Ecolab USA Inc.

Ecolab Inc.

Kay Chemical Incorporated

Kay Chemical Company

Tami Jo Tadrowski

Karen Rigley

Kim R Smith

Peter J Barnett

Danielle Elise Underwood

Keith Edward Olson

Thomas John Vinson

Jennifer Mayhall

Karen O Rigley

Cleaner compositions, associated cleaners, and associated methods are disclosed. The cleaner compositions are capable for use in making thickened cleaners that are capable of removing from vertical and inverted surfaces fresh, greasy soils and baked-on soils encountered in the food service industry. The cleaner compositions include one or more alkalinity sources, one or more chelants, one or more surfactants, one or more thickening agents, one or more buffers, and as a remainder, water. Cleaner compositions of the invention are substantially free of phosphates and have a low caustic content making them user and environmentally friendly. Yet the cleaners of the invention are surprisingly effective at removing tenacious baked-on soils encountered in the food service industry. Compositions of the invention have a viscosity of about 700 cps and are applied using a foaming or misting dispenser. The one or more alkalinity sources may be present in an amount sufficient to provide a free alkalinity (expressible as NaO) of less than about 1.0 wt % and a total alkalinity (expressible as NaO) of less than about 2.0 wt %, based on the total weight of the cleaner concentrate. The one or more chelants may be present in an amount up to about 5.0 wt %.

Thickened oven cleaner comprising a glutamic acid salt or disodium ethanol diglycine chelant

Solid cleaning products suitable for use as a floor cleaner are disclosed. The solid cleaning products are essentially free of unbound water and include an acid, an anionic surfactant, a nonionic surfactant and a builder. The present invention also discloses methods of using the solid cleaning products by dissolving the solid cleaning product in water to form a use solution; and applying the use solution to a floor.

Solid cleaning products

Cleaner concentrates, associated cleaners, and associated methods are disclosed. The cleaner concentrates are capable for use in making cleaners that are capable of removing from surfaces fresh, greasy soils and polymerized soils more recently encountered in the food service industry originating from non-trans-fat oils. The cleaner concentrates include one or more alkalinity sources, one or more chelants, one or more surfactants, and as a remainder, water. The one or more alkalinity sources may be present in an amount sufficient to provide a free alkalinity (expressible as NaO) of greater than about 3.6 wt % and a total alkalinity (expressible as NaO) of greater than about 6.1 wt %, based on the total weight of the cleaner concentrate. The one or more chelants may be present in an amount sufficient to permit a use of a water having a hardness number up to about 600 ppm (600 mg/L) or more.

Cleaner concentrate comprising ethanoldiglycine and a tertiary surfactant mixture

A cleaning composition concentrate includes about 0.05 wt. % to about 90 wt. % of a surfactant component, about 0.01 wt. % to about 20 wt. % of a dispersant component, and about 0.001 wt. % to about 15 wt. % of a sheeting agent component, wherein the composition comprises less than about 0.1 wt. % volatile organic compound exhibiting a vapor pressure of less than 0.1 mm Hg at 20&#xb0; C. The cleaning composition can be provided as a use composition as a result of diluting the cleaning composition concentrate with water of dilution at a dilution ratio of cleaning composition concentrate to water of dilution of about 1:1. A method for preparing a cleaning composition is disclosed.

Cleaning composition and method for preparing a cleaning composition

Solid cleaning products suitable for use as a floor cleaner are disclosed. Methods of making and using solid cleaning products are also disclosed.

Cleaning compositions are disclosed. Methods of making and using the cleaning compositions are also disclosed.

Cleaning solutions for carbon removal

The present invention is a non-corrosive, low-fuming oven cleaning composition that can be used easily on vertical oven surfaces. The present invention is a cleaning composition containing a tripolyphosphate and a thickening agent to promote in adherence to vertical surfaces.

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Greensboro, NC, United States of America

Tami Jo Tadrowski