EP1159391B1 - Waschmittelformkörper - Google Patents
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- 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 is in the field of detergent tablets. More specifically, the invention encompasses laundry or automatic dishwashing tablets and a process for preparing them.
- Machine dishwashing tablets are popular with the consumer as they have several advantages over powdered products in that they do not require measuring and they are compact and so easy to store.
- EP-A-264,701 describes machine dish washing tablets comprising anhydrous and hydrated metasilicates, anhydrous triphosphate, active chlorine compounds and a tabletting aid consisting of a mixture of sodium acetate and spray-dried sodium zeolite.
- EP-A-0070720 relates to tablets with one or two convex broad outer surfaces used to reduce packaging costs.
- GB-A-878,529 discloses soap or detergent bars for toilet use with convex cylindrical surfaces and an elliptical side-wall.
- US-A-2,792,349 is also concerned with soap cakes having the major surfaces rounded convexly.
- the technology of the present invention provides tablets, which are aesthetically pleasing, do not crumble on storage and yet dissolve rapidly.
- the present invention provides:
- a laundry or automatic dishwashing detergent tablet (1) comprising from 10 wt% to 80 wt% of a builder having a top and bottom horizontal surface (2,3), these surfaces (2,3) having a convex profile.
- a convex shape for a machine dish wash tablet comprising from 10 wt% to 80 wt% of a builder to give the tablet strength an storage yet fast dissolution in use is also described.
- the tablets of the present invention have two horizontal surfaces with a convex shape, it is however highly preferable if they also have a vertical surface (4).
- the vertical surface may be curved but is preferably straight.
- the height of the vertical surface (5) is less than the depth greatest width (6) of the horizontal surface.
- the horizontal surfaces of the tablet are non-circular in shape.
- tablets in which at least one end is tapered particularly those that can be described as having a tear drop shape. Tablets having this shape are convenient to pack into cartons, and are highly preferred by the consumer.
- the tablet has a strength from 50 to 300 newtons(N) as measured on a MTS Synergie 100 using a loadcell of 500 N maximum capacity.
- the initial -and secondary crosshead speeds being set at 25 mm/min, with a deformation limit of 200%.
- the tablets of the invention preferably have a mass of greater than 8g, more preferably from 12 to 30g, most preferably 15 to 27g. Tablet with a mass of 18, 20 or 25g are particularly useful.
- the tablets are prepared from dense powder.
- compositions of the invention contain a builder.
- the builder may be a phosphate or non-phosphate builder.
- compositions of the invention comprising a water-soluble phosphate builder contain this builder at a level of from 10 to 80% by weight, preferably from 20 to 80% by weight of the composition.
- water-soluble phosphate builders are the alkali metal tripolyphosphates, sodium, potassium and ammonium pyrophosphate, sodium and potassium orthophosphate, sodium polymeta/phosphate in which the degree of polymerization ranges from about 6 to 21, and salts of phytic acid. Sodium or potassium tripolyphosphate is most preferred.
- sodium tripolyphosphate with high Phase I Content is used.
- Sodium tripolyphosphate with high Phase I can be prepared by heating to above the transition temperature at which phase II anhydrous sodium polyphosphate is transformed into the phase I form.
- a process for the manufacture of particles containing a high proportion of the phase I form of sodium tripolyphosphate by spray drying below 420°C is given in US-A-4536377.
- Suitable material is commercially available. Suppliers include Rhodia, Courbevoie, France and Albright & Wilson, Warley, West Midlands, UK.
- the sodium tripolyphosphate should be partially hydrated, but the phase I anhydrous form should also be present.
- the sodium tripolyphosphate in the particles may incorporate up to 5% (by weight of the sodium tripolyphosphate in these particles) of water of hydration.
- the extent of hydration is desirably from 1% to 4% or 5% by weight. This degree of hydration in general means that the sodium tripolyphosphate is partially hydrated.
- the sodium tripolyphosphate in these particles is preferably hydrated by a process which leads to a homogeneous distribution of the water of hydration within the tripolyphosphate.
- the particles preferably consist solely of sodium tripolyphosphate with a high content of the phase I form.
- the phase I content of the sodium tripolyphosphate being measured by X-ray diffraction, or IR.
- the bulk density of the sodium tripolyphosphate particles is preferably 0.75 Kg/M 3 or less, more preferably from 0.52 to 0.72 Kg/M 3 .
- the particles which contain or consist of sodium tripolyphosphate preferably have a small mean particle size, such as not over 300 ⁇ m, better not over 250 ⁇ m. Small particle size can if necessary be achieved by grinding.
- Rhodiaphos HPA 3.5 is a grade of sodium tripolyphosphate from Rhodea which has been found to be particularly suitable. It consists of porous particles of small particle size (mean size below 250 ⁇ m) with 70% phase I and prehydrated with 3.5% water of hydration.
- the said particles contain sodium tripolyphosphate with more than 40% of phase I material.
- a further preferred embodiment is a mixture of phase II and phase I sodium tripolyphosphate, preferably in the ratio of 6:4 to 4:6 of phase I to phase II.
- compositions of the present invention may comprise a water-soluble nonphosphate builder. This is present at a level of from 10 to 80% by weight, preferably from 20 to 70% by weight of the composition.
- Suitable examples of non-phosphorus-containing inorganic builders include water-soluble alkali metal carbonates, bicarbonates, sesquicarbonates, borates, silicates, including layered silicates such as SKS-6 ex. Hoechst, metasilicates, and crystalline and amorphous aluminosilicates. Specific examples include sodium carbonate (with or without calcite seeds), potassium carbonate, sodium and potassium bicarbonates, silicates including layered silicates and zeolites.
- Organic detergent builders can also be used as nonphosphate builders in the present invention.
- organic builders include alkali metal citrates, succinates, malonates, fatty acid sulfonates, fatty acid carboxylates, nitrilotriacetates, oxydisuccinates, alkyl and alkenyl disuccinates, oxydiacetates, carboxymethyloxy succinates, ethylenediamine tetraacetates, tartrate monosuccinates, tartrate disuccinates, tartrate monoacetates, tartrate diacetates, oxidized starches, oxidized heteropolymeric polysaccharides, polyhydroxysulfonates, polycarboxylates such as polyacrylates, polymaleates, polyacetates, polyhydroxyacrylates, polyacrylate/polymaleate and polyacrylate/ polymethacrylate copolymers, acrylate/maleate/vinyl alcohol terpolymers, aminopolycarboxylates and polyacetal carboxylate
- Such carboxylates are described in U.S. Patent Nos. 4,144,226, 4,146,495 and 4,686,062.
- Alkali metal citrates, nitrilotriacetates, oxydisuccinates, acrylate/maleate copolymers and acrylate/maleate/vinyl alcohol terpolymers are especially preferred nonphosphate builders.
- the composition optionally comprises alkali metal silicates.
- the alkali metal may provide pH adjusting capability and protection against corrosion of metals and against attack on dishware, including fine china and glassware benefits.
- the SiO 2 level should be from 1% to 25%, preferably from 2% to 20%, more preferably from 3% to 10%, based on the weight of the ADD.
- the alkali metal silicate is hydrous, having from 15% to 25% water, more preferably, from 17% to 20%.
- the highly alkali metasilicates can in general be employed, although the less alkaline hydrous alkali metal silicates having a SiO 2 :M 2 O ratio of from 2.0 to 2.4 are, as noted, greatly preferred.
- Anhydrous forms of the alkali metal silicates with a SiO 2 :M 2 O ratio of 2.0 or more are also less preferred because they tend to be significantly less soluble than the hydrous alkali metal silicates having the same ratio.
- Sodium and potassium, and especially sodium, silicates are preferred. While typical forms, i.e. powder and granular, of hydrous silicate particles are suitable, preferred silicate particles having a mean particle size between 300 and 900 microns and less than 40% smaller than 150 microns and less than 5% larger than 1700 microns. Particularly preferred is a silicate particle with a mean particle size between 400 and 700 microns with less than 20% smaller than 150 microns and less than 1% larger then 1700 microns. Compositions of the present invention having a pH of 9 or less preferably will be substantially free of alkali metal silicate.
- Enzymes may be present in the compositions of the invention.
- Examples of enzymes suitable for use in the cleaning compositions of this invention include lipases, peptidases, amylases (amylolytic enzymes) and others which degrade, alter or facilitate the degradation or alteration of biochemical soils and stains encountered in cleansing situations so as to remove more easily the soil or stain from the object being washed to make the soil or stain more removable in a subsequent cleansing step. Both degradation and alteration can improve soil removal.
- the enzymes most commonly used in machine dishwashing compositions are amylolytic enzymes.
- the composition of the invention also contains a proteolytic enzyme. Enzymes may be present in a weight percentage amount of from 0.2 to 5% by weight.
- amylolytic enzymes the final composition will have amylolytic activity of from 10 2 to 10 6 Maltose units/kg.
- proteolytic enzymes the final composition will have proteolytic enzyme activity of from 10 6 to 10 9 Glycine Units/kg.
- Bleach material may optionally and preferably be incorporated in the composition for use in processes according to the present invention. These materials may be incorporated in solid form or in the form of encapsulates and less preferably in dissolved form.
- the level of bleach material is preferably greater than 0.5 wt% of a bleaching material.
- the bleach material may be a chlorine- or bromine-releasing agent or a peroxygen compound. Peroxygen based bleach materials are however preferred.
- peroxyacids usable in the present invention are solid and, preferably, substantially water-insoluble compounds.
- substantially water-insoluble is meant herein a water-solubility of less than about 1% by weight at ambient temperature.
- peroxyacids containing at least 7 carbon atoms are sufficiently insoluble in water for use herein.
- Inorganic peroxygen-generating compounds are also typically used as the bleaching material of the present invention.
- these materials are salts of monopersulphate, perborate monohydrate, perborate tetrahydrate, and percarbonate.
- Monoperoxy acids useful herein include alkyl peroxy acids and aryl peroxyacids such as peroxybenzoic acid and ring-substituted peroxybenzoic acids (e.g. peroxy-alpha-naphthoic acid); aliphatic and substituted aliphatic monoperoxy acids (e.g. peroxylauric acid and peroxystearic acid); and phthaloyl amido peroxy caproic acid (PAP).
- alkyl peroxy acids and aryl peroxyacids such as peroxybenzoic acid and ring-substituted peroxybenzoic acids (e.g. peroxy-alpha-naphthoic acid); aliphatic and substituted aliphatic monoperoxy acids (e.g. peroxylauric acid and peroxystearic acid); and phthaloyl amido peroxy caproic acid (PAP).
- diperoxy acids useful herein include alkyl diperoxy acids and aryldiperoxy acids, such as 1,12-di-peroxy-dodecanedioic acid (DPDA); 1,9-diperoxyazelaic acid, diperoxybrassylic acid, diperoxysebacic acid and diperoxy-isophthalic acid; and 2-decyldiperoxybutane-1,4-dioic acid.
- DPDA 1,12-di-peroxy-dodecanedioic acid
- 1,9-diperoxyazelaic acid diperoxybrassylic acid, diperoxysebacic acid and diperoxy-isophthalic acid
- 2-decyldiperoxybutane-1,4-dioic acid 2-decyldiperoxybutane-1,4-dioic acid.
- Peroxyacid bleach precursors are well known in the art. As non-limiting examples can be named N,N,N',N'-tetraacetyl ethylene diamine (TAED), sodium nonanoyloxybenzene sulphonate (SNOBS), sodium benzoyloxybenzene sulphonate (SBOBS) and the cationic peroxyacid precursor (SPCC) as described in US-A-4,751,015.
- TAED N,N,N',N'-tetraacetyl ethylene diamine
- SNOBS sodium nonanoyloxybenzene sulphonate
- SBOBS sodium benzoyloxybenzene sulphonate
- SPCC cationic peroxyacid precursor
- a bleach catalyst such as the manganese complex, e.g. Mn-Me TACN, as described in EP-A-0458397, or the sulphonimines of US-A-5,041,232 and US-A-5,047,163, is to be incorporated, this may be presented in the form of a second encapsulate separately from the bleach capsule or granule. Cobalt catalysts can also be used.
- suitable reactive chlorine- or bromine-oxidizing materials are heterocyclic N-bromo and N-chloro imides such as trichloroisocyanuric, tribromoisocyanuric, dibromoisocyanuric and dichloroisocyanuric acids, and salts thereof with water-solubilizing cations such as potassium and sodium.
- Hydantoin compounds such as 1,3-dichloro-5,5-dimethyl-hydantoin are also quite suitable.
- Particulate, water-soluble anhydrous inorganic salts are likewise suitable for use herein such as lithium, sodium or calcium hypochlorite and hypobromite.
- Chlorinated trisodium phosphate and chloroisocyanurates are also suitable bleaching materials.
- Encapsulation techniques are known for both peroxygen and chlorine bleaches, e.g. as described in US-A-4,126,573, US-A-4,327,151, US-A-3,983,254, US-A-4,279,764, US-A-3,036,013 and EP-A-0,436,971 and EP-A-0,510,761.
- encapsulation techniques are particularly useful when using halogen based bleaching systems.
- compositions of the invention may comprise from 0.5% to 3% avCl (available Chlorine).
- a suitable range are also from 0.5% to 3% avO (available Oxygen).
- the amount of bleach material in the wash liquor is at least 12.5X10 -4 % and at most 0.03% avO by weight of the liquor.
- a surfactant system comprising a surfactant selected from nonionic, anionic, cationic, ampholytic and zwitterionic surfactants and mixtures thereof is preferably present in the composition.
- the surfactant is a low to non foaming nonionic surfactant, which includes any alkoxylated nonionic surface-active agent wherein the alkoxy moiety is selected from the group consisting of ethylene oxide, propylene oxide and mixtures thereof, is preferably used to improve the detergency without excessive foaming.
- an excessive proportion of nonionic surfactant should be avoided.
- an amount of 15% by weight or lower, preferably 10% by weight or lower, more preferably 7% by weight or lower, most preferably 5% by weight or lower and preferably 0.1% by weight or higher, more preferably 0.5% by weight or higher is quite sufficient, although higher level may be used.
- nonionic surfactants for use in the invention are the low- to non-foaming ethoxylated straight-chain alcohols of the Plurafac® RA series, supplied by the Eurane Company; of the Lutensol® LF series, supplied by the BasF Company and of the Triton® DF series, supplied by the Rohm & Haas Company.
- anionic surfactant may be used but may require the additional presence of antifoam to supress foaming. If an anionic surfactant is used it is advantageously present at levels of 2 wt% or below.
- a water-soluble polymeric polycarboxylic compound is advantageously present in the dish wash composition.
- these compounds are homo- or co-polymers of polycarboxylic compounds, especially co-polymeric compounds in which the acid monomer comprises two or more carboxyl groups separated by not more than two carbon atoms. Salts of these materials can also be used.
- Particularly preferred polymeric polycarboxylates are co-polymers derived from monomers of acrylic acid and maleic acid.
- the average molecular weight of these polymers in the acid form preferably ranges from 4,000 to 70,000.
- polymeric polycarboxylic compounds suitable for use in the composition of the invention are homopolymeric polycarboxylic acid compounds with acrylic acid as the monomeric unit.
- the average weight of such homopolymers in the acid form preferably ranges from 1,000 to 100,000 particularly from 3,000 to 10,000.
- Acrylic sulphonated polymers as described in EP 851 022 (Unilever) are also suitable.
- this polymeric material is present at a level of at least 0.1%, more preferably at levels from 1 wt% to 7 wt% of the total composition.
- a chelating agent may be present in the composition. If present it is preferable if the level of chelating agent is from 0.5 to 3wt% of the total composition.
- Preferred chelating agents include organic phosphonates, amino carboxylates, polyfunctionally-substituted compounds, and mixtures thereof.
- Particularly preferred chelating agents are organic phosphonates such as ⁇ -hydroxy-2 phenyl ethyl diphosphonate, ethylene diphosphonate, hydroxy-1,1-hexylidene, vinylidene-1,1-diphosphonate, 1,2-dihydroxyethane-1,1-diphosphonate and hydroxy-ethylene-1,1-diphosphonate. Most preferred is hydroxy-ethylene-1,1-diphosphonate (EHDP).
- EHDP hydroxy-ethylene-1,1-diphosphonate
- Anti-tarnishing agents such as benzotriazole and those described in EP 723 577 (Unilever) may also be included.
- Optional ingredients are, for example, buffering agents, reducing agents, e.g., borates, alkali metal hydroxide and the well-known enzyme stabilisers such as the polyalcohols, e.g. glycerol and borax; anti-scaling agents; crystal-growth inhibitors, threshold agents; thickening agents; perfumes and dyestuffs.
- buffering agents reducing agents, e.g., borates, alkali metal hydroxide and the well-known enzyme stabilisers such as the polyalcohols, e.g. glycerol and borax; anti-scaling agents; crystal-growth inhibitors, threshold agents; thickening agents; perfumes and dyestuffs.
- Reducing agents may e.g. be used to prevent the appearance of an enzyme-deactivating concentration of oxidant bleach compound.
- Suitable agents include reducing sulphur-oxy acids and salts thereof.
- Most preferred for reasons of availability, low cost, and high performance are the alkali metal and ammonium salts of sulphuroxy acids including ammonium sulphite ((NH 4 ) 2 SO 3 ), sodium sulphite (Na 2 SO 3 ), sodium bisulphite (NaHSO 3 ), sodium metabisulphite (Na 2 S 2 O 3 ), potassium metabisulphite (K 2 S 2 O 5 ), lithium hydrosulphite (Li 2 S 2 O 4 ), sodium sulphite being particularly preferred.
- Another useful reducing agent is ascorbic acid.
- the amount of reducing agents to be used may vary from case to case depending on the type of bleach and the form it is in, but normally a range of 0.01% to 1.0% by weight, preferably from 0.02% to 0.5% by weight, will be sufficient.
- the pH of the wash liquor is higher than 6.5, more preferably 7.5 or higher, most preferably 8.5 or higher.
- the pH is lower than 12, more preferably lower than 11.
- Tablets having the shape shown in figure 1 were prepared having a formulation within the following range: Example 1 %wt. Na-disilicate 30-22 Plurafac LF403 1.00 Sodium tripolyphosphate 25-57 Na-perborate aqueous 9.00 TAED 83% 2.40 Enzyme 3-4 Sokalan PA 25 CL 3.3 - 3.7 perfume and minors to 100%
- Example A This powder was tabletted on a rotary press at compaction forces between 60 and 150 kN to prepare Example A and Example 2.
- Example A round tablets 32 mm in diameter; height 16 mm; flat top and bottom surface.
- Example 2 pebble shape length: 40 mm; width: 29 mm; vertical height: 8 mm; total height including bulged surface: 17 mm.
- Tablet strength and friability were measured after the test runs. The results were as follows: Tablet properties Strength (N) Friability (%) Example A Example 2 134 4.1 167 2.7 196 1.6 200 1.5 124 1 157 0.5 153. 0.3 211 0.3
- Strength is measured on a MTS Synergie 100 .
- This machine uses a loadcell of 500 N maximum capacity.
- the initial -and secondary crosshead speeds are set at 25 mm/min, with a deformation limit of 200%. Break-sensitivity is 10%.
- the tablet is broken standing upright with its small side surfaces between the upper and lower plates.
- Friability testing For this test a square box of 10.5 cm/side was connected to motor running at 50 rpm at a horizontal angle of approx. 15°. Five tablets were preweighed (M1). The tablets were put in the box and the motor was turned on for a period of three minutes. After the test run the tablets were weighed again (M2).
- a tablet (1) has a top horizontal surface and a bottom horizontal surface (3).
- the tablet has a vertical edge (4).
- Figure 2 shows the point that the horizontal surface has its greatest width (6) should be taken as a plane ignoring the degree of curvature of the tablet.
- Figure 3 demonstrates the height (5) of the vertical edge (4).
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- Waschmitteltablette zur Wäsche oder zum automatischen Geschirrwaschen (1), umfassend 10 Gew.-% bis 80 Gew.-% eines Builders, mit einer horizontalen oberen und unteren Oberfläche, wobei diese Oberflächen ein konvexes Profil aufweisen.
- Tablette nach Anspruch 1, worin die horizontalen Oberflächen in der Form nicht kreisförmig sind.
- Tablette nach Anspruch 1 oder Anspruch 2 mit zwei horizontalen Oberflächen und einer vertikalen Oberfläche (4).
- Tablette nach Anspruch 1, worin mindestens ein Ende verjüngt ist.
- Tablette nach Anspruch 1 oder 2 mit einer Tränentropfenform.
- Tablette nach einem vorangehenden Anspruch mit einer Tablettenfestigkeit von 50 bis 300 Newton (N).
- Tablette nach einem vorangehenden Anspruch mit einer Masse größer als 8 Gramm.
- Tablette nach Anspruch 1, worin der Builder Natriumtripolyphosphat mit einem hohen Anteil an Phase I ist.
- Tablette nach einem vorangehenden Anspruch, umfassend mehr als 0,5 Gew.-% eines bleichenden Materials.
- Verwendung einer konvexen Form für eine Tablette für Geschirrwaschmaschinen, umfassend 10 Gew.-% bis 80 Gew.-% eines Builders, um eine Tablettenfestigkeit bei Lagerung, jedoch schnelle Auflösung bei Verwendung zu ergeben.
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