Built liquid detergent

Claim 1

An aqueous built liquid detergent composition comprising: (a) 3 to 12 weight percent of an anionic detergent consisting of a potassium alkylbenzenesulphonate, wherein the alkyl chain of said alkylbenzenesulphonate is a 10 to 18 carbon atom, branched or straight, alkyl chain; (b) 2 to 8 weight percent of a soap consisting of a potassium salt of a fatty acid, derived from an 8 to 22 carbon atom, saturated or unsaturated, fatty acid or polymer thereof; (c) 0.5 to 5 weight percent of a nonionic detergent consisting of an ethylene oxide or propylene oxide condensation product of an organic hydrophobic radical; (d) 0.1 to 2 weight percent of a copolymer consisting of the copolymer of maleic anhydride with a compound selected from the group consisting of vinyl methyl ether, ethylene, and styrene, said copolymer having a specific viscosity of 0.1 to 4.5 measured as a one percent weight/volume solution of said copolymer in methylethylketone at 25° C.; and (e) 1 to 25 percent of a mixture of sodium tripolyphosphate and tetrapotassium pyrophosphate, said mixture comprising 20 to 65 percent by weight, calculated on said mixture, of tetrapotassium pyrophosphate; and wherein said copolymer has been partially esterified with said nonionic and subsequently neutralized, the ratio of the copolymer to nonionic to obtain the partially esterified copolymer ranging from 50:1 to 1:2.5.