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20080276973 | Detergent component for preventing precipitation of water hardness and providing soil removal properties - A cleaning composition for removing soils includes an alkyl vinyl ether-maleic acid copolymer and at least one component selected from the group consisting of sodium carbonate and sodium hydroxide. The composition contains less than about | 11-13-2008 |
20100197558 | DEVELOPMENT OF AN ALUMINUM HYDROXYCARBOXYLATE BUILDER - A cleaning composition for removing soils includes an aluminum salt, a hydroxycarboxylate, an alkalinity source and optionally, a surfactant system. The cleaning composition has a pH of between about 9 and about 14. | 08-05-2010 |
20110017945 | NOVEL FORMULATION OF A WARE WASHING SOLID CONTROLLING HARDNESS - A water hardness controlling agent includes an acrylate polymer having a molecular weight of about 4,500 g/mol, an acrylate-maleic copolymer having a molecular weight of about 40,000 g/mol and a 2-phosphonobutane-1,2,4-tricarboxylic acid. A ratio of acrylate-maleic copolymer to acrylate polymer to the 2-phosphonobutane-1,2,4-tricarboxylic acid in parts per million is about 5-30:10-40:6-20. | 01-27-2011 |
20110021410 | NOVEL FORMULATION OF A WARE WASHING SOLID CONTROLLING HARDNESS - A water hardness controlling agent includes a polyacrylic acid or salt thereof having a molecular weight of between about 1,000 and about 50,000 g/mol, an acrylic-maleic acid copolymer or salt thereof having a molecular weight of between about 1,000 and about 100,000 g/mol and a phosphonocarboxylic acid or salt thereof. A ratio of acrylic-maleic acid copolymer or salt thereof to polyacrylic acid or salt thereof to phosphonocarboxylic acid or salt thereof in parts per million is about 1-30:10-80:6-20. | 01-27-2011 |
20110112007 | ALKYL POLYGLUCOSIDES AND A PROPOXYLATED-ETHOXYLATED EXTENDED CHAIN SURFACTANT - A cleaning composition includes an alkyl polyglucoside, an ethoxylated, propoxylated extended chain surfactant having between 6 and 10 carbon atoms and a cloud point of about 42° C. or less, a water conditioning agent and water. In one embodiment, the cleaning composition is substantially free of alkyl phenol ethoxylates. The cleaning composition is capable of removing soils including up to 20% proteins. | 05-12-2011 |
20110180112 | METHOD OF REMOVING/PREVENTING REDEPOSITION OF PROTEIN SOILS - A method and composition is provided for removing protein soil and preventing redeposition of soils onto a surface. The method includes introducing a protein-removing/anti-redeposition agent during a washing step of a wash cycle, introducing a cleaning composition during the washing step of the wash cycle, washing the surface of the substrate with the protein-removing/anti-redeposition agent and the cleaning composition during the wash cycle, and subsequently rinsing the surface of the substrate with a rinse aid. The protein-removing/anti-redeposition agent includes a poly sugar and the cleaning composition includes an alkalinity source and a surfactant component. The composition is substantially free of phosphorus-containing compounds and includes less than about 0.05% by weight alkali earth metal. | 07-28-2011 |
20110245129 | ACID CLEANING AND CORROSION INHIBITING COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING GLUCONIC ACID - A biodegradable acid cleaning composition for cleaning stainless steel, and other surfaces is disclosed. The composition comprises urea sulfate in combination with gluconic acid which serves as a corrosion inhibitor. The composition retains the cleaning and corrosion prevention properties of similar phosphoric acid solutions but is safe for the environment and is less expensive to produce. Applicants have surprisingly found that the traditionally alkaline corrosion inhibitor, gluconic acid, can work effectively in an acidic cleaning composition. | 10-06-2011 |
20110257071 | FERRIC HYDROXYCARBOXYLATE AS A BUILDER - The use of ferric hydroxycarboxylate as a chelator and builder for cleaning compositions is disclosed. The cleaning composition may be formulated for warewashing, laundering, and for other means of removing soils and includes a ferric hydroxycarboxylate, an alkalinity source and a surfactant system. The cleaning composition has a pH of between about 9 and about 12. | 10-20-2011 |
20110269660 | USE OF A SOLUBLE LITHIUM SALT AS A GLASS ETCHING INHIBITOR - A warewashing detergent composition is provided including an alkalinity source, a corrosion inhibitor and optionally, a cleaning agent. The glass corrosion inhibitor includes at least a soluble lithium salt and optionally includes a soluble aluminum salt and/or a soluble silicate salt. The warewashing detergent composition has a pH of at least about 8. | 11-03-2011 |
20110269662 | HIGHLY CONCENTRATED CAUSTIC BLOCK FOR WARE WASHING - A system for cleaning ware includes a detergent composition and a rinse solution. The detergent composition includes an alkali metal hydroxide, a corrosion inhibitor and a surfactant. The detergent includes less than about 1% of an alkali metal carbonate by weight. The rinse solution includes water and a chelating acid. | 11-03-2011 |
20110312871 | DEVELOPMENT OF AN ALUMINUM HYDROXYDICARBOXYLATE BUILDER - A cleaning composition for removing soils includes an aluminum salt, a hydroxydicarboxylate, an alkalinity source and optionally, a surfactant system. The cleaning composition has a pH of between about 9 and about 14. | 12-22-2011 |
20120108489 | ACID CLEANING AND CORROSION INHIBITING COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING GLUCONIC ACID - A biodegradable acid cleaning composition for cleaning stainless steel, and other surfaces is disclosed. The composition comprises urea sulfate in combination with gluconic acid which serves as a corrosion inhibitor. The composition retains the cleaning and corrosion prevention properties of similar phosphoric acid solutions but is safe for the environment and is less expensive to produce. Applicants have surprisingly found that the traditionally alkaline corrosion inhibitor, gluconic acid, can work effectively in an acidic cleaning composition. | 05-03-2012 |
20130005639 | METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS USING SODIUM CARBOXYMETHYL CELLULOSE AS SCALE CONTROL AGENT - The present invention includes methods and compositions that employ sodium carboxymethyl cellulose as a scale inhibitor. According to the invention, scale inhibiting compositions are disclosed which include, sodium carboxymethyl cellulose and a polymer such as polymaleic acid, polyacrylic acid or mixtures, copolymers or terpolymers of the same and optionally may also include a phosphonate. The scale control composition may be incorporated into a detergent/cleaning composition. | 01-03-2013 |
20130045909 | HIGH ALKALINE WAREWASH DETERGENT FOR CONTROLLING HARD WATER SCALE - A detergent comprises an alkalinity source, a homopolymer of acrylic acid or a salt thereof, a homopolymer of methacrylic acid or a salt thereof, and a homopolymer of maleic acid or a salt thereof. Suitable weight ratios include a weight ratio of the homopolymer of methacrylic acid or a salt thereof to the homopolymer of acrylic acid or a salt thereof between approximately 1:3 and approximately 3:1, a weight ratio of the homopolymer of acrylic acid or a salt thereof to the homopolymer of maleic acid or a salt thereof between approximately 3:1 and approximately 1:6, and a weight ratio of the homopolymer of methacrylic acid or a salt thereof to the homopolymer of maleic acid or a salt thereof between approximately 2:1 and approximately 1:4. | 02-21-2013 |
20130055508 | DETERGENT COMPOSITION CONTAINING AN AMPS COPOLYMER AND A MALEIC ACID POLYMER - Detergent compositions including at least one AMPS copolymer, at least one maleic acid polymer, an alkaline agent and optional additives are disclosed. Embodiments of the present invention are phosphorous free, and reduced scale accumulation for warewashing applications. | 03-07-2013 |
20130062568 | ACID CLEANING AND CORROSION INHIBITING COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING GLUCONIC ACID - A biodegradable acid cleaning composition for cleaning stainless steel, and other surfaces is disclosed. The composition comprises urea sulfate in combination with gluconic acid which serves as a corrosion inhibitor. The composition retains the cleaning and corrosion prevention properties of similar phosphoric acid solutions but is safe for the environment and is less expensive to produce. Applicants have surprisingly found that the traditionally alkaline corrosion inhibitor, gluconic acid, can work effectively in an acidic cleaning composition. | 03-14-2013 |
20130102518 | DETERGENT COMPOSITION CONTAINING AN AMPS COPOLYMER AND A PHOSPHONATE - Detergent compositions including at least one AMPS copolymer, at least one organophosphonate, an alkaline agent and an optional complexing agent are disclosed. Embodiments of the present invention reduce scale accumulation and provide stain removal capability for warewash applications. | 04-25-2013 |
20130111675 | SUSTAINABLE LAUNDRY SOUR COMPOSITIONS WITH IRON CONTROL - Linen treatment compositions and linen processes are disclosed which help to prevent iron deposition from wash water, and/or redeposition after iron containing stain (such as blood) removal by alkaline detergents. The linen treatment composition is a combination of a hydroxycarboxylic acid and an acid source, which may be organic or inorganic. The invention provides for effective iron control in a phosphorus-free formula that is also free of toxic or hazardous chemicals and includes sustainable, environmentally friendly ingredients, while still providing effective iron control. | 05-09-2013 |
20130345109 | FERRIC HYDROXYCARBOXYLATE AS A BUILDER - The use of ferric hydroxycarboxylate as a chelator and builder for cleaning compositions is disclosed. The cleaning composition may be formulated for warewashing, laundering, and for other means of removing soils and includes a ferric hydroxycarboxylate, an alkalinity source and a surfactant system. The cleaning composition has a pH of between about 9 and about 12. | 12-26-2013 |
20140121146 | USE OF A STARCH BASE COPOLYMER IN CONJUNCTION WITH A MALEIC POLYMER AND A HYDROXYPOLYCARBOXYLIC ACID TO CONTROL HARDNESS UNDER ALKALINE CONDITIONS - The present invention includes methods and compositions control hard water in an alkaline environment. According to the invention, a unique combination of polymers has been developed which helps to completely control and eliminate hard water. The composition includes a maleic polymer, a hydroxypolycarboxylic acid, and a starch based polymer in a unique synergistic combination that can be used alone, or in combination with standard alkaline detergents in any cleaning regime (laundry, warewash, etc.) where hard water conditions exist. | 05-01-2014 |
20140171354 | DETERGENT COMPOSITION CONTAINING AN AMPS COPOLYMER AND A MALEIC ACID POLYMER - Detergent compositions including at least one AMPS copolymer, at least one maleic acid polymer, an alkaline agent and optional additives are disclosed. Embodiments of the present invention are phosphorus free, and exhibit reduced scale accumulation for warewashing applications. Solid embodiments of the present invention may be disintegrant free. | 06-19-2014 |
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20090264677 | NOVEL SYNTHESIS AND APPLICATIONS OF AMINO CARBOXYLATES - A method of synthesizing carboxylated amines is disclosed. The method comprises reacting a mixture of a potassium salt of either a primary or secondary amine with a potassium salt of a halogenated carboxylic acid wherein the halogenated carboxylic acid is selected from the group consisting of brominated, chlorinated, or iodinated carboxylic acid in the presence of potassium hydroxide, and optionally in heating the reacting mixture; precipitating the potassium salt by optionally chilling the mixture and discarding the precipitate; purifying the carboxylate amine potassium salt from the liquid phase using water soluble alcohol and optionally adding formic acid to obtain the free aminocarboxylic acid and potassium formate. In a preferred embodiment, the halogenated carboxylic acid is chloroacetic acid. | 10-22-2009 |
20100229897 | USE OF HYDROXYCARBOXYLATES FOR WATER HARDNESS CONTROL - The present invention relates to compositions including threshold agents, and methods of use thereof. The threshold agents can include hydroxycarboxylate compounds present at an amount sufficient to control water hardness. The threshold agents are present in the wash solution at a molar amount less than the molar amount of water hardness ions present. | 09-16-2010 |
20100305014 | BIODEGRADABLE SURFACTANT BLEND - A degreasing composition is disclosed comprising an alkyl polyglucoside; and a nonionic surfactant having a carbon chain of C | 12-02-2010 |
20110021403 | NOVEL FORMULATION OF A WARE WASHING SOLID CONTROLLING HARDNESS - A water hardness controlling agent includes a polyacrylic acid or salt thereof having a molecular weight of between about 1,000 and about 50,000 g/mol, an acrylic-maleic acid copolymer or salt thereof having a molecular weight of between about 1,000 and about 100,000 g/mol and a phosphonocarboxylic acid or salt thereof. A ratio of acrylic-maleic acid copolymer or salt thereof to polyacrylic acid or salt thereof to phosphonocarboxylic acid or salt thereof in parts per million is about 1-30:10-80:6-20. | 01-27-2011 |
20110082231 | DETERGENT RESISTANT CAR POLISH - A detergent resistant car polish composition includes an alkoxy aminofunctional dialkylpolysiloxane, a long chain silicone quaternary blend, a silicone fatty amino quaternary polydimethylsiloxane, a carboxylic acid, a surfactant, a cosurfactant, and water. | 04-07-2011 |
20120318303 | NON-BLEACHING PROCEDURE FOR THE REMOVAL OF TEA AND COFFEE STAINS - A novel approach to the removal of coffee and tea stains from dishes is disclosed. Tea, coffee and other stains caused by tannins are particularly difficult to remove and traditional techniques include harsh treatments that use bleach, or other environmentally undesirable chemicals such as phosphates, EDTA, NTA or other aminocarboxylates. Applicants have found that an acid rinse prior to alkaline cleaning of stained dishware such as ceramics porcelain and the like can remove up to one hundred percent of even aged coffee and tea stains. | 12-20-2012 |
20130146102 | CONCENTRATED WAREWASHING COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS - The invention generally relates to concentrated warewashing compositions and methods of using the same. In some aspects, the invention uses concentrated compositions in methods of warewashing where the concentrate is applied directly to the article to be cleaned, rather than dispensed into a sump and applied to the article as a ready-to-use composition. In additional aspects, the methods of using highly concentrated alkaline and/or acid compositions in an alternating pattern of alkaline-acid-alkaline or acid-alkaline-acid, or the like, provide substantially similar or superior cleaning efficacy while reducing the overall consumption of the alkaline and/or acid compositions. | 06-13-2013 |
20140066355 | DETERGENT COMPOSITION CONTAINING AN AMPS COPOLYMER AND A PHOSPHONATE - Detergent compositions including at least one AMPS copolymer, at least one organophosphonate, an alkaline agent, free of acrylic homopolymer, and an optional complexing agent are disclosed. Embodiments of the present invention reduce scale accumulation and provide stain removal capability for warewash applications. | 03-06-2014 |
20140261564 | INHIBITING CORROSION OF ALUMINUM ON CONSUMER WARE WASHING PRODUCT USING PHOSPHINOSUCCINIC ACID OLIGOMERS - A dishwashing detergent composition is provided for consumer use for in cleaning of alkaline sensitive metals such as aluminum or aluminum containing alloys. The compositions include alternatives to sodium tripolyphosphate and/or other phosphorus containing raw materials, while retaining cleaning performance and corrosion prevention. According to the invention, a phosphinosuccinic acid oligomer or mixture thereof is used as a corrosion inhibitor and can be included for aluminum protection in a number of different detergent compositions. | 09-18-2014 |
20140261567 | INHIBITING CORROSION OF ALUMINUM ON ALKALINE MEDIA BY PHOSPHINOSUCCINATE OLIGOMERS AND MIXTURES THEREOF - A warewashing detergent composition is provided for use for in cleaning of alkaline sensitive metals such as aluminum or aluminum containing alloys. The compositions include alternatives to sodium tripolyphosphate and/or other phosphorus containing raw materials, while retaining cleaning performance and corrosion prevention. According to the invention, a phosphinosuccinate oligomer of mixture thereof is used as a corrosion inhibitor and can be included for aluminum protection in a number of different detergent compositions. | 09-18-2014 |
20140378364 | USE OF A STARCH BASE COPOLYMER IN CONJUNCTION WITH A MALEIC POLYMER AND A HYDROXYPOLYCARBOXYLIC ACID TO CONTROL HARDNESS UNDER ALKALINE CONDITIONS - The present invention includes methods and compositions control hard water in an alkaline environment. According to the invention, a unique combination of polymers has been developed which helps to completely control and eliminate hard water. The composition includes a maleic polymer, a hydroxypolycarboxylic acid, and a starch based polymer in a unique synergistic combination that can be used alone, or in combination with standard alkaline detergents in any cleaning regime (laundry, warewash, etc.) where hard water conditions exist. | 12-25-2014 |
20150018265 | NOVEL FORMULATION OF A WARE WASHING SOLID CONTROLLING HARDNESS - A water hardness controlling agent includes a polyacrylic acid or salt thereof having a molecular weight of between about 1,000 and about 50,000 g/mol, an acrylic-maleic acid copolymer or salt thereof having a molecular weight of between about 1,000 and about 100,000 g/mol and a phosphonocarboxylic acid or salt thereof. A ratio of acrylic-maleic acid copolymer or salt thereof to polyacrylic acid or salt thereof to phosphonocarboxylic acid or salt thereof in parts per million is about 1-30:10-80:6-20. | 01-15-2015 |