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US 12,338,417 B2Granted
Liquid washing or cleaning agent containing bleach precursor
AssigneeHenkel AG & Co. KGaA
InventorsAnna Klemmer, Peter Schmiedel, Bent Rogge
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Abstract
The present application is directed to water and surfactant-containing liquid washing or cleaning agents containing a hydrophobic precursor compound in microemulsified form, from which a peroxycarboxylic acid or the salt thereof can be released by UV radiation. Methods for washing textiles and cleaning hard surfaces using such precursor compounds are also included.
Claims12
A washing or cleaning method, comprising the steps of:
- bringing a textile surface in need of cleaning or a hard surface in need of cleaning into contact with a surfactant-containing aqueous washing or cleaning liquid containing a hydrophobic precursor compound in microemulsified form, from which a peroxycarboxylic acid or the salt thereof can be released by UV radiation, and applying UV radiation on the liquid.
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