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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 16, 2021
Filed:
Dec. 30, 2019
Conopco, Inc., Englewood Cliffs, NJ (US);
Christopher Fidge, Wirral, GB;
Stephen Golding, Northwich, GB;
Paul Damien Price, Wirral, GB;
David William Thornthwaite, Little Neston, GB;
Conopco, Inc., Englewood Cliffs, NJ (US);
Abstract
A method of measuring a wet friction of a bundle of hair, using a system which includes a friction probe having a contact surface and fitted with a weight in the range of from 10 g to 500 g, inclusive, a means for securing the bundle of hair, and a water bath, the friction probe being connected to a texture analyser, the method including the step of i) providing a bundle of hair fibres. The method also includes the steps of ii) aligning the bundle of hair fibres; iii) securing the bundle of hair fibres; iv) immersing the bundle of hair fibres under water in the water bath; v) contacting the bundle of hair fibres with the contact surface of the friction probe, which is fitted with the weight; vi) moving the probe along the hair fibres; and vii) recording the friction generated under step vi).