US4698167A
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Detergent with fabric softener
Assignee: Procter and Gamble Co
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Filing: 1986-05-30
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Granted: 1987-10-06
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Expires: 2006-05-30
Abstract
Abstract Granular detergent compositions with through-the-wash fabric softening properties are prepared from conventional detergent ingredients, clay fabric softeners, and microfine particles of a complex of long-chain amine and fatty acid. The amine fatty acid complex provides fabric softening performance in the compositions when fabrics washed therein are dried. Importantly, the drying operation can be simple line-drying and machine drying is not required to secure the benefits of the invention, although machine drying may be used, if desired.
Inventors
- 👤 James C. T. Burckett St. Laurent
- 👤 Alfred Busch
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-10 01:22
CPC Classifications
C; C11; C11D; C11D3/00; C11D3/16; C11D3/26; C11D3/30; C11D1/00; C11D1/02; C11D1/04; C11D1/38; C11D1/40; C11D1/65; C11D3/02; C11D3/12; C11D3/124; C11D3/1246; C11D3/1253; C11D3/126; C11D3/20; C11D3/2075; C11D3/2079
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 7
Claim 1
Independent Claim
156 words
A method for imparting softening and anti-static properties to fabrics, said method comprising the steps of (a) laundering said fabrics in an aqueous laundry bath containing from 0.10% to 1.5% by weight of a detergent composition containing at least 0.1% by weight of an amine-fatty acid complex involving hydrogen bonding and formed from a fatty acid of the formula RCOOH and an amine of the formula R 1 R 2 R 3 N wherein R is C 9 to C 20 , R 1 is C 6 to C 20 , R 2 is C 6 -C 20 , and R 3 is C 1 to C 10 or hydrogen, the complex having an amine:fatty acid ratio of from about 1:2 to about 1:0.5 and being in the form of particles having a particle size in the range of from 0.1 to 20 microns, (b) line drying said fabrics after said laundering in aqueous laundry bath.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
156 words
A method for imparting softening and anti-static properties to fabrics, said method comprising the steps of (a) laundering said fabrics in an aqueous laundry bath containing from 0.10% to 1.5% by weight of a detergent composition containing at least 0.1% by weight of an amine-fatty acid complex involving hydrogen bonding and formed from a fatty acid of the formula RCOOH and an amine of the formula R 1 R 2 R 3 N wherein R is C 9 to C 20 , R 1 is C 6 to C 20 , R 2 is C 6 -C 20 , and R 3 is C 1 to C 10 or hydrogen, the complex having an amine:fatty acid ratio of from about 1:2 to about 1:0.5 and being in the form of particles having a particle size in the range of from 0.1 to 20 microns, (b) line drying said fabrics after said laundering in aqueous laundry bath.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
18 words
A method as recited in claim 1 wherein the detergent composition contains 1-5% by wight of said complex.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
28 words
A method as recited in claim 2 wherein the particle size of the complex is 1-10 microns and the melting point is in the range of 32°-65° C.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
14 words
A method as recited in claim 3 wherein the amine is ditallow monomethyl amine.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
20 words
A method as recited in claim 4 wherein the fatty acid is a 70:30 mixture of lauric and myristic acid.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
15 words
A method as recited in claim 4 wherein the fatty acid is tallow fatty acid.
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