Did You Know...
...that the Eveready Battery began as an invention called the "electric flowerpot," which was a tube with a battery and light bulb inside? The idea was to fasten this gizmo to the side of a flowerpot so it would illuminate the flowers from the bottom. The idea died on the vine and the businessman who licensed the flower pot, Conrad Huber, was left with a pile of useless tubes -- until he found a way to market them as batteries to light the world!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7375071 | Liquid detergent comprising anionic and nonionic surfactant mixtures Liquid compositions containing one or more anionic surfactants in combination with one or more polydiallyl dialkyl ammonium compounds or derivatives or copolymers thereof, these compositions being suitable for the production of liquid laundry detergents, preferably ... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7238652 | Personal care compositions comprising alkyl phosphate surfactants and selected weak acid auxiliary agents The invention provides personal care compositions comprising both alkyl phosphate surfactants and selected auxiliary agent/acid. By using specific auxiliary agent whose pKa is higher than that of the alkyl phosphate surfactants, particularly in specific ratios, it i... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7056875 | Substrate treating compositions comprising a C7 or higher monohydric alcohol The present invention is directed to a composition for improving substrate characteristics. The composition has a substrate enhancing agent, like a monohydric alcohol, and the composition reduces wrinkles in substrates that have not been subjected to ironing. ... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7033983 | Detergent compositions Particulate laundry detergent compositions, especially high bulk density powders and tablets, contain low levels of aloe vera. The aloe vera is preferably present in the form of colored, preferably, green, speckles having a 1% solution pH not exceeding 9. The deterg... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7033984 | Detergent compositions A particulate detergent composition, which comprises a minor amount of a herbal extract beneficial to human skin, the herbal extract being present in the form of granules comprising an aqueous solution of the herbal extract absorbed into and/or adsorbed onto a granu... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7030077 | Detergent compositions Particulate laundry detergent compositions, especially high bulk density powders and tablets, contain low levels of aloe vera or other herbal extract beneficial to the skin. The herbal extract is preferably present in the form of coloured, preferably, green, speckle... | 04/18/2006 |
| 6797011 | Leather therapy treatment Compositions which are used directly in the conventional home laundry machine to clean and renourish articles made from leather, textile and synthetic leather. Specifically, two separate compositions are used during a typical washing cycle in the home washing machin... | 09/28/2004 |
| 6730131 | Nonionic surfactants A detergent composition containing a surfactant mixture, the surfactant mixture containing: (a) a nonionic surfactant corresponding to formula (I): R1O(CH2CH2O)nH (I) wherein R1 | 05/04/2004 |
| 6649583 | Bleaching compositions The present invention relates to liquid hypohalite bleach-containing compositions which comprise an alkyl ethoxy sulphate having a low number of moles of ethoxy groups.... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6645927 | Process for producing coated bleach activator granules A process for producing coated bleach activator granules in which bleach activator base granules are coated with a coating substance and are simultaneously and/or subsequently thermally conditioned.... | 11/11/2003 |
| 6506718 | Bleaching compositions The present invention relates to liquid hypohalite bleach-containing compositions which comprise an alkyl ethoxy sulphate having a low number of moles of ethoxy groups.... | 01/14/2003 |
| 6165972 | Solid surfactant mixtures comprising fatty acid polyhydroxyamides A solid surfactant mixture, comprising one or more fatty acid polyhydroxyamides of the formula I RCONR1 Z (1) in which R is C7 -C31 -alkyl or C7 -C31 -alkenyl, Z is ... | 12/26/2000 |
| 6165968 | Particulate foam control agents This invention relates to a particulate foam control agent comprising from 1 to 30 parts by weight of a silicone antifoam, from 70 to 99 parts by weight of a zeolite carrier for the antifoam, from 1 to 60% by weight of the silicone antifoam of a surface a... | 12/26/2000 |
| 6121225 | Stable aqueous enzyme compositions A stabilized aqueous enzyme composition comprising water, from about 0.1% to about 75% by weight of a detergent surfactant selected from the group consisting of anionic surfactants or anionic surfactants and one or more non-anionic detergent actives, from... | 09/19/2000 |
| 6107266 | Process for producing coated bleach activator granules The present invention relates to a process for producing coated bleach activator granules in which bleach activator base granules are coated with a coating substance and are simultaneously and/or subsequently thermally conditioned.... | 08/22/2000 |
| 6060441 | Cleaning compositions having enhanced enzyme activity A cleaning composition containing: (a) from about 1 to about 60% by weight of a surfactant component consisting essentially of: (i) a fatty alkyl ether sulfate; (ii) a linear alcohol ethoxylate; and (iii) a nonionic sugar surfactant, having a ratio by-wei... | 05/09/2000 |
| 6048831 | Surfactant composition A low-viscosity surfactant composition which contains an anionic surfactant and which is excellent in handleability even in a high surfactant concentration range and is easily handleable at room temperature is provided, which comprises (a) a nonionic surf... | 04/11/2000 |
| 6007584 | Scouring agent composition for fiber The present invention provides a method for souring, using an scouring agent composition which has low-viscosity although being highly concentrated, which has excellent scouring property under highly alkaline conditions, and which has excellent biodegrada... | 12/28/1999 |
| 5922670 | Dimeric alcohol-bis and trimeric alcohol-tris-sulphates and ether sulphates thereof Dimer alcohol bis-sulfates, trimer alcohol tris-sulfates and ether sulfates thereof are prepared by reacting dimer alcohols, trimer alcohols, or alkylene oxide adducts thereof with a sulfating agent, and then neutralizing the reaction product with an aque... | 07/13/1999 |
| 5910474 | Method of rinsing showers clean The invention relates to a method for rinsing showers clean and for providing a pleasant sheen to shower surfaces without scrubbing or wiping by applying an aqueous composition which includes a non-ionic surfactant having an HLB less than 13, a chelating ... | 06/08/1999 |
| 5900396 | Carbonate built laundry detergent composition Carbonate built laundry detergents having improved cleaning properties and comprising two ethoxylated fatty alcohol nonionic surfactants having different average numbers of carbon atoms in the fatty alcohol and average numbers of ethoxy groups, a sulfated... | 05/04/1999 |
| 5723428 | Detergent compositions and process for preparing them Particulate high bulk density non-spray-dried detergent compositions containing organic non-soap surfactant, zeolite builder and fatty acid soap as powder structurant, prepared by non-tower mixing and granulation processes involving in-situ neutralization... | 03/03/1998 |
| 5723425 | Concentrated aqueous liquid detergent comprising polyvinylpyrrolidone The present disclosure relates to a concentrated aqueous liquid detergent composition containing polyvinylpyrrolidone, especially capable to provide superior color maintenance to the washed fabrics, in which the anionic surfactant majorily consists of an ... | 03/03/1998 |
| 5683976 | Powdered carpet cleaning compositions Flowable granular carpet cleaning compositions which do not contain borax or boric acid salts and which are readily shaken or strewn onto a carpet needing cleaning is disclosed. The compositions comprise as essential constituents: comminuted cellulose, ze... | 11/04/1997 |
| 5668100 | Detergent mixtures and detergents or cleaning formulations with improved dissolving properties A substantially water-free detergent mixture comprising a) alkyl or alkenyl sulfates corresponding to formula (I): R1 OSO3 X (I) in which R1 is a linear or branched aliphatic hydrocarbon radical ... | 09/16/1997 |
| 5589449 | Particulate foam control agents A particulate foam control agent comprises 1 to 30 parts silicone antifoam, 70 to 99 parts zeolite carrier, 1 to 60% of the antifoam of an organopolysiloxane polyoxyalkylene copolymer, deposited onto the zeolite carrier not later than the antifoam and 1 t... | 12/31/1996 |
| 5565420 | Granular detergent composition containing admixed fatty alcohols for improved cold water solubility A granular detergent composition having improved solubility or dispersability in laundering solutions is provided. The detergent composition contains especially selected amounts of detergent composition ingredients including: (a) from about 5% to about 20... | 10/15/1996 |
| 4970017 | Process for production of granular detergent composition having high bulk density A process for producing a granular detergent composition having a high bulk density comprising the steps of: (i) kneading detergent ingredients to form a kneaded solid detergent mixture; (ii) disintegrating the solid detergent mixture; and (iii) coating the di... | 11/13/1990 |
| 4965015 | Detergent composition and process for its production A process for producing aluminosilicate-built spray-dried detergent powders containing silicate comprises spraying a detergent slurry containing aluminosilicate into a spray-drying tower and simultaneously spraying in an aqueous solution of sodium silicat... | 10/23/1990 |
| 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 |
| 4755318 | Process for manufacture of detergent powder incorporating polyhydric structuring agents A particulate detergent composition is prepared by spray drying a slurry containing a surfactant system, which may contain anionic surfactants, nonionic surfactants and/or soap, a non-phosphate builder such as an aluminosilicate or an alkalimetal carbonat... | 07/05/1988 |
| 4274975 | Detergent composition Detergent compositions containing aluminosilicate ion exchange materials as builders are provided. The aluminosilicate builders are characterized by the speed and efficiency with which they remove hardness ions from water.... | 06/23/1981 |
| 4163732 | Detergent composition containing water-insoluble phosphorus-containing aluminosilicate builders A detergent composition containing, as a builder component, a water-insoluble, phosphorus-containing alkali metal aluminosilicate having the formula wherein and w is zero or an optional positive number.... | 08/07/1979 |
| 3935131 | High sudsing phosphate-free detergent composition High sudsing phosphate-free heavy duty detergent composition comprises a compound of the formula ##EQU1## in which R1 and R2 are substantially linear saturated or unsaturated aliphatic groups of 3 to 19 carbon atoms, R3 | 01/27/1976 |
