Detergent softener compositions

Claim 2

A detergent softener composition capable of imparting improved softness, detergency, antistatic and soil antiredeposition properties to fabrics treated therewith in the wash cycle of a laundering process comprising a particulate detergent base containing from about 5 to 40% by weight relative to the composition, of a water soluble non-soap, organic surfactant, at least about 90% thereof being of the anionic type, and from about 10 to 60% by weight relative to the composition, of water soluble, neutral to alkaline builder salt; said detergent base being (I) in admixture with discrete particles of cationic amine softener, said softener being selected from the group consisting of (a) aliphatic di-(lower) C 1 -C 4 alkyl, di(higher) C 14 -C 24 alkyl quaternary ammonium salts (b) heterocyclic compounds, and mixtures of (a) and (b), and (II) in admixture with discrete particles of a mixture of water soluble or dispersible fatty acid soap and nonionic organic surfactant, said nonionic constituting from about 2 to about 50% by weight of the mixture, the weight ratio of soap to softener being from about 8:1 to 1:3, the percent concentration of anionic surfactant being at least about 1.5×+5, wherein x represents the percent concentration of softener, said softener particles comprising from about 2 to 20% by weight of the composition and being free of the soap-nonionic mixture, said soap-nonionic mixture particles comprising from about 2 to 20% be weight of the composition and being free of the cationic softener, and said detergent base being free of cationic softener.

Claim 3

A composition according to claim 1 wherein said soap comprises an alkali metal salt C 10 -C 30 fatty acid, at least about 50% thereof being C 10 -C 18 fatty acid.

Claim 4

A composition according to claim 2 wherein said soap is a mixture of coconut oil and tallow fatty acid salts.

Claim 5

A composition according to claim 3 wherein said soap is an 85/15 tallow/coco mixture.

Claim 6

A composition according to claim 1 wherein said nonionic organic surfactant is selected from the group consisting of the condensation product of alkylene oxide groups with alkyl phenols and aliphatic alcohols containing from 8-22 carbon atoms, and block copolymers of ethylene oxide/propylene oxide.

Claim 7

A composition according to claim 1 wherein said softener is distearyl, dimethyl ammonium chloride.

Claim 8

A composition according to claim 1 wherein said softener is di-hydrogenated tallow dimethyl ammonium chloride.

Claim 9

A composition according to claim 1 wherein said softener is methyl-1-tallow amido ethyl-2-tallow-imidazolinium methyl sulfate.

Claim 10

A composition according to claim 1 wherein said softener is methyl-1-oleyl amido ethyl-2-oleyl imidazolinium methyl sulfate.

Claim 11

A composition according to claim 1 wherein the ratio of soap to softener is about 1:1.

Claim 12

A composition according to claim 1 wherein said builder salt is sodium tripolyphosphate.

Claim 13

A composition according to claim 10 wherein said builder salt is sodium tripolyphosphate.

Claim 14

A composition according to claim 1 wherein said anionic detergent is linear tridecylbenzene sulfonate.

Claim 15

A composition according to claim 1 wherein said anionic detergent is linear dodecyl benzene sulfonate.

Claim 16

A composition according to claim 1 containing from about 5 to 45% of metakaolin.

Claim 17

A composition according to claim 1 containing from about 5 to 45% of zeolite.

Claim 18

A composition according to claim 1 containing up to about 25% of water soluble fabric bleaching agent.

Claim 19

A composition according to claim 17 wherein said bleaching agent is alkali metal perborate.

Claim 20

A composition according to claim 1 wherein the concentration of each of the softener and soap is at least about 4%.

Claim 21

A composition according to claim 5 wherein the nonionic organic surfactant comprises the condensation product of C 12-15 alcohol with 7 moles of ethylene oxide.

Claim 22

A composition according to claim 1 wherein the concentration of nonionic in the soap/nonionic organic surfactant mixture is from about 5 to 40%, by weight.

Claim 23

A composition according to claim 21 wherein the concentration of nonionic is from about 8 to 30%, by weight.

Claim 24

A composition according to claim 22 wherein the concentration of nonionic is from about 8 to about 20%, by weight.

Claim 25

A detergent-softener composition of claim 1 comprising about; 5% distearyl dimethyl-ammonium chloride 5% soap spaghetti consisting of 80% tallow/coco, 85/15 soap and 20% C 12-15 alcohol. 7 mols ethylene oxide surfactant and 90% of the following detergent composition: 15% linear tridecylbenzene sulfonate 33% sodium tripolyphosphate 7% silicate 1% borax 0.48% brightener Q.S. sodium sulfate and water

Claim 26

A detergent softener composition of claim 1 comprising about 5% distearyl dimethyl ammonium chloride 5% soap spaghetti consisting of 80% tallow/coco, 85/15 soap and 20% C 12-15 alcohol 0.7 mols ethylene oxide surfactant and 90% of the following detergent composition: 23% linear dodecyl benzene sulfonate 20% sodium carbonate 15% silicate 3% borax 1% nonionic surfactant 2% fatty acid soap 1% carboxymethyl cellulose 0.48% brightener 1% metakaolin clay Q.S. sodium sulfate and water

Claim 27

A detergent softener composition of claim 1 comprising about: 4% distearyl dimethyl ammonium chloride 5% soap spaghetti consisting of 80% tallow/coco, 85/15 soap and 20% of C 12-15 alcohol 0.7 mols ethylene oxide surfactant and 91% of the following detergent composition 23% linear dodecylbenzene sulfonate 20% sodium carbonate 1% nonionic surfactant 3% borax 2% fatty acid soap 15% silicate 1% carboxymethyl cellulose 0.48% brightener Q.S. sodium sulfate and water.

Claim 28

A detergent softener composition of claim 1, comprising about: 5 parts by weight of distearyl dimethyl ammonium chloride, 5 parts by weight of soap spaghetti consisting of 80% tallow/coco (85/15) soap and 20% of C 12-15 alcohol 7 mols ethylene oxide surfactant, 20 parts by weight of a spray-dried granular additive having the following composition: ______________________________________ 46% by weight NaHCO.sub.3 32% by weight Na.sub.2 CO.sub.3 2.5% by weight brightener 13.5% by weight silicate Q.S. blue dye and moisture, ______________________________________ and 60 parts by weight particulate detergent base containing, in percent by weight: 9% linear alkyl benzene sulfonate 8% alcohol ether sulfate 2% nonionic surfactant 24% tripolyphosphate sodium 17% zeolite Q.S. sodium sulfate, brightener, water.

Claim 29

A detergent softener composition of claim 1 comprising about 4% distearyl dimethyl ammonium chloride 4% soap spaghetti consisting of 90% tallow/coco 85/15 soap and 10% of C 12-15 alcohol 7 mols ethylene oxide surfactant. 0.7% borax 0.5% nonionic surfactant 0.2% perfume, and 90.6% of the following detergent composition: 14.8% linear tridecylbenzene sulfonate 26.5% sodium tripolyphosphate 6.9% silicate 0.47% brightener 4.9% sodium carbonate 0.25% carboxymethyl cellulose 0.6% methocel Q.S. sodium sulfate and moisture.

Claim 30

A process for washing fabrics comprising contacting said fabrics in an aqueous medium at a temperature of from about 70° to 170° F. with sufficient of the composition of claim 1, 24, 25, 26, 27 or 28 to provide a ratio of from 1.5 to 8.0 g of softener per 3500 g of fabric.

Claim 31

A detergent softener composition, which comprises: a dry-blended mixture of about 2 to 20 weight percent discrete cationic softener particles, about 2 to 20 weight percent discrete particles of a fatty acid soap and nonionic surfactant mixture, about 5 to 40 weight percent water soluble non-soap, organic surfactant, at least about 90% thereof being of the anionic type, from about 10 to 60 weight percent of a water soluble, neutral to alkaline builder salt; said surfactant and said builder salt being combined together as a particulate detergent base before being mixed with the said softener and soap-nonionic particles, said softener particles being free of the soap-nonionic mixture, said soap-nonionic mixture particles and said detergent base being free of cationic softener, said softener being selected from the group consisting of distearyl dimethyl ammonium chloride, di-hydrogenated tallow dimethyl ammonium chloride, di-tallow dimethyl ammonium chloride, distearyl dimethyl ammonium methyl sulfate, di-hydrogenated tallow dimethyl ammonium methyl sulfate, methyl-1-tallow amido ethyl-2-tallow imidazolinium methyl sulfate and methyl-1-oleyl amido ethyl-2-oleyl imidazolinium methyl sulfate, said fatty acid soap being a mixture of C 10 to C 30 fatty acid alkali metal salts containing at least 50 weight percent C 10 to C 18 fatty acid salt, said nonionic surfactant being selected from the group consisting of the condensation products of C 2 or C 3 alkylene oxide with C 6 to C 12 alkyl phenols, the condensation products of C 2 or C 3 alkylene oxide with C 8 to C 22 aliphatic alcohols and block condensation products of ethylene oxide and propylene oxide, the weight percent of the nonionic surfactant in the fatty acid soap and nonionic surfactant mixture being from about 2 to about 50%, the weight ratio of soap to softener being from about 8:1 to 1:3, and the percent concentration of non-soap anionic surfactant being at least about 1.5×+5 wherein x represents the percent concentration of softener.

Claim 32

A detergent softener composition, which comprises: a dry-blended mixture of about 2 to 20 weight percent discrete cationic softener particles, about 2 to 20 weight percent discrete particles of a fatty acid soap and nonionic surfactant mixture, about 5 to 40 weight percent water soluble non-soap, organic surfactant, at least about 90% thereof being of the anionic type, from about 10 to 60 weight percent of a water soluble, neutral to alkaline builder salt; said surfactant and said builder salt being combined together as a particulate detergent base before being mixed with the said softener and soap-nonionic particles, said softener particles being free of the soap-nonionic mixture, said soap-nonionic mixture particles and said detergent base being free of cationic softener, said softener being selected from the group consisting of distearyl dimethyl ammonium chloride, di-hydrogenated tallow dimethyl ammonium chloride, di-tallow dimethyl ammonium chloride, distearyl dimethyl ammonium methyl sulfate, di-hydrogenated tallow dimethyl ammonium methyl sulfate, methyl-1-tallow amido ethyl-2-tallow imidazolinium methyl sulfate and methyl-1-oleyl amido ethyl-2-oleyl imidazolinium methyl sulfate, said fatty acid soap being a mixture of C 10 to C 30 fatty acid alkali metal salts containing at least 50 weight percent C 10 to C 18 fatty acid salt, said nonionic surfactant being selected from the group consisting of the condensation products of C 2 or C 3 alkylene oxide with C 6 to C 12 alkyl phenols, the condensation products of C 2 or C 3 alkylene oxide with C 8 to C 22 aliphatic alcohols and block condensation products of ethylene oxide and propylene oxide, the weight percent of the nonionic surfactant in the fatty acid soap and nonionic surfactant mixture being from about 2 to about 50%, the weight ratio of soap to softener being from about 8:1 to 1:3, and the percent concentration of non-soap anionic surfactant being at least about 1.5×+5 wherein x represents the percent concentration of softener.

Claim 33

A composition according to claim 30 wherein the builder salt is selected from the group consisting of phosphate salts, alkali metal silicates, sodium carbonate salts, sodium bicarbonate salts, sodium borate salts, metakaolin clays and zeolites.

Claim 34

A composition according to claims 1, 2, 5, 20, 21, 22, 30 or 31 wherein the particulate detergent base of non-soap organic surfactant and builder salt is formed by agglomerating or beading means from dry or slurried ingredients.

Claim 35

A composition according to claim 32 wherein the detergent base is formed by spray drying, mechanical blending, prilling or granular mixing.