Auto-Warming Cleansing Composition Without Zeolites
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current cleansing compositions for keratin surfaces that provide a warming effect often rely on zeolites, which are sensitive to air and unsuitable for topical use, necessitating the development of auto-warming compositions that do not contain zeolites and can maintain emulsification for an extended period without preservatives.
Innovation Solution
A multiple phase auto-warming composition comprising a visually distinct alkoxylated glycerin phase and an oil phase, with a fast blooming surfactant that activates upon exposure to water, allowing the composition to warm and emulsify without zeolites or preservatives, and remain stable for 1 to 60 minutes.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Temperature
If zeolites are used to provide a warming effect, then the warming effect is achieved, but the composition requires hermetic packaging and cannot be used topically
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the warming function from zeolites and assigns it to a different component - specifically, the exothermic reaction between water and anhydrous ingredients (such as calcium oxide or other water-reactive compounds) that generates heat. This allows the warming effect to be achieved without using zeolites, thereby enabling topical application without hermetic packaging requirements.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent changes the chemical parameter of the warming mechanism by replacing zeolite-based heat generation with anhydrous ingredients that react exothermically with water. This parameter change allows the composition to provide warmth through a different chemical pathway that does not require air-sensitive materials, thus enabling safe topical use.
2Temperature
If zeolites are used to provide a warming effect, then the warming effect is achieved, but hermetic packaging is required
Solution Approach 1:
The patent removes the air-sensitive zeolite component from the formulation and replaces it with anhydrous ingredients that do not require hermetic packaging. The warming effect is extracted from the zeolite system and implemented through alternative exothermic reactions that are not sensitive to air exposure, thereby simplifying packaging requirements.
3Stability of the object's composition
If the composition remains emulsified for extended period, then stability is improved, but separation into phases is delayed
Solution Approach 1:
The patent employs dynamic emulsion characteristics where the composition remains emulsified during the useful period (1-60 minutes) through controlled instability mechanisms. The emulsion naturally separates into phases after the desired duration, providing a time-dependent behavior that maintains stability when needed but allows separation afterward. This dynamic property is achieved through specific surfactant selections and concentration ranges that provide temporary emulsification.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The composition effectively cleans keratin surfaces by warming and emulsifying upon contact with water, enhancing the removal of dirt and makeup while providing a pleasant aesthetic, without the need for zeolites or preservatives, and maintaining stability during use.
Implementation Method 1
a multiple phase auto-warming composition... comprising a visually distinct alkoxylated glycerin phase and a visually distinct oil phase
Implementation Method 2
adding water in an amount sufficient to cause the composition to auto-warm and the fast blooming surfactants to lather and emulsify with the added water
Implementation Method 3
Because the cleansing composition of the invention has multiple phases it is able to dissolve and/or solvate many of the ingredients found in makeup as well as the particles and soil that may be deposited on the skin
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AI summary
A multiple phase auto-warming composition free of water, preservatives and zeolites containing a least one visually distinct alkoxylated glycerin phase and at least one visually distinct oil phase; and a method for cleansing a keratin surface using the composition.