Soap composition containing lime soap dispersant

Claim 1

AN IMPROVED SOAP COMPOSITION COMPRISING A FATTY ACID SOAP SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF SODIUM, POTASSIUM AND AMMONIUM FATTY ACID SOAPS AND, AS A LIME SOAP DISPERSANT, A MIXTURE OF CONJUGATED POLYOXYPROPYLENE-POLYOXYETHYLENE COMPOUNDS CONTAINING IN THEIR STRUCTURE OXYPROPYLENE GROUPS, OXYETHYLENE GROUPS AND AN ORGANIC RADICAL WHICH IS THE RESIDUE OF A NITROGEN ATOMCONTAINING REACTIVE HYDROGEN COMPOUND HAVING AT LEAST TWO REACTIVE HYDROGEN ATOMS, SAID COMPOUND BEING SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF AMMONIA, LOWER ALKYL PRIMARY AMINES HAVING UP TO ABOUT 5 CARBON ATOMS LOWER ALKANOLAMINES HAVING UP TO ABOUT 4 CARBON ATOMS IN THE ALKANOL RADICAL, ANILINE, HYDRAZINE, N,N''-DI(LOWER ALKYL)-HYDRAZINES HAVING UP TO ABOUT 4 CARBON ATOMS IN THE LOWER ALKYL RADICALS, PHENYLHYDRAZINE AND ALIPHATIC PRIMARY POLYAMINES HAVING UP TO ABOUT 6 CARBON ATOMS, THE STRUCTURE OF THE LIME SOAP DISPERSANT COMPOUNDS BEING SUCH THAT ALL OF THE OXYPROPYLENE GROUPS ARE PRESENT IN POLYOXYPROPYLENE CHAINS THAT ARE ATTACHED TO THE ORGANIC RADICAL AT SITES OF REACTIVE HYDROGEN ATOMS THEREBY CONSTITUTING A POLYOXYPROPYLENE POLYMER, THE OXYETHYLENE GROUPS BEING ATTACHED TO THE POLYOXYPROPYLENE POLYMER IN POLYOXYETHYLENE CHAINS, THE AVERAGE MOLECULAR WEIGHT OF THE POLYOXYPROPYLENE POLYMERS IN THE MIXTURE BEING FROM 900 TO ABOUT 50,000, AS DETERMINED BY HYDROXYL NUMBER, AND THE OXYETHYLENE GROUPS PRESENT IN THE MIXTURE CONSTITUTING 20-90%, BY WEIGHT, OF THE MIXTURE, AND THE PROPORTION OF SAID LIME SOAP DISPERSANT IN THE COMPOSITION BEING SUFFICIENT TO MATERIALLY REDUCE THE FORMATION OF LIME SOAP CURDS IN HARD WATER.