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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 05, 1984
Filed:
Nov. 01, 1982
Applicant:
Inventor:
Leonard E Small, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Assignee:
The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C11D / ; C11D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
252 99 ; 252135 ; 25217423 ; 252181 ; 252D / ; 252D / ; 210697 ; 210756 ; 4227 ; 4228 ;
Abstract
Method, composition and article of manufacture to inhibit the staining of water-contacting surfaces, such as those in a toilet bowl, which is caused by manganese present in household water in the presence of an oxidizing material. Manganese staining is inhibited by supplying to the water 0.05 ppm to 10 ppm of a glassy phosphate having the formula MO(MPO.sub.3).sub.n M wherein M is sodium or potassium and n is an integer of from about 6 to about 21.