Mild cleaning preparations

US6172018A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Henkel Kommanditgesellschaft auf Aktien · DE

Inventors

• Reinhard Mueller · Unterhaching, DE
• Kurt Seidel · Goldkronach, DE
• Detlef Hollenberg · Hilden, DE
• Anja Patten · Leichlingen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: May 2, 1994
• Grant date: Jan 9, 2001
• Expiry date: May 2, 2014

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61K2800/596
• WIPO field: Pharmaceuticals
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

Aqueous cleaning compositions having high foaming power and minimal effect on the skin which comprise (A) from about 1 to about 50% by weight of one or more anionic surfactants having 1 or 2 lipophilic groups each of which has from 1 to 22 carbon atoms and a polar group selected from the group consisting of a carboxylate, a sulfate, and a sulfonate group; (B) from about 0.5 to about 10% by weight of one or more alkyl glycosides of the formula EQU R(G).sub.x wherein R is a linear, saturate C.sub.8-22 alkyl group, (G) is a glycoside or oligoglycoside moiety, and x is a number from 1 to 4; (C) from about 0.1 to about 5% by weight of an anionic polymer; (D) from about 35 to about 98.4% by weight of water; wherein the sum total of components (B) and (C) is no greater man the amount of component (A).