Compositions and processes for the continuous production of transparent soap

Claim 1

A process for continuously saponifying a transparent soap mixture and continuously producing transparent soap bars therefrom comprising: introducing a first blend of soap-making reagents containing cocofatty acid, stearic acid, and cocodiethanolamide but no NaOH 50% into a first storage tank; introducing a second blend of soap-making reagents containing NaOH 50% but no cocofatty acid, stearic acid or cocodiethanolamide into a second storage tank; independently pumping said first blend from said first storage tank and said second blend from said second storage tank continuously into a first heated mixing tank, each being pumped at a rate predetermined to create a stoichiometrically balanced mixture between said first blend and said second blend in said first mixing tank to initiate the saponification of said mixture therewithin; continuously transferring stoichiometrically balanced mixture from said first mixing tank into a second heated mixing tank with stirring at a rate to complete the saponification thereof in said second mixing tank; continuously pumping said completely saponified mixture from said second mixing tank into bar molds to fill said molds; introducing said filled molds into a chilled environment to quickly cool and solidify said mixture into solidified bars without impairing the transparency thereof; removing the chilled molds containing the solidified bars from said chilled environment; separating the solidified bars from the chilled molds; recycling said molds to said second mixing tank for refilling; and packaging said bars.