The Procter Gamble Company

The Proctor 'gamble Company

John R Knochel

Martha O Visscher

Richard Marc Dahlgren

Ralph F Medcalf, Jr

Thomas A Borcher

Paul E Vest

Disclosed is a mild skin cleansing soap bar composition comprising: (1) 50-90% soap, and (2) a hydrated cationic polymeric skin conditioner. The physical composition of the bar is such that the hydrated polymer is substantially uniformly distributed and well incorporated in the soap. The hydrated cationic polymer improves the mildness of the soap bar to a level approaching that of bars made with very mild synthetic surfactants, while maintaining the desirable physical characteristics of a pure soap bar without the polymer. The preferred polymer is a hydrated cationic guar gum having a typical aqueous viscosity at 1% of from about 125 cps to about 3500.+-.500 cps.

Mild skin cleansing soap bar with hydrated cationic polymer skin

Toilet bar compositions containing alkali metal soap and cationic guar gum provided by a fast hydrating cationic guar gum. The bars exhibit improved bar feel. The formulations of the bars have improved processability. The toilet bars comprise alkali metal soap and from about 0.2% to about 5% by weight of the fast hydrating cationic guar gum.

Toilet bar composition containing cationic guar gum

Disclosed is a mild skin cleansing soap bar composition comprising: (1) 50-90% soap, and (2) a hydrated cationic polymeric skin conditioner. The physical composition of the bar is such that the hydrated polymer is substantially uniformly distributed and well incorporated in the soap. The hydrated cationic polymer improves the mildness of the soap bar to a level approaching that of bars made with very mild synthetic surfactants, while maintaining the desirable physical characteristics of a pure soap bar without the polymer.

An apparatus for making variegated soap bars or cakes. Said apparatus provides for co-plodding differently colored commingled sets of soap noodles having particular diameters.

Apparatus for making variegated soap bars or cakes

A process for making variegated soap bars or cakes. Such bars are prepared by co-plodding differently colored commingled sets of soap noodles having particular diameters wherein at least one set of the soap noodles have diameters of about 1/8 inch or less.

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Cincinnati, OH, United States of America

John R Knochel