LIQUID LAUNDRY DETERGENT COMPOSITION

• US 20170166839A1
• Filed: 12/08/2016
• Published: 06/15/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 12/10/2015
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
• Original Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
• Inventors: BROOKER, Alan Thomas, FERNANDEZ MARTINEZ, Lucia, SOMERVILLE ROBERTS, Nigel Patrick
• Application Number:
  US15/372,432
• Publication Number:
  US 20170166839A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: C11D 1/02 Anionic compounds C11D1/002, C11D1/004, C11D1/008 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: C11D 17/042 Water soluble or water disintegrable containers or substrates containing cleaning compositions or additives for cleaning compositions
• CPC Class Codes: C11D 17/043 Liquid or thixotropic (gel) compositions
• CPC Class Codes: C11D 17/045 Multi-compartment
• CPC Class Codes: C11D 17/06 Powder; Flakes; Free-flowing mixtures; Sheets
• CPC Class Codes: C11D 2111/12 Soft surfaces, e.g. textile
• CPC Class Codes: C11D 3/2003 Alcohols; Phenols
• CPC Class Codes: C11D 3/2041 Dihydric alcohols
• CPC Class Codes: C11D 3/2065 Polyhydric alcohols
• CPC Class Codes: C11D 3/2068 Ethers
• CPC Class Codes: C11D 3/222 Natural or synthetic polysaccharides, e.g. cellulose, starch, gum, alginic acid or cyclodextrin
• CPC Class Codes: C11D 3/37 Polymers polymeric surface-active agents C11D1/008; polysaccharides C11D3/222

Abstract

A liquid laundry detergent composition comprising a first polymer in particulate form and a second polymer, optionally in particulate form. Related water-soluble unit dose articles.

Claims

1. A high active polymer composition suitable for incorporation into a water-soluble unit dose article, wherein the high active polymer composition comprises less than about 15wt % water, an alcohol, a first polymer, and a second polymer, wherein the first polymer is in particulate form, wherein the first polymer has an overall anionic charge and comprises an alkali metal ion, an amine, ammonium ion or a mixture thereof, and wherein the second polymer has an overall cationic charge and comprises a halogen ion;

wherein the alcohol is selected from the group comprising ethylene glycol, tetramethylene glycol, pentamethylene glycol, hexamethylene glycol, 2,3-butane diol, 1,3 butanediol, diethylene glycol, triethylene glycol, polyethylene glycol having a molecular weight of less than about 6000, glycerol formal, dipropylene glycol, dipropylene glycol methyl ether, propylene glycol monopropyl ether, tripropylene glycol, polypropylene glycol, dipropylene glycol n-butyl ether, and mixtures thereof, wherein the composition has an average particle size distribution d50 of between about 30 um and about 80 um and an average particle size distribution d90 of between about 95 um and about 140 um.

2. The high active polymer composition according to claim 1, wherein the second polymer is in particulate form.

3. The high active polymer composition according to claim 1 wherein the composition has an average particle size distribution d50 between about 40 um and about 60 um.

4. The high active polymer composition according to claim 2 wherein the composition has an average particle size distribution d90 of between about 100 um and about 125 um.

5. The high active polymer composition according to claim 1 wherein the first particle comprises a carrier.

6. The high active polymer composition according to claim 4 wherein the carrier is selected from sulphate, carbonate, clay, starch, sugars, polyethylene glycol having a molecular weight of at least about 800 or a mixture thereof.

7. The high active polymer composition according to claim 4 wherein the polymer is comprised within the carrier, on the carrier, or a mixture thereof.

8. The high active polymer composition according to claim 1 wherein the first polymer, second polymer or both are polysaccharide-based polymers.

9. The high active polymer composition according to claim 1 comprising between about 40% and about 70%, by weight of the composition of the alcohol.

10. The high active polymer composition according to claim 8 comprising between about 50% and about 65% by weight of the composition of the alcohol.

12. The high active polymer composition according to claim 10 comprising between about 15% and about 25% by weight of the composition of the second polymer.

13. The high active polymer composition according to claim 1 wherein the weight ratio of the second polymer to the first polymer is between about 1:

0.7 and about 1;

2.

14. The high active polymer composition according to claim 12 wherein the weight ratio of the second polymer to the first polymer is between about 1:

1 to about 1;

1.5.

15. The high active polymer composition according to claim 1 wherein the alkali metal ion is selected from potassium, sodium, magnesium or a mixture thereof.

16. The high active polymer composition according to claim 1 wherein the halogen is chloride.

17. A water-soluble unit dose article comprising a water-soluble film and a high active polymer composition according to claim 1.

18. The water-soluble unit dose article according to claim 16 wherein the high active polymer composition is combined with one or more further compositions or components before addition to the water-soluble unit dose article.

19. The water-soluble unit dose article according to claim 16 wherein the water-soluble unit dose article comprises at least two compartments and wherein at least one compartment comprises the high active polymer composition.

20. The water-soluble unit dose article according to claim 16 wherein the unit dose article comprises between about 5% and about 20% by weight of the unit dose article of the high active polymer composition.

11. The high active polymer composition according to claim lcomprising between about10% and about 30%, by weight of the composition of the second polymer.