Organic hypochlorous acid derivatives and a process for their manufacture

Claim 1

A PROCESS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF ORGANIC HYPOCHLORUS ACID DERIVATIVES WHICH COMPRISES HEATING TO A TEMPERATURE BETWEEN ABOUT 125 AND 250*F. A MIXTURE HAVING A PARTICLE SIZE BELOW ABOUT 20 MESH, ESSENTIALLY CONSISTING OF ABOUT 2-40% BY WEIGHT OF A CALCIUM HYPOCHLORITE COMPONENT, ABOUT 2-25% BY WEIGHT OF A WETTING AGENT SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF ALKALI, ALKALINE EARTH AND MAGNESIUM ALKYL-, ALKARYL-, AND ARYL SULPHONATES AND SULPHATES HAVING AT LEAST 6 CARBON ATOMS, ABOUT 1-40% BY WEIGHT OF A NON-TOXIC SOLID ACID COMPOUND CAPABLE OF COMBINING WITH THE CALCIUM OF SAID HYPOCHLORITE, AND SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF ALKALI METAL ACID SULPHATES, ALKALI METAL ACID PHOSPHATES, ALKALI METAL ACID PYROPHOSPHATES, ALKALI METAL CARBOXYLIC ACID SALTS IN WHICH THE NUMBER OF METALLIC IONS IS AT ELAST ONE LESS THAN THE NUMBER OF CARBOXYLIC GROUPS, ALKALI METAL HYDROCARBON SULFONATES, AND ALKALI METAL SULPHATES OF LONG-CHAIN ALCOHOLS, AND ABOUT 5-45% BY WEIGHT OF AN INERT SUBSTANTIALLY ANHYDROUS SALT SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF ALKALI, ALKALINE EARTH, AND MAGNESIUM SALTS IN A SUBSTANTIALLY ANHYDROUS ATMOSPHERE.