Cleaning composition

Claim 2

An aqueous liquid dishwashing composition comprising: (a) 1 to 40%, by weight of said composition of a secondary C 8 -C 24 alkyl sulphonate or a secondary C 8 -C 24 alkyl sulphate; (b) 1 to 40% by weight of said composition of a C 8 -C 24 alkylethersulphate having 1 to 10 alkylene oxide groups, or a nonionic detergent active compound; and (c) 0.25 to 5.0% by weight of soluble casein.

Claim 3

A dishwashing composition according to claim 1, wherein said casein is sodium caseinate.

Claim 4

A dishwashing composition according to claim 1, wherein component (a) is present at a level of 5 to 40% by weight; component (b) is present at a level of 1 to 20% by weight; and component (c) is present at a level of 1 to 3% by weight.

Claim 5

A dishwashing composition acccording to claim 1, wherein the ratio of component (a) to component (b) is from 5:1 to 1:2.

Claim 6

A dishwashing composition according to claim 1 wherein the ratio of component (a) to component (b) is from 4:1 to 1:1.

Claim 7

A dishwashing composition according to claim 1, wherein said secondary alkyl sulphonate or sulphate has an alkyl chain of 12 to 18 carbon atoms.

Claim 8

A dishwashing composition according to claim 1, wherein said alkylethersulphate is derived from a primary C 12 -C 18 alcohol condensed with 1 to 5 moles of ethylene oxide.

Claim 9

A dishwashing composition according to claim 1, wherein said nonionic detergent-active compound is an amine oxide having the general formula R R 1 R 2 N → 0, wherein R is a straight or branched chain aliphatic hydrocarbon radical, which may be saturated or unsaturated, having 8 to 20 carbon atoms, and R 1 and R 2 are methyl, ethyl, hydroxy-methyl, or hydroxyethyl groups.

Claim 10

A dishwashing composition according to claim 1, further comprising an organo-phosphorus compound of the general formula R--(EO) n --(0) m --PO 3 X 2 , wherein R is a straight or branched chain alkyl having 8 to 18 carbon atoms or a phenylalkyl hydrocarbon chain wherein the alkyl group has 10 to 18 carbon atoms; (e0) is an ethylene oxide or propylene oxide group; n is a number from 0 to 10; m = 0 to 1 and X is hydrogen or an alkali metal, ammonium or substituted ammonium cation; in an amount of about 0.5 to 5% by weight based on the total composition.

Claim 11

A dishwashing composition according to claim 9, wherein said organo-phosphorus compound is a phosphate ester having the general formula R(E0) n --OPO 3 X 2 , wherein R is a straight chain or branched chain hydrocarbon radical having 8 to 18 carbon atoms; (E0) is an ethylene oxide or propylene oxide group; n is a number of from 0 to 10; and X is hydrogen or an alkali metal, ammonium or substituted ammonium cation.

Claim 12

A dishwashing composition according to claim 9, wherein said phosphate ester has R containing 11 to 15 carbon atoms; n is between 3 and 7; and C is a sodium cation.

Claim 13

An Aqueous liquid dishwashing composition comprising: (a) 1 to 40% by weight of said composition of a secondary C 8 -C 24 alkyl sodium sulphonate; (b) 1 to 40% by weight of said composition of a sodium C 8 -C 24 alkylethersulphate, having 1 to 10 alkylene oxide groups, or a nonionic detergent active compound; (c) 0.25 to 5.0% by weight of said compound of soluble casein; and (d) 0.5 to 5.0% by weight of said composition of a phosphate ester having the general formula R(E0) n --OPO 3 X, wherein R is a straight or branched chain hydrocarbon radical having 11 to 15 carbon atoms; (EO) is an ethylene or propylene oxide group; n is a number from 3 to 7; and X is hydrogen, or an alkali metal, ammonium or substituted ammonium cation.

Claim 14

An Aqueous liquid dishwashing composition comprising: (a) 1 to 40% by weight of said composition of a secondary C 8 -C 24 alkyl sodium sulphonate; (b) 1 to 40% by weight of said composition of a sodium C 8 -C 24 alkylethersulphate, having 1 to 10 alkylene oxide groups, or a nonionic detergent active compound; (c) 0.25 to 5.0% by weight of said compound of soluble casein; and (d) 0.5 to 5.0% by weight of said composition of a phosphate ester having the general formula R(E0) n --OPO 3 X, wherein R is a straight or branched chain hydrocarbon radical having 11 to 15 carbon atoms; (EO) is an ethylene or propylene oxide group; n is a number from 3 to 7; and X is hydrogen, or an alkali metal, ammonium or substituted ammonium cation.