Henkel Ag & Company, Kgaa

Henkel Kommanditgesellschaft Auf Aktien (henkel Kgaa)

Henkel Kommanditgesellschaft Auf Aktien

Basf Se Corporation

Technische Universität Dresden Fachbereich Anorganische Chemie I

Kessler, Arnd

Peter Schmiedel

Daniel Thomas Piorkowski

Frank Meier

Matthias Sunder

Arnd Kessler

Anna Klemmer

Wolfgang Von Rybinski

Christian Nitsch

Karl-Heinz Maurer

Dieter Nickel

Timothy O'Connell

Ulrich Pegelow

Thomas Weber

Thomas Holderbaum

Rolf Bayersdoerfer

Jörg Sundermeyer

Luca Bellomi

Christian Kropf

Hendrik Hellmuth

Thorsten Bastigkeit

Janet Coope-Epstein

Roland Ettl

Thomas Gerke

Nina Mussmann

Ursula Huchel

Frank Janssen

Albrecht Weiss

Lars Zuechner

Andreas Ferencz

Inga Kerstin Vockenroth

Andreas Bauer

Wolfgang Wick

Thomas Eiting

Stefan Kaskel

Bernd Richter

Frank Oliver Heinrich Pirrung

Mareile Job

Dirk Kuppert

Birgit Middelhauve

Alexander Schulz

Oliver Kurth

Michael Dreja

Berthold Schreck

Benoit Luneau

Marc Weyhe

Cornelius Bessler

Marc-Steffen Schiedel

Reinhard Strey

Mario Sturm

Stefan Evers

Rolf Tenhaef

Filiz Yapici

Danilo Panzica

Regina Stehr

Martina Hutmacher

Sven Mueller

Andre Hätzelt

Anette Nordskog

Tatiana Schymitzek

Volker Blank

Bernd Larson

Bernhard Guckenbiehl

Thorsten Ott

Konstantin Benda

Thomas Mueller-Kirschbaum

Sabine Schuemann

Nicole Bode

Gerhard Blasey

Thomas Otto Gassenmeier

Paula Barreleiro

Thomas Juckel

Danuta Bedrunka

Ingo Hardacker

Stefan Hammelstein

Andre Haetzelt

Karl-Heinz Scheffler

Birgit Burg

Christian Reichert

Uwe Trebbe

Dieter Legel

Nuria Bonastre Gilabert

Michael Horn

Boray Torun

Christian Rosenkranz

Bernhard Orlich

Martina Seiler

Tobias Segler

Siglinde Erpenbach

Bent Rogge

Iwona Spill

Ines Baranski

Juergen Millhoff

Juergen Lattich

Christopher Michael Rodriguez

Eva-Maria Wikker

Walter Heberlein

Petra Padurschel

Erik Brueckner

Ullrich Bernecker

Rainer Sorg

A device for installation on an inner circumferential surface-of a washing machine drum, comprising a housing, a voltage source and at least one electrode which is connected to the positive terminal of the voltage source and acts as an anode, it being possible for a washing liquor to flow through the device and said device comprising at least one inlet for introducing washing liquor into the device and at least one outlet for discharging washing liquor from the device. The inlet and the outlet are arranged on the device such that, when the device is in use position, said inlet and outlet are directly above the inner circumferential surface of the washing machine drum and the inlet is in a plane of which the surface normal extends. Use of this device and a related method are also disclosed.

Device for installation on an inner circumferential surface of a washing machine drum

A perfume oil storage composition may include at least one low-molecular gelling agent, at least one perfume oil and water, the low-molecular gelling agent forming a dispersed phase together with the perfume oil. Furthermore, a method may include treating surfaces and/or textile washing and/or textile care with the perfume oil storage composition.

Low-molecular gelling agent as fragrant substance dispensing system

The present application is directed to water and surfactant-containing liquid washing or cleaning agents containing a hydrophobic precursor compound in microemulsified form, from which a peroxycarboxylic acid or the salt thereof can be released by UV radiation. Methods for washing textiles and cleaning hard surfaces using such precursor compounds are also included.

Liquid washing or cleaning agent containing bleach precursor

A compressed unit dose toilet cleaning tablet for use with a wand. The composition contains an anionic surfactant, a carbonate or bicarbonate salt, an organic acid, and about 10% to about 40% by weight polyethylene glycol having molecular weight greater than 3,350. A unit dose of the composition is compressed into a tablet or puck that dissolves in toilet water after cleaning.

Dissolvable toilet brush formulations containing polyethylene glycol

Disclosed is a unit dose laundry detergent product containing an in-vitro, delayed onset fluid gel detergent composition and a water soluble film pouch for enclosing the detergent composition. The composition includes a linear alkylbenzene sulfonate and/or an alcohol ethoxy sulfate having a C-Cbackbone that is ethoxylated with from about 1 to about 10 moles of ethylene oxide, and a non-ionic surfactant comprising an alkoxylated alcohol, in an amount from 20 to 70 wt %, water in an amount from about 10 to about 30 wt %, free fatty acids in an amount from about 2 to 12 wt %, a magnesium cation in an amount of from 0.15 to 1 wt %, and colloidal particles such as an encapsulated fragrance. The composition is opacified and structured yet free of a structuring agent or an opacifying agent. Also disclosed is a method of making such product.

Delayed onset fluid gels for use in unit dose laundry detergents containing colloidal particles

The invention relates to a method, including: a) producing a melt from sodium acetate trihydrate; b) possibly adding further optional contents; c) possibly adding at least one aesthetic element; d) feeding the melt to a drop former having a rotating, perforated outer drum; e) discharging drops of the melt onto a steel strip by way of the drop former, wherein the mixture output from the drop former has a weight ratio of water to sodium acetate of 0.63 or more. The invention further relates to melting bodies producible by this method.

Solid fragrance-containing composition

An opacified liquid detergent composition includes at least one anionic surfactant, a fatty acid, calcium cations, and water. The fatty acid and calcium cations are present in the opacified liquid detergent composition in a weight ratio of the fatty acid to the calcium cations of from about 1:25 to about 1:150. The opacified liquid detergent composition is free of a microplastic opacifier and has a turbidity value of greater than 250 NTU measured utilizing a turbidity meter at about 24° C.

Opacified liquid detergent composition comprising a fatty acid/calcium salt mixture

A flowable washing agent preparation containing, based on the total weight thereof, i) 20 to 80 wt. % surfactant; ii) 2 to 15 wt. % fatty acid; iii) 0.3 to 8 wt. % of the salt of a divalent cation; iv) 0.01 to 2 wt. % pigment; v) 8 to 35 wt. % solvent; and a washing method using same.

Washing agent with improved optical and rheological properties

An opacified liquid detergent composition includes at least one anionic surfactant, a fatty acid, magnesium cations, calcium cations, and water. The fatty acid, magnesium cations, and calcium cations are present in the opacified liquid detergent composition in a weight ratio of from about 0.95:0.04:0.01 to about 0.88:0.11:0.01 of fatty acid to magnesium cations to calcium cations. The opacified liquid detergent composition is free of a microplastic opacifier and has a turbidity value of greater than 250 NTU measured utilizing a turbidity meter at about 24&#xb0; C.

Opacified liquid detergent composition comprising a fatty acid/Mg cation/Ca cation mixture and having improved structural stability

In particular, a method performed by one or more devices is disclosed, the method comprising: obtaining an intensity information item representative of a spectral image resulting from a soiling of a textile and/or from at least one part of a textile; determining at least one output variable dependent on the soiling of the textile and/or at least one property of the textile from the intensity information item, wherein the output variable is determined by employing an adaptive evaluation algorithm, in particular an artificial neural network, wherein parameters of the adaptive evaluation algorithm are calibrated based on a plurality of training cases; outputting or triggering outputting of the at least one output variable. Furthermore, a device and a system for performing the subject method is disclosed.

Detecting an impurity and/or a property of at least one part of a textile

A solid, particulate composition having at least one water-soluble carrier material, at least one fragrance and at least one water-miscible organic solvent, wherein the carrier material is a water-containing salt (hydrate) whose water vapor partial pressure at a specific temperature in the range from 30 to 100&#xb0; C. corresponds to the HO partial pressure of the saturated solution of this salt, such that the salt melts at this temperature in its own crystal water. The invention further relates to processes for producing the solid composition, and to a washing or cleaning product including the solid composition. In addition, the present invention also relates to the use of a washing or cleaning product of this kind for cleaning of textiles or hard surfaces, and corresponding methods of cleaning textiles or hard surfaces using a washing or cleaning product of this kind.

Solid fragrance-containing composition with an inorganic/organic rheology modifier mixture

A solid, particulate composition having at least one water-soluble carrier material, at least one fragrance and at least one rheology modifier, wherein the carrier material is a water-containing salt (hydrate) whose water vapor partial pressure at a specific temperature in the range from 30 to 100&#xb0; C. corresponds to the HO partial pressure of the saturated solution of this salt, such that the salt melts at this temperature in its own crystal water. The invention further relates to processes for producing the solid composition, and to a washing or cleaning product including the solid composition. In addition, the present invention also relates to the use of a washing or cleaning product of this kind for cleaning of textiles or hard surfaces, and corresponding methods of cleaning textiles or hard surfaces using a washing or cleaning product of this kind.

Solid perfume-containing composition

A washing agent portion unit including a) at least one first receiving chamber, b) at least one water-soluble film surrounding this first receiving chamber, and c) at least one first flowable washing agent preparation located in the first receiving chamber, which preparation contains, based on the total weight thereof, i) 40 to 80 wt. % surfactant; ii) 2 to 15 wt. % fatty acid; iii) 0.3 to 8 wt. % of salt of a divalent cation; iv) 8 to 35 wt. % solvent; d) at least one second receiving chamber which is surrounded by a water-soluble film and is filled with a second washing agent preparation which differs from the first flowable washing agent preparation, wherein the first receiving chamber and the second receiving chamber are directly adjacent to one another and separated from one another by a water-soluble film, and washing methods using these washing agent portion units.

A method for producing a liquid, surfactant-containing washing agent containing: i) 20 to 80 wt. % surfactant; ii) 2 to 15 wt. % fatty acid; iii) 0.3 to 8 wt. % of salt of a divalent cation; iv) 8 to 35 wt. % solvent; the method including the steps of: a) providing a first flowable washing agent preparation containing a surfactant, fatty acid and solvent; b) introducing the salt of a divalent cation into the liquid composition so as to form a salt-containing composition; c) mixing the salt-containing composition.

Method for producing a washing agent with improved optical and rheological properties

The present disclosure relates to a method for washing laundry of a laundry load, in particular in a washing drum (B), carried out by at least one device (). In one example, the method includes generating steam and applying the steam to the laundry of the laundry load; producing a microemulsion by employing a detergent composition; and washing the laundry of the laundry load using a first wash liquor based on the microemulsion.

Method for washing laundry of a wash load

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