ANTI-FOGGING WINDOW CLEANER SURFACTANT MIXTURE

• US 3,819,522 A
• Filed: 09/25/1972
• Issued: 06/25/1974
• Est. Priority Date: 09/25/1972
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Barney J. Zmoda, Raymond S. Brown
• Original Assignee: Barney J. Zmoda, Raymond S. Brown
• Inventors: Zmoda, Barney J., Brown, Raymond S.
• Primary Examiner(s): Schultz, William E.
• Application Number:
  US05/291,681
• Time in Patent Office: 638 Days
• Field of Search: 252/89 106/13 260/635Y
• US Class Current: 510/182
• CPC Class Codes: C11D 1/29 Sulfates of polyoxyalkylene ethers
• CPC Class Codes: C11D 1/72 Ethers of polyoxyalkylene glycols
• CPC Class Codes: C11D 3/164 containing a carbon-carbon triple bond

Abstract

WHEREIN R is an alkyl group having from one to four carbon atoms and R1 is a radical selected from the group consisting of methyl, ethyl, cyclopropyl, and phenyl or the reaction product of the above glycol and from 2 to 200 moles of ethylene oxide and an anionic or nonionic surfactant in a weight ratio of 1:50 to 1:1. A non-fogging window cleaner containing from 0.1 to 3 percent of the above noted anti-fogging surfactant mixture as well as a method for utilizing the same is provided.

An anti-fogging surfactant mixture for use in a window cleaning composition consisting essentially of a mixture of a nonionic surface active agent having the formula

Claims

2. The composition of claim 1 wherein said anionic surface active agent is selected from the group consisting of mixed C12-15 normal primary alkyl triethenoxy sulfate, ammonium salt;

myristyl triethenoxy sulfate, potassium salt, n-decyl diethenoxy sulfate, sodim salt;

lauryl diethenoxy sulfate, ammonium salt, palmityl tetraethenoxy sulfate, sodium salt;

mixed C12-15 normal primary alkyl mixed tri- and tetraethenoxy sulfate, sodium salt, stearyl pentaethenoxy sulfate, ammonium salt and mixed C10-18 normal primary alkyl triethenoxy sulfate, potassium salt.

3. The composition of claim 1 wherein said glycolic surface active agent is selected from the group consisting of 2,4,7,9-tetramethyl-5-decyne-4,7-diol 4,7-dimethyl-5-decyne-4,7-diol 2,3,6,7-tetramethyl-4-octyne-3,6-diol 3,6-diethyl-4-octyne-3,6-diol 2,5-dicyclopropyl-3-hexyne-2,5-diol 3,6-dimethyl-4-octyne-3,6-diol 2,5-diphenyl-3hexyne-2,5-diol 2,5-dimethyl-3-hexyne-2,5-diol 5,8-dimethyl-6-dodecyne-5,8-diol 2,4,7,9-tetramethyl-5-decyne-4,7-diol + 3.5EO 4,7-dimethyl-5-decyne-4,7-diol + 200EO 2,3,6,7-tetramethyl-4-octyne-3,6-diol + 10EO 3,6-diethyl-4-octyne-3,6-diol + 9EO 2,5-dicyclopropyl-3-hexyne-2,5-diol + 20EO 3,6-dimethyl-4-octyne-3,6-diol + 30EO 2,4,7,9-tetramethyl-5-decyne-4,7-diol + 15EO 4,7-dimethyl-5-decyne-4,7-diol + 20EO 2,3,6,7-tetramethyl-4-octyne-3,6-diol + 2EO 3,6-diethyl-4-octyne-3,6-diol + 100EO 2,5-dicyclopropyl-3-hexyne-2,5-diol + 50EO 3,6-dimethyl-4-octyne-3,6-diol + 20EO 2,5-diphenyl-3-hexyne-2,5diol + 30EO 2,5-dimethyl-3-hexyne-2,5diol + 10EO 5,8-dimethyl-6-dodecyne-5,8-diol, etc. + 5EO 2,4,7,9-tetramethyl-5-decyne-4,7-diol + 20EO 4,7-dimethyl-5-decyne-4,7-diol + 8EO 2,3,6,7-tetramethyl-4-octyne-3,6-diol + 12EO 3,6-diethyl-4-octyne-3,6-diol + 15EO 2,5-dicyclopropyl-3-hexyne-2,5-diol + 10EO 3,6-dimethyl-4-octyne-3,6-diol + 50EO 2,4,7,9-tetramethyl-5-decyne-4,7-diol + 30EO 4,7-dimethyl-5-decyne-4,7-diol + 10EO 2,3,6,7-tetramethyl-4-octyne-3,6-diol + 5EO 3,6-diethyl-4-octyne-3,6-diol + 2EO 2,5-diphenyl-3-hexyne-2,5-diol + 5EO 2,5-dimethyl-3-hexyne-2,5-diol + 20EO 5,8-dimethyl-6-dodecyne-5,5-diol + 10EO, etc.

4. The composition of claim 1 wherein said glycolic surface active agent is a mixture of a major amount of 2,4,7,9-tetramethyl-5-decyne-4,7-diol, ethylene glycol and as a minor amount of alkyl phenyl ethylene oxide adduct.

5. The composition of claim 1 wherein in said anionic surfactant R2 is mixed alkyl, said alkly containing from 12 to 15 carbon atoms and wherein from about 10 to 50 percent of each alkyl chain length is present.

6. The composition according to claim 5 wherein said anionic surface active agent is C12-15 normal primary alkyl triethanoxy sulfate ammonium salt.

7. The composition of claim 1 wherein M is an ammonium ion.

8. The composition of claim 1 wherein said glycolic surface active agent is an acetylenic glycol having the formula

9. The composition of claim 4 wherein said glycolic surface active agent is 2,4,7,9-tetramethyl-5-decyne-4,7-diol.

10. The composition of claim 1 wherein said weight ratio of said glycolic surface active agent to said surface active agent is 1:

20 to 1;

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11. The composition of claim 1 wherein said weight ratio of said glycolic surface active agent to said surface active agent is 1:

20 to 1;

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12. A window cleaning composition comprising from 80 to 93.7 percent water, from 3 to 8 percent by weight of at least one glycol ether selected from the group consisting of monoalkyl ethers of ethylene glycol and propylene glycol from 3 to 7 percent by weight of a lower monohydric alcohol, from 0.1 to 2 percent by weight of an alkali or ammonium hydroxide and from 0.1 to 3 percent by weight of an anti-fogging mixture consisting essentially of a mixture of a glycolic surface active agent selected from acetylenic glycols having the formula

13. The composition of claim 12 wherein the glycol ether is a mixture of ethylene glycol monobutyl ether and propylene glycol monomethyl ether.

14. The composition of claim 12 wherein said lower monohydric alcohol is isopropanol.

15. The composition of claim 12 having a pH between 8 and 11.

16. The composition of claim 12 werein M is an ammonium ion.

17. The composition of claim 12 wherein said glycolic surface active agent is an acetylenic glycol having the formula

18. The composition of claim 17 wherein said glycolic surface active agent is 2,4,7,9-tetramethyl-5-decyne-4,7-diol.

19. The combination of claim 12 wherein said weight ration of said glycolic surface active agent to said surface active agent is 1:

20 to 1;

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20. The composition of claim 12 wherein said weight ratio of said glycolic surface active agent to said surface active agent is 1:

20 to 1;

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