Henkel Ag & Company, Kgaa

Henkel Kommanditgesellschaft Auf Aktien

Henkel Kommandirgesellschaft Auf Akrien

Daniela Poethkow

Tatiana Schymitzek

Katja Gerhards

Jens Leffler

Ulf Arno Timmann

Frank Meier

Brigitte Giesen

Heinz-Dieter Soldanski

Alexander Ditze

Dagmar Zaika

Hermann Jonke

Claudia Bartolucci

Anke Klemmstein

Harald MÜLLER

Marine Cabirol

Kerstin Ziganke

The invention relates to a solid toilet rim block, the toilet rim block including a surfactant system and a polymer, and the surfactant system being present in the total composition in an amount of less than 50 wt. %. The invention also relates to a system having such a toilet rim block.

Toilet rim block having an improved gloss

Toilet rim blocks

The apparatus comprises a fragrance release system comprising a wick, at least one diffuser, the surface area of the diffuser in contact with ambient air being larger than the surface area of the wick in contact with ambient air, and a container to hold the wick, a fragrance preparation that is stored in the container, the fragrance preparation being transported through the wick to the diffuser by capillary action against the direction of gravity when the wick is housed in the container, wherein the substantially cylindrical wick is formed from at least two mutually different plant-based fibrous materials, the first material forming a core and the second material surrounding this core, and the difference between the contact angle of the core material and that of the material surrounding the core relative to water being at least 10&#xb0;, the core material having the small contact angle, preferably between 0&#xb0; and 90&#xb0;, relative to water.

Fragrance release system having an optimized wick

An encapsulated active substance for a manual detergent for hard surfaces comprises an essentially anhydrous active substance with at least one surfactant and at least one liquid polymer carrier encapsulated in a water-soluble or water-dispersible capsule, the active substance containing: less than 25 wt. % of carrier; at least one unbranched or branched, acryclic or cyclic, saturated or unsaturated alcohol with 1 to 10 carbon atoms and one or two primary, secondary or tertiary hydroxy groups and a carbon chain optionally having one or more &mdash;O&mdash; groups; or being free of glycerol. The encapsulated active substance can be used as a manual detergent for hard surfaces.

Encapsulated detergent

Water-containing floor cleaning composition

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Krefeld, Germany

Daniela Poethkow