Liquid detergent composition

Claim 1

AN AQUEOUS LIQUID DETERGENT COMPOSITION WHICH CONSISTS ESSENTIALLYH OF ABOUT 5 TO 30% BY WEIGHT OF A WATERSOLUBLE ANIONIC ORGANIC SULFONATED DETERGENT, ABOUT 10 TO 30% BY WEIGHT OF A WATER-SOLUBLE ALKALINE INORGANIC BUILDER SALT SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF ALKALI METAL POLYPHOSPHATES AND ALKALI METAL SILICATES, ABOUT 4 TO 12% BY WEIGHT OF WATER-SOLUBLE ORGANIC HYDROTROPIC SALT SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF ALKALI METAL ALKYL SUBSTITUTED BENZENE SULFONATES HAVING UP TO 3 CARBON ATOMS IN SAID ALKYL SUBSTITUENT AND ALKYL SULFATES HAVING 5 TO 6 CARBON ATOMS IN THE ALKYL GROUP, ABOUT 0.1 TO 5% BY WEIGHT OF A MIXTURE OF (A) WATER-SOLUBLE ALKALI METAL CARBOXYMETHYLCELLULOSE SALT NORMALLY TENDING TO SEPARATE FROM AN AQUEOUS MIXTURE OF SAID DETERGENT SALT AND SAID BUILDER SALT IN SAID PROPORTIONS, AND (B) A WATERSOLUBLE POLYVINYL COMPOUND SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF POLYVINYL ALCOHOL HAVING A VISCOSITY FROM THE RANGE OF ABOUT 1.8 TO 65 CENTIPOISES IN A 4% AQUEOUS SOLUTION WITH A POLYVINYL ACETATE CONTENT FROM 10 TO ABOUT 30% AND POLYVINYLPYRROLIDONE HAVING AN AVERAGE MOLECULAR WEIGHT IN THE RANGE OF 15,000 TO 100,000, SAID POLYVINYL COMPOUND NORMALLY TENDING TO SEPARATE FROM AN AQUEOUS MIXTURE OF SAID DETERGENT AND SAID BUILDER SALT IN SAID PROPORTIONS, THE RATIO OF SAID CARBOXYMETHYLCELLULOSE TO SAID POLYVINYL COMPOUND BEING FROM ABOUT 20:1 TO ABOUT 1:20 BY WEIGHT AND EFFECTIVE TO INHIBIT THE SEPARATION OF ONE ANOTHER FROM SAID AQUEOUS MIXTURE, AND THE BALANCE BEING WATER SUFFICIENT TO FORM A POURABLE, SUBSTANTIALLY HOMOGENOUS LIQUID, THE TOTAL SOLIDS CONTENT BEING LESS THAN ABOUT 65% BY WEIGHT OF THE COMPOSITION.