EP0656934A1 - Composition de conditionnement de tissus - Google Patents
Composition de conditionnement de tissusInfo
- Publication number
- EP0656934A1 EP0656934A1 EP93920019A EP93920019A EP0656934A1 EP 0656934 A1 EP0656934 A1 EP 0656934A1 EP 93920019 A EP93920019 A EP 93920019A EP 93920019 A EP93920019 A EP 93920019A EP 0656934 A1 EP0656934 A1 EP 0656934A1
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- EP
- European Patent Office
- Prior art keywords
- acid
- fabric conditioning
- conditioning composition
- weight
- alkanolamine
- Prior art date
- Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
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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
- C11D1/00—Detergent compositions based essentially on surface-active compounds; Use of these compounds as a detergent
- C11D1/38—Cationic compounds
- C11D1/46—Esters of carboxylic acids with amino alcohols; Esters of amino carboxylic acids with alcohols
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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
- C11D1/00—Detergent compositions based essentially on surface-active compounds; Use of these compounds as a detergent
- C11D1/38—Cationic compounds
- C11D1/645—Mixtures of compounds all of which are cationic
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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
- C11D3/0005—Other compounding ingredients characterised by their effect
- C11D3/001—Softening compositions
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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
- C11D3/0005—Other compounding ingredients characterised by their effect
- C11D3/001—Softening compositions
- C11D3/0015—Softening compositions liquid
Definitions
- This invention relates to fabric conditioning compositions which are suitable for softening in the rinse cycle of an automatic household washing machine, and which are especially adapted for use under European laundering conditions. More particularly, the present invention relates to fabric conditioning compositions comprising defined alkanolamine diester and/or triester combination with an acid and optionally a fatty alcohol, which compositions are characterized by superior environmental compatibility relative to conventional tertiary amine or quaternary ammonium fabric softening compositions concomitant with providing improved calcium salt solubilization and reduction of encrustation on treated fabrics.
- the combination of organic acid with cationic fabric softener such as amines and quaternary ammonium compounds is extensively disclosed in the prior art.
- 3,904,359 and 3,954,630 to Ramachandran disclose a fabric treating composition
- a fabric treating composition comprising a complexing acid such as citric or maleic acid in combination with a quaternary ammonium compound or amines such as primary tallow and primary coco amine.
- the function of the acid is to prevent yellowing of fabrics due to build-up of cationic softener and to provide a complexing site for metal ions contained in soils.
- European Patent Publication No. 123,400 to Kardouch discloses detergent compositions containing salts of specified tertiary amines and carboxylic acids which are utilized in the form of modules that pass virtually unchanged through the wash and rinse and then condition the fabric when heated in a dryer.
- European Patent Publication No. 417,987 describes fabric softening compositions comprised of tertiary amines and carboxylic acids.
- the present invention provides environmentally compatible and biodegradable rinse cycle fabric conditioning compositions capable of providing improved softening with significant reduction and solubilization of unwanted mineral encrustations on fabrics to be softened, such encrustations having been generally deposited on the fabrics during the course of prior laundering in water having a high mineral content, which comprises a fabric conditioning mixture of:
- R 1f R 2 and R 3 are each independently hydrogenated tallow or soft tallow; and n, m and p are integers from 1 to 4; and (b) unreacted organic acid or mineral acid.
- the fabric softening composition further contains from about 0.2 to about 5%, by weight, preferably from about 0.5 to about 3%, and most preferably from about 0.5 to 1%, by weight, of a fatty alcohol having from about 10 to about 24 carbon atoms.
- the integers n, m and p in the general formula are 2, and R 1 t R 2 and R 3 are hydrogenated tallow to provide a triethanolamine diester and/or triester.
- the invention also encompasses a method for softening fabrics and removing unwanted mineral encrustations therefrom comprising rinsing the fabrics to be treated in an aqueous bath containing an effective amount of a composition comprised of the above-defined fabric conditioning mixture.
- the present invention is predicated on the discovery that the combination of alkanol amine diester and/or triester fabric softener as defined above with an organic or mineral acid provides a biodegradable softener which has the capability of removing mineral encrustations such as calcium and magnesium salts, and in particular, phosphates and carbonates of calcium and magnesium, which cumulatively deposit on the fabrics during the course of prior laundering in hard water, i.e. water having a mineral content above about 300 ppm, conditions generally associated with European laundering conditions.
- a particularly preferred softening compound as described herein comprises a mixture of triethanolamine diester and triester sold by Hoechst Company under the trade designation of E 91/526 acid E 91/516.
- compositions of the present invention are environmentally compatible and biodegradable rinse cycle fabric conditioning compositions which contain as the active fabric softening compound an alkanolamine diester and/or triester as defined above.
- the use of such fabric softening compound avoids the more traditional di-long chain, di-short chain quaternary ammonium softeners which are used extensively in commercial rinse cycle softeners, but which presently have become the focus of increasing legislative concerns, particularly in Europe, because of their lack of biodegradability in aqueous effluent streams.
- the total amount of diester and triester amine in the total composition is from about 1 to 20%, by weight, preferably from about 2 to 10%, by weight.
- the second essential ingredient of the fabric conditioning composition is the acid which has a dual function, depending on the acid concentration.
- the first function is preventive in nature and occurs when the acid in the diluted rinse cycle solution is present in sufficient amount to react with the insoluble salts of the water hardness ions (calcium and magnesium) to form soluble acid salts and to remove any mineral salts which may have deposited on fabrics during the washing step of the wash cycle.
- the second function is more curative in nature and refers to the removal of mineral encrustations which have been cumulatively deposited during prior washing throughout the fabric's life.
- a dosage of 110 to 150 ml of softening composition is typical for use in the rinse cycle; the water hardness varies from about 200 to 400 ppm, most typically about 300 ppm.
- an acid concentration of from about 5 to about 25%, by weight, preferably from about 8 to 25%, by weight is required in the fabric softening composition.
- the acid used may be an organic or mineral acid.
- the organic acids are preferably saturated or unsaturated C2-C ⁇ carboxylic acids such as citric acid, formic acid, maleic acid, tartaric acid and succinic acid. Citric acid, malonic acid and maleic acid are particularly preferred.
- a mineral acid, such as HCI, which is particularly effective to protonate the diester amine softening compound, may be advantageously combined with such organic acid, the amount of acid used in excess of protonation being referred to herein as "unreacted". Generally, the concentration of unreacted mineral acid should not exceed about 5%, preferably not more than 2%, by weight, of the fabric conditioning composition so as to prevent unwanted product separation.
- a carboxylic acid may then be used to supplement the mineral acid up to a total acid content of about 25% without adversely affecting product stability.
- An optional fabric conditioning ingredient is a fatty alcohol wherein the hydrophobic group may be a straight or branched chain alkyl or alkenyl group having from about 10 to 24, preferably from about 10 to 20, especially preferably from about 12 to 20 carbon atoms.
- the fatty alcohol include decanol, dodecanol, tetradecanol, pentadecanol, hexadecanol, octadecanol, lauryl alcohol, palmityl alcohol, stearyl alcohol, oleyl alcohol, and mixtures thereof.
- the fatty alcohol may be of natural or synthetic origin and my include, for example, mixed alcohol, such as C ⁇ 6 -C 18 alcohols prepared by Ziegler polymerization of ethylene.
- the fatty alcohol may be present in the composition in a minor amount relative to the cationic fabric softener such that the ratio, by weight, of the cationic fabric softener to fatty alcohol is in the range of from about 6:1 to 2:1 , preferably about 5:1 to 3:1, and most preferably about 4:1.
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Abstract
Une composition de conditionnement de tissus biodégradable et non nuisible à l'environnement permet d'assouplir davantage les tissus tout en réduisant et en solubilisant de manière significative les incrustations indésirables de minéraux sur les tissus à assouplir. La composition comprend un mélange de conditionnement de tissus constitué de (a) au moins (i) un diester d'alcanolamine ayant la formule générale (I) et au moins (ii) un triester d'alcanolamine ayant la formule générale (II), dans lesquelles R1, R2 et R3 désignent indépendamment les uns des autres de la graisse hydrogénée ou de la graisse non durcie; et n, m et p sont des nombres entiers compris entre 1 et 4.
Applications Claiming Priority (5)
Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
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US07/934,097 US5288847A (en) | 1992-08-21 | 1992-08-21 | Fabric conditioning composition containing alkanol amine ester and acid |
US934097 | 1992-08-21 | ||
US8722393A | 1993-07-02 | 1993-07-02 | |
US87223 | 1993-07-02 | ||
PCT/US1993/007608 WO1994004641A1 (fr) | 1992-08-21 | 1993-08-17 | Composition de conditionnement de tissus |
Publications (1)
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EP0656934A1 true EP0656934A1 (fr) | 1995-06-14 |
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EP93920019A Withdrawn EP0656934A1 (fr) | 1992-08-21 | 1993-08-17 | Composition de conditionnement de tissus |
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Families Citing this family (5)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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US5916863A (en) * | 1996-05-03 | 1999-06-29 | Akzo Nobel Nv | High di(alkyl fatty ester) quaternary ammonium compound from triethanol amine |
ES2249006T3 (es) * | 1998-06-11 | 2006-03-16 | Kao Corporation | Composicion suavizante. |
GB9816659D0 (en) * | 1998-07-30 | 1998-09-30 | Dow Europ Sa | Composition useful for softening, cleaning, and personal care applications and processes for the preparation thereof |
JP4024438B2 (ja) | 1999-11-01 | 2007-12-19 | 花王株式会社 | 第4級アンモニウム塩組成物 |
ES2294923B1 (es) * | 2006-03-31 | 2009-02-16 | Kao Corporation, S.A. | Composicion para el enjuague y secado de vehiculos. |
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US2525771A (en) * | 1947-05-12 | 1950-10-17 | Arkansas Company Inc | Fatty acid-aliphatic amine polyglycol combinations useful as textile assistants and process of producing the same |
EP0507973A1 (fr) * | 1991-04-10 | 1992-10-14 | FRATELLI LAMBERTI S.p.A. | Compositions biodégradables utilisées comme adoucissants textiles |
DE4111966A1 (de) * | 1991-04-12 | 1992-10-15 | Henkel Kgaa | Verwendung von estern als textilweichmachender wirkstoff |
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1993
- 1993-08-17 EP EP93920019A patent/EP0656934A1/fr not_active Withdrawn
- 1993-08-17 WO PCT/US1993/007608 patent/WO1994004641A1/fr not_active Application Discontinuation
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