Process for preparing detergent compositions

Claim 1

IN THE PROCESS OF PRODUCING A HEAT DRIED DETERGENT COMPOSITION CONTAINING SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNTS OF SODIUM TRIPOLYPHOSPHATE, THE STEP OF INCORPORATING A SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLETELY ANHYDROUS SODIUM TRIPOLYPHOSPHATE CONTAINING FROM ABOUT 90% TO 100% OF FORM 11 SODIUM TRIPOLYPHOSPHATE AND CONTAINING NOT MORE THAN 0.1% WATER, OTHER THAN WATER OF CONSTITUTION, IN A FLUID DETERGENT MIXTURE, CONTAINING ESSENTIALLY (A) AN ORGANIC DETERGENT SELECTED FORM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF SODIUM AND POTASSIUM SALTS OF HIGHER MOLECULAR WEIGHT CARBOXYLIC ACIDS, WATER SOLUBLE SALTS OF ORGANIC SULFURIC REACTION PRODUCTS HAVING IN THEIR MOLECULAR STRUCTURE AN ALKYL RADICAL CONTAINING FROM ABOUT 8 TO ABOUT 22 CARBON ATOMS AND A RADICAL SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF SULFONIC ACID AND SULFURIC ACID ESTER RADICALS, AND WATER SOLUBLE NONIONIC SYNTHETIC DETERGENT CONDENSATION PRODUCTS OF ALKYLENE OXIDE GROUPS WHICH ARE HYDROPHILIC IN NATURE WITH AN ORGANIC HYDROPHOBIC COMPOUND SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF ALIPHATIC COMPOUNDS AND ALKYL AROMATIC COMPOUNDS, THE RATIO OF SODIUM TRIPOLYPHOSPHATE TO ORGANIC DETERGENT RANGING FROM ABOUT 1:1 TO 5:1, AND (B) MORE THAN SUFFICIENT WATER TO HYDRATE THE SODIUM TRIPOLYPHOSPHATE ADDED AND SUFFICIENT TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN A FLUID DETERGENT MIXTURE, WHEREBY THE RATE OF HYDRATION OF THE FORM 11 SODIUM TRIPOLYPHOSPHATE TO THE HEXAHYDRATE IS DECREASED AND THE FLUID DETERGENT MIXTURE REMAINS FLUID.