US4836948A
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Viscoelastic gel detergent compositions
Assignee: LERVER BROTHERS COMPANY A CORP OF NY
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Filing: 1987-12-30
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Granted: 1989-06-06
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Expires: 2007-12-30
Abstract
Abstract A cleaning composition is provided in gel form having a viscosity on a Haake Rotovisco RV-100 Viscometer at 25° C. under 5 sec -1 shear of from about 1,000 to 20,000 cps and under 21 sec -1 shear of from about 200 to 5,000 cps, a pH range from 11 to 13, and a steady state viscoelastic deformation compliance J e ° greater than 0.01. In one embodiment, the composition comprises a polycarboxylate polymeric thickener, especially a cross-linked polyacrylic acid. There preferably is also present a trivalent metal containing material, especially an aluminum containing material such as alumina. A structuring chelant is a further preferred component which is selected from the salts of carbonate, pyrophosphate and mixtures thereof. When mixed with the polycarboxylate polymer and trivalent metal material, the structuring chelant can form a clear gel.
Inventors
- 👤 Robert Corring
Bibliographic Details
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2026-10-28 02:03
CPC Classifications
A; A61; A61K; A61K8/00; A61K8/02; A61K8/04; A61K8/042; A61K8/11; A61K8/18; A61K8/19; A61K8/26; A61K8/30; A61K8/60; A61K8/604; A61K8/72; A61K8/81; A61K8/8141; A61K8/8147; A61Q; A61Q11/00; A61Q11/02; C; C11; C11D; C11D1/00; C11D1/66; C11D1/662; C11D17/00; C11D17/0008; C11D17/003; C11D3/00; C11D3/02; C11D3/12; C11D3/1213; C11D3/124; C11D3/1246; C11D3/1253; C11D3/1266; C11D3/16; C11D3/37; C11D3/3746; C11D3/3757; C11D3/3765; A61K2800/00; A61K2800/40; A61K2800/41; A61K2800/412
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 25
Claim 1
Independent Claim
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A cleaning composition in gel form having a viscosity on a Haake Rotovisco RV-100 Viscometer at 25° C. under 5 sec -1 shear of from about 1,000 to 20,000 cps and under 21 sec -1 shear of from about 200 to 5,000 cps, a pH range from 11 to 13, a steady state viscoelastic deformation compliance J e ° value greater than 0.01, and a light transmittance not lower than 10% through a sample 2 cm thick, said composition comprising: (i) from 0.1 to 10% of a thickener that is a cross-linked polycarboxylic polymer; and (ii) from 0.01 to 2% of alumina.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
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A cleaning composition in gel form having a viscosity on a Haake Rotovisco RV-100 Viscometer at 25° C. under 5 sec -1 shear of from about 1,000 to 20,000 cps and under 21 sec -1 shear of from about 200 to 5,000 cps, a pH range from 11 to 13, a steady state viscoelastic deformation compliance J e ° value greater than 0.01, and a light transmittance not lower than 10% through a sample 2 cm thick, said composition comprising: (i) from 0.1 to 10% of a thickener that is a cross-linked polycarboxylic polymer; and (ii) from 0.01 to 2% of alumina.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
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A composition according to claim 1 wherein the value for said viscoelastic deformation compliance J e ° ranges from about 0.02 to 0.1.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
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A composition according to claim 1 wherein the value of said viscoelastic deformation compliance J e ° ranges from about 0.025 to 0.06.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
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A composition according to claim 1 wherein the viscosity of the composition at 5 sec -1 and 25° C. ranges from about 1,500 to 10,000 cps.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
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A composition according to claim 1, wherein the light transmittance is greater than 50%.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
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A composition according to claim 1 further comprising from about 0.1 to 10% by weight of a chlorine releasing oxidizing agent.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
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A composition according to claim 1 wherein the alumina is a semi-crystalline phase boehmite known as pseudo boehmite.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
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A composition according to claim 1 wherein the trivalent metal containing material is present in an amount from about 0.1 to about 2% by weight of the composition.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
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A composition according to claim 1 further comprising from about 0.1 to about 25% of a surfactant.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
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A composition according to claim 9 wherein said surfactant is selected from the group consisting of nonionic, anionic, cationic, amphoteric, surface active compounds and mixtures thereof.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
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A composition according to claim 10 wherein said nonionic surfactant is a C 6 -C 10 alkanol alkoxylated with a mixture of ethylene oxide and propylene oxide.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
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A composition according to claim 1 further comprising from 1 to 60% of a water-soluble structuring chelant selected from the salts of carbonate, pyrophosphate and mixtures thereof.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
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A composition according to claim 12 wherein the structuring chelant is present in an amount from about 5% to about 40% by weight of the composition.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
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A composition according to claim 12 wherein the chelant is selected from the group consisting of potassium carbonate, tetrapotassium pyrophosphate and mixtures thereof.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
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A composition according to claim 14 wherein potassium carbonate and tetrapotassium pyrophosphate are present together in a ratio of from 1:10 to 10:1.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
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A composition according to claim 15 wherein the ratio ranges from about 1:4 to 4:1.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
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A composition according to claim 1 wherein said polycarboxylic polymer is interpolymerized with a polyalkenyl polyether of a polyhydric alcohol.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
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A composition according to claim 17 wherein the polyhydric compound has at least 4 carbons and 3 hydroxy groups.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
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A composition according to claim 17 wherein the interpolymerized polycarboxylic polymer is present in an amount from about 0.5 to 2% by weight of the composition.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
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A composition according to claim 17 wherein the carboxylic polymer is a copolymer of an alpha-beta monoolefinically unsaturated lower aliphatic carboxylic acid cross-linked with a polyether of a polyol.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
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A composition according to claim 20 wherein the molecular weight of the polymeric thickener ranges from about 500,000 up to 10,000,000.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
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A composition according to claim 20 wherein the molecular weight ranges from about 500,000 to 2,000,000.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
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A composition according to claim 20 wherein the polyol may be selected from the group consisting of oligosaccharides, reduced derivatives thereof in which the carbonyl group is converted to an alcohol group, and pentaerythritol.
Claim 25
Dependent Claim
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A composition according to claim 23 wherein hydroxyl groups of said polyol have been etherified with at least two allyl groups per polyol molecule.
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