US4539145A
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Outside window cleaner containing polyvinyl alcohol and amine-containing polymer
Assignee: Clorox Co
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Filing: 1983-09-15
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Granted: 1985-09-03
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Expires: 2003-09-15
Abstract
Abstract An outside window cleaner comprising mixtures of one or more polyvinyl alcohols with water, or preferably, polyvinyl alcohol, a cationic polymer, such as trimethylol melamine, and water, alters or modifies window or other hard surfaces such that water drains off in uniform sheets, leaving virtually no residue or spots caused from the deposition of dirt, cleaning compositions or a combination of the two. In a further embodiment, a selected cationic or nonionic surfactant is added to the formula of this invention to improve detergency while retaining the uniform drainage advantage in rinsing.
Inventors
- 👤 Vincent E. Alvarez
- 👤 David L. Conkey
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-30 16:25
CPC Classifications
C; C11; C11D; C11D3/00; C11D3/16; C11D3/37; C11D3/3746; C11D3/3753
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 9
Claim 1
Independent Claim
141 words
A composition for cleaning and altering hard surfaces such that water used to rinse said hard surface drains off in uniform sheets without leaving significant residue or spotting after rinsing comprising: (a) No more than about 10% of at least one polyvinyl alcohol having average molecular weight of about 22,000 to 400,000; (b) At least 80.0% water; (c) About 0.0001 to 10.0% of a cationic or nonionic surfactant to add detergency to the composition without deleteriously affecting the sheeting action of rinse water from said hard surface; and (d) A polymer containing at least one primary or secondary amino functional group, said polymer being selected from the group consisting essentially of trimethylol melamine, dimethyl ethylene urea, triazone resins and dialdehydes, wherein said polymer of (d) and said polyvinyl alcohol of (a) are present in a ratio of about 15:1 to 1:15.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
141 words
A composition for cleaning and altering hard surfaces such that water used to rinse said hard surface drains off in uniform sheets without leaving significant residue or spotting after rinsing comprising: (a) No more than about 10% of at least one polyvinyl alcohol having average molecular weight of about 22,000 to 400,000; (b) At least 80.0% water; (c) About 0.0001 to 10.0% of a cationic or nonionic surfactant to add detergency to the composition without deleteriously affecting the sheeting action of rinse water from said hard surface; and (d) A polymer containing at least one primary or secondary amino functional group, said polymer being selected from the group consisting essentially of trimethylol melamine, dimethyl ethylene urea, triazone resins and dialdehydes, wherein said polymer of (d) and said polyvinyl alcohol of (a) are present in a ratio of about 15:1 to 1:15.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
22 words
The composition of claim 1 wherein (d) is the reaction product of melamine and formaldehyde in the presence of a mineral acid.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
101 words
The composition of claim 1 wherein (c) is at least one nonionic surfactant selected from the group consisting essentially of: ethoxylated or propoxylated primary or secondary alcohols averaging up to 20 carbon atoms and averaging 1 to 30 moles of ethylene or propylene oxide, or mixtures thereof, per mole of alcohol; alkyl phenoxy (ethyleneoxy) alcohols averaging up to 20 carbon atoms in the alkyl chain and averaging 1 to 30 moles of ethylene oxide; and block co-polymers of ethylene or propylene oxide condensed with bases formed by the condensation of propylene glycol and propylene oxide, or ethylene glycol and ethylene oxide.
Claim 5
Independent Claim
104 words
A method of cleaning hard surfaces without leaving significant residue or spotting after rinsing, comprising: applying to a hard surface a cleaning composition which comprises: (a) No more than about 10% of at least one polyvinyl alcohol having average molecular weight of about 22,000 to 400,000; (b) at least 80.0% water; and (c) a polymer containing at least one primary or secondary amine functional group, said polymer being selected from the group consisting essentially of trimethylol-melamine, dimethyl ethylene urea, triazone resins and dialdehydes, wherein said polyer of (c) and said polyvinyl alcohol of (a) are present in a ratio of about 15:1 to 1:15.
Claim 6
Independent Claim
104 words
A method of cleaning hard surfaces without leaving significant residue or spotting after rinsing, comprising: applying to a hard surface a cleaning composition which comprises: (a) No more than about 10% of at least one polyvinyl alcohol having average molecular weight of about 22,000 to 400,000; (b) at least 80.0% water; and (c) a polymer containing at least one primary or secondary amine functional group, said polymer being selected from the group consisting essentially of trimethylol-melamine, dimethyl ethylene urea, triazone resins and dialdehydes, wherein said polyer of (c) and said polyvinyl alcohol of (a) are present in a ratio of about 15:1 to 1:15.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
22 words
The method of claim 4 wherein (c) is the reaction product of melamine and formaldehyde in the presence of a mineral acid.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
19 words
The method of claim 4 wherein said cleaning composition further comprises (d) at least one nonionic or cationic surfactant.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
102 words
The method of claim 6 wherein (d) is at least one nonionic surfactant selected from the group consisting essentially of: ethoxylated or propoxylated primary or secondary alcohols averaging up to 20 carbon atoms and averaging 1 to 30 moles of ethylene or propylene oxide or a mixture thereof, per mole of alcohol; alkyl phenoxy, (ethyleneoxy) alcohols averaging up to 20 carbon atoms in the alkyl chain and averaging 1 to 30 moles of ethylene oxide; and block co-polymers of ethylene or propylene oxide condensed with bases formed by the condensation of propylene glycol and propylene oxide, or ethylene glycol and ethylene oxide.
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