Detergent compositions having polyalkoxylated amine foam stabilizers
AssigneeTomah Products, Inc.
InventorsTerry Crutcher, James A. Krogh
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Abstract
The disclosure is directed to novel detergent compositions having polyalkoxylated amine foam stabilizers. The new foam stabilizers of the inventive detergent compositions build or enhance foaming and are particularly useful because of their surprisingly mild, non-skin-irritating characteristics. Mildness is a requirement of components to be included in or used in applications such as liquid dish detergents, hand cleaners and car washes.
Claims9
A manually-applied detergent composition which is acceptable for dish washing applications, foams copiously in response to agitation, and exhibits time-extended foam characteristics, consisting essentially of:
- about 10-50% by weight of a surfactant base consisting of surfactants selected from the group consisting of anionic surfactants, nonionic surfactants and mixtures thereof;
- and
- about 1-15% by weight of a foam stabilizer having the general structural formula:
- wherein
- R is selected from the group consisting of (a) an alkyl group having between 4 and 22 carbon atoms, (b) a substituted aryloxy group having between 7 and 22 carbon atoms, and (c) an alkyloxy group having between 4 and 22 carbon atoms,
- R′ has the general structural formula:
- wherein RIV is selected from the group consisting of(a) hydrogen and (b) a methyl group, and z is an integer from 0-7,
- R″ is selected from the group consisting of (a) hydrogen and(b) a methyl group,
- R′″ is selected from the group consisting of (a) hydrogen and(b) a methyl group,
- n is 0 or 1,
- x is an integer from 1-20 and y is an integer from 1-20, such that x+y is greater than 3 but less than or equal to 20;
- and
- up to about 89% by weight of a diluent.
In a manually-applied detergent composition which is acceptable for dish washing applications, foams copiously in response to agitation, and exhibits time-extended foam characteristics, the detergent composition consisting essentially of about 10-50% by weight of a surfactant base consisting of surfactants selected from the group consisting of anionic surfactants, nonionic surfactants and mixtures thereof, the improvement comprising:
- the detergent composition further includes from about 1-15% by weight of a foam stabilizer consisting of a polyalkoxylated amine having the general structural formula:
- wherein
- R is selected from the group consisting of(a) an alkyl group having between 4 and 22 carbon atoms, (b) a substituted aryloxy group having between 7 and 22 carbon atoms and (c) an alkyloxy group having between 4 and 22 carbon atoms,
- R′ has the general structural formula:
- wherein RIV is selected from the group consisting of (a) hydrogen and (b) a methyl group, and z is an integer from 0-7,
- R″ is selected from the group consisting of (a) hydrogen and (b) a methyl group,
- R′″ is selected from the group consisting of (a) hydrogen and (b) a methyl group,
- n is 0 or 1,
- x is an integer from 1-20and y is an integer from 1-20, such that x+y is greater than 3 but less than or equal to 20;
- and up to about 89% by weight of a diluent.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.