Henkel Kommanditgesellschaft Auf Aktien

Henkel Ag & Company, Kgaa

Henkel Corporation

Henkel Kommanditgesellschaft Auf Aktien (henkel Kgaa)

Henkel Kommanditgesellschaft

Wilfried Raehse

Kathleen Paatz

Werner Pichler

Jochen Jacobs

Volker Bauer

Johann F Fues

Norbert Kuehne

Bernd Larson

Wilhelm Beck

Franz-Josef Carduck

Willi Wuest

Dieter Jung

Markus Semrau

Horst Upadek

Paul Birnbrich

Rolf Bayersdoerfer

Andreas Syldath

Peter Sandkuehler

Henriette Weber

Sandra L Hoffmann

Kathrin Schnepp-Hentrich

Matthias Sunder

Frank Meier

Ditmar Kischkel

Beatrix Kottwitz

Dieter Nickel

Eduard Smulders

Rene-Andres Artiga Gonzalez

Johann-Friedrich Fues

Guenther Vogt

Christian Block

Otto Koch

Hubert Freese

Hubert Pawelczyk

Katrin Burmeister

Christiane Zeise

Manfred Greger

Karl-Martin Faeser

Herbert Pattberg

Ovidiu Dicoi

Juergen Haerer

Bert Gruber

Hans Kruse

Georg Assmann

Konrad Engelskirchen

Klaus Koester

Birgit Burg

Monika Boecker

Levent Yueksel

Wolfgang Lahn

Guenther Just

Peter Walzel

Gunter Effey

Karl-Heinz Buettgen

Hermann-Josef Welling

Juergen Hoffmeister

Wolfgang Poly

Hans-Peter Siegers

Wieland Schulze

Sven Welper

Wolfgang Hlavacek

Reiner Vogler

Truc Tran Anh

Hans Raker

Dieter Baur

Dieter Kuehling

Rene Andres Artiga Gonzalez

Siegfried Emde

Erhard Kuehn

Dieter Sonnemann

Josef Markiefka

Joerg-Martin Schmidt

A process for producing a detergent portion, comprising the steps of forming one or more dimensionally stable hollow bodies comprising at least one compartment by injection moulding, providing one or more means for compartmentalizing the dimensionally stable hollow bodies, filling the compartment with at least one detersive formulation, and closing the compartment to form a partial or whole enclosure around the detersive formulation.

Process for producing a hollow body with a compartment, containing a portion of a washing, cleaning or rinsing agent

A washing and cleaning agent shaped body in the form of a granulate, extrudate, agglomerate, or tablet, containing fine microparticles that contain one or more washing or cleaning agent components, wherein the fine microparticles form the shaped body as such or are present within it. The washing or cleaning agent component is selected from surfactants, fragrances, dyes, enzymes, enzyme stabilizers, builders, substances to adjust the pH, bleaches, bleach activators, silver protectants, soil-repelling substances, optical brighteners, antiredeposition agents, disintegration auxiliaries, and mixtures thereof. At least 10% of the fine microparticles, based on the total number of microparticles, have a particle size distribution of &#x2266;20 &#x3bc;m.

Washing and cleaning agents comprising fine microparticles with cleaning agent components

Detergent portions containing at least one detersive formulation wholly or partly contained in a dimensionally stable hollow body having an enclosure that wholly or partly surrounds the detersive formulation, the enclosure being formed of an uncompressed material that can disintegrate under laundering, cleaning, or washing conditions and that gives the hollow body dimensional stability, and optionally, the dimensionally stable hollow body having one or more means forming one or more compartments therein.

Hollow body with a compartment, containing a portion of a washing, cleaning or rinsing agent

A detergent tablet having at least one phase in the form of a solid foam having gas-filled cells delimited by solid partitions, and the tablet or the at least one phase comprises 40% to 90% by weight of one or more water-soluble polymers. A process for the production of detergent tablets by foaming a solution, melt, emulsion, or suspension comprising at least one active ingredient with a gaseous medium, and solidifying the resulting foam.

Washing or cleaning agent shaped bodies

A granulate for particulate detergents or cleaning agents, the granulate containing a detergent or cleaning agent active ingredient and an outer encapsulation layer formed of polyvalent metal salts of an unbranched or branched, unsaturated or saturated, mono- or polyhydroxylated fatty acid having at least 12 carbon atoms or a mixture of the salts. Also, a process for making the granulate by applying to the granules an encapsulation material that comprises one or more polyvalent metal salt or salts, preferably in the form of an aqueous dispersion in a fluidized bed process.

Encapsulated active ingredient preparation for use in particulate detergents and cleaning agents

The invention relates to a method of producing soluble polymer granules which are suitable for use in washing and/or cleaning surfactants. According to said method, an aqueous preparation of the polymer which contains at least 30% by weight polymer, optionally in admixture with other washing and/or cleaning surfactant ingredients, is granulated and at the same time dried batchwise or continuously, preferably continuously, in a circular fluidized bed. In said fluidized bed, an eddy flow about the vertical axis of the apparatus is produced above the ground of the fluidized bed by means of an air inlet. The invention also relates to soluble, spherical polymer granules with a polymer content of 50 to 95% by weight and to washing or cleaning surfactants containing the inventive granules.

Polymer granules produced by fluidized bed granulation

An apparatus and method for the spray drying of solvent-containing compositions. A liquid or paste-form solvent-containing composition is heated to a temperature above the boiling point of the solvent, transported under excess pressure and at a temperature above the boiling point of the solvent to a relaxation space where it is sprayed to evaporate the solvent. The relaxation space is not under excess pressure and is at a temperature that is above the boiling point of the solvent.

Device for spray-drying solvent-containing compositions

Disclosed is a novel granulation method, wherein a surface active foam obtained by foaming a flowable component that contains a surface active agent with a gaseous medium is used as granulation adjuvant. The surface active foam has an average pore size of less than 10 mm.

Granulation method

Package

The invention relates to a method for producing aromatic shaped bodies, especially aromatic beads, with bulk densities greater than 700 g/l, whereby a solid and essentially water-free premix comprised of a) 65 to 95 wt. % carrier(s), b) 0 to 10 wt. % auxiliary agent(s), and c) 5 to 25 wt. % perfume is subjected to granulation or compacted agglomeration. In addition, the invention relates to the application of the inventive aromatic shaped bodies in order to scent washing and cleaning detergents, to washing and cleaning detergents containing shaped bodies which are produced according to the invention, and to a method for scenting textiles in a wash machine.

Method for producing aromatic beads

The invention relates to a neutralization and granulation method wherein a neutralizing foam is used as granulation adjuvant. The neutralizing foam was previously obtained by mixing an anionic surfactant in its acid form, which was expanded using a gaseous medium, and a highly concentrated, aqueous alkaline component, which was expanded using a gaseous medium. The neutralizing foam has an average pore size of less than 10 mm, preferably less than 5 mm and especially less than 2 mm.

A spray-dried amorphous alkali metal silicate compound which provides multiple-cycle washing performance. The silicate compound has a molar ratio of M O to SiO of 1:1.5 to 1:3.3 wherein M represents an alkali metal. The compound contains 0.5 to less than 30% by weight of anionic surfactant and has an absorption capacity for liquid components which is at least 20% higher than that of the same quantity of the alkali metal silicate compound which is free from anionic surfactant.

Amorphous alkali metal silicate compound

Enzyme granules suitable for incorporating into detergents or cleaners are provided containing an enzyme, a carrier material and a granulation auxiliary containing phosphated starch. The phosphated starch preferably has a mean degree of phosphation ranging from 1.5 to 2.5. Carrier materials include starch, cereal flour, cellulose, alkali metal aluminosilicate, layer silicate and alkali metal salts. Enzymes include proteases, lipases, amylases and cellulases. A preferred carrier material contains water-swellable starch, sucrose, cereal flour and cellulose powder. The granulation auxiliary may contain a co-granulation auxiliary selected from polyethylene glycol having an average molecular weight of from 200 to 6,000, 1,2-propylene glycol and a poly-ethoxylate having a specified formula. Preferred granules have a mean particle size of from 0.3 to 3 mm. The granules are produced by forming a mixture containing an aqueous enzyme-containing liquid such as a concentrated fermentation broth, the carrier material and the granulation auxiliary, extruding the mixture, cutting the extruded mixture to obtain granules, and optionally spheronizing and drying the granules.

Enzyme granules containing phosphated starch

An enzyme granule and means for producing the enzyme granule is presented. The enzyme granule is composed of an enzyme, a carrier material, and a coating system of 5 to 70 percent by weight fine-particle inorganic water-insoluble pigment, 45 to 90 percent by weight of a water-soluble organic substance having a melting point of from 40 to 70&deg; C., and 0 to 30 percent by weight of a flow improver. The granule can be produced by mixing an aqueous enzyme liquid with an inorganic or organic carrier material to form an enzyme compound, extruding the enzyme compound, spheronizing the extrudate, and applying an outer coating layer of the coating system listed above to form an enzyme granule having a mean particle size of 0.8 to 1.4 millimeters. The coated enzyme granule has increased storage stability, even coloration, reduced odor, and releases enzyme activity quickly in water. The enzyme granule is useful in solid detergents.

Coated enzyme preparation with an improved solubility

A fluidized bed apparatus for the production and treatment of granules and a method for its operation is provided. The fluidized bed apparatus includes an entry chamber through which a gas is designed to flow upwards; a fluidization chamber for fluidizing the material located above the entry chamber; pivotal slats located between the entry chamber and the fluidization chamber; and a nozzle arm located in the chamber below the slats with a nozzle line ending in a nozzle which is directed into the fluidization chamber through cutouts in the slats and extends partly into the fluidization chamber. The fluidized bed apparatus has rigid nozzle arms and lines which are easily jacketed for heating and cooling applications.

Fluidized bed apparatus having spray chamber with pivotal slats

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Wilfried Raehse