Carpet cleaning composition contains a cellulose powder from a hardwood source
AssigneeHenkel Kommanditgesellschaft auf Aktien
InventorsHeinz-Dieter Soldanski, Bernd-Dieter Holdt, Ursula Meier
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Abstract
Powder-form compositions containing as its principal components cellulose powder, organic solvents, and water. The compositions are suitable for cleaning textiles, particularly carpets, and are distinguished by high cleaning power and minimal dust generation.
Claims14
In a powder-form dry cleaning composition for textiles which is free from zeolites and urea-formaldehyde resin, and which consists essentially of about 35-70% of an adsorbent, about 25-60% of water, and about 5-22% of an organic solvent, the improvement wherein adsorbent said is predominately a cellulose powder derived from a hardwood cellulose having a particle size of from about 5 to about 50 .mu.m is present therein, said cellulose powder being essentially colorless and substantially free from lignin and other impurities associated with the hardwood sources, all percentages being by weight based upon the total composition.
A powder-form dry cleaning composition for cleaning textiles which is free from zeolites and urea-formaldehyde resins consisting essentially of:
- A. from about 35 to about 70% by weight of at least one cellulose powder derived from a hardwood cellulose having a particle size in the range of from about 5 to about 50 .mu.m, said cellulose powder being essentially colorless and substantially free from lignin and other impurities associated with the hardwood sources,
- B. from about 25 to about 60% by weight of water,
- C. from about 5 to about 22% by weight of at least one organic solvent,
- D. from 0 to 4% by weight of at least one anionic and/or nonionic surfactant, and
- E. from 0 to 5% by weight of other dry cleaning composition additives.
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