Foamed cleanser with suspended particles
AssigneeDeb IP Limited
InventorsShaun Kerry Matthews, Stewart Banks, Kara Catherine Stonehouse, Pierre Bruno Grascha, Cynthia Louise Grimadell, Elizabeth Ann Bowley
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Abstract
One aspect of the invention is a new foam which includes a liquid having a plurality of bubbles therein and a plurality of particles suspended therein. The foam is made in a dispenser that suspends the bubbles in the liquid. The liquid may be a single liquid with particles therein or may be made from two liquids which are mixed together. The particles may be such that, prior to foaming the particles sink, float or are suspended in the liquid.
Claims37
A method of making a foam in a non-aerosol dispenser, the method comprising:
- providing the dispenser having a drive bar operably connected to an air piston and a liquid piston, wherein the air piston is movable within an air chamber and the liquid piston is movable within a liquid chamber, wherein the liquid chamber contains a liquid including water, at least one surfactant, and at least one non-Newtonian thickener, and a moisturizer, wherein the liquid exhibits viscosity at low shear rates that is sufficient to maintain particles suspended in the liquid and has low viscosity when exposed to high shear rates, the liquid having a plurality of particles with a mean particle size between 90 and 700 microns suspended therein, wherein the plurality of particles are chosen from a group consisting of pumice, cornmeal, ground walnut shells, ground fruit stones, wood flour, microbeads, microcapsules, dried pulses and a combination thereof;
- operating the drive bar to cause the air piston and liquid piston to reduce an interior volume of both the air chamber and the liquid chamber;
- communicating the liquid from the liquid chamber to a first side of an air sparging element via a first conduit while providing air from the air chamber to a second side of the air sparging element via a second conduit;
- forming bubbles in the liquid by pushing the air through the air sparging element into the liquid, wherein the air sparging element is a porous material;
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- dispensing the liquid in the form of foam having the plurality of particles suspended therein, wherein the foam is used for cleaning human skin.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.