Prqcess f or making detergent

Claim 1

THE PROCESS OF INCREASING THE RETENTIVITY OF A FINELYDIVIDED INORGANIC HYDRATABLE ALKALI METAL DETERGENT BUILDER FOR AN OILY DETERGENT DERIVED FROM THE CONDENSATION OF AN ALKYLENE OXIDE WITH A MERCAPTAN CONTAINING AT LEAST 6 CARBON ATOMS, WHICH CONSISTS ESSENTIALLY IN GRADUALLY ADDING AN AQUEOUS MEDIUM TO SAID DETERGENT BUILDER WHILE INTIMATELY MIXING THE LATTER IN THE FINELY DIVIDED SOLID STATE WITH SAID OILY DETERGENT IN AN AMOUNT VARYING FROM ABOUT 0.1 PART TO ABOUT 1 PART OF SAID OILY DETERGENT FOR EACH PART OF SAID BUILDER, SAID AQUEOUS MEDIUM SUPPLYING WATER ONLY IN AN AMOUNT SUFFICIENT TO FORM A HYDRATE OF SAID HYDRATABLE ALKALI METAL DETERGENT BUILDER AND SAID WATER INCORPORATED WITH SAID AQUEOUS MEDIUM BEING RETAINED IN SAID MIXTURE AS A HYDRATE OF SAID BUILDER.