CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS

• US 3,669,891 A
• Filed: 05/27/1970
• Issued: 06/13/1972
• Est. Priority Date: 05/30/1969
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: David Howard Stokes, John Malcolm Greenwood
• Original Assignee: David Howard Stokes, John Malcolm Greenwood
• Inventors: Greenwood, John Malcolm, Stokes, David Howard
• Primary Examiner(s): Welsh, John D.
• Application Number:
  US05/041,105
• Time in Patent Office: 748 Days
• Field of Search: 252/90,186,188.3,408,95
• US Class Current: 424/10.1
• CPC Class Codes: A23L 3/045 transported in a hydrostatic chamber
• CPC Class Codes: C09B 5/62 Cyclic imides or amidines of peri-dicarboxylic acids of the anthracene, benzanthrene, or perylene series
• CPC Class Codes: C09K 11/07 having chemically interreactive components, e.g. reactive chemiluminescent compositions
• CPC Class Codes: C11D 3/42 Brightening agents ; Blueing agents
• CPC Class Codes: C11D 9/448 Brightening agents
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 436/207497 Molecular oxygen

Abstract

Cleansing compositions adapted to emit visible light during use, and which are thereby capable of conveying useful information to the user, are disclosed.

Claims

2. A chemiluminescent detergent composition according to claim 1 wherein said chemiluminescer comprises from about 0.1 to about 2.5 percent by weight of said chemiluminescent detergent composition, said oxidizing agent comprises from about 0.1 to about 40 percent by weight of said chemiluminescent detergent composition, and said halogen source comprises from about 0.1 to about 2.5 percent by weight of said chemiluminescent detergent composition.

3. A chemiluminescent detergent composition according to claim 2 wherein said halogen source is a chlorine source.

4. A chemiluminescent detergent composition according to claim 1, wherein a. said chemiluminescer comprises from about 0.1 to about 2.5 percent by weight of said chemiluminescent detergent composition, and is selected from the group consisting of chemical compounds having the structural formula:

and sodium, potassium and lithium salts thereof, wherein R is selected from the group consisting of;

NH2 NHCH3 NHC2H5 N(CH3)2, and N(C2H5)2 b. said oxidizing agent comprises from about 0.1 to about 40 percent by weight of said chemiluminescent detergent composition, and is selected from the group consisting of sodium perborate, potassium perborate, sodium percarbonate and hydrogen peroxide; and

c. said halogen source comprises from about 0.1 to about 2.5 percent by weight of said chemiluminescent detergent composition, and is selected from the group consisting of sodium hypochlorite, potassium hypochlorite, lithium hypochlorite, calcium hypochlorite, trichloroisocyanuric acid, dichloroisocyanuric acid, sodium dichloroisocyanurate, potassium dichloroisocyanurate, dichloro glycolurils, dichloro dimethyl hydantoins, and chlorine-exchange resins.

5. A chemiluminescent detergent composition according to claim 1, wherein said detergent composition is in powder form.

6. A chemiluminescent detergent composition according to claim 1, wherein said detergent composition is in liquid form.

7. A substantially dry scouring powder comprising about 90 parts by weight of an abrasive powder, the balance being a detergent composition comprising a. a detergent material selected from the group consisting of anionic, nonionic, cationic, and zwitterionic detergent active materials, b. a chemiluminescer selected from the group consisting of chemical compounds having the structural formula:

and sodium, potassium and lithium salts thereof, wherein R is selected from the group consisting of;

NH2 NHCH3 NHC2H5 NHCH2C6H5 NHCOCH2Cl NHCOCH2NH2 N(CH3)2 N(C2H5)2, and N(CH2C6H5)2, c. an oxidizing agent selected from the group consisting of sodium perborate, potassium perborate, sodium percarbonate, hydrogen peroxide, zinc peroxide, barium peroxide, calcium peroxide, magnesium peroxide, the sodium, potassium, lithium and ammonium salts of the peroxyphosphates of orthophosphoric acid, pyrophosphoric acid and tripolyphosphoric acid, the peroxyhydrates of sodium sulphate and potassium sulphate, the sodium, potassium, lithium, calcium, magnesium and ammonium salts of the peroxyhydrates of alpha-amino phosphoric acids and the hydrogen peroxide addition products of urea, biuret and amides, and d. a halogen source, said chemiluminescer, oxidizing agent, and halogen source being present in proportions by weight reSpectively of about 1 part, about 2-5 parts, and about 0.6-1 part for 100 parts of said scouring powder.

8. A scouring powder in accordance with claim 7 wherein said chemiluminescer is encapsulated in pressure-rupturable capsules.

9. A chemiluminescent detergent composition comprising, by weight:

a. from about 0.05 to about 10 percent of a chemiluminescer selected from the group consisting of chemical compounds having the structural formula; and

sodium, potassium and lithium salts thereof, wherein R is selected from the group consisting of;

NH2 NHCH3 NHC2H5 NHCH2C6H5 NHCOCH2Cl NHCOCH2NH2 N(CH3)2 N(C2H5)2, and N(CH2C6H5)2, b. about 0.05 to about 40 percent of a first activator for said chemiluminescer which is an oxidizing agent selected from the group consisting of sodium perborate, potassium perborate, sodium percarbonate, hydrogen peroxide, zinc peroxide, barium peroxide, calcium peroxide, magnesium peroxide, the sodium, potassium, lithium and ammonium salts of the peroxyphosphates of orthophosphoric acid, pyrophosphoric acid and tripolyphosphoric acid, the peroxyhydrates of sodium sulphate and potassium sulphate, the sodium, potassium, lithium, calcium, mangesium and ammonium salts of the peroxyhydrates of alphaamino phosphoric acids and the hydrogen peroxide addition products of urea, biuret and amides, c. from about 0.05 to about 10 percent of a second activator for said chemiluminescer selected from the group consisting of a transition metal chelate of pyridine-2-carboxylic acid, and a transition metal chelate of 1,10-phenanthroline, and d. from about 0.5 to about 60 percent of a detergent active material selected from the group consisting of anionic, nonionic, cationic and zwitterionic detergent active materials, said chemiluminescer being maintained out of contact with said activators until said composition is dispensed.

10. A chemiluminescent air-freshener/germicidal composition contained in a divided two-compartment package having a first and a second compartment, said first compartment containing a solution of, in parts by weight:

Cetyl trimethylammonium bromide 1 Oleyl di-betahydroxyethyl methyl-ammonium methosulphate 1.5 Propylene glycol 10 Triethylene glycol 10 Isopropyl alcohol 65 Perfume 1 Water 11.5 and 0.5 part by weight of said solution each of the monosodium salt of 5-amino-2,3-dihydrophthalazine-1,4-dione, and H2O2, and said second compartment containing an aqueous solution of sodium hypochlorite, said solution having 0.5 percent available chlorine.