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Concentrated fabric softening compositions

Assignee: Procter and Gamble Co
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Filing: 1981-11-17
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Granted: 1984-03-27
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Expires: 2001-11-17
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Abstract

Abstract An aqueous concentrated cationic fabric softening composition wherein the cationic softener system comprises a binary mixture of a mono nitrogen quaternary ammonium cationic softener salt and a second cationic softener salt selected from certain di(2-amidoethyl)methyl quaternary ammonium salts and imidazolinium salts.

Inventors

  • 👤 Michael E. Burns

Bibliographic Details

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CPC Classifications
C; C11; C11D; C11D3/00; C11D3/0005; C11D3/001; C11D3/0015; C11D1/00; C11D1/38; C11D1/645; D; D06; D06M; D06M13/00; D06M13/322; D06M13/46; D06M13/461; D06M13/463; D06M2200/00; D06M2200/50

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 15
Claim 1
Independent Claim 361 words
Concentrated aqueous fabric softener compositions which are pourable at 40° F., the said compositions comprising: A. from 8% to about 12.5% of a mono nitrogen quaternary ammonium cationic softener salt having the formula ##STR10## wherein R 1 and R 2 can be the same or different from each other and are selected from the group consisting of C 14 to C 20 alkyl and alkenyl groups, R 3 and R 4 can be the same or different and are selected from the group consisting of C 1 to C 3 alkyl or --(C n H 2n O) x H groups wherein n is 2 or 3, x is from 1 to about 3, and wherein X - is an anion selected from halide, methylsulfate or ethylsulfate; B. from about 5% to about 18% of a second cationic softener salt selected from the group consisting of ##STR11## wherein R 5 and R 6 are the same or different from each other and are selected from the group consisting of C 14 to C 20 alkyl and alkenyl groups, wherein R 7 is selected from the group consisting of H, methyl, ethyl and (C n H 2n O) x H wherein n is 2 or 3 and x is from 1 to about 5 and wherein X - is selected from halide, ethylsulfate or methylsulfate; ##STR12## wherein R 8 and R 9 are the same or different from each other and are selected from the group consisting of C 14 to C 20 alkyl and alkenyl groups, wherein X - is halide, ethylsulfate or methylsulfate; ##STR13## wherein R 10 and R 11 can be the same or different from each other and are selected from the group consisting of C 14 to C 20 alkyl and alkenyl and X - is halide, methylsulfate or ethylsulfate; C. from about 0.05% to 0.6% of an inorganic water-soluble ionizable salt; and D. water; wherein the total amount of Components A+B is from about 15% to about 23%, wherein there is unsaturation present on at least one of Components A or B such that the cationic active system has an Iodine Value of at least about 5.7.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 361 words
Concentrated aqueous fabric softener compositions which are pourable at 40° F., the said compositions comprising: A. from 8% to about 12.5% of a mono nitrogen quaternary ammonium cationic softener salt having the formula ##STR10## wherein R 1 and R 2 can be the same or different from each other and are selected from the group consisting of C 14 to C 20 alkyl and alkenyl groups, R 3 and R 4 can be the same or different and are selected from the group consisting of C 1 to C 3 alkyl or --(C n H 2n O) x H groups wherein n is 2 or 3, x is from 1 to about 3, and wherein X - is an anion selected from halide, methylsulfate or ethylsulfate; B. from about 5% to about 18% of a second cationic softener salt selected from the group consisting of ##STR11## wherein R 5 and R 6 are the same or different from each other and are selected from the group consisting of C 14 to C 20 alkyl and alkenyl groups, wherein R 7 is selected from the group consisting of H, methyl, ethyl and (C n H 2n O) x H wherein n is 2 or 3 and x is from 1 to about 5 and wherein X - is selected from halide, ethylsulfate or methylsulfate; ##STR12## wherein R 8 and R 9 are the same or different from each other and are selected from the group consisting of C 14 to C 20 alkyl and alkenyl groups, wherein X - is halide, ethylsulfate or methylsulfate; ##STR13## wherein R 10 and R 11 can be the same or different from each other and are selected from the group consisting of C 14 to C 20 alkyl and alkenyl and X - is halide, methylsulfate or ethylsulfate; C. from about 0.05% to 0.6% of an inorganic water-soluble ionizable salt; and D. water; wherein the total amount of Components A+B is from about 15% to about 23%, wherein there is unsaturation present on at least one of Components A or B such that the cationic active system has an Iodine Value of at least about 5.7.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 14 words
The composition of claim 1 wherein the Iodine Value is at least about 7.7.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 23 words
The composition of claim 2 wherein Component A is present in the composition at a level of from about 8% to about 10%.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 33 words
The composition of claim 3 wherein R 1 and R 2 are C 14 to C 20 alkyl groups and R 3 and R 4 are C 1 to C 3 alkyl groups.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 46 words
The composition of claim 4 wherein Component B is B.(1) and is present in the composition at a level of from about 8% to about 12%, wherein R 7 is --(C 2 H 4 O) x H and wherein x is from 1 to about 5.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim 19 words
The composition of claim 5 wherein the Iodine Value of Components A+B is from about 10.5 to about 34.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim 12 words
The composition of claim 6 wherein Component A is dihydrogenatedtallowdimethyl ammonium chloride.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim 21 words
The composition of claim 7 wherein Component B is di(2-tallowamidoethyl) ethoxylated methyl ammonium methylsulfate and wherein Component C is calcium chloride.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim 20 words
The composition of claim 8 wherein Component A and Component B are each present at a level of about 10%.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim 26 words
The composition of claim 4 wherein Component B is B.(2) and is present in the composition at a level of from about 8% to about 12%.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim 19 words
The composition of claim 10 wherein the Iodine Value of Components A+B is from about 10.5 to about 34.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim 12 words
The composition of claim 11 wherein Component A is dihydrogenatedtallowdimethyl ammonium chloride.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim 18 words
The composition of claim 12 wherein Component B is 1-methyl-1-tallowamidoethyl-2-tallowimidazolinium methylsulfate and wherein Component C is calcium chloride.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim 20 words
The composition of claim 13 wherein Component A and Component B are each present at a level of about 10%.

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