EP0023367A1
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Detergent composition having textile softening property
Assignee: Procter and Gamble Ltd
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Filing: 1980-06-17
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2000-06-17
Abstract
Abstract Detergent compositions having good cleaning performance and also textile softening properties comprise an organic surfactant, alkaline reacting water-soluble salts and a specified class of tertiary amines. Optionally and preferably a smectite-type clay is also present in the compositions.
Inventors
- 👤 Frederick Edward Hardy
- 👤 Colin Archibald Dewar
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
—
Jurisdiction
EP
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-23 16:19
CPC Classifications
C; C11; C11D; C11D3/00; C11D3/16; C11D3/26; C11D3/32; C11D3/0005; C11D3/001; C11D3/30
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 14
Claim 1
Independent Claim
123 words
A textile softening detergent composition characterised in that it comprises, by weight: (a) from 3% to 30% of an organic surfactant (b) from 1% to 25% of a tertiary amine having the formula (i) wherein R 1 and R 2 each independently represents a C 10 to C 26 alkyl or alkenyl group and R 3 represents a group selected from wherein R 4 is a C 1-4 alkyl group, each R 5 independent is H or a C 1-4 alkyl group, and each R 6 independently is H or a C 1-20 alkyl group, or an imidazoline derivative of formula (ii) wherein R 1 and R 2 have the meanings given above, or (iii) mixtures of any of (i) and (ii), and
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
123 words
A textile softening detergent composition characterised in that it comprises, by weight: (a) from 3% to 30% of an organic surfactant (b) from 1% to 25% of a tertiary amine having the formula (i) wherein R 1 and R 2 each independently represents a C 10 to C 26 alkyl or alkenyl group and R 3 represents a group selected from wherein R 4 is a C 1-4 alkyl group, each R 5 independent is H or a C 1-4 alkyl group, and each R 6 independently is H or a C 1-20 alkyl group, or an imidazoline derivative of formula (ii) wherein R 1 and R 2 have the meanings given above, or (iii) mixtures of any of (i) and (ii), and
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
37 words
(c) from 10% to 80% of one or more water soluble inorganic or organic salts such that the pH of a 0.5% by weight aqueous solution of the composition is in the range from 8.5 to 11.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
37 words
(c) from 10% to 80% of one or more water soluble inorganic or organic salts such that the pH of a 0.5% by weight aqueous solution of the composition is in the range from 8.5 to 11.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
37 words
A detergent composition according to Claim 1 characterised in that component(a) comprises from 5% to 20% of an anionic surfactant selected from sodium and potassium C9-15 alkyl benzene sulphonates and C 12-18 alkyl sulphates and mixtures thereof.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
44 words
A detergent composition according to either one of Claims 1 or 2 characterised in that component (b) comprises from 2% to 15% of an amine of formula (i) wherein R l and R 2 each independently represents a C 12 to C 22 alkyl.group.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
23 words
A detergent composition according to Claim 3 wherein the amine is selected from ditallowyl benzylamine, ditallowyl allylamine, ditallowyl 2-cyanoethyl amine, ditallowyl-2-hydroxyethylamine, and di(arachidyl/benhyl)-2-hydroxyethylamine.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
44 words
A detergent composition according to any one of the preceding claims wherein component (c) comprises from 20% to 70% by weight of alkaline detergency builders selected from alkaline sodium and potassium carbonates, borates, phosphates, polyphosphates, silicates, polycarboxylates, polyphosphonates, amino polycarboxylates, and amino polymethylene phosphonates.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
84 words
A detergent composition according to Claim 5 which contains from 5% to 25% by weight of a water insoluble crystalline aluminosilicate replacing part of the water soluble salts, the alumino silicate having the formula Na z (AlO 2 ) z (SiO 2 ) y xH 2 O wherein z and y are integers equal to at least 6, the molar ratio of z to y is in the range of from 1.0:1 to 0.5:1 and x is an integer of from 15 to 264.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
39 words
A detergent composition according to any one of the preceding claims characterised in that it also comprises:- (d) up to 35% of an impalpable smectite-type clay having an ion exchange capacity of at least 50 meq. per 100 grams.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
24 words
A detergent composition according to Claim 7 wherein the weight ratio of tertiary amine to clay is in the range from 10:1 to 1:10.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
35 words
9, A detergent composition according to Claim 7 or 8 characterised in that component (d) comprises from 4% to 15% by weight of alkali metal and alkaline earth metal montmorillonites, saponites, hectorites, or mixtures thereof.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
44 words
A detergent composition according to any one of the preceding claims which also contains a suds suppressor selected from C 16 to C 22 fatty acids or soaps, microcrystalline waxes, silicone-hydrophobic silica mixtures, combinations of paraffin oil, wax and hydrophobic silica, and mixtures thereof.
Claim 14
Independent Claim
40 words
A method of preparing a granular detergent composition according to any one of the preceding claims wherein the tertiary amine, in liquid form, is sprayed on to preformed granules comprising some or all of the other components of the composition.
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