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• • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
  • C11—ANIMAL OR VEGETABLE OILS, FATS, FATTY SUBSTANCES OR WAXES; FATTY ACIDS THEREFROM; DETERGENTS; CANDLES
  • C11D—DETERGENT COMPOSITIONS; USE OF SINGLE SUBSTANCES AS DETERGENTS; SOAP OR SOAP-MAKING; RESIN SOAPS; RECOVERY OF GLYCEROL
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  • C11—ANIMAL OR VEGETABLE OILS, FATS, FATTY SUBSTANCES OR WAXES; FATTY ACIDS THEREFROM; DETERGENTS; CANDLES
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  • C11D—DETERGENT COMPOSITIONS; USE OF SINGLE SUBSTANCES AS DETERGENTS; SOAP OR SOAP-MAKING; RESIN SOAPS; RECOVERY OF GLYCEROL
  • C11D3/00—Other compounding ingredients of detergent compositions covered in group C11D1/00
  • C11D3/0005—Other compounding ingredients characterised by their effect
  • C11D3/001—Softening compositions
  • C11D3/0015—Softening compositions liquid
• • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
  • C11—ANIMAL OR VEGETABLE OILS, FATS, FATTY SUBSTANCES OR WAXES; FATTY ACIDS THEREFROM; DETERGENTS; CANDLES
  • C11D—DETERGENT COMPOSITIONS; USE OF SINGLE SUBSTANCES AS DETERGENTS; SOAP OR SOAP-MAKING; RESIN SOAPS; RECOVERY OF GLYCEROL
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• the present invention relates to means of treating fibers and fabrics, wherein a sub-stoichiometric complex of amines and phosphate esters is used to provide softness and anti-static benefits.
• Detergent compositions containing said amine-phosphwze ester softeners are disclosed.
• the compositions herein can be used to soften fabrics.
• Formulators of fabric laundering compositions have long sought means whereby fabric washing and softening could be done concurrently.
• Laundering methods employing clay softeners, mixtures of clays and various amine materials and the like, are described in the DE-A-29 64 114, 28 57 163, 24 39 541, 23 34 899 and EP-A-23367 26528 and 28432.
• the use of mixtures of amines and soaps (salt of fatty acids) as through-the-wash softeners is disclosed in U.K. Patent 1,514,276.
• the present invention employs amine-phosphate ester softeners in laundry compositions to provide cleaning and softening concurrently.
• the softeners herein provide softening and anti-static benefits, especially when used with clay softeners.
• the use of phosphate esters in sub-stoichiometric quantities with the amines in the manner disclosed herein advantageously enhances deposition of the amines on fabrics by as much as 1.5- or 2-fold, as compared with prior art amine fabric softening compositions.
• the present invention encompasses a method for softening fabrics by contacting same with sub-stoichiometric, water-insoluble, water-dispersible complexes of amine and phosphate ester (as described more fully, hereinafter) in the presence of water.
• the method can be carried out, for example, by tumbling damp fabrics with said complexes in a hot air clothes dryer.
• said complexes can be used in an aqueous rinse bath, for example in a laundry rinse.
• the method can be carried out concurrently with a fabric cleansing treatment, for example in a detergent-containing laundry liquor, to soften fabrics.
• the invention also encompasses detergent compositions (preferably granular) which may be described succinctly as containing conventional detergent ingredients such as detersive surfactants (including anionics), detergency builders, optical brighteners, detersive enzymes, fabric bleaches, and the like, all at rather conventional levels, as well as clay fabric softeners (preferably, smectite clays), said compositions being characterized in that they contain at least 0.1% (preferably 1.0% to 15%) of the aforesaid sub-stoichiometric, water-insoluble, water-dispersible amine-phosphate ester softeners.
• the most preferred compositions with clay are formulated to contain not more than 5% (preferably not more than 1%-2%) of a nonionic detersive surfactant.
• the invention also encompasses an article for use in a laundry bath or rinse bath, or in a laundry dryer, comprising the aforesaid sub-stoichiometric amine-phosphate ester softeners releasably affixed to a non-particulate water-insoluble carrier, for example, a sheet of paper or fabric.
• a non-particulate water-insoluble carrier for example, a sheet of paper or fabric.
• Such compositions are optionally formulated to contain a bleach activator and such activator-containing compositions are especially useful in laundry baths.
• compositions are disclosed more fully hereinafter. All weights and proportions are by weight, unless otherwise specified.
• compositions of this invention comprise, in major part, conventional ingredients that are quite familiar to formulators of laundry compositions.
• One of the major advantages of the amine-phosphate softeners used herein is that they are entirely compatible with such conventional laundry ingredients, used at conventional concentrations.
• the amines employed herein are of the formula R, R2R3N where R 1 is C 6 to C 20 alkyl, R 2 is C 1 to C 20 alkyl or hydrogen, and R 3 is C 1 to C 10 alkyl or hydrogen.
• the amines have both R 1 and R 2 as C 6 ⁇ C 20 alkyl, with C 16 -C 18 alkyl, being most preferred, and with R 3 as C,-C 3 alkyl.
• Mixed amines such as dicoconutalkyl- and ditallowalkyl-methyl amines can be used. Such materials are commercially available under Trade Marks such as "Armeen”8.
• phosphate esters which are critical to the practice of this invention are commercially available materials of the general formulae: wherein R and R' are C,-C 2o alkyl or (preferably) ethoxylated alkyl groups of the general formulae: alkyl-(OCH 2 CH 2 ) y , wherein the alkyl substituent is C 1 -C 20 , preferably CS-C16 and Y is an integer of 1 to 15, preferably 2-10, most preferably 2-5.
• Such compounds are prepared by known methods from phosphorus pentoxide, phosphoric acid or phosphorus oxy halide and alcohols or ethoxylated alcohols.
• amines used herein and in art-disclosed compositions exist in aqueous solutions as fairly coarse particles, or oily globules, having a spectrum of sizes. It appears that attachment of such particles to fabrics to provide the desired softening action can be considerably enhanced by reduction of their average size; coarser material being rinsed away by mechanical action. On the other hand, complete solubilization or micellization is to be avoided since this also leads to inadequate attachment of the amine to fabrics.
• phase structure influences also the stability of amine dispersions.
• sub-stoichiometric herein is meant that there is an excess of amine relative to phosphate ester. In general, there are at least about two parts amine (on a weight basis) per one part (weight) of phosphate ester, but this will, of course, vary with the molecular weights of the amine and ester, respectively.
• the objective is to have a readily-dispersible (in water) mixture, but not one that is water-soluble.
• amine-phosphate esters can easily be observed by a simple test.
• the sub-stoichiometric amine-phosphate ester mixtures used in this invention form stable "milky" suspensions in water.
• Laboratory estimates of the particle sizes of these suspensions indicate that 60% to 80% of the particles fall within the size range of 0.1 to 8 micrometers; 20% to 40% within the range 8 to 20 micrometers; and essentially all the particles are below 40 micrometers in diameter.
• the weight ratio of amine:phosphate ester is above 5:1, generally 7:1 to 15:1, most preferably 10:1.
• softeners are selected to be water-dispersible, not water-soluble.
• the amine-phosphate ester softeners are prepared separately from the balance of the compositions, and are preferably then added to the other, conventional ingredients to provide the final formulations. This can most conveniently be done by preparing a melt of the phosphate ester and the amine and maintaining the melt stage for a few minutes. The melt can then be layered onto a sheet substrate to prepare, for example, a dryer-added fabric softener. To prepare a detergent, the melt can be solidified and comminuted to the desired particles size (e.g., in an extruder), and dry-mixed with a granular detergent composition. The melt may also be sprayed onto detergent granules.
• the melt may also be dispersed into a stirred, aqueous crutcher mix comprising the balance of the detersive ingredients, and spray-dried in standard fashion.
• This crutcher-addition is less preferred, as it leads to some decomposition of the complex.
• Simply adding the amine and phosphate ester, individually, to a detergent crutcher mix does not secure the intended benefits of this invention.
• An especially preferred softener herein is prepared by melting together ten parts by weight of di-C 12 -C 14 alkyl monomethyl amine and one part by weight of a mono-[C 12 -C 14 alkyl (EO) 1 - 51 ester of phosphoric acid, sold under the Trade Mark "Servoxyl VPAZ(&".
• the amine-phosphate ester softeners will generally be used at levels of at least 0.1 %, preferably 1 % to 15%, in detergent compositions; at levels of at least 1%, preferably 1% to 25% in rinse-added fabric softeners; and at levels of 2% to 60% in dryer- and wash machine- added sheets (where the balance of the composition mainly comprises the weight of the sheet substrate).
• the above-disclosed amine-phosphate ester softeners are preferably used in granular detergent compositions, where they are most preferably used in combination with a detergent-compatible clay fabric softener.
• Such clay softeners are well-known in the detergency patent literature and are in broad commercial use, both in Europe and in the United States. Included among such clay softeners are various heat-treated kaolins and various multi-layer smectites.
• Preferred clay softeners are smectite softener clays that are described in German patent document 23 34 899 and in U.K. Patent 1,400,898 which can be referred to for details.
• Softener clays are used in the preferred compositions at levels of at least 1%, generally 1-20%, preferably 2-7%.
• the detergent compositions of this invention will contain organic surface-active agents ("surfactants") to provide the usual cleaning benefits associated with the use of such materials.
• surfactants organic surface-active agents
• Detersive surfactant useful herein include well-known synthetic anionic, amphoteric and zwitterionic surfactants. Typical of these are the alkyl benzene sulfonates, alkyl- and alkylether sulfates, paraffin sulfonates, olefin sulfonates, amine oxides, a-sulfonates of fatty acids and of fatty acid esters, and the like, which are well-known from the detergency art. In general, such detersive surfactants contain an alkyl group in the C 9 ⁇ C 18 range; the anionic detersive surfactants can be used in the form of their sodium, potassium or triethanolammonium salts. U.S.
• Patent 4,111,855 contains detailed listings of such typical detersive surfactants.
• C 11 -C 18 alkyl benzene sulfonates, C 12 ⁇ C 18 paraffin-sulfonates and alkyl sulfates are especially preferred in the compositions of the present type.
• surfactant are the water-soluble soaps, e.g. the common sodium and potassium coconut or tallow soaps well-known in the art.
• alkoxylated nonionic surfactants e.g. the C 9 -C 18 alkyl) alcohols and alkyl phenols with 5 to 20 ethoxyl groups
• these alkoxylated nonionic surfactants are preferably limited in the practice of this invention to levels of not more than 5%, preferably not more than 2%, most preferably 0-1%, of the compositions when clay is present as a co-softener, since alkoxylates can interfere with the softening proporties of clay.
• the alkoxylated nonionics can be used at any desired level.
• the surfactant component can comprise as little as 1% of the laundry detergent compositions herein, but generally the compositions will contain 5% to 40%, preferably 6% to 30%, of surfactant. Mixtures of the anionics, such as the alkyl benzene sulfonates, alkyl sulfates and paraffin sulfonates are preferred for through-the-wash cleansing of a broad spectrum of soils and stains from fabric.
• compositions herein can contain other ingredients which aid in their cleaning performance.
• through-the-wash detergent compositions contain a detergent builder and/or metal ion sequestrant.
• detergent builders include the nitrilotriaceates, polycarboxylates, citrates, water-soluble phosphates such as tripolyphosphate and sodium ortho- and pyro-phosphates, silicates, and mixtures thereof.
• Metal ion sequestrants include all of the above, plus materials like ethylene diaminetetraacetate, the amino- polyphosphonates and phosphates (Dequest 0 ') and a wide variety of other poly-functional organic acids: and salts too numerous to mention in detail here. See U.S. Patent 3,579,454 for typical examples of the use of such materials in various cleaning compositions. In general, the builder/sequestrant will comprise 0.5% to 45% of the composition.
• the 1-10 micrometer size zeolite (e.g. zeolite A) builders disclosed in German Patent 24 22 655 are especially preferred for use in low-phosphate compositions which contain the softeners described herein.
• the laundry compositions herein also preferably contain enzymes to enhance their through-the-wash cleaning performance on a variety of soils and stains.
• Amylase and protease enzymes suitable for use in detergents are well-known in the art and in commercially available liquid and granular detergents.
• Commercial detersive enzymes preferably a mixture of amylase and protease are typically used at levels of 0.001% 2o 2%, and higher, in the present compositions.
• compositions herein can contain, in addition to ingredients already mentioned, various other optional ingredients typically used in commercial products to provide aesthetic or additional product performance benefits.
• Typical ingredients include pH regulants, perfumes, dyes, bleaches, optical brighteners, soil suspending agents, hydrotopes and gel-control agents, freeze-thaw stabilizers, bactericides, preservatives, suds control agents, bleach activators and the like.
• compositions can further contain a peroxygen bleach activator, particularly tetraacetyl ethylenediamine (TAED), typicallly from 0.1 % to 5%, preferably from 0.5% to 2.5%.
• TAED tetraacetyl ethylenediamine
• Other highly desirable detergent ingredients for use in the detergent compositions of the present invention are quaternary ammonium compounds of the formula R 4 R 5 R 6 R 7 N + X - , wherein R 4 is alkyl having from 10 to 20, preferably from 12-18 carbon atoms, and R s , R 6 and R 7 are each C, to C 4 alkyl preferably methyl; X- is an anion, e.g. chloride.
• quaternary ammonium compounds examples include monotallowalkyl trimethyl ammonium chloride and mono(cocoalkyl) trimethyl ammonium methosulfate.
• the quaternary ammonium compounds can be used at levels from 0.5% to 5%, preferably from 1% to 3%.
• Detergent compositions containing both TAED and the mono(long chain alkyl) tri(short chain alkyl) ammonium compound are highly preferred.
• compositions are typically used at a concentration of at least 500 ppm, preferably 0.10% to 2.5%, in an aqueous laundry bath at pH 7-11 to launder fabrics.
• the laundering can be carried out over the range from 5°C to the boil, with excellent results.
• the amine-phosphate ester softeners herein may be releasably adsorbed or releasably coated onto a non-particulate water-insoluble substrate such as a non-woven or paper sheet or flexible sponge mat, or the like.
• a non-particulate water-insoluble substrate such as a non-woven or paper sheet or flexible sponge mat, or the like.
• Such sheet-form objects may be added to the laundry or rinse bath, or to the laundry dryer, where the softener is released to provide fabric softening.
• the amine-phosphate ester softener is used in sheet form in combination with a bleach activator (such as tetraacetyl ethylene diamine or a straight- or branched-chain C S -C 1o oxybenzene sulfonate) as a combined perborate-activator and softener in a laundry liquor.
• a bleach activator such as tetraacetyl ethylene diamine or a straight- or branched-chain C S -C 1o oxybenzene sulfonate
• Such sheet-form products will generally employ 1-20 grams of the amine-phosphate ester softener and 1-20 grams of the bleach activator.
• compositions and processes of this invention are carried out in a manner that will, typically, deposit at least a few milligrams (generally, at least 1-1000 mg) of the sub-stoichiometric amine-phosphate ester softener per square meter on the fabric being treated, as will be seen in the following examples.
• a mix of ditallow methyl amine (total 3.8% of complete formulation after spray-drying) and monococonutalkyl(ethoxy)1-5 phosphoric acid ester (0.38% of complete formulation) are admixed, melted in a jacketed bath, and maintained as a melt for about ten minutes. Stirring assures homogeneity.
• a standard aqueous crutcher mix comprising the following ingredients is prepared (percentages listed relate to percent ingredients in the complete formulation after spray-drying).
• the crutcher mix is handled in entirely standard fashion, and spray-dried to form a granular composition.
• the amine-phosphate ester softener is added to the spray-dried granules as particles or "prills".
• Example I The composition of Example I is free-flowing and provides excellent cleaning and through-the-wash ' fabric softening when used at laundry concentration of 0.1% and above.
• the amine-phosphate ester softener can be sprayed onto the spray-dried granules.
• Example I may be modified by adding 1.0% tetraacetyl ethylenediamine (TAED) as a perborate bleach activator. It is preferred that materials such as bleach activators and enzymes be 0 dry-mixed with the balance of the composition, after spray-drying.
• TAED tetraacetyl ethylenediamine
• composition may be modified further by adding, in addition to TAED, 2.4% monotallowalkyl trimethyl ammonium chloride.
• a low-P spray-dried detergent formulation is as follows:
• Example II The composition of Example II is prepared by spray-drying an aqueous crutcher mix, in the manner described for Example I. In use, the composition gives excellent cleaning and through-the-wash fabric softening performance.
• a clay-free composition is prepared by removing the clay from Example I and substituting therefor an additional softener comprising monotallowalkyl trimethyl ammonium chloride as 2.4% of the total composition.
• a laundry additive product is prepared by warming 6.5 g of bis(tetradecyl)methyl amine and 0.8 g of tetradecylphosphate to form a melt, and spreading the melt onto an ordinary disposable paper hand-towel (20x20 cm). 4 grams of TAED powder (1-10 micrometers) are sprinkled onto, and pressed into, the melt before it has the chance to solidify.
• Example IV is added to a laundry liquor containing a commercial perborate/clay detergent composition (DASH®-3; Trade Mark) to enhance through-the-wash softening and bleaching performance.
• DASH®-3 commercial perborate/clay detergent composition
• Example IV is modified by deleting the TAED and replacing the Example IV softener with 3.5 g of the amine-phosphate ester softener of Examples I and II.
• the resulting article is tumbled with damp fabrics in a standard hot air clothes dryer, whereby the softener is transferred to the fabrics to impart softness.
• a fine-fabric laundering composition with fabric softening properties is as follows:
• Example VI is in the form of a "milky" liquid.

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