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US 12,227,717 B2Granted
Pressed manual dish detergent
AssigneeEcolab USA Inc.
InventorsWendy Lo, Erik C. Olson, Thomas Muller, Jeffrey John Biggs, Angela Sivanich, Katherine Molinaro, Kelsey West, Matthew Paul Molinaro
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Abstract
A solid block detergent composition is described which can be dispensed with a water spray to form an aqueous detergent for cutting and removing grease, removing and suspending soils and rinsing easily leaving cleaned ware. The solid block detergent contains a neutralized sulfonated anionic surfactant in combination with various processing aids to optimize soil removal in a formulation that can be pressed for form a solid.
Claims16
A solid detergent composition comprising:
- (a) from about 40 wt. % to about 95 wt. % of a neutralized anionic sulfonated surfactant,
- (b) a fatty acid amide surfactant comprising at least one of lauric monoethanol amide, cocomonoethanol amide, or a mixture thereof;
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- (c) a processing aid including one or more of:
- an inorganic salt, a source of alkalinity, and/or an acrylic polymer, wherein said composition is pressed to form a solid,
- wherein said composition is free of polyethylene glycol and a bleaching agent.
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