S. C. Johnson Son, Inc.

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Phillip J Neumiller

Robert M Etter

Edward J Martens, Iii

Wayne M Rees

Shelly M Ziemelis

An acidic cleaning formulation containing a surface modification agent selected from a group consisting of a hydrolyzed trialkoxysilane or a hydrolyzable quaternary silane and a surfactant is disclosed. The cleaning formulation is stable, provides excellent cleaning efficacy and deposits a silane coating on the surfaces to which it is applied to leave a protective coating thereon. Also, disclosed is a method for applying the cleaning formulation to hard surfaces covered by water.

Acidic cleaning formulation containing a surface modification agent and method of applying the same

A cleaning composition for removing kinetically inert high oxidation state metal coordination complex stains, lime scale, soap scum, soil, grease, and biofilm deposits from ceramic surfaces, such as porcelain and glass, and other hard surfaces. The composition includes an acid component; a reducing component; a surfactant system component; and a complexing system component. In one aspect, the cleaning composition includes sulfamic acid, in an amount between about 20 and about 80 weight percent of the composition; isoascorbic acid, in an amount between about 0.1 and about 20 weight percent of the composition, for reducing kinetically inert high oxidation state metal coordination complex stains; a non-interfering surfactant system; and a complexing system comprising ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid and citric acid, the ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid comprising between about 0.01 and about 10 weight percent of the composition, and the citric acid comprising between about 5 and about 45 weight percent of the composition. In another aspect, the invention also relates to methods for cleaning and removing complex stains from surfaces.

Cleaning compositions for ceramic and porcelain surfaces and related

An aqueous glass cleaning composition with optimal anti-streaking properties contains a nonvolatile organic ether having the formula

Glass cleaner with enhanced anti-streaking properties

Aqueous glass cleaning compositions with optimal antifog properties contain a quaternary compound and an amphoteric surfactant having the formula ##STR1## wherein: R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are independently alkyl groups or R.sup.2 is a single bond (wherein R.sup.1 +R.sup.2 is C.sub.6-14), k is 0 or 1, l is 1-6, m is 1-4,

Glass cleaner with enhanced antifog properties

An alkaline cleaning formulation containing a hydrolyzed trialkoxysilane a surfactant, an alcohol and water is disclosed. The cleaning formulation is stable, provides excellent cleaning efficacy and deposits a silane coating on the surfaces to which it is applied to leave a protective coating thereon. Also disclosed is a method for applying the cleaning formulation to hard surfaces covered by water.

Alkaline cleaning formulation containing a hydrolyzed silane and method

A convection-based device having no moving parts, which effectively catalytically removes volatile organic compounds from an ambient airspace. The device has, located within a vented housing, a catalytic structure designed to allow air to pass through it. The catalytic structure is heated by electric current and maintained to a predetermined temperature. Air enters the bottom of the device, passes through the catalytic structure, where the volatile organic compounds in the air are reduced, and exits the top of the device.

Catalytic reduction of volatile organic contaminants in indoor air

An aqueous emulsion system containing vesicular structures which provides a delivery system for a variety of active ingredients. The vesicular structures of the emulsion provide a reservoiring or slow-release effect for the active ingredient or for a propellant, enabling an aerosol delivery system to be effective with a very low VOC content.

Aqueous emulsion and aerosol delivery system using same

This invention relates to the field of aqueous emulsion systems and the use of such systems for dispensing aerosols from pressurized containers and more particularly to an improved emulsion system which contains vesicle structures that can be used to provide a reservoiring effect for the propellant component of an aerosol delivery system.

Aqueous emulsion and aersol delivery system using same

This invention relates to a metallic substrate having on its surface an adherent photo-product coating, and a method for coating that substrate, which coating is formed by exposing to light in the presence of an oxygen source, a reactant mixture comprising: 2,2'4,4'-tetrahydroxybenzophenone, with (1) ammonium hydroxide and optionally a trace amount of at least one reactive metal, or (2) ammonium hydroxide and at least one metal salt, or (3) at least one metal salt and at least one amine, or (4) ammonium hydroxide, at least one metal salt and at least one amine; in a suitable solvent.

Metallic substrate having an adherent photo-product coating on its

This invention relates to a plastic substrate having on its surface an adherent photo-product coating, and a method for coating that substrate, which coating is formed by exposing to light in the presence of an oxygen source, a reactant mixture comprising: 2,2'4,4'-tetrahydroxybenzophenone, with (1) ammonium hydroxide and optionally a trace amount of at least one reactive metal, or (2) ammonium hydroxide and at least one metal salt, or (3) at least one metal salt and at least one amine, or (4) ammonium hydroxide, at least one metal salt and at least one amine; in a suitable solvent.

Plastic substrate having an adherent photo-product coating on its

This invention relates to photo-product compositions, and a process for making those compositions, comprising the reactant mixture formed by contacting: 2,2',4,4'-tetrahydroxybenzophenone, with (1) ammonium hydroxide and optionally a trace amount of at least one metal, or (2) ammonium hydroxide and at least one metal salt, or (3) at least one metal salt and at least one amine, or (4) ammonium hydroxide, at least one metal salt and at least one amine; in a suitable solvent, wherein a photo-product is formed upon exposure of this reactant mixture to light in the presence of an oxygen source.

Photo-product energy barrier composition

This invention relates to a natural or synthetic gemstone or mineral substrate having on its surface an adherent photo-product coating, and a method for coating that substrate, which coating is formed by exposing to light in the presence of an oxygen source, a reactant mixture comprising: 2,2'4,4'-tetrahydroxybenzophenone, with (1) ammonium hydroxide and optionally a trace amount of at least one reactive metal, or (2) ammonium hydroxide and at least one metal salt, or (3) at least one metal salt and at least one amine, or (4) ammonium hydroxide, at least one metal salt and at least one amine; in a suitable solvent.

Substrate having an adherent photo-product coating on its surface and a

A method for behavior modification using olfactory stimuli. The method comprises microencapsulating different smelling odors into a patch such that at least one odor is dominant and at least one odor is subservient, placing the patch on a hand associated with the behavior to be modified, scratching the patch when the urge to engage in the behavior to be modified occurs, thereby temporarily releasing the subsurvient odor, smelling the patch with the released subservient odor to act as a stimulus to effect behavior modification, and smelling the patch after the urge to engage in the behavior to be modified passes thereby reinforcing the behavior modification with the dominant odor.

Method for behavior modification using olfactory stimuli

A method for controlling the rate of evaporation or rate of release of a perfume from an absorbent substrate in a continuous action air freshener comprising incorporating into the perfume from 10 to 900% by weight based on the weight of the perfume of a vapor control agent selected from the group consisting of nonionic surfactants having an average of from 1 to 5 moles of ethylene oxide per molecule, a compound having the structure: ##STR1## wherein m and n are integers, the same or different, selected from 1 to 4, and R is an alkyl group having from 12 to 18 carbon atoms, a compound having the structure: ##STR2## wherein m and n are integers, the same or different, selected from 1 to 4, and R is an alkyl group having from 12 to 18 carbon atoms, and mixtures thereof. The use of the above agents controls the rate of release of volatile perfumes from absorbent substrates so as to prevent the premature evaporation of the perfumes to provide acceptable product life.

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Racine, WI, United States of America

Phillip J Neumiller