaga Tamura