Liquid detergent composition containing polymeric surfactant

Claim 1

A high sudsing liquid dishwashing detergent composition containing by weight: (a) from about 5% to about 50% anionic surfactant; (b) from about 0.1% to about 10% of polymeric surfactant selected from the group consisting of: [R.sup.1 --R.sup.2 O--.sub.n --R.sup.3 O--.sub.m ].sub.y [R.sup.4 ][1] wherein each R 1 is hydrogen, wherein each R 2 or R 3 is an alkylene group containing from two to about six carbon atoms with no more than about 90% of said molecule comprising R 2 or R 3 groups containing two carbon atoms; wherein R 4 is selected from the group consisting of alkylene groups containing from one to about 18 carbon atoms and having from two to about six valences, ##STR12## (═NR 2 N═), and ═N--R 2 NH-- x , wherein n is from 0 to about 500, m is from 0 to about 500, n+m is from about 5 to about 1000, x is from about 2 to about 50, and y is from two to about 50 and equal to the valences of R 4 , and z is from 1 to about 6, and the product of z and x is from 2 to about 50; R.sup.1 --OCH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 --.sub.x R.sup.2 --OCH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 --.sub.y OR.sup.1 [2] where: R 1 is H, or CH 3 , or CH 3 (CH 2 ) n , or unsaturated analogues where: n=1-17 each of x and y=2-500 R 2 --O(CH 2 ) z or unsaturated analogue of these where z=1-18; ##STR13## where: R 3 is sulfate or sulfonate R 4 is nothing or --OCH 2 CH 2 --B A is 5-500 B<A/2; ##STR14## wherein X is from 7.5-16, and Y is about 2.75; (c) from 0% to about 10% of a suds stabilizing nonionic surfactant selected from the group consisting of fatty acid amides, trialkyl amine oxides, and mixtures thereof; (d) from 0% to about 10% of a detergency builder selected from inorganic phosphates, inorganic silicates, and inorganic carbonates, organic carboxylates, organic phosphonates, and mixtures thereof; (e) from 0% to about 15% alkanol containing from one to about six carbon atoms; and (f) from about 20% to about 90% water, said composition containing sufficient magnesium ions to neutralize at least about 10% of said anionic surfactant when there is less than about 10% alkylpolyethoxylate sulfate surfactant containing from about 1/4 to about ten ethoxy groups per molecule in the composition on the average; said composition having a pH of greater than about six when the composition contains said alkylpolyethoxylate sulfate surfactant; and said composition having a viscosity of greater than about 100 cps or being substantially free of alkylpolyethoxylate detergent surfactants when the amount of anionic surfactant is less than about 20%.