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Oms Holdings LLC

Dorothea C Marra

Lloyd I Osipow

Joseph G Spitzer

Marvin Small

J George Spitzer

Kevin Claffey

George Spitzer

Aerosol compositions are provided that enhance the therapeutic action of ointments by producing, upon topical application thereof, a sustained cooling effect that provides fast relief form pain and itching as well as a tendency to shrink swollen, inflamed tissue. The compositions contain oils, thickening agents for the oils, and propellant. Aqueous solutions, therapeutic ingredients and various adjuvants may also be present. The specific propellant and the proportion used are selected to provide a deposit with a temperature of about &minus;5&deg; C. to about &plus;5&deg; C. In this temperature range, the deposit is cold enough for the required therapeutic effect, but not so cold as to cause pain or tissue damage. The choice and proportion of thickening agents used are selected to provide a deposit that does not flow or spread. Were the deposit to spread, it would present a large surface area from which propellant present in the deposit would evaporate rapidly. By avoiding spreading, the propellant evaporates more slowly and the cooling effect is more sustained.

Aerosol ointment compositions for topical use

Antiperspirant and deodorant or deodorant compositions with enhanced water absorbency are obtained by including in the compositions gelatin along with means for raising its sol-gel transition temperature.

Deodorant and/or antiperspirant compositions

A shaving preparation is provided that boils above about 50.degree. C. and that rapidly generates a stable shaving lather when rubbed on the skin. The composition is an aqueous soap (a neutralized fatty acid) solution containing a foam generating ingredient, a non-volatile, water-insoluble organic liquid and free fatty acids. Thus, the fatty acids mixture of this invention consists of both free fatty acids and neutralized fatty acids (soap). An unexpected rise in the boiling point occurs when the total fatty acids present are in an amount greater than 11% by weight and where 50 to 85% by weight of the total fatty acids are neutralized fatty acids.

Self-lather generating shaving compositions

Compositions and a process for manufacture are provided for synthetic polymer-propellant systems that form cohesive foamed structures from which aqueous solutions can be expressed, where the useful temperature range over which these structures form is broadened by using a propellant mixture consisting predominantly of a propellant that is a poor solvent for the polymer and has a vapor pressure in the range of 10-35 psig at 20 C in combination with a small amount of a propellant that is a good solvent for the polymer; and where these coherent foamed structures can be formed even with aqueous solutions containing 0 to about 30% alcohol, provided that insoluble fine-particle solids that do not pack and become difficult to redisperse are included in the composition.

Process for the manufacture of synthetic polymer propellant systems

Compositions and a process for manufacture are provided for synthetic polymer-propellant systems that form cohesive foamed structures from which aqueous solutions can be expressed, where the useful temperature range over which these structures form is broadened by using a propellant mixture consisting predominantly of a propellant that is a poor solvent for the polymer and has a vapor pressure in the range of 10-35 psig at 20.degree. C. in combustion with a small amount of a propellant that is a good solvent for the polymer; and where these coherent foamed structures can be formed even with aqueous solutions containing 0 to about 30% alcohol, provided that insoluble fine-particle solids that do not pack and become difficult to redisperse are included in the composition.

Synthetic polymer propellant systems

An underarm deodorant suspensoid stick that is essentially free from any tendency to cause iritation is obtained by suspending in a gelled water-insoluble organic liquid powdered sodium bicarbonate having a particle size in the range of esentially 100% less than 44 micron and at least about 25% greater than 1 micron.

Deodorant stick

A shaving preparation is provided which has a sub-atmospheric vapor pressure at ambient temperature and which generates a lather when applied to the skin. The composition comprises a water-insoluble volatile organic liquid having a vapor pressure substantially below atmospheric pressure, an aqueous soap solution and a surface active agent which together promote the volatilization of the organic liquid, thereby generating a lather as well as reducing the tendency of the volatile organic liquid to cause smarting of the skin. The compositions of this invention are capable of being packaged in a collapsible tube without premature expansion in the tube during storage, shipment and use.

Self-lather generating shaving composition

Shampoo compositions are provided in unpressurized containers that generate a small, tight-bubbled lather more rapidly and more profusely than conventional shampoos, thereby improving the ease with which the shampoo is spread through the hair and rinsed away, resulting in more uniform cleansing. The compositions contain an aqueous solution of a water-soluble salt of lauryl sulfate, a volatile hydrocarbon or halogenated hydrocarbon boiling in the range of 25 C to 50 C, a tertiary amine oxide, and a sufficient amount of water-soluble gum to give the shampoo a viscosity in the range of about 1000 to 20,000 centistokes at 5 C.

Instant lathering shampoo

A process for conditioning hair is provided which comprises applying to the hair an alcohol-soluble fraction of soybean lecithin in solution in a lower alkanol having two or three carbon atoms, thereby lubricating the hair and facilitating combing, and at the same time reducing the accumulation of an electrostatic charge on the hair during combing, and thereby inhibiting fly-away.

Process for conditioning hair

The invention provides a process and apparatus for delivering from a delivery port of an aerosol container having a vapor tap valve a spray of low flammability of a liquid aerosol composition containing a flammable liquefied propellant, which comprises mixing together liquid aerosol composition and gaseous propellant; subjecting the gas/liquid mixture to the constraint imposed by a flow constriction; expanding the gas/liquid mixture; subjecting the gas/liquid mixture to the constraint imposed by a second flow constriction, and again expanding the gas/liquid mixture and then passing the mixture through the remainder of the vapor tap valve to the delivery port; with each constraint and expansion increasing the gas:liquid volume ratio of the mixture and reducing the flammability of the mixture as a delivered spray.

Aerosol container with flameless delivery valve

Aerosol antiperspirant compositions are provided that are highly concentrated with respect to the active astringent salt, and capable of being dispensed from aerosol containers of the foam type at a low delivery rate, comprising, in combination, an astringent salt in an amount within the range from about 8 to about 30%; a liquefied propellant, or a mixture of liquefied propellants, each with a vapor pressure at 21.degree. C. of at least 2.4 atmospheres absolute, having a low molecular weight, in an amount of at least 0.15 mole per atmosphere absolute pressure in the container at 21.degree. C. per 100 g of composition; a nonvolatile miscible organic liquid in an amount within the range from about 0.1 to 30% by weight of the composition; a bulking agent in an amount within the range from about 0.1 to about 5% by weight of the composition; and a solid aliphatic carboxylic acid having from about fourteen to about twenty-two carbon atoms in a straight chain and in an amount within the range from about 0.1 to about 5% by weight of the composition to enhance adherence of the antiperspirant salt to the skin.

Aerosol antiperspirant compositions with good adherence to the skin

Aerosol antiperspirant compositions are provided, capable of dispensing active astringent salt from aerosol containers with low mistiness and dustiness, comprising, in combination, an astringent salt in an amount within the range from about 3 to about 30%; a hydrocarbon or halocarbon propellant; a synthetic polymer gum having a viscosity within the range from about 500,000 to about 100 million centistokes at 25.degree. C. in an amount within the range from about 0.05 to about 5% by weight of the composition; and optionally, an aliphatic, cycloaliphatic, or aromatic carboxylic acid having from about nine to about fifty carbon atoms, comprising all or part of a nonvolatile miscible organic liquid or oil in an amount within the range from about 0.1 to about 30% by weight of the composition.

Aerosol antiperspirant compositions delivering astringent salt with low

An aerosol container is provided, especially intended for use with compositions containing liquefied flammable propellants, and having a gas-permeable membrane that is impermeable or at best only slowly permeable by liquefied propellants, and impeding liquid flow via a gas tap orifice through an open manually-operated delivery valve, at least when the container is tipped from the upright position beyond the horizontal towards the fully inverted position, the container comprising, in combination, a pressurizable container having at least one storage compartment for an aerosol composition and a liquefied propellant in which compartment liquefied propellant can assume an orientation according to orientation of the container between a horizontal and an upright position, and a horizontal and an inverted position; a delivery valve movable manually between open and closed positions, and including a valve stem and a delivery port; an aerosol-conveying passage in flow connection at one end with the storage compartment and at the other end with the delivery port, manipulation of the delivery valve opening and closing the passage to flow of aerosol composition and propellant from the storage compartment to the delivery port; and a gas-permeable membrane that is at best only slowly permeable by liquefied propellant, disposed across the line of flow from the storage compartment to the delivery port of liquefied propellant, and impeding flow of liquefied propellant to the delivery port, at least in an orientation of the container between the horizontal and an inverted position.

Aerosol container with gas-permeable membrane

An aerosol container is provided, especially intended for use with compositions containing liquefied flammable propellants, and having a shut-off valve closing off flow through an open manually-operated delivery valve whenever the container is tipped from the upright position beyond the horizontal towards the fully inverted position, the container comprising, in combination, a pressurizable container having at least one storage compartment for an aerosol composition and a liquefied propellant in which compartment propellant can assume an orientation according to orientation of the container between a horizontal and an upright position, and a horizontal and inverted position; a delivery valve movable manually between open and closed positions, and including a valve stem and a delivery port; an aerosol-conveying passage in flow connection at one end with the storage compartment and at the other end with the delivery port, manipulation of the delivery valve opening and closing the passage to flow of aerosol composition and propellant from the storage compartment to the delivery port; and a shut-off valve responsive to orientation of the container to move automatically between positions opening and closing off flow of propellant to the delivery port, the shut-off valve moving into an open position in an orientation of the container between a horizontal and an upright position, and moving into a closed position in an orientation of the container between the horizontal and an inverted position.

Aerosol container with position-sensitive shut-off valve

A vapor tap valve for aerosol containers is provided, for use with aerosol compositions containing liquefied flammable propellants, inhibiting delivery of flammable liquid propellant when the valve is opened in any orientation of the aerosol container, comprising, in combination, a delivery valve movable manually between open and closed positions and including a valve poppet, a valve stem, a valve stem passage, and a delivery port; bias means biasing the delivery valve towards a closed position; a blending space for mixing propellant and aerosol composition in fluid flow communication with the valve stem passage via the valve, the valve in the open position communicating the blending space with the valve stem passage, and in the closed position preventing such communication; a liquid tap orifice in the blending space; a gas tap orifice in the blending space; and a shut-off valve disposed in the valve poppet and responsive to orientation of the valve to move automatically between positions opening and closing off flow of propellant to the delivery port via the valve stem passage, the shut-off valve moving into an open position in an orientation of the valve between a horizontal and an upright position, and moving into a closed position in an orientation of the valve between the horizontal and an inverted position.

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Summit, NJ, United States of America

Dorothea C Marra