EP0615540A1 - Particules antimousse actives au rin age - Google Patents

Particules antimousse actives au rin age

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EP0615540A1
EP0615540A1 EP93900775A EP93900775A EP0615540A1 EP 0615540 A1 EP0615540 A1 EP 0615540A1 EP 93900775 A EP93900775 A EP 93900775A EP 93900775 A EP93900775 A EP 93900775A EP 0615540 A1 EP0615540 A1 EP 0615540A1
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foam
soap
detergent composition
weight
slurry
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Alan David Brinson
David Xavante Cumming
David William York
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Procter and Gamble Co
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    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C11—ANIMAL OR VEGETABLE OILS, FATS, FATTY SUBSTANCES OR WAXES; FATTY ACIDS THEREFROM; DETERGENTS; CANDLES
    • C11D—DETERGENT COMPOSITIONS; USE OF SINGLE SUBSTANCES AS DETERGENTS; SOAP OR SOAP-MAKING; RESIN SOAPS; RECOVERY OF GLYCEROL
    • C11D3/00—Other compounding ingredients of detergent compositions covered in group C11D1/00
    • C11D3/0005—Other compounding ingredients characterised by their effect
    • C11D3/0094—High foaming compositions
    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C11—ANIMAL OR VEGETABLE OILS, FATS, FATTY SUBSTANCES OR WAXES; FATTY ACIDS THEREFROM; DETERGENTS; CANDLES
    • C11D—DETERGENT COMPOSITIONS; USE OF SINGLE SUBSTANCES AS DETERGENTS; SOAP OR SOAP-MAKING; RESIN SOAPS; RECOVERY OF GLYCEROL
    • C11D1/00—Detergent compositions based essentially on surface-active compounds; Use of these compounds as a detergent
    • C11D1/02—Anionic compounds
    • C11D1/04—Carboxylic acids or salts thereof
    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C11—ANIMAL OR VEGETABLE OILS, FATS, FATTY SUBSTANCES OR WAXES; FATTY ACIDS THEREFROM; DETERGENTS; CANDLES
    • C11D—DETERGENT COMPOSITIONS; USE OF SINGLE SUBSTANCES AS DETERGENTS; SOAP OR SOAP-MAKING; RESIN SOAPS; RECOVERY OF GLYCEROL
    • C11D13/00—Making of soap or soap solutions in general; Apparatus therefor
    • C11D13/14—Shaping
    • C11D13/20—Shaping in the form of small particles, e.g. powder or flakes
    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C11—ANIMAL OR VEGETABLE OILS, FATS, FATTY SUBSTANCES OR WAXES; FATTY ACIDS THEREFROM; DETERGENTS; CANDLES
    • C11D—DETERGENT COMPOSITIONS; USE OF SINGLE SUBSTANCES AS DETERGENTS; SOAP OR SOAP-MAKING; RESIN SOAPS; RECOVERY OF GLYCEROL
    • C11D3/00—Other compounding ingredients of detergent compositions covered in group C11D1/00
    • C11D3/0005—Other compounding ingredients characterised by their effect
    • C11D3/0026—Low foaming or foam regulating compositions

Definitions

  • the present invention is concerned with rinse-active foam control particles for inclusion in a detergent composition, i.e. foam control particles mainly active in the rinse-cycle of a laundry process, with a method for making such particles, and with detergent
  • compositions containing such particles are provided.
  • suds-control during the washing cycle of a laundry process is important, so as to avoid negative interference with the action of the wash liquor upon the fabrics, it is also known that suds-control during the rinse cycle of a laundry process is desirable; Indeed, excessive foaming during the rinse cycle in a washing machine can cause foam spillage and damage to the machine, while in a handwash context, there is an advantage in lowering the foam production during rinsing, so as to shorten this step.
  • Soaps of fatty acids have been used for such a rinse-active suds control function, and they have always been spray dried together with the rest of the detergent composition;
  • the present invention provides foam control fatty acid soap particles which are made separately from the rest of the spray-dried detergent composition, and a process to make them, not causing organic emissions.
  • the present invention provides rinse-active foam- control particles for inclusion in a detergent
  • composition in powder form consisting essentially of a soap of fatty acids of which at least 80% contain from 16 to 18 carbon atoms, the geometric mean
  • particle size of the particles being inferior to 1 mm, preferably inferior to 0.4 mm.
  • the present invention also encompasses a process for making said foam-control agents, as well as high suds and low sud executions of detergent compositions containing said foam-control particles.
  • the antifoam particles are the antifoam particles.
  • the foam-control particles of the invention are mainly constituted of a soap of fatty acids of which at least 80% by weight contain from 16 to 18 carbon atoms; preferred fatty acids are tallow or
  • tallow/coconut mixtures at a weight ratio of tallow to coconut not less than 70/30; particularly preferred is a 90/10 tallow/coconut mixture.
  • Suitable cations which render the soap water soluble and/or dispersible include sodium, potassium, ammonium,
  • the particles of the invention are further divided by the particles of the invention.
  • the geometric mean particle size which is the median of the cumulative weight distribution, should be less than 1 mm and preferably less than 0.4 mm.
  • the individual particle size of a particle is meant as being the sum of the longest and the shortest dimension of the particle divided by two.
  • the cumulative weight distribution of the particles can be conveniently measured by sieving with an airfluidized sieve.
  • the particles herein optionally include a free- flowing agent such as amorphous silica, at levels not exceeding 5% by weight of the particle.
  • the process herein contains essentially the steps of drying a fatty acid soap slurry to a low moisture level, i.e. a moisture level not exceeding 9%, preferably not exceeding 5% by weight of the slurry, then pressing the slurry into noodles, and
  • control of the moisture level is a particularly critical feature of the process herein, since
  • Drying of the soap slurry is preferably achieved under vacuum. Supplementary drying during the
  • grinding process may be appropriate, and achieved for example in an air classifier.
  • a typical method to measure the moisture level in the sopa slurry and/or the noodles is a solvent distillation method, using a Bidwell ® apparatus.
  • a detergent composition in powder form comprising a surface-active agent and foam control particles such as described above.
  • Addition of the particles herein in detergent compositions can be achieved by e.g. dry-mixing.
  • the amount of foam control particles is typically from 0.25 to 5% by weight of the composition, depending on the type of detergent composition involved.
  • a wide range of surfactants can be used in the detergent compositions.
  • anionic surfactants are particularly suitable herein, especially mixtures of sulphonate and sulphate surfactants in a weight ratio of from 5:1 to
  • Preferred sulphonates include alkyl benzene sulphonates having from 9 to 15, especially 11 to 13 carbon atoms in the alkyl radical, and alphasulphonated methyl fatty acid esters in which the fatty acid is derived from a C 12 -C 18 fatty source preferably from a C 16 -C 18 fatty source.
  • the cation is an alkali metal, preferably sodium.
  • Preferred sulphate surfactants are alkyl sulphates having from 12 to 18 carbon atoms in the alkyl radical , optionally in admixture with ethoxy sulphates having from 10 to 20, preferably 10 to 16 carbon atoms in the alkyl radical and an average degree of ethoxylation of 1 to 6.
  • alkyl sulphates herein are tallow alkyl sulphate, coconut alkyl sulphate, and C 14 -C 15 alkyl sulphates.
  • the cation in each instance is again an alkali metal cation, preferably sodium.
  • nonionic surfactants useful in the present invention are condensates of ethylene oxide with a hydrophobic moiety to provide a surfactant having an average hydrophilic-lipophilic balance (HLB) in the range from 8 to 17, preferably from 9.5 to 13.5, more preferably from 10 to 12.5.
  • HLB hydrophilic-lipophilic balance
  • (lipophilic) moiety may be aliphatic or aromatic in nature and the length of the polyoxyethylene group which is condensed with any particular hydrophobic group can be readily adjusted to yield a water-soluble compound having the desired degree of balance between hydrophilic and hydrophobic elements.
  • Especially preferred nonionic surfactants of this type are the C 9 -C 15 primary alcohol ethoxylates containing 3-8 moles of ethylene oxide per mole of alcohol, particularly the C 14 -C 15 primary alcohols containing 6-8 moles of ethylene oxide per mole of alcohol and the C 12 -C 14 primary alcohols containing 3-5 moles of ethylene oxide per mole o f alcohol.
  • Another class of nonionic surfactants comprises alkyl polyglucoside compounds of general formula
  • RO C n H 2n O
  • t Z x wherein Z is a moiety derived from glucose; R is a saturated hydrophobic alkyl group that contains from 12 to 18 carbon atoms; t is from 0 to 10 and n is 2 or 3; x is from 1.3 to 4, the compounds including less than 10% unreacted fatty alcohol and less than 50% short chain alkyl polyglucosides.
  • Compounds of this type and their use in detergent are disclosed in EP-B 0 070 077, 0 075 996 and 0 094 118.
  • nonionic surfactants are poly hydroxy fatty acid amide surfactants of the formula R 2
  • R 2 is C 5-31 hydrocarbyl
  • Z is a polyhydroxyhydrocarbyl having a linear hydrocarbyl chain with at least 3 hydroxyls directly connected to the chain, or an alkoxylated derivative thereof.
  • R 1 is methyl
  • R 2 is a straight C 11 -C 15 alkyl or alkenyl chain such as coconut alkyl or mixtures thereof
  • Z is derived from a reducing sugar such as glucose, fructose, maltose, lactose, in a reductive amination reaction.
  • a further class of surfactants are the semi-polar surfactants such as amine oxides.
  • Suitable amine oxides are selected from mono C 8 -C 20 , preferably C 10 - C 14 N-alkyl or alkenyl amine oxides and propylene-1,3- diamine dioxides wherein the remaining N positions are substituted by methyl, hydroxyethyl or hydroxypropyl groups.
  • Another class of surfactants are amphoteric and amphoteric
  • surfactants such as polyamine-based species.
  • Cationic surfactants can also be used in the
  • detergent compositions herein and suitable quaternary ammonium surfactants are selected from mono C 8 -C 16 , preferably C 10 -C 14 N-alkyl or alkenyl ammonium
  • the detergent compositions can comprise from 1%-70% by weight of surfactant, but usually the surfactant is present in the compositions herein an amount of from 1% to 30%, more preferably from 10-25% by weight.
  • the detergent compositions herein preferably also contain a builder, which can be selected from
  • phosphates aluminosilicate ion exchangers (zeolites), and water-soluble monomeric or oligomeric carboxylate chelating agents such as citrates, succinates,
  • Suitable builder materials include alkali metal carbonates, bicarbonates and silicates, organic phosphonates, amino polyalkylene phosphonates and amino polycarboxylates, ethylene diamine tetraacetic acid and nitrilotriacetic acid.
  • Other suitable water- soluble organic salts are the homo- or co-polymeric polycarboxylic acids or their salts in which the polycarboxylic acid comprises at least two carboxyl radicals separated from each other by not more than two carbon atoms. Polymers of this type are disclosed in GB-A-1,596,756. Examples of such salts are polyacrylates of MW 2000-5000 and their copolymers with maleic anhydride, such copolymers having a molecular weight of from 20,000 to 70,000, especially about 40,000.
  • ingredients which typically form part of a detergent composition in powder form include filler salts such as sodium sulphates, bleaching agents, such as sodium perborate and percarbonate, bleach
  • carboxymethyl cellulase enzymes, such as proteases, amylases, lipases, and cellulases, brighteners, fabric softening clays, perfumes, dyes, pigments.
  • the detergent compositions herein can be of the "high-suds" type, and be designed for hand-wash or in upright washing machine utilization. In such
  • the level of foam control particles is typically from 2% to 5% by weight.
  • compositions of the invention can also be of the "low-suds” type and thus be adapted for use in washing machines of all types; in this latter category, detergent compositions encompass “compact” executions, where the density is typically above 550g/litre of composition, and the level of filler salt is typically below 5% by weight of the composition.
  • the level of foam-control particles is typically from 0.25% to 2%.
  • Such additional foam-control agents are preferably silicones.
  • TAS sodium salt of tallow alcohol sulfate
  • Nonionic fatty alcohol ( C14 - C15 ) ethoxylated with about 7 moles of ethylene oxide
  • Copolymer AA/MA copolymer of acrylic acid and maleic acid
  • Na Phosphonate sodium salt of ethylenediamine
  • TAED tetra acetyl ethylene diamine

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  • Wood Science & Technology (AREA)
  • Life Sciences & Earth Sciences (AREA)
  • Detergent Compositions (AREA)
  • Medicinal Preparation (AREA)
  • Processing And Handling Of Plastics And Other Materials For Molding In General (AREA)
  • Manufacture Of Porous Articles, And Recovery And Treatment Of Waste Products (AREA)
  • Acyclic And Carbocyclic Compounds In Medicinal Compositions (AREA)
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Abstract

L'invention se rapporte à des particules antimousse actives au rinçage, qui sont destinées à être incluses dans une composition détergente sous forme de poudre et qui sont constituées essentiellement d'un savon d'acides gras dont au moins 80 % contient 16 à 18 atomes de carbone, la granulométrie moyenne des particules étant inférieure à 1 mm, de préférence à 0,4 mm. L'invention décrit également un procédé de production de ces agents antimousse, ainsi que des réalisations fortement et faiblement savonneuses de compositions détergentes contenant ces particules antimousse.
EP93900775A 1991-12-03 1992-12-01 Procede de preparation des particules antimousse actives au rincage Expired - Lifetime EP0615540B1 (fr)

Priority Applications (2)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
ES93900775T ES2142859T3 (es) 1991-12-03 1992-12-01 Procedimiento para preparar particulas de control de espuma activas en el aclarado.
EP93900775A EP0615540B1 (fr) 1991-12-03 1992-12-01 Procede de preparation des particules antimousse actives au rincage

Applications Claiming Priority (4)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
EP91203149A EP0544944A1 (fr) 1991-12-03 1991-12-03 Particules de contrôle de la mousse active dans le cycle de rinçage
EP91203149 1991-12-03
PCT/US1992/010390 WO1993011216A1 (fr) 1991-12-03 1992-12-01 Particules antimousse actives au rinçage
EP93900775A EP0615540B1 (fr) 1991-12-03 1992-12-01 Procede de preparation des particules antimousse actives au rincage

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EP0615540A1 true EP0615540A1 (fr) 1994-09-21
EP0615540A4 EP0615540A4 (en) 1994-09-28
EP0615540B1 EP0615540B1 (fr) 2000-03-15

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EP93900775A Expired - Lifetime EP0615540B1 (fr) 1991-12-03 1992-12-01 Procede de preparation des particules antimousse actives au rincage

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JP (1) JP3357053B2 (fr)
CN (1) CN1040022C (fr)
AT (1) ATE190644T1 (fr)
AU (1) AU3234193A (fr)
BR (1) BR9206856A (fr)
CA (1) CA2124790C (fr)
CZ (1) CZ123294A3 (fr)
DE (1) DE69230801T2 (fr)
EG (1) EG20160A (fr)
ES (1) ES2142859T3 (fr)
FI (1) FI942551A0 (fr)
HU (1) HUT67495A (fr)
MA (1) MA22726A1 (fr)
MX (1) MX9206959A (fr)
NO (1) NO942053D0 (fr)
PH (1) PH31575A (fr)
SK (1) SK63994A3 (fr)
TR (1) TR27153A (fr)
WO (1) WO1993011216A1 (fr)

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PH31575A (en) 1998-11-03
JPH07501575A (ja) 1995-02-16
HUT67495A (en) 1995-04-28
NO942053L (no) 1994-06-02
CZ123294A3 (en) 1995-02-15
TR27153A (tr) 1994-11-09
EP0615540A4 (en) 1994-09-28
CA2124790C (fr) 1998-06-30
MA22726A1 (fr) 1993-07-01
EP0615540B1 (fr) 2000-03-15
ES2142859T3 (es) 2000-05-01
WO1993011216A1 (fr) 1993-06-10
FI942551A7 (fi) 1994-05-31
SK63994A3 (en) 1994-10-05
CA2124790A1 (fr) 1993-06-10
NO942053D0 (no) 1994-06-02
DE69230801T2 (de) 2000-11-02
JP3357053B2 (ja) 2002-12-16
FI942551L (fi) 1994-05-31
BR9206856A (pt) 1995-05-02
ATE190644T1 (de) 2000-04-15
HU9401356D0 (en) 1994-08-29
EG20160A (en) 1997-08-31
FI942551A0 (fi) 1994-05-31
DE69230801D1 (de) 2000-04-20
EP0544944A1 (fr) 1993-06-09
CN1040022C (zh) 1998-09-30
AU3234193A (en) 1993-06-28
CN1075507A (zh) 1993-08-25
MX9206959A (es) 1993-06-30

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