US4784788A
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Cleaning paste with soluble abrasive
Assignee: Colgate Palmolive Co
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Filing: 1985-12-14
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Granted: 1988-11-15
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Expires: 2005-12-14
Abstract
Abstract A hard surface highly viscous cleaning composition comprising by weight about 65-80% of an organic liquid vehicle consisting essentially of about 15-35% water miscible organic solvents and about 35-70% of a nonionic surfactant mixture containing an ethoxylated fatty acid as one of the surfactants, and sodium hydroxide which reacts in situ with the ethoxylated fatty acid to form a clear organic, nonflowable gelled vehicle, substantially free of water. Another feature of this invention is the stable suspension of about 10-25% of a water soluble particulate builder-abrasive in said nonflowable organic gel which is in the form of a viscous cleaning gel product.
Inventors
- 👤 Albert J. Lancz
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-09 18:05
CPC Classifications
C; C11; C11D; C11D17/00; C11D17/0008; C11D17/003; C11D1/00; C11D1/66; C11D1/825; C11D17/0004; C11D1/74
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 15
Claim 1
Independent Claim
107 words
A hard surface high viscosity organic cleaning composition comprising by weight, about 65-80% of an organic liquid vehicle consisting essentially of about 15-35% of a water miscible organic solvent, about 3570% of a nonionic surfactant mixture containing an ethoxylated fatty acid as one of the surfactants, wherein the ethoxylated fatty acid constitutes about 6-38% by weight of the composition, and about 0.7-1.5% sodium hydroxide, gelled by the in situ reaction of the ethoxylated fatty acid with the sodium hydroxide to form a clear, nonflowable gelled vehicle, substantially free of water; and about 10-25% by weight of an inorganic water soluble particulate abrasive incorporated into the gelled vehicle.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
107 words
A hard surface high viscosity organic cleaning composition comprising by weight, about 65-80% of an organic liquid vehicle consisting essentially of about 15-35% of a water miscible organic solvent, about 3570% of a nonionic surfactant mixture containing an ethoxylated fatty acid as one of the surfactants, wherein the ethoxylated fatty acid constitutes about 6-38% by weight of the composition, and about 0.7-1.5% sodium hydroxide, gelled by the in situ reaction of the ethoxylated fatty acid with the sodium hydroxide to form a clear, nonflowable gelled vehicle, substantially free of water; and about 10-25% by weight of an inorganic water soluble particulate abrasive incorporated into the gelled vehicle.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
35 words
The composition according to claim 1, wherein the water miscible organic solvent is selected from the group consisting of a lower alkyl glycol ether, lower alkyl monohydric alcohol, lower alkyl dihydric alcohol and mixtures thereof.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
26 words
The composition according to claim 2, wherein the water miscible organic solvent is a mixture of a monohydric alcohol, a dihydric alcohol and a glycol ether.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
24 words
The composition according to claim 3, wherein the water miscible organic solvent is a mixture of ethanol, propylene glycol and diethylene glycol monobutyl ether.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
22 words
The composition according to claim 2, wherein the water miscible organic solvent is a mixture of ethanol and diethylene glycol monobutyl ether.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
26 words
The composition according to claim 1, wherein the cleaning pastes have a minimum viscosity of about 14,000 to 15,000 cps units, measured on Brookfield HATD viscometer.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
75 words
The composition according to claim 1, wherein the nonionic surfactant in the mixture with the ethoxylated fatty acid is selected from the group consisting of a polyethylene oxide condensate of a C 6 -C 22 alkyl phenol, a polyethylene oxide condensate of an aliphatic C 8 -C 22 alcohol, a polyethylene oxide condensate of the condensation product of propylene oxide with propylene glycol having a molecular weight of about 1500 to 1800, and mixtures thereof.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
19 words
The composition according to claim 7, wherein the nonionic surfactant is polyethylene oxide (5EO) C 10 -C 14 alcohol.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
22 words
The composition according to claim 1, wherein the ethoxylated fatty acid is lauric acid having 9 ethylene oxides per mole lauric acid.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
25 words
The composition according to claim 1, wherein the water soluble particulate abrasive is selected from the group consisting of alkali metal phosphates, polyphosphates, and carbonates.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
14 words
The composition according to claim 10, wherein the water soluble abrasive is tetrasodium pyrophosphate.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
39 words
The composition according to claim 11, wherein the water miscible organic solvent is a mixture of ethanol, propylene glycol and diethylene glycol monobutyl ether, and the nonionic surfactant mixture is an ethoxylated fatty acid and an ethoxylated fatty alcohol.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
14 words
The composition according to claim 10, wherein the water soluble abrasive is sodium carbonate.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
42 words
The composition according to claim 13, wherein the water miscible organic solvent is a mixture of ethanol, propylene glycol and diethylene glycol monobutyl ether, and the nonionic surfactant mixture is C 10 -C 14 alcohol EO 5:1 and ethoxylated 9EO lauric acid.
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