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Defoaming rinse composition

Assignee: Ecolab Inc
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Filing: 1960-04-05
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Granted: 1963-03-19
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Expires: 1980-04-05
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 Norman S Temple
  • 👤 Arthur T Martin

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-10-27 16:27
CPC Classifications
C; C11; C11D; C11D3/00; C11D3/0005; C11D3/0026; B; B01; B01D; B01D19/00; B01D19/02; B01D19/04; B01D19/0404; C11D1/00; C11D1/66; C11D1/72; C11D1/721

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 187 words
A RINSE ADDITIVE COMPOSITION USEFUL IN MACHINE DISHWASHING CONSISTING ESSENTIALLY OF A LOW-FOAMING, SYNTHETIC ORGANIC POLYETHENOXY NONIONIC SURFACE ACTIVE AGENT OTHERWISE USEFUL AS A MACHINE DISHWASHING RINSE ADDITIVE AT CONCENTRATIONS THROUGHOUT THE RANGE OF 50 TO 250 PARTS PER MILLION OF RINSE WATER AND A SMALL AMOUNT SUFFICIENT TO MAINTAIN WASH PRESSURE DURING THE SUCCEEDING WASH CYCLE OF A POLYOXYALKYLENE GLYCOL MIXTURE CONSISTING OF A PRODUCT WHICH STATISTICALLY REPRESENTED HAS A PLURALITY OF ALTERNATING HYDROPHOBIC AND HYDROPHILIC POLYOXYALKYLENE CHAINS, THE HYDROPHILIC CHAINS CONSISTING OF OXYETHYLENE RADICALS LINKED ONE TO THE OTHER AND THE HYDROPHOBIC CHAINS CONSISTING OF OXYPROPYLENE RADICALS LINKED ONE TO THE OTHER, SAID STATISTICALLY REPRESENTED PRODUCT HAVING FIVE SUCH CHAINS COMPRISING THREE HYDROPHOBIC CHAINS LINKED BY TWO HYDROPHILIC CHAINS, THE CENTRAL HYDROPHOBIC CHAIN CONSTITUTING 30% TO 43% BY WEIGHT OF THE PRODUCT, THE TERMINAL HYDROPHOBIC CHAINS TOGETHER CONSTITUTING 31% TO 35% BY WEIGHT OF THE PRODUCT, THE LINKING HYDROPHILIC CHAINS TOGETHER CONSTITUTING 31% TO 35% BY WEIGHT OF THE PRODUCT, THE INTRINSIC VISCOSITY OF THE PRODUCT BEING FROM ABOUT 0.06 TO 0.09 AND THE MOLECULAR WEIGHT OF THE PRODUCT BEING FROM ABOUT 3000 TO 5000.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 187 words
A RINSE ADDITIVE COMPOSITION USEFUL IN MACHINE DISHWASHING CONSISTING ESSENTIALLY OF A LOW-FOAMING, SYNTHETIC ORGANIC POLYETHENOXY NONIONIC SURFACE ACTIVE AGENT OTHERWISE USEFUL AS A MACHINE DISHWASHING RINSE ADDITIVE AT CONCENTRATIONS THROUGHOUT THE RANGE OF 50 TO 250 PARTS PER MILLION OF RINSE WATER AND A SMALL AMOUNT SUFFICIENT TO MAINTAIN WASH PRESSURE DURING THE SUCCEEDING WASH CYCLE OF A POLYOXYALKYLENE GLYCOL MIXTURE CONSISTING OF A PRODUCT WHICH STATISTICALLY REPRESENTED HAS A PLURALITY OF ALTERNATING HYDROPHOBIC AND HYDROPHILIC POLYOXYALKYLENE CHAINS, THE HYDROPHILIC CHAINS CONSISTING OF OXYETHYLENE RADICALS LINKED ONE TO THE OTHER AND THE HYDROPHOBIC CHAINS CONSISTING OF OXYPROPYLENE RADICALS LINKED ONE TO THE OTHER, SAID STATISTICALLY REPRESENTED PRODUCT HAVING FIVE SUCH CHAINS COMPRISING THREE HYDROPHOBIC CHAINS LINKED BY TWO HYDROPHILIC CHAINS, THE CENTRAL HYDROPHOBIC CHAIN CONSTITUTING 30% TO 43% BY WEIGHT OF THE PRODUCT, THE TERMINAL HYDROPHOBIC CHAINS TOGETHER CONSTITUTING 31% TO 35% BY WEIGHT OF THE PRODUCT, THE LINKING HYDROPHILIC CHAINS TOGETHER CONSTITUTING 31% TO 35% BY WEIGHT OF THE PRODUCT, THE INTRINSIC VISCOSITY OF THE PRODUCT BEING FROM ABOUT 0.06 TO 0.09 AND THE MOLECULAR WEIGHT OF THE PRODUCT BEING FROM ABOUT 3000 TO 5000.

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