US Patent Issued to ECOLAB USA on Aug. 25 for "Solid fast draining/drying rinse aid for high total dissolved solid water conditions" (Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,716,044, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to ECOLAB USA INC. (Saint Paul, Minn.).

"Solid fast draining/drying rinse aid for high total dissolved solid water conditions" was invented by Janel M. Kieffer (Saint Paul, Minn.), Victor Fuk-Pong Man (Saint Paul, Minn.) and Melissa Hunter (Saint Paul, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention is a solid rinse aid composition and methods of making and using the same. Applicants have surprisingly found that the crystal modifier sodium xylene sulfonate (short chain alkyl benzene or alkyl naphthalene sulfonates) at higher percentage can act as a solidification agent. The solid rinse ...