Builders for detergent compositions based on carboxylated bicyclic compounds

Claim 2

DETERGENT COMPOSITION IN SUBSTANTIALLY DRY FORM CONSISTING ESSENTIALLY OF AN ORGANIC DETERGENT SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF ANIONIC, CATIONIC, NONIONIC AND AMPHOTERIC SURFACE ACTIVE COMPOUNDS, A FILLER SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF SODIUM SULFATE AND SODIUM CARBONATE AND, IN COMBINATION THEREWITH AS A BUILDER, A COMPOUND SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF

Claim 3

The detergent composition of claim 1, wherein the proportion of builder ranges from 20 to 60% based on the weight of total detergent composition solids.

Claim 4

The detergent composition of claim 1 wherein there is also present, in a proportion up to 55% based on the weight of total detergent composition solids, a supplemental builder selected from the group consisting of alkali metal polyphosphates and aminopolycarboxylic acids and salts, and mixtures thereof.

Claim 5

The detergent composition of claim 1, wherein said builder is the sodium salt of 7-oxabicyclo(2.2.1)hept-5-ene-2,3-dicarboxylic acid.

Claim 6

A detergent composition in a substantially dry form consisting essentially of an organic detergent selected from the group consisting of anionic, cationic, non-ionic and amphoteric surface active compounds, a water-soluble alkali metal silicate and, in combination therewith as a builder, a compound selected from the group consisting of

Claim 7

A detergent composition in a substantially dry form consisting essentially of an organic detergent selected from the group consisting of anionic, cationic, non-ionic and amphoteric surface active compounds, a water-soluble alkali metal silicate and, in combination therewith as a builder, a compound selected from the group consisting of

Claim 8

A process for removing soil from a fabric which comprises washing said fabric in an aqueous medium having a pH of about 8 to 13 containing from about 0.05 to 0.25%, based on the weight of wash water, of a detergent composition consisting essentially of a synthetic organic detergent selected from the group consisting of anionic, cationic, non-ionic and amphoteric surface active compounds and, in solution therewith as a builder, a compound selected from the group consisting of

Claim 9

A process for removing soil from a fabric which comprises washing said fabric in an aqueous medium having a pH of about 8 to 13 containing from about 0.05 to 0.25%, based on the weight of wash water, of a detergent composition consisting essentially of a synthetic organic detergent selected from the group consisting of anionic, cationic, non-ionic and amphoteric surface active compounds and, in solution therewith as a builder, a compound selected from the group consisting of

Claim 10

The process of claim 6, wherein the proportion of builder ranges from 20 to 60% based on the weight of total detergent composition solids.

Claim 11

The process of claim 7, wherein there is present, in a proportion up to 55% based on the weight of total detergent composition solids, a supplemental builder selected from the group consisting of alkali metal polyphosphates and aminopolycarboxylic acids and salts, and mixtures thereof.

Claim 12

The prOcess of claim 7, wherein there is also present, in a proportion of from 2 to 12%, a water-soluble alkali metal silicate and, in a proportion up to about 45%, a filler selected from sodium sulfate and sodium carbonate, each proportion being based on the weight of total detergent composition solids.