Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 15
Claim 1
Independent Claim
86 words
An effervescent cleansing composition comprising: a phosphate salt in an amount of from 20% to 45% by weight; a silicate salt in an amount of from 0 % to 20% by weight; and at least one perborate salt in an amount of at least 50% by weight: wherein at least a portion of the perborate salt is present in a compacted, granulated mixture with a polymeric fluorocarbon, the latter being present in an amount correspodning to from 0.01% to 0.70% by weight of the perborate salt.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
86 words
An effervescent cleansing composition comprising: a phosphate salt in an amount of from 20% to 45% by weight; a silicate salt in an amount of from 0 % to 20% by weight; and at least one perborate salt in an amount of at least 50% by weight: wherein at least a portion of the perborate salt is present in a compacted, granulated mixture with a polymeric fluorocarbon, the latter being present in an amount correspodning to from 0.01% to 0.70% by weight of the perborate salt.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
18 words
A composition according to Claim 1, wherein the phosphate salt comprises an alkali metal phosphate, preferably trisodium phosphate.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
27 words
A composition according to Claim 1 or 2, wherein the phosphate salt is present in an amount of from 25% to 40% by weight of the composition.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
21 words
A composition according to Claim 1, 2 or 3, wherein the silicate salt comprises an alkali metal metasilicate, preferably sodium metasilicate.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
43 words
A composition according to any preceding claim, wherein the silicate salt is present in an amount of from 10% to 20% by weight of the composition, and/or the silicate salt has a particle size in the range from 1 micron to 25 microns.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
31 words
A composition according to any preceding claim wherein the perforate salt is selected from alkali metal and alkaline earth metal perborates, preferably alkali metal perborate monohydrates and anhydrous alkali metal perborates.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
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A composition according to Claim 6, wherein the alkali metal perborates comprise sodium perborate.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
68 words
A composition according to any preceding claim, wherein the perborate salt is present in an amount of from 50% to 70% by weight of the composition, preferably from 50% to 65% by weight, wherein the perborate salt preferably includes at least 20% by weight of an anhydrous alkali metal perborate, more preferably from 20% to 25% by weight, the anhydrous alkali metal perborate preferably comprising anhydrous sodium perborate.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
19 words
A composition according to any preceding claim, wherein the polymeric fluorocarbon includes a polymer of at least one fluoroolefin.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
12 words
A composition according to Claim 9, wherein the polymeric fluorocarbon comprises polytetrafluoroethylene.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
26 words
A composition according to any preceding claim, wherein the polymeric fluorocarbon is present in an amount from 0.33% to 0.66% by weight of the perborate salt.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
27 words
A composition according to any preceding claim, which further includes at least one material selected from builders, detergents., lubricants, sequestrants, perfumes, flavourings, excipients, disintegrants, and mixtures thereof.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
25 words
A composition according to Claim 12, wherein the sequestrant comprises ethylene diamine tetraacetic acid and its alkali metal salts, and the builders include sodium carbonate.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
15 words
A tablet, useful as a denture cleanser, comprising a composition according to any preceding claim.