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US 6,440,920 B1Granted
Sprayable, liquid or gel detergent compositions containing bleach
AssigneeThe Procter & Gamble Company
InventorsKofi Ofosu-Asante, Howard David Hutton
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Abstract
The present invention relates to liquid or gel detergents which provide enhanced cleaning, especially improved stain removal and tough food particle removal on plastics, fabrics, and other substrates. These cleaning compositions comprise a diacyl peroxide bleaching agent.
Claims18
A liquid or gel detergent composition comprising by weight:
- (a) from 0.1% to 40% of a bleaching agent selected from the group consisting of:
- diacyl peroxide having the general formula:
- RC(O)OO(O)CR1
- wherein R and R1 are hydrocarbyl groups that can be the same or different;
- said diacyl peroxide being present in solution or in the form of a dispersion of particles ranging in size from about 0.1 to 10 microns;
- (b) from 0% to 95% of a solvent;
- (c) from 0% to 50% of a surfactant;
- (d) from 0% to 7% of a thickener;
- and
- (e) from 60% to 99.5% of water;
- said composition having a pH of from about 3 to about 10.
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