Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 13
Claim 1
Independent Claim
22 words
Use of an essentially hydrophobic perfume composition as a stability enhancer in a pourable, aqueous, hard surface cleaning composition comprising water-soluble abrasive.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
22 words
Use of an essentially hydrophobic perfume composition according to claim 1, wherein the level of perfume ranges from 0.1-10%wt on total composition.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
37 words
Use of an essentially hydrophobic perfume composition according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the water soluble abrasive includes at least one compound selected from sodium hydrogen carbonate, potassium sulphate, sodium triphosphate hexahydrate and sodium tetraborate decahydrate.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
29 words
Use of an essentially hydrophobic perfume composition according to claim 1, 2 or 3 wherein the water soluble abrasive is present at a level of 6-75wt% on total composition.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
20 words
Use according to claim 4 wherein the water soluble abrasive is present at a level of 6-45wt% on total composition.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
70 words
Pourable, aqueous, hard-surface cleaning composition comprising a water soluble abrasive, at least part of the abrasive being present as undissolved particles having a mean particle diameter of from 10 to 500 microns, further comprising and essentially hydrophobic perfume composition and a detergent, said composition remaining stable after storage at 37°C for twelve weeks or remaining stable after twelve temperature cycles from -5°C for eight hours to 25°C for sixteen hours.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
136 words
Composition according to claim 6 comprising: i) at least 0.1%wt of an essentially hydrophobic, perfume composition; ii) 1.5 to 30%wt of detergent active component, and; iii) a water soluble salt, in a quantity such that at 20°C at least 5% by weight of the overall composition comprises undissolved particles of said salt, said particles having a mean particle diameter of from 10 to 500 microns, said salt comprising not more than a single hydrated species when present as a crystalline solid in water at a temperature of from 10 to 40°C in an amount above that required to form a saturated solution, said salt having a saturation solubility in water at 40°C which is less than ten times that at 10°C, and said salt having a solubility in water of at least 1.2 g/l at 10°C.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
43 words
Composition according to claim 7 having a viscosity at 20°C of at least 6500 Pas at a shear rate of 3 x 10-5 sec-1 and not more than 10 Pas at a shear rate of 21 sec-1 as measured with a rotational viscometer.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
13 words
Composition according to claim 7 comprising 6-45wt% of the water soluble salt (iii).
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
37 words
Composition according to claim 7 comprising 45-75wt% of the water soluble salt (iii) said salt being present as particles having a volume distribution diameter and span of less than 80 microns and between 1 and 3 respectively.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
28 words
Composition according to any one of claims 6-10 wherein the salt is selected from the group comprising sodium bicarbonate, sodium triphosphate hexahydrate, sodium tetraborate decahydrate and mixtures thereof.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
11 words
Composition according to claim 11 wherein the salt is sodium bicarbonate.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
114 words
Pourable, aqueous, hard-surface cleaning composition having a viscosity at 20°C of at least 6500 Pas at a shear rate of 3 x 10⁻⁵ sec⁻¹ and not more than 10 Pas at a shear rate of 21 sec⁻¹ as measured with a rotational viscometer, said composition comprising: i) 0.1-2wt% of an essentially hydrophobic, perfume composition, ii) 4-20wt% of detergent active component, comprising a mixture of non-ionic and anionic surfactants in a ratio of 1:10 to 10:1, and, iii) sodium bicarbonate, in a quantity such that at 20°C at least 5% by weight of the overall composition comprises undissolved particles of said salt, said particles having a mean particle diameter of from 10 to 500 microns.