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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 30, 2001
Filed:
Oct. 27, 1999
Keith D. Lokkesmoe, Savage, MN (US);
Joel James Schilling, South St. Paul, MN (US);
Robert D. P. Hei, Baldwin, WI (US);
Ecolab Inc., St. Paul, MN (US);
Abstract
A lubricant composition is provided. The lubricant composition includes a machinery lubricant and an antimicrobially effective amount of an antimicrobial agent. The antimicrobial agent exhibits a partition coefficient between water and the machinery lubricant of between about 0.01 and about 1,000, and the lubricant composition provides at least a two log reduction in bacteria in water in about two weeks or at least a two log reduction in mold and yeast in water in about one month from a concentration of bacteria of between 10,and 10,CFU/ml and a mold and yeast concentration of between about 10,and 10,CFU/ml. Methods for manufacturing and using a lubricant composition are provided. A method for manufacturing a lubricant composition is provided.