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Liquid laundry detergent compositions with silicone antifoam agent
Assignee: Procter and Gamble Co
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Filing: 1993-06-09
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Granted: 1994-02-22
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Expires: 2013-06-09
Abstract
Abstract This invention relates to homogeneous liquid laundry detergent compositions containing polyhydroxy fatty acid amide, silicone antifoam composition, and anionic, nonionic or amphoteric surfactant. The silicone antifoam composition includes polyethylene glycol or a copolymer of polyethylene-polypropylene glycol having a solubility in water at room temperature of more than about 2 weight %.
Inventors
- 👤 Alan C. Huber
- 👤 Rajan K. Panandiker
Bibliographic Details
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Jurisdiction
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-03 04:22
CPC Classifications
C; C11; C11D; C11D3/00; C11D3/16; C11D3/37; C11D3/3703; C11D3/373; C11D3/3738; C11D1/00; C11D1/38; C11D1/65; C11D1/655; C11D1/86; C11D1/88; C11D1/94; C11D3/0005; C11D3/0026; C11D3/162; C11D3/3707; C11D1/02; C11D1/12; C11D1/29; C11D1/52; C11D1/525; C11D1/66; C11D1/72; C11D1/82
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 13
Claim 1
Independent Claim
211 words
A homogenous liquid laundry detergent composition, comprising: a. from about 1 to about 30 weight % of polyhydroxy fatty acid amide having the formula ##STR5## wherein R 1 is H, C 1 to C 4 hydrocarbyl, 2-hydroxy ethyl, 2-hydroxy propyl, or a mixture thereof, R 2 is a C 5 to C 31 hydrocarbyl, and Z is a polyhydroxyhydrocarbyl having a linear hydrocarbyl chain with at least 3 hydroxyls directly connected thereto, or an alkoxylated derivative thereof; b. from about 0.001 to about 1 weight % of silicone antifoam composition comprising by weight % of said antifoam composition: (1) from about 5% to about 50% of a polyorganosiloxane and a resinous siloxane or a silicone resin-producing silicone compound; (2) from about 0.1% to about 15% of a finely divided filler material, (3) from about 0.01% to about 5% of a catalyst to promote formation of silanolates; (4) from about 1% to about 40% of at least one nonionic silicone surfactant; and (5) from about 10% to about 80% of a copolymer of polyethylenepolypropylene glycol having a solubility in water at room temperature of more than about 2 weight %; and without polypropylene glycol; and c. from about I to about 50 weight % of anionic or amphoteric or additional nonionic surfactant.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
211 words
A homogenous liquid laundry detergent composition, comprising: a. from about 1 to about 30 weight % of polyhydroxy fatty acid amide having the formula ##STR5## wherein R 1 is H, C 1 to C 4 hydrocarbyl, 2-hydroxy ethyl, 2-hydroxy propyl, or a mixture thereof, R 2 is a C 5 to C 31 hydrocarbyl, and Z is a polyhydroxyhydrocarbyl having a linear hydrocarbyl chain with at least 3 hydroxyls directly connected thereto, or an alkoxylated derivative thereof; b. from about 0.001 to about 1 weight % of silicone antifoam composition comprising by weight % of said antifoam composition: (1) from about 5% to about 50% of a polyorganosiloxane and a resinous siloxane or a silicone resin-producing silicone compound; (2) from about 0.1% to about 15% of a finely divided filler material, (3) from about 0.01% to about 5% of a catalyst to promote formation of silanolates; (4) from about 1% to about 40% of at least one nonionic silicone surfactant; and (5) from about 10% to about 80% of a copolymer of polyethylenepolypropylene glycol having a solubility in water at room temperature of more than about 2 weight %; and without polypropylene glycol; and c. from about I to about 50 weight % of anionic or amphoteric or additional nonionic surfactant.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
36 words
A homogeneous liquid laundry detergent composition according to claim 1 wherein the silicone antifoam composition comprises polyethylene glycol and a copolymer of polyethylene glycol/polypropylene glycol, all having an average molecular weight of less than about 1,000.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
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A homogeneous liquid laundry detergent composition according to claim 1 wherein the nonionic silicone surfactant is a copolymer of resinous siloxane and polyalkylene oxide.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
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A homogeneous liquid laundry detergent composition according to claim 2 comprising from about 0.01 to about 0.7 weight % of silicone antifoam composition.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
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A homogeneous liquid laundry detergent composition according to claim 4 comprising from about 2 to about 15 weight % of polyhydroxy fatty acid amide.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
36 words
A homogeneous liquid laundry detergent composition according to claim 5 wherein the silicone antifoam composition comprises polyethylene glycol having an average molecular weight of between about 100 and 800, and a copolymer of polyethylene glycol/polypropylene glycol.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
37 words
A homogeneous liquid laundry detergent composition according to claim 8 wherein the nonionic surfactant is the condensation product of C 10-20 alcohol and between about 2 and about 20 moles of ethylene oxide per mole of alcohol.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
15 words
A homogeneous liquid laundry detergent composition according to claim 1 comprising a secondary antifoam agent.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
34 words
A homogeneous liquid laundry detergent composition according to claim 4 wherein the solubility in water at room temperature of polyethylene glycol and copolymer of polyethylene glycol/polypropylene glycol is more than about 5 weight %.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
22 words
A homogeneous liquid laundry detergent composition according to claim 9 wherein the silicone antifoam composition excludes block copolymers of ethylene oxide-propylene oxide.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
26 words
A homogeneous liquid laundry detergent composition according to claim 10 wherein the weight ratio of polyethylene glycol:copolymer of polyethylene-polypropylene glycol is between about 1:1 and 1:10.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
25 words
A homogeneous liquid laundry detergent composition according to claim 4 wherein the secondary antifoam agent is polydimethyl siloxane with a viscosity of about 1,000 centistokes.
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