Solubility aids for use in detergent compositions
AssigneeThe Procter & Gamble Company
InventorsKevin Todd Norwood, Gayle Marie Frankenbach, Rajeev Ashok Modi, Mike Rene Weaver
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Abstract
Detergent compositions, preferably tablets, comprise an improved solubility aid wherein the solubility aid contains an organic molecule, which has a first polar group and a second polar group separated from each other by less than 5 aliphatic carbon atoms. The use of the solubility aid provides detergent tablets which are both strong and durable to resist breakage during storage and transportation, but which also disintegrate rapidly upon contact with an aqueous wash solution so that the components of the tablet can provide detersive benefits during the wash process.
Claims20
A solubility aid comprising:
- (a) from about 3% to about 99.9%, by weight of the composition, of an organic molecule which has a first polar group and a second polar group, wherein the first polar group and the second polar group are separated from each other by less than 5 aliphatic carbon atoms;
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- (b) from about 0.01% to about 97%, by weight of the composition, of polyethylene glycol.
A detergent tablet comprising:
- (a) a detersive surfactant;
- (b) a builder;
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- (c) a solubility aid, wherein the solubility aid comprises an organic molecule which has a first polar group and a second polar group, wherein the first polar group and the second polar group are separated from each other by less than 5 aliphatic carbon atoms.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.