Fabric-softening detergent

US4846990A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Henkel Kommanditgesellschaft auf Aktien · DE

Inventors

• Horst Upadek · Erkrath, DE
• Winfried Wichelhaus · Mettmann, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 22, 1988
• Grant date: Jul 11, 1989
• Expiry date: Jan 22, 2008

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C11D3/1253
• WIPO field: Basic materials chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A detergent composition containing a surfactant, builder, and a fabric softener component comprising one or more tertiary amines containing at least one long-chain alkyl or alkenyl group and a synthetic layer silicate having a smectite-like crystal phase and, compared with natural smectites, a reduced swelling power in water. The detergent composition provides good fabric softening effect and a good detergent effect.