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High foaming liquid shampoo composition

Assignee: BASF Corp
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Filing: 1981-08-10
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Granted: 1985-10-01
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Expires: 2001-08-10
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Abstract

Abstract A shampoo composition containing a polyoxybutylene-polyoxyethylene nonionic surfactant has unexpectedly high viscosity and high foam.

Inventors

  • 👤 Irving R. Schmolka

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-11-02 19:40
CPC Classifications
A; A61; A61Q; A61Q5/00; A61Q5/02; A61K; A61K8/00; A61K8/18; A61K8/30; A61K8/40; A61K8/44; A61K8/442; A61K8/72; A61K8/90; C; C11; C11D; C11D1/00; C11D1/88; C11D1/94; C11D1/945; A61K2800/00; A61K2800/40; A61K2800/59; A61K2800/596

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 4
Claim 1
Independent Claim 199 words
A high foaming liquid shampoo comprising 2 to 25 percent by weight of a nonionic surfactant, 0.01 to 8 percent by weight of an acid suitable for use in shampoos, 0.01 to 8 percent by weight of a foam boosting and foam stabilizing agent, 2 to 40 percent by weight of an amphoteric surfactant, 0.01 to 8 percent by weight of an additional thickening agent and 30 to 80 percent by weight of water, the nonionic surfactant being a cogeneric mixture of conjugated polyoxybutylene-polyoxyethylene compounds containing in their structure oxybutylene groups, oxyethylene groups and an organic radical derived from a water-soluble organic compound containing a plurality of reactive hydrogen atoms and 2 to 12 carbon atoms; the compounds being characterized in that all of the oxybutylene groups are present in polyoxybutylene chains that are attached to the organic radical at the site of a reactive hydrogen atom thereby constituting a polyoxybutylene polymer; the oxyethylene groups being attached to the polyoxybutylene polymer in polyoxyethylene chains, the average molecular weight of the polyoxybutylene polymers in the mixture being at least 500, as determined by hydroxyl number, and the oxyethylene groups present constituting 65 to 80 percent, by weight, of the mixture.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 199 words
A high foaming liquid shampoo comprising 2 to 25 percent by weight of a nonionic surfactant, 0.01 to 8 percent by weight of an acid suitable for use in shampoos, 0.01 to 8 percent by weight of a foam boosting and foam stabilizing agent, 2 to 40 percent by weight of an amphoteric surfactant, 0.01 to 8 percent by weight of an additional thickening agent and 30 to 80 percent by weight of water, the nonionic surfactant being a cogeneric mixture of conjugated polyoxybutylene-polyoxyethylene compounds containing in their structure oxybutylene groups, oxyethylene groups and an organic radical derived from a water-soluble organic compound containing a plurality of reactive hydrogen atoms and 2 to 12 carbon atoms; the compounds being characterized in that all of the oxybutylene groups are present in polyoxybutylene chains that are attached to the organic radical at the site of a reactive hydrogen atom thereby constituting a polyoxybutylene polymer; the oxyethylene groups being attached to the polyoxybutylene polymer in polyoxyethylene chains, the average molecular weight of the polyoxybutylene polymers in the mixture being at least 500, as determined by hydroxyl number, and the oxyethylene groups present constituting 65 to 80 percent, by weight, of the mixture.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 28 words
The shampoo of claim 1 wherein the polyoxybutylene polymer molecular weight is about 1200 and the oxyethylene groups present constitute about 70 percent by weight of the mixture.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 28 words
The shampoo of claim 1 wherein the polyoxybutylene polymer molecular weight is about 1200 and the oxybutylene groups present constitute about 80 percent by weight of the mixture.

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