WO2001001945A1

WO2001001945A1 - Solid alum salt-based products in a liquid dispensing container

Info

Publication number: WO2001001945A1
Application number: PCT/AU2000/000791
Authority: WO
Inventors: Darren John Askew
Original assignee: Darren John Askew
Priority date: 1999-07-05
Filing date: 2000-06-30
Publication date: 2001-01-11
Also published as: GB2377173A; AUPQ137499A0; GB0123918D0

Abstract

A method of creating solid alum salt-based products in a liquid dispensing container so that precise doses of alum salts may interface with water; forming useful commercial products with a far superior life span in the medicinal and personal care industries. Central to the invention is being able to form products that last up to 10 times longer than other products resulting in millions of tons less plastic wastage in the environment. Substantially this invention and art work create environmental based products because water is only to be added by consumers.

Description

SOLID ALUM SALT-BASED PRODUCTS IN A LIQUID DISPENSING CONTAINER

Description

Just add water product technology: A crystal of mineral salts is grown in a pump mist spray bottle.

The crystal forms as a solid in the bottom of the bottle, when water is added this will dissolve a small amount of the minerals into the water creating a product mat can be used for treatment of mourn ulcers ( canker sores ) , cold sores , skin rashes like dermatitis, psoriasis, tinea, as a blood stop, for suture wound and umbilical care, in first aid applications for cuts bums or abrasions. Marine stings , insect bites, Sun bum. Antiseptic wound sealer. It may also be used as an anti Bacterial deodorant, when the bottle is empty of spray you simply re fill it with water and it makes more product instantly. We can make products at refill 5, 10 , or twenty times so its like 20 bottles of product in one. This also creates an new system of environmental grade 1 products , because it reduces 1he amount of waste plastic bottles entering the environment as land fill. Its twenty times less use of power resources to produce the product and twenty times less consumption and greenhouse effect upon the enviiOnment.

Substitute Sheet (Rule 26) RO/AU Background History and Art.

Alum is an inorganic compound and generally contains two metals two sulfate groups and water A compound of this type is called a hydrated Double salt Alum's included hydrated double sails That have similar compositions and similar crystalline structures. The description of alum also includes Aluminum Sulfate, Aluminum Chlorohydrate and Aluminum chlorydroxide.

Alum's have a variety of uses For instance Alum's have been used in the dying industry , for water purification, for paper sizing, for fire proofing fabrics, in fire extinguishers, and in medicinal and cosmetics fields

It is the medicinal and cosmetics fields where alum's have particular interest. For instance alum has astringent properties, and is used in medicine to treat certain skin conditions, and to stop bleeding from small cuts dilute solutions (1-4%) have been used as mouth washes and gargles, solutions of 5-10 % are used to harden the skm especially of the feet Strong aqueous solutions of alum are used as styptic for minor cuts and abrasions. Recent applications of alum containing solutions include bladder irrigation's for hemorrhaging Alum is an important chemical compound with great benefits across a broad spectrum of issues to mankind. commercially alum's include Aluminum Sulfate, potassium alum and ammonium alum and include all alum based salt

Sulfate groups known to science as alum based sulfates Ammonium alum is manufactured by Crystallization from an aqueous solution of ammomum sulfate and aluminum sulfate Ammonium alum crystals are also produced by treating a mixture of aluminum sulfate and sulfuric acid with ammonia Potassium alum occurs naturally in ihe minerals alunite and kalinite

It is known that alum's , Alum sulfate and especially potassium and ammomum alum can be used as a deodorant for human use in liquid form. The alum salts are highly dissolvable in water. To make an effective solution , 5-10 % by volume weight of alum may be added If to much of the alum salts are added to a liquid medium it results in an over saturation of suspended salts which presents the following problems, pump spray bottles become blocked and clogged with salt crystals in the spray head and the pump spray tube.

Prior Art

It is known that alum salts may be plasticized with additives such as Art work disclosed in Patent no 693744 in Australia entitled A moldable Alum Composition ( The Invention Of mis Author) D

This Patent relates to forming Alum solids that are demolded for use. Not to alum solids that are dissolved by water the subject of this Technology.

Substitute Sheet CRule26) RO/AU Technical object

It is the object of this invention to create an Alum based end product that can be refilled with water to dissolve in precise saturation doses so that it does not block up the spray pump head and to form a product that can be conveniently refilled by consumers with water to make more product instantly.

To over come the suspension saturation problem it has been discovered that the solid alum salts solution strength and rate may be controlled by direct volumetric exposure to a liquid a dispensing container. The diagram marked as figure 1 is used to highlight the method . in the diagram the bottle has a solid of alum crystal in Ihe bottom. The side walls and bottom of the alum are sealed tight against the walls and are not exposed to the water, only the top surface area of the alum is dissolved. The water reaches saturation point and can not dissolve any more alum. Figure 2 is a capitale devise that may be filled with Alum and the dropped into the bottle for dispersion of Alum and additives.

METHOD 1

Heat 500 grams of granulated Alum at 100 c add 10 grams of glycerin . When the alum lias melted into a'liquid or is substantially liquid it is men poured into a pre determined liquid dispensing container. ( Packaging ) The hot liquid alum solidifies upon cooling forming a three dimensional shape with one face exposed to form a saturated solution when water is added. The side walls and bottom of the Alum compound is sealed to the water being added so that over ionization and solution saturation cannot occur as disclosed in me Non commercial example.

METHOD 2

Heat 500 grams of Alum in a 1000 watt micro wave on high for 15 minutes. Add 25 grams of glycerin . When finished cooking bring out of the micro wave and re hydrate by adding water back to 4S0 grams. Allow to cool to 50 degrees C and place into bottle or captule container where the Alum mixture will recrystalise into a solid.

METHOD 3

Follow method 1 but do not add any additives , allow to cool but still liquid and pour into containment devise.

The above Methods detail various formula's with or without additives, if additives are desired they may be added from .05 percent to 50 % by weight of alum. it can be seen by using the above described methods that a refillable with water product is made for use in the cosmetics , medicinal and veterinary industries.

Substi αte Sheet CBule 26) BO/AT Non Commercial Examples

If Alum compounds or granules of alum compounds are placed into a liquid pump spray, when water is added this will result in an over saturation of the dissolved salts and block and clog up the spray head as per figure 3

The combined surface area of the alum granules interacting with the liquid results in super saturated solution thai will block and clog the spray pump head and tube. It seems ( without wishing to be bound by theory )That an over ionization process occurs of the base water acting upon the positive electrons on 1he acidity of the Alum Salts. This leads to small crystals and granules of the alum dropping out of the solution and settling in the container which are sucked up the spray head tube and blocking it. even if filters etc. are placed on the spray tube preventing these granules entering the tube the solution is far to strong and causes Ihe spray top to become blocked and clogged.

Substitute Sheet ⁽EuIe26⁾ HO/AU COMPOUNDS CLAIMED : The Alum Group Of Compounds

The Group Of Alum's claimed are any of the water soluble alum's which may be melted by heat and solidified in liquid dispensing devises. Aluminum Sulfate, ammomum alum . potassium alum or any alum based compounds mat create the same effect and end use products of water solubility and refill technology the subject of this invention.

Claimed Additives

Glycol's and organic polyols such as glycerin or fragrances may be added, from .o5 to 50 % of additive may be used, other Medicinal compounds may be used .

Substitute Sheet (Rule 26) RO/AU

Claims

1)A method whereby Alum Based Compounds including additives ( additives Do not necessarily have to be used) are used to form water soluble solids in a liquid Dispensing Devise, Water based Hquid carriers are Claimed so Ihat precise doses of the alum salts may interface with a liquid Carrier is central to this invention.

2) An environmental grade 1 technology because products formed last longer than others and this prevents a large quantity of waste in packaging going into land fill and reduces green house gas effects.

3) Alum products do not have to be demoulded for use.

4) a method of heating the Alum into liquid and pouring or injectin , pumping or placing it into a hquid dispensing devise so 1hat only one surface area of Alum is capable of being dissolved when water is added.

5) A method of Creating a captule devise filled with alum that can be placed directly into a liquid dispensing devise so that precise doses of alum may interface with water when added .

6) All Alum Based water soluble compounds are claimed.

7) Additives such as organic polyols and fragrances can be used in creating a solid Alum compound for dispersal by dissolution in water ready for end use.

8) Spray pump ,roll on or other liquid dispensing devises containing alum based compounds that are refillable with water for use, as described in the embodiment of this artwork.

Substitute Sheet CBule 6) RO/AU