Process for removing stains from fabrics

US4834900A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Henkel Kommanditgesellschaft auf Aktien · DE

Inventors

• Heinz-Dieter Soldanski · Essen, DE
• Bernd-Dieter Holdt · Goldkronach, DE
• Petra Keup · Ratingen, DE
• Ursula Meier-Krug · Goldkronach, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 7, 1988
• Grant date: May 30, 1989
• Expiry date: Mar 7, 2008

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C11D2111/44
• WIPO field: Basic materials chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A process for the removal of stains from fabrics, such as carpets. The process comprises treating the stained areas of the fabrics with a liquid, paste-form or foam-form stain remover and subjecting the entire fabric to cleaning with a powder-form cleaning composition before the treated areas have dried. The preferred stain remover is an aqueous composition containing a surfactant, and the preferred powder-form cleaning composition contains a finely divided cellulose powder as an adsorbent. The new process is suitable above all for the cleaning of carpets and carpeted floors.