Granular fabric softening composition
AssigneeThe Procter & Gamble Company
InventorDaniel L. Strauss
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Abstract
A comelted, granular fabric softening composition which is water dispersible in the cold water rinse of a washing machine, comprising about 60% to about 85% of a di-(long chain) quaternary ammonium salt and about 15% to about 40% of a mono- (long chain) quaternary ammonium salt having from 10 to 14 carbon atoms in its single long chain. The fabric softening composition may also contain up to about 25% of optional ingredients. In one embodiment of the invention the fabric softening agent is adapted to be placed within a water-permeable envelope. The envelope can be inserted into a washing machine during a laundering operation to provide fabric softening benefits to the clothes being laundered.
Claims11
A comelted, solid, granular fabric softening composition comprising:
- A. 60% to 85% of a first compound having the formula:
- ##STR9## wherein R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 are lower alkyl moieties, R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 are each higher alkyl or alkenyl moieties having from about 14 to about 22 carbon atoms, and X is an anion;
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- B. 15% to 40% of a second compound having the formula:
- ##STR10## wherein R.sub.5, R.sub.6 and R.sub.7 are each lower alkyl moieties, R.sub.8 is an alkyl or alkenyl moiety having from about 10 to about 14 carbon atoms, and Y is an anion;
- wherein the softening effect of said solid, granular composition is improved with, improved rinse water dispersibility.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.