Composition for softening fabrics
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1. A detergent composition capable of imparting a softening benefit to fabrics during a wash process, comprising:
- (i) from 2% to 50% by weight of a surfactant system selected from the group consisting of;
(a) from at least 1% to 15% of at least one nonionic surfactant, and(b) mixtures of 1% to 15% of at least one nonionic surfactant with a further surfactant selected from anionic, zwitterionic and amphoteric detergent active material mixtures thereof,said at least one nonionic surfactant having a cloud point of not more than 40°
C. at 1% concentration in distilled water and an HLB of not more than 9.5.(ii) from 0.5% to 15% by weight of a fatty amine fabric softening agent selected from the group consisting of primary amines, secondary amines and tertiary amines; and
(iii) up to 80% by weight of a detergency builder.
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Abstract
A detergent composition for softening fabrics while maintaining good detergency comprises a fatty amine such as di tallow methyl tertiary amine and a nonionic surfactant with a low cloud point, such as an ethoxylated fatty alcohol with 3 moles of ethylene oxide per molecule.
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8 Claims
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1. A detergent composition capable of imparting a softening benefit to fabrics during a wash process, comprising:
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(i) from 2% to 50% by weight of a surfactant system selected from the group consisting of; (a) from at least 1% to 15% of at least one nonionic surfactant, and (b) mixtures of 1% to 15% of at least one nonionic surfactant with a further surfactant selected from anionic, zwitterionic and amphoteric detergent active material mixtures thereof, said at least one nonionic surfactant having a cloud point of not more than 40°
C. at 1% concentration in distilled water and an HLB of not more than 9.5.(ii) from 0.5% to 15% by weight of a fatty amine fabric softening agent selected from the group consisting of primary amines, secondary amines and tertiary amines; and (iii) up to 80% by weight of a detergency builder. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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Current AssigneeLever Brothers Company (Unilever PLC)
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Original AssigneeLever Brothers Company (Unilever PLC)
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InventorsKenyon, Ian R., Smith, Bryan C.
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Primary Examiner(s)Lieberman, Paul
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Assistant Examiner(s)MCNALLY, JOHN
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Application NumberUS07/247,971Time in Patent Office782 DaysField of Search252/8.75, 252/8.8, 252/99, 252/525, 252/528, 252/544, 252/547US Class Current510/327CPC Class CodesC11D 1/40 Monoamines or polyamines; S...C11D 1/72 Ethers of polyoxyalkylene g...C11D 1/835 Mixtures of non-ionic with ...
