221results about "PH regulated compositions" patented technology

The present invention relates to a novel controlled release carrier system for pH or salt triggered release and targeted delivery of fragrances and other active ingredients onto fabric, hair, skin, and other biological surfaces and which provides prolonged release of fragrances and other active ingredients over an extended period of time, or yields a high impact fragrance “burst” upon treating the target surface with heat (blow drying the hair, ironing the fabric). The controlled delivery system of the present invention is substantially a free-flowing powder formed of solid hydrophobic nano-spheres comprising the fragrance and other active ingredients that are encapsulated in a pH or salt sensitive micro-spheres. Also described are processes for preparing such compositions and processes for using same. Furthermore, certain components of the aforementioned compositions in combination with one another are novel, and other components have novel uses in increasing fragrance substantivity, particularly in fabric, hair, and skin care preparations. The invention further pertains to consumer and diversified products comprising the controlled release system of the present invention.

An alkaline floor cleaning composition concentrate in the form of a liquid and an alkaline cleaning composition concentrate in the form of a solid are provided. The alkaline cleaning composition concentrate can be used to remove fresh, greasy soil and polymerized soil from a floor surface.

Abstract of the Disclosure A manual spray cleaner for removing dirt and stains from fabrics and carpets comprising a spray bottle having two separate chambers and a single dispensing spray outlet for dispensing controlled amounts of liquids from each of the chambers. One of the chambers has a fabric / carpet cleaning composition therein and the other chamber has an oxidizing composition that enhances the cleanability of the fabric / carpet cleaning composition. The fabric / carpet cleaning composition and the oxidizing composition are simultaneously drawn from their respective chambers and mixed together at the time that they are dispensed from the spray bottle. At least one of the oxidizing composition and the fabric / carpet cleaning composition includes a fabric / carpet protectant. The two compositions are mixed before or after they are sprayed from the bottle. The two compositions can be pressurized with an aerosol propellant or drawn from their respective chambers by a mechanical pump.

The present invention is directed to a cleaning composition comprising: (a) an enzyme in an amount effective to promote cleaning; (b) viable microorganisms in an amount effective to degrade and promote the degradation of organic materials; (c) a surfactant; and (d) an aqueous carrier; said cleaning composition maintaining at least 95% enzymatic activity at a pH range of from about 5.5 to about 13.5.

The present invention is directed to a cleaning composition comprising: (a) an enzyme in an amount effective to promote cleaning; (b) viable microorganisms in an amount effective to degrade and promote the degradation of organic materials; (c) a surfactant; and (d) an aqueous carrier; said cleaning composition maintaining at least 95% enzymatic activity at a pH range of from about 5.5 to about 13.5.

The present invention relates to a liquid detergent composition containing (a) hydrogen peroxide or a compound forming hydrogen peroxide in water, 0.1 to 10 mass % of (b) a bleaching activator, 45 to 80 mass % of (c) a nonionic surfactant, (d) water, (e) at least one or more compounds selected from boric acid, borax and borate, and (f) a polyol compound, said liquid detergent composition having a pH value of 4 to 7 at 20° C.

A process is provided for producing target concentrations of peroxycarboxylic acids from carboxylic acid esters. More specifically, carboxylic acid esters are reacted with an inorganic peroxide, such as hydrogen peroxide, in the presence of an enzyme catalyst having perhydrolysis activity under conditions where control of reaction pH by selection of buffer concentration and concentration of perhydrolase and reactants produces a targeted concentration of peroxycarboxylic acids. The present perhydrolase catalysts are classified as members of the carbohydrate esterase family 7 (CE-7) based on the conserved structural features. Further, disinfectant formulations comprising the peracids produced by the processes described herein are provided, as are corresponding methods of use.

This invention relates to extend the benefits of using hypochlorite compounds such as sodium hypochlorite to clean and disinfect articles while reducing or eliminating the side effects of treating an article with a strong oxidant material. The invention relates to a single step process involving mixing of precursor compositions of a suitable hypohalite or hypohalous acid with a solution of a reducing agent. Optionally a buffer may be present in either or both precursor compositions, such that at time of use such active hypohalous acid concentration in the resulting aqueous mixture remains at a sufficient activity level to effect one or more desired benefits against a target substrate for a desired period of time. The oxidant is substantially consumed by reaction with the reducing agent after the time needed for achieving the desired benefit has passed.

A solid fabric treatment detergent composition including: (i) detersive surfactant; (ii) perhydrolase; (iii) substrate for perhydrolase; (iv) source of hydrogen peroxide; (v) from 0 wt % to 10 wt % zeolite builder; (vi) from 0 wt % to 10 w % phosphate builder; and (vii) optionally, from 0 wt % to 10 wt % silicate salt, wherein the upon dilution in de-ionized water to a concentration of 1 wt % at 20° C., the composition has a pH in the range of from 7.6 to 8.8.

This invention relates to extend the benefits of using hypochlorite compounds such as sodium hypochlorite to clean and disinfect articles while reducing or eliminating the side effects of treating an article with a strong oxidant material. The invention relates to a single step process involving mixing of precursor compositions of a suitable hypohalite or hypohalous acid with a solution of a reducing agent. Optionally a buffer may be present in either or both precursor compositions, such that at time of use such active hypohalous acid concentration in the resulting aqueous mixture remains at a sufficient activity level to effect one or more desired benefits against a target substrate for a desired period of time. The oxidant is substantially consumed by reaction with the reducing agent after the time needed for achieving the desired benefit has passed.

An antiseptic cleansing composition comprising an antimicrobial agent, an effective amount of an alkylpolysaccharide surfactant, at least one alkyl alcohol and at least one aryl alcohol. Suitable surfactant alkylpolysaccharides may contain one or more sugar units selected from the group consisting of maltose, arabinose, xylose, mannose, galactose, gulose, idose, talose, allose, altrose, sucrose, fructose, sorbose, levulose, lactose, allulose, tagatose, alloheptulose, sedoheptulose, glucoheptulose, mannoheptulose, guloheptulose, idoheptulose, galactoheptulose, taloheptulose and derivatives thereof. Suitable antimicrobial agents include chlorhexidine, chlorhexidine salt, chlorophenol derivative, octenidindihydrochloride (CH3—(CH2)7—NHON—(CH2)10—NO—NH(CH2)7—CH2 or any other salt thereof, and quaternary ammonium compounds.

The present invention relates to a liquid detergent composition containing (a) hydrogen peroxide or a compound forming hydrogen peroxide in water, 0.1 to 10 mass % of (b) a bleaching activator, 45 to 80 mass % of (c) a nonionic surfactant, (d) water, (e) at least one or more compounds selected from boric acid, borax and borate, and (f) a polyol compound, said liquid detergent composition having a pH value of 4 to 7 at 20° C.

The present invention relates to a liquid bleaching agent composition containing (a) hydrogen peroxide, (b1) a nonionic surfactant, (b2) an anionic surfactant, (c) a bleaching activator, (d) at least one compound selected from boric acid, borax and a borate, and (e) a compound having one or more groups in which a hydroxyl group is present on each of the adjacent carbon atoms to each other, wherein the respective contents of component (b1), component (b2) and the mass ratio of component (b2) to component (b1) are all within a specific range and the composition has pH 2.5-4.5 at 20° C.

An aerosol spray cleaner comprises two containers and a dispenser with a single dispensing spray outlet. One container has a cleaning composition and the other has an oxidizing composition. An integrally molded actuator includes a resiliently cantilevered lever connected to container valves to simultaneously open the valves to dispense the two fluids through the dispensing spray outlet. A handle extends laterally of the containers so grasp the handle and depress the actuator with a thumb.

The invention discloses a natural-formulation multi-effect cleaning composition which comprises, by weight, 1-10 parts of surfactant, 0-5 parts of essence, 0.01-2 parts of preservative and 10-100 parts of water. The surfactant is at least one of N-acyl amino acid salt surfactant, lecithin, alkyl glycoside, lauryl alcohol ether sulfate, lauryl alcohol ether phosphate, coconut oil acyl diethanolamine, tallow fatty acid and heterogeneous alcohol ether. Natural products are adopted or used as natural product derivatives for chemical modification of a reaction product, so that the composition is wide in applicable cleaning range, high in detergency and little in damage to skin. The composition can remove dirt of hard-surface floor tiles and heavy oil stain of a kitchen range hood, can serve as tableware cleaning essence and fruit-vegetable cleaner, can serve as a laundry detergent and has a function of killing glucose coccus and Escherichia coli.

A concentrated liquid soap composition that readily increases in viscosity upon dilution with water, the concentrated liquid soap composition containing an amine oxide surfactant or mixture thereof having the general formula R1R2 R3N->O, where R1 and R2 are the same or different and are selected from methyl or ethyl and R3 is a straight chain saturated or unsaturated alkyl group having from about 6-24 carbon atoms; an anionic surfactant or mixture thereof; an electrolyte; water; and a buffering agent, sufficient to maintain the pH of the composition between about 8 and about 10.

A cleaning composition and process for cleaning post-chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) residue and contaminants from a microelectronic device having said residue and contaminants thereon. The composition achieves highly efficacious cleaning of the post-CMP residue and contaminant material from the surface of the microelectronic device without compromising the low-k dielectric material or the copper interconnect material. In addition, the cleaning compositions are compatible with ruthenium-containing materials.

The invention discloses compositions and methods for generating alkalinity in situ. The compositions and methods relate to the use of a fabric source containing a decomposition agent to catalyze the decomposition of a dilute peroxygen source. The methods provide a highly alkaline cleaning composition produced at a desired time and place of use. Methods of cleaning are also disclosed.

A concentrated liquid soap composition that readily increases in viscosity upon dilution with water, the concentrated liquid soap composition containing an amine oxide surfactant or mixture thereof having the general formula R1R2 R3N->O, where R1 and R2 are the same or different and are selected from methyl or ethyl and R3 is a straight chain saturated or unsaturated alkyl group having from about 6-24 carbon atoms; an anionic surfactant or mixture thereof; an electrolyte; water; and a buffering agent, sufficient to maintain the pH of the composition between about 8 and about 10.

An alkaline laundry detergent for hand washing a fabric contains a sudsing surfactant, a polyethyleneimine suds collapser having the empirical formula (PEI)a(EO)b(PO)c where a is about 100-100,000, b is about 0-60, and c is about from 0-60, and a pH control system When diluted to form a laundry liquor and during washing the pH control system maintains the pH of the laundry liquor above about 8.

An alkaline floor cleaning composition concentrate in the form of a liquid and an alkaline cleaning composition concentrate in the form of a solid are provided. The alkaline cleaning composition concentrate can be used to remove fresh, greasy soil and polymerized soil from a floor surface.

The present invention relates to acidic sanitizing and / or cleaning compositions comprising a specific quaternary antimicrobial system consisting of C1-C4 hydroxyalkyl carboxylic acids, C5-C18 alkyl monocarboxylic acids, unsubstituted or substituted, saturated or unsaturated C4-dicarboxylic acids and additional inorganic or organic acids. The compositions of the present invention can be present in the form of concentrates and in the form of diluted use solutions. They can be used in a process for sanitizing and / or cleaning hard surfaces, preferably in a cleaning-in-place (CIP) and / or sanitize-in-place (SIP) process for cleaning and / or sanitizing plants in the food, dairy, beverage, brewery and soft drink industries.

A process is provided for producing target concentrations of peroxycarboxylic acids from carboxylic acid esters. More specifically, carboxylic acid esters are reacted with an inorganic peroxide, such as hydrogen peroxide, in the presence of an enzyme catalyst having perhydrolysis activity under conditions where control of reaction pH by selection of buffer concentration and concentration of perhydrolase and reactants produces a targeted concentration of peroxycarboxylic acids. The present perhydrolase catalysts are classified as members of the carbohydrate esterase family 7 (CE-7) based on the conserved structural features. Further, disinfectant formulations comprising the peracids produced by the processes described herein are provided, as are corresponding methods of use.

The present invention relates to a surface treatment composition including:at least one water-soluble polymer selected from the following Group A;at least one anionic surfactant selected from the following Group B; andwater.Group A: water-soluble polysaccharides, polyvinyl alcohols and derivatives thereof, and polyvinylpyrrolidones and derivatives thereof (with the proviso that compounds included in the following Group B are excluded)Group B: compounds having a sulfonic acid (salt) group, compounds having a sulfuric acid ester (salt) group, compounds having a phosphonic acid (salt) group, compounds having a phosphoric acid (salt) group, and compounds having a phosphinic acid (salt) group. According to the present invention, a surface treatment composition capable of efficiently removing foreign bodies, such as particles and organic residues, remaining on the surface of an object to be polished after polishing is provided.

Acid detergent compositions, concentrates and use solutions prepared from the concentrates and methods of using the same are provided. The acid detergent compositions are particularly suited for use in removing soils, especially milk soils, from clean-in-place systems, such as those commonly used in the dairy and food processing industries. The detergent compositions comprise an acidic component including an inorganic or alkanesulfonic acid and a blend of surfactants to provide high cleaning efficiency and low foam generation. The acid detergent compositions optionally comprise an antimicrobial agent to impart a sanitization functionality to the detergent.

This disclosure relates to a cleaning composition that contains 1) at least one redox agent; 2) at least one organic solvent selected from the group consisting of water soluble alcohols, water soluble ketones, water soluble esters, and water soluble ethers; 3) at least one metal-containing additive; and 4) water.

The invention provides a multi-functional long-effect antibacterial laundry detergent which comprises the following components in percentage by weight: 14-18 percent of fatty alcohol polyoxyethylene ether sodium sulfate, 4-6 percent of fatty alcohol polyoxyethylene ether, 2-3 percent of dodecylbenzene sulfonic acid, 0.20-0.35 percent of silver ions, 0.1-0.3 percent of wormwood extract, 1-2 percentof a vinyl pyrrolidone-vinyl imidazole copolymer, 0.3-0.5 percent of cellulase, 2-3 percent of propylene glycol, 0.5-1.5 percent of tetrasodium glutamate diacetate, 1.5-2.5 percent of sodium polyacrylate and 65-75 percent of deionized water. The multi-functional long-effect antibacterial laundry detergent provided by the invention still plays bactericidal and antibacterial effects on washed fabrics, and the washed fabrics are soft and hard to discolor. The invention further provides a preparation method of the multi-functional long-effect antibacterial laundry detergent.

The present invention relates to a novel controlled release carrier system for pH or salt triggered release and targeted delivery of fragrances and other active ingredients onto fabric, hair, skin, and other biological surfaces and which provides prolonged release of fragrances and other active ingredients over an extended period of time, or yields a high impact fragrance "burst" upon treating the target surface with heat (blow drying the hair, ironing the fabric). The controlled delivery system of the present invention is substantially a free-flowing powder formed of solid hydrophobic nano-spheres comprising the fragrance and other active ingredients that are encapsulated in a pH or salt sensitive micro-spheres. Also described are processes for preparing such compositions and processes for using same. Furthermore, certain components of the aforementioned compositions in combination with one another are novel, and other components have novel uses in increasing fragrance substantivity, particularly in fabric, hair, and skin care preparations. The invention further pertains to consumer and diversified products comprising the controlled release system of the present invention.