Methods of making unit-dose products with supercooling

US11414634B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Henkel AG & Co. KGaA · DE

Inventors

• Brian Alan Warren · Bowling Green, US
• M. Shawn French · Salt Lake City, US
• Edward Paulsen · Salt Lake City, US
• Troy Alvey · Salt Lake City, US
• Abey Cherian · Congers, US
• Montes Jose Ulibarri · Newtown, US
• Janet Coope-Epstein · Trumbull, US
• Maxime Pelletier · Sandy Hook, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 3, 2020
• Grant date: Aug 16, 2022
• Expiry date: Aug 3, 2040

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B65D65/46
• WIPO field: Basic materials chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

Disclosed is a method for producing a unit-dose capsule which includes optionally forming the first film into the shape of a first cavity, supercooling a first component to a temperature at which the equilibrium state of the first component is a solid or semi-solid, dispensing the first component in a supercooled state into the first cavity, such that the first component gels to form at least one layer of gel adhered to and/or in contact with the first film, forming a second film into the shape of a second cavity, filling the second cavity with a second component, sealing the first film to the second film to form a sealed cavity having at least one chamber containing the first component and the second component. The method may further include wetting and perforating the first film. The unit-dose capsule includes the sealed container and the two components.