Stable dishwashing agent compositions containing active chlorine

Claim 1

A stable, alkaline, granulated dishwashing agent composition containing active chlorine and alkali metal hydroxide for use in mechanical dishwashers consisting essentially of an admixture of: (a) from 1% to 30% by weight of finely divided trichloroisocyanuric acid in the form of granulates or prills having particles of which more than 84% by weight pass through a screen with an inside mesh diameter of 1.6 mm and more than 90% by weight are retained by a screen with the inside mesh diameter of 0.2 mm and having a degree of purity of ≧99% as determined by laser-Raman spectroscopy, (b) from 10% to 40% by weight of granulated alkali metal hydroxide having particles of which more than 80% by weight pass through a screen with an inside mesh diameter of 1.6 mm and less than 10% by weight pass through a screen with an inside mesh diameter of 0.2 mm, (c) from 5% to 60% by weight of builders selected from the group consisting of alkali metal polyphosphates and mixtures of said polyphosphates with up to 60% by weight of the builders of synthetic, water-insoluble alkali metal aluminosilicates having a calcium binding capacity of between 50 and 200 mg CaO/gm of anhydrous inorganic active substance, (d) from 5% to 50% by weight of alkali metal silicates, (e) from 2% to 50% by weight of alkali metal carbonates, or sulfates, and (f) from 0 to 5% by weight of nonionic surface-active compounds.