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Liquid disinfectant laundry detergents
Assignee: STWB Inc
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Filing: 1984-07-24
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Granted: 1986-03-18
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Expires: 2004-07-24
Abstract
Abstract Stable liquid disinfectant laundry detergent compositions, having germicidal, cleaning, fabric brightening and anti-soil redeposition properties, contain a non-ionic surfactant, a cryptoanionic surfactant and a quaternary ammonium germicide and, optionally, minor amounts of other non-essential ingredients.
Inventors
- 👤 Leon E. Paszek
- 👤 Barbara Gebbia
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-05 04:31
CPC Classifications
C; C11; C11D; C11D3/00; C11D3/48; C11D1/00; C11D1/86; C11D3/0005; C11D3/001; C11D3/0036; C11D1/02; C11D1/04; C11D1/06; C11D1/38; C11D1/62; C11D1/66; C11D1/72
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 20
Claim 1
Independent Claim
227 words
A stable liquid laundry detergent concentrate composition, which in use has germicidal, fabric brightening, cleaning, and anti-soil redeposition properties, and composition consisting essentially of: (A) a non-ionic surfactant having the formulas: ##STR4## or a mixture thereof in which the C 9 H 19 group in the compounds of formula Ib is a mixture of branched-chain isomers, and x is an integer from 7 to 13; (B) a cryptoanionic surfactant having the formula: R--O--(C.sub.n H.sub.2n O).sub.m --R.sub.1 --COOM II where R is a long-chain, straight or branched, alkyl group containing from 8 to 18 carbon atoms, n is an integer from 2 to 4, m is an integer from 1 to 100, R 1 is CH 2 , CH 2 CH 2 or CH 2 CH 2 CH 2 and M is a sodium, potassium, lithium, ammonium, diethylammonium or triethylammonium cation; (C) a quaternary ammonium germicide having the formula: ##STR5## where R 2 and R 3 are the same or different C 8 -C 12 alkyl, or R 2 is C 12 -C 16 and R 3 is benzyl; and X - is halide; and (D) water, wherein, based on the total weight of A, B, C and D, components A, B and C comprise from 30 to 50 weight percent and wherein the ratio of A:B:C in said composition is in the range from 2:4:1 to 3.5:5:1.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
227 words
A stable liquid laundry detergent concentrate composition, which in use has germicidal, fabric brightening, cleaning, and anti-soil redeposition properties, and composition consisting essentially of: (A) a non-ionic surfactant having the formulas: ##STR4## or a mixture thereof in which the C 9 H 19 group in the compounds of formula Ib is a mixture of branched-chain isomers, and x is an integer from 7 to 13; (B) a cryptoanionic surfactant having the formula: R--O--(C.sub.n H.sub.2n O).sub.m --R.sub.1 --COOM II where R is a long-chain, straight or branched, alkyl group containing from 8 to 18 carbon atoms, n is an integer from 2 to 4, m is an integer from 1 to 100, R 1 is CH 2 , CH 2 CH 2 or CH 2 CH 2 CH 2 and M is a sodium, potassium, lithium, ammonium, diethylammonium or triethylammonium cation; (C) a quaternary ammonium germicide having the formula: ##STR5## where R 2 and R 3 are the same or different C 8 -C 12 alkyl, or R 2 is C 12 -C 16 and R 3 is benzyl; and X - is halide; and (D) water, wherein, based on the total weight of A, B, C and D, components A, B and C comprise from 30 to 50 weight percent and wherein the ratio of A:B:C in said composition is in the range from 2:4:1 to 3.5:5:1.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
28 words
A stable liquid laundry detergent concentrate composition according to claim 1 additionally comprising up to about 13 total weight percent of foam stabilizer/anti-irritant agents, brighteners, fragrances and dyes.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
10 words
A composition according to claim 1 where R is tridecyl.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
22 words
A composition according to claim 2 where R is tridecyl and wherein the foam stabilizer/anti-irritant agent comprises about 0.45% of dimethyl cocoamine-N-oxide.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
117 words
A composition according to claim 3 containing (A) about 10 weight percent of an ethoxylated nonyl and octyl phenol of formula Ia/Ib where x is 9-10; (B) about 20 weight percent of sodium trideceth-7-carboxylate of the formula C 13 H 27 O(CH 2 CH 2 O) 6 OCH 2 COONa and (C) about 5 weight percent of a quaternary ammonium germicide of formula III containing about 40 weight percent of an alkyl dimethyl benzylammonium chloride (50% C 14 , 40% C 12 and 10% C 16 alkyl); about 30.0 weight percent of octyl decyl dimethylammonium chloride; about 15 weight percent of dioctyl dimethylammonium chloride; and about 15 weight percent of didecyl dimethylammonium chloride, and the balance water.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
147 words
A composition according to claim 4 containing (A) about 10 weight percent of an ethoxylated nonyl and octyl phenol of formula Ia/Ib where x is 9-10; (B) about 20 weight percent of sodium trideceth-7-carboxylate of the formula C 13 H 27 O(CH 2 CH 2 O) 6 OCH 2 COONa; (C) about 4 weight percent of a quaternary ammonium germicide of formula III containing about 40 weight percent of an alkyl dimethyl benzylammonium chloride (50% C 14 , 40% C 12 , and 10% C 16 alkyl); about 30.0 weight percent of octyl decyl dimethylammonium chloride; about 15.0 weight percent of dioctyl dimethylammonium chloride; and about 15 weight percent of didecyl dimethylammonium chloride; and other ingredients comprising about 0.45 weight percent of dimethyl cocoamine-N-oxide, about 0.07 weight percent of a brightener, about 0.5 weight percent of a fragrance oil and about 0.002 weight percent of a dye.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
112 words
A composition according to claim 2 containing (A) about 18 weight percent of an ethoxylated nonyl and octyl phenol of formula Ia/Ib where x is 9-10; (B) about 21.5 weight percent of sodium trideceth-7-carboxylate of the formula C 13 H 27 O(CH 2 CH 2 O) 6 OCH 2 COONa; (C) about 5.6 weight percent of an alkyl dimethyl benzylammonium chloride (50% C 14 , 40% C 12 , 10% C 16 alkyl); and other ingredients comprising about 0.36 weight percent of a brightener, about 1 weight percent of triethylamine, about 4 weight percent of ethanol, about 0.5 weight percent of a fragrance oil and about 0.008 weight percent of a dye.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
113 words
A composition according to claim 2 containing (A) about 18 weight percent of an ethoxylated nonyl and octyl phenol of formula Ia/Ib where x is 9-10; (B) about 21.5 weight percent of sodium trideceth-7-carboxylate of the formula C 13 H 27 O(CH 2 CH 2 O) 6 OCH 2 COONa; (C) about 5.6 weight percent of an alkyl dimethyl benzylammonium chloride (50% C 14 , 40% C 12 , 10% C 16 alkyl); and other ingredients comprising about 0.36 weight percent of a brightener, about 1.0 weight percent of ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid, about 4.0 weight percent of ethanol, about 0.5 weight percent of a fragrance oil and about 0.008 weight percent of a dye.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
119 words
A composition according to claim 2 containing (A) about 18 weight percent of an ethoxylated nonyl and octyl phenol of formula Ia/Ib where x is 9-10; (B) about 21.5 weight percent of sodium trideceth-7-carboxylate of the formula C 13 H 27 O(CH 2 CH 2 O) 6 OCH 2 COONa; (C) about 5.6 weight percent of an alkyl dimethyl benzylammonium chloride (50% C 14 , 40% C 12 , 10% C 16 alkyl); and other ingredients comprising about 5.0 weight percent of trisodium nitrilotriacetate, about 0.36 weight percent of a brightener, about 1.0 weight percent of triethylamine, about 4.0 weight percent of ethanol, about 0.5 weight percent of a fragrance oil and about 0.008 weight percent of a dye.
Claim 11
Independent Claim
253 words
A method of preventing soil redeposition in the laundering of textile fabrics which comprises laundering said fabrics in a wash medium containing a stable liquid laundry detergent concentrate composition consisting essentially of: (A) a non-ionic surfactant having the formula: ##STR6## or a mixture thereof in which the C 9 H 19 group in the compounds of formula Ib is a mixture of branched-chain isomers, and x is an integer from 7 to 13; (B) a cryptoanionic surfactant having the formula: R--O--(C.sub.n H.sub.2n O).sub.m --R.sub.1 --COOM where R is a long-chain, straight or branched, alkyl group containing from 8 to 18 carbon atoms, n is an integer from 2 to 4, m is an integer from 1 to 100, R 1 is CH 2 , CH 2 CH 2 or CH 2 CH 2 CH 2 and M is a sodium, potassium, lithium, ammonium, diethylammonium or triethylammonium cation; (C) a quaternary ammonium germicide having the formula: ##STR7## where R 2 and R 3 are the same or different C 8 -C 12 alkyl, or R 2 is C 12 -C 16 alkyl and R 3 is benzyl; and X - is halide; and (D) water, wherein, based on the total weight of A, B, C and D, components A, B and C comprise from 30 to 50 weight percent and wherein the ratio of A:B:C in said medium is in the range from 2:4:1 to 3.5:5:1, said components A, B and C being present in the wash medium at dilutions from 1:213 to 1:2133.
Claim 12
Independent Claim
253 words
A method of preventing soil redeposition in the laundering of textile fabrics which comprises laundering said fabrics in a wash medium containing a stable liquid laundry detergent concentrate composition consisting essentially of: (A) a non-ionic surfactant having the formula: ##STR6## or a mixture thereof in which the C 9 H 19 group in the compounds of formula Ib is a mixture of branched-chain isomers, and x is an integer from 7 to 13; (B) a cryptoanionic surfactant having the formula: R--O--(C.sub.n H.sub.2n O).sub.m --R.sub.1 --COOM where R is a long-chain, straight or branched, alkyl group containing from 8 to 18 carbon atoms, n is an integer from 2 to 4, m is an integer from 1 to 100, R 1 is CH 2 , CH 2 CH 2 or CH 2 CH 2 CH 2 and M is a sodium, potassium, lithium, ammonium, diethylammonium or triethylammonium cation; (C) a quaternary ammonium germicide having the formula: ##STR7## where R 2 and R 3 are the same or different C 8 -C 12 alkyl, or R 2 is C 12 -C 16 alkyl and R 3 is benzyl; and X - is halide; and (D) water, wherein, based on the total weight of A, B, C and D, components A, B and C comprise from 30 to 50 weight percent and wherein the ratio of A:B:C in said medium is in the range from 2:4:1 to 3.5:5:1, said components A, B and C being present in the wash medium at dilutions from 1:213 to 1:2133.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
34 words
A method according to claim 10 comprising laundering said fabrics with a stable liquid laundry detergent concentrate composition additionally comprising up to about 13 total weight percent of foam/stabilizer/anti-irritant agents, brighteners, fragrances and dyes.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
10 words
The method according to claim 10 where R is tridecyl.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
23 words
The method according to claim 11 where R is tridecyl, and wherein about 0.45% of dimethyl cocoamine-N-oxide is included as a foam stabilizer/anti-irritant.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
131 words
The method according to claim 12 which comprises laundering said fabrics with a stable liquid laundry detergent concentrate composition comprising (A) about 10 weight percent of an ethoxylated nonyl and octyl phenol of formula Ia/Ib where x is 9-10; (B) about 20 weight percent of sodium trideceth-7-carboxylate of the formula C 13 H 27 O(CH 2 CH 2 O) 6 OCH 2 COONa; and (C) about 5 weight percent of a quaternary ammonium germicide of formula III containing about 40 weight percent of an alkyl dimethyl benzylammonium chloride (50% C 14 , 40% C 12 and 10% C 16 alkyl); about 30 weight percent of octyl decyl dimethylammonium chloride; about 15 weight percent of dioctyl dimethylammonium chloride; and about 15 weight percent of didecyl dimethyl ammonium chloride and the balance water.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
159 words
The method according to claim 13 which comprises laundering said fabrics with a stable liquid laundry detergent concentrate composition comprising (A) about 10 weight percent of an ethoxylated nonyl and octyl phenol of formula Ia/Ib where x is 9-10; (B) about 20 weight percent of sodium trideceth-7-carboxylate of the formula C 13 H 27 O(CH 2 CH 2 O) 6 OCH 2 COONa; (C) about 4 weight percent of a quaternary ammonium germicide of formula III containing about 40 weight percent of an alkyl dimethyl benzylammonium chloride (50% C 14 , 40% C 12 and 10% C 16 alkyl); about 30.0 weight percent of octyl decyl dimethylammonium chloride; about 15.0 weight percent of dioctyl dimethylammonium chloride; and about 15 weight percent of didecyl dimethylammonium chloride; and other ingredients comprising about 0.45 weight percent of dimethyl cocoamine-N-oxide, about 0.07 weight percent of a brightener, about 0.5 weight percent of a fragrance oil and about 0.002 weight percent of a dye.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
125 words
The method according to claim 11 which comprises laundering said fabrics with a stable liquid laundry detergent concentrate composition comprising (A) about 18 weight percent of an ethoxylated nonyl and octyl phenol of formula Ia/Ib where x is 9-10; (B) about 21.5 weight percent of sodium trideceth-7-carboxylate of the formula C 13 H 27 O(CH 2 CH 2 O) 6 OCH 2 COONa; (C) about 5.6 weight percent of an alkyl dimethyl benzylammonium chloride (50% C 14 , 40% C 12 , 10% C 16 alkyl); and other ingredients comprising about 0.36 weight percent of a brightener, about 1 weight percent of triethylamine, about 4 weight percent of ethanol, about 0.5 weight percent of a fragrance oil and about 0.008 weight percent of a dye.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
126 words
The method according to claim 11 which comprises laundering said fabrics with a stable liquid laundry detergent concentrate composition comprising (A) about 18 weight percent of an ethoxylated nonyl and octyl phenol of formula Ia/Ib where x is 9-10; (B) about 21.5 weight percent of sodium trideceth-7-carboxylate of the formula C 13 H 27 O(CH 2 CH 2 O) 6 OCH 2 COONa; (C) about 5.6 weight percent of an alkyl dimethyl benzylammonium chloride (50% C 14 , 40% C 12 , 10% C 16 alkyl); and other ingredients comprising about 0.36 weight percent of a brightener, about 1.0 weight percent of ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid, about 4.0 weight percent of ethanol, about 0.5 weight percent of a fragrance oil and about 0.008 weight percent of a dye.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
132 words
The metod according to claim 11 which comprises laundering said fabrics with a stable liquid laundry detergent concentrate composition comprising (A) about 18 weight percent of an ethoxylated nonyl and octyl phenol of formula Ia/Ib where x is 9-10; (B) about 21.5 weight percent of sodium trideceth-7-carboxylate of the formula C 13 H 27 O(CH 2 CH 2 O) 6 OCH 2 COONa; (C) about 5.6 weight percent of an alkyl dimethyl benzylammonium chloride (50% C 14 , 40% C 12 , 10% C 16 alkyl); and other ingredients comprising about 5.0 weight percent of trisodium nitrilotriacetate, about 0.36 weight percent of a brightener, about 1.0 weight percent of triethylamine, about 4.0 weight percent of ethanol, about 0.5 weight percent of a fragrance oil and about 0.008 weight percent of a dye.
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