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| 20090325844 | Low Built, Anionic Detersive Surfactant-Containing Spray-Dried Powder that Additionally Comprises Clay - The present invention relates to a spray-dried powder comprising: (a) anionic detersive surfactant; (b) from 0 wt % to 10 wt % zeolite builder; (c) from 0 wt % to 10 wt % phosphate builder; (d) at least 2 wt % water; (e) clay; and (f) optionally from 0 wt % to 20 wt % silicate salt. | 12-31-2009 |
| 20090325845 | Low-Built, Anionic Detersive Surfactant-Containing Solid Laundry Detergent Compositions that Additionally Comprises Clay - The present invention relates to a solid laundry detergent composition comprising: (a) anionic detersive surfactant; (b) from 0 wt % to 10 wt % zeolite builder; (c) from 0 wt % to 10 wt % phosphate builder; (d) at least 2 wt % water; (e) clay; and (f) optionally from 0 wt % to 20 wt % silicate salt, wherein the clay is in non-spray-dried form, and wherein at least part of the anionic detersive surfactant is in spray-dried form. | 12-31-2009 |
| 20090325846 | Spray-Drying Process - The present invention relates to a process for preparing a spray-dried powder comprising: (i) anionic detersive surfactant; (ii) from 0 wt % to 10 wt % zeolite builder; (iii) from 0 wt % to 10 wt % phosphate builder; and (iv) from 3 wt % to 15 wt % silicate salt; the process comprising the steps of: (a) heating an aqueous slurry to a temperature above 100° C. to form a heated slurry; and (b) spraying the heated slurry at temperature above 100° C. into a spray-drying tower; (c) spray-drying the slurry to form a spray-dried powder. | 12-31-2009 |
| 20090325847 | Process for Preparing a Powder - The present invention relates to a process for preparing a powder comprising:
| 12-31-2009 |
| 20090325850 | Spray-Drying Process - The present invention relates to a process for preparing a spray-dried powder comprising
| 12-31-2009 |
| 20110021405 | Continuous Process for Making a Laundry Detergent Composition - A continuous process for making a solid particulate laundry detergent composition having the steps of: (a) forming a soft surfactant particle having a cake strength of from about 30N to about 200N; and (b) contacting the soft surfactant particle with a free-flowing heterogeneous particulate mixture having multiple chemically distinct detergent particle populations, wherein said free-flowing heterogeneous particulate mixture has a cake strength of from about 0N to about 20N, wherein the free-flowing heterogeneous particulate mixture has a weight average particle size of from about 50 micrometers to 2000 micrometers, and wherein the ratio of (i) the cake strength of the soft surfactant particle in N to (ii) the time between step (a) and step (b) in minutes is in the range of from 6Nmin | 01-27-2011 |
| 20110146099 | Spray-Drying Process - A process for preparing a spray-dried detergent powder having: (i) detersive surfactant; and (ii) other detergent ingredients; wherein the process includes the steps of: (a) forming an aqueous detergent slurry in a mixer; (b) transferring the aqueous detergent slurry from the mixer to a pipe leading through a first pump and then through a second pump to a spray nozzle; (c) contacting a detergent ingredient to the aqueous detergent slurry in the pipe after the first pump and before the second pump to form a mixture; (d) spraying the mixture through the spray nozzle into a spray-drying tower; and (e) spray-drying the mixture to form a spray-dried powder, wherein the pressure drop between (i) the pressure in the pipe at the outlet of the first pump to (ii) the pressure in the pipe at the inlet to the second pump is less than 8×10 | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110147962 | Spray-Drying Process - A process for preparing a spray-dried detergent powder having (i) detersive surfactant; and (ii) other detergent ingredients; wherein the process comprises the steps of: (a) forming an aqueous detergent slurry in a mixer; (b) transferring the aqueous detergent slurry from the mixer through at least one pump to a spray nozzle; (c) contacting alkoxylated anionic detersive surfactant and/or acid precursor thereof to the aqueous detergent slurry after the mixer and before the spray nozzle to form a mixture; (d) spraying the mixture through the spray nozzle into a spray-drying tower; and (e) spray-drying the mixture to form a spray-dried powder. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110147963 | Spray-Drying Process - A process for preparing a spray-dried detergent powder including the steps of (i) mid-chain branched detersive surfactant; and (ii) other detergent ingredients; wherein the process includes the steps of: (a) forming an aqueous detergent slurry in a mixer; (b) transferring the aqueous detergent slurry from the mixer through at least one pump to a spray pressure nozzle; (c) contacting mid-chain branched detersive surfactant and/or acid precursor thereof to the aqueous detergent slurry after the mixer and before the spray pressure nozzle to form a mixture; (d) spraying the mixture through the spray pressure nozzle into a spray-drying tower; and (e) spray-drying the mixture to form a spray-dried powder. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110147964 | Spray-Drying Process - A process for preparing a spray-dried powder having:
| 06-23-2011 |
| 20110147966 | Process for Preparing a Powder - A process for preparing a powder from a slurry wherein the slurry enters a spary nozzle at conditions such that either: (I) at the temperature at which the slurry enters the nozzle, the slurry is at a pressure that is equal to or greater than the vapour pressure of the volatile component, and wherein, the slurry enters the nozzle at a temperature such that the vapour pressure of the volatile compound is above the pressure in the drying apparatus; or (II) the volatile component is in supercritical form when the slurry enters the nozzle, and wherein, the conditions in the drying apparatus are such that when the volatile component enters the drying apparatus, at least a portion of the volatile component is in gaseous form. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110147967 | Spray-Drying Process - A process for preparing a spray-dried detergent powder having: (i) detersive surfactant; (ii) polymer; and (iii) other detergent ingredients; wherein the process comprises the steps of: (a) forming an aqueous detergent slurry in a mixer; (b) transferring the aqueous detergent slurry from the mixer through at least one pump to a spray nozzle; (c) contacting a polymer to the aqueous detergent slurry after the mixer and before the spray nozzle to form a mixture; (d) spraying the mixture through the spray nozzle into a spray-drying tower; and (e) spray-drying the mixture to form a spray-dried powder. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110257059 | Process for Making a Detergent - A process for the production of a spray-dried detergent powder including a hexagonal-phase-in-water-forming surfactant the process including the steps of: (i) spraying into a spray-drying tower a detergent slurry preferably free of a hexagonal-phase-in-water-forming surfactant; and (ii) simultaneously spraying a paste having a hexagonal-phase-in-water-forming surfactant, whereby droplets of the slurry encounter droplets or powder of the hexagonal-phase-in-water-forming surfactant paste so as to form composite granules. | 10-20-2011 |
| 20110257066 | Detergent Composition - Preparation of solid free flowing detergent composition by spray drying a chemically simple slurry as well as compositions comprising chemically simple spray dried particles | 10-20-2011 |
| 20110257067 | Process for Making a Detergent - A process for making a detergent composition including the step of forming a low-water-containing surfactant mixture including: i) a hexagonal-phase-in-water-forming surfactant; and ii) a sulphonate detersive surfactant. | 10-20-2011 |
| 20120153521 | SPRAY-DRYING PROCESS - A process for preparing a spray-dried detergent powder having: (i) detersive surfactant; and (ii) other detergent ingredients; wherein the process has the steps of: (a) dosing an aqueous detergent slurry into a drop tank; (b) transferring the aqueous detergent slurry from the drop tank to a pipe, and transferring the aqueous detergent slurry along the pipe through at least one pump to a spray nozzle; (c) contacting a detergent ingredient to the aqueous detergent slurry in the pipe to form a mixture; (d) spraying the mixture through the spray nozzle into a spray-drying tower; and (e) spray-drying the mixture to form a spray-dried powder, wherein the ratio of (i) the volume of the pipe of step (b) in litres to (ii) the volume of the drop tank of step (a) in litres is less than 1:1. | 06-21-2012 |
| 20120245072 | SPRAY-DRIED LAUNDRY DETERGENT PARTICLES - Spray-dried laundry detergent particles including: (a) organic anionic detersive surfactant; (b) water-soluble inorganic salt selected from the group consisting of sodium carbonate and/or sodium sulphate; (c) essentially no zeolite builder; (d) essentially no phosphate builder; (e) essentially no bleach; (f) essentially no clay: (g) essentially no non-ionic detersive surfactant; and (h) other detergent ingredients, wherein from 5 wt % to 25 wt % of the particles are small particles having a particle size of less than 250 micrometers, wherein from 75 wt % to 95 wt % of the particles are large particles having a particle size of 250 micrometers or greater, wherein the ratio of (i) the organic carbon to inorganic carbon weight ratio of the small particles to (ii) the organic carbon to inorganic carbon weight ratio of the large particles is in the range of from 1.00 to 1.25, and wherein the water-soluble inorganic salt has a volume average particle size in the range of from 10 micrometers to 50 micrometers. | 09-27-2012 |
| 20120245073 | SPRAY-DRIED LAUNDRY DETERGENT PARTICLES - Spray-dried laundry detergent particles wherein from 5 wt % to 25 wt % of the particles are small particles having a particle size of less than 250 micrometers, wherein from 75 wt % to 95 wt % of the particles are large particles having a particle size of 250 micrometers or greater, wherein the ratio of the organic carbon content of the small particles in weight percent to the organic carbon content of the large particles in weight percent is in the range of from 1.00 to 1.20, and wherein the water-soluble inorganic salt has a volume average particle size in the range of from 10 micrometers to 50 micrometers. | 09-27-2012 |
| 20130324454 | LAUNDRY DETERGENT COMPOSITIONS - The present invention is to a laundry detergent powder comprising: (i) from 20 to 80 wt % of a first particle comprising less than 55 wt % sulphate, anionic detersive surfactant, and having a bulk density of from 300 g/l to 1100 g/l: and (ii) from 20 to 80 wt % of a second particle comprising at least 55 wt % sulphate and, having a bulk density of from 350 g/l to 600 g/l, and a process to making the laundry detergent powder. | 12-05-2013 |
| 20130324456 | SPRAY-DRIED DETERGTENT POWDER - The present invention is a spray-dried powder comprising: at least 5 wt % of a spray-dried particle comprising at least 40 wt % anionic detersive surfactant, from 15 to 40 wt % carbonate and less than 20 wt % sulphate and having a bulk density of from 300 g/l to 450 g/l. | 12-05-2013 |
| 20150038394 | METHOD OF MAKING DETERGENT COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING POLYMERS - A process of making a granular detergent composition comprising the steps of:
| 02-05-2015 |
| 20150038395 | METHOD OF MAKING DETERGENT COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING POLYMERS - A process of making a granular detergent composition comprising the steps of:
| 02-05-2015 |
| 20150038396 | METHOD OF MAKING GRANULAR DETERGENT COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING SURFACTANTS - A process of making a granular detergent composition comprising the steps of:
| 02-05-2015 |
| 20150038397 | METHOD OF MAKING GRANULAR DETERGENT COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING POLYMERS - A process of making a granular detergent composition comprising the steps of:
| 02-05-2015 |
