Conopco, Inc.

Unilever Home and Personal Care Usa, Division of Conopco, Inc.

Guy Richard Thompson

James Edward Roe

Pär Robert Blanking

Benjamin Nathan Diamant

Richard Nicholas Parker

Christopher Clarkson Jones

Simon Lewis Bilton

Benjamin George Oglesby

Rebecca Anne Nelson

Iain Andrew Weddell

Susan Michelle Kutay

A dispenser () suitable for delivery of a cream, gel or soft solid composition comprising: (vi) a convex applicator surface () at an upper end; (vii) a replaceable cartridge () containing a composition to be dispensed; (viii) a passageway between the cartridge and the applicator surface; (ix) a drive mechanism for forcing the composition from the cartridge through the passageway and onto the applicator surface; and (x) an outer body () containing features (ii) to (iv); the drive mechanism comprising a dial unit () and a plunger (), rotation of the dial unit () in a first direction advancing the plunger () axially upwards, the plunger () acting upon a piston seal () at the base of the replaceable cartridge (), thereby forcing the contained composition upwards and outwards through the passageway and onto the applicator surface (); rotation of the dial unit () in a second direction, counter to the first, rotationally re-setting the dial unit () relative to the plunger () in readiness for a further advancement of the plunger (), rotation in the second direction not causing significant axial movement of the plunger ().

Dispenser for a cream, gel or soft solid composition

An antiperspirant composition and a dispenser therefor, the composition being a gel, cream or soft solid of viscosity from 3000 mPa&#xb7;s to 5200 mPa&#xb7;s at a shear rate of 16/s comprising a non-pore blocking inhibitor of perspiration and the dispenser comprising a dome-shaped applicator surface of radius of curvature decreasing from a maximum of from 25 to 60 mm at its top/center to a value of from 75 to 95% of its maximum value at a distance of 1 cm from its top/center.

Method of controlling perspiration

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Spray dispenser

Spray dispenser refill

A domestic spray device comprising a liquid reservoir (), a continuous feed gas pump () with a control means () for activation thereof, and a means of transferring liquid () from the liquid reservoir () to a nozzle unit (), the nozzle unit () comprising a means of forming a film of liquid, a means of injecting bubbles of gas into said film of liquid, said gas being forced into the nozzle unit () by the continuous feed gas pump (), and a section of hardware defining an exit orifice () for the spray generated.

Domestic spray device

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Leeds, United Kingdom

Guy Richard Thompson