Softening and conditioning agents for textile articles
AssigneeSvenska KräMfabriken AB
InventorsTorsten Hedbom, Mark Lawther
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Abstract
The present invention relates to fabric softeners and washing detergents comprising water soluble 1,3:1,4-β-D-glucans (β-glucans) for treating and softening textiles and fabrics derived from cellulose and/or protein-based fibers, and a method for treating and softening such textiles and fabrics.
Claims23
A laundry composition and/or fabric softening agent comprising an anionic, cationic, nonionic, or amphoteric detergent and one or more water soluble 1,3:1,4-β-D-glucans derived from oats, barley or a combination thereof, wherein
- the anionic detergent is selected from the group consisting of soap, Sodium Lauryl ethyl Sulphate, MIPA laureth sulphate, Alfa Olefin Sulphonate, and Sodium Lauroyl Glutamate;
- the cationic detergent is selected from the group consisting of Esterquats, and Alkyl Quaternary Ammonium salts;
- the nonionic detergent is selected from the group consisting of Alkyl Polyglucoside, Fatty Alcohol Ethoxylate, and Glucamides;
- the amphoteric detergent is selected from the group consisting of Cocamidepropyl Betaine, Amine Oxide, and Amphoacetate;
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- the one or more water soluble 1,3:1,4-β-D-glucans have a weight average molecular weight of at least 800,000 Daltons.
A process for treating and softening textile fibres and/or fabrics derived from cellulose and/or protein-based fibres, comprising the step of treating the textile fibres and/or fabrics, as part of a washing regime, or a pre- or post-washing regime, with the laundry composition and/or fabric softening agent comprising an anionic, cationic, nonionic, or amphoteric detergent and one or more water soluble 1,3:1,4-β-D-glucans derived from oats, barley or a combination thereof, wherein the one or more water soluble 1,3:1,4-β-D-glucans have a weight average molecular weight of at least 800,000 Daltons.
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