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US 9,751,097 B2Granted
Topical spray composition to benefit skin
AssigneeConopco, Inc.
InventorsThomas Nikolaos Morikis, Kathleen Lynn Melo, Gee-Young Ng
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Abstract
A topical spray composition and a system for containing and applying the composition is described. The composition has liquid emulsifiers that unexpectedly result in a superior product suitable to be applied homogeneously.
Claims14
A system comprising:
- a) a package with a headspace of 30 to 55% based on volume of the package and capable of being pressurized to 5.2 to 10.7 bar;
- b) an exit insert, the exit insert having at least one channel, a swirl chamber and an orifice;
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- c) a composition comprising:
- i) a liquid emulsifier, the liquid emulsifier having an HLB from 3.0 to 7.0;
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- iii) a skin benefit agent, the composition is sprayable from the system at a spray rate of 0.8 to 2 g per second, has a viscosity from 500 to 4200 cps and a surface tension from 22 to 33 mN/m
- wherein the swirl chamber has a diameter, D, from 0.5 mm to 2.0 mm, the orifice has a diameter, d, from 0.15 mm to 0.4 mm, and the at least one channel has a length from 3.0 to 9 times larger than the orifice diameter, and a width from 0.7 to 5 times longer than the orifice diameter and further wherein the ratio of the orifice diameter to the swirl chamber diameter (d/D) is less than 0.45.
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