WO2015200809A1 - Compositions de détergent moussant de faible viscoélasticité à haute performance employant des tensioactifs anioniques à chaîne allongée - Google Patents

Compositions de détergent moussant de faible viscoélasticité à haute performance employant des tensioactifs anioniques à chaîne allongée Download PDF

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WO2015200809A1
WO2015200809A1 PCT/US2015/038007 US2015038007W WO2015200809A1 WO 2015200809 A1 WO2015200809 A1 WO 2015200809A1 US 2015038007 W US2015038007 W US 2015038007W WO 2015200809 A1 WO2015200809 A1 WO 2015200809A1
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    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C11—ANIMAL OR VEGETABLE OILS, FATS, FATTY SUBSTANCES OR WAXES; FATTY ACIDS THEREFROM; DETERGENTS; CANDLES
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  • the invention relates to surfactant systems and foaming detergent compositions which employ new surfactants including extended chain anionic surfactants.
  • the detergent compositions are useful for soaking compositions, particularly for dishware.
  • the soaking composition can remove challenging stains including non-trans fats and fatty acids by forming emulsions with such oily and greasy soils for their removal.
  • Heavily soiled wares can require multiple cleaning steps to remove the soils from the surfaces of the wares.
  • Pots and pans used for prepping, cooking, and baking ware in full service restaurants can be particularly difficult to clean in a dishmachine due to the caramelized soil baked on to the surface of the ware.
  • Some full service restaurants have attempted to overcome this issue by using, as a pre- step to washing the pots and pans in the dishmachine, a 3-compartment sink for soaking the pots and pans.
  • Exemplary soaking solutions include water, pot and pan detergent solutions, or silverware presoaks.
  • Components of these compositions typically include metal protectors, surfactants, alkalinity sources and the like.
  • Surfactants are the single most important cleaning ingredient in cleaning products. They surfactants reduce the surface tension of water by adsorbing at the liquid-gas interface. They also reduce the interfacial tension between oil and water by adsorbing at the liquid-liquid interface. When dissolved in water, surfactants give a product the ability to remove soil from surfaces. Each surfactant molecule has a hydrophilic head that is attracted to water molecules and a hydrophobic tail that repels water and simultaneously attaches itself to oil and grease in soil. These opposing forces loosen the soil and suspend it in the water.
  • Surfactants do the basic work of detergents and cleaning compositions by breaking up stains and keeping the soil in the water solution to prevent re-deposition of the soil onto the surface from which it has just been removed. Surfactants disperse soil that normally does not dissolve in water. Environmental regulations, consumer habits, and consumer practices have forced new developments in the surfactant industry to produce lower-cost, higher-performing, and environmentally friendly products.
  • Nonylphenol ethoxylates are predominantly used as industrial and domestic detergents as a surfactant. However, while effective, NPEs are disfavored due to environmental concerns. For example, NPEs are formed through the combination of ethylene oxide with nonylphenol (NP). Both NP and NPEs exhibit estrogen-like properties and may contaminate water, vegetation and marine life. NPE is also not readily biodegradable and remains in the environment or food chain for indefinite time periods.
  • NPEs alcohol ethoxylates
  • AEs alcohol ethoxylates
  • Surfactant is often incorporated into an oil-in-water microemulsion to make the products appear more homogenous.
  • These cleaning products contain a variety of different surfactant systems in 5-20% solubilized oil which are then diluted with water prior to use.
  • the surfactant systems generally employed in these cleaning products include a mixture of anionic or non-ionic surfactants and a short chain alcohol to help solubilize the oil phase and prevent liquid crystal formation. While short chain alcohols are effective, they also contribute to the volatile organic solvent content (VOC) of the product and pose
  • the invention meets the needs above by providing a surfactant system, mixture or blend that can be used as a part of a foaming detergent soaking composition with increased stability and stable viscosity over different salt concentrations thereby increasing detergency.
  • the surfactant system is capable of forming emulsions with, and thus removing, oily and greasy stains.
  • the surfactant compositions of the invention can remove non-transfat and fatty acid stains.
  • non-transfats are more difficult to remove than transfats both from a cleaning and removal standpoint as well as laundry safety concern due to heat of polymerization of the non-trans fats.
  • the invention is highly effective for removal of transfats, and other oily soils.
  • the invention contemplates the use of an extended chain anionic surfactant or to partially or wholly replace traditional anionic surfactants present in foaming detergent compositions.
  • extended chain anionic surfactants results in formulations having lowered viscosity thus allowing for easier manufacturing and dispensing.
  • the lowered viscosity also allows for the development of super-concentrate detergent formulations.
  • the salt curve is significantly flattened thus the viscosity remains stable throughout different salt concentrations.
  • foaming cleaning compositions are formed with an detersive amount of an extended chain anionic surfactant which can be used alone or in combination with other traditional anionic surfactants (the total anionic surfactant package constitutes from about 1 wt. % to about 75 wt. %) and from about 0.01 wt. % to about 5.0 wt. % of ethoxylated PEI or other similarly positive charged polymer such as poly amines, polyquats, polyclycerol quats, and products commercially available from Nalco such as VX10035 a propoxylated PEI and two other Nalco products, VX9945 and VX9946, in which the PEI is first propoxylated then exthoxylated.
  • an extended chain anionic surfactant which can be used alone or in combination with other traditional anionic surfactants
  • the total anionic surfactant package constitutes from about 1 wt. % to about 75 wt. %
  • the total anionic surfactant package constitutes from about
  • the positively charged class of polymers such as polyethyleneimine (PEI) and its derivatives such as ethoxylated (PEI) polymers, propoxylated (PEI)
  • polymers polyamines, polyquats, polyglycerol quats, and other PEI derivatives, their salts or mixtures thereof are used in foaming compositions to provide the electrostatic interaction with surfactants present in the foaming compositions, particularly preferred are ethoxylated or propoxylated PEI polymers.
  • the PEI or PEIs are branched, spherical polymeric amines, and the molecular weight of the PEI or PEI salt used is from about 800 daltons to about 2 million
  • the charge density of the PEI or PEI salt used is from about 15 meq/g to about 25 meq/g, more preferably from about 16 meq/g to about 20 meq/g.
  • Examples of such preferred PEIs include the BASF products
  • LUPASOL WF 25 kDa; 16-20 meq/g
  • Lupasol® FG 800 daltons; 16-20 meq/g
  • SOKALAN ® family of polymers available from BASF, e.g., SOKALAN ® HP20
  • the composition also includes water and additional optional detersive ingredients.
  • the cleaning compositions are substantially free of cocamide DEA.
  • Other surfactants and standard cleaning composition components may also be included as well.
  • the present invention is a foaming detergent composition which can be used as a soaking composition.
  • the present invention is a method of removing heavily soiled surfaces from a substrate.
  • the method includes forming a composition having an anionic extended chain surfactant and a positively charged polymer and contacting the surface of the substrate with the composition.
  • the detergent soaking composition is used by mixing water with the composition to form a use solution.
  • the substrate is contacted with the use solution.
  • the surfactant system comprises a synergistic combination of components with an extended chain anionic surfactant.
  • the extended anionic surfactant is preferably one with at least 5 moles of propoxylation. Most preferred is from about 5 to about 8 moles of propoxylation. Further in a preferred embodiment the extended chain anionic surfactant replaces some or all of traditional anionic surfactants such as SLES.
  • Figure 1 is a graph showing the salt curve of a viscosity over percent NaCl with a traditional pot and pan soaking composition with SLES compared to the same composition with SLES replaced with the extended chain anionic surfactant X-AES.
  • Figure 2 is a graph of a salt curve showing viscosity over percent NaCl with a traditional pot and pan soaking composition with SLES compared to the same composition with SLES replaced with X-AES.
  • Figure 3 is a graph showing viscosity over percent NaCl salt curve of a traditional pot and pan soaking composition with SLES, compared to compositions with partial SLES and total SLES replacement with X-AES.
  • Figure 4 is a salt curve graph comparing a traditional pot and pan soaking composition with SLES, compared to compositions with partial SLES and total SLES replacement with X-AES with the viscosity depicted lower intervals.
  • Figure 5 is a salt curve graph comparing a traditional pot and pan soaking composition with SLES, compared to compositions with partial SLES and total SLES replacement with X-AES.
  • Figure 6 is a salt curve graph comparing a traditional pot and pan soaking composition with SLES, compared to compositions with partial SLES and total SLES replacement with X-AES with the viscosity depicted lower intervals.
  • Figure 7 is a salt curve graph comparing a traditional pot and pan soaking composition with SLES, compared to compositions with partial SLES (as low as 1/10 of the SLES preplaced) and total SLES replacement with X-AES.
  • Figure 8 is a salt curve graph comparing a traditional pot and pan soaking composition with SLES, compared to compositions with partial SLES (as low as 1/10 of the SLES preplaced) and total SLES replacement with X-AES with the viscosity depicted lower intervals.
  • Figure 9 is a graph showing the foam profile graph comparing a traditional pot and pan soaking composition with SLES, compared to compositions with partial SLES and total SLES replacement with X-AES. One can see that replacement with X-AES does not significantly impact foam height.
  • Figure 10 is a graph showing the foam profile graph comparing a traditional pot and pan soaking composition with SLES, compared to compositions with partial SLES and total SLES replacement with X-AES.
  • X-AES replacement with X-AES does not significantly impact foam height at higher temperatures.
  • Figure 11 is a graph showing surface tension over concentration comparing a traditional pot and pan soaking composition with SLES, to compositions with partial SLES and total SLES replacement with X-AES.
  • Figure 12 is a salt curve graph comparing a traditional pot and pan soaking composition with SLES, compared to super concentration (almost double the actives) compositions with partial SLES and total SLES replacement with X-AES.
  • actives or “percent actives” or “percent by weight actives” or “actives concentration” are used interchangeably herein and refers to the concentration of those ingredients involved in cleaning expressed as a percentage minus inert ingredients such as water or salts.
  • weight percent As used herein, “weight percent,” “wt-%”, “percent by weight”, “ by weight”, and variations thereof refer to the concentration of a substance as the weight of that substance divided by the total weight of the composition and multiplied by 100. It is understood that, as used here, “percent”, “%”, and the like are intended to be synonymous with “weight percent”, “wt-%”, etc.
  • modifying the quantity of an ingredient in the compositions of the invention or employed in the methods of the invention refers to variation in the numerical quantity that can occur, for example, through typical measuring and liquid handling procedures used for making concentrates or use solutions; through inadvertent error in these procedures; through differences in the manufacture, source, or purity of the ingredients employed to make the compositions or carry out the methods; and the like.
  • the term about also encompasses amounts that differ due to different equilibrium conditions for a composition resulting from a particular initial mixture. Whether or not modified by the term "about,” the claims include equivalents to the quantities. All numeric values are herein assumed to be modified by the term "about,” whether or not explicitly indicated.
  • surfactant is a compound that contains a lipophilic segment and a hydrophilic segment, which when added to water or solvents, reduces the surface tension of the system.
  • An "extended chain surfactant” is a surfactant having an intermediate polarity linking chain, such as a block of poly-propylene oxide, or a block of poly-ethylene oxide, or a block of poly-butylene or a mixture thereof, inserted between the surfactant's conventional lipophilic segment and hydrophilic segment.
  • electrolyte refers to a substance that will provide ionic conductivity when dissolved in water or when in contact with it; such compounds may either be solid or liquid.
  • microemulsion refers to thermodynamically stable, isotropic dispersions consisting of nanometer size domains of water and/or oil stabilized by an interfacial film of surface active agent characterized by ultra low interfacial tension.
  • hard surface refers to a solid, substantially non-flexible surface such as a counter top, tile, floor, wall, panel, window, plumbing fixture, kitchen and bathroom furniture, appliance, engine, circuit board, and dish.
  • soft surface refers to a softer, highly flexible material such as fabric, carpet, hair, and skin.
  • cleaning refers to a method used to facilitate or aid in soil removal, bleaching, microbial population reduction, and any combination thereof.
  • Soil or “stain” refers to a non-polar oily substance which may or may not contain particulate matter such as mineral clays, sand, natural mineral matter, carbon black, graphite, kaolin, environmental dust, etc.
  • cleaning composition includes, unless otherwise indicated, detergent compositions, laundry cleaning compositions, hard surface cleaning compositions, and personal care cleaning compositions for use in the health and beauty area.
  • Cleaning compositions include granular, powder, liquid, gel, paste, bar form and/or flake type cleaning agents, laundry detergent cleaning agents, laundry soak or spray treatments, fabric treatment compositions, dish washing detergents and soaps, shampoos, body washes and soaps, and other similar cleaning compositions.
  • fabric treatment composition includes, unless otherwise indicated, fabric softening compositions, fabric enhancing compositions, fabric freshening compositions and combinations thereof. Such compositions may be, but need not be rinse added
  • the term "free” or “substantially free” refers to a composition, mixture, or ingredient to which the specified compound is not added such as cocamide DEA-free, phosphorous-free NTA-free” or even SLES-free". Should the compound be present through contamination of the composition, mixture, or ingredient, the level of the compound in the resulting composition is less than approximately 1 wt %, less than approximately 0.5 wt %, less than approximately 0.25 wt % and often less than approximately 0.1 wt %. SOAKING COMPOSITIONS EMPLOYING EXTENDED CHAIN ANIONIC
  • soaking composition are employed in which extended chain anionic surfactants are used to increase cleaning of difficult soils such as non trans fat soils and greasy soils.
  • the extended chain surfactants act to increase foam stability, and allow for the creation of super concentrated formulas.
  • the extended chain anionic surfactants can is used in addition to traditional anionic surfactants or can replace some of all of the anionic surfactants in a particular soaking composition. Extended chain anionic surfactants
  • the surfactant system or mixture of the invention employs one or more extended chain surfactants.
  • extended chain surfactants are surfactants that have, for example, an intermediate polarity polypropylene oxide chain (or linker) inserted between the lipophilic tail group and hydrophilic polar head, which may be anionic or nonionic.
  • lipophilic tails groups examples include hydrocarbons, alkyl ether,
  • anionic and nonionic hydrophilic polar heads of the extended surfactant include, but are not necessarily limited to, groups such as polyoxyethylene sulfate, ethoxysulfate, carboxylate, ethoxy-carboxylate, C6 sugar, xylitol, di-xylitol, ethoxy-xylitol, carboxylate and xytol, carboxylate and glucose.
  • Extended surfactants include a linker polypropylene glycol link.
  • R is the lipophilic moiety, a linear or branched, saturated or unsaturated, substituted or unsubstituted, aliphatic or aromatic hydrocarbon radical having from about 8 to 20 carbon atoms
  • L is a linking group, such as a block of poly-propylene oxide, a block of poly-ethylene oxide, a block of poly-butylene oxide or a mixture thereof
  • x is the chain length of the linking group ranging from 5-15
  • y is the average degree of ethoxylation ranging from 1-5.
  • Anionic extended surfactants generally have the formula
  • M is any ionic species such as carboxylates, sulfonates, sulfates, and phosphates.
  • a cationic species will generally also be present for charge neutrality such as hydrogen, an alkali metal, alkaline earth metal, ammonium and ammonium ions which may be substituted with one or more organic groups.
  • extended chain surfactants attain low interfacial tension and/or high solubilization in a single phase microemulsion with oils, such as nontrans fats with additional beneficial properties including, but not necessarily limited to, insensitivity to temperature and irreversibility.
  • the emulsions may function over a relatively wide temperature range of from about 20 to about 280° C, alternatively from about 20 to about 180° C. (350° R).
  • Table 1 is a representative, nonlimiting listing of several examples of the same.
  • Marlowet 4560 nonionic Sasol 90 Ci6-i8(PO) 4 (EO) 2 -carboxylic under acidic condition, acid
  • Marlowet 4539 nonionic Sasol 90 Iso C9-(PO) 2 E0 2 -carboxylic under acidic condition, acid
  • the extended chain surfactant is an anionic extended chain surfactant with at least 5 moles of propoxylation. Most preferred is from about 5 to about 8 moles of propoxylation.
  • the invention contemplates a traditional soaking composition which
  • Anionic surfactants are surface active substances which are categorized as anionics because the charge on the hydrophobe is negative; or surfactants in which the hydrophobic section of the molecule carries no charge unless the pH is elevated to neutrality or above (e.g. carboxylic acids).
  • Carboxylate, sulfonate, sulfate and phosphate are the polar (hydrophilic)
  • solubilizing groups found in anionic surfactants.
  • sodium, lithium and potassium impart water solubility; ammonium and substituted ammonium ions provide both water and oil solubility; and, calcium, barium, and magnesium promote oil solubility.
  • anionics are excellent detersive surfactants and are therefore traditionally favored additions to heavy duty detergent compositions.
  • anionics have high foam profiles which are useful for the present foaming cleaning compositions.
  • Anionic surface active compounds are useful to impart special chemical or physical properties other than detergency within the composition.
  • the first class includes acylamino acids (and salts), such as acylgluamates, acyl peptides, sarcosinates (e.g. N-acyl sarcosinates), taurates (e.g. N-acyl taurates and fatty acid amides of methyl tauride), and the like.
  • the second class includes carboxylic acids (and salts), such as alkanoic acids (and alkanoates), ester carboxylic acids (e.g. alkyl succinates), ether carboxylic acids, and the like.
  • the third class includes sulfonic acids (and salts), such as isethionates (e.g.
  • acyl isethionates alkylaryl sulfonates, alkyl sulfonates, sulfosuccinates (e.g. monoesters and diesters of sulfosuccinate), and the like.
  • a particularly preferred anionic surfactant is alpha olefin sulfonate.
  • the fourth class includes sulfonic acids (and salts), such as isethionates (e.g. acyl isethionates), alkylaryl sulfonates, alkyl sulfonates, sulfosuccinates (e.g. monoesters and diesters of
  • the fifth class includes sulfuric acid esters (and salts), such as alkyl ether sulfates, alkyl sulfates, and the like.
  • the fifth class includes sulfuric acid esters (and salts), such as alkyl ether sulfates, alkyl sulfates, and the like.
  • a particularly preferred anionic surfactant is sodium laurel ether sulfate.
  • Anionic sulfate surfactants suitable for use in the present compositions include the linear and branched primary and secondary alkyl sulfates, alkyl ethoxy sulfates, fatty oleyl glycerol sulfates, alkyl phenol ethylene oxide ether sulfates, the C 5 -C 17 acyl-N ⁇ (C 1 -C 4 alkyl) and -N-(C 1 -C 2 hydroxyalkyl)glucamine sulfates, and sulfates of
  • alkylpolysaccharides such as the sulfates of alkylpolyglucoside (the nonionic nonsulfated compounds being described herein).
  • Ammonium and substituted ammonium such as mono-, di- and triethanolamine
  • alkali metal such as sodium, lithium and potassium
  • salts of alkyl mononuclear aromatic sulfonates such as the alkyl benzene sulfonates containing from 5 to 18 carbon atoms in the alkyl group in a straight or branched chain, e.g., the salts of alkyl benzene sulfonates or of alkyl toluene, xylene, cumene and phenol sulfonates; alkyl naphthalene sulfonate, diamyl naphthalene sulfonate, and dinonyl naphthalene sulfonate and alkoxylated derivatives.
  • Suitable synthetic, water soluble anionic detergent compounds include the ammonium and substituted ammonium (such as mono-, di- and triethanolamine) and alkali metal (such as sodium, lithium and potassium) salts of the alkyl mononuclear aromatic sulfonates such as the alkyl benzene sulfonates containing from 5 to 18 carbon atoms in the alkyl group in a straight or branched chain, e.g., the salts of alkyl benzene sulfonates or of alkyl toluene, xylene, cumene and phenol sulfonates; alkyl naphthalene sulfonate, diamyl naphthalene sulfonate, and dinonyl naphthalene sulfonate and alkoxylated derivatives.
  • ammonium and substituted ammonium such as mono-, di- and triethanolamine
  • alkali metal such as sodium, lithium
  • Anionic carboxylate surfactants suitable for use in the present compositions include the alkyl ethoxy carboxylates, the alkyl polyethoxy polycarboxylate surfactants and the soaps (e.g. alkyl carboxyls).
  • Secondary soap surfactants (e.g. alkyl carboxyl surfactants) useful in the present compositions include those which contain a carboxyl unit connected to a secondary carbon.
  • the secondary carbon can be in a ring structure, e.g. as in p-octyl benzoic acid, or as in alkyl-substituted cyclohexyl carboxylates.
  • the secondary soap surfactants typically contain no ether linkages, no ester linkages and no hydroxyl groups. Further, they typically lack nitrogen atoms in the head-group (amphiphilic portion).
  • Suitable secondary soap surfactants typically contain 11-13 total carbon atoms, although more carbons atoms (e.g., up to 16) can be
  • anionic detergents suitable for use in the present compositions include olefin sulfonates, such as long chain alkene sulfonates, long chain hydroxyalkane sulfonates or mixtures of alkenesulfonates and hydroxyalkane- sulfonates. Also included are the alkyl sulfates, alkyl poly(ethyleneoxy)ether sulfates and aromatic poly(ethyleneoxy)sulfates such as the sulfates or
  • condensation products of ethylene oxide and nonyl phenol usually having 1 to 6 oxyethylene groups per molecule.
  • Resin acids and hydrogenated resin acids are also suitable, such as rosin, hydrogenated rosin, and resin acids and hydrogenated resin acids present in or derived from tallow oil.
  • anionic surfactants are given in "Surface Active Agents and Detergents" (Vol. I and II by Schwartz, Perry and Berch). A variety of such surfactants are also generally disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 3,929,678, issued Dec. 30, 1975 to Laughlin, et al. at Column 23, line 58 through Column 29, line 23.
  • the anionic surfactant that is replaced is sodium laurel ethoxy sulfate.
  • Anionic surfactants are present in the composition in any detersive amount which can range typically from about 1 wt. % to about 75 wt. % of the cleaning composition. In a preferred embodiment, about 5 wt. % to about 65 wt. % and more preferably from about 15 wt. % to about 60 wt.%. According to the invention, part or all of this percentage of anionic surfactant may include an extended chain anionic surfactant. Applicant demonstrations herein that even as little as 0.1 wt. % addition of an extended chain anionic surfactant gives improvements in foam stability and cleaning.
  • the positively charged class of polymers such as polyethyleneimine (PEI) and its derivatives such as ethoxylated (PEI) polymers, poly amines, polyquats, poly glycerol quats, and other PEI derivatives, their salts or mixtures may use in the compositions of the invention.
  • PEI is a polymeric amine or a polyamine, and include, polyethyleneimine compounds (PEI) and/or its derivatives.
  • Polyethyleneimines may include primary, secondary or tertiary amine compounds.
  • the polyethyleneimine compounds and/or its derivatives may include linear and/or branched polyethyleneimines. Still further, polyethyleneimines and/or its derivatives can vary significantly in molecular weight, topology and shape, including for example linear, branched or comb-like structures as a result of ring-opening polymerization of the ethylenimine. See Angelescu et al., Langmuir, 27, 9961-9971 (2011), which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.
  • the bleach activator may be a linear and/or branched polyethyleneimine.
  • Linear polyethyleneimines are made by the cationic polymerization of oxazoline and oxazine derivatives. Methods for preparing linear PEIs are more fully described in Advances in Polymer Science, Vol. 102, pgs. 171-188, 1992 (references 6-31) which is incorporated in its entirety herein by reference. Polyethyleneimines can also be made by the polymerization of aziridine to afford a polymeric amine often containing primary, secondary, and tertiary amine functionality. Commercial preparation of PEIs are generally acid-catalyzed reactions to open the ring of ethyleneimine, also known as aziridine as shown below.
  • Suitable polyefhyleneimine compounds useful in the present invention may contain a mixture of primary, secondary, and tertiary amine substituents.
  • the mixture of primary, secondary, and tertiary amine substituents may be in any ratio, including for example in the ratio of about 1: 1: 1 to about 1:2: 1 with branching every 3 to 3.5 nitrogen atoms along a chain segment.
  • suitable polyefhyleneimine compounds may be primarily one of primary, secondary or tertiary amine substituents.
  • Exemplary PEI products include multifunctional cationic polyethyleneimines with branched polymer structures according to the following formulas ( - (CH 2 - CH 2 - NH) folk-), with a molecular mass of 43.07 (as repeating units).
  • the formula ( - (CH 2 - CH 2 - NH) n -) has a value of n that is at least 10 to 10 5 , and wherein the nitrogen to carbon ratio is 1:2.
  • PEI polymers have the general following polymer structure:
  • PEI products can also be represented by the following general formula, which may vary according to substitutions, size, molecular weight, branching, and the like:
  • x is an integer that is 1 or greater and y is an integer that is 1 or greater than 1.
  • x is an integer from about 1 to about 120,000, preferably from about 2 to about 60,000, more preferably from about 3 to about 24,000 and y is an integer from about 1 to about 60,000, preferably from about 2 to about 30,000, more preferably from about 3 to about 12,000.
  • polyethyleneimines are available, including for example those sold under the tradename Lupasol ® (BASF), including for example Lupasol ® FG, Lupasol ® G, Lupasol ® PR 8515, Lupasol ® WF, Lupasol ® G 20 / 35 / 100, Lupasol ® HF, Lupasol ® P, Lupasol ® PS, Lupasol ® PO 100, Lupasol ® PN 50 / 60, and Lupasol ® SK.
  • Such exemplary polyethyleneimines are available as anhydrous polyethyleneimines and/or modified polyethyleneimines provided in aqueous solutions or methoyxypropanol (Lupasol® PO 100).
  • the molar mass of the polyethyleneimines, including modified polyethyleneimines can vary from about 800 g/mol to at least 2,000,000 g/mol.
  • the polymeric amine bleach activators may be a branched, spherical polymeric amine.
  • the molecular weight of the polymeric amine bleach activators or PEI bleach is from about 100 Daltons to about 2 million Daltons (PEI-2,000,000), more preferably from about 100 Daltons to about 1 million Daltons (PEI- 1,000,000), more preferably from about 500 Daltons to about 500 kDa (PEI-500,000), more preferably from about 500 Daltons to about 50 kDa (PEI-50,000), more preferably from about 800 Daltons to about 50 kDa (PEI-50,000), more preferably from about 800 Daltons to about 10 kDa (PEI-10,000).
  • the charge density of the PEI or PEI salt is from about 15 meq/g to about 25 meq/g, more preferably from about 16 meq/g to about 20 meq/g.
  • Commercially-available examples of such preferred PEIs include the BASF products LUPASOL ® WF (25 kDa; 16-20 meq/g) and Lupasol ® FG (800 Daltons; 16-20 meq/g), and the BASF products in the SOKALAN® family of polymers, e.g., SOKALAN ® HP20, SOKALAN ® HP22 G, and the like.
  • a polymeric amine may contain other substituents and/or and copolymers.
  • a polymeric amine may also include substituents, including for example ethoxylates and propoxylates.
  • the polymeric amine such as a polyethyleneimines, are derivatized with ethylene oxide (EO) and/or propylene oxide (PO) side chains. According to the invention, the PEI does not contain propylene oxide side chains.
  • ethoxylated PEIs may be heavily branched, wherein the substitutable hydrogens on the primary and secondary nitrogens are replaced with ethoxylated chains containing varying degrees of repeating units, such as the following polymer structure (generic for PEI 2 oEO):
  • the bleach activator is a polyethyleneimine polymer with
  • a polymeric amine may also include copolymers, including for example ethylenediamine.
  • a variety of substituents and/or copolymers may be included in order to modify the solubility or any other physical characteristics of a particular polymeric amine employed as a bleach activator according to the invention.
  • PEI can be protonated with acids to form a PEI salt from the surrounding medium resulting in a product that is partially or fully ionized depending on pH. For example, about 73% of PEI is protonated at pH 2, about 50% of PEI is protonated at pH 4, about 33% of PEI is protonated at pH 5, about 25% of PEI is protonated at pH 8 and about 4% of PEI is protonated at pH 10.
  • PEIs can be purchased as their protonated or unprotonated form with and without water.
  • An example of a segment of a branched protonated polyethyleneimine (PEI salt) is shown below:
  • PEI salts include, but are not limited to, PEI-hydrochloride salt, PEI-sulfuric acid salt, PEI- nitric acid salt, PEI-acetic acid salt PEI fatty acid salt and the like.
  • any acid can be used to protonate PEIs resulting in the formation of the corresponding PEI salt compound.
  • the cationic polymer, PEI is present in an amount of from about 0.01 wt. % to about 10 wt. %, preferably 0.1 wt. % to about 8 wt. % and most preferably from about 1 wt. % to about 5 wt. %.
  • the cleaning composition can contain a nonionic surfactant component that includes a detersive amount of nonionic surfactant or a mixture of nonionic surfactants.
  • Nonionic surfactants can be included in the cleaning composition to enhance grease removal properties.
  • the surfactant component can include a nonionic surfactant component, it should be understood that the nonionic surfactant component can be excluded from the detergent composition.
  • nonionic surfactants that can be used in the composition include polyalkylene oxide surfactants (also known as polyoxyalkylene surfactants or
  • Suitable polyalkylene glycol surfactants include polyoxypropylene surfactants and poly oxy ethylene glycol surfactants.
  • Suitable surfactants of this type are synthetic organic polyoxypropylene (PO)-polyoxyethylene (EO) block copolymers. These surfactants include a di-block polymer comprising an EO block and a PO block, a center block of polyoxypropylene units (PO), and having blocks of polyoxyethylene grafted onto the polyoxypropylene unit or a center block of EO with attached PO blocks. Further, this surfactant can have further blocks of either
  • a suitable average molecular weight range of useful surfactants can be about 1,000 to about 40,000 and the weight percent content of ethylene oxide can be about 10-80 wt%.
  • nonionic surfactants include alcohol alkoxylates.
  • An suitable alcohol alkoxylate include linear alcohol ethoxylates such as Tomadol 1-5 which is a surfactant containing an alkyl group having 11 carbon atoms and 5 moles of ethylene oxide.
  • Additional alcohol alkoxylates include alkylphenol ethoxylates, branched alcohol ethoxylates, secondary alcohol ethoxylates (e.g., Tergitol 15-S-7 from Dow Chemical), castor oil ethoxylates, alkylamine ethoxylates, tallow amine ethoxylates, fatty acid ethoxylates, sorbital oleate ethoxylates, end-capped ethoxylates, or mixtures thereof.
  • Additional nonionic surfactants include amides such as fatty alkanolamides,
  • alkyldiethanolamides coconut diethanolamide, lauric diethanolamide, polyethylene glycol cocoamide (e.g., PEG-6 cocoamide), oleic diethanolamide, or mixtures thereof.
  • nonionic surfactants include polyalkoxylated aliphatic base, polyalkoxylated amide, glycol esters, glycerol esters, amine oxides, phosphate esters, alcohol phosphate, fatty triglycerides, fatty triglyceride esters, alkyl ether phosphate, alkyl esters, alkyl phenol ethoxylate phosphate esters, alkyl polysaccharides, block copolymers, alkyl polyglucosides, or mixtures thereof.
  • nonionic surfactants When nonionic surfactants are included in the detergent composition concentrate, they can be included in an amount of at least about 0.1 wt.% and can be included in an amount of up to about 20 wt.%.
  • the composition can include about 0.1 to 30 wt.%, about 0.5 wt.% to about 25 wt.% or about 2 wt.% to about 20wt.% of the nonionic surfactant.
  • Amphoteric surfactants can also be used to provide desired detersive properties. Suitable amphoteric surfactants that can be used include, but are not limited to: betaines, imidazolines, and propionates. Suitable amphoteric surfactants include, but are not limited to: sultaines, amphopropionates, amphodipropionates, aminopropionates,
  • amphohydroxypropylsulf onates amphohydroxypropylsulf onates .
  • the amphoteric surfactant can be included in an amount of about 0.1 wt% to about 15 wt%.
  • the concentrate can include about 0.1 wt% to about 1.0 wt%, 0.5 wt% to about 12 wt or about 2 wt to about 10 wt% of the amphoteric surfactant.
  • the cleaning composition can contain a cationic surfactant component that includes a detersive amount of cationic surfactant or a mixture of cationic surfactants.
  • Cationic co- surfactants that can be used in the cleaning composition include, but are not limited to: amines such as primary, secondary and tertiary monoamines with C 18 alkyl or alkenyl chains, ethoxylated alkylamines, alkoxylates of ethylenediamine, imidazoles such as a l-(2-hydroxyethyl)-2-imidazoline, a 2-alkyl-l-(2-hydroxyethyl)-2-imidazoline, and the like; and quaternary ammonium salts, as for example, alkylquaternary ammonium chloride surfactants such as n-alkyl(Ci2-Cis)dimethylbenzyl ammonium chloride, n-tetradecyldimethylbenzylammonium chloride monohydrate,
  • the invention in detergent formulations typically includes a hydrotope agent of a short chain alkyl benzene or alkyl naphthalene sulfonate.
  • the class of short chain alkyl benzene or alkyl naphthalene sulfonates work as both a hardening agent and as a hydrotrope and total dissolved solids control active in the composition.
  • the group includes alkyl benzene sulfonates based on toluene, xylene, and cumene, and alkyl naphthalene sulfonates.
  • Sodium toluene sulfonate and sodium xylene sulfonate are the best known hydrotopes. These have the general formula below:
  • R3 C1, C2, C3, C4 0R H
  • R4 C1, C2, C3, C4 0 H
  • This group includes but is not limited to sodium xylene sulfonate, sodium toluene sulfonate, sodium cumene sulfonate, potassium toluene sulfonate, ammonium xylene sulfonate, calcium xylene sulfonate, sodium alkyl naphthalene sulfonate, and sodium butyl naphthalene sulfonate.
  • the hydrotope is SXS.
  • the short chain alkyl benzene or alkyl naphthalene sulfonate may also function as a builder.
  • the hydrotope of a short chain alkyl benzene or alkyl naphthalene sulfonate is present in an amount of from about 0.01 wt. % to about 20 wt. %, preferably from about 0.1 wt. % to about 15 wt. % and more preferably from about 1 wt. % to about 10 wt. %.
  • the cleaning compositions of the invention may include a polar carrier media, such as water, alcohols, for example low molecular weight primary or secondary alcohols exemplified by methanol, ethanol, propanol, isopropanol, and the like, or other polar solvents, or mixtures and combinations thereof.
  • Polar carrier may be present in the composition in the range of about 10 to about 90%, in the range of about 20 to about 80%, or in the range of about 25 to 75% by weight based on the total weight of the composition. Additional Components
  • additional materials include, but are not limited to, additional surfactants, builders, chelating agents, dye transfer inhibiting agents, viscosity modifiers, dispersants, enzymes, and enzyme stabilizers, catalytic materials, bleaches, bleach activators, hydrogen peroxide, sources of hydrogen peroxide, preformed peracids, polymeric dispersing agents, threshold inhibitors for hard water precipitation pigments, clay soil
  • adjunct ingredients are not essential to Applicants'
  • compositions do not contain additional materials.
  • additional materials such as detailed below:
  • the cleaning compositions of the present invention may comprise one or more bleaching agents.
  • Suitable bleaching agents other than bleaching catalysts include photobleaches, bleach activators, hydrogen peroxide, sources of hydrogen peroxide, pre-formed peracids and mixtures thereof.
  • the compositions of the present invention may comprise from about 0.1% to about 50% or even from about 0.1% to about 25% bleaching agent by weight of the subject cleaning composition.
  • suitable bleaching agents include:
  • Suitable preformed peracids include, but are not limited to, compounds selected from the group consisting of percarboxylic acids and salts, percarbonic acids and salts, perimidic acids and salts, peroxymonosulfuric acids and salts, for example, Oxzone®, and mixtures thereof.
  • Suitable percarboxylic acids include hydrophobic and hydrophilic peracids having the formula R-(C-0)0-0-M wherein R is an alkyl group, optionally branched, having, when the peracid is hydrophobic, from 6 to 14 carbon atoms, or from 8 to 12 carbon atoms and, when the peracid is hydrophilic, less than 6 carbon atoms or even less than 4 carbon atoms; and M is a counterion, for example, sodium, potassium or hydrogen;(2) sources of hydrogen peroxide, for example, inorganic perhydrate salts, including alkali metal salts such as sodium salts of perborate (usually mono- or tetra-hydrate), percarbonate, persulphate, perphosphate, persilicate salts and mixtures thereof.
  • R is an alkyl group, optionally branched, having, when the peracid is hydrophobic, from 6 to 14 carbon atoms, or from 8 to 12 carbon atoms and, when the peracid is hydrophilic
  • the inorganic perhydrate salts are selected from the group consisting of sodium salts of perborate, percarbonate and mixtures thereof.
  • inorganic perhydrate salts are typically present in amounts of from 0.05 to 40 wt %, or 1 to 30 wt % of the overall composition and are typically incorporated into such compositions as a crystalline solid that may be coated.
  • Suitable coatings include, inorganic salts such as alkali metal silicate, carbonate or borate salts or mixtures thereof, or organic materials such as water-soluble or dispersible polymers, waxes, oils or fatty soaps; and(3) bleach activators having R ⁇ (C-0)-L wherein R is an alkyl group, optionally branched, having, when the bleach activator is hydrophobic, from 6 to 14 carbon atoms, or from 8 to 12 carbon atoms and, when the bleach activator is hydrophilic, less than 6 carbon atoms or even less than 4 carbon atoms; and L is leaving group.
  • inorganic salts such as alkali metal silicate, carbonate or borate salts or mixtures thereof, or organic materials such as water-soluble or dispersible polymers, waxes, oils or fatty soaps
  • bleach activators having R ⁇ (C-0)-L wherein R is an alkyl group, optionally branched, having, when the bleach activator is hydrophobic, from 6 to 14
  • Suitable leaving groups are benzoic acid and derivatives thereof-especially benzene sulphonate.
  • Suitable bleach activators include dodecanoyl oxybenzene sulphonate, decanoyl oxybenzene sulphonate, decanoyl oxybenzoic acid or salts thereof, 3,5,5-trimethyl hexanoyloxybenzene sulphonate, tetraacetyl ethylene diamine (TAED) and nonanoyloxybenzene sulphonate (NOBS).
  • TAED tetraacetyl ethylene diamine
  • NOBS nonanoyloxybenzene sulphonate
  • Suitable bleach activators are also disclosed in WO 98/17767. While any suitable bleach activator may be employed, in one aspect of the invention the subject cleaning composition may comprise NOBS, TAED or mixtures thereof.
  • the peracid and/or bleach activator is generally present in the composition in an amount of from about 0.1 to about 60 wt %, from about 0.5 to about 40 wt % or even from about 0.6 to about 10 wt % based on the composition.
  • One or more hydrophobic peracids or precursors thereof may be used in combination with one or more hydrophilic peracid or precursor thereof.
  • compositions of the invention include an additional surfactant.
  • Additional surfactants can be anionic, nonionic, cationic zwitterionic and can also include additional extended chain surfactant as discussed herein.
  • the cleaning compositions of the present invention may comprise one or more detergent builders or builder systems.
  • the subject composition will typically comprise at least about 1%, from about 5% to about 60% or even from about 10% to about 40% builder by weight of the subject composition.
  • the detergent may contain an inorganic or organic detergent builder which counteracts the effects of calcium, or other ion, water hardness.
  • Examples include the alkali metal citrates, succinates, malonates, carboxymethyl succinates, carboxylates, polycarboxylates and polyacetyl carboxylate; or sodium, potassium and lithium salts of oxydisuccinic acid, mellitic acid, benzene polycarboxylic acids, and citric acid; or citric acid and citrate salts.
  • Organic phosphonate type sequestering agents such as DEQUEST® by Monsanto and alkanehydroxy phosphonates are useful.
  • Other organic builders include higher molecular weight polymers and copolymers, e.g., polyacrylic acid, polymaleic acid, and
  • the builder may be up to 30%, or from about 1% to about 20%, or from about 3% to about 10%.
  • compositions may also contain from about 0.01% to about 10%, or from about 2% to about 7%, or from about 3% to about 5% of a Cs-2o fatty acid as a builder.
  • the fatty acid can also contain from about 1 to about 10 EO units.
  • Suitable fatty acids are saturated and/or unsaturated and can be obtained from natural sources such a plant or animal esters (e.g., palm kernel oil, palm oil, coconut oil, babassu oil, safflower oil, tall oil, tallow and fish oils, grease, and mixtures thereof), or synthetically prepared (e.g., via the oxidation of petroleum or by hydrogenation of carbon monoxide via the Fisher Tropsch process).
  • Useful fatty acids are saturated C 12 fatty acid, saturated C 12-14 fatty acids, saturated or unsaturated C 12-18 fatty acids, and a mixture thereof.
  • suitable saturated fatty acids include captic, lauric, myristic, palmitic, stearic, arachidic and behenic acid.
  • Suitable unsaturated fatty acids include: palmitoleic, oleic, linoleic, linolenic and ricinoleic acid.
  • Fillers-A composition may include a minor but effective amount of one or more of a detergent filler which does not perform as a cleaning agent per se, but cooperates with the cleaning agent to enhance the overall cleaning capacity of the composition.
  • a detergent filler which does not perform as a cleaning agent per se, but cooperates with the cleaning agent to enhance the overall cleaning capacity of the composition.
  • fillers suitable for use in the present cleaning compositions include sodium sulfate, sodium chloride, starch, sugars, Ci-Cio alkylene glycols such as propylene glycol, and the like.
  • Inorganic or phosphate-containing detergent builders may include alkali metal, ammonium and alkanolammonium salts of polyphosphates (e.g. tripolyphosphates, pyrophosphates, and glassy polymeric meta-phosphates). Non-phosphate builders may also be used.
  • a detergent filler may be included in an amount of 1-20 wt %, or 3-15 wt %.
  • the cleaning compositions herein may contain a chelating agent.
  • Suitable chelating agents include copper, iron and/or manganese chelating agents and mixtures thereof.
  • the subject composition may comprise from about 0.005% to about 15% or even from about 3.0% to about 10% chelating agent by weight of the subject composition.
  • Suitable water-soluble organic materials include the homo- or co- polymeric 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.
  • Enzymes-The cleaning compositions can comprise one or more enzymes which provide cleaning performance and/or fabric care benefits. Enzymes can be included herein for a wide variety of fabric laundering purposes, including removal of protein- based, carbohydrate-based, or triglyceride-based stains, for example, and/or for fabric restoration.
  • suitable enzymes include, but are not limited to, hemicellulases, peroxidases, proteases, cellulases, xylanases, lipases, phospholipases, esterases, cutinases, pectinases, keratinases, reductases, oxidases, phenoloxidases, lipoxygenases, ligninases, pullulanases, tannases, pentosanases, malanases, ⁇ -glucanases, arabinosidases, hyaluronidase, chondroitinase, laccase, amylases, or combinations thereof and may be of any suitable origin.
  • a detersive enzyme mixture useful herein is a protease, lipase, cutinase and/or cellulase in conjunction with amylase. Sample detersive enzymes are described in U.S. Pat. No. 6,579,839.
  • Enzymes are normally present at up to about 5 mg, more typically from about 0.01 mg to about 3 mg by weight of active enzyme per gram of the detergent. Stated another way, the detergent herein will typically contain from about 0.001% to about 5%, or from about 0.01% to about 2%, or from about 0.05% to about 1% by weight of a commercial enzyme preparation. Protease enzymes are present at from about 0.005 to about 0.1 AU of activity per gram of detergent. Proteases useful herein include those like subtilisins from Bacillus [e.g. subtilis, lentus, licheniformis, amyloliquefaciens (BPN, BPN'), alcalophilus,] e.g.
  • Esperase®, Alcalase®, Everlase® and Savinase® (Novozymes), BLAP and variants (Henkel). Further proteases are described in EP 130756, WO 91/06637, WO 95/10591 and WO 99/20726.
  • Amylases are described in GB Pat. # 1 296 839, WO 94/02597 and WO 96/23873; and available as Purafect Ox Am® (Genencor), Termamyl®, Natalase®, Ban®,
  • the cellulase herein includes bacterial and/or fungal cellulases with a pH optimum between 5 and 9.5. Suitable cellulases are disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 4,435,307 to
  • Cellulases useful herein include bacterial or fungal cellulases, e.g. produced by Humicola insolens, particularly DSM 1800, e.g. 50 kD and ⁇ 43 kD (Carezyyme®). Additional suitable cellulases are the EGIII cellulases from Trichoderma longibrachiatum.
  • WO 02/099091 by Novozymes describes an enzyme exhibiting endo-beta-glucanase activity (EC 3.2.1.4) endogenous to Bacillus sp., DSM 12648; for use in detergent and textile applications; and an anti-redeposition endo- glucanase in WO 04/053039.
  • Kao's EP 265 832 describes alkaline cellulase K, CMCase I and CMCase II isolated from a culture product of Bacillus sp KSM-635.
  • Kao further describes in EP 1 350 843 (KSM S237; 1139; KSM 64; KSM N131), EP 265 832A (KSM 635, FERM BP 1485) and EP 0 271 044 A (KSM 534, FERM BP 1508; KSM 539, FERM BP 1509; KSM 577, FERM BP 1510; KSM 521, FERM BP 1507; SM 580, FERM BP 1511; KSM 588, FERM BP 1513; KSM 597, FERM BP 1514; KSM 522, FERM BP 1512; KSM 3445, FERM BP 1506; KSM 425.
  • FERM BP 1505 readily-mass producible and high activity alkaline cellulases/endo-glucanases for an alkaline environment.
  • Such endo-glucanase may contain a polypeptide (or variant thereof) endogenous to one of the above Bacillus species.
  • Other suitable cellulases are Family 44 Glycosyl Hydrolase enzymes exhibiting endo-beta-l,4-glucanase activity from Paenibacilus polyxyma (wild- type) such as XYG1006 described in WO 01/062903 or variants thereof.
  • Carbohydrases useful herein include e.g. mannanase (see, e.g., U.S. Pat. No.
  • Bleaching enzymes useful herein with enhancers include e.g. peroxidases, laccases, oxygenases, lipoxygenase (see, e.g., WO 95/26393), and/or (non-heme) haloperoxidases.
  • Suitable endoglucanases include: 1) An enzyme exhibiting endo-beta-1,4- glucanase activity (E.C. 3.2.1.4), with a sequence at least 90%, or at least 94%, or at least 97% or at least 99%, or 100% identity to the amino acid sequence of positions 1-773 of SEQ ID NO:2 in WO 02/099091 ; or a fragment thereof that has endo-beta-l,4-glucanase activity.
  • GAP in the GCG program determines identity using a GAP creation penalty of 3.0 and GAP extension penalty of 0.1. See WO 02/099091 by Novozymes A/S on Dec. 12, 2002, e.g., CellucleanTM by Novozymes A/S.
  • GCG refers to sequence analysis software package (Accelrys, San Diego, Calif., USA). GCG includes a program called GAP which uses the Needleman and Wunsch algorithm to find the alignment of two complete sequences that maximizes the number of matches and minimizes the number of gaps; and 2) Alkaline endoglucanase enzymes described in EP 1 350 843A published by Kao on Oct. 8, 2003 ([0011H0039] and examples 1-4).
  • Suitable lipases include those produced by Pseudomonas and Chromobacter, and LIPOLASE®, LIPOLASE ULTRA®, LIPOPRIME® and LIPEX® from Novozymes. See also Japanese Patent Application 53-20487, laid open on Feb. 24, 1978, available from Areario Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd., Nagoya, Japan, under the trade name Lipase P "Amano".
  • Other commercial lipases include Amano-CES, lipases ex Chromobacter viscosum, available from Toyo Jozo Co., Tagata, Japan; and Chromobacter viscosum lipases from U.S. Biochemical Corp., U.S.A.
  • the liquid composition herein is substantially free of (i.e. contains no measurable amount of) wild-type protease enzymes.
  • a typical combination is an enzyme cocktail that may comprise, for example, a protease and lipase in conjunction with amylase.
  • the aforementioned additional enzymes may be present at levels from about 0.00001% to about 2%, from about 0.0001% to about 1% or even from about 0.001% to about 0.5% enzyme protein by weight of the composition.
  • Enzyme Stabilizers-Enzymes for use in detergents can be stabilized by various techniques.
  • the enzymes employed herein can be stabilized by the presence of water- soluble sources of calcium and/or magnesium ions in the finished compositions that provide such ions to the enzymes.
  • a reversible protease inhibitor such as a boron compound, can be added to further improve stability.
  • a useful enzyme stabilizer system is a calcium and/or magnesium compound, boron compounds and substituted boric acids, aromatic borate esters, peptides and peptide derivatives, polyols, low molecular weight carboxylates, relatively hydrophobic organic compounds [e.g. certain esters, diakyl glycol ethers, alcohols or alcohol alkoxylates], alkyl ether carboxylate in addition to a calcium ion source, benzamidine hypochlorite, lower aliphatic alcohols and carboxylic acids, N,N-bis(carboxymethyl) serine salts;
  • the detergent may contain a reversible protease inhibitor e.g., peptide or protein type, or a modified subtilisin inhibitor of family VI and the plasminostrepin; leupeptin, peptide trifluoromethyl ketone, or a peptide aldehyde.
  • Enzyme stabilizers are present from about 1 to about 30, or from about 2 to about 20, or from about 5 to about 15, or from about 8 to about 12, millimoles of stabilizer ions per liter.
  • Catalytic Metal Complexes-Applicants' cleaning compositions may include catalytic metal complexes.
  • One type of metal-containing bleach catalyst is a catalyst system comprising a transition metal cation of defined bleach catalytic activity, such as copper, iron, titanium, ruthenium, tungsten, molybdenum, or manganese cations, an auxiliary metal cation having little or no bleach catalytic activity, such as zinc or aluminum cations, and a sequestrate having defined stability constants for the catalytic and auxiliary metal cations, particularly ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid,
  • compositions herein can be catalyzed by means of a manganese compound.
  • a manganese compound Such compounds and levels of use are well known in the art and include, for example, the manganese-based catalysts disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 5,576,282.
  • Cobalt bleach catalysts useful herein are known, and are described, for example, in U.S. Pat. No. 5,597,936; U.S. Pat. No. 5,595,967. Such cobalt catalysts are readily prepared by known procedures, such as taught for example in U.S. Pat. No. 5,597,936, and U.S. Pat. No. 5,595,967.
  • compositions herein may also suitably include a transition metal complex of ligands such as bispidones (WO 05/042532 Al) and/or macropolycyclic rigid ligands- abbreviated as "MRLs".
  • ligands such as bispidones (WO 05/042532 Al) and/or macropolycyclic rigid ligands- abbreviated as "MRLs”.
  • MRLs macropolycyclic rigid ligands- abbreviated as "MRLs”.
  • the compositions and processes herein can be adjusted to provide on the order of at least one part per hundred million of the active MRL species in the aqueous washing medium, and will typically provide from about 0.005 ppm to about 25 ppm, from about 0.05 ppm to about 10 ppm, or even from about 0.1 ppm to about 5 ppm, of the MRL in the wash liquor.
  • Suitable transition-metals in the instant transition-metal bleach catalyst include, for example, manganese, iron and chromium.
  • Suitable MRLs include 5,12-diethyl-l,5,8,12- tetraazabicyclo[6.6.2]hexadecane.
  • Suitable transition metal MRLs are readily prepared by known procedures, such as taught for example in WO 00/32601, and U.S. Pat. No. 6,225,464.
  • Solvents-Suitable solvents include water and other solvents such as lipophilic fluids.
  • suitable lipophilic fluids include siloxanes, other silicones, hydrocarbons, glycol ethers, glycerine derivatives such as glycerine ethers, perfluorinated amines, perfluorinated and hydrofluoroether solvents, low-volatility nonfluorinated organic solvents, diol solvents, other environmentally-friendly solvents and mixtures thereof.
  • the solvent includes water.
  • the water can include water from any source including deionized water, tap water, softened water, and combinations thereof. Solvents are typically present at from about 0.1% to about 50%, or from about 0.5% to about 35 , or from about 1% to about 15% by weight.
  • the present invention relates to a soaking composition and methods of using the soaking composition to remove grease and food soils from surfaces without significant corrosive or detrimental effects on the aesthetics of such surfaces.
  • the soaking solution also protects the surface of the ware both while soaking in the soaking composition and while passing through a dishmachine.
  • the soaking composition is used to loosen grease and food soils on ware, such as pots and pans, before the pots and pans are run through a dishmachine.
  • the soaking step reduces the number of washes soiled ware must undergo to remove the soils when compared to not using a soaking composition, soaking with water, or soaking with a manual detergent.
  • the soaking composition can be used on ware made of various materials, including, for example: stainless steel, aluminum, cast iron and plastics. A particularly suitable application for the soaking composition is removing grease and organic soils from pots and pans.
  • the soaking composition loosens grease and soil from the surface such that the soil is substantially removed from the surface when the ware is passed through a single cycle of a dishmachine.
  • no personal protective equipment is needed when the soaking composition is used at the recommended concentration and with the recommended procedures.
  • a small quantity of the soaking solution is carried with the ware.
  • components in the soaking composition may produce foam.
  • the soaking composition is formulated to produce lower foam than typical pot and pan detergents when agitated. This lower foaming property allows the soaking composition to be used in combination with a dishmachine without excessive carryover.
  • the detergent/soaking compositions of the present invention may be of any suitable form, including paste, liquid, solid (such as tablets, powder/granules), foam or gel, with powders and tablets being preferred.
  • the composition may be in the form of a unit dose product, i.e. a form which is designed to be used as a single portion of detergent composition in a washing operation. Of course, one or more of such single portions may be used in a cleaning operation.
  • Solid forms include, for example, in the form of a tablet, rod, ball or lozenge.
  • the composition may be a particulate form, loose or pressed to shape or may be formed by injection moulding or by casting or by extrusion.
  • the composition may be encased in a water soluble wrapping, for, example of PVOH or a cellulosic material.
  • the solid product may be provided as a portioned product as desired.
  • the composition may also be in paste, gel or liquid form, including unit dose (portioned products) products.
  • a paste, gel or liquid product at least partially surrounded by, and preferably substantially enclosed in a water-soluble coating, such as a polyvinyl alcohol package.
  • This package may for instance take the form of a capsule, a pouch or a moulded casing (such as an injection moulded casing) etc.
  • the composition is substantially surrounded by such a package, most preferably totally surrounded by such a package. Any such package may contain one or more product formats as referred to herein and the package may contain one or more compartments as desired, for example two, three or four compartments.
  • composition is a foam, a liquid or a gel it is preferably an aqueous composition although any suitable solvent may be used.
  • the soaking composition can be dispensed as a concentrate or as a use solution.
  • the soaking composition concentrate can be provided in a solid form or in a liquid form.
  • the concentrate will be diluted with water to provide the use solution that is then supplied to the surface of a substrate.
  • the aqueous use solution may contain about 2,000 parts per million (ppm) or less active materials, or about 1,000 ppm or less active material, or in the range of about 10 ppm to about 500 ppm of active materials, or in the range of about 10 to about 300 ppm, or in the range of about 10 to 200 ppm.
  • the use solution can be applied to the substrate during a presoak application, for example, in a warewashing machine, a car wash application, institutional healthcare surface cleaning or the like.
  • formation of a use solution can occur from a presoak agent installed in a cleaning machine, for example onto a dish rack.
  • the presoak agent can be diluted and dispensed from a dispenser mounted on or in the machine or from a separate dispenser that is mounted separately but cooperatively with the dish machine.
  • solid products may be conveniently
  • a solid material in a container or with no enclosure into a spray-type dispenser such as the volume SOL-ET controlled ECOTEMP Injection Cylinder system manufactured by Ecolab Inc., St. Paul, Minn.
  • a spray-type dispenser such as the volume SOL-ET controlled ECOTEMP Injection Cylinder system manufactured by Ecolab Inc., St. Paul, Minn.
  • a washing machine When demanded by the machine, the
  • dispenser directs water onto the solid block of agent which effectively dissolves a portion of the block creating a concentrated aqueous pre-soak solution which is then fed directly into the water forming the aqueous pre-soak.
  • the aqueous pre- soak is then contacted with the surfaces to affect a soaking composition.
  • concentration of the active portion in the aqueous composition by measuring the volume of material dispensed, the actual concentration of the material in the water (an electrolyte measured with an electrode) or by measuring the time of the spray on the solid block.
  • compositions of the invention may be made by any suitable method depending upon their format. Suitable manufacturing methods for detergent compositions are well known in the art, non-limiting examples of which are described in U.S. Pat. Nos.
  • detergent tablets may be made by compacting granular/particular material and may be used herein.
  • compositions disclosed herein may be prepared by combining the components thereof in any convenient order and by mixing, e.g., agitating, the resulting component combination to form a phase stable liquid composition.
  • a liquid matrix is formed containing at least a major proportion, or even substantially all, of the liquid components, with the liquid components being thoroughly admixed by imparting shear agitation to this liquid combination.
  • shear agitation For example, rapid stirring with a mechanical stirrer may usefully be employed. While shear agitation is maintained, substantially all of any anionic surfactant and the solid ingredients can be added.
  • Agitation of the mixture is continued, and if necessary, can be increased at this point to form a solution or a uniform dispersion of insoluble solid phase particulates within the liquid phase.
  • particles of any enzyme material to be included e.g., enzyme prills are incorporated.
  • one or more of the solid components may be added to the agitated mixture as a solution or slurry of particles premixed with a minor portion of one or more of the liquid components.
  • agitation of the mixture is continued for a period of time sufficient to form compositions having the requisite viscosity and phase stability characteristics. Frequently this will involve agitation for a period of from about 30 to 60 minutes.
  • X-AES is structurally similar to LES except for the 16 moles PO
  • LES is commonly provided as 60 % active, and currently, X-AES is provided as 24 % active.
  • a "super-concentrate" of almost double the active surfactants has a viscosity of 384 cps, which is very manageable.

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L'invention porte sur un système, mélange ou assemblage de tensioactifs qui peut être utilisé en tant que partie d'une composition de trempage. Le système de tensioactifs peut former des émulsions avec des taches huileuses et grasses, ce qui permet ainsi de les éliminer. Dans un mode de réalisation préféré, les compositions de tensioactifs selon l'invention permettent d'éliminer des taches de gras non trans et d'acides gras. L'invention comprend le moussage de compositions de trempage dont un peu ou une partie du tensioactif anionique contenu est remplacé par un tensioactif anionique à chaîne allongée.
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