EP0120533A2
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Aqueous alkaline liquid detergent composition
Assignee: Unilever PLC
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Filing: 1984-03-16
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2004-03-16
Abstract
Abstract The invention relates to aqueous built liquid detergent compositions of high alkalinity comprising at least 2% by weight of an alkoxylated fatty alcohol or mixture thereof having an overall ratio between the number of ethylene oxide units and propylene- and/or butylene oxide units of less than 9; from 2 to 30% by weight of an alkaline agent; from 5 to 35% by weight of a detergency builder and from 0.1 to 1.0% by weight of an essentially single structuring polymeric agent; the composition having a pH equal to or above 11. The detergent compositions, which are suitable for both fabric-and dishwashing, show good detergency and stability, and improved viscosity and pourability.
Inventors
- 👤 Johannes Henricus Maria Rek
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
EP
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-04 16:17
CPC Classifications
C; C11; C11D; C11D3/00; C11D3/16; C11D3/37; C11D3/3746; C11D3/3757; C11D3/3765; C11D1/00; C11D1/66; C11D1/722; C11D17/00; C11D17/0008; C11D17/0026
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 15
Claim 1
Independent Claim
119 words
An alkaline built liquid detergent composition comprising in an aqueous medium a nonionic detergent, a detergency builder, an alkaline agent and a polymeric structuring agent characterized in that it comprises: (a) at least 2% by weight of an alkoxylated fatty alcohol nonionic detergent or mixture thereof having in the alkylene oxide radical an over-all ratio between the number of ethylene-oxide units and the number of propylene- and/or butylene-oxide units of less than 9; (b) from 2 to 30% by weight of an alkaline agent; (c) from 10 to 30% by weight of a detergency builder; (d) from 0.1 to 1.0% by weight of an essentially single structuring polymeric agent; the composition having a pH equal to or above 11.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
119 words
An alkaline built liquid detergent composition comprising in an aqueous medium a nonionic detergent, a detergency builder, an alkaline agent and a polymeric structuring agent characterized in that it comprises: (a) at least 2% by weight of an alkoxylated fatty alcohol nonionic detergent or mixture thereof having in the alkylene oxide radical an over-all ratio between the number of ethylene-oxide units and the number of propylene- and/or butylene-oxide units of less than 9; (b) from 2 to 30% by weight of an alkaline agent; (c) from 10 to 30% by weight of a detergency builder; (d) from 0.1 to 1.0% by weight of an essentially single structuring polymeric agent; the composition having a pH equal to or above 11.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
33 words
A composition according to claim 1 characterized in that the nonionic detergent has a ratio between the number of ethylene-oxide units and the number of propylene- and/or butylene-oxide units of less than 2.5.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
35 words
A composition according to claim 1 or 2 characterized in that the nonionic detergent has an ratio between the number of ethylene-oxide units and the number of propylene- and/or butylene-oxide units of less than 1.8.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
23 words
A composition according to any of the preceding claims characterized in that it comprises at least 5% by weight of the nonionic detergent.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
24 words
A composition according to any of the preceding claims characterized in that it comprises from 5 to 15% by weight of the nonionic detergent.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
24 words
A composition according to any of the preceding claims characterized in that it comprise: from 10 to 25% by weight of the alkaline agent.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
18 words
A composition according to any of the preceding claims characterized in that the alkaline agent is sodium metasilicate.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
24 words
A composition according to any of the preceding claims characterized in that it comprises from 10 to 25% by weight of a detergency builder.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
20 words
A composition according to any of the preceding claims characterized in that the detergency builder is sodium and/or potassium tripolyphosphate.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
24 words
A composition according to any of the preceding claims characterized in that it comprises from 0.2 to 0.6% by weight of the structuring agent.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
19 words
A composition according to any of the preceding claims characterized in that the structuring agent is cross-linked polyacrylic acid.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
20 words
A composition according to any of the preceding claims characterized in having a pH value equal to or above 12.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
20 words
A composition according to any of the preceding claims characterized in having a pH value equal to or above 13.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
28 words
A composition according to any of the preceding claims characterized in having a viscosity of between 0.6 to 1.2 Pa.s measured at 20°C in 20 sec- 1 .
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