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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7410938 | Calcium hypochlorite/scale inhibitor/residue disperser triblend A solid calcium hypochlorite composition comprising a mixture of: solid calcium hypochlorite; a scale-inhibiting effective amount of a primarily scale-inhibiting alkali metal phosphate; and an effective residue-dispersing amount of primarily residue-dispersing alkal... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7375072 | Bleach-containing laundry detergents or cleaning compositions comprising water-soluble builder system and soil release-capable cellulose derivative A builder-containing laundry detergent or cleaning composition is comprised of: (1) alkali metal percarbonate; (2) a water-soluble builder block which comprised of: a) from 5% by weight to 35% by weight of citric acid, an alkali metal citrate, an alkali... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7316995 | Detergents or cleaning agents comprising a water-soluble building block system and a cellulose derivative with dirt dissolving properties A builder-containing laundry detergent or cleaning composition comprising: (1) a water-soluble builder block which comprised of: a) from 5% by weight to 35% by weight of citric acid, an alkali metal citrate, an alkali metal carbona... | 01/08/2008 |
| 6541443 | Multifunctional detergent materials A multifunctional detergent material, useful in laundry and cleaning product compositions, containing functional ingredients including a condensed phosphate material and a silicate material, and optionally other inorganic materials, such as carbonate and ... | 04/01/2003 |
| 6528474 | Method of manufacturing a detergent with soluble builder The invention relates to a process for the production of substantially alumosilicate-free detergents containing a soluble builder system which provides free-flowing and storage-stable granules. In this process for the production of a particulate, substant... | 03/04/2003 |
| 6194367 | Non-caustic cleaning composition comprising peroxygen compound and specific silicate and method of making the same in free-flowing, particulate form The present invention discloses an alkaline cleaning composition for cleaning heavily soiled metal surfaces such as food fryers, baking pans, high temperature pasteurizers, and beer kettles, ceramic surfaces such as restaurant grade ceramic china plates a... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6121219 | Antimicrobial acid cleaner for use on organic or food soil The invention relates to compositions and methods for cleaning typically organic beverage and food soils. The cleaning composition is formulated to remove carbohydrate and proteinaceous soils from hard surfaces. The formulations of the invention are direc... | 09/19/2000 |
| 5977054 | Mildly acidic hard surface cleaning compositions containing amine oxide detergent surfactants Disclosed are mildly acidic liquid compositions for use in cleaning hard surfaces. The compositions contain from about 1% to about 60% of an amine oxide detergent surfactant, an aqueous carrier liquid, and an acidifying agent having a pKa of le... | 11/02/1999 |
| 5955419 | High efficiency delivery system comprising zeolites Laundry particles comprising: a) a porous carrier selected from the group consisting of Zeolite X, Zeolite Y, and mixtures thereof; and b) laundry agents comprising from about 5% to about 100% by weight of deliverable agents, preferably comprising from ab... | 09/21/1999 |
| 5827815 | Carbonate built laundry detergent composition Carbonate built laundry detergents having improved cleaning properties and comprising an ethoxylated fatty alcohol nonionic surfactant, a sulfated ethoxylated fatty alcohol anionic surfactant, and an N-alkyl and/or unsaturated hydrocarbyl amine of an alka... | 10/27/1998 |
| 5821216 | Carbonate built laundry detergent composition Carbonate built laundry detergents having improved cleaning properties and comprising a sulfated ethoxylated fatty alcohol anionic surfactant and two ethoxylated fatty alcohol nonionic surfactants having different average numbers of carbon atoms in the fa... | 10/13/1998 |
| 5739093 | Detergent compositions containing ethylene aspartate cysteate (EAC) sequestrants Laundry detergent compositions containing a detergent surfactant, a detergent builder, and from about 0.1% to about 50% by weight ethylene aspartate cysteate sequestrants or its acid form are disclosed. These compositions provide enhanced removal of organ... | 04/14/1998 |
| 5723427 | Granular detergent compositions containing deflocculating polymers and processes for their preparation The present invention provides for concentrated, granular detergent compositions comprising a mixture of: a) from about 15 to about 50% by weight of a surfactant; b) at least one detergent builder; c) from about 0.01 to about 7.5% by weight of a deflocculating poly... | 03/03/1998 |
| 5698511 | Granular detergent compositions containing deflocculating polymers and process for preparing such compositions The present invention provides for concentrated, granular detergent compositions and processes for preparing such compositions, said detergent compositions comprising a mixture of: a) from about 15 to about 50% by weight of a surfactant; b) at least one deterg... | 12/16/1997 |
| 5261967 | Powdered electric circuit assembly cleaner A method of removing rosin soldering flux or other residues from a printed wiring board comprises directly adding to the wash water which contacts the boards a powdered cleaning composition which comprises water soluble alkaline salts. The method of direc... | 11/16/1993 |
| 5180515 | Granular detergent compositions having low levels of potassium salt to provide improved solubility Granular detergent compositions including low levels of potassium salts, sodium phosphate, and sodium carbonate are disclosed for improved solubility. Also disclosed are processes for improving solubility of granular detergent compositions.... | 01/19/1993 |
| 4963226 | Process for spray-drying detergent compositions A method is provided for spray-drying, large volumes of a detergent slurry in a spray-drying tower which includes spraying at least a portion of the slurry, cocurrently with air having a specified temperature and velocity range, through uniformly spaced a... | 10/16/1990 |
| 4820441 | Process for the preparation of a granular detergent composition Granular spray-dried detergent compositions containing a crystal-growth-modified carbonate-based structurant salt are produced by a process in which separate slurries of the structurant salt and of the main detergent composition are prepared in different ... | 04/11/1989 |
| 4806253 | Laundry compositions Fabric softening is provided by water-soluble di-c6-10 quaternary ammonium salts and clay. Through-the-wash fabric softening is achieved concurrently with fabric cleaning by means of clays and water-soluble quaternaries. Compositions and sheet-... | 02/21/1989 |
| 4675127 | Process for preparing particulate detergent compositions Particulate detergent compositions are prepared by (a) forming an aqueous crutcher slurry having a total solids content of from about 40 to about 80 weight percent on a total weight basis and comprising a surfactant ingredient, al least about 0.1 weight p... | 06/23/1987 |
| 4661281 | Process for the production of a spray-dried nonionic washing aid A free-flowing washing powder of low specific gravity (powder density 300 to 500 g/l) and containing large quantities of nonionic surfactants is produced by spray-drying an aqueous suspension containing on the spray-dried basis (A) from 15 to 30% by weigh... | 04/28/1987 |
| 4657693 | Spray-dried granular detergent compositions containing tripolyphosphate detergent builder, polyethylene glycol and polyacrylate Detergent compositions comprising a mixture of polyethylene glycol and polyacrylate of specified molecular weight for improved physical properties and cold water dispersion are disclosed.... | 04/14/1987 |
| 4652391 | High powder density free-flowing detergent A process for the production of a granular, free-flowing detergent composition which is rapidly soluble in water, and the product thereof which has a bulk density of at least 600 g/l and a particle size of 0.1-2 mm, wherein an aqueous slurry of the compos... | 03/24/1987 |
| 4645616 | Detergent powders and processes for producing them The formation of poorly-dispersible material by interaction between sodium silicate and sodium aluminosilicate in a detergent powder can be reduced by acidification of the slurry prior to spray-drying. An acid in an amount equivalent to from 1.5 to 3 part... | 02/24/1987 |
| 4639326 | Process for the preparation of a powder detergent composition of high bulk density The invention relates to a process for the preparation of a nonionic surfactant-containing powder detergent composition wherein a spray-dried sodium sulphate-free base powder containing a portion of the nonionic surfactant is obtained and the remaining po... | 01/27/1987 |
| 4552681 | Granular, free-flowing detergent component and method for its production This invention relates to a granular, free-flowing detergent component which dissolves rapidly in water and which has a powder density of from 550 to 900 g/l, consisting of synthetic, essentially nonionic surfactants, inorganic supports, other organic was... | 11/12/1985 |
| 4549979 | Detergent composition with siliconate-silicate copolymer New granular detergent compositions suitable for heavy duty laundry and automatic dishwashing applications are disclosed. The detergents contain organic surfactant combined with a siliconate-silicate product that provides the compositions with improved di... | 10/29/1985 |
| 4524010 | High-sudsing, granular detergent composition with greater granulate stability and process for its preparation A spray-dried, high-sudsing detergent granulate is disclosed having a bulk density of not more than 450 gm/l and a high content of anionic tensides, which is characterized by a granule structure resistant to mechanical and climatic influences. The deterge... | 06/18/1985 |
| 4460491 | Process for preparing low silicate detergent compositions The structure and hence the powder properties of spray-dried detergent powders are improved by the incorporation of a small amount of a succinate salt. In particular the invention is applicable to powders which are low in inherent structurants, especially... | 07/17/1984 |
| 4375422 | Homogeneous detergent containing nonionic and surface active iminodipropionate This invention relates to a detergent composition and a method for substantially eliminating separation of nonionic from a detergent slurry. The composition consists essentially of: (a) about 10%-60% builder; (b) about 2%-25% nonionic surfactant; (c) 0% t... | 03/01/1983 |
| 4364836 | Process for the removal of alkali metal halides from cellulose ethers soluble in cold water and use of the purified products in washing and cleansing agent compositions A process for the purification of cold-water soluble cellulose ethers containing alkali metal halides consisting essentially of suspending a cold-water-soluble cellulose ether crude reaction product containing 25% by weight or more of alkali metal halides... | 12/21/1982 |
| 4359413 | Solid detergent compositions containing alpha-amine oxide surfactants Solid detergent compositions containing alpha-amine oxide surfactants and alkaline materials, which exhibit a pH of greater than 9.0 at a concentration of 1% by weight in water, are disclosed. The alpha-amine oxides have improved stability against metal-c... | 11/16/1982 |
| 4344871 | Spray-dried aluminosilicate detergents containing silicate and metaborate Detergent compositions containing water-insoluble aluminosilicate ion exchange materials, organic surface active agents, sodium silicate having an SiO2 :alkali metal oxide weight ratio of from about 0.8:1 to 2.3:1, and an alkali metal metaborat... | 08/17/1982 |
| 4303556 | Spray-dried detergent compositions Detergent compositions containing organic surface active agents, water-insoluble aluminosilicate ion exchange materials, sodium silicate having an SiO2 : alkali metal oxide weight ratio of from about 1.4:1 to 2.3:1, and a hydratable salt of a w... | 12/01/1981 |
| 4303557 | Abrasion resistant spray dried aluminosilicate detergent composition Detergent compositions containing particular water-insoluble metallo-silicate ion exchange builder materials, organic surface-active agents and a water-soluble vinyl copolymeric ingredient are provided. These compositions are capable of providing a cleani... | 12/01/1981 |
| 4298491 | Process for making detergent compositions The autoxidation of aqueous detergent slurries containing major quantities of nonionic surfactant during spray-drying is inhibited by the use of a charge-transfer agent. The charge-transfer agent may be a charge-transfer acceptor or a charge-transfer dono... | 11/03/1981 |
| 4296235 | Process for the removal of alkali metal halides from cellulose ethers soluble in cold water and use of the purified products in washing and cleansing agent compositions A process for the purification of cold-water soluble cellulose ethers containing alkali metal halides consisting essentially of suspending a cold-water-soluble cellulose ether crude reaction product containing 25% by weight or more of alkali metal halides... | 10/20/1981 |
| 4276326 | Free flowing builder beads and detergents A process for producing free flowing spray dried base builder beads comprising inorganic detergent builders. The builder beads comprise alkali metal phosphate, alkali metal silicate and water. The alkali metal phosphate component includes a hydrated and a... | 06/30/1981 |
| 4274974 | Production of detergent compositions A process is provided for the production of detergent compositions in particulate or powder form containing anionic and nonionic active-detergent materials, which process comprises forming at least two aqueous slurries A and B of detergent ingredients. Sl... | 06/23/1981 |
| 4264480 | Stable aqueous suspension of water-insoluble, calcium-binding aluminosilicates and organic suspending agents Stable, pumpable, aqueous suspensions of water-insoluble, calcium-binding aluminosilicates suitable as stock suspensions comprising (A) from 20% to 55% by weight of at least one finely-divided, water-insoluble silicate compound having a calcium-binding po... | 04/28/1981 |
