Sprayable surface disinfectant

US5122541A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Sterling Drug, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Heinz Eggensperger · Hamburg, DE
• Ute Eggers-Maass · Hamburg, DE
• Bernd Lower · Hamburg, DE
• Holger Brill · Norderstedt, DE
• Helmut Nolte · Norderstedt, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 20, 1990
• Grant date: Jun 16, 1992
• Expiry date: Feb 20, 2010

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A01N31/02
• WIPO field: Basic materials chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A sprayable aqueous disinfecting composition for disinfecting hard surfaces comprising 20 to 30% by weight of a mixture of ethyl alcohol and isopropyl alcohol in a weight ratio of 1:2 to 2:1, 0.05 to 0.5% by weight of a mixture of a primary or secondary C.sub.10-18 -alkane sulfonate and/or a C.sub.10-18 -alkyl sulfate with a C.sub.10-14 -alkyl ether sulfate, a pH adjusting agent for adjusting the pH in the range of 2 to 6 or 8 to 12, and the remainder to 100% by weight water.