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Detergent compositions

  • US 5,019,292 A
  • Filed: 12/21/1988
  • Issued: 05/28/1991
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/30/1987
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A granular detergent composition comprising:

  • at least about 1% of a detersive surfactant;

    from about 5% to about 35% detergent builders;

    from about 1% to about 25% of a hectorite clay as a fabric softening ingredient, wherein said hectorite clay consists essentially of clay of natural origin having the general formula;

    ##EQU3## wherein MeIII is Al, Fe, or B;

    or y=0;

    Mn+ is a monovalent (n=1) or divalent (n=2) metal ion, said clay having a layer charge distribution (x+y) such that at least 50% of the layer charge is in the range of from about 0.23 to about 0.31; and

    in addition to said hectorite clay, from about 1% to about 10% of an additional fabric softening ingredient comprising;

    an amine of the formula R1 R2 R3 N, wherein R1 is selected from C6 to C20 hydrocarbyl groups, R2 is selected from C1 to C20 hydrocarbyl groups and R3 is selected from C1 to C20 hydrocarbyl or hydrogen groups;

    or an amide of the formula R10 R11 NCOR12, wherein R10 and R11 are independently selected from C1 -C22 alkyl, alkenyl, hydroxy alkyl, aryl, and alkyl-aryl groups, R12 is hydrogen, a C1 -C22 alkyl or alkenyl, an aryl group, an alkyl-aryl group, or an O-R13 group, wherein R13 is selected from a C1 -C22 alkyl or alkenyl group, an aryl, or an alkyl-aryl group;

    or a 1-(higher alkyl) amide (lower alkyl)-2-(higher alkyl) imidazoline, wherein said higher alkyl is an alkyl having from about 12 to about 22 carbon atoms, and said lower alkyl is an alkyl having from about 1 to about 4 carbon atoms.

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