EP0787174A1 - Composition detergente - Google Patents

Composition detergente

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EP0787174A1
EP0787174A1 EP95936336A EP95936336A EP0787174A1 EP 0787174 A1 EP0787174 A1 EP 0787174A1 EP 95936336 A EP95936336 A EP 95936336A EP 95936336 A EP95936336 A EP 95936336A EP 0787174 A1 EP0787174 A1 EP 0787174A1
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detergent composition
zeolite
zeolite map
detergent
composition according
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EP0787174A4 (fr
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Jonathan Richard Clare
Michael Duncan
Michael Alan John Moss
Julie Margaret Macgregor
Christian Arthur Jacques Kamiel Thoen
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Procter and Gamble Co
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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
    • C11D3/02—Inorganic compounds ; Elemental compounds
    • C11D3/12—Water-insoluble compounds
    • C11D3/124—Silicon containing, e.g. silica, silex, quartz or glass beads
    • C11D3/1246—Silicates, e.g. diatomaceous earth
    • C11D3/128—Aluminium silicates, e.g. zeolites
    • 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
    • C11D3/16—Organic compounds
    • C11D3/38—Products with no well-defined composition, e.g. natural products
    • C11D3/386—Preparations containing enzymes, e.g. protease or amylase
    • C11D3/38645—Preparations containing enzymes, e.g. protease or amylase containing cellulase

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  • the present invention relates to a detergent composition and, in particular, to improvements in the detergency performance of laundry detergent compositions comprising zeolites as a sequestering agent for water hardness.
  • Detergent compositions for heavy-duty fabric washing conventionally contain detergency builders which lower the concentration of calcium and magnesium water hardness ions in the wash liquor and thereby provide good detergency effect in both hard and soft water.
  • inorganic phosphates such as sodium tripolyphosphate
  • alkali metal aluminosilicate ion-exchangers particularly crystalline sodium aluminosilicate zeolite A
  • crystalline sodium aluminosilicate zeolite A have been proposed as replacements for the inorganic phosphates.
  • EP 21 491A (Procter & Gamble) discloses detergent compositions containing a building system which includes zeolite A, X or P (6) or a mixture thereof.
  • EP 384070A (Unilever) discloses specific zeolite P materials having an especially low silicon to aluminium ratio not greater than 1.33 (hereinafter referred to as zeolite MAP) and describes its use as a detergency builder.
  • zeolite A is the preferred aluminosilicate detergency builder in commercially available products.
  • EPA 0521635 discloses a free-flowing particulate detergent composition including zeolite MAP which preferably has a particle size d5 ⁇ (defined hereinafter) within the range of from 0.4 to 2.0 micrometres and most preferably from 0.4 to 1.0 micrometres.
  • EPA 0522726, EPA 0552053 and EPA 00552054 also all disclose a preference for zeolite MAP having a small average particle size and illustrate detergent compositions in which the zeolite MAP has a particle size (d ⁇ o) of 0.8.
  • the present invention provides a detergent composition
  • a detergent composition comprising: a) a surfactant selected from anionic, nonionic, cationic, amphoteric and zwitterionic detergent - active compounds and mixtures thereof; b) a detergency builder comprising zeolite P having a silicon to aluminium ratio not greater than 1.33 (zeolite MAP); and c) a cellulytic enzyme.
  • the cellulytic enzymes usable in the present invention generally have a molecular weight range of 20kD to 70kD and include both bacterial and fungal cellulytic enzymes. Preferably, they will have a pH optimum of between 5 and 9.5.
  • Suitable cellulases are disclosed in U.S. Patent 4,435,307, Barbesgoard et al, issued March 6, 1984, which discloses fungal cellulase produced from Humicola insolens and Humicola strain DSM1800 or a cellulase 212-producing fungus belonging to the genus Aeromonas. and cellulase extracted from the hepatopancreas of a marine mollusk rDolabella Auricula Solanderl. Suitable cellulases are also disclosed in GB-A- 2,075,028; GB-A-2,095,275 and DE-OS-2,247,832.
  • the enzyme may be incorporated in the granular composition in an amount, for example, of 0.01 to 4% by weight, preferably 0.05 to 2% by weight, most preferably 0.1 to 0.2% by weight at an activity of 1000 cevu/g, to provide respectively 10 to 4000, 50 to 2000 and 100 to 200 cevu per 100 g of composition.
  • Examples of specific commercially available catalytic enzymes suitable for use in the present invention include Carezyme and Endolase.
  • Endolase A for example, may be incorporated in the granular detergent composition in an amount of 0.1 to 3% by weight, preferably 0.5 to 2% by weight at an activity of 1250 cevu/g.
  • liquid detergent formulations typical examples of suitable amounts for the cellulytic enzymes are 0.09% of cellulase at 3000 cevu/g and 0.08% of Endolase A at 5000 cevu/g.
  • the detergent composition according to the invention contains, as an essential ingredient, one or more surfactants selected from anionic, nonionic, cationic, amphoteric and zwitterionic detergent-active compounds and mixtures thereof.
  • surfactants are well known and described in the literature, for example, in "Surface- Active Agents and Detergents", Volumes I and II by Schwartz, Perry and Berch.
  • Suitable anionic surfactants include alkylbenzene sulphonates, particularly sodium linear alkylbenzene sulphonates having an alkyl chain length of Cg-Ci5; Ci2" i5 primary alkyl sulphates; olefin sulphonates; alkyl xylene sulphonates; dialkyl sulphosuccinates; and fatty acid ester sulphonates.
  • Sodium salts are generally preferred.
  • suitable nonionic surfactants include alkoxylated adducts of fatty alcohols containing an average of from 3 to 10 alkylene oxide groups per molecule.
  • Preferred alkoxylated adducts of fatty alcohols contain an average of less than 5 alkylene oxide groups per molecule, for example less than 4 alkylene oxide groups per molecule e.g. 3.5 and usefully 3 alkylene oxide groups per molecule or less and usefully also greater than 0.5, or 1, or 2 alkylene oxide groups per molecule.
  • a particularly preferred aliphatic alcohol ethoxylate is a primary alcohol having an average of 12 to 15 carbon atoms in the alkyl chain condensed with an average of three ethoxy groups per mole of alcohol.
  • alkoxylated adducts of fatty alcohols are Synperonic A3 (ex ICI), which is a C13-C15 alcohol with about three ethylene oxide groups per molecule and Empilan KB3 (ex Marchon), which is lauric alcohol 3EO.
  • Another class of nonionic surfactants comprises alkyl polyglucoside compounds of general formula
  • Z is a moiety derived from glucose; R is a saturated hydrophobic alkyl group that contains from 12 to 18 carbon atoms; t is from 0 to 10 and n is 2 or 3; x is from 1.1 to 4, the compounds including less than 10% unreacted fatty alcohol and less than 50% short chain alkyl polyglucosides.
  • R is a saturated hydrophobic alkyl group that contains from 12 to 18 carbon atoms; t is from 0 to 10 and n is 2 or 3; x is from 1.1 to 4, the compounds including less than 10% unreacted fatty alcohol and less than 50% short chain alkyl polyglucosides.
  • the surfactant will generally be included in the detergent composition in an amount of 5 to 60% by weight, preferably 5 to 40% by weight and most preferably from 10 to 25% by weight of the composition.
  • the detergency builder system is based on zeolite MAP, optionally in conjunction with one or more supplementary builders.
  • the amount of zeolite MAP employed may range, for example, from 5 to 60 wt%, more preferably from 15 to 40 wt%.
  • Zeolite MAP is described in EP 384070A (Unilever). It is defined as an alkali metal alumino-silicate of the zeolite P type having a silicon to aluminium ratio not greater than 1.33, preferably within the range from 0.9 to 1.33 and more preferably within the range of from 0.9 to 1.2.
  • zeolite MAP having a silicon to aluminium ratio not greater than 1.15 and, more particularly, not greater than 1.07.
  • Zeolite P having a Si:Al ratio of 1.33 or less may be prepared by the following steps:
  • Preferred drying methods are spray-drying and flash drying. It appears that oven drying at too high a temperature may adversely affect the calcium binding capacity of the product under certain circumstances.
  • Zeolite MAP generally has a calcium binding capacity of at least 150 mg CaO per g of anhydrous aluminosilicate, as measured by the standard method described in GB 1473201 (Henkel).
  • the calcium binding capacity is normally 160 mg CaO/g and may be as high 170 mg CaO/g.
  • zeolite MAP like other zeolites contains water of hydration, for the purposes of the present invention amounts and percentages of zeolite are expressed in terms of the notional anhydrous material.
  • the amount of water present in hydrated zeolite MAP at ambient temperature and humidity is generally about 20 wt%.
  • a particularly preferred zeolite MAP for use according to the present invention has a d5o of ⁇ 1.0 micrometre, for example 0.4 to 1.0 micrometres.
  • the particle size is determined by conventional analytical techniques such as, for example, microscopic determination utilizing a scanning electron microscope or by means of a laser granulometer.
  • Zeolite MAP having the required small particle size can be prepared by the conventional techniques as described above while adopting one or more of the following steps: - a) increasing crystallisation temperature and reducing crystallisation time. b) increasing the size of the seed crystals used to produce the zeolite; c) feeding the aluminosilicate gels into the crystallisation stage immediately after they form (i.e. eliminate ageing of gels); d) screening the zeolite product to remove fine material.
  • the zeolite MAP detergent builder is in powder form.
  • the material may be granulated by conventional techniques such as spray drying or by a non-tower method to form larger particles.
  • the detergency builder can be zeolite MAP alone or a combination of zeolite MAP with an organic or inorganic cobuilder.
  • Suitable organic cobuilders can be monomeric or polymeric carboxylates such as citrates or polymers of acrylic, methacrylic and/or maleic acids in neutralised form.
  • Suitable inorganic cobuilders include carbonates, and amorphous and crystalline lamellar sodium silicates.
  • Suitable crystalline lamellar silicates have the composition:
  • M is sodium or hydrogen, preferably sodium; x is a number from 1.9 to 4; and y is a number from 0 to 20.
  • M is sodium or hydrogen, preferably sodium; x is a number from 1.9 to 4; and y is a number from 0 to 20.
  • the synthetic material is commercially available from Hoechst AG as S-Na2 Si2U5 (SKS6) and is described in US Patent No. 4664830.
  • the total amount of detergency builder in the granular composition ranges from 10 to 80 wt%, more preferably 10 to 45 wt%.
  • Detergent compositions according to the invention may also suitably contain a bleach system.
  • a bleach system preferably comprises one or more peroxy bleach compounds, for example, inorganic persalts or organic peroxyacids, which may be employed in conjunction with bleach precursors to improve bleaching action at low temperatures.
  • the bleach system preferably comprises a peroxy bleach compound, preferably an inorganic persalt, optionally in conjunction with a precursor.
  • Suitable persalts include sodium perborate monohydrate tetrahydrate and sodium percarbonate, with sodium percarbonate being most preferred.
  • Preferred bleach precursors are peracetic acid precursors, such as tetraacetylethylene diamine (TAED); and peroxybenzoic acid precursors, such as sodium benzoyloxybenzene sulphonate (BOBS)
  • TAED tetraacetylethylene diamine
  • BOBS sodium benzoyloxybenzene sulphonate
  • Other materials which may be present in the detergent compositions of the invention include, for example, fluorescers, antiredeposition agents, inorganic salts such as sodium sulphate, other enzymes, lather control agents, fabric softening agents, pigments, coloured speckles and perfumes.
  • the detergent compositions of the invention may be prepared by any suitable method.
  • the particulate detergent compositions are suitably prepared by any tower (spray-drying) or non-tower process.
  • a base powder is first prepared by spray-drying a slurry and then other components unsuitable for processing via the slurry can be sprayed on or admixed (post-dosed).
  • the enzyme will generally be post-dosed.
  • the zeolite MAP is suitable for inclusion in the slurry, although it may be advantageous for processing reasons for part of the zeolite MAP to be incorporated post-tower.
  • the lamellar silicate, where this is employed, is also post-dosed.
  • particulate detergent compositions in accordance with the invention may be prepared by wholly non-tower processes such as granulation.
  • the granular detergent compositions of the invention may be prepared to any suitable bulk density.
  • the compositions preferably have a bulk density of at least 400 g/1 preferably at least 550 g/1, most preferably at least 700 g/1 and, with particular preference at least 800 g/1.
  • powders of high bulk density for example, of 700 g/1 or above.
  • Such powders may be prepared either by post-tower densification of spray-dried powder, or by wholly non-tower methods such as dry mixing and granulation; in both cases a high-speed mixer/gran ulator may advantageously be used.
  • Processes using high-speed mixer/granulators are disclosed, for example, in EP340 013A, EP 367 339A, EP 390 251A and EP 420 317A (Unilever).
  • liquid detergent composition preferably a heavy duty liquid detergent composition comprising a surfactant as previously described, a detergency builder comprising zeolite MAP and a cellulytic enzyme.
  • the liquid detergent composition may be of any convenient physical form which may be aqueous or anhydrous.
  • liquid used herein includes pasty viscous formulations such as gels.
  • the liquid detergent system comprises, as the detergency builder zeolite MAP optionally in combination with other detergency builders such as fatty acids, citric acid or zeolite A.
  • a preferred co-builder is a lamellar sodium silicate such as SKS-6 which is particularly useful in pasty viscous formulations such as gels or in non-aqueous liquid detergents such as those described in WO92/ 16608 (Henkel).
  • the liquid detergent composition generally has a pH of from 6.5 to 10.5.
  • the total amount of detergency builder in the liquid composition is preferably from 5 to 70% of the total liquid composition.
  • E05 C14-C15 primary aliphatic ethoxylate alcohol having an average of 5 ethoxy groups per mole of alcohol.
  • TAED Tetraacetyl ethylene diamine.
  • DETPMP Diethylene triamine penta (methylene phosphonic acid), marketed by Monsanto under the Trade Name Dequest 2060.
  • MA/AA Copolymer of 1:4 maleic/acrylic acid (M w 80,000).
  • Citrate Trisodium citrate dihydrate.
  • Particulate components and compositions were prepared as follows:

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Abstract

La présente invention concerne une composition détergente. Celle-ci comprend un agent tensioactif appartenant au groupe des composés anioniques, non ioniques, cationiques, amphotères et zwittérioniques à activité détergente et de leurs mélanges. La composition détergente comprend également un adjuvant de détergence comprenant un zéolite P dont le taux de silicium rapport à l'aluminium ne dépasse pas 1,33 (zéolite MAP). Cette composition comporte enfin une enzyme cellulitique. Le zéolite MAP présente de préférence une taille particulaire (d50) < 1,0 micromètre.
EP95936336A 1994-10-21 1995-10-13 Composition detergente Withdrawn EP0787174A4 (fr)

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GB9421220A GB2294269A (en) 1994-10-21 1994-10-21 Detergent composition
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PCT/US1995/013212 WO1996012781A1 (fr) 1994-10-21 1995-10-13 Composition detergente

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