Transparent soap bar
AssigneeLever Brothers Company, Division of Conopco, Inc.
InventorsMichael I. Hill, Jerry J. Krupa
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Abstract
A transparent bar is disclosed which requires the components to fit within three critical ratios. The composition comprises a mixture of alkanolammonium and alkali metal C.sub.12 --C.sub.22 atom fatty acid salts, the mole ratio of alkanolammonium to alkali metal fatty acid salt being from about 0.1 to less than 1.0. A liquid solvent system must also be present which includes an amount of water and free alkanolamine in a weight ratio ranging from greater than 0.25 to less than 1.0. The weight ratio of total fatty acid salts to solvent must range from greater than 0.02 to less than 1.0.
Claims14
A transparent bar comprising:
- (i) a mixture of alkanolammonium and alkali metal C.sub.12 -C.sub.22 atom fatty acid salts, the mole ratio of alkanolammonium to alkali metal fatty acid salt ranging from about 0.1 to less than 1.0;
- (ii) a liquid solvent including an amount of water and free alkanolamine in a respective weight ratio ranging from greater than 0.25 to less than 1.0;
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- wherein the weight ratio of total fatty acid salt to solvent ranges from greater than 0.02 to less than 1.0.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.