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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 21, 2026
Filed:
Oct. 18, 2023
Ecolab Usa Inc., Saint Paul, MN (US);
Xin Sun, Eagan, MN (US);
Derrick Anderson, Vadnais Heights, MN (US);
Kelsey West, Saint Paul, MN (US);
Janel Marie Kieffer, Hastings, MN (US);
Victor Fuk-Pong Man, Saint Paul, MN (US);
Melissa Hunter, Lakeville, MN (US);
ECOLAB USA INC., Saint Paul, MN (US);
Abstract
The invention includes a solid rinse aid that is particularly designed for pressed or extrusion solid formation and which is effective for spotless surfaces after rinsing, especially rinsing metals without corrosion. According to the invention, a solid acid is combined with a short-chain alkylbenzene and alkyl naphthalene sulfonate. The short-chain alkylbenzene and alkyl naphthalene sulfonate act as a solidification agent as well as a hydrotrope, and total dissolved solid (TDS) active and are combined with at least one nonionic low foaming surfactant.