EP0629693A1 - Procédé de blanchiment de tissus - Google Patents

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EP0629693A1
EP0629693A1 EP93870102A EP93870102A EP0629693A1 EP 0629693 A1 EP0629693 A1 EP 0629693A1 EP 93870102 A EP93870102 A EP 93870102A EP 93870102 A EP93870102 A EP 93870102A EP 0629693 A1 EP0629693 A1 EP 0629693A1
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Stefano Scialla
Raffaele Scoccianti
Andrea Soddu
Alan David Willey
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Priority to ES93870102T priority patent/ES2121982T3/es
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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
    • C11D3/00—Other compounding ingredients of detergent compositions covered in group C11D1/00
    • C11D3/39—Organic or inorganic per-compounds
    • C11D3/3902—Organic or inorganic per-compounds combined with specific additives
    • C11D3/3905—Bleach activators or bleach catalysts
    • C11D3/3907—Organic compounds
    • C11D3/391—Oxygen-containing compounds
    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D06—TREATMENT OF TEXTILES OR THE LIKE; LAUNDERING; FLEXIBLE MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • D06L—DRY-CLEANING, WASHING OR BLEACHING FIBRES, FILAMENTS, THREADS, YARNS, FABRICS, FEATHERS OR MADE-UP FIBROUS GOODS; BLEACHING LEATHER OR FURS
    • D06L4/00—Bleaching fibres, filaments, threads, yarns, fabrics, feathers or made-up fibrous goods; Bleaching leather or furs
    • D06L4/10—Bleaching fibres, filaments, threads, yarns, fabrics, feathers or made-up fibrous goods; Bleaching leather or furs using agents which develop oxygen
    • D06L4/12—Bleaching fibres, filaments, threads, yarns, fabrics, feathers or made-up fibrous goods; Bleaching leather or furs using agents which develop oxygen combined with specific additives

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  • the present invention relates to the bleaching of fabrics and to pretreatment compositions for fabrics.
  • peroxide bleaching has the advantage over hypochlorite bleaching that it is generally regarded as safer to the color of fabrics and as non-yellowing on white fabrics.
  • peroxygen bleaches are less active than chlorine bleaches at low temperatures which are often encountered in modern laundering operations.
  • peroxygen bleach activators have been developed which have been extensively addressed in the art.
  • a particular class of peroxygen bleach activators is constituted by peracid precursors which react with hydrogen peroxide to form peracids which are the activated bleaching species.
  • fabric pretreatments Treatments of fabrics before they are washed, often referred to as fabric pretreatments are also known in the art. In these pretreatments, an effective quantity of a given liquid or pasty composition is applied onto a portion of the fabrics, typically the heavily soiled portions, before the fabrics are washed in an aqueous wash liquor.
  • a particularly effective bleaching of fabrics can be achieved in connection with a pretreatment operation, provided a liquid or pasty composition is used which comprises acetyl triethyl citrate as a peracid precursor.
  • Acetyl triethyl citrate has been disclosed as a peracid precursor in the context of laundry bleaching in co-pending PCT application US 92-10391.
  • the present invention is a process of bleaching fabrics which comprises the steps of applying on at least a portion of said fabrics an effective amount of a liquid or pasty composition comprising acetyl triethyl citrate, then washing said fabrics in an aqueous wash liquor, wherein an effective amount of hydrogen peroxide is provided either in said liquid or pasty composition, or in said wash liquor.
  • the present invention involves the use of a liquid or pasty composition comprising acetyl triethyl citrate.
  • liquid or pasty it is meant herein a composition which can be conveniently applied on fabrics before the fabrics are washed.
  • the compositions for use in the process of the present invention should not be so thick as to be difficult to apply on fabrics, or so thin as to compromise on the accuracy of the application on the fabrics.
  • suitable compositions for use herein range from thin liquids to gels.
  • Preferred compositions for use herein have a viscosity of from 50 cps to 10000 cps at 50 rpm at 20°c.
  • compositions for use herein must comprise an effective amount of acetyl triethyl citrate.
  • Acetyl triethyl citrate is a known chemical which is commercially available for instance under the trade name Citroflex @ , available from Morflex, but acetyl triethyl citrate was only disclosed as a bleach activator for the first time in co-pending PCT application US 92-10391.
  • acetyl triethyl citrate provides a wide variety of benefits, especially in the context of a liquid bleaching composition where it displays excellent storage stability, compared to the peracid precursors in the art.
  • acetyl triethyl citrate has the peculiarity that it is a substantially water-insoluble liquid peracid precursor which perhydrolyses into a substantially water-soluble peracid.
  • this peculiarity makes it particularly advantageous to use acetyl triethyl citrate in the context of the present invention.
  • acetyl triethyl citrate tends to affine onto the surface of fabrics and/or stains where it has been applied during the pretreatment operation instead of dissolving in the aqueous wash liquor in which the fabrics are washed, thus promoting surface bleaching instead of solution bleaching, i.e. the perhydrolysis of the acetyl triethyl citrate into peracetic acid occurs on the surface of the fabrics and /or stains instead of in the wash liquor, increasing the overall efficiency of the bleaching process.
  • the affinity between the peracid precursor and the fabric, especially the soiled portions thereof is maximized.
  • this effect is favored when synthetic fabrics are pretreated, as synthetic fabrics have a hydrophobic character.
  • the bleaching of fabrics does not substantially occur during the pretreatment operation, but rather in the subsequent step where the pretreated fabrics are immersed in an aqueous wash liquor.
  • the present invention lies not only in the use of acetyl triethyl citrate as a bleach activator, but also in the use of acetyl triethyl citrate in a pretreatment operation, whereby the bleaching of fabrics is optimized in the subsequent step where the fabrics are immersed in an aqueous wash liquor.
  • the present invention encompasses the use of acetyl triethyl citrate for the manufacture of a liquid or pasty composition to be used in the pretreatment of fabrics.
  • acetyl triethyl citrate is perhydrolysed into peracetic acid which is a substantially water-soluble peracid.
  • the peracid generated promptly dissolves in the wash liquor.
  • triethyl citrate which is the second component produced in perhydrolysis of acetyl triethyl citrate is also water-soluble. Therefore it is another advantage of the present invention that the peracid generated is not permanently affined to the fabrics, and all perhydrolysis reaction compounds are solubilized in the wash liquor. This benefit translates into an easy rinsing off of the peracid from the fabrics.
  • acetyl triethyl citrate also acts as a substantially water-insoluble solvent which dissolves the stains, thereby preparing and easing the subsequent cleaning of the fabrics in the subsequent step where said fabrics are immersed in said wash liquor. This constitutes another benefit of using acetyl triethyl citrate in the pretreatment mode according to the present invention.
  • compositions for use herein comprise from 0.5% to 50% by weight of the total composition of acetyl triethyl citrate, preferably from 2% to 20%.
  • the expression effective amount refers to amounts of acetyl triethyl citrate and hydrogen peroxide which will ensure the bleaching of fabrics.
  • hydrogen peroxide it is essential that hydrogen peroxide be supplied so that acetyl triethyl citrate is perhydrolysed into peracetic acid.
  • Hydrogen peroxide can be supplied either in the pretreatment composition, i.e. together with acetyl triethyl citrate, or in the wash liquor. Most conveniently, hydrogen peroxide is provided by the pretreatment composition. Also, it is to be understood that hydrogen peroxide can be supplied directly as hydrogen peroxide or indirectly, as sources of hydrogen peroxide such as perborate, percarbonate and the like.
  • the pretreatment compositions suitable for use herein comprise from 0.5% to 30% by weight of the total composition of hydrogen peroxide, preferably from 2% to 20%.
  • compositions suitable for use herein may further comprise a variety of optional ingredients.
  • Preferred optional ingredients include surfactants, such as described in the art, at a total level of from 4% to 85% by weight of the total composition, preferably from 8% to 60%.
  • Preferred surfactants for use herein are anionic and nonionic surfactants, typically alkyl benzene sulphonates and fatty alcohol ethoxylates.
  • Other suitable optional ingredients include builders, enzymes, soil release agents, dyes, opacifiers, perfumes and other minors.
  • acetyl triethyl citrate is water-insoluble, it is particularly advantageous to formulate a composition comprising it in the form of an aqueous emulsion of at least two nonionic surfactants, a hydrophilic one and a hydrophobic one, having different HLB values, and the difference in HLB value is of at least 3.
  • Nonionic surfactants with different HLBs can be conveniently chosen by selecting alkoxylated alcohols with varying degrees of alkoxylation.
  • Such compositions typically comprise from 10% to 95% by weight of the total composition of water, preferably deionized, preferably from 60% to 80%.
  • the compositions comprise hydrogen peroxide
  • said liquid or pasty composition comprising acetyl triethyl citrate as described hereinbefore is applied on at least a portion of said fabrics, and said fabrics are subsequently immersed in an aqueous wash liquor.
  • acetyl triethyl citrate is applied to the fabrics before said fabrics are immersed in an aqueous wash liquor so that acetyl triethyl citrate is affined in an optimum manner to fabrics.
  • wash liquor herein is that it should provide an aqueous medium which has a pH of above 6. Indeed, such a pH is essential in order to trigger the perhydrolysis reaction.
  • said wash liquor further comprises from 0.5g/l to 20g/l of common detersive ingredients which are well known in the art, including surfactants, builders, soil release agents, enzymes, bleaching components and the like.
  • Suitable wash liquors are suitably provided by using conventional and commercially available laundry detergents in recommended dosage, either in hand wash or in machine wash. The present invention is not limited to either washing mode.
  • the pretreatment composition is left on the fabrics for a certain period of time, typically about 2 min to 20 min before said fabrics are immersed in the wash liquor.
  • a certain period of time typically about 2 min to 20 min before said fabrics are immersed in the wash liquor.
  • the present composition is used as a pretreater which comprises the following ingredients in the following amount.
  • a following composition is used as a pretreater which comprises the listed ingredients in the listed proportions.
  • This composition is applied onto soiled fabrics and left to act for 10 min. Subsequently, the fabrics are washed in a "San Giorgio @ Ghibli 6" model washing machine, set on 40°c, together with 180 ml of a liquid detergent composition commercialized under the trade name Ariel @ Liquid.
  • a following composition is used as a pretreater which comprises the listed ingredients in the listed proportions.
  • Dobanol 45-7 6.0%
  • Dobanol 91-10 3.0%
  • Dobanol 23-2 6.0%
  • Acetyl triethyl citrate 10.0% Citric acid up to pH 4 Water and minors up to 100%

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DE69320462T DE69320462T2 (de) 1993-06-09 1993-06-09 Verfahren zur Bleichung von Geweben
AT93870102T ATE169953T1 (de) 1993-06-09 1993-06-09 Verfahren zur bleichung von geweben
ES93870102T ES2121982T3 (es) 1993-06-09 1993-06-09 Procedimiento para el blanqueo de tejidos.
EP93870102A EP0629693B1 (fr) 1993-06-09 1993-06-09 Procédé de blanchiment de tissus
NZ267309A NZ267309A (en) 1993-06-09 1994-05-24 Process for bleaching fabrics using an acetyl triethyl citrate composition as a pretreatment
JP7501843A JPH09500424A (ja) 1993-06-09 1994-05-24 布帛の漂白方法
CA002164816A CA2164816A1 (fr) 1993-06-09 1994-05-24 Procede de blanchiment de tissus
US08/557,018 US5713962A (en) 1993-06-09 1994-05-24 Process for the bleaching of fabrics
AU69566/94A AU694735B2 (en) 1993-06-09 1994-05-24 Process for the bleaching of fabrics
BR9406769A BR9406769A (pt) 1993-06-09 1994-05-24 Processo para alvejamento de tecidos
PCT/US1994/005817 WO1994029509A1 (fr) 1993-06-09 1994-05-24 Procede de blanchiment de tissus
CZ953250A CZ325095A3 (en) 1993-06-09 1994-05-24 Method of bleaching fabrics by making use of acetyltriethyl citrate and hydrogen peroxide
CN94192731A CN1127018A (zh) 1993-06-09 1994-05-24 漂白织物的方法
MA23533A MA23220A1 (fr) 1993-06-09 1994-06-08 Procede de blanchiment de tissus

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ES (1) ES2121982T3 (fr)
MA (1) MA23220A1 (fr)
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WO (1) WO1994029509A1 (fr)

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CN1127018A (zh) 1996-07-17
DE69320462D1 (de) 1998-09-24
JPH09500424A (ja) 1997-01-14
DE69320462T2 (de) 1999-04-22
MA23220A1 (fr) 1994-12-31
EP0629693B1 (fr) 1998-08-19
ES2121982T3 (es) 1998-12-16
AU694735B2 (en) 1998-07-30
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