Controlled sudsing detergent compositions

Claim 2

A detergent composition having a controlled suds pattern consisting essentially i. from about 0.01 to about 10% by weight of a suds controlling agent comprising an intimate mixture of silicone and silica having a surface area greater than 50 m 2 /gram releaseably incorporated in a water-soluble or water-dispersible, substantially non-surface active, detergent-impermeable carrier selected from the group consisting of gelatin, agar, gum arabic, algae gel and the condensation products of tallow alcohol and 25 moles or more of ethylene oxide; and from about 5 to about 95% by weight of a detergent component selected from the group consisting of anionic, nonionic, zwitterionic, ampholytic and cationic detergent compound; wherein the silicone is in a weight ratio to the silica of from about 19:1 to about 1:2 and the carrier is from about 0.1 to about 99% by weight of the suds controlling agent and the carrrier material.

Claim 3

A composition according to claim 1 wherein the suds controlling agent is a polydimethylsiloxane fluid.

Claim 4

A composition according to claim 1 wherein the silica is hydrophobic.

Claim 5

A composition according to claim 3 wherein the hydrophobic silica is silanated silica.

Claim 6

A composition according to claim 4 wherein the silicone is a polydimethylsiloxane fluid.

Claim 7

A composition according to claim 1 wherein the silicone is sorbed onto and into a member selected from the group consisting of sodium carbonate, sodium tripolyphosphate, sodium silicate, clay, starch, kieselguhr, and Fuller's Earth.

Claim 8

A composition according to claim 1 wherein the suds controlling agent is a mixture of silicone fluid, silicone resin and silica comprising: a. from about 10 parts to about 100 parts by weight of a polydimethylsiloxane fluid having a viscosity in the range from 20 cs. to 1500 cs at 25°C; b. 5 to 50 parts by weight of a siloxane resin composed of (CH 3 ) 3 SiO 1/2 units and SiO 2 units in which the ratio of the (CH 3 ) 3 SiO 1/2 units to the SiO 2 units is within the range of from 0.6/1 to 1.2/1; and c. 1 to 10 parts by weight of a silica aerogel.

Claim 9

A composition according to claim 7 wherein the mixture is sorbed on a water-soluble solid selected from the group consisting of sodium carbonate, sodium tripolyphophate, sodium silicate, clay, starch, kieselguhr, and Fuller's Earth.

Claim 10

A composition according to claim 1 wherein the suds controlling agent is additionally coated with a member selected from the group consisting of sodium tripolyphosphate, sodium carbonate, sodium carboxymethylcellulose, granulated starch, clay, sodium citrate, sodium acetate, and sodium sulfate in a weight ratio of the suds controlling agent to said member of from about 20:1 to about 1:20.

Claim 11

A composition according to claim 1 wherein the detergent compound is a water-soluble salt of an organic sulfuric reaction product having in its molecular structure an alkly group containing from about 8 to about 22 carbon atoms and a sulfonic acid or sulfuric acid ester group.

Claim 12

A composition according to claim 1 wherein the detergent compound is a water-soluble soap.

Claim 13

A composition according to claim 1 wherein the detergent compound is selected from the group consisting of sodium linear C 10 -C 18 alkyl benzene sulfonate; triethanolamine C 10 14 C 18 alkyl benzene sulfonate; sodium tallow alkyl sulfate; sodium coconut alkyl glyceryl ether sulfonate; the sodium salt of a sulfated condensation product of a tallow alcohol with from about 3 to about 10 moles of ethylene oxide; the condensation product of a coconut fatty alcohol with about 6 moles of ethylene oxide; the condensation product of tallow fatty alcohol with about 11 moles of ethylene oxide; 3-(N,N-dimethyl-N-coconutalkyl-ammonio) -2-hydroxypropane-1-sulfonate; 3-(N,N-dimethyl-N-coconutalkylammonio) -propane-1-sulfonate; 6-(N-dodecylbenzyl-N,N-dimethylammonio) hexanoate; dodecyl dimethyl amine oxide; coconut alkyl dimethyl amine oxide; the water-soluble sodium and potassium salts of higher fatty acids containing 8 to 24 carbon atoms; and mixtures thereof

Claim 14

A composition according to claim 1 wherein the detergent compound is a mixture of alkyl ether sulfate compounds, comprising: from about 0.05 to 5% by weight of mixture of C 12-13 compounds, from about 55 to 70% by weight of mixture of C 14-15 compounds, from about 25 to 40% by weight of mixture of C 16-17 compounds, from about 0.1 to 5% by weight of mixture of C 18-19 compounds, from about 15 to 25% by weight of mixture of compounds having a degree of ethoxylation of 0, from about 50 to 65% by weight of mixture of compounds having a degree of ethoxylation from 1 to 4, from about 12 to 22% by weight of mixture of compounds having a degree of ethoxylation from 5 to 8 and from about 0.5 to 10% by weight of mixture of compounds having a degree of ethoxylation greater than 8.

Claim 15

A composition according to claim 1, containing, as an additional component, from about 5 to about 95% by weight of a water-soluble detergency builder.

Claim 16

A composition according to claim 14 wherein the auxiliary builder is selected from the group consisting of sodium tripolyphosphate and potassium tripolyphosphate.

Claim 17

A composition according to claim 14 wherein the auxiliary builder is a non-phosphorus containing builder.

Claim 18

A composition according to claim 16 wherein the detergency builder is selected from the group consisting of water-soluble inorganic carbonate, bicarbonate, and silicate salts.

Claim 19

A composition according to claim 16 wherein the detergency builder is selected from the group consisting of sodium citrate, sodium oxydisuccinate, sodium mellitate, sodium nitrilotriacetate, sodium ethylenediaminetetraacetate, sodium polymaleate, sodium polyitaconate, sodium polymesaconate, sodium polyfumarate, sodium polyaconitate, sodium polycitraconate, sodium polymethylenemalonate, sodium carboxymethylmalonate, sodium carboxymethyloxysuccinate, sodium cis-cyclohexanehexacarboxylate, cis-cyclopentanetetracarboxylate and sodium phloroglucinol trisulfonate.

Claim 20

A composition according to claim 1 containing as an additional component from about 0.1 to about 3% by weight of a polyethylene glycol of a molecular weight in the range of 400 to 8,000.

Claim 21

A composition according to claim 19 containing from 0.5 to 1.5% of polyethylene glycol of a molecular weight of 6,000.

Claim 22

The detergent composition of claim 1 wherein the carrier is a condensation product of tallow alcohol and about 25 moles of ethylene oxide.

Claim 23

The composition of claim 21 wherein the detergent component is a nonionic surface active agent.