Back to results
US 10,183,298 B2Granted
Manufacturing apparatus
AssigneeThe Procter & Gamble Company
InventorsDavid William Walling, Lu Yao, Enjun Cheng, Gbenga Segun Showole
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
The present invention relates to a manufacturing apparatus comprising a polymer blade for scraping soap adhered to a roll mill used to make bar soaps. The manufacturing apparatus can be used to manufacture bar soaps, particularly Zinc Pyrithione (ZPT) containing bar soaps, that is characterized by enhanced discoloration resistance and/or improve anti-microbial effect.
Claims7
A manufacturing apparatus for scraping soap adhered to a roll mill comprising:
- (i) a polymer blade with a scraping surface having a scraping edge contacting the surface of the roll mill;
- and (ii) a housing supporting the polymer blade and having a compacting surface intersecting the scraping surface at an intersection, wherein the intersection is opposing the scraping edge, and wherein the compacting surface and scraping surface forms a facing angle θ from about 30° to about 80°.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.