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US 4,536,319 AGranted
Compositions comprising alkylpolysaccharide detergent surfactant
AssigneeThe Procter & Gamble Company
InventorNicholas S. Payne
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Abstract
Specific alkylpolysaccharide detergent surfactants uniquely provides structure and detergency to detergent granules prepared by drying aqueous mixtures of the granules' ingredients. Such granules can contain higher amounts of water while retaining good structure.
Claims20
A homogeneous granular detergent composition comprising:
- (1) from about 2% to about 30% of alkylpolysaccharide detergent surfactant having the formula RO(R.sup.1 O).sub.t Z.sub.x wherein R is an alkyl, alkylphenol, hydroxyalkyl, hydroxy alkylphenol, or mixtures thereof, and said alkyl groups contain from about 8 to about 18 carbon atoms;
- wherein each R.sup.1 contains from 2 to about 4 carbon atoms;
- wherein t is from 0 to about 5;
- wherein Z is a moiety derived from a reducing saccharide containing from 5 to 6 carbon atoms;
- and wherein x is from about 11/2 to about 5;
- (2) from 0% to about 30% of detergent cosurfactant;
- (3) from about 10% to about 75% of water-soluble neutral or alkaline salt;
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- (4) from about 5% to about 20% water.
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