US5047165A
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Fine fabric laundry detergent with sugar esters as softening and whitening agents
Assignee: Colgate Palmolive Co
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Filing: 1989-01-25
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Granted: 1991-09-10
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Expires: 2009-01-25
Abstract
Abstract A non-bleaching fine fabric detergent composition comprises a detersively effective amount of a mixture of anionic and nonionic surfactants, a detergent building effective amount of at least one builder salt, and a softening and whitening effective amount of a sugar ester containing at least one fatty acid chain. In a preferred embodiment, the composition is in the form of an aqueous liquid composition.
Inventors
- 👤 Regis Lysy
- 👤 Marie-Helene Fraikin
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-08 05:55
CPC Classifications
C; C11; C11D; C11D1/00; C11D1/66; C11D1/662; C11D1/83; C11D10/00; C11D10/04; C11D1/02; C11D1/12; C11D1/22; C11D1/29; C11D1/72
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 21
Claim 1
Independent Claim
73 words
A non-bleaching fine fabric detergent composition comprising: a detersively effective amount of a surfactant mixture of anionic and nonionic surfactants, said mixture having a ratio of anionic surfactant to nonionic surfactant of from 9:1 to 0.1:1, by weight; a detergent building effective amount of at least one builder salt; and a softening and whitening effective amount of a sugar ester containing at least one fatty acid chain having at least 10 carbon atoms.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
73 words
A non-bleaching fine fabric detergent composition comprising: a detersively effective amount of a surfactant mixture of anionic and nonionic surfactants, said mixture having a ratio of anionic surfactant to nonionic surfactant of from 9:1 to 0.1:1, by weight; a detergent building effective amount of at least one builder salt; and a softening and whitening effective amount of a sugar ester containing at least one fatty acid chain having at least 10 carbon atoms.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
27 words
The detergent composition according to claim 1, wherein said anionic surfactant comprises about 60 to about 90% by weight of said mixture of anionic and nonionic surfactants.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
27 words
The detergent composition according to claim 1, wherein said anionic surfactant comprises about 70 to about 80% by weight of said mixture of anionic and nonionic surfactants.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
40 words
The detergent composition according to claim 1, wherein said anionic surfactant comprises a higher alkyl mononuclear aromatic sulphonate, wherein said higher alkyl group contains 10 to 16 carbon atoms and said mononuclear aromatic group contains 6 to 9 carbon atoms.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
26 words
The detergent composition according to claim 1, wherein said anionic surfactant comprises a soap of a fatty acid containing from about 8 to 20 carbon atoms.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
53 words
The detergent composition according to claim 1, wherein said anionic surfactant comprises a sulphated ethoxylated higher fatty alcohol of the formula RO(C.sub.2 H.sub.4 O).sub.m SO.sub.3 M wherein R represents a fatty alkyl group of from 10 to 18 carbon atoms, m is from 2 to 6, and M is a solubilizing salt-forming cation.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
126 words
The detergent composition according to claim 1, wherein said anionic surfactant comprises a mixture of (a) from about 50 to 85% by weight of a higher alkyl mononuclear aromatic sulphonate, wherein said higher alkyl group contains 10 to 16 carbon atoms and said mononuclear aromatic group contains 6 to 9 carbon atoms; (b) from about 10 to 30% by weight of a soap of a fatty acid containing from about 8 to 20 carbon atoms; and (c) from about 5 to 20% by weight of a sulphated ethoxylated higher fatty alcohol of the formula RO(C.sub.2 H.sub.4 O).sub.m SO.sub.3 M wherein R represents a fatty alkyl group of from 10 to 18 carbon atoms, m is from 2 to 6, and M is a solubilizing salt-forming cation.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
57 words
The detergent composition according to claim 7, wherein said component (a) is present in an amount of from about 60 to 70% by weight, said component (b) is present in an amount of from about 20 to 30% by weight, and said component (c) is present in an amount of from about 10 to 20% by weight.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
46 words
The detergent composition according to claim 1, wherein said nonionic surfactant comprises a poly-lower alkoxylated higher alkanol wherein the alkanol has 8 to 22 carbon atoms and the number of moles of lower alkylene oxide is from 3 to 20 for each mole of higher alkanol.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
40 words
The detergent composition according to claim 9, wherein said nonionic surfactant comprises an alkanol of 10 to 18 carbon atoms and the number of moles of lower alkylene oxide is from 5 to 13 for each mole of higher alkanol.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
28 words
The detergent composition according to claim 10, wherein said nonionic surfactant comprises an alkanol of 11 to 15 carbon atoms and the lower alkylene oxide is ethylene oxide.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
15 words
The detergent composition according to claim 1, wherein said sugar ester is a glucose ester.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
17 words
The detergent composition according to claim 1, wherein said fatty acid has 8 to 22 carbon atoms.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
17 words
The detergent composition according to claim 13, wherein said fatty acid has 10 to 18 carbon atoms.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
14 words
The detergent composition according to claim 14, wherein said fatty acid is stearic acid.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
15 words
The detergent composition according to claim 1, wherein said composition is an aqueous liquid composition.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
44 words
The detergent composition according to claim 16, further comprising an alkaline material selected from the group consisting of alkanolamines, alkyl amines, ammonium hydroxide and alkali metal hydroxides, in an amount sufficient to provide a pH of from 7 to 10 for the liquid composition.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
14 words
The detergent composition according to claim 17, wherein said alkaline material comprises an alkanolamine.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
34 words
The detergent composition according to claim 16, further comprising a stabilizing effective amount of a hydrotrope selected from the group consisting of alkali metal, ammonium and alkanol ammonium salts of lower alkyl aryl sulphonates.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
21 words
The detergent composition according to claim 19, wherein said hydrotrope comprises an alkali metal salt of a lower alkyl aryl sulphonate.
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