Emollient gel
AssigneeReact of Delafield LLC
InventorsJames A. Stuart JR., Bruce A. Tavares
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Abstract
An emollient gel useful as an ingredient in inks, paint, lubricants, grease and cosmetics, and particularly as a replacement for petrolatum in such applications. The emollient gel is composed of 40-98% of an oil, or blend of oils, and 2-60% of a thickening wax, or blend of thickening waxes. The oil is preferably a vegetable seed oil such as soybean oil, and the thickening wax is preferably a polyolefin wax such as polyethylene or polypropylene, an ethylene vinyl acetate co-polymer (EVA), or natural waxes or wax esters such as bees wax or candililla wax.
Claims38
An emollient gel composition, comprising:
- from about 40% to about 98% by weight of an oil or blend of oils;
- and
- from about 2% to about 60% by weight of thickening wax.
A method of making an emollient gel composition, comprising the steps of:
- mixing an oil and thickening wax to form a gel containing from about 40% to about 98% by weight of said oil and from about 2% to about 60% by weight of said wax;
- heating the blend to a temperature above the melt point of said wax;
- agitating the blend while heating until a homogeneous liquid mixture is obtained;
- cooling the mixture to form agglomerates;
- and homogenizing the agglomerates to form a gel.
An emollient gel composition, comprising:
- from about 50% to about 98% by weight of an oil, and from about 2% to about 50% by weight of a microcrystalline wax.
An emollient gel composition, comprising:
- from about 50% to about 98% by weight of an oil, or a blend of oils with at least one of the said oils comprising a hydrogenated oil, and from 2% to about 30% by weight of a microcrystalline wax.
An emollient gel composition, comprising:
- from about 50% to about 98% by weight of a vegetable oil, or blend of vegetable oils with at least one of the said oils comprising a hydrogenated vegetable oil, and from 2% to about 20% of a natural wax selected from the group consisting of candililla wax, bees wax, berry wax, spermacetti wax, carnauba wax, ozokerite wax, or montan wax.
An emollient gel composition, comprising:
- from about 50% to about 98% by weight of a vegetable oil, or blend of vegetable oils with at least one of the said oils comprising a high oleic acid oil having a 45-85% oleic acid content, and from 8% to 20% of an ethylene vinyl acetate co-polymer (EVA).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.