Colgate Palmolive Company

Chun Huang

Paloma Pimenta

Guofeng Xu

Matthew Lee Kolb

Cajetan Dogo-Isonagie

Robert DiCosimo

Mark Scott Payne

An electrolysis device may include a housing having a cavity that is configured to receive a precursor solution. The precursor solution may include chloride. An electrolysis circuit may be located in the cavity of the housing. The electrolysis circuit may include a power source, a first electrode and a second electrode electrically coupled to the power source, and a control circuit electrically coupled to the power source and the first and second electrodes. Upon the control circuit being activated while the precursor liquid operably couples the first and second electrodes together, the electrolysis circuit may be configured to generate a hypochlorite solution from the precursor solution.

Electrolysis device

An electrolysis device may include: a housing comprising a container having an open end, the container configured to contain a liquid when the container is oriented in an upright position; and an electrolysis circuit comprising: a power source; a plurality of electrodes disposed within the container and electrically coupled to the power source; an orientation switch electrically coupled to the power source, coupled to the housing, and oriented to switch when the container is oriented in the upright position; and a control circuit electrically coupled to the power source, the electrodes, and the orientation switch, wherein the electrolysis circuit is configured to operate when the electrodes pass an electric current above a predetermined current threshold and the container is oriented in the upright position.

An oral care kit comprising an oral care implement having a first reservoir containing a first oral care agent comprising a first whitening reagent that includes triacetin; and a container having a second reservoir containing a second oral care agent, the second oral care agent comprising a catalytic enzyme and a second whitening reagent that includes peroxide forming compound.

Whitening system

A whitening composition and methods for whitening teeth and generating a whitening agent with the same are provided. The whitening composition may include an orally acceptable vehicle, a source of hydrogen peroxide that provides hydrogen peroxide, and a cyclic anhydride that generates a whitening agent with the hydrogen peroxided provided by the source of hydrogen peroxide. The whitening agent may be a peracid, such as a succinic peracid.

Oral care compositions including cyclic anhydrides

An oral care product, a whitening composition thereof, and methods for the same are disclosed therein. The oral care product includes an orally acceptable vehicle and the whitening composition. The whitening composition includes a whitening booster and a source of hydrogen peroxide. The whitening booster may include a salt of a monopersulfate.

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Somerset, NJ, United States of America

Chun Huang