Method for ease of ironing
AssigneeColgate-Palmolive Company
InventorsAna Acosta, Jose Javier Tovar Pescador, Amit Sachdev, Oscar Bautista Cid
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Abstract
A method for reducing force needed for ironing a fabric comprising laundering the fabric with a composition comprising a linear polyether having a weight average molecular weight less than 5000 that is terminated with —N—(—CH2—CH(OH)—CH2—Cl)2, wherein the linear polyether is deposited on the fabric and reduces the force needed for ironing.
Claims19
A method for reducing force needed for ironing a fabric comprising laundering the fabric with a composition comprising a linear polyether having a weight average molecular weight less than 5000 that is terminated with —N—(—CH2—CH(OH)—CH2—Cl)2, wherein the linear polyether is deposited on the fabric and reduces the force needed for ironing.
The method of any preceding claim, wherein the molecular weight is less than 2000.
The method of any preceding claim, wherein the fabric is wrinkled.
The method of any preceding claim, wherein the fabric is laundered at least 3 times, optionally at least 4 times, or at least 5 times.
The method of any preceding claim, wherein the composition is an aqueous composition.
The method of any preceding claim, wherein the composition is added during a rinse cycle during laundering.
The method of any preceding claim, wherein the laundering comprises washing the fabric and rinsing the fabric.
The method of any preceding claim further comprising drying the fabric.
The method of any preceding claim further comprising ironing the fabric.
The method of any preceding claim, wherein the polyether is present in the composition in an amount of 0.05 to 0.8% by weight of the composition.
The method of any preceding claim, wherein the composition further comprises a fabric softener.
The method of any preceding claim, wherein the composition further comprises a surfactant.
The method of any preceding claim, wherein the method reduces the force needed for ironing by at least 5, at least 10, or at least 20% as compared to a force for ironing without laundering with the linear polyether.
Use of a linear polyether having a weight average molecular weight less than 5000 that is terminated with —N—(—CH2—CH(OH)—CH2—Cl)2 to treat a fabric to reduce force needed to iron the fabric.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.