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US 5,071,706 AGranted
Oily, free-flowing, microcapsules
AssigneeEurand America, Inc.
InventorJon C. Soper
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AssigneeEurand America, Inc.
InventorJon C. Soper
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This disclosure is directed to the preparation of oily microcapsules which can be easily tray dried to a free flowing product without requiring special drying equipment. These microcapsules have a cell wall material having a first cell wall of gelatin/carboxymethylcellulose (CMC) which is prehardened (cross-linked) with a material selected from the group consisting of formaldehyde, glyoxal and glutaraldehyde to which there is grafted formaldehyde and urea. The predominant portion, viz., approximately 95% by wt. of these microcapsules have a particle size less than 1500 microns and more characteristically have a particle size ranging from about 100 to about 400 microns (microcapsular diameter). These microcapsules contain less than approximately 3 wt. % free oil and more characteristically less than about 1 wt. % free oil (non-microencapsulated oil) and have less free (unreacted) formaldehyde, which can be extracted with water, than do prior art microencapsulated oily materials. The microcapsules of this invention are granular and free-flowing when dried.
Microencapsulated product having a predominant portion of individual microcapsules having a particle size less than about 1500 microns and containing oil core material, said microencapsulated product being free-flowing, having a free oil concentration less than about 3 wt. %, and being further characterized as substantially free of clumps and agglomerates of individual microcapsules and containing microcapsular cell wall material of gelatin/carboxymethylcellulose prehardened with a material selected from the, group consisting of formaldehyde, glyoxal and glutaraldehyde treated with polyvinyl alcohol and having grafted thereto formaldehyde and resorcinol and crosslinked with formaldehyde and urea.
Microencapsulated product having a predominant portion of individual microcapsules having a particle size less than about 1500 microns and containing fragrance oil core material, said microencapsulated product being free-flowing and being further characterized as substantially free of clumps and agglomerates of individual microcapsules and containing microcapsular cell wall material of gelatin/carboxymethylcellulose prehardened with a material selected from the group consisting of formaldehyde, glyoxal and glutaraldehyde treated with polyvinyl alcohol and having grafted thereto formaldehyde and resorcinol and crosslinked with formaldehyde and urea.
Aqueous formulations containing from about 10 to about 40 wt. % of individual microcapsules, having a particle size ranging from about 100 to about 400 microns and being substantially free of clumps and agglomerates of individual microcapsules, containing oil core material and containing microcapsular cell wall material of gelatin/carboxymethylcellulose prehardened with a material selected from the group consisting of formaldehyde, glyoxal and glutaraldhyde treated with polyvinyl alcohol and having grafted thereto formaldehyde and resorcinol and crosslinked with formaldehyde and urea, with the remainder being water and formulation aids.
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