US4537914A
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Floor cleaning and waxing composition
Assignee: Creative Products Resource Inc
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Filing: 1985-01-04
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Granted: 1985-08-27
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Expires: 2005-01-04
Abstract
Abstract An absorbent floor cleaning and waxing composition is disclosed comprising shreds of a hydrophilic, open-celled, solids-loaded polyurethane foam having an aqueous wax emulsion releasably incorporated therein. The composition is effective to replace soiled coatings of floor wax with fresh floor wax.
Inventors
- 👤 James A. Smith
- 👤 Betty J. Murphy
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-09 00:36
CPC Classifications
C; C11; C11D; C11D3/00; C11D3/16; C11D3/37; C11D3/3703; C11D3/373; C08; C08J; C08J9/00; C08J9/0061; C09; C09G; C09G1/00; C09G1/02; C09G1/06; C09G1/08; C09G1/10; C11D17/00; C11D17/04; C11D17/048; C11D17/049; C11D3/0005; C11D3/0031; C11D3/02; C11D3/12; C11D3/14; C11D3/162; C11D3/18; C08J2375/00; C08J2375/04; C08J2491/00; C11D1/00; C11D1/66; C11D1/72
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 16
Claim 1
Independent Claim
119 words
A process for preparing a floor cleaning and waxing composition comprising: (a) forming an aqueous reactant phase comprising about 30-75% by weight of abrasive solid particles, about 0.1-5% of the weight of the solid particles of a silane-coupling agent, about 0.1-10% of a nonionic surfactant, about 0.1-20% of a silicone fluid, about 5-15% wax and about 20-50% water; (b) mixing said aqueous reactant phase with a water-foamable prepolymer resin which contains at least 2 free isocyanate groups per resin molecule so that the final mole ratio of water to total free isocyanate groups is within the range of about 5-100:1, thereby shaping said resin into a hydrophilic, open-celled, highly reticulated polyurethane foam bun; and (c) shredding said foam bun.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
119 words
A process for preparing a floor cleaning and waxing composition comprising: (a) forming an aqueous reactant phase comprising about 30-75% by weight of abrasive solid particles, about 0.1-5% of the weight of the solid particles of a silane-coupling agent, about 0.1-10% of a nonionic surfactant, about 0.1-20% of a silicone fluid, about 5-15% wax and about 20-50% water; (b) mixing said aqueous reactant phase with a water-foamable prepolymer resin which contains at least 2 free isocyanate groups per resin molecule so that the final mole ratio of water to total free isocyanate groups is within the range of about 5-100:1, thereby shaping said resin into a hydrophilic, open-celled, highly reticulated polyurethane foam bun; and (c) shredding said foam bun.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
23 words
The process of claim 1 wherein said composition has a density of about 0.15-0.3 g/cc and a shred size of about 5-15 mesh.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
17 words
The process of claim 1 wherein the aqueous phase further comprises about 1-20% of an organic solvent.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
57 words
The process of claim 1 wherein said aqueous reactant phase is formed by slurrying the solid particles with about 50-70% of the total water, adding the silane-coupling agent, stirring and heating the water phase to about 70°-90° F. and adding the surfactant, the silicone fluid and an emulsion of the wax in the remainder of the water.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
20 words
The process of claim 1 wherein the solid particles comprise silaceous mineral particles and said silane-coupling agent is an aminoalkyl(tris-alkoxy)silane.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
127 words
A process for preparing a floor cleaning and waxing composition comprising: (a) foaming an aqueous reactant phase comprising about 30-75% by weight of abrasive solid particles, about 0.1-5% of the weight of the solid particles of a silane-coupling agent, about 0.1-10% of a nonionic surfactant, about 0.1-20% of a a silicone fluid and about 20-50% water; (b) mixing said aqueous reactant phase with a water-foamable prepolymer resin which contains at least 2 free isocyanate groups per resin molecule so that the final mole ratio of water to total free isocyanate groups is within the range of about 5-100:1, thereby shaping said resin into a hydrophilic, open-celled, highly reticulated polyurethane foam bun; (c) shredding said foam bun; and (d) absorbing an aqueous wax emulsion into said shredded foam.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
127 words
A process for preparing a floor cleaning and waxing composition comprising: (a) foaming an aqueous reactant phase comprising about 30-75% by weight of abrasive solid particles, about 0.1-5% of the weight of the solid particles of a silane-coupling agent, about 0.1-10% of a nonionic surfactant, about 0.1-20% of a a silicone fluid and about 20-50% water; (b) mixing said aqueous reactant phase with a water-foamable prepolymer resin which contains at least 2 free isocyanate groups per resin molecule so that the final mole ratio of water to total free isocyanate groups is within the range of about 5-100:1, thereby shaping said resin into a hydrophilic, open-celled, highly reticulated polyurethane foam bun; (c) shredding said foam bun; and (d) absorbing an aqueous wax emulsion into said shredded foam.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
18 words
The process of claim 6 wherein the aqueous reactant phase further comprises about 1-20% of an organic solvent.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
19 words
The process of claim 6 wherein the aqueous wax emulsion is about 20-50% by weight of said shredded foam.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
16 words
The process of claim 8 wherein the aqueous wax emulsion comprises about 1-15% by weight wax.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
23 words
The process of claim 6 wherein said composition has a density of about 0.20-0.35 g/cc and a shred size of about 5-15 mesh.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
57 words
The process of claim 6 wherein the aqueous reactant phase is prepared by slurrying the abrasive particles with about 50-90% of the water, adding the silane-coupling agent to the slurry, stirring and heating the slurry to react the coupling agent with the abrasive particles, and adding the remainder of the water, the surfactant and the silicone fluid.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
18 words
The process of claim 6 wherein the aqueous reactant phase further comprises about 1-15% of an organic solvent.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
35 words
The process of claims 1 or 6 wherein the weight range of aqueous phase to prepolymer resin is about 10-2:1 and wherein the abrasive mineral particles comprise about 40-65% by weight of the aqueous phase.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
15 words
The floor cleaning and waxing composition formed by the process of claims 1 or 6.
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| 3.5 Years (Year 4) | 1988-08-26 | 1989-02-25 | 1989-08-27 | $2000.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 7.5 Years (Year 8) | 1992-08-26 | 1993-02-25 | 1993-08-27 | $3760.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 11.5 Years (Year 12) | 1996-08-26 | 1997-02-25 | 1997-08-27 | $7700.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |