Use of water structurants to provide fabric care benefits in a non-aqueous fabric treatment system
AssigneeThe Procter & Gamble Company
InventorsJiping Wang, Kelli Fleisch, Robb Gardner, Arseni Radomyselski
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Abstract
Water structurants are used in combination with a lipophilic fluid and water to deliver fabric care benefits to a fabric article in a non-aqueous fabric treatment system. Water structurants are effective in minimizing fabric damages (e.g., shrinkage, pilling, loss of shapes) from the fabric treatment process. Compositions comprising the water structurants for use in a non-aqueous fabric treating process are also disclosed. The compositions are capable of delivering the fabric care benefits to the fabric article and minimizing fabric damages.
Claims20
A method for treating a fabric article in a non-aqueous fabric treatment process comprising the steps of:
- (a) obtaining a fabric treatment composition by mixing:
- (i) a lipophilic fluid;
- (ii) a first composition comprising water and a water structurant;
- (iii) optionally, an emulsifying agent capable of suspending water in lipophilic fluid;
- and
- (iv) optionally, a fabric treating active;
- (b) contacting a fabric article with the fabric treatment composition;
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- (c) removing at least a portion of the lipophilic fluid.
The method of claim I wherein the lipophilic fluid comprises at least about 50% by weight of the fabric treatment composition.
A fabric treatment composition for use in a non-aqueous fabric treatment process, the fabric treatment composition comprising:
- (a) at least about 50% by weight of the system of a lipophilic fluid;
- (b) water;
- (c) a water structurant selected from the group consisting of inorganic and organic salts;
- polyalkylene glycols and polyalkylene polyols;
- saccharides or derivatives;
- hydrolyzed proteins;
- polar nitrous organic materials;
- hydrophilic polymers capable of holding an amount of water at least about 100% by weight of the polymer;
- and mixtures thereof;
- (d) optionally, a fabric treating active;
- and
- (e) optionally, an emulsifying agent capable of suspending water in lipophilic fluid such that water is in the form of discrete particles in the fabric treatment composition;
- wherein weight ratio of water to water structurant ranges from about 100:1 to about 2:1.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.