Flushable hard surface cleaning wet wipe
AssigneeThe Procter & Gamble Company
InventorsVincenzo Tomarchio, Andrea Piccini
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Abstract
According to the present invention there is provided a wet wipe comprising a substrate that has tensile strength of at least 5 N/inch and which is biodegradable. In a further aspect, the present invention provides a flushable wet wipe comprising a substrate having a loading factor of at least 1.5 grams of cleaning composition per gram of substrate and which is biodegradable. The wet wipes is suitable for cleaning hard surfaces, especially lavatories and is flushable.
Claims25
A flushable wet wipe suitable for cleaning a hard surface comprising a substrate having tensile strength of at least 5 N/inch and which is biodegradable, wherein said substrate incorporates a cleaning composition having a pH in the range of from 7 to 13 comprising an organic acid selected from the group consisting of citric acid, tartaric acid, lactic acid, and mixtures thereof.
A flushable wet wipe suitable for cleaning a hard surface comprising a substrate having tensile strength of at least 5 N/inch and which is biodegradable, wherein said substrate incorporates a cleaning composition comprising an organic acid selected from the group consisting of citric acid, tartaric acid, lactic acid, and mixtures thereof;
- and further, wherein the substrate is substantially entirely composed of substantially 100% hydroentangled man-made regenerated cellulosic fibres and contains no chemical binders.
A flushable wet wipe suitable for cleaning a hard surface comprising a substrate having tensile strength of at least 5 N/inch and which is biodegradable, wherein said substrate incorporates a cleaning composition comprising an organic acid selected from the group consisting of citric acid, tartaric acid, lactic acid, and mixtures thereof;
- and further, wherein the cleaning composition comprises a disinfecting component selected from the group consisting of thyme oil, lemon grass oil, lemon oil, orange oil, anise oil, clove oil, aniseed oil, pine oil, cinnamon oil, geranium oil, rose oil, mint oil, lavender oil, citronella oil, eucalyptus oil, peppermint oil, camphor, ajowan oil, sandalwood oil, rosmarin, vervain, fleagrass, ratanhiae, cedar, garlic extract, origanum oil, cypressus oil, propolis, thymol, eugenol, menthol, geraniol, ajolene, verbenone, eucalyptol, pinocarvone, cedrol, anethol, carvacrol, hinokitiol, berberine, ferulic acid, cinnamic acid, methyl salicylic acid, methyl salycilate, terpineol, limonene, and mixtures thereof.
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