AU612274B2 - Disposable impregnated wipe for cleaning or maintaining hard surfaces - Google Patents
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
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- C11D—DETERGENT COMPOSITIONS; USE OF SINGLE SUBSTANCES AS DETERGENTS; SOAP OR SOAP-MAKING; RESIN SOAPS; RECOVERY OF GLYCEROL
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i 1 OPI DATE 05/07/89 APPLN. ID 37300 89
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AOJP DATE 27/07/89 PCT NUMBER PCT/EP88/01088 INTERNATIONAL APPLICATION PUBLISHED UNDER THE PATENT t PERATION TREATY (PCT) (51) International Patent Classification (11) International Publication Number: WO 89/ 05114 A47L 1/15, 13/17 IA (4 lnte9 ion I bli ln De: 15 June 1989 (15.06.89); (21) International Application Number: PCT/EP88/01088 (74) Agent: RINUY, SANTARELLI; 14, avenue de la Grande-Armee, F-75017 Paris (FR).
(22) International Filing Date: 28 November 1988 (28.11.88) (81) Designated States: AT (European patent), AU, BE (Eu- (31) Priority Application Number: 87/16857 ropean patent), BR, CH (European patent), DE (European patent), DK, FI, FR (European patent), GB (32) Priority Date: 4 December 1987 (04.12.87) (European patent), IT (European patent), JP, KR, LU (European patent), NL (European patent), NO, SE (33) Priority Country: FR (European patent), US.
(71) Applicant (for all designated States except US): RECK- Published ITT' COLMAN [FR/FR]; 15, rue Ampere, F-91301 With international search report.
Massy (FR), (72) Inventors; and Inventors/Applicants (for US onl l: BRUNET, Philippe [FR/FR]; 26, mail Jean-de-Dunois, F-28000 Chartres PEYRONNET, Didier [FR/FR]; 10, rue Daniel- Casanova, F-28000 Chartres (FR).
(54) Title: DISPOSABLE IMPREGNATED WIPE FOR CLEANING OR MAINTAINING HARD SURFACES (57) Abstract The disposable impregnated wipe consists of a woven or non-woven hydrophilic material, obtained by wet or dry method and having a maximum absorption capacity for water of at least 200 %6 by weight in the dry state, impregnated with an aqueous composition to a level not exceeding 50 of the maximum absorption capacity and is characterized in that the aqueous composition occurs in the form of an aqueous solution containing at least 4 o by weight based on the total weight of the aqueous composition of at least one water-miscible solvent and at least one mineral or organic acid in amount sufficient to produce an acid pH in the said solution.
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WO 89/05114 PCT/EP88/01088 DISPOSABLE IMPREGNATED WIPE FOR CLEANING OR MAINTAINING HARD SURFACES.
Y The present invention relates to a disposable impregnated wipe for cleaning or upkeep of surfaces, such as glass, mirrors, tiles or other household surfaces, A number of wipes impregnated or coated with products for cleaning or maintaining various household surfaces are already known. In general such wipes have as object to eliminate soil and/or to deposit a layer of products for protecting or improving the state of the surface. In the majority of cases they exist in the moist state in the form of absorbent substrates impregnated with liquid compositions. Thus, British Patent Specification No 1,461,730 (Johnson) discloses a disposable wipe having a liquids absorbance capacity of at least 200 7 by weight, impregnated to at most 50 Z of the said absorption capacity, with a composition in the form of an oil-in-water emulsion. This disposable impregnated wipe is used for applying a protective polysiloxane and mineral oil based film to the surface to o'e treated.
Similarly, the specification to EP-A-0,211,773 (Kimberly-Clark) relates to a disposable wipe impregnated with a composition comprising a wax, a silicone oil and a detergent or soap, When this wipe is partially impregnated with this composition, it can absorb water in amount comprising between 200 7 and 800 7 of its weight. This wipe is used for applying a protective film based on wax and silicone oil on a car still wet after washing it.
United States Patent No 4,666,621 (Clark et al) relates to a wipe impregnated with a liquid composition for cleaning hard surfaces without leaving trails or fluff, comprising a non-woven material containing wood pulp and synthetic fibres, the liquid composition WO 89/05114 PCT/EP88/01088 2 including about 0.001 to about 1 per cent by weight of a surfactant, about 1 to about 40 per cent by weight of an aliphatic mono-alcohol having 1 to 6 carbon atoms and V abou.t 60 to about 99 per cent by weight of demineralized water, the non-woven material containing in addition about 0.225 to about 2.25 per cent by weight with respect to the weight of a non-woven material of an acrylic polymer. This wipe, however, leaves slight trails on the clean glass surface, when it is used in a single horizontal pass.
The Applicant has established as objective to obtain a single use disposable wipe impregnated with a liquid composition in conditions such that in use, it leads in part to the total elimination of soil and in part to the appearance of the surface free from trails or films resulting from deposition of any cleaning product with which it is impregnated or of the substrate itself.
These conditions are connected with the nature of the substrate itself which must meet the following criteria resistance to tearing in the moist state, ability to absorb water to at least 200 7 of its dry weight, insolubility in anyone of the constituents of the liquid composition or their mixtures, absence of the ability to liberate or to salt out insoluble solid materials.
Materials meeting these conditions are preferably chosen from amongst hydrophilic woven materials which do not produce fluff, such as cotton fabrics and other cellulosic fabrics, non-woven materials obtained by wet or dry methods.
Preferably, for use in the invention the materials have a superficial density or grammage of at 3 least 20 g/m 2 These conditions are equally connected with the nature of the impregnation composition and the quantity of the latter retained by the substrate, the quantity being expressed as a percentage of the maximum water absorption of the dry substrate.
According to a first embodiment of the present invention there is provided a disposable impregnated wipe for cleaning and maintaining surfaces, consisting of a woven or non-woven hydrophilic material, obtained by wet or dry method and having a maximum absorption capacity for water of at least 200% by weight in the dry state, impregnated with an aqueous composition to a level not exceeding 50% of the maximum absorption capacity, characterized in that the aqueous composition is an aqueous solution containing at least 4% by weight based on the total weight of the aqueous composition of at least one water-miscible solvent and at least one 1.5 mineral or organic acid in an amount sufficient to produce an acid pH in the said solution.
go0. Advantageously, this pH is between 2 and 5 and optimally lies between 3.5 and 3.8.
Preferably, the mineral or organic acid is selected from acids having no physico-chemical action on the hydrophilic material, notably acetic, citric, maleic, phosphoric and alkylsulfonic acids.
Preferably each water-miscible solvent is selected from those volatile solvents with a vapour pressure at 20 0 C above 13 Pa, notably alcohols containing 1 to 4 carbon atoms, such as methanol, ethanol, isopropanol, butanol, glycols and glycol ethers containing 2 to 8 carbon atoms, notably monoethylene glycol butyl ether, and volatile silicones, notably DC 344 (marketed by Dow Corning).
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i j "13-rr Yi~L WO 89/05114 PCT/EP88/01088 4 In accordance with one preferred characteristic, the level of impregnation lies between 5 and 35 7 of the maximum absorption capacity of the material in its dry state in strict dependence on the nature of the said material.
In accordance with another preferred characteristic the water-miscible solvent(s) are present at a level of 5 to 40 7 by weight in relation to the total weight of the said aqueous solution.
In accordance with other characteristics, the aqueous solution can contain inter alia a small amount of an ionic, nonionic or amphoteric surfactant and small amounts of at least one product selected from disinfectants, perfumes, colorants and preservatives.
The following examples, given by way of illustration and non-limitatively, are wipes in accordance with the invention Example 1 A non-woven material (referred to hereafter by a letter A) supplied by Societe Francaise des Non Tisses 2 under reference 2406 of grammage 35 g/m was used.
It is a mixture of cellulose, cotton and polyester with an acrylic-vinyl binder in the ratio 75 Z fibres per 25 Z binder (wet method processed). This 2 material has the ability to absorb water at 125 g/m A square (30 X 30 cm) of this material is impregnated at 35 g/m 2 (approximately 25 of the maximum absorption quantity) with an aqueous composition of the following formula Monoethyleneglycol butyl ether 8 7 by weight Ethanol (95 X) 10 Z Formaldehyde (30 Z) 0.1 7 Acetic acid (100 7) 0.1 7.
Water 81.8 z pH 3,7 WO 89/05114 PCT/EP88/01088 The impregnation was effected by putting the material into contact with the quantity of composition corresponding to the above level of impregnation (25 Y by weight).
The cleaning efficacy of the material was tested in the following manner A fatty, soiling composition was prepared from lard, margarine, carbon black and ferrous and ferric oxides, 0.04 g of this composition was spread over a black pane of glass (30 X 40 cm) The thus soiled glass was wiped off with regular to and for movements applied from top to bottom and then from left to right alternatively for 1 minute. The result was visually assessed by a group of fifteen people trained in this sort of assessment and scored on a scale 0 to 5 0 very bad, many trails.
1 bad, 2 insufficient, 3 acceptable, 4 good, excellent, no trails.
Table 1 hereafter gives the averages of the results obtained for comparison with different levels of impregnation on the same non-woven material.
This table shows that for an impregnation level of 25 Z the score is 5, signifying excellent results with no trails on the black glass.
Example 2 Example 1 was followed except that different materials were used A non-woven (referred to hereafter as 8) commercially referred to as PPV 3000 by Societ6 Nordlys, of grammage 30 g/m 2 and maximum water absorption of 182 g/ 2 m made from 100 mixture of polypropylene/viscose, without a binder, obtained by a dry method was used.
:1 WO 89/05114 PCT/EP88/01088 6 A non-woven (referred to hereafter as C) commercially referred to as HOMECEL 90 by Soci6et Kaysers- 2 berg, of grammage 90 g/m and maximum water absorption 2 capacity of 880 g/m made from 80 Z cellulose fibres and 20 7 acrylic binder, thermobonded and obtained by dry method was used.
Table II hereafter shows the results obtained for comparison with the results of Example 1.
This table shows that for non-woven B, a level of impregnation of 10 Z gives results between good and excellent although for non-woven C, a level of impregnation of 35 7 gives excellent results.
Example 2 bis Examples 1 and 2 were followed except that different materials were used A non-woven (referred to hereafter as D) commercially referred to as 4175 by Societe Nordlys, ogrammage 50 g/m 2 and maximum water absorption capacity 2 465 g/m made from 70 7 cotton/viscose fibres and 30 Z acrylic binder and obtained by dry method was used.
A non-woven (referred to hereafter as E) commercially referred to as 2426 by Societe Francaise des Non Tisses, of grammage 55 g/n, and maximum water absorption capacity 179 g/m 2 made from 75 Z cellulose/ polyester fibres, and 25 Z acrylic/vinyl binder and obtained by wet method was used.
A non-woven (referred to hereafter as F) commercially referred to as 1140 by Soci6te Francaise des Non Tisses, of grammage 45 g/m 2 and maximum water ab- 2 sorption 160 g/m made from 50 7 cotton fibres, 30 7 Sviscose fibres, 20 X acrylic binder and obtained by wet method.
Table II bis hereafter shows the results obtained for comparison with the results of Example 1.
This table shows that for the non-woven D, a level of impregnation of 10 7 gives almost excellent (assessed 4.8) results, although with the non-wovens E and F a 7 WO 89/05114 PCT/EP88/01088 result assessed excellent is obtained for a level of impregnation of 25 Exemple 3 The same non-woven material referred to as A in Example 1 was used.
Impregnation was done by means of the following composition Monoethylene glycol butyl ether 8 by weight, Ethanol (95 7) 10 7 Formaldehyde (30 7) 0.1 7 Sodium lauryl ether sulphate 0.2 7 Sodium alkylsulphate 0.4 Water 81.3 7 The pH is 5 due to the technical grade of the surfactants used and which contain some acid.
The results obtained figure in table III below. A level of impregnation of 25 produces results lying between good and excellent, slightly below the excellent result of Example 1.
Example 4 Various formulations of aqueous solution for impregnation were prepared and are combined in table IV.
Formulae 1 to 8 were prepared with an acid pH in accordance with the invention.
Formulae 9 to 11 were prepared with a non-acid pH, and by virtue of that fact are not part of the invention.
The non-woven A of Example 1 was impregnated to different levels using, each time, one of the formulae 1 to 11 and testing of efficacy was done as in Example 1.
Table V shows the results obtained.
It can be seen surprisingly that an acid pH for wipes impregnated with formulae 1 to 8 produces results assessed between acceptable and excellent, whereas formulae 9 to 11 where there has been no acid
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i WO .89/05 114 PCT/EP88/01t088 8 added and the pH lies between 7.1 and 7.3 gave re.sults assessed insufficient.
Table IV and V show still more surprisingly that those formulae that have pH between 3.5 and 3.8 lead to good or excellen't results.
The test of Example 1 allows the determination of the conditions of maximum efficacy of an impregnated wipe in accordance with the present invention which have not been described in the preceding Examples.
It will be understood that in their commercial form, these wipes will be packaged in hermetically sealed containers to avoid undesirable evaporation of solvent.
WO 89105114 PCT/EP88/0 1088 TABL.E I Level of I re22tion 0 5 15 20 25 30 35 Efficacy (Scale 0 to 5) 0.5 1.5 4.0 4.8 5.0 4.0 2.0 Non-woven A TA3LJE II Level of' impregnation(%) 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35_ Efficacy of: Non-woven A~ 0.5 1.5 4.0 4.8 5.0 4.0 2.0 Non-woven B 3.0 14.5 4.0 1 1 .5 0.5 Non-woven C 1.5 2.5 4.4 5.0 TABL.E II bis Level of-- 2 .0 -I' Irrcreanation(l. 0 15 110 -1 20 25_ 1 0 35 1140 45 SO_ Efficacy of:I Non-woven A 0.5 1.5 4.0 4.8 5.0 4.0 2.0 Non-woven 0 0.5 3.5 4.8 4.4 2.7 1.7 1.0 Non-woven E 0.5 1.5 4.0 4.8 5.0 4.2 2.5 1.5 Non-woven F 3.0 4.4 4.9 5.0 4.5 2.9 1.7 TABLE III Level ofI Impregnation(%) 0 5 10 15 120 25 30 j35 140 Efficacy of: Non-woven A .0.5 17 4.2 4.5 3.4 1.7 Table IV Of1 }2 3 4 4 5 6 9 10 11 Monoethylene glycol 8 10 8 8 8 8 8 8 butyl ether Ethanol 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 Sodium laurylether sulphate I 012 _0.2 0.2 Sodiun alkylsuphate 0.4 0.4 Fluorinated surfactant* 0.1 0.1 (POROPAC 1033 of Atochen Acetic acid (pure) 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 Hydrochloric acid (expressed puie) I 0.1 0.1 Violatile silicone j f 0.8 (Oc344 of Dow Corning) Formaldehyde 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 .Water 8. 89.8 89.8 89.8 09.8 81.2 B1.7 81.2 81.9 81.3 81.2 SpH of composition 3.7 2.1 3.5 2.1 3.8 3.5 3.7 3.7 7.3 7.1 7.1 0- '0 Table V 1 1 1 r r ILevel ofimpre 0 5 10 15 20 25 E ficacy nto of formnulae No 2 5 3,0 2, 5 1,0 0,8 2,7 3, 2 3,3 3,7 4,3 3, 7 1,2 41, 8 3, 5 3,8 3,3 ,1,5 5,0 4 ,5 1,7 1 7 1,2 30 35 40 45 4,0 2,0 3,2 2,0 1,3 1,0 0,7 3,5 2,3 1,2 3,0 2,2 1,0 3,7 2,3 1,7 1,2 0,7 3,8 2,1 0,9 41,5 3,0 3,8 2,0 1,0 2,2 1,7 0,7 1,1 1,3 1,2 0,8 7 8 9
Claims (9)
1. A disposable impregnated wipe for cleaning and maintaining surfaces, consisting of a woven or non- woven hydrophilic material, obtained by wet or dry method and having a maximum absorption capacity for water of at least 200 7 by weight in the dry state, impregnated with an aqueous composition to a level not exceeding 50 7 of the maximum absorption capacity, cha- racterized in that the aqueous composition oc-curse int form an aqueous solution containing at least 4 Z by weight based on the total weight of the aqueous composi- tion of at least one water-miscible solvent and at least one mineral or organic acid in amount sufficient to pro- duce an acid pH in the said solution.
2. A wipe as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that the pH is between 2 and
3. A wipe as claimed in claim 2, characterized in that the pH is between 3.5 and 3.8.
4. A wipe as claimed in anyone of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the solution further contains a small amount of a surfactant. A wipe as claimed in anyone of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that the total water-miscible sol- vent content is 5 to 40 X by weight of the total weight of the aqueous solution.
6. A wipe as claimed in claim 5, characterized in that the solvent(s) is selected from alcohols contai- ning 1 to 4 carbon atoms, glycols and glycol ethers con- taining 2 to 8 carbon atoms, and volatile silicones.
7. A wipe as claimed in anyone of claims 1 to 6, characterized in that the acid is at least one of acetic, citric, maleic, phosphoric or alkylsulphonic acid.
8. A wipe as claimed in anyone of claims 1 to 7, characterized in that the said solution contains small amounts of at least one disinfectant, perfume, colorant or preservative substance. n.AU 71 0\c) i -i 13
9. A wipe as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 8, characterized in that the said material has grammage of at least 20 g/m 2 A wipe as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 9, characterized in that the said level of impregnation lies in the range 5 to 35% of the maximum absorption capacity of the said material in the dry state. '11. A disposable impregnated wipe for cleaning and maintaining surfaces and substantially as hereinbefore described with reference to any one of the Examples but excluding the Comparative Examples.
12. A method of preparing a disposable impregnated wipe for cleaning and maintaining surfaces substantially as hereinbefore described with reference to any one of the Examples but excluding the Comparative Examples. DATED this SEVENTH day of MARCH 1991 Reckitt Colman O*~ 'Patent Attorneys for the Applicant SPRUSON FERGUSON 3* OS *0 T* a i l: J INTERNATIONAL SEARCH REPORT International Apolicatlon No P CT! EP 88 /01088. 1. CLASSIFICATION OF SUBJECT MATTER (it meveral classific3tion symools aoply, indicate aill) According to International Patent Classification (iPC) or to both National Classification and IPC IPC 4 A 47 L 1/15; A 47 L 13/17 It. FIELDS SEARCHED Minimum Documentation Searched Classification System I Classification Symbols 'PC 4 A 47 L1/00; A47 L13/00 Documentation Searched other than Minimum Documentation to the Extent that such Documents are Included In the Fields Searched I 1l1. DOCUMENTS CONSIDERED TO BE RELEVANT'I Category Citation of Document, 11 with Indication, where mppropriate, of the reinvent Passages 12 1 Relevant to Claim No. 11 X GB, A, 1461730 (JOHNSON) 1,4,5 19 January 1977 see claims 1-8 X EP, A, 0211773 (KIMBERLY-CLARK)1 February 1987 see claims 1,9 A EP, A, 0001849 (PROCTER GAMBLE)1 16 May 1979 see claims 1-3 A us, A, 4338366 (EVANS et al.)1 6 July 1L982 see claims 1-3,10 Speciai categories of cited documents: $0 later document published after the International filing daft document defining the general slate of the arn which In not Or priority data and not in conflict with thO application but consdere tobe o paticuar elevncecited to understand the principle or theory underlying the consdere tobe o paticuar elevnceInvention E" earlier document but published on or atear the iternational document of particular relevance-, the claimed Invention filing dale cannot be considered novel or cannot be considered to document which may throw doubls on priority claim(s) or Involve an inventive stop which is cited to establish the publication date of another document of particular releircnce;' the claimed invention citation or other apsciel reason (as specified) cannot be considered to involve en Inventive atop when the document referring to an oral disclosure. use, exhibition or document is combined with one or more other such docu- other means monte, such combination being obvious to a person skilled 11" document published prior to the International filing date but In the art. later then the priority date claimed document member of the same patent family IV. CERTIFICATION Date of the Actual Compietion of the international Search Date of Melling of this International Search Report 1st February 1989 0 2 NAR 99 international Searching Authority Slgnatj%.q*VTrIzsd~cor EUROPEAN PATENT OFFICE DE UTE Form PCTIISA1210 ?second shoet) January IMU) I- .iJU_ i iiiri~i_ ANNEX TO THE INTERNATIONAL SEARCH REPORT ON INTERNATIONAL PATENT APPLICATION NO. EP 8801088 SA 25613 This annex lists the patent family members relating to the patent documents cited in the above-mentioned international search report. The members are as contained in the European Patent Office EDP file on 20/02/89 The European Patent Office is in no way liable for these particulars which are merely given for the purpose of information. Patent document Publication Patent family Publication cited in search report date members) date GB-A- 1461730 19-01-77 NL-A- 7508063 12-01-76 FR-A,B 2277559 06-02-76 DE-A- 2530615 29-01-76 US-A- 3965518 29-06-76 AU-A- 8275075 06-01-77 CA-A- 1046460 16-01-79 JP-A- 51031064 16-03-76 EP-A- 0211773 25-02-87 AU-A- 6163986 26-02-87 JP-A- 62047331 02-03-87 US-A- 4683001 28-07-87 EP-A- 0001849 16-05-79 JP-A- 54105856 20-08-79 CA-A- 1122365 27-04-82 US-A- 4338366 06-07-82 US-A- 4338366 06-07-82 EP-A,B 0001849 16-05-79 JP-A- 54105856 20-08-79 CA-A- 1122365 27-04-82 c 0 u For more details about this annex :see Official Journal of the European Patent Office, No. 12/82
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