Dishwasher Rinse Composition Patents (Class 510/514)
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Patent number: 7960329Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions including a water soluble magnesium salt, water soluble calcium salt, and silicate or carbonate, which have a beneficial effect on corrosion during cleaning. The present compositions can reduce corrosion of glass or aluminum. The present invention also relates to methods employing these compositions.Type: GrantFiled: May 2, 2008Date of Patent: June 14, 2011Assignee: Ecolab USA Inc.Inventors: Kim R. Smith, Michael E. Besse, Michael Bartelme, Michel M. Lawrence
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Publication number: 20110130322Abstract: A rinse aid composition comprising: a) a polymer comprising an acrylic acid backbone and alkoxylated side chains, said polymer comprising a molecular weight of from about 4,000 to about 22,000, the polymer comprising from about 20 wt % to about 50 wt % of an alkylene oxide; and b) a low foaming nonionic surfactant.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2009Publication date: June 2, 2011Inventor: Xinbei Song
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Publication number: 20110114127Abstract: The present invention provides a composition. The composition comprises zinc and bismuth. The composition is for use in the protection of glassware in an automatic dishwashing process.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 24, 2011Publication date: May 19, 2011Applicant: Reckitt Benckiser N.V.Inventor: Karlheinz Ulrich Gerhard HAHN
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Publication number: 20110108068Abstract: The present invention is a method of preparing and using solid rinse aid compositions. The solid rinse aid composition generally includes a sulfate salt or sulfated surfactant, urea or polyethylene glycol as solidification agents and an effective amount of a surfactant wherein the composition is prepared by extruding. The surfactant may include at least one of an alcohol ethoxylate compound. The solid rinse aid composition may also incorporate a preservative system including sodium bisulfate. The solid rinse aid composition may be phosphate-free, aminocarboxylate-free, and GRAS if desired.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 18, 2011Publication date: May 12, 2011Applicant: ECOLAB USA INC.Inventors: Janel M. Kieffer, Victor F. Man
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Patent number: 7939483Abstract: Water-soluble glass as corrosion protector in dishwashing machines A zinc-containing, water-soluble glass composition comprising from 41 to 54 mole % of P2O5, 10 to 30 mole % of alkali oxides, up to 5 mole % of SO3 and up to 25 mole % of ZnO.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2010Date of Patent: May 10, 2011Assignee: Reckitt Benckiser N.V.Inventor: Karlheinz Ulrich Gerhard Hahn
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Patent number: 7919448Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions including a water soluble magnesium salt, water soluble calcium salt, and gluconate, which have a beneficial effect on corrosion during cleaning. The present compositions can reduce corrosion of glass, aluminum, or steel. The present invention also relates to methods employing these compositions.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2010Date of Patent: April 5, 2011Assignee: Ecolab USA Inc.Inventors: Kim R. Smith, Michael E. Besse, Michael Bartelme, Michel M. Lawrence
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Publication number: 20110028372Abstract: The combination of an enzyme substrate and an enzyme capable of accelerating the modification of said substrate, provides a triggered release system which works especially well. The use of the enzyme-triggered release system can retain a rinse benefit agent during the wash stage and release it during the subsequent rinse stage.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 25, 2009Publication date: February 3, 2011Applicant: NOVOZYMES A/SInventors: Flemming Borup, Thomas Hoenger Callisen, Kirk Matthew Schnorr, Ole Simonsen, Christian Wieth, Judith Maria Bonsall, Andrew Paul Chapple, Anthony Hackett, Christopher Clarkson Jones, David Richard Arthur Mealing, Rajesh Amrit Salkar
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Patent number: 7867971Abstract: Use of polymers which comprise (a) monomer units of the formula I ?in which R1 is hydrogen or C1-C4-alkyl, (b) monomer units of the formula II ?in which R1 and R2, independently of one another, are hydrogen or C1-C4-alkyl, or (c) monomer units of the formula I and monomer units of the formula II, for odor prevention during machine dishwashing.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2004Date of Patent: January 11, 2011Assignee: BASF AktiengesellschaftInventors: Bettina Mueller, Marcus Guzmann, Heike Becker
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Patent number: 7858574Abstract: A warewashing detergent composition is provided according to the invention. The warewashing detergent composition includes a cleaning agent, an alkaline source, and a corrosion inhibitor. The cleaning agent comprises a detersive amount of a surfactant. The alkaline source is provided in an amount effective to provide a use composition having a pH of at least about 8. The corrosion inhibitor includes a source of aluminum ion and at least one of a source of calcium ion or a source of magnesium ion. The amounts of calcium ion or magnesium ion can be selected depending upon the hardness of the water of dilution. Methods for using a warewashing detergent composition are provided.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2010Date of Patent: December 28, 2010Assignee: Ecolab USA Inc.Inventors: Kim R. Smith, Michael J. Bartelme, Keith E. Olson
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Publication number: 20100298191Abstract: An article comprising: a functionalized substrate comprising: a composition susceptible to aqueous attack, comprising a water-soluble material, a partially water soluble material, a water-dispersible materials, a water-disintegrating materials, and mixtures thereof; a plurality of microcapsules encapsulating a perfume, wherein said plurality of microcapsules is incorporated with said functionalized substrate; and a total perfume loading level of from about 1% to about 95% by weight of said functionalized substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 9, 2010Publication date: November 25, 2010Inventors: Frank William Denome, Tania Edmee Berges-Cabrera, Errol Hoffman Wahl, Jodi Lee Brown, Renae Dianna Fossum, Vincenzo Catalfamo, Yonas Gizaw, Lois Jean Boekley, Brian Joseph Roselle, Michael Bruce Edwards
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Publication number: 20100292127Abstract: The present invention is directed to rinse aid compositions and methods for making and using the rinse aid compositions. The compositions of the invention include a sheeting agent, a defoaming agent, and an association disruption agent. The rinse aid compositions of the present invention result in a faster draining/drying time on most substrates compared to conventional rinse aids. The rinse aid compositions of the present invention are especially suitable for use on plastic substrates.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 12, 2010Publication date: November 18, 2010Applicant: ECOLAB USA INC.Inventors: Janel M. Kieffer, Victor F. Man, Steven E. Lentsch
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Patent number: 7829516Abstract: A warewashing detergent composition is provided according to the invention. The warewashing detergent composition includes a cleaning agent, an alkaline source, and a corrosion inhibitor. The cleaning agent comprises a detersive amount of a surfactant. The alkaline source is provided in an amount effective to provide a use composition having a pH of at least about 8. The corrosion inhibitor includes a source of aluminum ion and a source of zinc ion. The relative amounts of the source of zinc ion and the source of aluminum ion can be controlled to reduce visible filming when the warewashing detergent composition is used in the presence of hard water. Methods for using and manufacturing a warewashing detergent composition are provided.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2009Date of Patent: November 9, 2010Assignee: Ecolab USA Inc.Inventors: Kim R. Smith, Keith E. Olson, Howie Kestell, Michael J. Bartelme, Steven E. Lentsch, Victor F. Man, Burton M. Baum, Terence P. Everson
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Patent number: 7816314Abstract: The present invention relates to automatic dishwashing detergent compositions and methods of using compositions comprising halogenated salts, phosphate and/or silicate in conjunction with electrolyzed water in automatic dishwashing appliances comprising an electrochemical cell and/or electrolytic device for treating tableware to improve cleaning, sanitizing and stain removal by controlling hardness, corrosion and dispersancy.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2006Date of Patent: October 19, 2010Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: William Michael Scheper, Kenneth Nathan Price, Mario Elmen Tremblay, Paul Joseph Drzewiecki
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Patent number: 7759299Abstract: A warewashing detergent composition is provided according to the invention. The warewashing detergent composition includes a cleaning agent, an alkaline source, and a corrosion inhibitor. The cleaning agent comprises a detersive amount of a surfactant. The alkaline source is provided in an amount effective to provide a use composition having a pH of at least about 8. The corrosion inhibitor includes a source of aluminum ion and at least one of a source of calcium ion or a source of magnesium ion. The amounts of calcium ion or magnesium ion can be selected depending upon the hardness of the water of dilution. Methods for using a warewashing detergent composition are provided.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2006Date of Patent: July 20, 2010Assignee: Ecolab Inc.Inventors: Kim R. Smith, Michael J. Bartelme, Keith E. Olson
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Patent number: 7741262Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions including a water soluble magnesium salt, water soluble calcium salt, and gluconate, which have a beneficial effect on corrosion during cleaning. The present compositions can reduce corrosion of a variety of surfaces including glass, aluminum, chrome, copper, and steel. The present invention also relates to methods employing these compositions.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2008Date of Patent: June 22, 2010Assignee: Ecolab Inc.Inventors: Kim R. Smith, Michel M. Lawrence, Michael J. Bartelme
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Patent number: 7713920Abstract: Detergent compositions containing azo initiator compounds are provided. More particularly, detergent compositions containing azo initiator compounds having improved bleaching performance and stain-removal benefits, and methods of using the same, are provided. Composition of matter and articles of manufacture are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2006Date of Patent: May 11, 2010Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Francis Cornelio Ford, Peter Robert Foley, Alan David Willey
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Patent number: 7709434Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions including a water soluble magnesium salt, water soluble calcium salt, and gluconate, which have a beneficial effect on corrosion during cleaning. The present compositions can reduce corrosion of glass, aluminum, or steel. The present invention also relates to methods employing these compositions.Type: GrantFiled: May 2, 2008Date of Patent: May 4, 2010Assignee: Ecolab Inc.Inventors: Kim R. Smith, Michael E. Besse, Michael Bartelme, Michel M. Lawrence
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Patent number: 7638473Abstract: A warewashing detergent composition is provided according to the invention. The warewashing detergent composition includes a cleaning agent, an alkaline source, and a corrosion inhibitor. The cleaning agent comprises a detersive amount of a surfactant. The alkaline source is provided in an amount effective to provide a use composition having a pH of at least about 8. The corrosion inhibitor includes a source of aluminum ion and a source of zinc ion. The relative amounts of the source of zinc ion and the source of aluminum ion can be controlled to reduce visible filming when the warewashing detergent composition is used in the presence of hard water. Methods for using and manufacturing a warewashing detergent composition are provided.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 2008Date of Patent: December 29, 2009Assignee: Ecolab Inc.Inventors: Kim R. Smith, Keith E. Olson, Howie Kestell, Michael J. Bartelme, Steven E. Lentsch, Victor F. Man, Burton M. Baum, Terence P. Everson
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Publication number: 20090233833Abstract: The present invention provides a composition. The composition comprises zinc and bismuth. The composition is for use in the protection of glassware in an automatic dishwashing process from detrimental effects caused by exposure to aluminium.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 27, 2009Publication date: September 17, 2009Applicant: RECKITT BENCKISER N.V.Inventors: Karlheinz Ulrich Gerhard Hahn, Karin Werner
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Publication number: 20090233834Abstract: The present invention provides a composition. The composition comprises zinc and bismuth. The composition is for use in the protection of glassware in an automatic dishwashing process.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 27, 2009Publication date: September 17, 2009Applicant: RECKITT BENCKISER N.V.Inventor: Karlheinz Ulrich Gerhard Hahn
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Publication number: 20090203569Abstract: The present invention is a solid rinse aid composition and methods of making and using the same. The solid rinse aid composition generally includes sodium sulfate and urea as solidification agents and an effective amount of an alcohol ethoxylate compound sheeting agent component and an effective amount of defoamer component. The solid rinse aid composition may also incorporate a preservative system including sodium bisulfate. The solid rinse aid composition may be phosphate-free, aminocarboxylate-free, and GRAS if desired.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 17, 2009Publication date: August 13, 2009Applicant: Ecolab Inc.Inventors: Janel M. Kieffer, Michael Bartelme, Kent Brittain, Matthew F. Zurbey, Yvonne M. Killeen
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Patent number: 7524803Abstract: A warewashing detergent composition is provided according to the invention. The warewashing detergent composition includes a cleaning agent, an alkaline source, and a corrosion inhibitor. The cleaning agent comprises a detersive amount of a surfactant. The alkaline source is provided in an amount effective to provide a use solution having a pH of at least about 8. The corrosion inhibitor includes a source of aluminum ion and a source of zinc ion. Methods for using and manufacturing a warewashing detergent composition are provided.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2007Date of Patent: April 28, 2009Assignee: Ecolab Inc.Inventors: Steven E. Lentsch, Michael J. Bartelme, Victor F. Man, Burton M. Baum, Terence P. Everson
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Publication number: 20090088357Abstract: An agent for use in dishwashers, which enables the dishwasher to be fragranced during protracted operating intervals and simultaneously improves the pearl-off performance of the rinsing water during the drying cycle, and which has a solid, preferably granular, structure at normal temperatures. The agent can be produced by exclusive use of a solid fragrance known per se. The solid fragrance contains a carrier material which is made of fatty alcohol or a mixture containing fatty alcohol and which is solid at normal temperatures, and, dissolved therein, a fragrance which is liquid at normal temperatures. The solution is composed quantitatively of between 40 and 60% by weight of carrier material and between 60 and 40% by weight of fragrance.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 11, 2006Publication date: April 2, 2009Inventors: Hans-Jurgen Huppert, Collin Berrido
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Publication number: 20080293615Abstract: The present invention is a solid rinse aid composition and methods of making and using the same. The solid rinse aid composition generally includes sodium sulfate and urea as solidification agents and an effective amount of an alcohol ethoxylate compound sheeting agent component and an effective amount of defoamer component. The solid rinse aid composition may also incorporate a preservative system including sodium bisulfate. The solid rinse aid composition may be phosphate-free, aminocarboxylate-free, and GRAS if desired.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 25, 2007Publication date: November 27, 2008Applicant: ECOLAB INC.Inventors: Janel M. Kieffer, Michael Bartelme, Kent Brittain, Matthew F. Zurbey, Yvonne M. Killeen
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Patent number: 7456142Abstract: A zinc-containing, water-soluble glass composition comprising from 41 to 54 mole % of P2O5, 10 to 30 mole % of alkali oxides, up to 5 mole % of SO3 and up to 25 mole % of ZnO.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2007Date of Patent: November 25, 2008Assignee: Reckitt Benckiser N.V.Inventor: Karlheinz Ulrich Gerhard Hahn
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Patent number: 7452853Abstract: A warewashing detergent composition is provided according to the invention. The warewashing detergent composition includes a cleaning agent, an alkaline source, and a corrosion inhibitor. The cleaning agent comprises a detersive amount of a surfactant. The alkaline source is provided in an amount effective to provide a use composition having a pH of at least about 8. The corrosion inhibitor includes a source of aluminum ion and a source of zinc ion. The relative amounts of the source of zinc ion and the source of aluminum ion can be controlled to reduce visible filming when the warewashing detergent composition is used in the presence of hard water. Methods for using and manufacturing a warewashing detergent composition are provided.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 2006Date of Patent: November 18, 2008Assignee: Ecolab Inc.Inventors: Kim R. Smith, Keith E. Olson, Howie Kestell, Michael J. Bartelme, Steven E. Lentsch, Victor F. Man, Burton M. Baum, Terence P. Everson
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Patent number: 7361632Abstract: A zinc-containing, water-soluble glass composition comprising from 41 to 54 mole % of P2O5, 10 to 30 mole % of alkali oxides, up to 5 mole % of SO3 and up to 25 mole % of ZnO.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 2005Date of Patent: April 22, 2008Assignee: Reckitt Benckiser N.V.Inventor: Karlheinz Ulrich Gerhard Hahn
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Patent number: 7332466Abstract: A low-foaming surfactant composition comprising: (a) a hydroxy mixed ether corresponding to formula I: R1O[CH2CH(CH3)O]x(CH2CHR2O)y[CH2CH(OH)R3]z??(I) wherein R1 is an alkyl and/or alkylene group containing from 4 to 18 carbon atoms, R2 is hydrogen, R3 is an alkyl group having from 2 to 22 carbon atoms, x is 0, y is a number from 1 to 30, and z is a number from 1 to 3; and (b) a low-foaming nonionic surfactant selected from the group consisting of an optionally end-capped fatty alcohol polyethylene glycol/polypropylene glycol ether corresponding to formula II: R4O(CH2CH2O)n[CH2(CH3)CHO]mR5 ??(II) wherein R4 is an alkyl and/or alkylene group containing from 8 to 22 carbon atoms, R5 is hydrogen or an alkyl group containing from 1 to 8 carbon atoms, n is a number from 1 to 15 and m is a number up to 10, an optionally end-capped fatty alcohol polypropylene glycol/polyethylene glycol ether corresponding to formula II: R6O[CH2(CH3)CHO]p(CH2CH2O)qR7 ??(III) wherein R6 is an alkyl and/or alkylene group having fType: GrantFiled: November 17, 2004Date of Patent: February 19, 2008Assignee: Cognis Deutschland GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Karl-Heinz Schmid, Rita Koester
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Patent number: 7320957Abstract: Rinse-aid composition comprising a polyalkoxylated trisiloxane surfactant and a non-ionic solubilising system having a cloud point above room temperature and an acidifying agent wherein the rinse-aid composition has a pH of from about 1 to about 4.5.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2006Date of Patent: January 22, 2008Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Anju Deepali Massey Brooker, Harold Emmerson, Andrew Paul Nelson, Eric San Jose Robles, Brian Xiaoqing Song
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Patent number: 7282472Abstract: An automatic dishwashing composition in unit dose form for delivery into the main-wash cycle of an automatic dishwashing machine, the composition comprising a phosphate or non-phosphate detergency builder and a sulfonated anti-scaling polymer.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2005Date of Patent: October 16, 2007Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Neha Kapur, Anju Deepali Massey Brooker, James Iain Kinloch, Alison Lesley Main
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Patent number: 7271138Abstract: Through-the-wash automatic dishwashing detergent compositions, especially detergent compositions comprising zinc-containing materials, are provided for protecting glassware from surface corrosion during automatic dishwashing.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2004Date of Patent: September 18, 2007Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Brian Xiaoqing Song, Patricia Sara Berger, James Robert Schwartz, Robert William Corkery
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Patent number: 7243664Abstract: A method of preventing corrosion of metals such as stainless steel, carbon steel and chrome plated flatware in automatic dishwashers through the use of a corrosion inhibitor in an automatic dishwashing detergent composition.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2006Date of Patent: July 17, 2007Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Patricia Sara Berger, Patti Jean Kellett
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Patent number: 7241726Abstract: Complete-cycle methods are provided for protecting glassware from corrosion in automatic dishwashing appliances using a through-the-wash detergent composition, especially detergent compositions comprising zinc-containing materials, in combination with a rinse aid composition, especially rinse aid compositions comprising at least one water-soluble metal salt.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2004Date of Patent: July 10, 2007Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Brian Xiaoqing Song, Paul Joseph Drzewiecki, Patricia Sara Berger, James Robert Schwartz, Robert William Corkery
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Patent number: 7196045Abstract: A warewashing detergent composition is provided according to the invention. The warewashing detergent composition includes a cleaning agent, an alkaline source, and a corrosion inhibitor. The cleaning agent comprises a detersive amount of a surfactant. The alkaline source is provided in an amount effective to provide a use solution having a pH of at least about 8. The corrosion inhibitor includes a source of aluminum ion and a source of zinc ion. Methods for using and manufacturing a warewashing detergent composition are provided.Type: GrantFiled: February 2, 2006Date of Patent: March 27, 2007Assignee: Ecolab Inc.Inventors: Steven E. Lentsch, Michael J. Bartelme, Victor F. Man, Burton M. Baum, Terence P. Everson
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Patent number: 7196044Abstract: A warewashing detergent composition is provided according to the invention. The warewashing detergent composition includes a cleaning agent, an alkaline source, and a corrosion inhibitor. The cleaning agent comprises a detersive amount of a surfactant. The alkaline source is provided in an amount effective to provide a use composition having a pH of at least about 8. The corrosion inhibitor includes a source of aluminum ion and a source of zinc ion. The relative amounts of the source of zinc ion and the source of aluminum ion can be controlled to reduce visible filming when the warewashing detergent composition is used in the presence of hard water. Methods for using and manufacturing a warewashing detergent composition are provided.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2004Date of Patent: March 27, 2007Assignee: Ecolab, Inc.Inventors: Kim R. Smith, Keith E. Olson, Howie Kestell, Michael J. Bartelme, Steven E. Lentsch, Victor F. Man, Burton M. Baum, Terence P. Everson
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Patent number: 7179776Abstract: A ceramic composition is provided to protect glassware from corrosion in a dishwasher. The ceramic composition contains at least one compound which releases an active agent during washing and/or rinsing cycles of a dishwasher to protect glassware from corrosion.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2004Date of Patent: February 20, 2007Assignee: Reckitt Benckiser, N.V.Inventor: Karlheinz Ulrich Gerhard Hahn
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Patent number: 7135448Abstract: A warewashing detergent composition is provided according to the invention. The warewashing detergent composition includes a cleaning agent, an alkaline source, and a corrosion inhibitor. The cleaning agent comprises a detersive amount of a surfactant. The alkaline source is provided in an amount effective to provide a use solution having a pH of at least about 8. The corrosion inhibitor includes a source of aluminum ion and a source of zinc ion. Methods for using and manufacturing a warewashing detergent composition are provided.Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 2003Date of Patent: November 14, 2006Assignee: Ecolab Inc.Inventors: Steven E. Lentsch, Michael J. Bartelme, Victor F. Man, Burton M. Baum, Terence P. Everson
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Patent number: 7132390Abstract: The invention provides an adsorbate which comprises a soluble zinc compound of a polycarboxylic acid adsorbed on crystalline alkali metal phyllosilicate, and the use thereof.Type: GrantFiled: July 21, 2004Date of Patent: November 7, 2006Assignee: Clariant GmbHInventors: Harald Bauer, Günther Schimmel
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Patent number: 7115550Abstract: A liquid dish cleaning composition with desirable cleansing properties comprising two C8-18 ethoxylated alkyl ether sulfate surfactants, two anionic surfactant, an amine oxide surfactant, and water.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2006Date of Patent: October 3, 2006Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive CompanyInventor: Gregory Szewczyk
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Patent number: 7101833Abstract: Methods for treating glassware surfaces, for example dishes and glasses, using corrosion protection agents, especially corrosion protection agents comprising zinc-containing materials. Methods using corrosion protection agents that form a part of a treatment system and/or are incorporated in a composition of matter are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2004Date of Patent: September 5, 2006Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Patricia Sara Berger, Brian Xiaoqing Song, James Robert Schwartz, Robert William Corkery
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Patent number: 7094740Abstract: Corrosion protection agents for treating glassware surfaces, for example dishes and glasses, especially corrosion protection agents comprising zinc-containing materials are provided. Treatment systems and composition of matter, which incorporate these corrosion protection agents, are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2004Date of Patent: August 22, 2006Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Patricia Sara Berger, Brian Xiaoqing Song, James Robert Schwartz, Robert William Corkery
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Patent number: 7087662Abstract: Rinse aid materials for coating, coating compositions, methods and articles of manufacture for use in automatic dishwashing appliances comprising a nanoparticle system or employing the same to impart surface modifying benefits for all types of dishware surfaces are disclosed. In some embodiments, dispersement of nanoparticles in a suitable carrier medium allows for the creation of rinse aid surface coating compositions, methods and articles of manufacture that create multi-use benefits to modified dishware surfaces. These surface modifications can produce long lasting or semi-permanent multi-use benefits that include at least one of the following improved surface properties: wetting and sheeting, uniform drying, anti-spotting, anti-staining, anti-filming, self cleaning, and durability benefits, relative to dishware surfaces unmodified with such nanoparticle systems.Type: GrantFiled: August 14, 2003Date of Patent: August 8, 2006Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Chanchal Kumar Ghosh, William Michael Scheper, Robert Henry Rohrbaugh, Michael Ray McDonald, John David Carter, Eugene Paul Gosselink
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Patent number: 7084101Abstract: The present invention relates to an aqueous based, solvent free degreaser composition, comprising a blend of two nonionic surfactants selected from, alcohol alkoxylate with a fatty alcohol moiety, alkoxylated fatty alcohol, fatty alcohol having oxyethylate moieties, polyoxyalkylene block copolymers, and alkyl phenol alkoxylate.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2002Date of Patent: August 1, 2006Assignee: BASF CorporationInventors: Charles O. Kerobo, Michael C. Welch, Suzanne M. Gessner, Sonia J. Patterson
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Patent number: 7033986Abstract: A liquid dish cleaning composition with desirable cleansing properties comprising two C8-18 ethoxylated alkyl ether sulfate surfactants, two anionic surfactant, an amine oxide surfactant, and water.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2003Date of Patent: April 25, 2006Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive CompanyInventor: Gregory Szewczyk
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Patent number: 7008918Abstract: A rinse agent composition is provided. The rinse agent composition includes a sheeting agent for promoting draining of sheets of water from a surface, and a humectant. The humectant is a component which retains at least 5 wt. % water when the humectant has been contained at an equilibrium of 50% relative humidity and room temperature. The sheeting agent and humectant are preferably provided at a ratio of between about 5:1 and about 1:3. A method for rinsing a substrate surface in the presence of high solids containing water is provided. High solids containing water is generally considered to be water having a total dissolved solids content in excess of 200 ppm.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2003Date of Patent: March 7, 2006Assignee: Ecolab Inc.Inventors: Steven E. Lentsch, Victor F. Man, Yvonne M. Killeen
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Patent number: 6998375Abstract: An automatic dishwashing composition in unit dose form for delivery into the main-wash cycle of an automatic dishwashing machine, the composition comprising a phosphate or non-phosphate detergency builder and a sulfonated anti-scaling polymer.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2002Date of Patent: February 14, 2006Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Neha Kapur, Anju Deepali Massey Brooker, James Iain Kinloch, Alison Lesley Main
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Patent number: 6962898Abstract: Detergents for dishwashing contain 1% up to 98.8% by weight of builders, 0.1% to 70% by weight of copolymers of unsaturated carboxylic acids and monomers containing sulfonic acid groups, and one or both of 5% to 30% by weight of nonionic surfactants and 0.1% to 30% by weight of homo- or copolymeric polycarboxylic acids or salts thereof.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2001Date of Patent: November 8, 2005Assignee: Henkel Kommanditgesellschaft auf AktienInventors: Arnd Kessler, Rolf Bayersdoerfer, Rainer Sorg, Christian Nitsch, Melanie Baumann
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Patent number: 6924260Abstract: This invention relates to the use of a water-soluble or water-dispersible copolymer comprising, in the form of polymerized units of at least one monomer compound bearing a quaternary ammonium (a) and at least one hydrophilic monomer (b) bearing a function of acidic nature which is copolymerizable with (a) and capable of ionizing in the application medium, the a/b molar ratio being between 50/50 and 10/90, in a method of reducing or preventing soil redeposition on kitchen- and tableware cleaned in an automatic dishwashing machine.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2003Date of Patent: August 2, 2005Assignee: Rhodia ChimieInventor: Eric Aubay
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Patent number: 6894013Abstract: Disclosed are detergent compositions for hand dishwashing which, by incorporating certain organic solvents, results in a liquid dishwashing detergent composition that is not only a more effective cleaning agent, but also offers improved physical and enzymatic stability and more convenient rheology and handling characteristics than typical liquid dishwashing compositions.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2004Date of Patent: May 17, 2005Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Joanna Margaret Clarke, Garry Kenneth Embleton, Howard David Hutton, Mark Leslie Kacher, John David Sadler, Deborah Pancheri Wallace
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Patent number: 6805141Abstract: A rinse agent composition containing: (a) a gemini surfactant corresponding to formula I: R—CHOH—CH2—[OCH2CH2]x—O—CH2—CHOH—R (I) wherein R is a linear or branched alkyl and/or alkenyl radical having from about 4 to 22 carbon atoms, and x is a number from about 5 to 90; and (b) a fatty alcohol alkoxylate corresponding to formula II: R1O[CH2(CH3)CHO]q(CH2CH2O)rH (II) wherein R1 is a linear or branched alkyl and/or alkenyl group having from about 4 to 22 carbon atoms, and q is a number up to about 10, and r is a number from about 1 to 50, and wherein (a) and (b) are present in the composition in a ratio by weight of from about 1:1 to 4:1.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2002Date of Patent: October 19, 2004Assignee: Cognis Deutschland GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Michael Elsner, Ditmar Kischke, Manfred Weuthen