Soluble laundry detergent sheets with acrylamide polymers
AssigneeHenkel AG & Co. KGaA
InventorsFrank Janssen, David Matulla, Dorothea Kapitza, Susanne Schneider, Birgit Scheffers, Beate Seebauer
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Abstract
A method for manufacturing a water-soluble laundry detergent sheet from a liquid composition including the following components: (a) at least one acrylamide polymer, (b) at least one surfactant, (c) at least one water-soluble polymer, (d) optionally at least one washing booster, (e) optionally at least one perfume component, and (f) optionally at least one adjunct detergent ingredient. Also encompassed are the water-soluble laundry detergent sheets obtainable by the method and the use thereof for cleaning textiles and in methods for cleaning textiles.
Claims18
A method for manufacturing a water-soluble laundry detergent sheet, the method comprising:
- providing a liquid composition comprising:
- at least one acrylamide polymer present in an amount of from 0.1 to 20 wt. %, based on the total weight of the liquid composition;
- at least one surfactant that is different from the at least one acrylamide polymer;
- at least one water-soluble polymer that is different from the at least one acrylamide polymer;
- and
- at least one washing booster that is different from the at least one acrylamide polymer;
- moving at least a portion of a heated surface in a first direction relative to the liquid composition to form a layer of the liquid composition on the heated surface;
- draining any excess amount of the liquid composition from the heated surface in a second direction that is opposite to the first direction;
- drying the layer at a temperature of from 70° C. to 90° C. for a time period of from 1 second to 60 seconds to obtain a laundry detergent sheet;
- cutting the laundry detergent sheet into one or more pieces of a predetermined shape and size suitable for use as a unit dose;
- and
- packaging the one or more laundry detergent sheet pieces, wherein:
- the at least one acrylamide polymer is selected from the group consisting of 2-propionic acid polymer with 2-propenamide, minimum number average molecular weight (in amu) 18,000 or N,N-dimethyl-N-2-propenyl-2-propene-1-aminium chloride (dimethyl diallyl ammonium chloride), 2-propenamide polymer with N,N,N-trimethyl-3-[(1-oxo-2-propenyl) amino]-1-propanaminium chloride ((3-acrylamidopropyl)trimethylammonium chloride), and a polymer with sodium 2-propenoate, and
- the laundry detergent sheet has a mass per unit area of from 40 to 200 g/m2, determined according to ISO 9073-1.
A method for manufacturing a water-soluble laundry detergent sheet, the method comprising:
- providing a liquid composition comprising:
- at least one acrylamide polymer that is 2-propenamide polymer with N,N,N-trimethyl-3-[(1-oxo-2-propenyl) amino]-1-propanaminium chloride ((3-acrylamidopropyl)trimethylammonium chloride) in an amount of from 0.1 to 20 wt. %, based on the total weight of the liquid composition;
- at least one surfactant selected from the group consisting of alkyl benzene sulfonates, alkyl ether sulfates, C8-18 alkyl alkyloxylated alcohols, and any combination thereof;
- at least one water-soluble polymer comprising polyvinyl alcohol and starch;
- and
- at least one washing booster selected from the group consisting of mannase, xanthanase, licheninase, an ethoxylated polyethyleneimine, and any combination thereof;
- moving at least a portion of a heated surface in a first direction relative to the liquid composition to form a layer of the liquid composition on the heated surface;
- draining any excess amount of the liquid composition from the heated surface in a second direction that is opposite to the first direction;
- drying the layer at a temperature of from 70° C. to 90° C. for a time period of from 1 second to 60 seconds to obtain a laundry detergent sheet;
- cutting the laundry detergent sheet into one or more pieces of a predetermined shape and size suitable for use as a unit dose;
- and
- packaging the one or more laundry detergent sheet pieces,
- wherein the laundry detergent sheet has a mass per unit area of from 40 to 200 g/m2, determined according to ISO 9073-1.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.