Procter & Gamble Patente

The present invention relates to a cylindrical container (10) comprising cellulosic material, wherein the cylindrical container (10) comprises a body portion (50) having a first end (30) and a second end (40), wherein the first end (30) comprises a first closure (34) and the second end (40) comprises a second closure (93), wherein the first closure (34) is sealed to the first end (30), wherein the second closure (93) and a lid wall (92) are part of a removeable lid (90), wherein the second closure (93) is sealed to the lid wall (92) in the second end (40), wherein the removable lid (90) comprises cellulosic material, characterised in that the first closure (34) is sealed to the first end (30) by ultrasonic sealing, wherein the ultrasonic sealing seals a plurality of layers of cellulosic material, preferably two or three layers of cellulosic material, to form a first seal, or wherein the second closure (93) is sealed to the lid wall (92) by ultrasonic sealing, wherein the ultrasonic sealing seals a plurality of layers of cellulosic material, preferably two or three layers of cellulosic material, to form a second seal, or combinations thereof.

A process for packaging a detergent product (52) in a container (12) made of a paper-based material comprising: manufacturing the detergent product (52); positioning a box (16) in or on a box carriage system (44), moving the box (16), and while the box (16) moves: providing contact between an opening mechanism (46) located above the box carriage system (44) and a top flap (28) of the box (16) to move the top flap (28) to the open orientation; dispensing detergent product (52) into the box (16); allowing the top flap to move toward the closed orientation; in response to moving the top flap towards the closed orientation, providing the lid (32) to the box (16) to form a closed container (12); and shipping said closed container (12).

Liquid composition comprising:i) from 5% to 90% by weight of the composition of a nonionic material selected from the group consisting of non-ionic surfactants, non-aqueous organic solvents, and a mixture thereof;ii) from 1% to 50% by weight of the composition of perfume capsules, wherein the capsules have a core and a shell and wherein the shell surrounds the core;wherein the core comprises a perfume,wherein the shell comprises a polymeric material that is the reaction product of chitosan and a cross-linking agent system,iii) up to 25% by weight of the composition of water; andiv) less than 5% by weight of the composition of anionic surfactant.

The need for a cleaning product that combines a foam dispenser with a cleaning composition that is capable of providing good dish cleaning while also providing a copious volume of foam upon initial application, is met by a cleaning product comprising a foam dispenser and a cleaning composition, the composition is housed in the foam dispenser and wherein the cleaning composition comprises a combination of an alkanediol which comprises alkyl chains having from 6 to 14 carbon atoms, and glycol ether solvent which is selected from the group consisting of: alkyl ethers of ethylene glycol or propylene glycol, and mixtures thereof.

The present invention relates to a treatment composition comprising particles and an adjunct ingredient, wherein the particles comprise a rosin and one or more benefit agents, wherein the one or more benefit agents comprises a fragrance material. Said composition further comprises a non-ionic surfactant comprising an alkyl alkoxylated surfactant selected from an alkyl ethoxylated surfactant, an alkyl propoxylated surfactant or combinations thereof. Said alkyl alkoxylated surfactant comprises between 4 and 12 alkoxylate groups and has an alkyl chain of between 7 and 15 carbon atoms. Said composition is made by: mixing a rosin and one or more benefit agents to create a premix; contacting the premix with a water solution comprising a non-ionic surfactant to form a slurry; and using the slurry to produce said composition. Said composition can be used to treat fabrics: by obtaining a fabric to be washed; and contacting the fabric with a wash liquor, the wash liquor comprising said composition and water.

A unit dose article comprising a water-soluble water-soluble film, wherein the water-soluble film comprises a water-soluble polymer, wherein the water-soluble polymer comprises a blend of:i) pectin; andii) a caseinate polymer.

The need for a cleaning product that combines a foam dispenser with a dishwashing composition that is capable of providing good crystalline grease cleaning while also providing good initial sudsing, is met by a cleaning product comprising a foam dispenser and a cleaning composition, the composition is housed in the foam dispenser and wherein the cleaning composition comprises an alkanediol in combination with a carbonate.

The present invention relates to treatment compositions comprising particles and an adjunct ingredient, wherein the particles comprise a resin and one or more benefit agents, wherein the one or more benefit agents comprises a fragrance material. Said resin is selected from a rosin ester, a terpene polymer resin, or mixtures thereof. The rosin ester is made from an at least one plant rosin acid linked to an alcohol by at least one ester bond, wherein the alcohol is selected from a linear sugar alcohol, a glycol, a triol or a mixture thereof. The terpene polymer resin is an alpha-pinene polymer.

The need for a cleaning product that combines a foam dispenser with a dishwashing composition that is capable of providing good cleaning while also providing both good initial sudsing and good enduring sudsing, is met by a cleaning product comprising a foam dispenser and a cleaning composition, the composition is housed in the foam dispenser and wherein the cleaning composition comprises a high amount of amphoteric surfactant, zwitterionic surfactant, and mixtures thereof, in combination with a limited amount, or no, anionic surfactant, and a linear alkanediol comprising from 6 to 14 carbon atoms.

A water-soluble unit-dose article made from a water-soluble film, wherein the water-soluble film comprises a water-soluble polymer, the water-soluble polymer comprises a blend of:i) alginate; andii) a caseinate polymer.

A water-soluble unit dose article comprising a water-soluble film, wherein the water-soluble film comprises a water-soluble polymer, wherein the water-soluble polymer comprises a blend of:i) starch; andii) a caseinate polymer.

A liquid fabric treatment composition comprising:a) from about 1x10² to about 1x10⁹ CFU/g of the composition of bacterial spores;b) from about 0.01% to about 10% by weight of the composition of triethylene glycol; andc) from about 0.01% to about 60% by weight of the composition of a surfactant.

A liquid composition comprising: i) from 5% to 90% by weight of the composition of a nonionic material selected from the group consisting of non-ionic surfactants, non-aqueous organic solvents, and a mixture thereof; ii) from 1% to 50% by weight of the composition of perfume capsules, wherein the capsules have a core and a shell and wherein the shell surrounds the core wherein the core comprises a perfume; iii) from 0.01% to 5% by weight of the composition of a polysaccharide-based cationic polymer; iv) up to 25% by weight of the composition of water; and v) less than 5% by weight of the composition of anionic surfactant.

A method of laundering a fabric in an automatic washing machine using a water-soluble unit dose article comprising a detergent composition and a water-soluble film, the detergent composition comprising a surfactant system comprising an anionic surfactant and a nonionic surfactant in a weight ratio of from 4:1 to 1:2 and a cleaning additive selected from the group consisting of a cleaning polymer, a zwitterionic polyamine, an enzyme system, a chelant, and a mixture thereof, the method comprising the steps of: a) delivering the water-soluble unit dose article to the washing machine; b) delivering water to the washing machine to release the detergent composition and to achieve a water/detergent dilution of from about 200 to about 700 ml water /g detergent, to create a wash liquor comprising from 400 to 700 ppm of total surfactant; c) exposing the fabric to the wash liquor resulting from step b; and d) optionally rinsing the fabric; and e) optionally drying the fabric.

A packaged laundry product is provided in which the product comprises a laundry composition contained in a flexible packaging comprising post-consumer recycled (PCR) material.

A process of washing fabrics using a laundry detergent composition and a laundry treatment composition.

A consumer product (10) comprising a detergent product and a container (12) comprising the detergent product contained therein, the container (12) being made of a paper-based material and comprising: a box (14) and a lid (15) configured for removably covering the opening (24) of the box (14) as the lid (15) assumes a closed position. The box (14) comprises a top flap (16) hinged to a sidewall (19) and foldable between an open orientation and a closed orientation, the top flap (16) having a distal edge (26) separated from the sidewall (19) by a distance corresponding to up to and excluding 90 % of a distance between the sidewall (19) and an opposite sidewall (20).

An absorbent article (20) comprising an absorbent core (28) having a first channel and a second channel (26), each channel comprising a channel bond (27) between the core wrap top layer (45) and the core wrap bottom layer (46) characterized in that the channel bond (27, Wb) is asymmetric relative to the channel width (Wc) for at least a portion (68) of the first and second channels (26), so that, during use, the channel width preferentially shrinks on a pre-determined half (63) of the channel thus increasing the volume available for the absorbent material to swell in that pre-determined half (63) of the channel (26).

A cuboidal package comprising one or more absorbent articles is disclosed. The package encloses one or more absorbent articles. The package comprises a plurality of panels formed by at least two separate sheets. The second sheet and the first sheet form the top panel and the second sheet is attached to the first sheet such that a hinge is formed, and the top panel is at least partially reclosable via the second sheet. The top panel comprises an opening area.

A method of manufacturing a disposable absorbent article is provided. A cylinder of one or more rolls of fibrous material is provided which is partially wrapped with a polymeric covering. A zone of weakness is formed in an axial direction of the cylinder in the polymeric covering using a robot. A breaking device is provided at a temperature within 150 degrees Celsius of the melting temperature of the polymeric covering. Using the robot, a substantially uniform radially inward force is applied against the cylinder with the breaking device along the zone of weakness to rupture the zone of weakness. The method does not damage outer layers of the fibrous material. A robot is used to remove the polymeric covering from the at least one roll. The at least one roll is unwound and fed to the at least one roll into an absorbent article manufacturing line.

Absorbent articles having a liquid permeable topsheet, a liquid impermeable backsheet, an absorbent core disposed at least partially between the topsheet and the backsheet, and a pair of barrier leg cuffs is provided. Each barrier leg cuff is formed from a cuff material comprising hydrophobic cellulosic fibers.

A liquid laundry detergent composition, wherein the liquid laundry detergent composition comprises:i) from 5% to 45% by weight of the liquid laundry detergent composition of linear alkylbenzene sulfonate;ii) a variant of a parent lipase which variant has lipase activity, has at least 60%, but less than 100% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 1 or SEQ ID NO: 2 and comprises the following substitutions: I202C+P253C (using SEQ ID NO: 1 for numbering); andiii) from 2% to 60% by weight of the liquid laundry detergent composition of water.

A floor cleaning product including a container that has a convex front panel and an opposite rear panel. The rear panel has a recess sized and dimensioned to receive part of the distal phalanxes of digits two through five of an adult human hand. The product further includes a flip top closure engaged with the container. The flip top closure has a plurality of small apertures through which a liquid floor cleaning composition contained in the container is dispensed.

Examples relate to a telescopic dosing cup (10) for a volumetric filling machine (34) configured to measure and/or dose a volume of powder or granular detergent material, the telescopic dosing cup (10) comprising: at least a first and second pair of telescopically arranged cylinders (12, 14) being configured to be mounted to a rotary table (36); a first chamber (24) defined by the first pair of telescopically arranged cylinders (12) configured to hold and transport a first volume (V1) of material; a second chamber (26) defined by the second pair of telescopically arranged cylinders (14) configured to hold and transport a second volume (V2) of material, wherein the first volume (V1) and the second volume (V2) are adjustable by relative sliding movement of the cylinders in each pair, and wherein the first volume (V1) is different from the second volume (V2)..

Artificial intelligence (AI) agent systems and methods are described for dynamically generating content regarding oral activity. A query comprising natural language including natural language tokens defining oral activity of a user is received and used as input to an AI agent program to dynamically determine executable code programmed to address the oral activity. Content as output for responding to the query is dynamically generated based on execution of the executable code. The content is transmitted to a computing device of the user for output by the computing device regarding the oral activity.

The present invention relates to a granular laundry composition comprising a surfactant and dipicolinic acid. The composition comprises a first particle, characterized in that the first particle comprises the surfactant and the dipicolinic acid. The present invention also relates to a consumer product comprising a package and the present composition. The composition is contained in one the compartment of the package. The present composition can be used for laundering fabrics, in soft and hard water. The present composition can be produced by: mixing dipicolinic acid, a surfactant and water to create a slurry; and drying the slurry to obtain a first particle.

The present invention relates to a water-soluble automatic dishwashing detergent pouch that contains the combination of dipicolinic acid and/or salt thereof together with poly(itaconic acid) polymer.

The present invention relates to a water-soluble automatic dishwashing detergent pouch that contains the combination of dipicolinic acid and/or salt thereof together with a specific enzyme.

The present invention relates to a water-soluble automatic dishwashing detergent pouch that contains the combination of dipicolinic acid and/or salt thereof together with a specific enzyme.

Examples relate to a drum assembly (10) for manufacturing water-soluble pouches, the drum assembly (10) comprising: a base drum (12) configured to rotate around a central axis (A), a plurality of shell segments (14) detachably mounted to the base drum (12) collectively forming a cylindrical outer molding surface (16) around the circumference of the base drum (12); wherein the outer molding surface (16) comprises a plurality of mold cavities (18), each mold cavity (18) being configured to define one or more compartments in the water-soluble pouches, and wherein each shell segment (14) covers an angular portion of the circumference of the base drum (12) preferably comprised in a range of 20° to 120°, more preferably 30° to 90°, and most preferably around 60°.

The present invention relates to a water-soluble automatic dishwashing detergent pouch that contains the combination of dipicolinic acid and/or salt thereof together with polyaspartate.

The present invention relates to a water-soluble automatic dishwashing detergent pouch that contains the combination of dipicolinic acid and/or salt thereof together with cationic dextran.

The present invention relates to a water-soluble automatic dishwashing detergent pouch that contains the combination of dipicolinic acid and/or salt thereof together with guar gum.

The present invention relates to a water-soluble automatic dishwashing detergent pouch that contains the combination of dipicolinic acid and/or salt thereof together with amphoteric modified starch.

A detergent composition comprising an amphoteric surfactant and a perfume.

A particulate detergent composition comprising a plurality of detergent granules, wherein said composition comprises (a) from 10wt% to 60wt%, by weight of the composition, of a major surfactant, and (b) from 0.02wt% to 0.45wt%, by weight of the composition, of a co-surfactant.

Foaming fibrous structures containing one or more particles, foaming fibrous structure products made therefrom, and methods for making same are provided.

Water disintegrable, foam producing articles comprise a soluble fibrous structure encasing a particulate effervescent cleaning composition comprising an effervescent agent, a particulate foaming surfactant, an effervescent activator, optionally an effervescent protection agent, and optionally an active agent. Methods of using the articles to clean surfaces are also provided.

A valve assembly (1) comprising: a valve obturator (2) having a housing (22) configured to receive a nozzle head (60), wherein the valve obturator (2) is configured to move from a closed position to an open position upon application, by the nozzle head (60) received in the housing (22), of a first force oriented in a first direction; the valve obturator (2) having at least one locking tab (24), wherein the valve obturator (2) is configured to move from the open position to the closed position upon application, by the nozzle head (60) received in the housing (22), of a second force (F2) on the at least one locking tab (24), the second force (F2) being oriented in a second direction opposite the first direction.

A filament for an oral care implement has a longitudinal axis and a multi-edged cross-sectional area extending in a plane substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis, the multi-edged cross-sectional area having at least 18 projections and at least 18 grooves, the projections and grooves being arranged in an alternating manner. The filament is made from polyamide (PA), preferably from PA6, PA6.10, PA6.12, PA10.10, or PA12.