Urea-based solid alkaline cleaning composition
AssigneeEcolab Inc.
InventorsJohn J. Rolando, Bernard J. Heile, Kent R. Brittain
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Abstract
The invention provides a urea based solid composition and a process for preparing a homogeneous, urea-based, solid cleaning composition. Cleaning compositions for use in warewashing and cleaning hard surfaces, rinsing, sanitizing, deodorizing, and the like, made by the method are also provided. The ingredients are charged into a heated mixing apparatus and when uniform are transferred into a mold or other packaging system for dispensing the detergent. The consistency of the composition ranges from that of a fused solid block to a malleable article.
Claims9
A uniform alkaline cast solid composition that is chemically and dimensionally stable, which composition comprises:
- (a) at least 5 wt-% of an alkaline cleaning composition comprising an alkali metal hydroxide, an alkali metal silicate, an alkali metal carbonate or a strong organic base;
- (b) an effective cleaning or sequestering amount of a chemical composition selected from the group consisting of a detergent builder or a sequestrant;
- (c) about 0.1 to 70 wt-% of a urea compound casting agent;
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- (d) about 1 to 20 wt-% of water of hydration wherein the water of hydration is associated with one or more of the solid components of (a) (b) or (c);
- wherein the composition is solidified in a packaging receptacle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.