DD295404A5 - FIBER CONDITIONING COMPOSITION, METHOD FOR THE PREPARATION AND USE THEREOF - Google Patents

Abstract

A fiber conditioning composition having improved fiber conditioning action contains a cationic, surface active fiber conditioning agent and a particular type of water dispersible compound having in its formula a long chain hydrocarbon group of at least 25 carbon atoms, preferably linear alkyl, the ratio of said cationic, surface active fiber conditioning agent to said the long-chain hydrocarbon group-containing compound is in the range of 1:20 to 20: 1. Since the interaction of the components of these compositions improves the deposition of at least one of them on a fibrous substrate, a better fiber conditioning effect is obtained. Among the compositions described are conditioning wipes and shampoos for human hair, fabric softeners for laundering wash and wash cycles, detergents and softeners suitable for laundering and softening laundry simultaneously. Preferred water-insoluble compounds containing in their formulas long-chain hydrocarbon groups of at least 25 carbon atoms include alkanes, carboxylic acids, carboxylic acid esters, amides, amines, amine salts, quaternary ammonium salts and alcohols, some of which are available from certain petrolatum species, paraffins and beeswax.

Description

Field of application of the invention

The invention relates to fiber conditioning compositions. It more particularly relates to such compositions containing a cationic, surface-active, fiber-conditioning agent and a substantially water-insoluble compound which is dispersible in water and has in its formula an excellently long hydrocarbon chain

at least 25 carbon atoms and is preferably n-alkyl or alkylene. The combination of such a compound with the cationic, fiber-conditioning surfactant enhances deposition on the fibrous substrates from the aqueous media of at least one of these materials resulting in improved conditioning of these fibers. The invention also relates to a process for preparing such effective fiber conditioning compositions and to methods of applying these compositions in the form of conditioning rinses and shampoos for human hair, softening agents for textiles, and laundry and softening agents useful in the simultaneous washing and softening of laundry.

Characteristic of the known state of the art

Cationic surfactants (cationic surfactants or surfactants) have been used in aqueous compositions to treat fibrous materials such as human hair and laundry. In hair treatment agents such as rinses and shampoos, the cationic surfactants or surfactants adhere to the hair, even from dilute aqueous media, and help to make it easier to comb and less prone to accumulate electrostatic charges. In the wash, the cationic surfactants or surfactants improve the softness of the fabrics and reduce the troublesome electrostatic charges on textiles, especially synthetic ones, resulting in dry-washed laundry in a dry machine. Hydrocarbons such as paraffin waxes, petrolatum, vaseline and mineral oil have been used in hair treatment preparations to lubricate the hair, give it body and make it shiny. Both cationic surfactants or surfactants and hydrocarbons were applied to fiber materials from aqueous media, in some cases applied simultaneously with other components of the composition. Prior to the invention, however, their compositions were not prepared and used for purposes of the invention, improved conditioning due to the presence of cationic surfactant or surfactant and water dispersible compound (ETICS) in such compositions was not found.

The relevant prior art patents are the following:

U.S. Patent 3,519,562; 3630949; 4184970; 4360437; 4401578; 4426299; 4454049; 4704272 and 4818523; British Patent 1601360 and Japanese Patent 6308319.,

U.S. Patent No. 3,519,562 describes lubricating compositions for textiles containing oxidized Fisher-Tropsch waxes, certain cationic quaternary ammonium salt emulsifiers, and water. The oxidized Fisher-Tropsch waxes are different from the preferred WUV (water-insoluble compounds) of the invention, are otherwise applied to the textiles to be treated and used for a different purpose. US Pat. No. 3,630,949 relates to a material (static dissipating material) which is precipitable from an aerosol composition which comprises a quaternary ammonium chloride and 12-hydroxystearic acid. The compositions of this patent are not in aqueous media and the hydroxystearic acid does not contain the requisite longer alkyl group corresponding to Applicants' compounds (WUV). U.S. Patent No. 4,189,470 discloses a prilling agglomerate of a quaternary ammonium compound intimately mixed with organic dispersion inhibitors and water, in which the dispersion inhibitor is a paraffin wax. Although it is taught that octacosane can be used as a dispersion inhibitor, these compositions are particulate, unlike the liquid compositions of the invention which are predominantly aqueous; the function of the dispersion inhibitor may not be possible in the compositions of the invention and certainly it can not be sprayed with the quaternary ammonium compound in the liquid compositions of the invention. U.S. Patent No. 4,360,437 relates to textile treatment compositions to be used in the rinse cycle of laundry processes. These compositions include a cationic fabric softener, a long chain hydrocarbon, and specific mono-long chain amines or amine derivatives. Among the hydrocarbons suitable according to this patent are various which are unsuitable for the purposes of the invention and the paraffins specifically mentioned all have shorter alkyl chains than those of the invention. U.S. Patent No. 4,401,578 describes concentrated fabric softening compositions containing a cationic fabric softening agent and a viscosity controlling agent. The viscosity control agent may be a paraffinic material, but those described all have shorter chains than are required for the invention. U.S. Patent 4,426,299 includes the same disclosure as U.S. Patent 4,405,158. US Pat. No. 4,454,049 relates to fabric treatment compositions for softening and electrostatic control to be applied in the rinse cycle. Such compositions contain cationic fabric softener, water-insoluble nonionic extender, which is a C _o - to C ₄₀ may be hydrocarbon, and an organic solvent, wherein it is required that the total amount of these materials is at least 50% of the product. Although the patent mentions the use of linear or branched C ₁₀ -C ₁₀ hydrocarbons, it will be apparent from the remainder of the disclosure that no such materials having 25 or more carbon atoms in an alkyl chain are disclosed. In fact, this patent teaches the successful (for the purpose of this patent) application of much shorter η paraffins. Also, the patent relates to compositions containing substantial amounts of organic solvent, contrary to the compositions of the invention. U.S. Patent 4,704,272 describes shampoos containing surfactant, water-insoluble dispersed silicone, quaternary ammonium salt and a suspending agent such as xanthan gum. In contrast, the invention is different, since the ETICS according to the invention are not silicones and no silicone must be present in the compositions according to the invention. IIS-PS 4818523 discloses hair rinses containing hydrocarbons such as. Petrolatum (with apparent shorter chain length than C ₂₅ ) and mineral oil (having a branched chain structure), however, such materials are not effective in the present invention and do not provide the improved fiber conditioning agent of the invention. British Patent Specification 1601360 relates to textile treatment compositions containing certain hydrocarbon materials in combination with special cationic laundry softening, ironing and anti-caking agents. Hydrocarbons having 12 to 40 carbon atoms are mentioned, but not preferred, and there is no indication in the specification of a fabric treatment composition containing the

longer-chain WDV of the applicant contains. Japanese Patent Application 6308319 (corresponding to Chemical Abstracts,

110: 121001) relates to a hair conditioning agent containing hydrophobic oils and cationic surfactants. The hydrophobic oils mentioned include liquid paraffin which does not satisfy the requirement of the alkyl chain length of the invention.

From this prior art, which is closest to the Anmolderin, it is apparent that the present invention is novel and not obvious, as the art does not suggest the use of the water-dispersible, longer alkyl chain compounds with cationic fibroconditinating surfactant in aqueous media, and the prior art does not suggest this To point out the importance of the interaction between these components with regard to the deposition of more fiber-conditioning materials on the fibers to be treated, as one would expect, even from relatively dilute aqueous media.

The method aspect of the invention is also novel and not obvious and is essential to achieving the surprisingly advantageous fiber conditioning effect of the invention. Likewise, the use of the various types of fiber conditioning compositions is novel and unobvious, leading to unexpectedly beneficial conditioning effects.

Object of the invention

The object of the invention is to find new fiber conditioning compositions.

Explanation of the essence of the invention

The object of the invention is to provide fiber conditioning compositions with improved settling of the components.

This object is achieved, according to the invention, by a fiber conditioning composition comprising a cationic, surface active fiber conditioning agent (surfactant) and a water dispersible compound having in its formula a long chain hydrocarbon radical of at least 25 carbon atoms (WDV), the ratio of cationic, surface active fiber conditioning Agent to the compound having the long-chain hydrocarbon radical in the range of 1:20 to 20: 1, a ratio in which the presence of these two materials in the composition improves the deposition of at least one of them on a fiber substrate to be conditioned, if this an aqueous medium containing this composition is applied. Such compositions include conditioning rinses and shampoos for human hair, fabric softeners for washing and rinsing in washing processes, and laundry and softening agents for washing and softening laundry. In some applications, the water-dispersible compound, which in its formula has a long-chain hydrocarbon radical of at least 25 carbon atoms (WDV), promotes deposition of the cationic surfactant onto the fibrous substrate, even from relatively dilute aqueous media; in other cases, the reverse mechanism is observed, with the cationic surfactant promoting the deposition and adhesion of the WDV, and in yet other cases, each of these components promotes the deposition and adhesion of the others. The end result, however, is improved conditioning of the treated fiber material. The invention also includes methods of making the compositions and methods of using them to condition fibrous substrates. The cationic fiber conditioning surfactant or surfactant employed can be any suitable such cationic surfactant having fabric softening, hair conditioning and / or antistatic properties. In the first place, those cationic materials which are most useful, referred to as quaternary ammonium salts containing at least one higher molecular weight group and one, two or three lower molecular weight groups, are a total of four, all with a common nitrogen atom to form a cation are connected, and wherein for the electrical balance, an anion is present such as a halide, acetate or lower alkosulfate, for. As chloride, bromide or methosulfate. The higher molecular weight substituent or substituents on the nitrogen is / are preferably one or more higher alkyl groups having 10 or 12 to 22, or 12 to 18 or 20 carbon atoms, such as e.g. Lauryl, cocoalkyl, myristyl, cetyl, stearyl, tallow alkyl, hydrogenated tallow alkyl or substituted higher alkyl, and the lower molecular weight substituents are preferably lower alkyl of 1 to 3 or 4 carbon atoms such as methyl or ethyl or substituted lower alkyl. One or more of these lower molecular weight substituents may have an aryl moiety or may be substituted by aryl, e.g. As benzyl, phenyl or another suitable substituent. Preferred quaternary ammonium salts for textile treatment compositions such as e.g. Example, additives for the wash cycle, additives for rinse and detergents and softeners include di-higher-alkyl-di-lower-alkylammoniumhalogenide such as Ditalgalkyldimethylammoniumchlorid and di (hydrogenated) tallowalkyldimethylammonium chloride (distearyldimethylammonium chloride, or DSDMAC). Although the same quaternary ammonium salts can be used for hair treatment compositions including rinses, conditioners and shampoos, the preferred quaternary ammonium salts are the corresponding mono-higher alkyltri-lower alkyl ammonium halides such as cetyltrimethylammonium chloride and bromide, lauryltrimethylammonium chloride and stearyltrimethylammonium chloride. However, it is also possible to use at least partially corresponding tri-higher alkyl mononuclear alkyl ammonium halides, such as trilauryl monoethyl ammonium chloride or tricetyl monomethyl ammonium chloride.

In addition to the above-mentioned cationic compounds, other cationic surfactants include imidazolinium salts such as 2-heptadecyl-1-methyl-1- | (2-stearoylamido) ethyl-imidazolinium chloride; the corresponding methylsulfate compound; 2-methyl-1- (2-hydroxyethyl) -1-benzylimidazoliniumchlorid; 2-coco-1- (2-hydroxyothyl) -1-benzylimidazoliniumchlorid; 2-Coco-1- (2-hydroxyethyl-i-octadecenylimidazolinium chloride; 2-heptadecenyl-1- (2-hydroxyethyl) -1- (4-chlorobutyl) imidazolinium chloride; and 2-heptadecyl-1- (hydroxyethyl) -1-octadecylimidazolinium ethylsulfate In general, the preferred imidazolinium salts are halides (preferably chlorides) and lower alkyl sulfates (alkosulfates).

Other of the quaternary ammonium salts mentioned and imlazolinium salt having textile softening, hair conditioning and antistatic properties can also be used in the invention and various of these compounds are described in US Pat. No. 4,0000,777, which is incorporated herein by reference. Complexes of cationic surfactants or surfactants with anionic surfactants and with organic acids such as citric acid may be used, at least in part, in the compositions of the invention instead of the cationic fiber conditioning agents. Such complexes are described in US Pat. No. 06 / 916,067 and in US Pat. No. 07 / 189,560, both of which are incorporated herein by reference.

The water-dispersible precursor WDV of the compositions of the present invention, referred to for the sake of convenience, is a hydrocarbon, an organic acid, an ester, an amide, an amine, an amine salt, a quaternary ammonium compound or an alcohol, or a mixture thereof; however, it is necessary that any of these compounds used in the compositions of the present invention, in order to be effective for the intended purpose, have in their formula a hydrocarbon chain of at least 25 carbon atoms. Preferably, this chain is a normal alkyl (or alkylene). Applicants have found that when such a chain is present and has a length of at least 25 carbon atoms, preferably in the range of (or average) 25 to 50 carbon atoms, and sometimes more preferably 25 or 27 to 39 carbon atoms derived therefrom and the cationic surfactant-producing (conditioning) composition, even in dilution and in the presence of the surfactant or conditioner, satisfactorily condition fiber materials such as hair and scrub, making the hair easier to comb and handle under wet and dry conditions, and the laundry softer and usually more antistatic. Despite the fact that rinse water and wash water are diluted with respect to the cationic surfactant and the ETICS, the noted composition components of these compositions in these applications deposit on the treated fibers in sufficient quantity and produce remarkably desirable and improved conditioning effects. These results are surprising since the mentioned components work together, resulting in better conditioning of the fibers, rather than causing a conditioning disturbance, which would have been expected, and this desired co-operation and better deposition of the components on the fibers is demonstrated achieved diluted aqueous media. Although a portion of the WDV and cationic surfactant may remain in the wash water, at least a significant proportion of them deposit on and condition the fibers (hair or linen fibers) without fatiguing them in a objectionable manner. Among the various compounds of the C ₂₅ and C ₂₅ alkyl types which are useful as WDV for practicing the invention include pentacosane, heptacosane, nonacosane, melene, nC ₃ , alkane, nC ₃₀ alkane, cerotic acid, melissic acid, psyllinic acid, NC ₂₆ -alcohol, nC ₂₈ -alcohol, n-cae-alcohol, C ₂₆ -paraffins, C 12 -petrolate species, myricyl-palmitate, laccoryl-palmitate, mycricylcorotate, myricyl-hypoget, ceryl-2-hydroxypalmitate, mono- and diamines and diamine salts of the mentioned hydrocarbons, Alcohols of the mentioned hydrocarbons and amides of the mentioned acids. As can be seen, the mentioned WDVs all contain at least one normal alkyl or alkylene group having 25 to 39 carbon atoms, an area which can be considered to be particularly preferred. However, the compounds mentioned are representative and not exclusive. Also, although saturated compounds are preferred, usually at least partially, for stability reasons, unsaturated materials are valuable.

The various ETICS can be used as pure compounds or in mixtures. They can be synthetic or obtained from naturally occurring materials. Some have been synthesized and can be used as ETICS in the compositions of the present invention, or they can be mixed with other such synthesized compounds. Alternatively, these compounds can be obtained from naturally occurring materials and products from blends of chemical refineries such as oil refineries. These materials and products can be processed to obtain higher concentrations of the more desirable ETICS or they can be used directly. Among the suppliers of water-dispersible compounds (WDV) which are components of the compositions of the invention include petrolatum, paraffin waxes, beeswax, various candelilla, japanese, babyberry and montan waxes, and other natural waxes which provide the requisite amounts normal C ₂₅ and C ₂₅ "alkyl or normal alkylene containing compounds. Experiments have shown that carnauba wax does not give the desired results, but microcrystalline waxes containing secondary branched chains and primary alicyclic chains in addition to normal alkane chains have been found to be valuable, which apparently indicates that some cyclization and branching in an alkyl chain is the fiber conditioning Effects of the C ₂₅ and longer alkyl and alkylene containing compounds are not seriously affected. Accordingly, a branch such as that of microcrystalline waxes is within the n-alkane description of the WDV of the invention. Of course, provided that a normal C ₂₅ nucleus was present, branching and the presence of other groups would not be the cause that precursors would be beyond the scope or description of the EOD of the invention.

In addition to the cationic surfactant and ETICS components of the invention, the only further required conditioning hair conditioner and textiles wash and rinse wash compositions are an aqueous medium in which the cationic surfactant and ETICS emulsify or are dispersed in another way. When present in the form of an emulsion with hydrotrope, emulsifying agent and / or other surface-active substances desirably present, in order to be of good stability and highly effective for conditioning fiber materials, the composition should be prepared according to a specific procedure described below becomes. The aqueous medium may be water or an aqueous-alcoholic medium and may also contain various normal adjuvants as used in compositions of the type described. The applied water is preferably demineralized water, but tap water is also satisfactory. The optionally applied alcohol is normally denatured alcohol such as SD-40 and, if present in the fiber conditioning compositions, usually constitutes from 3 to 15% of the final composition, for example about 5%.

The cleansing component of the shampoo of the invention and the laundry and softening compositions is a synthetic anionic surfactant or a synthetic nonionic surfactant or a mixture thereof (of course, mixtures of anionic surfactants and mixtures of nonionic surfactants may also be used.)

For example, amphoteric, ampholytic, zwitterionic and even cationic surfactants and surfactants may be present in the compositions of the invention in addition to the cationic fiber conditioning agents. Various suitable applicable surfactants are described in McCutcheon's Detergents and Emulsifiers, North American Edition, 1984, incorporated herein by reference. Of these compounds, the preferred anionic surfactants are the sulfated and / or sulfonated type. These surfactants are water-soluble salts of a lipophilic sulfuric or sulfonic acid. The lipophilic portion of this acid normally comprises 8 to 30 carbon atoms and desirably contains an alkyl group, preferably a chain, of 8 to 22 or 10 to 18 or 20 carbon atoms, more preferably 10 to 14 or 16 carbon atoms, e.g. about 12 carbon atoms. Among these anionic surfactants, examples which may be mentioned are the higher alkyl sulfates, the linear higher alkyl benzene sulfonates, the paraffin sulfonates, olefin sulfonato, monoglyceride sulfates, and higher fatty alcohol lower alkoxy sulfates. Such higher fatty alcohol or higher alkyl lower alkoxy sulfates preferably have 10 to 14 or 16 carbon atoms in the higher fatty alcohol or alkyl portion thereof and up to 20 moles of lower alkoxy per mole, such as e.g. B. 1 to 20, more preferably 2 to 4 or 2 to 6, z. 2,3 (wherein the lower alkoxy is normally ethoxy, but sometimes up to 30% comprises propoxy), and these are preferred surfactants for shampoos. A particularly preferred sulfate of a higher fatty alcohol is lauryl sulfate, and a particularly preferred higher fatty alcohol polyalkoxysulphate is that in which the higher fatty alcohol is a triethoxylated lauryl alcohol. For detergents and softeners, the most preferred anion surfactants are the linear higher alkyl benzene sulfonates such as linear dodecyl benzene sulfonate. For shampoos, the anionic surfactants are usually ammonium and / or tri-ethanolamine salts or mixtures of one or more of them and sodium salts, and in the case of detergents and softeners, the salts are normally sodium salts, such as the sodium salt of the above-mentioned surfactants.

Although the detergent compositions of the present invention are preferably anionic, they may also be nonionic or predominantly nonionic. In this case, the principal nonionic surfactant component will normally be a lower alkoxy alkoxylated alcohol or phenol (the phenol may be substituted with an alkyl group, usually a chain of 8 to 10 carbon atoms). The lower alkoxy is normally ethoxy, but may be at least partially propoxy (up to 30% of the alkoxy). Preferably, the nonionic surfactant is a condensation product of a higher fatty alcohol of 8 to 15 carbon atoms with 5 to 12 moles of lower alkylene oxide, it being particularly preferred that the higher fatty alcohol have 8 to 12 carbon atoms and condensed with 6 to 10 moles of the lower alkylene oxides. When the ethylene oxide is condensed with alkylphenol, the moles of ethylene oxide employed will similarly be in similar ranges per mole of phenol as per mole of alcohol. For both the ethoxylated fatty alcohols and the ethoxylated alkylphenols, it is preferred that they belong to the narrow ethoxylate (NRE) type, but those of the broad ethoxalate (BRE) range are also useful.

While shampoos and laundry and softening agents containing only nonionic surfactant detergent surfactant can be prepared, it is often preferred to incorporate some anionic surfactant into this composition, as nonionic surfactants normally foam little and it is usually desirable for these detergents to be able to foam , in particular for shampooing. Although all of the anionic surfactants mentioned above in this specification may be used in addition to the nonionic surfactant when a nonionic surfactant is present, it has been found preferable to employ such a sulfate or sulfonate type such as e.g. A fatty alkyl sulfate having 8 to 18 or 10 to 16 carbon atoms, e.g. Ammonium or triethanolammonium lauryl sulfate (TEALS).

Along with the necessary ingredients of the compositions of the present invention, various adjuvants can be used for the properties they impart. In all of the liquid compositions of the invention, ethanol and / or other normally polar co-solvent may be incorporated, and in general coloring matters and perfumes may also be added together with foam modifiers, opacifiers, thickeners and pearlescent appearance imparting substances built-in. Hair conditioning compositions such as rinses may also contain higher fatty alcohols such as cetyl alcohol, which has a thickening effect, thickeners such as hydroxyethyl cellulose, as well as neutralizing substances and buffers such as sodium borate. In fabric softening laundry and rinse additives for treating laundry, it has been found that small amounts of sequestering salts such as sodium citrate and lower alkylene glycols such as propylene glycols help to improve the rheology of the liquid product by acting as a diluent. For conditioning shampoo, the excipients may include thickeners and opacifiers such as cetyl alcohol, stearyl stearate and ethylene glycol distearate, other thickeners such as xanthan gum, Natrosol® (hydroxyethyl cellulose), Methocel® (methyl cellulose) not sodium chloride, protectants, antioxidants, sequestering agents and lower alkylene glycol solubilizers and thinners such as propylene glycol. For the laundry and softening agents, additional useful adjuncts include fluorescent brighteners such as distillate brighteners, protective agents such as formalin, and neutralizing agents including triethanolamine. In addition to these mentioned excipients, others may also be present in the art for use with liquid compositions of the type of the invention; When particulate solid compositions are prepared, suitable ingredients of this composition may also be used, including flowability enhancing agents, anti-redeposition agents, fabric softening powders such as bentonite, builders such as polyacetal carboxylate, zeolite, sodium tripolyphosphate and sodium carbonate, bleaches such as sodium perborate, bleach activators and / or or stabilizers, and soil release promoting substances such as polyethylene terephthalate-polyoxyethylene terephthalate copolymers (PET-POET copolymers).

The various ratios of required components in the described compositions are important in achieving the improved properties described herein for compositions 2U. In all of the compositions of the present invention, the ratio of cationic fiber-conditioning surfactant to ETICS should be such that the presence of these two materials in the compositions improves the deposition of at least one of these onto a fiber substrate to be conditioned when applied to an aqueous medium. containing the composition of the invention. It has been found that this ratio of the two mentioned ingredients is normally in the range of 1:20 to 20: 1, preferably in the range of 1: 3 to 20: 1 and often more preferably in the range of 1: 2 to 20 :1. In other words, these ranges are each 0.05: 1 to 20: 1.033: 1 to 20: 1 and

and 0.5: 1 to 20: 1. Expressed as a percentage, the aqueous emulsion compositions of the invention, which are preferably based on quaternary ammonium salt as the cationic fiber-conditioning surfactant, normally contain from 0.1 to 20% of this quaternary ammonium salt and O, from 1 to 10% of the WDV, which is often preferably an n-alkane.

For human hair conditioner washes which are normally used after shampooing, the percentages of qunternary ammonium salt, ETICS and aqueous medium are normally in the ranges of 0.2 to 10%, 0.1 to 5% and 75 to 99%, respectively. , preferably 0.2 to 5%, 0.1 to 2% and 85 to 98%, more preferably 0.3 to 2%, 0.1 to 1% and 90 to 97% and most preferably 0.4 to 1.2 %, 0.1 to 0.5% and 95 to 97%. The remainder, if present, consists of auxiliaries which also constitute the remainder of the other compositions of the invention which are described below. In the compositions described, the preferred aqueous medium is water. The most preferred quaternary ammonium halide is higher fatty alkyltri-lower alkylammonium halide wherein the higher alkyl is from 12 to 18 carbon atoms and the lower alkyls are from 1 to 3 carbon atoms, and the WDV is selected from the group of alkanes, carboxylic acids, carboxylic acid esters, and chain alcohols of at least 25 carbon atoms, as well as mixtures thereof. In the most preferred compositions, the quaternary ammonium halides are cetyltrimethylammonium chloride, dicetyldimethylammonium chloride, and distearyldimethylammonium chloride, and the ETV is beeswax, normal C ₂₇ to C ₃₃ PEI, paraffin wax, or microcrystalline wax or is from an approximately equal mixture of petrolatum containing an average of 27 to 33 carbon atoms in the n-alkanes of the same and beeswax.

In the conditioning shampoos of the invention, the ratios of surfactant, quaternary ammonium salt, ETICS and aqueous medium are usually in the ranges of 5 to 25%, 0.2 to 10%, 0.1 to 5% and 65 to 94%, respectively Ranges preferably 8 to 20%, 0.2 to 5%, 0.1 to 3% and 70 bid 90%, more preferably 10 to 18%, 0.3 to 2%, 0.1 to 1.5% and 75 to 85%, and most preferably 12 to 18%, 0.4 to 2.0%, 0.1 to 2.0% and about 80%. In the most preferred conditioning shampoo compositions, the anionic surfactant is a mixture of at least two different sulfated organic anionic surfactants, at least one of which is an ammonium, sodium or triethanolammonium salt, wherein the quaternary ammonium halide is a tri-lower-fatty alkyl lower alkyl ammonium chloride or a Di-higher-fat alkyldi-lower-alkylammonium chloride, wherein the higher alkyl comprises 12 to 22 carbon atoms and the lower alkyl contains 1 to 3 carbon atoms, and the WDV is selected from the group consisting of alkanes, carboxylic acids, carboxylic acid esters and alkyl chain alcohols of at least 25 C atoms, and mixtures thereof. The most preferred compositions contain from 5 to 15% ammonium and / or sodium lauryl sulfate and from 1 to 10% ammonium and / or sodium lauryl diethoxysilylate, and the ETICS is in a paraffin wax having from 25 to 30 carbon atoms and / or in a petrolatum averaged 27 to 33 carbon atoms in the n-alkanes thereof, and / or in beeswax.

The fabric softeners for the wash and rinse will normally have percentages of quaternary ammonium salt or equivalent, ETICS and aqueous medium (or water) in the ranges of 1 to 20%, 0.1 to 5% and 70 to 97.9%, respectively. , preferably 1.5 to 10%, 0.1 to 2% and 80 to 97.9%, and more preferably 1.5 to 7% of di-higher fatty alkyl di-lower alkylammonium halide wherein the higher alkyl has 12 to 22 carbon atoms and the lower alkyls have 1 to 3 carbon atoms, 0.1 to 2% WDV selected from the group of alkanes, carboxylic acids, carboxylic acid esters and alcohols, having alkyl chains of at least 25 carbon atoms and mixtures thereof, and 85 to 95% water. Most preferred is that these compositions contain from 2 to 8% distearyldimethylammonium chloride, from 0.1 to 1% of WDV, which is in beeswax, petrolatum and / or paraffin wax, and from 90 to 95% water, plus adjuvants, if any.

The laundry and softening agents usually consist of a cleansing amount of synthetic organic surfactant which is normally an anionic surfactant, nonionic surfactant or mixture thereof, 0 to 75% builder (s) for the surfactant, 2 to 20% fabric softening quaternary ammonium salt or an equivalent substance, 0.1 to 2% WDV O ₁ to 75% water (with lower percentage amounts of water in washing and softening agents in particulate form) and optionally containing as a rust excipient (s). Preferably, the laundry and softening agents contain 10 to 35% surfactant, 2 to 15% quaternary ammonium salt or a quaternary ammonium salt complex, or a mixture thereof, 0.1 to 2% ETICS and 50 to 92% water with any residual excipients. More preferably, such a laundry and softening agent may contain 10 to 25% of a nonionic surfactant which is a condensation product of one mole of higher fatty alcohol of 10 to 16 carbon atoms with 3 to 11 moles of ethylene oxide, 2 to 10% of one anionic surfactant which is a linear higher alkyl benzene sulfonate wherein the higher alkyl has 10 to 16 carbon atoms, 7 to 13% diester high alkyl di-lower alkyl ammonium halide, wherein the higher alkyl comprises 12 to 22 carbon atoms and the lower alkyls have 1 to 3 carbon atoms , or a citric acid complex thereof, or a mixture thereof, 0.1 to 1% WDV selected from the group consisting of alkanes, carboxylic acids, carboxylic esters and alcohols having alkyl chains of at least 25 carbon atoms, and mixtures thereof and 60 to 75% water, with any remaining aqueous medium, preferably water. The most preferred laundry and softening agents contain 12 to 20% of a nonionic surfactant which is a condensation product of one mole of a higher fatty alcohol of 12 to 15 carbon atoms with 5 to 9 moles of ethylene oxide, 3 to 7% of an anionic surfactant is a linear alkylbenzenesulfonate sodium, wherein the alkyl has 10 to 14 carbon atoms, 1 to 5% distearyldimethylammonium chloride, 7 to 11% of a distearylmethylamine citric acid complex, 0.1 to 0.5% of the WDV, which is of a petrolatum having an average length from 27 to 33 carbon atoms in the n-alkanes thereof, and 65 to 70% water, with any remaining being comprised of auxiliaries.

Various methods for preparing the oil-in-water emulsions are well known; these may be used to prepare the fiber conditioning compositions of the invention when in liquid form. However, in order to ensure that the produced emulsion has improved stability and that the fiber conditioning activity is maximized and reproducible with this maximum activity, it has been found desirable to employ a particular manufacturing process which forms part of the invention. This process consists in forming a melt of the cationic surface active agent, the fiber conditioning composition and the WDV at an elevated temperature, the aqueous medium which has the continuous temperature

of an emulsion which may contain heat-stable hydrophilic components, heated to a similar temperature, and the resulting lipophilic and hydrophilic liquids mixed together at about the same elevated temperature to obtain the fiber-conditioning composition in emulsion form with improved stability and effectiveness. Dio temperature, one aufweiche heats the cationic surface active agent and the WDV, is normally in the range of 70 to 95 or 100 ⁰ C, preferably 70 to 90 ° C and most preferably at about 8O ⁰ C, z. B. 80 ° C. The aqueous medium, which preferably contains any stable hydrophilic components of the composition, is heated to the same temperature and the lipophilic melt is gradually added to the aqueous medium to form an emulsion, which will sometimes be a microemulsion. The emulsion is gradually cooled to room temperature, usually for a period of five minutes to one hour, mixing continuously to prevent any breakage of the emulsion, and adding, with mixing, all of the heat-sensitive adjuvants. The room temperature product is a stable liquid in emulsion form. If the emulsion separates after prolonged storage at elevated temperature, it can be re-formed by shaking. By dissolving or dispersing the fiber conditioning emulsion or other form of the composition in water such as in wash water or rinse water, both the cationic surfactant and ETICS in this water are depositable onto fibrous substrates, providing unexpectedly advantageous and significantly improved conditioning of the treated fibers he follows.

In use, the compositions of the invention are dissolved or dispersed in water at a concentration in the range of 0.01 to 50%. In some cases, such as hair conditioners and shampoos, they can be used in full strength, but usually they are applied in water at a concentration of 10 to 50, preferably 20 to 30%. On the other hand, the laundry preparations are used in greater dilutions, such as 0.05 to 2%, e.g. 0.1 to 0.5% and 1%. The normal application temperature is in the range of 10 to 60 ° C, depending on the type of fiber substrate to be treated and the type of composition used. In most applications, the temperature of the water is preferably in the range of 10 to 4O ⁰ C, which range is more preferably at 25 to 4O ⁰ C, in particular for the treatment of human hair on the head. The fiber material to be conditioned becomes, whether human hair, cotton or synthetic fibers such as polyester or cotton polyester mixtures, while Vi to 1 or 30 minutes, z. B. held in contact with the aqueous solution or dispersion of the fiber conditioning composition for about 10 minutes; During this time, both the cationic surfactant and ETICS deposit on the fibrous substrate and serve to condition it. Often the ETV promotes the deposition of the cationic surfactant, but sometimes it is the other way round. In the case of human hair to which the mentioned active components are applied in the form of conditioning rinse or as a shampoo, the substantially improved conditioning effect found by a panel is significantly easier to comb both moist and dry, both after applying a conditioning rinse as well as after shampooing with a conditioning shampoo according to the invention. The mechanism of absorption or deposition from the composition containing both the canonical surfactant fiber conditioning agent and the ETICS is not clear, but it is clearly more complicated than merely depositing the components of the composition as these components are derived from the fiber materials of a dilute aqueous solution and retained on the fibrous substrate despite the dilution and subsequent rinsing of the solution or dispersion of the fiber conditioning composition from the fibrous material. Also, it is an effective conditioning component of the active conditioning agents remaining on the fiber material after rinsing. Because sorption of the active conditioning ingredients is better in the absence of significant levels of builder for the surfactant, shampoos that do not contain such builders may have lower levels of the cationic conditioning agent and ETICS than desirably included in the laundry and softening agents Invention is installed. However, a very significant advantage of the invention is that in the detergents for laundry and shampoos, as well as in conditioning rinses for hair and washing additives for the washing and rinsing, whether for the treatment of human hair or laundry, both the application of the cationic, surface-active fiber conditioning agent as well as ETICS leads to a significantly improved conditioning effect, allowing the use of less conditioning agent, thereby saving such costs. The products produced are also of improved stability, which is important because consumers do not appreciate having to shake liquid products in order to disperse the components thereof and because emulsions that are stable at the time of sale are more attractive than those that are have to be separated and emulsified again.

Various advantages of the composition and methods of the invention have been mentioned, but a particular merit deserves re-emphasis. This is the significant improvement in the conditioning effect obtained by combining the cationic surfactant fiber conditioning agent with the WDV. It has been observed that when rinsing human hair with compositions of the invention, the conditioning effects increase significantly, such as ease of combing, as compared to the effects obtained using compositions that are identical except that the WDV is not present. Furthermore, the achievable conditioning is comparable to that of commercial conditioners based on cationic, surface-active conditioners, but containing more of these compounds. Although the hair conditioning shampoos of the present invention contain more active conditioning agents than the rinses, they may contain less than the commercial conditioning shampoos, and often are more effective than the commercial products. What is even more surprising and considered a breakthrough in technology is that the shampoos of the present invention are as effective as commercial conditioning rinses. Until now, it has always been considered unachievable that one can obtain a conditioning effect from a shampoo equal to that from a conditioning rinse. Similar improved conditioning effects were observed for the corresponding conditioning agents for the wash and rinse cycles as well as for the laundry and softening agents of the invention.

The preferred compositions of the invention are in liquid form, preferably in stable emulsion and microemulsion form. However, you can the compositions of the invention such. B. the washing and softening agents into solid or particulate solids by replacing a substantial portion of or the entire aqueous medium by a solid carrier or solid excipients such. B. bentonite, sodium sulfate, zeolites,

Natrlum tripolyphosphate, sodium carbonate and other builders. For example, the water content of a liquid washing and softening agent can be replaced by builders or carriers to make up to 75% or more of the composition, and the physical form of the product can be changed accordingly.

Ausführungsbolsplole

The following examples illustrate the invention without limiting it. Unless otherwise indicated, refer to the Beispielon, in the specification and claims old parts by weight, while the temperatures are measured in C ^0.

example 1

component Wt .-% 1.0 B 1.0 C 1.0 D 1.0 e 1.0 F 1.0 G 0.5 A - - 0.5 0.25 - 0.5 0.25 cetyltrimethylammonium - 0.5 - 0.25 0.5 - - Petrolatum (Fonoline®) 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 Beeswax, of course, yellow 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 1.0 Hydroxyethyl cellulose (thickener) - 0.07 - 0.04 0.07 - - cetyl alcohol 96.0 95.43 95.5 95.46 95.43 95.5 97.25 sodium borate 100.0 100.0 ~ 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 demineralized water

* contains 60% n-alkano, average In the range of 27 to 33 carbon atoms with distribution curve peak in this range.

Were prepared according to the above formulations are prepared by melting the lipophilic ingredients (cetyl trimethyl ammonium chloride, petrolatum, beeswax and cetyl alcohol) at 80 ° C and emulsifying the melt in the the remainder of the formulation representing aqueous medium, which also was at 8O ⁰ C Haarkonditionierspülungen, after which the emulsion formed was cooled to room temperature for about 20 minutes with each formulation. Standard curls or standard braids of human hair (3 grams each) were each treated with one gram of conditioning rinse for one minute each, then rinsed and wet combed. A panel of experts rated the ease of wet combing on a scale of 1 to 5 from difficult to light, and 12 scores were performed for each hair sample, with average scores calculated for each sample. Subsequently, in separate tests, the hair samples were dried and combed after rinsing by blow drying. Using the same scale, the ease of combing was reassessed by the panel and averages were calculated. The following table summarizes these averages.

Table 1

Kämmtyp Average values, A B 4.50 4.75 Ease of the car C D e F G Wet Dry 2.52 2.98 4.25 5.15 4.21 4.25 4.25 4.52 4,20 4,22 4:10, 4:17

It can be seen from the results of these experiments that the presence of the water-dispersible compounds, the ETICS, in the compositions of the present invention substantially increased the ease of combing, seen in close relationship to overall handleability and conditioning, of human hair strands associated with the hair treated compositions according to the invention, compared with a control composition (1 A), which did not contain such a WDV. In the given experiments, the best results (best conditioning) were obtained in experiment 1B in which the only ETV consisting of beeswax, however, gives the formulation of experiment 1D satisfactory results and is economically advantageous compared to that of 1B. In vivo tests (actual live hair application tests) verify these results as well as other in vitro tests in which the hair samples are diluted with diluted rinse emulsion (dilution 1: 1.1: 2 and 1: 3, composition: water ) were brought into contact.

In similar tests, when mineral oil was used instead of ETICS, poorer conditioning results were obtained, and sometimes the hair samples were noticeably oily, which is generally objectionable. The hair samples of formulations 1A to 1G were not oily after treatment. When carnauba wax was used instead of the WDV, the hair conditioning effect is inferior to the effects of the compositions of the present invention because of its content of aromatic compounds, but microcrystalline wax is effective. Although currently the cost of these cationic surfactants is prohibitive, when heptacosyltrimethylammonium chloride or hentriacosyltrimethylammonium chloride is used in a concentration of 1% or 0.5% instead of cetyltrimethylammonium chloride in the formulations of this invention without any of the indicated ETICS, these cationic surfactants also act as ETICS and the hair conditioning effects are improved as in the indicated experimental formulations.

In other variations of the formulations of this example, the cotyltrimothylammonium bromide was replaced by cetyltrimethylammonium bromide or lauryltrimethylammonium chloride, the ceryl alcohol was replaced by myristyl alcohol, and the petrolatum was replaced by a C ₂₆ -PnTQf (similar to vorobloichable ergobnisso oriol.) The ratio of cetyl alcohol to cotyltrimethylammonium chloride in dom Borolch differ from 3: 1 to 1: 1 from dom 2: 1 dor Boispiolo, and one holds thereafter the orwünschto Gloitwlrkung dos Cotylolkohols.

Example 2

ingredients Gow .-% 7.5 B 12.5 C D e 7.5 F 7.5 Q A 7.5 - 12.5 12.5 7.5 7.5 15.0 ammonium lauryl - 2.5 - - - - 3.0 Ammonium Lauroth Sulfate (2EtO) 1.5 2.0 1.5 2.5 0.75 1.5 - Sodium Lauroth Sulfate (2 EtO) 1.0 - 2.0 2.0 0.5 2.0 2.0 LauramldMEA - 0.35 - - - - 0.5 cetyl alcohol 0.5 0.75 0.35 0.35 0.5 0.5 - stearylstearate 1.0 0.5 0.75 0.75 0.5 1.0 - ethylene glycol 1.0 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 1.0 - propylene glycol - 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.25 - 0.5 tricetylmethylammonium chloride - 0.25 0.5 0.5 0.25 0.4 - • Petrolatum - - 0.2 0.15 - - 2.5 Beeswax, of course, yellow 1.0 1.5 - - 1.0 1.0 0.3 xanthan gum 0.5 0.5 1.5 1.5 0.5 0.5 _ sodium chloride 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.5 Protective material (Gomoben II) 78.0 77.75 0.4 0.4 79.85 76.6 0.5 Perfume 100.0 100.0 77.8 77.05 100.0 100.0 75.2 demineralized water 100.0 100.0 100.0

* Contains 60% n-alkano, averaging carbon monoxide in the range of 27 to 33, and of which the precursor curve peak is in the divalent range.

The control emulsion (A) and the emulsions (B to G) of the present invention were all prepared by the method described in Example 1 and tested in the same manner. In addition, the reviewers gave their general impression regarding hair conditioning (which includes assessments of manageability, doj looks and feel) as well as wet and wet comb reviews. These reviews are in Wlodorgoboben in Tabello 2 below.

Table 2

Rating: Average A B C D e F Q Conditioning Ease of wet combing Ease of dry combing no 1.0 1.0 • Exe. 4.0 4.0 Exe. 3,5 3,5 Exe. 3.3 3.3 Good 3.0 3.0 Exe. 3.0 3.0 Exe. 5.0 5.0

* Excellent

From the data presented above, it can be seen that in the conditioning of human hair, significant improvements are obtained by the presence of low levels of the WDV of the present invention with the cationic hair conditioning surfactant (dom quaternary ammonium halide), and this improved conditioning is evident in the presence the WD.V because the Control Formulation A, which does not contain ETICS but which has the cationic conditioning agent, is very inferior in its conditioning effect to Compositions B to G, all of which are within the scope of the invention. The results described are verified by in vivo tests, which are the usual shampooing of hair on the head with the compositions described.

In modifications of the tested formulations one may substitute for the surfactant systems described in which the active detergent components are triethanolammonium lauryl sulfate, ammonium olefinsulfonates, ammonium C _u to cie paraffinsulfonates or mixtures thereof; Nonionic and amphoteric surfactants may also be present in these compositions. The cationic surfactant conditioning agent may also be varied as in Example 1, the WDV may be obtained from other materials including montan and candelilla waxes, synthetic beeswax and Japan wax, also microcrystalline waxes may be incorporated into the compositions. Similarly, the water-dispersible compounds may be pure compounds such as hydrocarbons, alcohols, carboxylic acids and carboxylic acid esters or fractions from suppliers of the water-dispersible compounds such as beeswax, and may be alcohols, amines, amine salts and quaternary ammonium salts of these hydrocarbons, amides of these carboxylic acids and the resulting shampoo compositions also have improved hair conditioning effects. In a further variation of the shampoo formulations, a relatively small percentage of nonionic surfactant such as higher fatty alcohol polyethoxylate, e.g. Neodol® 25-3,23-6.5 or 25-7 in addition to the anionic surfactant (to improve the removal of oil and previously deposited conditioning substances from the hair and scalp). Normally 1 to 10% of this nonionic surfactant may be present, preferably 2 to 5%, eg about 3%.

ingredients Wt .-% 6.0 B 6.0 C 3.0 A - - 3.0 distearyldimethylammonium - 0.5 0.5 "• Amincitratkomplex - 0.1 0.1 Beeswax (yellow) 0.05 0.05 - * Petrolatum 0.1 0.1 0.1 sodium citrate 93.85 93.25 93.3 propylene glycol 100.0 100.0 100.0 demineralized water

* contains 60% n-alkanes, on average with carbon atoms in the range from 27 to 33, with the distribution curve peak in this range

The range is ·· prefabricated complex obtained by mixing distearylmethylamine and citric acid in a molar ratio of 1: 1

The fabric conditioning detergent compositions of this example useful for treating laundry, usually in a laundromat, are prepared according to the method described in Example 1, wherein the lipophilic materials are melted together and reacted with the hydrophilic components in the aqueous Medium mixed and cooled to room temperature.

The control composition (3A) and the inventive compositions (3B and 3C) were each tested by wash and rinse applications using various commercially available detergents at the concentrations in the wash waters suggested by the manufacturers. In the wash test, the wash water had a hardness of about 150 ppm as CaCO ₃ and a temperature of 32 ⁰ C, the fabric load was large, the washing time fourteen minutes and rinse cold. The known detergents to which the laundering additives were added were Tide 'powder (with phosphate builder), FRESH START®, liquid Tide and liquid Wisk®, and the concentrations of the wash cycle additive in the wash water were varied so that about 4 to 9 % of the conditioning ingredients were present therein, based on the detergent composition employed (or 75 to 150 grams of conditioning agent per 681 washings, which is 0.1 to 0.2%.) The test items blended with a standard 5-pound textile ballast load of blended fabrics include cotton, nylon tricot, Dacron® single jersey, Dacron double jersey, 65/35 cacron / cotton blend and Banlon® (electrostatic pickup) samples, plus terry toweling, to evaluate softness The dried materials were dried for 60 minutes using the strong setting of a dryer and the entire washing and drying operations were repeated twice, after which the test fabrics were tested for static bonding (synthetic fabrics) and softness (terry toweling). The static sticking evaluation was performed immediately after the dryer was turned off or after the third drying. The humidity in the test room ranged from 44 to 56% RH in the electrostatic and softness tests. The terry towels were hung on a clothes rack after removal from the dryer and left there for about twelve hours before testing for softness. At all concentrations of the active conditioning ingredients that were tested and when washing the test items with all the detergent compositions in water containing the laundry additives 3B and 3C, less static sticking was observed than using Composition 3A. The differences in gluing are also clear to an irregular observer. The softness results of the fabrics are similarly beneficial to the compositions of the present invention, both when judged by those skilled in the art and experienced by inexperienced observers. A very important result that has been observed is that the use of the laundry softening compositions of the present invention even causes better fabric softening and less static sticking than obtained by using a commercial rinse softener (Downy®) in an amount equal to a level applied to active conditioning ingredients.

In rinse applications using the same procedure except for washing only once and once drying, the same types of results were obtained.

One theory that has been developed to explain the superiority of the detergent compositions of the present invention over control compositions and commercial fabric softeners in laundering applications is that the WDV of the present invention is the cationic surfactant prior to reaction with the anionics. This theory is supported by measurements of specific conductivities and zeta potentials of the inventive and counterbalancing compositions, as well as turbidity measurements of the compositions of the present invention and comparative compositions in wash waters, commercially available In a modification of the examples given, the various ingredients apart from the cationic surfactant conditioning agent and the ETICS can be omitted and obtain substantially the same results, and the various cationic components described above and in the specification Replaced to other working examples suppliers for the ETICS replaced by those of Example 3 and receives similar significant differences in textile softening and antistatic Effect in favor of the composition according to the invention. For example, mono-higher-alkyl-tri-lower-alkylammonium halides and tri-higher-alkyl-mono-lower-alkylammonium halides can be used as well as others of the above mentioned ETICS.

ingredients Wt .-% 5.0 B 5.0 , A 1.7 1.7 linear dodecylbenzenesulfonate sodium 15.0 15.0 Sodium sulfate (in anionic surfactant) 6.0 6.0 • "Neodol25-7 - 0.5 distearyldimethylammonium 9.0 9.0 • Petrolatum 0.3 0.3 Citric acid (50% aqueous solution) 0.2 0.2 triethanolamine 0.2 0.2 formalin 1.0 1.0 Fluorescent brightener (Tinopal® 5 BM, extra cone.) 0.4 0.4 Coloring substance (0.5% aqueous solution) 61.2 60.7 Perfume 100.0 100.0 demineralized water

contains 60% of n-alkanes having carbon atoms In the range of 27 to 33, wherein the distribution curve peak in this range is not more than 10% of a surfactant which is a condensation product of one mole of fatty alcohol of 12 to 15 carbon atoms with 7 moles of ethylene oxide

A control wash and softening composition (4A) and composition (4B) of the invention were both used to wash both cotton and synthetic test fabrics by the method of Example 3, washing and drying only once; the fabrics were then evaluated for static sticking and softness according to the procedure given in Example 3. The results obtained were also similar to those described in Example 3 for laundry fabric conditioning agents, which is expected since the laundry and softening composition of the present invention produces substantially the same type of wash water resulting from the addition of the corresponding laundry conditioning composition to a detergent wash water. As in Example 3, the improved conditioning effects of the compositions of the invention were enhanced when the test fabrics were washed and dried several times.

In the case of modifications of the composition formulation, the surfactant component may be wholly anionic or nonionic, the anionic and nonionic surfactants may be replaced by others described in this example and the description, the distearyldimethylammonium chloride may be replaced by quaternary ammonium salts other than those previously mentioned, or by other amine or quaternary ammonium complexes as mentioned. Also, the ETICS can be replaced by other ETICS of the type described above. Such alteration or multiple such changes still provide compositions of the present invention having improved fabric conditioning properties, including softening and / or antistatic properties, as compared to control compositions which do not contain the required ETICS. Another advantage of the invention is that the various ETICS are all safe to use in the proportions described (many have already been accepted or tested as orally ingestible or tested) and thus require no toxicity testing and official release.

Example 5

In the formulations and compositions described in the preceding examples, alterations of the ingredients may be made by replacement of one or more of them with others described as equivalent in the specification. The proportions of the ingredients can be varied, usually by ± 10%, ± 20% and ± 50%, provided they remain within the limits specified in the description. Liquid compositions can be converted to particulate solids by replacing water with particulate support materials such as builders and fillers. In some instances, it may be desirable to separately add the molten cationic fiber surfactant cationic surfactant and WDV to the wash or rinse water, preferably in liquid form, either melted or in a suitable organic solvent such as isopropanol, or in admixture with a powdered carrier , The particular cationic fiber surfactant surfactant and WDV may also be added to the wash or rinse water, however, as noted above, the desired fiber conditioning effects from such a blend are not achieved to such a large extent as when these ingredients are first merges with each other. Further, it is most preferred that they be in emulsion form when added to the wash and rinse waters. In a continuation of the invention being worked on, the various water-dispersible compounds, including those which are quaternary ammonium salts, are employed to promote deposition or sorption by substrates such as hair or staple fibers from relatively insoluble materials, such as fluorescent brighteners. coloring substances, perfumes, soil release promoting polymers, fungicides, bactericides, insect repellents, soil repellents and anti-wrinkle chemicals which can be incorporated into suitable rinses, additives and detergent compositions.

Claims (26)

1. Fiber conditioning composition characterized by a content of a cationic surface active fiber conditioning agent and a water-dispersible compound whose formula has a long-chain hydrocarbon radical of at least 25 carbon atoms (WDV), wherein the ratio of cationic surface-active fiber-conditioning agent to compound having the long-chain hydrocarbon radical is in the range from 1:20 to 20: 1 a ratio at which the presence of these two materials in the composition improves the deposition of at least one of them on a fibrous substrate to be conditioned when applied thereto an aqueous medium containing the composition. 2. A composition according to claim 1, characterized in that the cationic surfactant fiber conditioning agent is a quaternary ammonium salt and that the ETICS is a hydrocarbon, an acid, an ester, an amide, an amine, an amine salt, a quaternary ammonium salt or an alcohol or any one of Mixture thereof is that the composition is aqueous, that the ratio of the quaternary ammonium salt to this WDV is in the range of 0.5: 1 to 20: 1, and that the deposition of at least one of the mentioned compounds on human hair or underwear as conditioning substrate takes place. 3. A composition according to claim 2, characterized in that the quaternary ammonium salt and the WDV are present in an aqueous emulsion in which the proportion of the quaternary ammonium salt in the range of 0.1 to 20% and the proportion of WDV in the range of 0 , 1 to 10%. 4. The composition of claim 3 as conditioning rinse for human hair after shampooing, characterized in that it contains 0.2 to 10% quaternary ammonium salt, 0.1 to 5% ETICS, 75 to 99% aqueous medium and the balance optionally one or more Contains excipients. 5. A composition according to claim 4, characterized in that it contains 0.2 to 5% quaternary ammonium halide, 0.1 to 2% WDV, 85 to 98% water and the remainder optionally one or more auxiliaries. Composition according to Claim 5, characterized in that it contains from 0.3 to 2% higher-fatty alkyl tri-lower alkyl ammonium halide, di-higher-fatty alkyl di-lower alkyl ammonium halide or tri-higher-alkyl lower alkyl ammonium halide, wherein the higher alkyl has 12 to 22 carbon atoms and the lower alkylol have up to 3 carbon atoms, 0.1 to 1% WDV selected from the group of alkanes, carboxylic acids, carboxylic acid esters and alcohols having alkyl chains of at least 25 carbon atoms, and Mixtures thereof, 90 to 97% water and the balance optionally one or more auxiliaries. Composition according to Claim 6, characterized in that it contains from 0.4 to 0.2% of cetyltrimethylammonium chloride, di-cetyldimethylammonium chloride or distearyldimethylammonium chloride, and from 0.1 to 0.5% of EOD contained in an approximately equal mixture of petrolatum containing an average of 27% to 33 carbon atoms in the n-alkanes thereof, and in or of beeswax, is 95 to 97% water and the balance optionally contains one or more auxiliaries. 8. The composition of claim 3 as a conditioning shampoo for human hair, characterized in that it contains 5 to 25% surfactant, 0.2 to 10% quaternary ammonium salt, 0.1 to 5% WDV, 65 to 94% aqueous medium and the remainder optionally contains one or more excipients. 9. A composition according to claim 8, characterized in that it contains 8 to 20% anionic surfactant, 0.2 to 5% quaternary ammonium halide, 0.1 to 2% WDV, 70 to 90% water and the balance optionally one or more auxiliaries , Composition according to Claim 9, characterized in that it contains from 10% to 18% of a mixture of at least two different sulphated anionic surfactants, of which at least one is an ammonium, sodium or triethanolamine salt, from 0.3% to 2% of trihydric-fatty alkyl mono-lower alkyl ammonium chloride wherein the higher alkyl has from 12 to 22 carbon atoms and the lower alkyl has from 1 to 3 carbon atoms, 0.1 to 1.5% WDV selected from the group consisting of Alkanes, carboxylic acids, carboxylic acid esters, alcohols, amides, amines, amine salts and quaternary ammonium salts having alkyl groups of at least 25 carbon atoms and mixtures thereof, 75 to 85% water and the balance optionally one or more auxiliaries. 11. A composition according to claim 10, characterized in that it contains 5 to 15% ammonium and / or sodium lauryl sulfate, 1 to 10% ammonium and / or sodium lauryldiethoxysulfat, 0.4 to 2.0% tricetylmethylammonium chloride, 0.1 to 2, 0% of the WDV contained in a petrolatum containing an average of 27 to 33 carbon atoms in the n-alkanes thereof, a paraffin wax containing an average of 25 to 30 carbon atoms and / or in beeswax, about 80% water and the remainder optionally containing one or more auxiliaries , 12. The composition of claim 3 as a fabric softener for laundry to be added in the wash or rinse cycle, characterized in that it 1 to 20% of a fabric softening quaternary ammonium salt, cationic amine, quaternary ammonium salt complex with anionic surfactant, or complex of cationic amine, or any mixture thereof, 0.1 to 5% WDV, 70 to 97.9% aqueous medium and the remainder optionally containing one or more excipients. 13. A composition according to claim 12, characterized in that it contains 1.5 to 10% of , fabric softening quaternary ammonium salt, 0.1 to 2% WDV, 70 to 97.9% water and the remainder optionally one or more auxiliaries. Composition according to Claim 13, characterized in that it contains from 1.5 to 7% of di-lower fatty alkyl di-lower alkylammonium halide in which the higher alkyls have from 12 to 22 carbon atoms and the lower alkyls from 1 to 3 carbon atoms, from 0.1 to 2% WDV selected from the group of alkanes, carboxylic acids, carboxylic acid esters, amines or amine salts, amides, quaternary ammonium salts and alcohols, with alkyl chains of at least 25 carbon atoms, and mixtures thereof, 85 to 95% water and the balance optionally one or more auxiliaries contains. 15. A composition according to claim 14, characterized in that it contains 2 to 8% distearyldimethylammonium chloride, 0.1 to 1% WDV, which is in beeswax, petrolatum and / or paraffin wax, 90 to 95% water and the balance optionally one or more auxiliaries contains. 16. A composition according to claim 3 as a laundry and softener for washing and softening laundry, characterized in that it comprises a detergent amount of a surfactant, 0 to 75% builder for the surfactant, 2 to 20% of a fabric softening quaternary ammonium salt, cationic amine, quaternary ammonium salt complex with anionic surfactant, cationic amine complex or any mixture thereof, 0.1 to 2% WDV, 0 to 75% water and the remainder optionally containing one or more auxiliaries. 17. A washing and softening composition according to claim 16, characterized in that it contains 10 to 35% of surfactant of the group of anionic and nonionic surfactants and mixtures thereof, 2 to 15% of a quaternary ammonium salt or a quaternary ammonium salt complex, or a mixture thereof, 0.1 to 2% ETICS, 50 to 92% water and the remainder optionally one or more auxiliaries. Composition according to Claim 17, characterized in that it contains from 10 to 25% of a nonionic surfactant which is a condensation product of one mole of a higher fatty alcohol of from 10 to 16 carbon atoms with from 3 to 11 moles of ethylene oxide, from 2 to 10% of an anionic surfactant containing linear higher alkylbenzenesulfonate wherein the higher alkyl has 10 to 16 carbon atoms, 7 to 13% di-higher-fettaicyl-di-lower alkylammonium halide wherein the higher alkyls have 12 to 18 carbon atoms and the lower alkyls have 1 to 3 carbon atoms, or a citric acid complex thereof, or a mixture thereof, 0.1 to 1% WDV selected from the group consisting of alkanes, carboxylic acids, carboxylic acid esters and alcohols, having alkyl chains of at least 25 carbon atoms, and mixtures thereof, 60 to 75% water and the remainder optionally contains one or more excipients. Composition according to Claim 18, characterized in that it contains 12 to 20% of a nonionic surfactant which is a condensation product of one mole of a higher fatty alcohol of 12 to 15 carbon atoms with 5 to 9 moles of ethylene oxide, 3 to 7% of an anionic surfactant is a linear alkylbenzenesulfonate sodium wherein the alkyl comprises 10 to 14 carbon atoms, 1 to 5% of distearyldimethylammonium chloride, 7 to 11% of a citric acid complex of distearylmethylamine, 0.1 to 0.5% of WDV, which in an petrolatum containing in its n-alkanes has an average chain length of 27 to 33 carbon atoms, 65 to 70% Water and the balance optionally one or more auxiliaries. 20. A process for producing a fiber-conditioning composition according to claim 1 in stable emulsion form, characterized in that - a melt of the cationic surface active agent and the WDV at an elevated temperature in the range of 70 to 9O ⁰ C with other heat-stable components of the lipophilic faserkonditionierenden composition, if present, forms, May contain an aqueous medium containing heat-stable components of the hydrophilic faserkonditionierenden compositions on ^ a temperature in the range of 70 to 90 ⁰ C heated and - the resulting liquids are mixed at about the same temperature to obtain the fiber-conditioning composition in a stable emulsion form. 21. The method according to claim 20, characterized in that mixing together the lipophilic liquid and hydrophilic liquid constituents of the fiber-conditioning liquid composition with each other at a temperature of about 80 ⁰ C and cooled to room temperature with stirring, after which admixing any heat-sensitive components. 22. A method of treating a fiber material for conditioning, characterized by applying to the fiber material a fiber conditioning composition according to claim 1 in dispersion in water at a concentration of 0.01 to 50% for 1 to 3 minutes at a temperature in the range of 10 to 4O ⁰ C and applying the solution ode ^r dispersion of faserkonditionierenden composition of the fiber material is rinsed off, wherein on the fiber material remains at least some of either the cationic faserkonditionierenden agent or component of the WDV faserkonditionierenden composition, or both. 23. The method according to claim 22, characterized in that one uses the fiber-conditioning composition as a rinse for human hair, that they 0.2 to 10% quaternary ammonium salt, 0.1 to 5% ETICS, 75 to 99% aqueous medium, and as If appropriate, the radical contains one or more auxiliaries, and the rinsing agent is in dispersion in water in a concentration of 10 to 50%. 24. The method according to claim 22, characterized in that the fiber-conditioning composition is used as a conditioning shampoo for human hair, that they 5 to 25% surfactant, 0.2 to 10% quaternary ammonium salt, 0.1 to 5% WDV, 65 to 94 % aqueous medium and the balance optionally one or more auxiliaries, and that the shampoo is in solution or dispersion in water at a concentration of 10 to 50%. 25. The method according to claim 22, characterized in that the fiber-conditioning composition is used as fabric softener for laundry under washing or rinse that they 2 to 20% of a fabric softening quaternary ammonium salt, cationic amine, quaternary ammonium salt complex with anionic surfactant or complex of cationic amine , or any mixture thereof, 0.1 to 5% WDV, 70 to 97.9% aqueous medium and the balance optionally one or more auxiliaries, and that the fabric softener for the wash or rinse in solution or dispersion in water in a concentration of 0.05 to 2%. 26. The method according to claim 22, characterized in that the fiber-conditioning composition is used as a washing and softening agent, that they a detergent amount of a surfactant, 0 to 75% of a builder for the surfactant, 2 to 20% of a fabric softening quaternary ammonium salt, cationic Amines, quaternary ammonium salt complex with anionic surfactant, cationic amine complex, or any mixture thereof, 0.1 to 0.5% WDV, 0 to 75% water and the balance optionally one or more auxiliaries and that the washing and softening agent in Wake up water at a concentration of 0.1 to 2% in solution or dispersion.