Wax-containing liquid detergent

Claim 1

A PROCESS FOR PREPARING A DETERGENT COMPOSITION IN THE FORM OF A SUBSTANTIALLY STABLE, HOMOGENEOUS, POURABLE LIQUID WHICH COMPRISES FORMING A STABLE LIQUID DISPERSION OF ABOUT 1 TO 18% CASTOR WAX AND 1 TO 25% ALKALI METAL HIGHER ALKYL BENZNE SULFONATE DETERGENT SALT HAVING 8 TO 18 CARBONS IN THE ALKYL GROUP IN WATER BY ADMIXING SAID CASTOR WAX IN PARTICULATE FORM WITH WATER IN THE PRESENCE OF SAID DETERGENT WITH AGITATION AT A TEMPERATURE ABOVE 160*F. AND SUFFICIENT TO MELT THE SAID CASTOR WAX AND FORM A HOMOGENOUS LIQUID MIXTURE AND SLOWLY COOLING SAID MIXTURE WITH AGITATION AT A RATE NOT SUBSTANTIALLY IN EXCESS OF 5*F. PER MINUTE THROUGH A TRANSITION TEMPERATURE BELOW 160*F. UNTIL A CRITICAL STAGE OF EMULSION FORMATION HAS PASSED, ADMIXING SAID DISPERSION WITH ALKALI METAL POLYPHOSPHATE AND ADDITIONAL WATER-SOLUBLE DETERGENT SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF THE WATER-SOLUBLE ANIONIC ORGANIC SULFONATED AND SULFATED DETERGENTS IN WATER AT A TEMPERATURE BELOW 160*F. WHILE MAINTAINING SAID WAX IN FINE SUSPENSION, SAID INGREDIENTS BEING PROPORTIONED TO FORM A HOMOGENEOUS, POURABLE PRODUCT CONSISTING ESSENTIALLY OF ABOUT 5 TO 30% OF WATER-SOLUBLE SULFONATED DETERGENT, 5 TO 30% OF SAID POLYPHOSPHATE AND 0.1 TO 1% OF CASTOR WAX, BY WEIGHT OF THE PRODUCT.