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Method for the production of a suds-stabilized silicone-containing detergent
Assignee: Henkel AG and Co KGaA
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Filing: 1982-06-09
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Granted: 1983-12-06
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Expires: 2002-06-09
Abstract
Abstract In the production of a spray-dried detergent containing a silicone/silica mixture as an antifoaming agent, the aqueous silicone-free detergent slurry (A) is combined in the range of the spray nozzle or in the pressure line leading to the spray nozzle under conditions whereby substantial mixing is avoided in order to avoid loss of the antifoaming action, with an aqueous dispersion (B) which contains the liquid antifoaming silicone agent, which is present in a particle size of from 0.5 to 40 μm, as well as a film-forming, high-molecular-weight polymer which is soluble or swellable in water, and which is suitable for the formation of microcapsules, preferably a cellulose ether. The microcapsules are formed during the combination of the mixture (A) with the dispersion (B) at the time of spraying, or in the dispersion itself, if electrolyte salts were added to the latter before spraying.
Inventors
- 👤 Herbert Reuter
- 👤 Herbert Saran, deceased
- 👤 Martin Witthaus
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-29 13:09
CPC Classifications
C; C11; C11D; C11D3/00; C11D3/16; C11D3/37; C11D3/3703; C11D3/373; C11D11/00; C11D11/02; C11D3/0005; C11D3/0026; C11D3/20; C11D3/22; C11D3/222; C11D3/225
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 16
Claim 1
Independent Claim
119 words
A method for the production of a suds-stabilized silicone-containing detergent by the spray-drying of an aqueous slurry mixture with a content of: (A) customary tensides, builder salts and other detergent components which are stable under spray-drying conditions, and (B) suds-stabilizing silicones which method comprises jointly passing an aqueous slurry mixture containing components (A) and a separately produced aqueous dispersion containing suds-stabilizing silicones (B), and a film-forming, high-molecular-weight polymer, which is soluble or swellable in water, in an amount sufficient for the formation of microcapsules, said suds-stabilizing silicones being present in said aqueous dispersion in a particle size of from 0.5 μm to 40 μm, through a spray nozzle into an air-heated fall space and recovering said suds-stabilized silicone-containing detergent.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
119 words
A method for the production of a suds-stabilized silicone-containing detergent by the spray-drying of an aqueous slurry mixture with a content of: (A) customary tensides, builder salts and other detergent components which are stable under spray-drying conditions, and (B) suds-stabilizing silicones which method comprises jointly passing an aqueous slurry mixture containing components (A) and a separately produced aqueous dispersion containing suds-stabilizing silicones (B), and a film-forming, high-molecular-weight polymer, which is soluble or swellable in water, in an amount sufficient for the formation of microcapsules, said suds-stabilizing silicones being present in said aqueous dispersion in a particle size of from 0.5 μm to 40 μm, through a spray nozzle into an air-heated fall space and recovering said suds-stabilized silicone-containing detergent.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
46 words
The method of claim 1 wherein said aqueous slurry mixture containing the components (A) and said separately produced aqueous dispersion containing the component (B) are combined with each other in an area which comprises the spray nozzles and the high-pressure line leading to the spray nozzles.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
44 words
The method of claim 1 or 2 wherein said aqueous slurry mixture containing the components (A) and said separately produced aqueous dispersion containing the components (B) are fed separately to one of the two feed lines of a binary nozzle and are sprayed jointly.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
42 words
The method of claim 1 or 2 wherein said aqueous slurry mixture containing the components (A) and said separately produced aqueous dispersion containing the the components (B) are combined in the pressure line leading to the spray nozzles and are sprayed jointly.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
30 words
The method of claim 1 or 2 wherein the weight ratio of silicone to film-forming, high-molecular-weight polymer in said aqueous dispersion containing the components (B) is from 10:1 to 2:1.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
14 words
The method of claim 5 wherein said weight ratio is from 6:1 to 3:1.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
39 words
The method of claim 1 or 2 wherein the amount of silicone is from 2% to 25% by weight and the amount of film-forming, high-molecular-weight polymer is from 0.2% to 10% in said aqueous dispersion containing the components (B).
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
31 words
The method of claim 7 wherein the amount of said silicone is from 5% to 20% by weight and the amount of said polymer is from 1% to 5% by weight.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
18 words
The method of claim 1 or 2 wherein said film-forming, high-molecular-weight polymer is at least one cellulose ether.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
23 words
The method of claim 9 wherein said cellulose ether is selected from the group consisting of carboxymethyl cellulose, methyl cellulose and mixtures thereof.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
28 words
The method of claim 1 or 2 wherein said suds-stabilizing silicones are present in said aqueous dispersion in a particle size of from 1 μm to 20 μm.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
40 words
The method of claim 1 or 2 wherein said aqueous dispersion containing the components (B) has a further content of from 1% up to 25% by weight of an electrolyte salt which was added after said particle size was attained.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
37 words
The method of claim 12 wherein said electrolyte is present in an amount of from 5% to 20% by weight and is selected from the group consisting of sodium sulfates, sodium phosphates, sodium polyphosphates and mixtures thereof.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
27 words
The method of claim 1 or 2 wherein said suds-stabilized silicone-containing detergent contains from 0.02% to 0.4% by weight in the spray-dried detergent of said suds-stabilizing silicones.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
27 words
The method of claim 1 or 2 wherein said suds-stabilized silicone-containing detergent contains from 0.05% to 0.2% by weight in the spray-dried detergent of said suds-stabilizing silicones.
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