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EP0912670B1
EP0912670B1 EP97932554A EP97932554A EP0912670B1 EP 0912670 B1 EP0912670 B1 EP 0912670B1 EP 97932554 A EP97932554 A EP 97932554A EP 97932554 A EP97932554 A EP 97932554A EP 0912670 B1 EP0912670 B1 EP 0912670B1
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  • the present invention relates to an all purpose hard surface cleaning or microemulsion composition containing an analephotropic negatively charged complex and a lewis base neutral polymer
  • This invention relates to an improved all-purpose liquid cleaner which can be in the form of a microemulsion designed in particular for cleaning hard surfaces and which is effective in removing grease soil and/or bath soil and in leaving unrinsed surfaces with a shiny appearance.
  • all-purpose liquid detergents have become widely accepted for cleaning hard surfaces, e.g., painted woodwork and panels, tiled walls, wash bowls, bathtubs, linoleum or tile floors, washable wall paper, etc.
  • Such all-purpose liquids comprise clear and opaque aqueous mixtures of water-soluble synthetic organic detergents and water-soluble detergent builder salts.
  • use of water-soluble inorganic phosphate builder salts was favored in the prior art all-purpose liquids.
  • such early phosphate-containing compositions are described in U.S. Patent Nos. 2,560,839; 3,234,138; 3,350,319; and British Patent No. 1,223,739.
  • U.S. Patent No. 4,017,409 teaches that a mixture of paraffin sulfonate and a reduced concentration of inorganic phosphate builder salt should be employed.
  • such compositions are not completely acceptable from an environmental point of view based upon the phosphate content.
  • another alternative to achieving phosphate-free all-purpose liquids has been to use a major proportion of a mixture of anionic and nonionic detergents with minor amounts of glycol ether solvent and organic amine as shown in U.S. Patent No. 3,935,130. Again, this approach has not been completely satisfactory and the high levels of organic detergents necessary to achieve cleaning cause foaming which, in turn, leads to the need for thorough rinsing which has been found to be undesirable to today's consumers.
  • an o/w microemulsion is a spontaneously forming colloidal dispersion of "oil” phase particles having a particle size in the range of 25 to 800 ⁇ in a continuous aqueous phase.
  • microemulsions are transparent to light and are clear and usually highly stable against phase separation.
  • Patent disclosures relating to use of grease-removal solvents in o/w microemulsions include, for example, European Patent Applications EP 0137615 and EP 0137616 - Herbots et al; European Patent Application EP 0160762 - Johnston et al; and U.S. Patent No. 4,561,991- Herbots et al. Each of these patent disclosures also teaches using at least 5% by weight of grease-removal solvent.
  • compositions of this invention described by Herbots et al. require at least 5% of the mixture of grease-removal solvent and magnesium salt and preferably at least 5% of solvent (which may be a mixture of water-immiscible non-polar solvent with a sparingly soluble slightly polar solvent) and at least 0.1% magnesium salt.
  • Liquid detergent compositions which include terpenes, such as d-limonene, or other grease-removal solvent, although not disclosed to be in the form of o/w microemulsions, are the subject matter of the following representative patent documents: European Patent Application 0080749; British Patent Specification 1,603,047; 4,414,128; and 4,540,505.
  • European Patent Application 0080749 British Patent Specification 1,603,047; 4,414,128; and 4,540,505.
  • U.S. Patent No. 4,414,128 broadly discloses an aqueous liquid detergent composition characterized by, by weight:
  • microemulsion all purpose liquid cleaning composition which which contain from 0.1 to 20 wt.% of an anionic surfactant and 0.1-20 wt.% of an esterified polyethoxyether nonionic surfactant in an aqueous medium further containing from 0.1 to 50 wt.% of a water mixable cosurfactant and 0.1 to 10 wt.% of a perfume or water insoluble hydrocarbon.
  • a pH neutral microemulsion composition based on paraffin sulfonate and ethoxylated nonionic surfactant is able to deliver improved grease cleaning versus built, alkaline compositions. Besides the improved grease cleaning, this approach is much safer to surfaces as well as less aggressive on consumer's hands (Loth et al - U.S. Patent 5,075,026).
  • microemulsion technology provides outstanding oil uptake capacity because of the adjustment of the curvature of the surfactant micelles by the molecules of the cosurfactant.
  • Rod-like micelles are preferred as they can "swallow" oil to become globular without increasing the surface of contact between the hydrophobic core of the micelle and the hydrophilic continuous phase.
  • the instant invention solves this problem by delivering on the solid surface to be cleaned the proper surfactant mixture that best adsorbs on the surface while keeping a good "leaving" character.
  • the analephotropic complex adsorbs much better on grease than on silica surface than individual anionic surfactants alone. This results in enhanced capabilities to disperse complex mixtures of grease with embedded particles of soil which are essential for particulate soil removal.
  • analephotropic mixture is negatively charged.
  • Pseudo-nonionic surfactants resulting from anionic-cationic complexes which are not negatively charged show very low particulate soil removal.
  • the present invention provides an improved, clear, liquid cleaning composition having improved interfacial tension which improves cleaning hard surfaces such as plastic, vitreous and metal surfaces having a shiny finish, oil stained floors, automative engines and other engines. More particularly, the improved cleaning compositions exhibit good grease soil removal properties due to the improved interfacial tensions, and leave the cleaned surfaces shiny without the need of or requiring only minimal additional rinsing or wiping. The latter characteristic is evidenced by little or no visible residues on the unrinsed cleaned surfaces and, accordingly, overcomes one of the disadvantages of prior art products.
  • the instant compositions exhibit a grease release effect in that the instant compositions impede or decrease the anchoring of greasy soil on surfaces that have been cleaned with the instant compositions as compared to surfaces cleaned with a commercial composition which means that the grease soiled surface is easier to clean upon subsequent cleanings.
  • the invention provides a cleaning composition comprising:
  • compositions excluded the use of anionic polymers and cationic polymers and cationic surfactants and zwitterionic surfactants.
  • the cleaning composition can be in the form of a microemulsion in which case the concentration of the water mixable cosurfactant is 0 to 50.0 wt. %, preferably 1 wt. % to 20 wt. % and the concentration of the perfume or water insoluble hydrocarbon is typically 0.4 wt. % to 10.0 wt. %.
  • the perfume is not, per se, a solvent for greasy or oily soil, --even though some perfumes may, in fact, contain as much as 80% of terpenes which are known as good grease solvents -- the inventive compositions in dilute form have the capacity to solubilize up to 10 times or more of the weight of the perfume of oily and greasy soil, which is removed or loosened from the hard surface by virtue of the action of the anionic surfactant, said soil being taken up into the oil phase of the o/w microemulsion.
  • the invention generally provides highly concentrated microemulsion compositions in the form of either an oil-in-water (o/w) microemulsion or a water-in-oil (w/o) microemulsion which when diluted with additional water before use can form dilute o/w microemulsion compositions.
  • the concentrated microemulsion compositions contain, by weight, 20% to 40% of the analephotropic negatively charged complex, 1 to 7% of a Lewis base, neutral polymer, 0 to 2.5% of a fatty acid having 14 to 22 carbon atoms, 0.4% to 10% of perfume, essential oil or water insoluble hydrocarbon having 6 to 18 carbon atoms, 0 to 50% of a cosurfactant, and 20% to 97% of water.
  • the present invention relates to a stable all purpose cleaning or microemulsion composition
  • a stable all purpose cleaning or microemulsion composition comprising by weight: 3% to 40% of said analephotropic negatively charged complex, wherein the concentration of the analephotropic complex of the anionic surfactant and nonionic surfactant preferably is less than 1.5 mmol of the complex/liter of water at an adhesion tension of 10 mN/m, 0 to 50% of a cosurfactant, 0 to 2.5% of a fatty acid having 14 to 22 carbon atoms, 1 to 7% of said Lewis base neutral polymer; 0 to 10% of a water insoluble hydrocarbon, essential oil or a perfume and the balance being water.
  • the instant compositions excluded the use of anionic polymers and cationic polymers.
  • the cleaning composition can be in the form of a microemulsion in which case the concentration of the water mixable cosurfactant is 0 to 50.0 wt. %, preferably 0.1 wt. % to 25.0 wt. % and the concentration of the perfume, essential oil or water insoluble hydrocarbon is 0.4 wt. % to 10.0 wt. %.
  • One of the objects of the instant invention is to deliver higher proportions of anionic surfactant in the adsorbed layer at the solid-water interface. This is due to a boosted adsorption tendency and a closer 2-D packing by means of association between the negative charge of the anionic surfactant and the nonionic surfactant that is used in admixture with the anionic surfactant in the instant compositions.
  • Two anionic surfactants can be used in composition wherein one of the anionic surfactants will possibly preferentially associate with the nonionic surfactant. If two anionic surfactants are present, there could be a hydrophilic-lipophilic interaction between the two anionic surfactants which will contribute to the 2-D packing at the solid-water interface.
  • adhesion tension is defined as the net force exerted by a solid on a liquid at the wetting line and depends upon the contact angle ⁇ which the liquid makes on the solid substrate at the equilibrium.
  • the adhesion tension is defined as the cosine of the contact angle ⁇ that the liquid composition makes with the substrate times the surface tension of the liquid composition ⁇ L as measured at 25°C on a weakly polar solid substrate which is glycerol tripalmitate.
  • concentrations needed to deliver an adhesion tension of 10 mN/m at the grease surface are called C10s.
  • the instant liquid compositions exhibit a superior adhesion tension increase efficacy, as measured by the value of the C10 concentrations that are below the C10s of the individual surfactants.
  • the role of the hydrocarbon is provided by a non-water-soluble perfume.
  • a solubilizers such as alkali metal lower alkyl aryl sulfonate hydrotrope, triethanolamine, urea
  • perfume dissolution especially at perfume levels of 1% and higher, since perfumes are generally a mixture of fragrant essential oils and aromatic compounds which are generally not water-soluble. Therefore, by incorporating the perfume into the aqueous cleaning composition as the oil (hydrocarbon) phase of the microemulsion composition, several different important advantages are achieved.
  • the cosmetic properties of the ultimate cleaning composition are improved: the compositions are both clear (as a consequence of the formation of a microemulsion) and highly fragranced (as a consequence of the perfume level).
  • an improved grease release effect and an improved grease removal capacity in neat (undiluted) usage of the dilute aspect or after dilution of the concentrate can be obtained without detergent builders or buffers or conventional grease removal solvents at neutral or addic pH and at low levels of active ingredients while improved cleaning performance can also be achieved in diluted usage.
  • perfume is used in its ordinary sense to refer to and include any hon-water soluble fragrant substance or mixture of substances including natural (i.e., obtained by extraction of flower, herb, blossom or plant), artificial (i.e., mixture of natural oils or oil constituents) and synthetically produced substance) odoriferous substances.
  • natural i.e., obtained by extraction of flower, herb, blossom or plant
  • artificial i.e., mixture of natural oils or oil constituents
  • synthetically produced substance odoriferous substances.
  • perfumes are complex mixtures of blends of various organic compounds such as alcohols, aldehydes, ethers, aromatic compounds and varying amounts of essential oils (e.g., terpenes) such as from 0% to 80%, usually from 10% to 70% by weight.
  • essential oils themselves are volatile odoriferous compounds and also serve to dissolve the other components of the perfume.
  • the precise composition of the perfume is of no particular consequence to cleaning performance so long as it meets the criteria of water immiscibility and having a pleasing odor.
  • the perfume, as well as all other ingredients should be cosmetically acceptable, i.e., non-toxic, hypoallergenic, etc.
  • the hydrocarbon such as a perfume is present in the hard surface cleaning composition in an amount of from 0 to 10% by weight, preferably 0.4% to 10% by weight and most preferably from 0.4% to 3.0% by weight, especially preferably from 0.5% to 2.0% by weight. If the hydrocarbon (perfume) is added in amounts more than 10% by weight, the cost is increased without any additional cleaning benefit and, in fact, with some diminishing of cleaning performance insofar as the total amount of greasy or oily soil which can be taken up in the oil phase of the microemulsion will decrease proportionately.
  • the microemulsion compositions of the present invention may often include as much as 0.2% to 7% by weight, based on the total composition, of terpene solvents introduced thereunto via the perfume component.
  • the amount of terpene solvent in the cleaning formulation is less than 1.5% by weight, such as up to 0.6% by weight or 0.4% by weight or less, satisfactory grease removal and oil removal capacity is provided by the inventive diluted microemulsions.
  • a 20 milliliter sample of microemulsion containing 1% by weight of perfume will be able to solubilize, for example, up to 2 to 3 ml of greasy and/or oily soil, while retaining its form as a microemulsion, regardless of whether the perfume contains 0%, 0.1%, 0.2%, 0.3%, 0.4%, 0.5%, 0.6%, 0.7% or 0.8% by weight of terpene solvent.
  • a water insoluble paraffin or isoparaffin having 6 to 18 carbon at a concentration of 0 to 8.0 wt. %, preferably 0.4 to 8.0 wt. percent, more preferably 0.4 to 3.0 wt. %.
  • Suitable essential oils are selected from the group consisting of: Anethole 20/21 natural, Aniseed oil china star, Aniseed oil globe brand, Balsam (Peru), Basil oil (India), Black pepper oil, Black pepper oleoresin 40/20, Bois de Rose (Brazil) FOB, Borneol Flakes (China), Camphor oil, White, Camphor powder synthetic technical, Cananga oil (Java), Cardamom oil, Cassia oil (China), Cedarwood oil (China) BP, Cinnamon bark oil, Cinnamon leaf oil, Citronella oil, Clove bud oil, Clove leaf, Coriander (Russia), Coumarin 69°C (China), Cyclamen Aldehyde, Diphenyl oxide, Ethyl vanilin, Eucalyptol, Eucalyptus oil, Eucalyptus citriodora, Fennel oil, Geranium oil, Ginger oil, Ginger oleoresin (India), White grapefruit oil, Guaiacwood oil, Gurjun bals
  • the analephotropic negatively charged complex contained in the instant compositions comprises a complex of:
  • Suitable water-soluble, anionic surfactants include those surface-active or detergent compounds which contain an organic hydrophobic group containing generally 8 to 26 carbon atoms and preferably 10 to 18 carbon atoms in their molecular structure and at least one water-solubilizing group selected from the group of sulfonate, and sulfate so as to form a water-soluble detergent.
  • the hydrophobic group will include or comprise a C 8 -C 22 alkyl, alkyl or acyl group.
  • Such surfactants are employed in the form of water-soluble salts and the salt-forming cation usually is selected from the group consisting of sodium, potassium, or magnesium, with the sodium and magnesium cations again being preferred.
  • Suitable sulfonated anionic surfactants are the well known higher alkyl mononuclear aromatic sulfonates such as the higher alkyl benzene sulfonates containing from 10 to 16 carbon atoms in the higher alkyl group in a straight or branched chain, C 8 -C 15 alkyl toluene sulfonates and C 8 -C 15 alkyl phenol sulfonates.
  • a preferred sulfonate is linear alkyl benzene sulfonate having a high content of 3- (or higher) phenyl isomers and a correspondingly low content (well below 50%) of 2-(or lower) phenyl isomers, that is, wherein the benzene ring is preferably attached in large part at the 3 or higher (for example, 4, 5, 6 or 7) position of the alkyl group and the content of the isomers in which the benzene ring is attached in the 2 or 1 position is correspondingly low.
  • Particularly preferred materials are set forth in U.S. Patent 3,320,174.
  • Suitable anionic sulfonate surfactants are the paraffin sulfonates containing 10 to 20, preferably 13 to 17, carbon atoms.
  • Primary paraffin sulfonates are made by reacting long-chain alpha olefins and bisulfites and paraffin sulfonates having the sulfonate group distributed along the paraffin chain are shown in U.S. Patents Nos.. 2,503,280; 2,507,088; 3,260,744; 3,372,188; and German Patent 735,096.
  • Examples of satisfactory anionic sulfate surfactants are the C 8 -C 18 alkyl sulfate salts and the C 8 -C 18 alkyl sulfate salts.
  • the alkyl sulfates may be obtained by sulfating the alcohols obtained by reducing glycerides of coconut oil or tallow or mixtures thereof and neutralizing the resultant product.
  • the alkyl sulfates may be obtained by sulfating the alcohols obtained by reducing glycerides of coconut oil or tallow or mixtures thereof and neutralizing the resultant product.
  • Preferred alkyl sulfates contain 10 to 16 carbon atoms in the alkyl group.
  • the preferred surfactants are the sodium or magnesium salts of the C 8 -C 18 alkyl sulfates such as magnesium lauryl sulfate and sodium lauryl sulfate and mixtures thereof.
  • the proportion of the nonsoap-anionic surfactant will be in the range of 0.1 to 30 wt. %, preferably from 1 to 15 wt. %, by weight of the cleaning composition.
  • the instant composition contains as part of the analephotropic negatively charged complex 3 to 30 wt. %, preferably 4 to 15 wt. % of said nonionic surfactant.
  • the water soluble nonionic surfactants utilized in this invention are commercially well known and include the primary aliphatic alcohol ethoxylates and secondary aliphatic alcohol ethoxylates.
  • the nonionic synthetic organic surfactants generally are the condensation products of an organic aliphatic hydrophobic compound and hydrophilic ethylene oxide groups. Any hydrophobic compound having a hydroxy group can be condensed with ethylene oxide or with the polyhydration product thereof, polyethylene glycol, to form a water soluble nonionic surfactant.
  • the nonionic surfactant class includes the condensation products of a higher alcohol (e.g., an alkanol containing 8 to 18, more preferably 8 to 12, carbon atoms in a straight or branched chain configuration) condensed with 10 to 20 moles of ethylene oxide, for example, decyl, lauryl or myristyl alcohol condensed with 12 moles of ethylene oxide (EO), myristyl alcohol condensed with 10 moles of EO per mole of myristyl alcohol, the condensation product of EO with a cut of coconut fatty alcohol containing a mixture of fatty alcohols with alkyl chains varying from 10 to 14 carbon atoms in length and wherein the condensate contains either 10 moles of EO per mole of total alcohol or 10 moles of EO per mole of alcohol.
  • a higher alcohol e.g., an alkanol containing 8 to 18, more preferably 8 to 12, carbon atoms in a straight or branched chain configuration
  • EO ethylene oxide
  • Neodol ethoxylates which are higher aliphatic, primary alcohol containing about 8 to 15 carbon atoms, such as C 9-11 alkanol condensed with 12 moles ethylene oxide (Neodol 91-12).
  • Such ethoxamers have an HLB (hydrophilic/lipophilic balance) value of 13 to 18 and give good O/W emulsification, whereas ethoxamers with HLB values below 8 contain less than 4 ethylene oxide groups and tend to be poor emulsifiers and poor detergents.
  • compositions contain 1 wt. % to 7.0 wt. % of a Lewis base, neutral polymer defined in the next paragraph which is soluble in water and has either a nitrogen or oxygen atom with a pair of free electrons such that the Lewis base, neutral polymer can electronically associate with the anionic surfactant and optionally with an active ingredient present in the composition at a concentration of about 0.1 wt. % to about 5.0 wt.
  • the active ingredient is a perfume or an antimicrobial agent such as triclosan or an insect repellant wherein the Lewis base, neutral polymer is deposit and anchors onto the surface of the surface being cleaned thereby holding the anionic surfactant or active ingredient in close proximity to the surface being cleaned and in the case of the active ingredient ensuring that the properties being parted by the active ingredient last longer.
  • the Lewis base, neutral polymers are selected from the group consisting of an alkoxylated polyhydric alcohol, a polyvinyl pyrrolidone and a polyethylene glycol.
  • the alkoxylated polyhydric alcohol is depicted by the following formula wherein w equals one to four and x, y and z have a value between 0 and 60, more preferably 0 to 40, provided that (x+y+z) equals 2 to 100, preferably 4 to 24 and most preferably 4 to 19, and wherein R' is either hydrogen atom or methyl group.
  • a preferred ethoxylated polyhydric alcohol is glycerol 6EO.
  • the polyvinyl pyrrolidone is depicted by the formula: wherein m is 20 to 350 more preferably 70 to 110.
  • the polyethylene glycol is depicted by the formula HO (CH 2 -CH 2 O-) n H wherein n is 8 to 225, more preferably 10 to 180, wherein PEG600 or PEG400 are preferred which are a polyethylene glycols having a molecular weight of 600 and 400 respectively.
  • a cosurfactant can be optionally used in forming the microemulsion composition.
  • Three major classes of compounds have been found to provide highly suitable cosurfactants over temperature ranges extending from 4°C to 43°C for instance; (1) water-soluble C 3 -C 4 alkanols, polypropylene glycol of the formula HO(CH 3 CHCH 2 O) n H wherein n is a number from 2 to 18 and copolymers of ethylene oxide and propylene oxide and mono C 1 -C 6 alkyl ethers and esters of ethylene glycol and propylene glycol having the structural formulas R(X) n OH and R 1 (X) n OH wherein R is C 1 -C 6 alkyl, R 1 is C 2 -C 4 acyl group, X is (OCH 2 CH 2 ) or (OCH 2 (CH 3 )CH) and n is a number from 1 to 4; (2) aliphatic mono- and di-carboxylic acids containing 2 to 10 carbon
  • the microemulsion compositions can be used as a cleaners for bathtubs and other hard surfaced items, which are acid resistant thereby removing lime scale, soap scum and greasy soil from the surfaces of such items damaging such surfaces. If these surfaces are of zirconium white enamel, they can be damaged by these compositions.
  • aminoalkylene phosphoric acid at a concentration of 0.01 to 0.2 wt. % can be optionally used in conjunction with the mono- and di-carboxylic acids, wherein the aminoalkylene phosphoric acid helps prevent damage to zirconium white enamel surfaces. Additionally, 0.05 to 1% of phosphoric acid can be used in the composition.
  • Representative members of the polypropylene glycol include dipropylene glycol and polypropylene glycol having a molecular weight of 200 to 1000, e.g., polypropylene glycol 400.
  • Other satisfactory glycol ethers are ethylene glycol monobutyl ether (butyl cellosolve), diethylene glycol monobutyl ether (butyl carbitol), triethylene glycol monobutyl ether, mono, di, tri propylene glycol monobutyl ether, tetraethylene glycol monobutyl ether, mono, di, tripropylene glycol monomethyl ether, ethylene glycol monohexyl ether, diethylene glycol monohexyl ether, propylene glycol tertiary butyl ether, ethylene glycol monoethyl ether, ethylene glycol monomethyl ether, ethylene glycol monopropyl ether, ethylene glycol monopentyl ether, diethylene glycol monomethyl ether, diethylene glycol monoe
  • Representative members of the aliphatic carboxylic acids include C 3 -C 6 alkyl and alkenyl monobasic acids such as acrylic acid and propionic acid and dibasic acids such as glutaric acid and mixtures of glutaric acid with adipic acid and succinic add, as well as mixtures of the foregoing acids.
  • the most preferred cosurfactant compounds of each type are diethylene glycol monobutyl ether and a mixture of adipic, glutaric and succinic acids, respectively.
  • the ratio of acids in the foregoing mixture is not particularly critical and can be modified to provide the desired odor.
  • glutaric acid the most water-soluble of these three saturated aliphatic dibasic acids, will be used as the major component.
  • weight ratios of adipic acid: glutaric acid:succinic acid is 1-3:1-8:1-5, preferably 1-2:1-6:1-3, such as 1:1:1, 1:2:1, 2:2:1, 1:2:1.5, 1:2:2, 2:3:2, etc. can be used with equally good results.
  • Still other classes of cosurfactant compounds providing stable microemulsion compositions at low and elevated temperatures are the mono-, di- and triethyl esters of phosphoric acid such as triethyl phosphate.
  • amounts of cosurfactant which might be required to stabilize the microemulsion compositions will, of course, depend on such factors as the surface tension characteristics of the cosurfactant, the type and amounts of the analephotropic complex and perfumes, and the type and amounts of any other additional ingredients which may be present in the composition and which have an influence on the thermodynamic factors enumerated above.
  • the pH of the final microemulsion will be dependent upon the identity of the cosurfactant compound, with the choice of the cosurfactant being effected by cost and cosmetic properties, particularly odor.
  • microemulsion compositions which have a pH in the range of 1 to 10 may employ either the class 1 or the class 4 cosurfactant as the sole cosurfactant, but the pH range is reduced to 1 to 8.5 when the polyvalent metal salt is present.
  • the class 2 cosurfactant can only be used as the sole cosurfactant where the product pH is below 3.2.
  • compositions can be formulated at a substantially neutral pH (e.g., pH 7 ⁇ 1.5, preferably 7 ⁇ 0.2).
  • the final essential ingredient in the hard surface cleaning compositions having improved interfacial tension properties is water.
  • the proportion of water in the hard surface cleaning compositions generally is in the range of 20 wt. % to 97 wt. %, preferably 70 wt. % to 97 wt. % of the usual diluted o/w microemulsion composition.
  • the present invention also relates to a light duty liquid composition or light duty liquid microemulsion.
  • compositions of this invention may often and preferably do contain one or more additional ingredients which serve to improve overall product performance.
  • One such ingredient is an inorganic or organic salt or oxide of a multivalent metal cation, particularly Mg ++ .
  • the metal salt or oxide provides several benefits including improved cleaning performance in dilute usage, particularly in soft water areas, and minimized amounts of perfume required to obtain the microemulsion state.
  • Magnesium sulfate either anhydrous or hydrated (e.g., heptahydrate), is especially preferred as the magnesium salt.
  • Good results also have been obtained with magnesium oxide, magnesium chloride, magnesium acetate, magnesium propionate and magnesium hydroxide.
  • These magnesium salts can be used with formulations at neutral or acidic pH since magnesium hydroxide will not precipitate at these pH levels.
  • magnesium is the preferred multivalent metal from which the salts (inclusive of the oxide and hydroxide) are formed
  • other polyvalent metal ions also can be used provided that their salts are nontoxic and are soluble in the aqueous phase of the system at the desired pH level.
  • polyvalent metal ions include aluminum, copper, nickel, iron, calcium.
  • the aluminum salts work best at pH below 5 or when a low level, for example 1 weight percent, of citric acid is added to the composition which is designed to have a neutral pH.
  • the aluminum salt can be directly added as the citrate in such case.
  • the same general classes of anions as mentioned for the magnesium salts can be used, such as halide (e.g., bromide, chloride), sulfate, nitrate, hydroxide, oxide, acetate, propionate.
  • the proportion of the multivalent salt generally will be selected so that at the appropriate weight ratio between the anionic surfactant and the nonionic surfactant, to deliver desired performance from the analephotropic surfactant mixture in terms of adsorption properties on grease surface, the physical stability of the total composition is kept, that can be impaired due to an increased hydrophobicity of the analephotropic complex in the presence of multivalent salt instead of alkali metal cation such as the sodium salt thereof.
  • the proportion of the multivalent salt will be selected so that the added quantity will neutralize from 0.1 to 1.5 equivalents of the anionic surfactant, preferably 0.9 to 1.4 equivalents of the acid form of the anionic surfactant.
  • the amount of multivalent salt will be in range of 0.5 to 1 equivalents per equivalent of anionic surfactant.
  • the hard surface cleaning compositions can optionally include from 0 to 2.5 wt. %, preferably from 0.1 wt. % to 2.0 wt. % of the composition of a C 8 -C 22 fatty acid or fatty acid soap as a foam suppressant.
  • the addition of fatty acid or fatty acid soap provides an improvement in the rinseability of the composition whether applied in neat or diluted form. Generally, however, it is necessary to increase the level of cosurfactant to maintain product stability when the fatty acid or soap is present. If more than 2.5 wt. % of a fatty acid is used in the instant compositions, the composition will become unstable at low temperatures as well as having an objectionable smell.
  • fatty acids which can be used as such or in the form of soap, mention can be made of distilled coconut oil fatty acids, "mixed vegetable” type fatty acids (e.g. high percent of saturated, mono-and/or polyunsaturated C 18 chains); oleic acid, stearic acid, palmitic acid, eiocosanoic acid, generally those fatty acids having from 8 to 22 carbon atoms being acceptable.
  • the all-purpose liquid cleaning or microemulsion composition of this invention may, if desired, also contain other components either to provide additional effect or to make the product more attractive to the consumer.
  • the following are mentioned by way of example: Colors or dyes in amounts up to 0.5% by weight; bactericides in amounts up to 1% by weight; preservatives or antioxidizing agents, such as formalin, 5-chloro-2-methyl-4-isothaliazolin-3-one, 2,6-di-tert.butyl-p-cresol, in amounts up to 2% by weight; and pH adjusting agents, such as sulfuric acid or sodium hydroxide, as needed.
  • up to 4% by weight of an opacifier may be added.
  • the all-purpose cleaning or clear microemulsions exhibit stability at reduced and increased temperatures. More specifically, such compositions remain clear and stable in the range of 4°C to 50°C, especially 10°C to 43°C.
  • Such compositions exhibit a pH in the acid or neutral range depending on intended end use.
  • the liquids are readily pourable and exhibit a viscosity in the range of 6 to 60 milliPascal•Second (mPas.) as measured at 25°C. with a Brookfield RVT Viscometer using a #1 spindle rotating at 20 RPM.
  • the viscosity is maintained in the range of 10 to 40 mPas.
  • compositions are directly ready for use or can be diluted as desired and in either case no or only minimal rinsing is required and substantially no residue or streaks are left behind. Furthermore, because the compositions are free of detergent builders such as alkali metal polyphosphates they are environmentally acceptable and provide a better "shine" on cleaned hard surfaces.
  • liquid compositions When intended for use in the neat form, the liquid compositions can be packaged under pressure in an aerosol container or in a pump-type sprayer for the so-called spray-and-wipe type of application.
  • compositions as prepared are aqueous liquid formulations and since no particular mixing is required to form the all purpose cleaning or microemulsion composition, the compositions are easily prepared simply by combining all the ingredients in a suitable vessel or container.
  • the order of mixing the ingredients is not particularly important and generally the various ingredients can be added sequentially or all at once or in the form of aqueous solutions of each or all of the primary detergents and cosurfactants can be separately prepared and combined with each other and with the perfume.
  • the magnesium salt, or other multivalent metal compound when present, can be added as an aqueous solution thereof or can be added directly. It is not necessary to use elevated temperatures in the formation step and room temperature is sufficient.
  • the instant all purpose cleaning microemulsion compositions explicitly exclude alkali metal silicates and alkali metal builders such as alkali metal polyphosphates, alkali metal carbonates, alkali metal phosphonates and alkali metal citrates because these materials, if used in the instant composition, would cause the composition to have a high pH as well as leaving residue on the surface being cleaned.
  • alkali metal silicates and alkali metal builders such as alkali metal polyphosphates, alkali metal carbonates, alkali metal phosphonates and alkali metal citrates because these materials, if used in the instant composition, would cause the composition to have a high pH as well as leaving residue on the surface being cleaned.
  • the instant analephotropic negatively charged complex can be employed in hard surface cleaning compositions such as wood cleaners, window cleaners and light duty liquid cleaners.

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  1. Reinigungszusammensetzung, die
    (a) 3,0 bis 40 Gew.-% eines analephotrophischen negativ geladenen Komplexes, der
    (i) mindestens ein anionisches Tensid ausgewählt aus der Gruppe bestehend aus Alkalimetallsalzen von Sulfonaten, Alkalimetallsalzen von Sulfaten, Erdalkalimetallsalzen von Sulfonaten und Erdalkalimetallsalzen von Sulfaten, wobei die Sulfate und Sulfonate eine C8-26-Kohlenstoffatome enthaltende hydrophobe Gruppe enthalten; und
    (ii) ein ethoxyliertes nichtionisches Tensid ausgewählt aus der Gruppe von primären aliphatischen C8-18-Alkoholethoxylaten und sekundären aliphatischen C8-18-Alkoholethoxylaten mit 10 bis 20 Ethylenoxidgruppen umfasst;
       wobei das Verhältnis von anionischem Tensid (i) zu nichtionischem Tensid (ii) 5 : 1 bis 0,2 : 1 beträgt;
    (b) 0 bis 50 Gew.-% eines Co-Tensids ausgewählt aus der Gruppe bestehend aus wasserlöslichen C3- bis C4-Alkanolen, Polypropylenglykol mit der Formel HO(CH3CHCH2O)nH, in der n eine Zahl von 2 bis 18 ist, und Copolymeren von Ethylenoxid und Propylenoxid und Mono-C1- bis C6-alkylethern und -estern von Ethylenglykol und Propylenglykol mit der Strukturformel R(X)nOH und R1(X)nOH, in der R C1- bis C6-Alkyl ist, R1 eine C2- bis C4-Acylgruppe ist, X (OCH2CH3) oder (OCH2(CH3)CH) ist und n eine Zahl von 1 bis 4 ist; aliphatischen Mono- und Dicarbonsäuren, die 2 bis 10 Kohlenstoffatome enthalten, Triethylphosphat und Mischungen derselben;
    (c) 0 bis 10 Gew.-% eines wasserunlöslichen Kohlenwasserstoffs, eines essentiellen Öls oder eines Parfüms;
    (d) 1 % bis 7 % einer Lewis-Base, eines neutralen Polymers ausgewählt aus der Gruppe bestehend aus einem Polyvinylpyrrolidon, einem Polyethylenglykol und einem alkoxylierten mehrwertigen Alkohol mit der Formel
    Figure 00330001
    umfasst, in der w gleich 1 bis 4 ist und x, y und z einen Wert zwischen 0 und 60 haben, mit der Maßgabe, dass (x+y+z) gleich 2 bis 100 ist; und
    in der R' entweder ein Wasserstoffatom oder eine Methylgruppe ist; und wobei
    (e) der Rest Wasser ist,
    die keine anionischen oder kationischen Polymere, kationischen Tenside oder zwitterionischen Tenside umfasst und die kein Polyphosphat oder andere anorganische oder organische Builder-Salze enthält.
  2. Reinigungszusammensetzung nach Anspruch 1, die ferner ein Salz eines mehrwertigen Metallkations enthält.
  3. Reinigungszusammensetzung nach Anspruch 2, bei der das mehrwertige Metallkation Magnesium oder Aluminium ist.
  4. Reinigungszusammensetzung nach Anspruch 1, die ferner Fettsäure mit 8 bis 22 Kohlenstoffatomen einschließt.
  5. Reinigungszusammensetzung nach Anspruch 1, die 0,1 bis 50 Gew.-% des Co-Tensids und 0,4 bis 10 Gew.-% des Kohlenwasserstoffs enthält.
  6. Reinigungszusammensetzung nach Anspruch 5, bei der das Co-Tensid ein wasserlöslicher Glykolether ist.
  7. Reinigungszusammensetzung nach Anspruch 5, bei der der Glykolether ausgewählt ist aus der Gruppe bestehend aus Ethylenglykolmonobutylether, Diethylenglykolmonobutylether, Triethylenglykolmonobutylether, Polypropylenglykol mit einem durchschnittlichen Molekulargewicht von 200 bis 1000 und Dipropylenglykolmonomethylether,Propylenglykol-tert.-butylether, Mono-, Di-, Tripropylenglykolmonobutylether.
  8. Reinigungszusammensetzung nach Anspruch 7, bei der der Glykolether Ethylenglykolmonobutylether oder Diethylenglykolmonobutylether ist.
  9. Reinigungszusammensetzung nach Anspruch 1, bei der das Co-Tensid aliphatische C3- bis C6-Carbonsäure ausgewählt aus der Gruppe bestehend aus Acrylsäure, Propionsäure, Glutarsäure, Mischungen von Glutarsäure und Bernsteinsäure und Adipinsäure und Mischungen von irgendwelchen der zuvorgenannten ist.
  10. Reinigungszusammensetzung nach Anspruch 9, bei der die aliphatische Carbonsäure eine Mischung von Adipinsäure, Glutarsäure und Bernsteinsäure ist.
  11. Reinigungszusammensetzung nach Anspruch 1, bei der das anionische Tensid ein C9- bis C15-Alkylbenzolsulfonat oder ein C10- bis C20-Alkansulfonat ist.
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