Spray container comprising a detergent composition
AssigneeThe Procter & Gamble Company
InventorsDeepak AHIRWAL, Denis Alfred GONZALES, Paulus Antonius Augustinus HOEFTE, Cindy JEAN, Muriel CUILLERET, Valerie PERDIGON
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Abstract
The need for a container and detergent composition which exhibit good cleaning, including on greasy soils, and good surface shine, while also maintaining spray visibility on the treated hard surface, is met by formulating an aqueous detergent composition using a low level of surfactant system, an aminoalcohol solvent, and a glycol ether solvent, at the specified ratios.
Claims10
A method of treating a hard surface, wherein the method comprises the step of spraying the hard surface using the container according to claim 4, wherein the spray applicator comprises:
- a. a nozzle orifice having a diameter of from about 0.15 mm to about 0.40 mm;
- and
- b. pressure regulation such that the spray is applied with a precompression pressure of between about 250 kPa and about 650 kPa.
The container according to claim 4, wherein the branched alkoxylated alcohol comprises from 4 to 6 ethoxylate units and from 4 to 6 propoxylate units.
The container according to claim 4, wherein the aminoalcohol and glycol ether solvent are present at a weight ratio of from about 5:1 to about 3:1.
A container comprising a spray applicator and a container-body, wherein the container-body comprises a detergent composition, the detergent composition comprising:
- from about 0.5 to 5 wt.% of a surfactant system by weight of the detergent composition, wherein the surfactant system comprises:
- a nonionic surfactant selected from the group consisting of branched alkoxylated nonionic surfactants, amine oxide surfactants, and mixtures thereof, and
- less than about 0.3 wt.% anionic surfactant, wherein the surfactant system is essentially free of cationic surfactants;
- from 0.55 to 10 wt.% of a blend of organic solvents comprising aminoalcohol and from 0.05 to 2 wt.% of a glycol ether of:
- Formula 1:
- R1O(R20)nR3 wherein:
- R1 comprises a near or branched C4, C5 or C6 alkyl or a substituted or unsubstituted phenyl,
- R2 comprises ethyl or isopropyl,
- R3 comprises hydrogen or methyl,
- n ranges from 1 to 3, or
- Formula 2:
- R4O(R5O)mR6 wherein:
- R4 comprises n-propyl or isopropyl,
- R5 comprises isopropyl
- R6 comprises hydrogen or methyl,
- m ranges from 1 to 3;
- and
- water, wherein:
- the surfactant system and aminoalcohol solvent are present at a weight ratio of from about 2:1 to about 1:5.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.