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US 6,551,979 B1Granted
Liquid cleaning composition
AssigneeColgate-Palmolive Company
InventorsIsabelle Leonard, Didier Dormal
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Abstract
An improvement is described in all purpose liquid cleaning composition which is especially effective in the removal of oily and greasy soil and contains, a C1-C4 alkanol, a perfume or essential oil, and water.
Claims1
A liquid cleaning composition comprising approximately by weight:
- (a) 0.5% to 4% of a C9-C11 alkanol EO2-3 nonionic surfactant;
- (b) 2% to 7% of a C8-C18 alkanol EO 7-8.5 nonionic surfactant;
- (c) 0.1% to 5% of a solubilizer selected from the group consisting of sodium xylene sulfonate and sodium cumene sulfonate and mixtures thereof;
- (d) 0.05% to 2% of a fatty acid;
- (e) 0.25% to 6% of magnesium inorganic salt;
- (f) 0.1 to 5 wt. % of an essential oil or a perfume;
- (g) 0.05% to 2.5% of an alkali metal salt of a polycarboxylic acid;
- (h) 0.05% to 5% of a C1-C4 alkanol;
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- (i) the balance being water, wherein the composition does not contain an amine having a pK value of more than 9, a furan-maleic anhydride copolymer sequestering agent or a water soluble detergency builder.
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