Carpet cleaning compositions and method for cleaning carpets

A composition for the cleaning of a carpet having a residuality index of less than 40% after vacuum cleaning, packaged in a container adapted to deliver the composition on the carpet in the form of a spray of droplets having a particle size distribution with a mean diameter D(v,0.9) of less than 1500 microns.

A method or a composition for the cleaning of a carpet according to any of the preceding claims, wherein said composition being applied on the carpet in the form of a spray of droplets having a particle size distribution with a mean diameter D(v,0.9) of less than 1000 microns, preferably less than 750 microns, more preferably less than 500 microns, and most preferably from 350 to 10 microns.

A method or a composition for the cleaning of a carpet according to any of the preceding claims, wherein said composition being applied on the carpet in amount of from 10 ml to 80 ml per square meter of carpet, preferably from 20 ml to 60 ml and more preferably from 30 ml to 50 ml.

A method or a composition according to any of the preceding claims wherein said composition has a residuality index of less than 30% after vacuum cleaning, preferably less than 15% and more preferably less than 10%.

A method or a composition according to any of the preceding claims wherein said composition comprise at least a polymer or a mixture thereof, preferably at a level of from 0.01% to 50% by weight of the total composition, more preferably from 0.1% to 20%, even more preferably from 0.3% to 10% and most preferably from 0.5% to 3%

A method or composition according to any of the preceding claims wherein said composition comprises a surfactant or a mixture thereof preferably at a level up to 50% by weight of the total composition, more preferably from 1% to 10% and most preferably from 1.5% to 5%.

A method or a composition according to any of the preceding claims, wherein the composition comprises a volatile organic compound preferably glycol ethers and/or a derivative thereof, more preferably buthoxypropanol, propoxy ethyl acetate, ethanol-2-butoxy phosphate, 2-(hexyloxy)ethanol, 2-ethoxy ethanol, 2-butoxyethanol, n-butoxypropoxypropanol, butyl triglycol ether, butyl diglycol ether, 2-(2-alkoxyethoxy)ethanol, 2-(2-alkoxyethoxy)propanol, 2-(2-alkoxyethoxy)butanol or mixtures thereof, and/or a polyol, more preferably a diol, even more preferably 2-ethyl-1,3-hexanediol, 2,2,4-trimethyl-1,3-pentanediol, methyl-2,4 pentanediol or mixture thereof, and/or an aromatic alcohol according to the formula R1—OH, wherein R1 is an alkyl substituted or non-alkyl substituted aryl group of from 1 to 20 carbon atoms, and/or an aliphatic alcohol according to the formula R2—OH, wherein R2 is a linear or branched saturated or unsaturated hydrocarbon chain of from 1 to 20 carbon atoms, preferably from 2 to 10 and more preferably from 2 to 4 or mixtures thereof, and most preferably the volatile organic compound is isopropanol.

A method or a composition according to any of the preceding claims wherein said composition comprises a peroxygen bleach or a mixture thereof.

A method or a composition according to any of the preceding claims wherein said composition is an aqueous liquid composition having a pH of from 1 to 14, preferably between pH 1 and 7, more preferably between pH 2 and 6.5 and most preferably between pH 5 and 6.5

A method or a composition according to any of the preceding claims wherein said composition is packaged in a container wherein the means for delivering the composition comprises an electrically driven pump and a spray arm being either extended or extendible and having at least one dispensing opening so that in operation, the composition is pumped by electrically driven pump from the container, through the spray arm to the dispensing opening from which it is dispensed.