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US 5,851,971 AGranted
Liquid cleaning compositions
AssigneeColgate-Palmolive Company
InventorsPatrick Durbut, Guy Broze
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Abstract
All purpose cleaning or microemulsion compositions contains a nonionic surfactant, a foam control agent, and water.
Claims7
A cleaning composition comprising:
- (a) about 0.5 wt. % to about 40 wt. % of a nonionic surfactant;
- (b) about 0.1 wt. % to about 50 wt. % of a glycol ether or a C3-C6 aliphatic carboxylic acid cosurfactant;
- (c) about 0.4 wt. % to about 10 wt. % of a water insoluble hydrocarbon, essential oil or a perfume;
- (d) 0.25% to 4% of a foam control agent wherein said foam control agent is selected from the group consisting of organic monoesters, organic diesters and C8-C12 organic diols;
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- (e) the balance being water, wherein the composition does not contain an anionic surfactant or a zwitterionic surfactant, and the composition further contains a multivalent salt of a multivalent metal cation wherein the multivalent metal cation is magnesium or aluminum.
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