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Laundry pre-spotter comp. providing improved oily soil removal

US4909962A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateApr 13, 1989
Grant dateMar 20, 1990
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Expiry dateApr 13, 2009

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  • Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
  • CPC primaryC11D3/18
  • WIPO fieldBasic materials chemistry
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A clear, single phase, pre-spotting composition is provided in the form of a microemulsion, solution, or gel and which comprises, by weight: PA0 (a) from about 10 to 70% of an organic solvent comprising one or more alkanes having from 10 to 18 carbon atoms; PA0 (b) from about 4 to 60% of one or more nonionic surfactants comprising the condensation product of an aliphatic primary or secondary alcohol having from 9 to 16 carbon atoms with from 1 to 7 moles of ethylene oxide per mole of said alcohol; PA0 (c) from about 0 to 50% of a supplementary nonionic surfactant comprising an amine oxide or an alkyl phenol ethoxylate, the total amount of nonionic surfactants in the pre-spotting composition being no greater than about 60%; PA0 (d) from about 0 to 20%, of a co-surfactant comprising an aliphatic primary or secondary alcohol having from 10 to 18 carbon atoms; PA0 (e) from about 0 to 10% of a polar organic co-solvent; PA0 (f) from about 1 to 80% water, the respective percentages of each component of the composition being such as to form a clear, single-phase pre-spotting composition which is further characterized by being infinitely dilutable with water without concomitant phase separa…

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