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| 20100240566 | Washing or Cleaning Agents with Amidine Compounds and/or Amidinium Bicarbonates - Washing and cleaning agents containing a specific amidine compound and/or specific amidinium bicarbonate. These washing or cleaning agents enable an improved removal of contaminants due to pigment contamination and fat and oil soiling. Use of special amidine compounds and amidinium bicarbonate in a washing solvent is also described, which enables carbon dioxide from ambient air to bind in the washing solvent. | 09-23-2010 |
| 20120204355 | MACHINE CLEANING METHOD - A dishwashing or textile washing method for dispensing a cleaning-agent into a dishwasher or textile washer comprises: (1) providing a cleaning-agent presentation form comprising (a) a preparation B comprising at least one bleach activator; and (b) a preparation D comprising at least one bleaching agent, in a multi-chambered cartridge; (2) dispensing sub-quantity b of B such that the quantity of B remaining is at least two times the sub-quantity b dispensed; and (3) dispensing a sub-quantity d of D such that the quantity of D remaining is at least two times the sub-quantity d dispensed. | 08-16-2012 |
| 20120204356 | MACHINE CLEANING METHOD - An automatic dishwashing or automatic textile washing method includes the step of dispensing a cleaning-agent presentation form into the interior of an automatic dishwasher or textile washing machine from a cartridge located in the interior of the automatic dishwasher or textile washing machine. The cleaning-agent presentation form includes a liquid cleaning-agent preparation A having a pH (10% solution in H | 08-16-2012 |
| 20120208734 | LIQUID DISHWASHER DETERGENT - The invention relates to dishwasher detergents, comprising a packaging means and two liquid washing or cleaning agents A and B, which are present in said packaging means separate from each other and which have the following composition: A: −10 to 55 wt. % builder(s); −0.1 to 15 wt. % enzyme(s); −0.001 to 30 wt. % bleach activator; −20 to 70 wt. % water; and B: −50 to 99.9 wt. % water; −0.1 to 50 wt. % oxygen bleaching agent, −<20 wt. % further ingredients, characterized in that the liquid cleaning agents A and B have a pH value (20° C.) of less than 9. The dishwasher detergents are characterized by good cleaning power when dishes are washed in the dishwasher. | 08-16-2012 |
| 20120214723 | MACHINE CLEANING METHOD - An automatic dishwashing method or automatic textile washing method uses a cleaning-agent including: a) a liquid cleaning-agent preparation A including at least one bleach activator as well as at least one builder; and b) a liquid cleaning-agent preparation D including at least one oxygen bleaching agent. The cleaning-agent preparations A and D are dispensed into the interior of the machine from a cartridge located in the interior of the machine. Sub-quantities a and d of the cleaning-agent preparations A and D are respectively dispensed into the interior of the machine, residual quantity of the cleaning-agent preparations A and D remaining in the cartridge until the end of the washing method, the residual quantities corresponding to at least twice the sub-quantities a and d, respectively. | 08-23-2012 |
| 20120264672 | MACHINE CLEANING METHOD - An automatic dishwashing method using a bleaching-agent-free cleaning-agent presentation form comprising a plurality liquid cleaning agent preparations being dispensed into the interior of an automatic dishwasher, in the course of the cleaning method, from a cartridge located preferably in the interior of the cleaning machine, wherein a sub-quantity of each of the cleaning-agent preparation located in the cartridge is dispensed into the interior of the cleaning machine, a residual quantity of each of the cleaning-agent preparations located in the cartridge remaining in the cartridge until the end of the cleaning method, and said residual quantity corresponding to at least twice the quantity of the sub-quantity dispensed. | 10-18-2012 |
| 20150017707 | STORAGE-STABLE LIQUID DISHWASHING DETERGENT CONTAINING PROTEASE AND AMYLASE - In a liquid dishwashing detergent comprising a protease and amylase, storage stability is to be improved. This is achieved through the use of a protease comprising an amino acid sequence having at least 70% identity over its total length with the amino acid sequence specified in SEQ ID NO. 1 and having, in the listing according to SEQ ID NO. 1, the L211D amino acid substitution in combination with at least two further amino acid substitutions selected from the group consisting of S3T, V4I, V193M and V199I. | 01-15-2015 |
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| 20100011513 | DETERGENT CONTAINING SOIL-RELEASING SUBSTANCES - The present invention improves the cleaning efficiency of laundry detergents when washing textiles through the use of specific polycarbonate-, polyurethane-, and/or polyurea-polyorganosiloxane compounds or precursor compounds thereof of the reactive cyclic carbonate and urea type. | 01-21-2010 |
| 20100016206 | DETERGENT HAVING AN ACTIVE INGREDIENT THAT IMPROVES THE PRIMARY DETERGENCY - The invention provides improvements in the primary detergency of detergents for washing textiles, particularly against oily stains and/or stains containing fat. These improvements are realized through the use of certain polycarbonate-, polyurethane-, and/or polyurea-polyorganosiloxane compounds or precursor compounds usable in the production thereof having certain reactive groups. | 01-21-2010 |
| 20120238005 | STORAGE-STABLE LIQUID WASHING OR CLEANING AGENT CONTAINING PROTEASES - Phosphonate-containing liquid washing or cleaning agent exhibiting advantageous proteolytic activity and improved storage stability comprising a protease having an amino acid sequence which is at least 80% identical to the amino acid sequence stated in SEQ ID NO. 1 and which comprises in position 99 in the numbering according to SEQ ID NO. 1 the amino acid glutamic acid (E) or aspartic acid (D) or the amino acid asparagine (N) or glutamine (Q) or the amino acid alanine (A) or glycine (G) or serine (S). | 09-20-2012 |
| 20130061889 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A DOSING SYSTEM WHICH CAN BE POSITIONED INSIDE A WATER-CONDUCTING DOMESTIC APPLIANCE - The invention relates to a method for controlling a dispensing system positionable in the interior of an automatic dishwasher, encompassing a cartridge filled with at least one preparation, a dispenser that is couplable to the cartridge, the dispenser encompassing at least a temperature sensor and a conductivity sensor, such that the temperature sensor and/or the conductivity sensor can be arranged in and/or on and/or outside the dispenser; and a delivery means for releasing a preparation from the cartridge into the interior of the automatic dishwasher. | 03-14-2013 |
| 20140084024 | DOSING SYSTEM FOR A DISHWASHER MACHINE - The invention relates to a dispensing system ( | 03-27-2014 |
| 20140106439 | DISHWASHING LIQUID HAVING BLEACHING CATALYST AND PROTEASE - In a dishwashing liquid, the cleaning performance, in particular on bleachable stains such as, for example, tea stains, is to be improved. This succeeds using a dishwashing liquid which comprises a hydrogen peroxide source, a bleaching catalyst and a protease that, in native electrophoresis on a polyacrylamide gel, has a migration distance that is longer than the migration distance of the protease as per SEQ ID NO. 1. | 04-17-2014 |
| 20140130831 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETECTING A WATER CHANGE IN A WATER-BEARING HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCE, IN PARTICULAR A DISHWASHER - The present invention relates to a method and device for dispensing a rinse aid preparation into the interior of a dishwasher comprising a sensor for detecting water, a sensor for detecting temperature, a control unit for processing the sensor data, wherein the control unit is configured to perform the method according to the invention. | 05-15-2014 |
| 20140295522 | STORAGE-STABLE LIQUID DETERGENT OR CLEANING AGENT CONTAINING PROTEASE AND AMYLASE - The intention is to improve storage stability in a liquid washing or cleaning agent which contains a protease and amylase. This is achieved by using a protease which comprises an amino acid sequence which, over the entire length thereof, is at least 70% identical to the amino acid sequence stated in SEQ ID no. 1 and, in the numbering according to SEQ ID no. 1, has the amino acid substitution R99E or R99D in combination with at least two further amino acid substitutions which are selected from the group consisting of S3T, V4I and V199I. | 10-02-2014 |
| 20140323379 | WASHING AND CLEANING AGENTS CONTAINING GLYCERIN ESTERS - It has been discovered according to the present invention that glycerol esters effectively prevent or at least decrease the discoloration of plastic dishes in the context of automatic dishwashing. | 10-30-2014 |
| 20140349905 | SULFOPOLYMER-CONTAINING LIQUID CLEANING AGENT WITH LOW WATER CONTENT - A liquid cleaning agent in a water-soluble packaging containing at least one sulfopolymer and at least one polyhydric alcohol. | 11-27-2014 |
| 20140349912 | ENZYME-CONTAINING CLEANING AGENT WITH POLYVALENT ALCOHOLS - It has been found according to the invention that enzymes may be effectively stabilized in high-viscosity cleaning agents even in the absence of conventional enzyme stabilizers by adding polyhydric alcohols | 11-27-2014 |
| 20150099682 | COMBINATION PRODUCT FOR WASHING AND CLEANING - A higher stability of enzymes in flowable washing or cleaning agents is achieved if such products are offered as a combination product, which comprises a packaging means and at least two flowable washing or cleaning compositions A and B contained in said packaging means such that they are separated from one another, wherein the two compositions A and B contain A: —10 to 75 wt % builder(s); —0.1 to 10 wt % enzyme preparation; —24.9 to 89.9 wt % water; and B: —10 to 75 wt % builder(s); —less than 0.1 wt % enzyme preparation; —more than 24.9 wt % to 90 wt % water, and have a density difference of at least 2%, related to the lower density. | 04-09-2015 |
| 20150148277 | COMBINATION PRODUCT HAVING A HIGH VISCOSITY - The invention relates to fluid washing or cleaning products which are present as combination products comprising a packaging means and at least two fluid washing or cleaning compositions A and B that are located in said packaging means and that are separate from each other, wherein the two compositions A and B comprise A: 10 to 75 wt % of builder material(s); 0.1 to 10 wt % of enzyme preparation; 24.9 to 89.9 wt % of water; and B: less than 0.1 wt % of enzyme preparation; 0.5 to 90 wt % of water and at least one further ingredient of washing or cleaning products, and which fluid washing or cleaning products have an improved stability if the viscosity of the compositions A and B is above 1500 mPas. | 05-28-2015 |
| 20150152356 | MACHINE DISHWASHER DETERGENT COMPRISING HYDROPHOBICALLY MODIFIED POLYSACCHARIDES - Stains on plastic dishware in the course of machine dishwashing can be prevented or at least reduced by use of hydrophobically modified polysaccharides. | 06-04-2015 |
| 20150175939 | DETERGENT OR CLEANING AGENT WITH AN IMPROVED ENZYME PERFORMANCE - Cleaning agents containing a) at least one protease which comprises an amino acid sequence which is at least 80% identical over its entire length to the amino acid sequence according to SEQ ID NO. 1 and, in the numbering according to SEQ ID NO. 1, has the amino acid glutamic acid (E) at position 99; b) 4-formylphenylboronic acid; c) at least one further enzyme other than the protease a), are distinguished by improved enzymatic cleaning performance. | 06-25-2015 |
| 20150291917 | SOLID DISHWASHING DETERGENT WITH IMPROVED PROTEASE PERFORMANCE - The aim is to improve detergency, in particular on custard stains, in an essentially solid dishwashing detergent. This is accomplished with an essentially solid dishwashing detergent which comprises a protease which comprises an amino acid sequence which is at least 80% identical to the amino acid sequence given in SEQ ID NO. 1 and which has the amino acid glutamic acid (E) or aspartic acid (D) at position 99 in the count according to SEQ ID NO. 1. | 10-15-2015 |
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| 20150267153 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING LOW-IN-WATER TO WATER-FREE DETERGENT OR CLEANING AGENTS - The invention relates to a process for producing liquid, low-water to water-free detergents or cleaning agents, in particular a machine dishwashing detergent, which contain at least one sulfo polymer and at least one builder component, wherein, during the production, the at least one sulfo polymer is used in the form of an aqueous solution and the at least one builder component is used in solid form. The invention further relates to detergents and cleaning agents produced using said process and the use thereof. | 09-24-2015 |
| 20150275137 | SURFACTANT COMBINATION FOR IMPROVED DRYING - The present invention describes a dishwashing detergent containing at least four special nonionic surfactants for improving the drying of plastic wash ware. The invention further relates to the use of the dishwashing detergent in an automatic dishwashing method and to the use of the dishwashing detergent to improve the drying of plastic wash ware. | 10-01-2015 |
| 20150275141 | AMPHIPHILIC BLOCK COPOLYMERS AND MACHINE DISHWASHING DETERGENTS CONTAINING THESE - It is possible to prevent or at least mitigate discoloration of plastics tableware during machine dishwashing by using amphiphilic block copolymers of -A | 10-01-2015 |
| 20150315529 | LOW-WATER TO WATER-FREE LIQUID CLEANING AGENT - The invention relates to liquid, low-water to water-free cleaning agents, in particular automatic dishwasher detergents, containing at least one rinse aid surfactant and at least one hydrophobically modified acrylate polymer or copolymer, selected from C | 11-05-2015 |
| 20150329802 | DISHWASHER RINSE AIDS AND DETERGENTS - Automatic dishwashing methods using dishwashing agents that contain anionic surfactant(s) having at least one sulfate group or sulfonate group, as well as nonionic surfactant(s), produce very good drying of the dishes cleaned in an automatic dishwashing method. The automatic dishwashing agents additionally contain polycarboxylic acid in combination with methyglycinediacetic acid or glutaminediacetic acid or ethylenediaminedisuccinic acid, or salts thereof. | 11-19-2015 |
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| 20110030499 | Adjustable Pulley Assembly - An adjustable pulley assembly is provided for operably and reliably routing a line through one or more non-perpendicular angles of a line activated system, while maintaining a closed environment as the line changes directions. Some embodiments provide an adjustable pulley assembly having first and second housing members rotationally engaged about an axis of rotation to provide an angular separation between adjacent conduits coupled to the pulley assembly. In some cases the angular separation is adjustable within a range of angles including and extending between a minimum separation angle and a maximum separation angle. Systems and methods incorporating the adjustable pulley assembly are also provided. | 02-10-2011 |
| 20110114656 | TIP RESISTANT BEVERAGE CONTAINER HOLDER - A tip resistant beverage container holder includes a central container support region with a wall defining an inner perimeter for holding a container, a generally horizontal base connecting lower ends of the inner perimeter wall, and a wall defining an outer perimeter; a base region with a larger perimeter than the central container support; and a resilient region connecting the outer perimeter of the central container support region with the base region. | 05-19-2011 |
| 20110315672 | Infrared Heating Panels, Systems and Methods - Infrared heating panels are provided with an electrically insulative substrate that carries one or more infrared heating elements. Each heating element includes an elongated first segment attached to a first surface of the substrate and an elongated second segment electrically connected in series with the first segment. At least the first segment is a strip of an electrically resistive material adapted to emit infrared radiation in response to a current. The second segment is attached to the second surface of the substrate opposite from and in a parallel arrangement with the first segment such that a first current flowing through the heating element flows through the first segment in a first direction relative to the substrate and flows through the second segment in a second direction opposite the first direction. Saunas, heating systems, and methods for reducing electromagnetic emissions in an infrared sauna are also provided. | 12-29-2011 |
| 20120069475 | Head Suspension Load Beam with Stiffening Features - Embodiments provide head suspension load beams formed from a sheet of material with one or more stiffening members molded on the sheet. In some cases the sheet material includes an out-of-plane portion extending out at a nonzero angle, and the stiffening member includes a rib formed on the sheet material about the out-of-plane portion of the sheet material. In some cases a void extending through the sheet material connects portions of a stiffening member on opposite surfaces of the sheet material. Ribs of stiffening material may also provide flow pathways for directing moldable material to portions of the sheet, such as for forming a rib about the sheet edge. A method of making a load beam includes placing a sheet material within an injection mold and bending a portion of the sheet material during the molding process. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20120089212 | Thermal Pad - Some embodiments provide a thermal pad having a sealed outer pouch and a sealed inner pouch within the outer pouch. A thermally transmitting material is encased by the inner pouch for transmitting heat or cold to a user of the thermal pad. In some cases the thermal pad also includes a baffling mechanism that divides the interior of the inner pouch into at least two areas and is configured to permit manual manipulation of the thermally transmitting material between the at least two areas and to at least partially retain the material within one or more of the at least two areas subsequent to manual manipulation. In some cases the thermal pad includes first and second layers of thermal insulation positioned between the inner pouch and outer pouch. Methods for administering thermal therapy to a woman's vaginal area are also provided. | 04-12-2012 |
| 20130105458 | Sauna Heating Panel Power Distribution Systems and Methods | 05-02-2013 |
| 20140190537 | Portable Infrared Heating Field Tent - Systems for providing a transportable human heating system include a portable infrared (IR) field tent configured to provide IR heat therapy to a patient in the field. The tent includes a free-standing enclosure having a support structure providing sides and a base. The base defines an open bottom of the enclosure. A flexible surface supported by the support structure forms at least one side wall of the enclosure. At least one side wall of the enclosure includes an openable panel that provides access through the side wall into an interior of the enclosure. The tent includes an IR heating panel secured to an inner surface of the enclosure for heating a patient within the enclosure. A human heating system can optionally include a patient support apparatus, such as a stretcher. An IR field tent can be configured to attach to the apparatus, thus enclosing a patient upon the apparatus. | 07-10-2014 |
| 20140215708 | INFRARED HEATING PANELS WITH NON-LINEAR HEAT DISTRIBUTION - Examples of infrared heating panels are described as having a non-linear power density profile along a length of the heating panel. The power density profile can include a first power density zone and a second power density zone, each zone corresponding to an area of the heating panel having a separate power density in response to a current flow. An infrared heating panel can include multiple heating elements arranged adjacently in a row and electrically connected together by at least two power buses extending perpendicularly across the heating elements. In one example, the first power density zone is located between a first power bus and an end of the heating elements. The second power density zone can be located between the first power bus and an opposite end of the heating elements. Infrared sauna systems and methods of generating heat for a sauna are also provided. | 08-07-2014 |
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| 20080210443 | Fire Suppression System and Emergency Annunciation System - A fire suppression and annunciation system using a flexible conduit and a wire rope is provided. The wire rope may be connected to a knob assembly at a universal pull station and to a release mechanism of the fire suppression system. An operator may pull a handle of the knob assembly at the universal pull station, thereby activating the release mechanism to release fire suppression agent. A flexible conduit may house the wire rope along at least a part of the connection from the universal pull station to the release mechanism. A material on the liner of the flexible conduit and/or on the wire rope may be used to reduce the coefficient of friction of wire rope in the flexible conduit. The fire suppression system may further include a pulley block system connected to the universal pull station. The pulley block system may comprise bearings, and may lower the force necessary to activate the release mechanism. | 09-04-2008 |
| 20130319998 | Sauna Infrared Heating Panel Systems and Methods - An infrared (IR) heating panel for a sauna, including a thermally and electrically insulating substrate, a power buss, at least one IR heating element electrically coupled to the power buss and supported by the substrate, at least one return element electrically coupled to the power buss and the at least one IR heating element, and a shielding layer substantially covering the at least one IR heating element. The at least one IR heating element is configured to emit IR radiation when an electrical current is passed there through, and the shielding layer is arranged such that the at least one IR heating element is disposed between the shielding layer and the substrate. The shielding layer is electrically coupled to ground and configured to harness and shunt electrical field charge emitted by the at least one IR heating element. | 12-05-2013 |
| 20150382405 | PRINTED SHIELD WITH GROUNDED MATRIX AND PASS THROUGH SOLDER POINT SYSTEMS AND METHODS - An infrared (IR) heating panel system comprising a thermally and electrically insulating substrate, a power buss, an at least one substrate supported IR heating element electrically coupled to the power buss, and a return element electrically coupled to the power buss and IR heating element. A printed shield substantially covers the IR heating element(s). The heating panel emits radiation when an electrical current is passed therethrough. The printed shielding layer is electrically coupled to a low impedance grounding matrix and configured to harness and shunt electrical field charges emitted by the IR heating element. Some embodiments include two or more IR heating panels coupled in an electrical parallel configuration supplied by one twisted and shielded power feed wire. Twisted two-wire shielded plus ground conductors are soldered to the corresponding IR heater solder points while simultaneously maintaining the twisted wire configuration for EMR cancellation and EF grounding shield conductivity. | 12-31-2015 |
