Liquid laundry detergent compositions comprising a silicone blend of non-functionalized and amino-functionalized silicone polymers

• US 7,326,677 B2
• Filed: 07/02/2004
• Issued: 02/05/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 07/11/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
• Original Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
• Inventors: Jervier, Gregory Leo, Delplancke, Patrick Firmin August, Boutique, Jean-Pol, Scialla, Stefano, Sheets, Connie Lynn
• Primary Examiner(s): BOYER, CHARLES I
• Application Number:
  US10/884,286
• Publication Number:
  US 20050009721A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,313 Days
• Field of Search: 510/466, 510/276, 510/285, 510/287, 510/400, 510/300, 510/304, 510/371, 510/394, 510/407, 510/417, 510/305, 510/320, 510/374, 510/392
• US Class Current: 510/466
• CPC Class Codes: C11D 3/0021 Dye-stain or dye-transfer inhibiting compositions
• CPC Class Codes: C11D 3/373 containing silicones
• CPC Class Codes: C11D 3/3742 Nitrogen containing silicones
• CPC Class Codes: C11D 3/386 Preparations containing enzymes , e.g. protease or amylase
• CPC Class Codes: C11D 3/38618 Protease or amylase in liquid compositions only

Abstract

The invention is directed to liquid laundry detergent compositions for treating non-keratinous substrates under domestic wash conditions, such composition comprise (A) at least one surfactant selected from the group consisting of anionic surfactants, nonionic surfactants, zwitterionic surfactants, amphoteric surfactants, and combinations thereof; (B) a silicone blend comprising a non-functionalized silicone and a functionalized silicone; and (C) at least one additional non-silicone laundry adjunct selected from the group consisting of detergent builders, detersive enzymes, dye transfer inhibiting agents, and combinations thereof. The claimed compositions are further essentially free of any coacervate phase-forming polymer and essentially free of any cationic deposition aid.

Claims

1. An aqueous liquid laundry detergent composition for treating non-keratinous substrates under domestic wash conditions, said composition comprising:

(A) from 10% to 80%, by weight of the composition, of at least one surfactant selected from the group consisting of anionic surfactants, nonionic surfactants, zwitterionic surfactants, amphoteric surfactants, and combinations thereof;

(B) from 0.05% to 10%, by weight of the composition, of a silicone blend comprising a non-functionalized silicone and a functionalized silicone, wherein the non-functionalized silicone is a nonionic, non-cross linked, nitrogen-free silicone polymer and the functionalized silicone is an amino-functionalized silicone polymer;

(C) a dye transfer inhibiting agent and optionally a detergent builder and

(D) detersive enzyme;

wherein the composition is free of any coacervate phase-forming polymer and free of any cationic deposition aid.

2. An aqueous liquid laundry detergent composition according to claim 1 wherein the non-functionalized silicone has a viscosity from 0.01 m²/s (10,000 centistokes at 20°

C.) to 2.0 m²/s (2,000,000 centistokes at 20°

C.).

3. An aqueous liquid laundry detergent composition according to claim 1 wherein the functionalized silicone has a % amine/ammonium functionality in the range of from 0.01% to 10%.

4. An aqueous liquid laundry detergent composition according to claim 3 wherein the functionalized silicone has a % amine/ammonium functionality in the range of from 0.05% to 0.3%.

5. An aqueous liquid laundry detergent composition according to claim 1 wherein the functionalized silicone has a viscosity from 0.0001 m²/s (100 centistokes at 20°

C.) to 2.0 m²/s (2,000,000 centistokes at 20°

C.).

6. An aqueous liquid laundry detergent composition according to claim 1 wherein within the silicone blend the non-functionalized silicone and the functionalized silicone are present in a weight ratio of from 100:

1 to 1;

100.

7. An aqueous liquid laundry detergent composition according to claim 1 wherein the silicone blend is emulsified with an emulsifier.

8. An aqueous liquid laundry detergent composition according to claim 7 wherein the emulsifier is selected from the group consisting of cationic emulsifiers, nonionic emulsifiers and combinations thereof.

9. An aqueous liquid laundry detergent composition according to claim 1 wherein the silicone blend has an average particle size of from 1 μ

m to 500 μ

m.

10. An aqueous liquid laundry detergent composition according to claim 1 further comprising at least one stabilizer selected from crystalline, hydroxyl-containing stabilizing agents.

12. Non-keratinous substrate treated with an aqueous liquid laundry detergent composition according to claim 1 wherein on such a treated non-keratinous substrate a certain amount of the silicone blend provided by the liquid laundry detergent composition of the present invention, has been deposited, wherein the amount of silicone deposited is at least 0.001 mg silicone per gram of non-keratinous substrate.

13. An aqueous liquid laundry detergent composition according to claim 1 wherein within the silicone blend the non-functionalized silicone and the functionalized silicone are present in a weight ratio of from 15:

1 to 2;

1.

14. An aqueous liquid laundry detergent composition according to claim 1 wherein the composition comprises at least one anionic surfactant.

11. An aqueous liquid laundry detergent composition for treating non-keratinous substrates under domestic wash conditions, said composition comprising:

(A) from 10% to 80% by weight of the composition, of at least one surfactant selected from the group consisting of anionic surfactants, nonionic surfactants, zwitterionic surfactants, amphoteric surfactants, and combinations thereof;

(B) from 0.25% to 3.0% by weight of the composition, of a silicone blend comprising a non-functionalized silicone and a functionalized silicone; and

(C) a dye transfer inhibiting agent and optionally a detergent builder; and

(D) detersive enzyme;

wherein the composition is free of any coacervate phase-forming polymer and of any cationic deposition aid;

wherein the non-functionalized silicone is a nonionic, non-cross linked, nitrogen-free silicone polymer, having a viscosity from 0.55 m²/s (550,000 centistokes at 20°

C.) to 0.7 m²/s (700,000 centistokes at 20°

C.);

wherein the functionalized silicone is an amino-functionalized silicone polymer having a % amine/axnznonium functionality in the range of from 0.05% to 1% and a viscosity from 0.02 m²/s (20,000 centistokes at 20°

C.) to 0.08 m²/s (80,000 centistokes at 20°

C.);

wherein within the silicone blend the non-functionalized silicone and the functionalized silicone are present in a weight ratio of from 15;

1 to 2;

1; and

wherein the silicone blend is emulsified with a cationic and/or nonionic emulsifier.

15. An aqueous liquid laundry detergent composition according to claim 11 wherein the composition comprises from 10% to 80% by weight of the composition at least one anionic surfactant.

16. An aqueous liquid laundry detergent composition according to claim 11 wherein the functionalized silicone is an amino-functionalized silicone polymer having a % anime/ammonium functionality in the range of from 0.05% to 0.3%.

17. An aqueous liquid laundry detergent composition for treating non-keratinous substrates under domestic wash conditions said composition comprising:

(A) at least one anionic surfactant;

(B) from 0.05% to 10%, by weight of the composition, of a silicone blend comprising a non-functionalized silicone and a functionalized silicone, wherein the non-functionalized silicone is a non-cross linked, nitrogen-free silicone polymer and the functionalized silicone is an amino functionalized silicone polymer;

(C) a dye transfer inhibiting agent and optionally a detergent builder; and

(D) detersive enzyme;

wherein the composition is free of any coacervate phase-forming polymer and free of any cationic deposition aid.