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US 2011/0275551 A1Published application
Incorporation of dye into granular laundry detergent
OwnerStephen Norman Batchelor, Jayne Michelle Bird +1inventors
InventorsStephen Norman Batchelor, Jayne Michelle Bird, Susan Barbara Joyce
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Abstract
The present invention concerns a shading dye containing granule.
Claims7
A granular laundry detergent composition comprising:
- (a) from 0.00005 to 0.2 wt % of a dye granule, wherein the dye granule comprises:
- (i) 20 to 60 wt % of a shading dye;
- (ii) 40 to 80 wt % of a dispersant selected from:
- ligninsulphonates;
- alkali metal salts of the condensation products of naphthalenesulphonic acids and formaldehyde;
- polyvinylsulphonates;
- and, ethoxylated novolacs;
- (iii) 0 to 10 of wt % auxiliary agents selected from:
- anionic surfactants;
- non-ionic surfactants;
- acidic polymers;
- and dust proofing oil;
- (b) from 5 to 50 wt % of a surfactant;
- (c) from 5 to 50 wt % builder selected from:
- calcium sequestrant materials;
- precipitating materials;
- and,
- calcium ion-exchange materials;
- and,
- (d) 0.05 to 50 wt % a water soluble carrier salt;
- and,
- (e) 0 to 20 wt % other ingredients.
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