DETERGENT COMPOSITION

• US 20110065626A1
• Filed: 09/01/2010
• Published: 03/17/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 09/14/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
• Original Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
• Inventors: COURCHAY, Florence Catherine
• Granted Patent: US 8,124,576 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 510/337
• CPC Class Codes: C11D 1/22 derived from aromatic compounds
• CPC Class Codes: C11D 3/30 Amines; Substituted amines ; Quaternized amines

Abstract

The present invention relates to a liquid detergent comprising less than 40% total water or non-amino functional solvent, alkyl benzene sulphonate surfactant comprising greater than 20% of the 2 phenyl isomer and a gel breaker selected from the group consisting of amino alcohol compounds having a molecular weight above 61 g/mol, wherein the composition has a ratio of total surfactant to total solvent of greater than 1:1.

Claims

1. A liquid detergent comprising less than about 40% total water or non-amino functional solvent, alkyl benzene sulphonate surfactant comprising greater than about 20% of a 2 phenyl isomer and a gel breaker selected from the group of amino alcohol compounds having a molecular weight above about 61 g/mol, wherein the composition has a ratio of total surfactant to total solvent of greater than about 1:

1.

2. The liquid detergent composition according to claim 1, the alkyl benzene sulphonate surfactant comprising greater than about 24% of the 2 phenyl isomer.

3. The liquid detergent composition according to claim 1, the alkyl benzene sulphonate surfactant comprising greater than about 30% of the 2 phenyl isomer.

4. The liquid detergent composition according to claim 1, wherein the gel breaker is selected from the group of triethanolamine, diisopropanolamine, triisopropanolamine, Monoamino hexanol, 2-[(2-methoxyethyl)methylamino]-ethanol, Propanolamine, N-Methylethanolamine, diethanolamine, Monobutanol amine, Isobutanolamine, Monopentanol amine, 1-Amino-3-(2-methoxyethoxy)-2-propanol, 2-Methyl-4-(methylamino)-2-butanol, 6-amino-1-hexanol, Heptaminol, Isoetarine, Norepinephrine, Sphingosine, Phenylpropanolamine and mixtures thereof.

5. The liquid detergent composition according to claim 1, wherein the gel breaker is selected from the group of triethanolamine, diisopropanolamine, triisopropanolamine, Monoamino hexanol, 2-[(2-methoxyethyl)methylamino]-ethanol, Propanolamine, N-Methylethanolamine, diethanolamine, Monobutanol amine, Isobutanolamine, Monopentanol amine, 1-Amino-3-(2-methoxyethoxy)-2-propanol, 2-methyl-4-(methylamino)-2-butanol and mixtures thereof.

6. The liquid detergent composition according to claim 1, wherein the gel breaker is selected from the group of triethanolamine, triiso propanolamine, 6-amino-1-hexanol and mixtures thereof.

7. The liquid detergent composition according to claim 1 wherein the gel breaker is selected from the group of triethanolamine, triiso propanolamine and mixtures thereof.

8. The liquid detergent composition according to claim 1, wherein the gel breaker is present at a level of greater than about 1%.

9. The liquid detergent composition according to claim 1 wherein the ratio of total surfactant to total water or non-amino functional solvent is greater than about 1.5:

1.

10. The liquid detergent composition according to claim 1, wherein the composition is translucent.

11. The liquid detergent composition according to claim 1, wherein the gel breaker is present at a level of greater than about 1.5%.

12. The liquid detergent composition according to claim 1, wherein the gel breaker is present at a level of greater than about 1.8%.

13. The liquid detergent composition according to claim 1, wherein the gel breaker is present at a level of greater than about 1% and less than about 4%.

14. The liquid detergent composition according to claim 1 wherein the ratio of total surfactant to total water or non-amino functional solvent is greater than about 2:

1.