EP0035899A2
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Hair conditioning composition and method of conditioning hair therewith
Assignee: Procter and Gamble Co
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Filing: 1981-03-09
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2001-03-09
Abstract
Abstract Hair conditioning compositions in the form of an emulsion comprising a volatile conditioning agent selected from hydrocarbon and silicones, a nonionic, water soluble polymer, a cationic hair conditioning agent and water.
Inventors
- 👤 Raymond Edward Bolich, Jr.
- 👤 Lloyd Bruch Hartsough
- 👤 Philip Earl Cothran
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
EP
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-28 11:48
CPC Classifications
A; A61; A61K; A61K8/00; A61K8/18; A61K8/30; A61K8/58; A61K8/585; A61K8/31; A61K8/72; A61K8/73; A61K8/737; A61Q; A61Q5/00; A61Q5/12; A61K2800/00; A61K2800/40; A61K2800/54; A61K2800/542; A61K2800/5422
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 11
Claim 1
Independent Claim
96 words
A hair conditioning composition in the form of an emulsion characterized by: (A) from 1% to 13% of a volatile liquid hair conditioning agent selected from the group consisting of hydrocarbons, silicones and mixtures thereof; (B) from 0.1% to 8% of a substantially nonionic, water soluble polymer having a viscosity in excess of 200 poises (20 Pa.s) at a shear of 10 -2 sec -1 while having a viscosity less than 9 poises (0.9 Pa.s) at a shear of.500 sec -1 . (C) from 0.05% to 4% of a cationic hair conditioning agent; and (D) water.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
96 words
A hair conditioning composition in the form of an emulsion characterized by: (A) from 1% to 13% of a volatile liquid hair conditioning agent selected from the group consisting of hydrocarbons, silicones and mixtures thereof; (B) from 0.1% to 8% of a substantially nonionic, water soluble polymer having a viscosity in excess of 200 poises (20 Pa.s) at a shear of 10 -2 sec -1 while having a viscosity less than 9 poises (0.9 Pa.s) at a shear of.500 sec -1 . (C) from 0.05% to 4% of a cationic hair conditioning agent; and (D) water.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
50 words
A hair conditioning composition according to Claim 1 characterized in that the substantially nonionic water soluble polymer is selected from the group consisting of polyoxyethylene, guar gum, methyl cellulose, methyl hydroxypropyl cellulose, locust bean gum, hydroxyethyl cellulose, hydroxypropyl guar gum, hydroxypropyl cellulose, starch, hydroxyethyl amylose, starch amylose and mixtures thereof.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
34 words
A hair conditioning composition according to Claim 1 or 2 characterized in that the volatile liquid hair conditioning agent.-is a hydrocarbon selected from the group consisiting of decane, dodecane, tridecane, tetradecane and mixtures thereof.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
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A hair conditioning composition according to Claim 1 or 2 characterized in that the volatile liquid hair conditioning agent is a silicone.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
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A hair conditioning composition according to Claim 4 characterized in that the volatile liquid hair conditioning agent is a cyclic silicone having either 4 or 5 dimethyl siloxane groups.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
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A hair conditioning composition according to any of Claims 1 to 5 characterized in that the amount of volatile liquid hair conditioning agent is from 2% to 10%, the amount of nonionic, water soluble polymer is from 0.05% to 6.0% and the amount of cationic hair conditioning agent is from 0.1% to 2%.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
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A hair conditioning composition according to any of Claims 1 to 6 characterized in that the substantially nonionic, water soluble polymer is selected from the group consisting of guar gum, hydroxypropyl guar gum and mixtures thereof.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
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A hair conditioning composition according to any of Claims 1 to 7 characterized in that the cationic hair conditioning agent is a quaternary ammonium compound.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
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A hair conditioning composition according to any of Claim 1 to 8 chacterized in that the nonionic, water soluble thickening agent is hydroxypropyl guar gum, the cationic hair conditioning agent is ditallow dimethyl ammonium chloride, and the volatile liquid hair conditioning agent is a cyclic silicone having 5 dimethyl siloxane groups.
Claim 11
Independent Claim
36 words
A method of conditioning hair characterized by I. applying from lg. to 60g. of a composition according to any of Claims 1 to 9 to freshly shampooed hair; and II. rinsing the composition from the hair.
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