US4236935A
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Method for removing organic acid soil from surfaces
Assignee: Reckitt and Colman Subsidiary Corp
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Filing: 1979-09-28
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Granted: 1980-12-02
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Expires: 1999-09-28
Abstract
Abstract Soils containing free or combined organic acids are removed from surfaces, such as oven surfaces, by contacting the soil at a temperature of 250°-550° F. with a weakly alkaline composition comprising (A) at least one polyhydric alchol or a lower aliphatic ether or ester thereof having at least 2 free hydroxy groups, (B) 1.0 to 500% by weight of at least one alkali metal bicarbonate based on the weight of the polyhydric alcohol and (C) 5.0 to 1000% by weight of at least one alkali metal salt of a weak organic acid based on the weight of the polyhydric alcohol, and then removing soil residue.
Inventors
- 👤 Daniel Schoenholz
- 👤 Arthur W. Petersen
- 👤 Marcus A. Northup, Jr.
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-24 19:34
CPC Classifications
C; C11; C11D; C11D3/00; C11D3/43; C11D3/0005; C11D3/0057; C11D3/02; C11D3/04; C11D3/10; C11D3/16; C11D3/20; C11D3/2003; C11D3/2041; C11D3/2065; C11D3/2075; C11D3/2093; C11D3/22; C11D3/221
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 9
Claim 1
Independent Claim
117 words
A method for the removal of soil containing free or combined organic acids from surfaces comprising applying to soil containing free or combined organic acids an effective amount of a composition comprising (A) at least one polyhydric alcohol or a lower aliphatic ether or ester thereof having at least 2 free hydroxy groups, (B) 1.0 to 500% by weight of at least one alkali metal bicarbonate based on the weight of the polyhydric alcohol and (C) 5.0 to 1000% by weight of at least one alkali metal salt of a weak organic acid based on the weight of the polyhydric alcohol, heating the composition to a temperature of 250° to 550° F. and removing the soil residue.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
117 words
A method for the removal of soil containing free or combined organic acids from surfaces comprising applying to soil containing free or combined organic acids an effective amount of a composition comprising (A) at least one polyhydric alcohol or a lower aliphatic ether or ester thereof having at least 2 free hydroxy groups, (B) 1.0 to 500% by weight of at least one alkali metal bicarbonate based on the weight of the polyhydric alcohol and (C) 5.0 to 1000% by weight of at least one alkali metal salt of a weak organic acid based on the weight of the polyhydric alcohol, heating the composition to a temperature of 250° to 550° F. and removing the soil residue.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
28 words
The method of claim 1 wherein the alkali metal salt of the weak organic acid is a mixture of at least 2 alkali metal salts of acetic acid.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
21 words
The method of claim 1 wherein the alkali metal salt(s) is an eutectic mixture of the sodium, potassium and lithium acetates.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
30 words
The method of claim 2 wherein there is also present in the composition a member selected from the group consisting of an alkali metal glycolate and an alkali metal glycinate.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
55 words
The method of claim 1 wherein the polyhydric alcohol is selected from the group consisting of ethylene glycol, diethylene glycol, triethylene glycol, glycerol, diglycerol, triglycerol, pentaerythritol, sorbitol, mannitol, inositol, trimethylol propane, trimethylol ethane, and partial esters of polyols having at least 2 free hydroxyl group and aliphatic carboxylic acids of 1 to 7 carbon atoms.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
13 words
The method of claim 1 wherein the temperature is 300° to 350° F.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
32 words
The method of claim 1 wherein the weak organic acid is at least one member selected from the group consisting of aliphatic and alicyclic carboxylic acids of one to 10 carbon atoms.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
13 words
The method of claim 1 wherein the polyhydric alcohol is mannitol or sorbitol.
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