Preparations for washing or rinsing hair containing di- or tri- carboxylic acids

US4898725A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Henkel Kommanditgesellschaft auf Aktien · DE

Inventors

• Horst Hoeffkes · Goldkronach, DE
• Kurt Seidel · Goldkronach, DE
• Karl Giede · Hilden, DE
• Alfred Struve · Hilden, DE
• Bert Gruber · Goldkronach, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 20, 1988
• Grant date: Feb 6, 1990
• Expiry date: Sep 20, 2008

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61Q17/04
• WIPO field: Pharmaceuticals
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

An aqueous or aqueous-alcoholic composition useful for washing or rinsing hair which contains a water-soluble ionic polymer and from about 0.1 to 20% by weight of a water soluble salt of a di- or tri-carboxylic acid containing from 6 to 44 carbon atoms. The ionic polymers may be cationic, anionic, amphoteric or zwitter-ionic. Preferred di- or tri-carboxylic acids are those in which two of the carboxyl groups are separated from one another by at least 3 carbon atoms. The composition further includes a quaternary ammonium compound as a preferred component. Hair rinses preferably contain as an additional ingredient from about 0.1 to 10% by weight of a water-insoluble cosmetic oil or fat component, while shampoos additionally contain from about 1 to 25% by weight of anionic, ampholytic, zwitter-ionic or nonionic surfactant.