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INVENTORS’ CIRCLE Newest Patent Approvals Manual sprayer with dual bag-on-valve assembly U.S. Patent No. 8,328,118 B2 BISSELL Homecare, Inc. BISSELL Homecare, Inc., Grand Rapids, MI, patented a manual spray dispenser for dispensing a mixture of two compositions comprised of a container having a first and second chamber and a single dispensing spray outlet. At least one of the chambers has a separator in the form of a pouch for physically separating the contents of the container from an interior surface of the chamber. One of the first and second chambers contains a first composition and the other contains a second composition. The dispenser further contains a dispensing system for simultaneously dispensing the first composition and the second composition, mixing the two compositions together, and dispensing a mixture of the two compositions from the container under pressure. An aerosol propellant is between the separator and the interior surface of at least one of the first and second chambers for pressurizing the composition in the pouch for dispensing the contents thereof through the dispensing system under pressure. The sprayer can be used in conjunction with Bissell’s Enzyme cleaning composition and method of use, referenced below. u Enzyme cleaning composition and method of use U.S. Patent No. 8,999,911 BISSELL Homecare, Inc. BISSELL Homecare, Inc., Grand Rapids, MI, patented a cleaning composition for treating a surface comprised of a purified enzyme and an enzyme denaturant system. The enzyme denaturant system is configured to denature the purified enzyme such that any residue remaining on the surface after the treatment of the surface is virtually free of active purified enzymes. The composition has applications in traditional aerosols and trigger sprayers. The composition can also be used in conjunction with Bissell’s Manual sprayer with dual bag-on-valve assembly, referenced above. Cleaning Composition U.S. Patent No. 8,992,632 B2 Method Products, PBC Method Products, PBC, San Francisco, CA, has patented a cleaning composition that includes a surfactant system comprising a nonionic surfactant in combination with an anionic surfactant; water present in an amount from zero to about 40 wt % based on a total weight of the cleaning composition; a solvent system comprising a polyalcohol, the solvent system being present in an amount effective to solubilize the surfactant system in the water; and an enzyme present in an amount of less than about 15 wt %; whereinthe cleaning composition is in a form of a continuous phase, wherein the cleaning composition is characterized as exhibiting about a constant cleaning efficacy as measured using test procedure ASTM D4265 when the cleaning composition is added to 69 liters of exterior water in amounts ranging from about nine to about 22 grams of cleaning composition. Methods for pretreating and cleaning laundry and non-textile surfaces are also presented. September 2015 Spray 17


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