Henkel Ag & Company, Kgaa

Basf Se Corporation

Miele & Cie. Kg

Henkel Kommanditgesellschaft Auf Aktien

Johannes Zipfel

Arnd Kessler

Christian Nitsch

Christian Kropf

Nadine Warkotsch

Thomas Weber

Georg Wawer

Thomas Holderbaum

Roland Ettl

Wolfgang Von Rybinski

Lars Zuechner

Alexander Mueller

Thorsten Bastigkeit

Brigitte Giesen

Inga Kerstin Vockenroth

Maren Jekel

Ulrich Pegelow

Dirk Wegener

Horst-Dieter Speckmann

Huiguang Kou

Thomas Eiting

Bernd Richter

Frank O Pirrung

Hans-Georg Mühlhausen

Luca Bellomi

Ralph Butter-Jentsch

Marc-Steffen Schiedel

Wolfgang Wick

Cornelius Wolf

Benoit Luneau

Cornelius Bessler

Noelle Wrubbel

Sabine Schuemann

Konstantin Benda

Pavel Gentschev

Paula Barreleiro

Christa Junkes

Martina Hutmacher

Volker Blank

Thomas Juckel

Willi Buchmeier

Frank Pessel

Susanne Tondera

Sven Mueller

David Matulla

Eva-Maria Wikker

Bernhard Ulrich Von Vacano

Britta Bossmann

Nadine Franke

Elisabeth Poppe

Clemens Arth

Dario Perera-Diez

Klaus Dorra

Frank Pirrung

Arno Dueffels

Silke Menke

Bernhard Von Vacano

Arno Düffels

Dorota Sendor-Muller

Claudia Ottow

Sheila Edwards

Horst Höffkes

Britta Strauss

Joerg Kinnius

Matthias Lueken

Sven Müller

Helga Werner

Doris Dahlmann

Erik Brückner

Dorota Sendor-Mueller

Dorota Sendor-Müller

Evelyn Langen

André Hätzelt

Hermann Jonke

Miriam Langendörfer

Hans Hartmut Janke

Kerstin Ziganke

Andreas Wagner

Karl-Heinz Hohenadel

Karin Kania

Lars ZÜCHNER

Alexander MÜLLER

Thomas Paulus

Jörg Kinnius

Thomas MÜLLER-Kirschbaum

Timothy O'CONNELL

Von Den Karl-Josef Driesch

Miriam LANGENDÖRFER

Steve DÖRING

Gabriele HÜRTGEN

Carolin Trenka

Indra Böhm

Sabine Fabian

A method for the dosing of cleaning agents in cleaning machines, including the steps: receiving control information items, wherein the control information items are dependent on information about a cleaning machine; determining the progress of a cleaning operation; dosing of cleaning agent depending on the received control information items and the determined progress of the cleaning operation; wherein the information about the cleaning machine can be determined via a sensor-based automatic recognition.

Method for the dosing of cleaning agents

The disclosure relates to a method including capturing and/or obtaining a reservoir information item at a dispensing module for a detergent and/or cleaning agent, with the reservoir information item representative of at least one property of a reservoir for the detergent and/or cleaning agent, an application specification for the detergent and/or cleaning agent contained in the reservoir, and/or a property of the detergent and/or cleaning agent contained in the reservoir, and the reservoir is connected or connectable to the dispensing module. The method further includes determining and/or causing the determination of a dispensing control information item depending at least in part on the reservoir information item, with the dispensing control information item configured to at least partly control the dispensing of the detergent and/or cleaning agent by the dispensing module.

Dosing method for a dispensing module

A method for fragrancing and/or deodorizing a cleaning appliance is disclosed. The method involves capturing first information or obtaining captured first information indicative of an odor load in the interior of the cleaning appliance, producing fragrancing and/or deodorizing information based at least in part on the captured or obtained first information or outputting the captured first information in order to produce fragrancing and/or deodorizing information of this type, and initiating fragrancing and/or deodorization by employing at least one actuator for releasing a fragrancing and/or deodorizing agent based on the fragrancing and/or deodorizing information produced. A corresponding dosing device, a device for carrying out and/or controlling the method, and a system with one or more devices for carrying out and/or controlling the method are also disclosed.

Fragrancing and/or deodorizing a cleaning appliance

A system for dosing substances such as cleaning and/or care agents is disclosed. The system includes a dosing device, at least one energy source, a control unit, a sensor unit, and at least two cartridges for respectively accommodating at least one of the cleaning and/or care agents. The at least two cartridges are capable of being coupled to the dosing device.

Dosing device for a cleaning machine

A method for the dosing of cleaning agents in cleaning machines includes the steps: receiving the control information items; wherein the control information items are dependent on an information item about a cleaning machine; determining the progress of a cleaning operation; dosing of cleaning agent depending on the received control information items and the determined progress of the cleaning operation; wherein the information item about the cleaning machine can be manually input via a user interface.

The present invention relates to random copolymers obtainable by polymerization, the use of said random copolymers as soil release agents in laundry processes. Further aspects of the invention are a method for easier releasing soil from textiles in laundry processes and detergents containing said random copolymers.

Random copolymers as soil release agents in laundry processes

Described are block copolymers which have been prepared by controlled free radical polymerization. Also described is the use of said block copolymers as soil release agents in laundry processes and a process to produce said block copolymers. Further described is a method for easier releasing soil from textiles in laundry processes and a detergent containing said block copolymers.

Block copolymers as soil release agents in laundry processes

Phosphate-free dishwasher detergents which contain a builder, bleaching agents, a nonionic surfactant, and also a) a copolymer comprising i) sulfonic acid group-containing monomers, ii) further ionic and/or nonionic monomers, b) methyl glycine diacetic acid. The detergents according to the invention have good cleaning and rinsing results which are comparable to those of phosphate-containing dishwasher detergents or even outdo them.

Detergents

A liquid cleaning agent containing: a) 20 to 70 wt % water, b) at least one amylase preparation, c) at least one Ca-ion source, d) lactic acid or a lactic acid salt, is notable for elevated amylase stability and improved cleaning performance.

Machine dishwasher detergent

A machine dishwashing method comprises: dispensing two liquid cleansers or detergents A and B into the interior of a machine dishwasher during the cleaning dishwashing cycle, wherein the liquid detergent A has a pH at 20&#xb0; C. of 6 to 9 and the liquid detergent B has a pH at 20&#xb0; C. of 9 to 14 and is dispensed at cleaning cycle time t2; and wherein the liquid cleansers or detergents A and B comprise, respectively: A: 10% to 75% by weight of a detergent builder, 0.1% to 10% by weight of an enzyme, 24.9% to 89.9% by weight of a solvent; and B: 10% to 74.9% by weight of a detergent builder, 25% to 89.9% by weight of a solvent; and wherein neither liquid cleanser or detergent A nor liquid cleanser or detergent B individually comprises more than 2% by weight of a bleaching agent.

Methods of removing stains and machine dishwashing methods

The present invention is a phosphate-free automatic dishwashing agent containing a builder, said agent comprising: a) a copolymer A comprising i) at least one mono- or polyunsaturated carboxylic acid monomer, ii) at least one mono- or polyunsaturated sulfonic acid monomer, and iii) at least one additional nonionic monomer; and b) an acrylic acid homopolymer B, wherein the weight ratio of copolymer A to homopolymer B is between 10:1 and 1:3. The present agent is characterized by excellent residue inhibition, good cleaning, and clear rinsing performance in automatic dishwashing.

Dishwasher detergent

An automatic dishwashing agent includes builder(s), enzyme(s) and a) a nonionic surfactant A of the general formula RO(AlkO)M(OAlk)OR, in which Rand Rmutually independently denote a branched or unbranched, saturated or unsaturated, optionally hydroxylated alkyl residue with 4 to 22 carbon atoms; Alk denotes a branched or unbranched alkyl residue with 2 to 4 carbon atoms; x and y mutually independently denote values between 1 and 70; and M denotes an alkyl residue from the group CH, CHR, CRR, CHCHRand CHRCHR, with Rand Rmutually independently denoting a branched or unbranched, saturated or unsaturated alkyl residue with 1 to 18 carbon atoms; b) a nonionic surfactant B which differs from the nonionic surfactant A; and c) an anionic copolymer C. The agent imparts an improved drying and rinsing result.

Automatic dishwashing agent

Cleaning agent combinations comprising a cleaning agent preparation B further comprising: (b1) at least one non-ionic surfactant; and (b2) at least one active cleaning enzyme; and a rinsing composition C further comprising: (c1) at least one non-ionic surfactant, are by virtue of their thermal stability particularly suitable for automatic dosing in automatic dishwashing. The cleaning agent combinations of the present invention also have the characterizing feature of markedly improved cleaning performance in comparison to conventional methods.

A method for carrying out a dishwashing cycle in a household dishwasher includes performing a wash step and dispensing an amount of a combination product from a dispenser during the wash step. The combination product includes a rinse agent and a cleaning agent. The method also includes performing a rinse step and dispensing an amount of the combination product from the dispenser during the rinse step.

Method for carrying out a rinsing programme

Liquid detergent or cleaning agent preparations include a) at least 5 wt % of at least one enzyme preparation active in washing or cleaning; and b) at least 0.5 wt % cumenesulfonate, wherein the liquid detergent or cleaning agent preparations are characterized by a good phase stability and enzyme stability and good cleaning performance.

Cleaning agent

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Johannes Zipfel