Abstract:
In one aspect, 3D printing systems for fabricating 3D soap objects are described herein. Such systems can form 3D soap objects from a particulate material and a fluid binder material based on design data, such as digital design data. In some cases, a 3D printing system comprises a build chamber comprising a build bed, a particulate material distribution device, and a fluid binder material dispenser. The particulate material distribution device can be configured to distribute successive layers of the particulate material on the build bed. The fluid binder material dispenser can be configured to selectively apply the fluid binder material to portions of the successive layers of particulate material in an amount sufficient to consolidate the portions to define cross-sectional portions of the object. In addition, the particulate material comprises a soap component in an amount of about 10 to 100% by weight.
Abstract:
In one aspect, 3D printing systems for fabricating 3D soap objects are described herein. Such systems can form 3D soap objects from a particulate material and a fluid binder material based on design data, such as digital design data. In some cases, a 3D printing system comprises a build chamber comprising a build bed, a particulate material distribution device, and a fluid binder material dispenser. The particulate material distribution device can be configured to distribute successive layers of the particulate material on the build bed. The fluid binder material dispenser can be configured to selectively apply the fluid binder material to portions of the successive layers of particulate material in an amount sufficient to consolidate the portions to define cross-sectional portions of the object. In addition, the particulate material comprises a soap component in an amount of about 10 to 100% by weight.
Abstract:
Multiphase soaps in which the individual phases are highly visible when viewed from above and from the side have high stability. Their use permits various scent experiences to be achieved during the washing operation.
Abstract:
A bar of soap or soap dispensing container "bar", whereby teeth or ridges are formed into the product such that as it is rubbed on the body, the contact pressure causes the teeth to lightly bend the skin at a number of points creating a series of waves in the skin which move along the surface of the skin as the soap is moved, thereby creating a traveling wave which acts to help remove dirt and dead skin particles and create a pleasant massaging effect, wherein the teeth forms are shaped to provide transverse and lateral strength in the product so it will not easily break, and so that it can be stacked for more dense shipping and better handling.
Abstract:
A process for producing soap or detergent bars with curved stripes of a distinctive color by feeding a striped billet of soap or detergent into a die box so that the long axis of the billet is not coincident with the long axis of the die box when subjected to compression. This is accomplished by providing billets whose length is greater than the corresponding dimension of the die box.
Abstract:
Soap cakes to be shaped in a mold are transported on a feeding conveyor to a loading zone of a rotary press where they are seized by grippers and placed on a lower die whose support forms part of a molding assembly rotating continuously about a vertical axis at the speed of the feeding conveyor which follows a path partly concentric with the orbit of the assembly. A plunger above the die support, forming part of the same assembly, carries an upper die which in a pressing zone descends onto the lower die to shape the soap cake deposited thereon. In an unloading zone, the shaped soap cake is transferred onto a discharge conveyor whose path is curved about the axis of rotation inside the orbit of the molding assembly. An array of six such assemblies are mounted on a pair of coaxial rings rotating therewith, these rings having teeth in mesh with the conveyors along the concentric portions of their paths. The conveyor speed therefore equals the speed of the molding assemblies along the loading and unloading zones, each of which extends over a quadrant of the assembly orbit whereas the pressing zone occupies two quadrants.