Surface-active preparations

US6620854B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Ciba Specialty Chemicals Corporation · US

Inventors

• Marcel Schnyder · Wyhlen, DE
• Francois Brugger · Waltenheim, FR
• Fernand Hoffstetter · Ranspach-le-Bas, FR
• Karin Mühlbauer · Weil am Rhein, DE
• Karin Petzold · Fischingen, DE
• Radojka Vukomanovic · Basel, CH

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 19, 2001
• Grant date: Sep 16, 2003
• Expiry date: Jun 19, 2021

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C11D3/3418
• WIPO field: Basic materials chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

There are described surface-active soap compositions containing(a) from 0.01 to 2% by weight of an antimicrobial active ingredient from the class of diphenyl ethers,(b) from 0.1 to 30% by weight of a hydrotropic agent,(c) from 6.0 to 50% by weight of one or more synthetic detergents or soaps or a combination of such substances,(d) from 0 to 70% by weight of a monohydric or dihydric alcohol, and(e) tap water or deionised water ad 100%.The composition is used for disinfecting and cleaning human skin and hands and hard objects, and in washing and cleaning formulations for textile fibre materials.