Classifications

• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
  • A47L—DOMESTIC WASHING OR CLEANING; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
  • A47L15/00—Washing or rinsing machines for crockery or tableware
  • A47L15/42—Details
  • A47L15/44—Devices for adding cleaning agents; Devices for dispensing cleaning agents, rinsing aids or deodorants
• • 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
  • C11D17/00—Detergent materials or soaps characterised by their shape or physical properties
  • C11D17/04—Detergent materials or soaps characterised by their shape or physical properties combined with or containing other objects
  • C11D17/041—Compositions releasably affixed on a substrate or incorporated into a dispensing means
• • 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
  • C11D17/00—Detergent materials or soaps characterised by their shape or physical properties
  • C11D17/04—Detergent materials or soaps characterised by their shape or physical properties combined with or containing other objects
  • C11D17/041—Compositions releasably affixed on a substrate or incorporated into a dispensing means
  • C11D17/046—Insoluble free body dispenser
• • 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
  • C11D17/00—Detergent materials or soaps characterised by their shape or physical properties
  • C11D17/04—Detergent materials or soaps characterised by their shape or physical properties combined with or containing other objects
  • C11D17/041—Compositions releasably affixed on a substrate or incorporated into a dispensing means
  • C11D17/047—Arrangements specially adapted for dry cleaning or laundry dryer related applications
• • 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
  • C11D3/50—Perfumes
  • C11D3/502—Protected perfumes
  • C11D3/505—Protected perfumes encapsulated or adsorbed on a carrier, e.g. zeolite or clay
• • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
  • D06—TREATMENT OF TEXTILES OR THE LIKE; LAUNDERING; FLEXIBLE MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
  • D06F—LAUNDERING, DRYING, IRONING, PRESSING OR FOLDING TEXTILE ARTICLES
  • D06F39/00—Details of washing machines not specific to a single type of machines covered by groups D06F9/00 - D06F27/00 
  • D06F39/02—Devices for adding soap or other washing agents
  • D06F39/024—Devices for adding soap or other washing agents mounted on the agitator or the rotating drum; Free body dispensers

Definitions

• the present invention is in the field of metering devices for washing or cleaning-active substances, in particular the present invention relates to metering devices for the simultaneous dosage of different washing or cleaning-active substances.
• the active ingredients that are actually active in washing or cleaning such as, for example, the builders, soaps or surfactants, additional additives and auxiliaries are generally used.
• the most common excipients include the corrosion inhibitors for the protection of silver or glassware, rinse aids or bleach activators in automatic dishwashing, as well as ironing aids, optical brighteners or antistatic agents in machine textile cleaning.
• auxiliaries may be present as an integral part of the washing or cleaning agents used, but may also be added to these cleaning agents in the form of a special detergent or special cleaning agent.
• Another possibility for dosing these auxiliaries are the multidose dosing devices available on the market, for example for scenting dishwashers. These Geschirr Hughesmaschinendos have the task, bad odors in the dishwasher, which may result, for example, by the storage of soiled dishes, or to eliminate or reduce alkali odors after completion of the cleaning process.
• deodorants can be made up in very different ways. For the consumer, it is desirable to obtain an article for the deodorizing of dishwashers or other enclosed spaces, which has an intense product fragrance when it is provided, which not only ensures product identification, but at the same time conveys the impression of high potency and which then in the course of his Life guaranteed the most reliable release of constant fragrance quantities. Furthermore, these deodorants should also achieve their effect independently of external factors such as (air) moisture, temperature or alkalinity. A number of different deodorizers for dishwashers are described in the prior art.
• a generic scent delivery system is off WO 02/09779 A1 (Procter & Gamble) known.
• This known scent delivery system comprises a container in which a plurality of small particles loaded with fragrances are received.
• the container is provided with a plurality of openings whose size is dimensioned so that the small particles can not escape through the openings.
• the openings are dimensioned that an emission of the fragrances of the particles from the receiving space of the container to the outside is possible.
• Deodorants for use in tumble driers are also known from the prior art.
• EP 0 287 132 describes a product comprising a water-permeable, water-insoluble substrate coated with a soil release polymer and having a pouch containing a water-soluble detergent composition.
• EP 0 145 438 describes a water-insoluble substrate containing different agglomerates stuck to the surface of the substrate.
• the present application was based on the object of providing metering devices for washing or cleaning active ingredients which are suitable for the simultaneous release of different active substances and which are distinguished from conventional metering devices by an improved release profile of these active substances.
• the duration of the drug release should be prolonged and at the same time a uniform release of the active substance should be achieved.
• a metering device with two different active ingredient compositions has been provided, of which at least one has a water-insoluble carrier material.
• the metering device according to the invention is suitable for metering a multiplicity of washing or cleaning-active substances.
• this metering device is suitable for the separate packaging and metering of different active ingredient compositions.
• the metering device according to the invention is particularly suitable for the multiple dosing of these drug compositions.
• the metering device according to the invention is suitable for multiple dosing of the active ingredients contained in it.
• these active substances preferably over a period of time, which is a multiple of the period of a washing or cleaning process.
• the dosing device according to the invention is suitable for dosing one or more active substances in 10 to 100, preferably 20 to 90 and in particular 30 to 80, cleaning cycles of a dishwasher, a textile washing machine or a textile drier.
• Such a sustained release of the active ingredients can be realized, for example, by delaying the active ingredients used by appropriate preparation, in which case, in particular, the choice of the carrier material and the processing of carrier material and active ingredient for the final active ingredient composition influence the release kinetics of the active ingredient. Another way to delay or expand the release of the active ingredients based on the spatial design of the container.
• the wall defining the container to the outside has a plurality of openings.
• these openings allow the escape of volatile active substances, such as the fragrances described below, and on the other hand permit the entry of aqueous liquors, provided that the metering devices according to the invention come into contact with such washing or cleaning liquors during their use in washing or cleaning processes.
• Dosing devices characterized in that the container has at least two separate receiving chambers, which are each filled with at least one active ingredient composition, wherein these active ingredient compositions differ at least with respect to one of their ingredients are particularly preferred according to the invention.
• the metering device has a fastening device.
• the metering devices according to the invention may also comprise more than the two mentioned active compound preparations. Dosing devices with three, four, five or more active compound preparations which differ from one another with regard to at least one of their ingredients are preferred according to the invention.
• the metering devices according to the invention moreover comprise one or more carrier materials, of which at least one is water-insoluble.
• carrier materials textile materials or polymers are used with particular preference.
• At least one of the carrier materials is a polymeric carrier material which comprises at least 10% by weight, preferably at least 30% by weight, particularly preferably at least 70% by weight, of ethylene / vinyl acetate copolymer, preferably entirely of ethylene / vinyl acetate. Copolymer is produced.
• Ethylene / vinyl acetate copolymers is the name given to copolyamers of ethylene and vinyl acetate.
• the preparation of this polymer is basically carried out in a process similar to that used to produce low density polyethylene (LDPE).
• LDPE low density polyethylene
• With an increasing proportion of vinyl acetate the crystallinity of the polyethylene is interrupted and in this way the melting and softening points or the hardness of the resulting products are reduced.
• the vinyl acetate also makes the copolymer more polar and thus improves its adhesion to polar substrates.
• ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymers described above are widely available commercially, for example under the tradename Elvax ® (Dupont).
• Elvax ® particularly suitable polyvinyl alcohols are, for example Elvax ® 265, Elvax ® 240, Elvax ® 205W, Elvax ® 200W, as well as Elvax ® 360th
• metering devices are particularly preferred in which ethylene / vinyl acetate copolymer is used as the polymeric carrier material and this copolymer contains 5 to 50% by weight of vinyl acetate, preferably 10 to 40% by weight of vinyl acetate and in particular 20 to 30% by weight. % Vinyl acetate, based in each case on the total weight of the copolymer.
• the support materials is a substance from the group comprising low or high density polyethylene (LDPE, HDPE) or mixtures thereof, polypropylene, polyethylene / polypropylene copolymers, polyether / polyamide block copolymers , Styrene / butadiene (block) copolymers, styrene / isoprene (block) copolymers, styrene / ethylene / butylene copolymers, acrylonitrile / butadiene / styrene copolymers, acrylonitrile / butadiene copolymers, polyetheresters, polyisobutene, polyisoprene, ethylene / Ethyl acrylate copolymers, polyamides, polycarbonate, polyesters, polyacrylonitrile, polymethyl methylene
• Polyethylene is a collective name for polymers belonging to the polyolefins with groups of the type CH 2 -CH 2 as a characteristic basic unit of the polymer chain.
• Polypropylene is the name for thermoplastic polymers of propylene with the general formula - (CH 2 -CH [CH 3]) n -.
• Polyether is a comprehensive term in the field of macromolecular chemistry for polymers whose organic repeating units are held together by ether functionalities (C-O-C). According to this definition, a large number of structurally very different polymers belong to the polyethers, eg.
• the polyalkylene glycols polyethylene glycols, polypropylene glycols and polyepichlorohydrins as polymers of 1,2-epoxides, epoxy resins, polytetrahydrofurans (polytetramethylene glycols), polyoxetanes, polyphenylene ethers (see polyarylethers) or polyetheretherketones (see Polyetherketone).
• polymers with pendant ether groups are calculated, such as. a. the cellulose ethers, starch ethers and vinyl ether polymers.
• the group of polyethers also include functionalized polyethers, ie compounds having a polyether skeleton, which laterally attached to their main chains still carry other functional groups such. As carboxy, epoxy, allyl or amino groups, etc. Versatile it is possible to use block copolymers of polyethers and polyamides (so-called polyetheramides or polyether block amides, PEBA).
• Polyamides are polymers whose basic building blocks are held together by amide bonds (-NH-CO-).
• Naturally occurring polyamides are peptides, polypeptides and proteins (Ex .: protein, wool, silk).
• the synthetic polyamides with a few exceptions, are thermoplastic, chain-like polymers.
• polyamides which contain exclusively aromatic radicals are classified under the generic name.
• Aramids or polyaramides summarized (Ex .: Nomex®).
• the most commonly used polyamide types consist of unbranched chains with average molecular weights of 15,000 to 50,000 g / mol. They are partially crystalline in the solid state and have degrees of crystallization of 30-60%. An exception are polyamides of building blocks with side chains or co-polyamides of very different components, which are largely amorphous. In contrast to the generally milky-opaque, semi-crystalline polyamides, these are almost crystal clear.
• the softening temperature of the most common homo-polyamides are between 200 and 260 ° C (PA 6: 215-220 ° C, PA 66: 255-260 ° C).
• Polyester is the collective name for polymers whose basic building blocks are held together by ester bonds (-CO-O-). According to their chemical structure, the so-called homopolyesters can be divided into two groups, the hydroxycarboxylic acid types (AB-polyester) and the dihydroxy-dicarboxylic acid types (AA-BB-polyester). The former are made of only a single monomer by z. B. polycondensation of a w-hydroxycarboxylic acid 1 or by ring-opening polymerization of cyclic esters (lactones) 2 produced.
• polyesters are obtained in the polycondensation of trihydric or polyhydric alcohols with polyfunctional carboxylic acids.
• the polyesters are generally also the polycarbonates (carbonic acid polyester) counted.
• AB type polyesters (I) include polyglycolic acids, polylactic acids, polyhydroxybutyric acid [poly (3-hydroxybutyric acid), poly ( ⁇ -caprolactone) s and polyhydroxybenzoic acids.
• Pure aliphatic AA-BB type polyesters (II) are polycondensates of aliphatic diols and dicarboxylic acids, the u. a. as hydroxy terminated products (as polydiols) for the preparation of polyester polyurethanes [e.g. B. polytetramethylene adipate].
• AA-BB type polyesters of aliphatic diols and aromatic dicarboxylic acids in particular the polyalkylene terephthalates, with polyethylene terephthalate (PET), polybutylene terephthalate (PBT) and poly (1,4-cyclohexanedimethylene terephthalate) s (PCDT) as the most important representatives .
• PET polyethylene terephthalate
• PBT polybutylene terephthalate
• PCDT poly (1,4-cyclohexanedimethylene terephthalate) s
• These types of polyesters can be widely varied in their properties by using other aromatic dicarboxylic acids (for example isophthalic acid) or by using diol mixtures in polycondensation and can be adapted to different fields of application.
• Purely aromatic polyesters are the polyarylates to which u. a. which include poly (4-hydroxybenzoic acid).
• unsaturated polyesters from unsaturated dicarboxylic acids which have acquired industrial significance as polyester resins, in particular as unsaturated polyester resins (UP resins).
• Polyurethanes are polymers in whose macromolecules the repeat units are linked by urethane groups -NH-CO-O-. Polyurethanes are generally obtained by polyaddition from dihydric or higher alcohols and isocyanates.
• polyurethane resins polyurethane resins
• ionomers a thermoplastic material for bearing parts, rollers, tires, rollers and as more or less hard elastomers in fiber form (elastofasem, short PUE for these elastane or spandex fibers) or as polyether or polyester urethane rubber (EU or AU)
• Polyvinyl alcohols (PVAL, occasionally also PVOH) is the term for polymers of the general structure in small proportions (about 2%) also structural units of the type contain.
• polyvinyl alcohols are available as white-yellowish powders or granules with degrees of polymerization in the range of about 100 to 2500 (molar masses of about 4000 to 100,000 g / mol).
• the polyvinyl alcohols are characterized by the manufacturer by indicating the degree of polymerization of the starting polymer, the degree of hydrolysis, the saponification number or the solution viscosity
• polyvinyl alcohols are soluble in water and a few highly polar organic solvents (formamide, dimethylformamide, dimethyl sulfoxide); They are not attacked by (chlorinated) hydrocarbons, esters, fats and oils.
• Polyvinyl alcohols are classified as toxicologically safe and are biologically at least partially degradable.
• the water solubility can be reduced by aftertreatment with aldehydes (acetalization), by complexation with Ni or Cu salts or by treatment with dichromates, boric acid or borax.
• the coatings of polyvinyl alcohol are largely impermeable to gases such as oxygen, nitrogen, helium, hydrogen, carbon dioxide, but allow water vapor to pass through.
• Polyvinyl alcohols of a certain molecular weight range are preferably used as carrier materials, wherein the water-soluble or water-dispersible container comprises a polyvinyl alcohol whose molecular weight is in the range of 10,000 to 100,000 gmol -1 , preferably 11,000 to 90,000 gmol -1 , particularly preferably 12,000 to 80,000 gmol -1 and in particular from 13,000 to 70,000 gmol -1 .
• At least one of the active substance compositions of the metering device contains a polyether-ester-amide polymer (PEEA polymer) of the general formula HO [C (O) -PA-C (O) -O-PE-O] n H.
• PEEA polymer polyether-ester-amide polymer
• Dosing devices according to the invention characterized in that at least one of the active ingredient compositions comprises a polyether-ester-amide polymer (PEEA polymer) of the general formula HO [C (O) -PA-C (O) -O-PE-O] n H, in the PA for a polyamide group stands, PE is a polyether group and n is an integer, are particularly preferred.
• Corresponding PEEA polymers are, for example, by copolymerization of the polyamide of a dicarboxylic acid which carries a terminal acid group and has an average molecular weight between 300 and 15,000, with a linear or branched aliphatic polyalkylene glycol, which carries a terminal Hydrxoylrios and has an average molecular weight between 200 and 6000 , available.
• the copolymerization is preferably carried out in a melt at temperatures between 100 and 400 ° C.
• PEEA polymers are commercially available under the name Pebax ® . While, in principle, the abovementioned PEEA polymers are suitable as constituents of the active ingredient compositions metered in accordance with the invention, those active compound compositions which are capable of absorbing at least 2.3 times, preferably 5 times their own weight, fragrances are particularly preferred. Suitable PEEA polymers are, for example, Pebax ® 2533, Pebax ® 3533 or Pebax ® 4033rd
• the metering device comprises activated carbon as carrier material.
• Activated carbon is to be understood as meaning black, light, dry, odorless and tasteless powders or granules of minute graphite crystals and amorphous carbon with a porous structure and very large internal surfaces (preferably between 500 and 1500 m 2 / g).
• powdered activated carbon granular activated carbon and, for example, cylindrically shaped activated carbon form.
• Activated carbon can contain up to 25% by weight of minerals.
• the activated carbon can act as a scent catcher in a particularly preferred embodiment and is thus at the same time carrier material and active ingredient.
• Suitable carrier materials are the cyclodextrins.
• inorganic carrier materials preference is furthermore given to using inorganic carrier materials.
• metering devices characterized in that at least one of the carrier materials is an inorganic carrier material, preferably a silicate, phosphate or borate.
• the silicates, phosphates or borates are preferably in the form of a glass, particularly preferably in the form of a water-soluble glass.
• Particularly preferred inorganic support materials are, for example, zeolites, preferably acid-modified zeolites.
• carrier materials can be used alone or in combination with other carrier materials.
• thermoplastic carrier materials or carrier materials which plastically deform under the action of the ambient temperatures occurring during use.
• the plastic deformation of the carrier materials in the course of one or more applications results in a change in the carrier material surface, in particular a change in the size of the carrier material surface, which in turn has an advantageous effect on the release profile and the release kinetics of the washing or cleaning active ingredients contained in the active substance compositions.
• Dosing devices characterized in that at least one polymeric carrier material has a melting or softening point between 40 and 125 ° C, preferably between 60 and 100 ° C, more preferably from 70 to 90 ° C and in particular between 75 and 80 ° C, are according to the invention prefers.
• the dosing devices according to the invention are particularly suitable for the multiple dosing of the active substances contained in them.
• it has proven to be advantageous to use only water-insoluble carrier materials.
• This water-insoluble. Support materials also simplify the production of metering devices according to the invention.
• Preferred metering device are therefore characterized in that all carrier materials used are water-insoluble.
• the active ingredient compositions can take on any state of matter and / or three-dimensional forms that can be realized, depending on the chemical and physical properties of the carrier materials.
• At least one of the active ingredient compositions is present as a gel.
• At least one of the active ingredient compositions is present as a solid.
• Active ingredient compositions in the form of individual blocks comprising entire active ingredient compositions.
• the active ingredient compositions may be in particulate form, wherein the dosing device wherein the carrier material of at least one of the active ingredient compositions is in particulate form, these particles preferably have an average diameter of 0.5 to 20 mm, preferably 1 to 10 mm and especially of 3 to 6 mm, are particularly preferred.
• the metering device according to the invention encompasses at least two active ingredient compositions, one of which comprises a water-insoluble carrier material in particle form, this carrier material being present dispersed in a gel-like active substance preparation.
• Dosing devices according to the invention which comprise at least one colored active substance composition are particularly preferred. By coloring at least one of the active ingredient compositions, optical differentiation of these compositions can be achieved and the multiple benefits of these different compositions can be illustrated in a simple manner. Furthermore, the dyes are also suitable as an indicator, in particular as a consumption indicator for the colored active ingredient compositions.
• Preferred dyes the selection of which presents no difficulty to the skilled person, have a high storage stability and insensitivity to the other ingredients of the agents and to light and no pronounced substantivity to the substrates to be treated with the dye-containing agents such as textiles, glass, ceramics or plastic dishes do not stain them.
• the colorants When choosing the colorant, it must be remembered that the colorants have a high storage stability and insensitivity to light as well as not too strong affinity to glass, ceramic or plastic dishes. At the same time, it should also be taken into account when choosing suitable colorants that colorants have different stabilities to the oxidation. In general, water-insoluble colorants are more stable to oxidation than water-soluble colorants. Depending on the solubility and thus also on the sensitivity to oxidation, the concentration of the colorant in the detergents or cleaners varies. In the case of readily water-soluble colorants, colorant concentrations in the range of a few 10 -2 to 10 -3 % by weight are typically selected. By contrast, in the case of the particularly preferred, but less readily water-soluble, pigment dyes due to their brilliance, the suitable concentration of the colorant in detergents or cleaners is typically about 10 -3 to 10 -4 % by weight.
• Colorants are preferred which can be oxidatively destroyed in the washing process and mixtures thereof with suitable blue dyes, so-called blue toners. It has proved to be advantageous to use colorants which are soluble in water or at room temperature in liquid organic substances. Suitable are, for example, anionic colorants, e.g. anionic nitrosofarads.
• the metering devices according to the invention comprise one or more active substances. These active ingredients are washing or cleaning active ingredients. Dosing devices according to the invention are characterized in that at least one of these active substances is selected from the group of scent scavengers, dyes, glass corrosion inhibitors, silver protectants, bleach catalysts, washing or cleaning-active polymers or surfactants.
• perfume oils or perfumes within the scope of the present invention, individual fragrance compounds, e.g. the synthetic products of the ester, ether, aldehyde, ketone, alcohol and hydrocarbon type are used. Preferably, however, mixtures of different fragrances are used, which together produce an attractive fragrance.
• perfume oils may also contain natural fragrance mixtures such as are available from vegetable sources, e.g. Pine, citrus, jasmine, patchouly, rose or ylang-ylang oil.
• a fragrance In order to be perceptible, a fragrance must be volatile, whereby besides the nature of the functional groups and the structure of the chemical compound, the molecular weight also plays an important role. For example, most odorants have molecular weights up to about 200 daltons, while molecular weights of 300 daltons and above are more of an exception. Due to the different volatility of fragrances, the smell of a perfume or fragrance composed of several fragrances changes during evaporation, whereby the odor impressions in "top note”, “middle note” or “body note” ) and “base note” (end note or dry out).
• the top note of a perfume or fragrance does not consist solely of volatile compounds, while the base note consists for the most part of less volatile, ie adherent fragrances.
• the base note consists for the most part of less volatile, ie adherent fragrances.
• more volatile fragrances can be bound to certain fixatives, preventing them from evaporating too quickly.
• the subsequent classification of the fragrances in "more volatile” or “adherent” fragrances so nothing about the olfactory impression and whether the corresponding fragrance is perceived as a head or middle note, nothing said.
• the fragrances can be processed directly, but it can also be advantageous to apply the fragrances on carriers that provide a slower fragrance release for long-lasting fragrance.
• carrier materials for example, cyclodextrins have been proven, the cyclodextrin-perfume complexes can be additionally coated with other excipients.
• the known Ricenolate especially the Zinkricenoleate be used.
• Glass corrosion inhibitors prevent the occurrence of haze, streaks and scratches, but also iridescence of the glass surface of machine-cleaned glasses.
• Preferred glass corrosion inhibitors come from the group of magnesium and / or zinc salts and / or magnesium and / or zinc complexes.
• the spectrum of the invention preferred zinc salts, preferably organic acids, particularly preferably organic carboxylic acids, ranging from salts which are difficult or insoluble in water, ie a solubility below 100 mg / l, preferably below 10 mg / l, in particular below 0.01 have mg / l, to those salts which have a solubility in water above 100 mg / l, preferably above 500 mg / l, more preferably above 1 g / l and in particular above 5 g / l (all solubilities at 20 ° C. water temperature).
• the first group of zinc salts includes, for example, zinc citrate, zinc oleate and zinc stearate
• the group of soluble zinc salts includes, for example, zinc formate, zinc acetate, zinc lactate and zinc gluconate.
• the glass corrosion inhibitor used is at least one zinc salt of an organic carboxylic acid, more preferably a zinc salt from the group zinc stearate, zinc oleate, zinc gluconate, zinc acetate, zinc lactate and / or zinc citrate.
• Zinc ricinoleate, zinc abietate and zinc oxalate are also preferred.
• the content of cleaning agents to zinc salt is preferably between 0.1 to 5 wt .-%, preferably between 0.2 to 4 wt .-% and in particular between 0.4 to 3 wt .-%, or the content of zinc in oxidized form (calculated as Zn 2+ ) is between 0.01 and 1% by weight, preferably between 0.02 and 0.5% by weight and in particular between 0.04 and 0.2% by weight. -%, in each case based on the total weight of the glass corrosion inhibitor-containing agent.
• the silver protectants used are the known substances of the prior art.
• silver protectants selected from the group of triazoles, the Benzotriazole, the bisbenzotriazoles, the aminotriazoles, the alkylaminotriazoles and the transition metal salts or complexes are used.
• Particularly preferred to use are benzotriazole and / or alkylaminotriazole.
• Preferred acids for salt formation are hydrochloric acid, sulfuric acid, phosphoric acid, carbonic acid, sulphurous acid, organic carboxylic acids such as acetic, glycolic, citric, succinic acid.
• organic carboxylic acids such as acetic, glycolic, citric, succinic acid.
• cleaner formulations often contain active chlorine-containing agents which can markedly reduce the corrosion of the silver surface.
• active chlorine-containing agents which can markedly reduce the corrosion of the silver surface.
• oxygen- and nitrogen-containing organic redox-active compounds such as di- and trihydric phenols, e.g. Hydroquinone, pyrocatechol, hydroxyhydroquinone, gallic acid, phloroglucin, pyrogallol or derivatives of these classes of compounds used.
• salt and complex inorganic compounds such as salts of the metals Mn, Ti, Zr, Hf, V, Co and Ce are often used.
• transition metal salts which are selected from the group of the manganese and / or cobalt salts and / or complexes, particularly preferably the cobalt (ammin) complexes, the cobalt (acetate) complexes, the cobalt (carbonyl) - Complexes, the chlorides of cobalt or manganese and manganese sulfate. Also, zinc compounds can be used to prevent corrosion on the items to be washed.
• redox-active substances can be used. These substances are preferably inorganic redox-active substances from the group of manganese, titanium, zirconium, hafnium, vanadium, cobalt and cerium salts and / or complexes, wherein the metals preferably in one of the oxidation states II, III, IV, V or VI are present.
• the metal salts or metal complexes used should be at least partially soluble in water.
• the counterions suitable for salt formation include all conventional mono-, di-, or tri-negatively charged inorganic anions, e.g. Oxide, sulfate, nitrate, fluoride, but also organic anions such as e.g. Stearate.
• metal salts and / or metal complexes are selected from the group MnSO 4 , Mn (II) citrate, Mn (II) stearate, Mn (II) acetylacetonate, Mn (II) - [1-hydroxyethane-1,1- diphosphonate], V 2 O 5 , V 2 O 4 VO 2 , TiOSO 4 , K 2 TiF 6 , K 2 ZrF 6 , COSO 4 , Co (NO 3 ) 2 , Ce (NO 3 ) 3 , and mixtures thereof, see above in that the metal salts and / or metal complexes are selected from the group MnSO 4 , Mn (II) citrate, Mn (II) stearate, Mn (II) acetylacetonate, Mn (II) - [1-hydroxyethane-1,1-diphosphonate ] V 2 O 5 , V 2 O 4 , VO 2 , TiOS
• the inorganic redox-active substances are preferably coated, i. completely coated with a waterproof, but easily soluble in the cleaning temperatures material to prevent their premature decomposition or oxidation during storage.
• Preferred coating materials which are applied by known methods, such as Sandwik from the food industry, are paraffins, microwaxes, waxes of natural origin such as carnauba wax, candellila wax, beeswax, higher melting alcohols such as hexadecanol, soaps or fatty acids.
• the metal salts and / or metal complexes mentioned are contained in cleaning agents, preferably in an amount of 0.05 to 6 wt .-%, preferably 0.2 to 2.5 wt .-%, each based on the total agent.
• the bleach catalysts are bleach-enhancing transition metal salts or transition metal complexes such as, for example, Mn, Fe, Co, Ru or Mo saline complexes or carbonyl complexes.
• Mn, Fe, Co, Ru, Mo, Ti, V and Cu complexes with N-containing tripod ligands and Co, Fe, Cu and Ru ammine complexes can also be used as bleach catalysts.
• Bleach-enhancing transition metal complexes in particular having the central atoms Mn, Fe, Co, Cu, Mo, V, Ti and / or Ru, preferably selected from the group of manganese and / or cobalt salts and / or complexes, particularly preferably the cobalt (ammine) Complexes, the cobalt (acetate) complexes, the cobalt (carbonyl) complexes, the chlorides of cobalt or manganese, of manganese sulfate are preferred according to the invention.
• Antimicrobial agents can be used to combat microorganisms. Depending on the antimicrobial spectrum and mechanism of action, a distinction is made between bacteriostats and bactericides, fungistatics and fungicides, etc. Important substances from these groups are, for example, benzalkonium chlorides, alkylarylsulfonates, halophenols and phenolmercuric acetate, although it is entirely possible to do without these compounds.
• the group of polymers includes, in particular, the washing or cleaning-active polymers, for example the rinse aid polymers and / or polymers which act as softeners.
• the washing or cleaning-active polymers for example the rinse aid polymers and / or polymers which act as softeners.
• cationic, anionic and amphoteric polymers can be used in detergents or cleaners in addition to nonionic polymers.
• “Cationic polymers” in the context of the present invention are polymers which carry a positive charge in the polymer molecule. This can be realized, for example, by (alkyl) ammonium groups or other positively charged groups present in the polymer chain.
• Particularly preferred cationic polymers come from the groups of quaternized cellulose derivatives, the polysiloxanes with quaternary groups, the cationic guar derivatives, the polymeric dimethyldiallylammonium salts and their copolymers with esters and amides of acrylic acid and methacrylic acid, the copolymers of vinylpyrrolidone with quaternized derivatives of dialkylamino and methacrylates, the vinylpyrrolidone-methoimidazolinium chloride copolymers, the quaternized polyvinyl alcohols or the polymers specified under the INCI names Polyquaternium 2, Polyquaternium 17, Polyquaternium 18 and Polyquaternium 27.
• amphoteric polymers further comprise, in addition to a positively charged group in the polymer chain, also negatively charged groups or monomer units. These groups may be, for example, carboxylic acids, sulfonic acids or phosphonic acids.
• particularly preferred cationic or amphoteric polymers contain as monomer unit a compound of the general formula in which R 1 and R 4 are each independently H or a linear or branched hydrocarbon radical having 1 to 6 carbon atoms; R 2 and R 3 independently of one another an alkyl, hydroxyalkyl, or aminoalkyl group in which the alkyl group is linear or branched and has from 1 to 6 carbon atoms, preferably a methyl group; x and y independently represent integers between 1 and 3.
• X - represents a counterion, preferably a counterion from the group chloride, bromide, iodide, sulfate, hydrogen sulfate, methosulfate, lauryl sulfate, dodecylbenzenesulfonate, p-toluenesulfonate (tosylate), cumene sulfonate, xylenesulfonate, phosphate, citrate, formate, acetate or mixtures thereof.
• Preferred radicals R 1 and R 4 in the above formula are selected from -CH 3, -CH 2 -CH 3, - CH 2 -CH 2 -CH 3, -CH (CH 3) -CH 3, -CH 2 -OH , -CH 2 -CH 2 -OH, -CH (OH) -CH 3 , -CH 2 -CH 2 -OH, -CH 2 -CH (OH) -CH 3 , -CH (OH) -CH 2 -CH 3 , and - (CH 2 CH 2 -O) n H.
• R 1 HC CR 2 -C (O) -NH- (CH 2 ) x -N + R 3 R 4 R 5 X - , in which R 1 , R 2 , R 3 , R 4 and R 5 independently of one another are a linear or branched, saturated or unsaturated alkyl or hydroxyalkyl radical having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, preferably a linear or branched alkyl radical selected from -CH 3 , -CH 2 -CH 3 , -CH 2 -CH 2 -CH 3 , -CH (CH 3 ) -CH 3 , -CH 2 -OH, -CH 2 -CH 2 -OH, -CH (OH) -CH 3 , -CH 2 -CH 2 -CH 2 -OH, -CH 2 -CH (OH) -CH 3 , -CH 2 -CH 2 -CH 2 -OH, -CH 2 -CH (OH) -CH 3 , -CH
• amphoteric polymers have not only cationic groups but also anionic groups or monomer units.
• anionic monomer units are derived, for example, from the group of linear or branched, saturated or unsaturated carboxylates, linear or branched, saturated or unsaturated phosphonates, linear or branched, saturated or unsaturated sulfates or linear or branched, saturated or unsaturated sulfonates.
• Preferred monomer units are acrylic acid, (meth) acrylic acid, (dimethyl) acrylic acid, (ethyl) acrylic acid, cyanoacrylic acid, vinylessingic acid, allylacetic acid, crotonic acid, maleic acid, fumaric acid, cinnamic acid and its derivatives, allylsulfonic acids such as allyloxybenzenesulfonic acid and methallylsulfonic acid or the allylphosphonic acids.
• Preferred employable amphoteric polymers are from the group of the alkylacrylamide / acrylic acid copolymers, the alkylacrylamide / methacrylic acid copolymers, the alkylacrylamide / methylmethacrylic acid copolymers, the alkylacrylamide / acrylic acid / alkylaminoalkyl (meth) acrylic acid copolymers, the alkylacrylamide / methacrylic acid / alkylaminoalkyl (meth ) -acrylic acid copolymers, the alkylacrylamide / methylmethacrylic acid / alkylaminoalkyl (meth) acrylic acid copolymers, the alkylacrylamide / alkymethacrylate / alkylaminoethylmethacrylate / alkylmethacrylate copolymers and the copolymers of unsaturated carboxylic acids, cationically derivatized unsaturated carboxylic acids and optionally further ionic or non
• Preferably usable zwitterionic polymers are selected from the group of acrylamidoalkyltrialkylammonium chloride / acrylic acid copolymers and their alkali metal and ammonium salts, the acrylamidoalkyltrialkylammonium chloride / methacrylic acid copolymers and their alkali metal and ammonium salts and the methacroylethylbetaine / methacrylate copolymers.
• amphoteric polymers which comprise, in addition to one or more anionic monomers as cationic monomers, methacrylamidoalkyltrialkylammonium chloride and dimethyl (diallyl) ammonium chloride.
• amphoteric polymers are selected from the group consisting of the methacrylamidoalkyltrialkylammonium chloride / dimethyl (diallyl) ammonium chloride / acrylic acid copolymers, the methacrylamidoalkyltrialkylammonium chloride / dimethyl (diallyl) ammonium chloride / methacrylic acid copolymers and the methacrylamidoalkyltrialkylammonium chloride / dimethyl (diallyl) ammonium chloride / alkyl (meth) acrylic acid Copolymers and their alkali metal and ammonium salts.
• amphoteric polymers from the group of the methacrylamidopropyltrimethylammonium chloride / dimethyl (diallyl) ammonium chloride / acrylic acid copolymers, the methacrylamidopropyltrimethylammonium chloride / dimethyl (diallyl) ammonium chloride / acrylic acid copolymers and the methacrylamidopropyltrimethylammonium chloride / dimethyl (diallyl) ammonium chloride / alkyl (meth) acrylic acid copolymers as well as their alkali and ammonium salts.
• Effective polymers as softeners are, for example, the sulfonic acid-containing polymers which are used with particular preference.
• sulfonic acid-containing polymers are copolymers of unsaturated carboxylic acids, sulfonic acid-containing monomers and optionally other ionic or nonionic monomers.
• R 1 (R 2 ) C C (R 3 ) COOH in which R 1 to R 3 independently of one another are -H, -CH 3 , a straight-chain or branched saturated alkyl radical having 2 to 12 carbon atoms, a straight-chain or branched, mono- or polyunsaturated alkenyl radical having 2 to 12 carbon atoms, NH 2 , -OH or -COOH substituted alkyl or alkenyl radicals or -COOH or -COOR 4 , wherein R 4 is a saturated or unsaturated, straight-chain or branched hydrocarbon radical having 1 to 12 carbon atoms.
• Particularly preferred monomers containing sulfonic acid groups are 1-acrylamido-1-propanesulfonic acid, 2-acrylamido-2-propanesulfonic acid, 2-acrylamido-2-methyl-1-propanesulfonic acid, 2-methacrylamido-2-methyl-1-propanesulfonic acid, 3 Methacrylamido-2-hydroxypropanesulfonic acid, allylsulfonic acid, methallylsulfonic acid, allyloxybenzenesulfonic acid, methallyloxybenzenesulfonic acid, 2-hydroxy-3- (2-propenyloxy) propanesulfonic acid, 2-methyl-2-propenylsulfonic acid, styrenesulfonic acid, vinylsulfonic acid, 3-sulfopropyl acrylate, 3-sulfopropyl methacrylate , Sulfomethacrylamide, sulfomethylmethacrylamide and water-soluble salts of said acids.
• Particularly suitable other ionic or nonionic monomers are ethylenically unsaturated compounds.
• the content of the polymers used in these other ionic or nonionic monomers is preferably less than 20% by weight, based on the polymer.
• the copolymers may contain the monomers from groups i) and ii) and optionally iii) in varying amounts, all representatives from group i) being combined with all representatives from group ii) and all representatives from group iii) can.
• Particularly preferred polymers have certain structural units, which are described below.
• copolymers which are structural units of the formula are preferred - [CH 2 -CHCOOH] m - [CH 2 -CHC (O) -Y-SO 3 H] p - in which m and p are each an integer between 1 and 2,000 and Y is a spacer group selected from substituted or unsubstituted aliphatic, aromatic or substituted aromatic hydrocarbon radicals having 1 to 24 carbon atoms, wherein spacer groups in which Y.
• These polymers are prepared by copolymerization of acrylic acid with a sulfonic acid-containing acrylic acid derivative.
• acrylic acid derivative containing sulfonic acid groups is copolymerized with methacrylic acid, another polymer is obtained whose use is likewise preferred.
• Acrylic acid and / or methacrylic acid can also be copolymerized completely analogously with methacrylic acid derivatives containing sulfonic acid groups, as a result of which the structural units in the molecule are changed.
• maleic acid can also be used as a particularly preferred monomer from group i).
• copolymers which contain structural units of the formula - [HOOCCH-CHCOOH] m - [CH 2 -C (CH 3 ) C (O) OY-SO 3 H] p - in which m and p are each an integer between 1 and 2,000 and Y is a spacer group selected from substituted or unsubstituted aliphatic, aromatic or substituted aromatic hydrocarbon radicals having 1 to 24 carbon atoms, wherein spacer groups in which Y.
• the sulfonic acid groups may be wholly or partially in neutralized form, i. in that the acidic acid of the sulfonic acid group in some or all sulfonic acid groups can be exchanged for metal ions, preferably alkali metal ions and in particular for sodium ions.
• metal ions preferably alkali metal ions and in particular for sodium ions.
• the monomer distribution of the copolymers preferably used according to the invention in the case of copolymers which contain only monomers from groups i) and ii) is preferably in each case from 5 to 95% by weight i) or ii), particularly preferably from 50 to 90% by weight monomer from group i) and from 10 to 50% by weight of monomer from group ii), in each case based on the polymer.
• terpolymers particular preference is given to those containing from 20 to 85% by weight of monomer from group i), from 10 to 60% by weight of monomer from group ii) and from 5 to 30% by weight of monomer from group iii) ,
• the molar mass of the sulfo copolymers preferably used according to the invention can be varied in order to adapt the properties of the polymers to the desired end use.
• Preferred washing or cleaning agents are characterized in that the copolymers have molar masses of 2000 to 200,000 gmol -1 , preferably from 4000 to 25,000 gmol -1 and in particular from 5000 to 15,000 gmol -1 .
• the metering devices according to the invention may contain surfactants as further active ingredient.
• Suitable surfactants are in principle all surfactants known to those skilled in the art from the groups of nonionic, anionic, cationic or amphoteric surfactants, but in particular the nonionic surfactants are preferred.
• the surfactants in particular the nonionic surfactants, are present in a form chemically bound to a carrier material.
• the surfactant may be released in the course of the washing or cleaning processes, for example by hydrolysis or oxidative cleavage of a chemical bond.
• the active compounds may in principle be present in the active substance preparations in any desired amounts.
• metering devices in which the proportion by weight of the active substance (s) is 1 to 70% by weight, preferably 10 to 60% by weight, particularly preferably 20 to 50% by weight, in particular 30 to 40% by weight, are particularly preferred. in each case based on the total weight of the active ingredient composition (s).
• the dosing devices according to the invention comprise at least two active ingredient compositions which differ from one another with regard to at least one of their ingredients.
• the two active substance compositions differ with regard to the carrier materials contained in them.
• the two active ingredient compositions differ only in terms of the carrier materials contained, but not with regard to the active ingredients contained.
• the carrier materials for the same active ingredient, it is possible to modify the release profile for this active ingredient in an advantageous manner and thus to extend, for example, the duration of action of the metering device according to the invention.
• the two active compound compositions differ both with regard to at least one of the carrier materials contained in them and with regard to at least one of the active ingredients contained in them.
• Dosing devices characterized in that at least two active substance compositions have different carrier materials, are preferred according to the invention.
• Active ingredient preparation 1 Active ingredient preparation 2 support material active substance support material active substance Organic polymer Perfume 1 Organic carrier odor trap PEEA polymer Perfume 1 Organic carrier odor trap Organic polymer Perfume 1 Organic polymer Glass corrosion inhibitor PEEA polymer Perfume 1 Organic polymer Glass corrosion inhibitor Organic polymer Perfume 1 Inorganic carrier Glass corrosion inhibitor Organic polymer Perfume 1 Water-soluble glass Glass corrosion inhibitor Organic polymer Perfume 1 Organic polymer oxidation catalysts PEEA polymer Perfume 1 Organic polymer oxidation catalysts Organic polymer Perfume 1 Inorganic carrier oxidation catalysts Organic polymer Perfume 1 Water-soluble glass oxidation catalysts Organic polymer Perfume 1 Organic polymer surfactant PEEA polymer Perfume 1 Organic polymer surfactant Organic polymer Perfume 1 Inorganic carrier surfactant Organic polymer Perfume 1
• the different active ingredient preparations metering devices according to the invention can be present side by side, that is in direct contact with each other, in the container of the metering device.
• the dosing device has at least two, preferably three or four, separate receiving chambers.
• Particularly preferred are those dosing devices according to the invention which have at least two separate receiving chambers, of which at least one receiving chamber at least partially surrounds at least one further receiving chamber.
• Dosing devices which have a first receiving chamber in the form of a trough-shaped hollow body, the trough of which is closed by a suitable closing element to form a further receiving chamber, are particularly advantageous. As closure elements are thereby used with particular preference lid or stand-alone container.
• the trough-shaped receiving chamber is preferably connected to the lid or the independent container by means of an adhesive, latching, plug-in or snap connection.
• PEEA polymer Perfume 1 Organic polymer oxidation catalysts Organic polymer Perfume 1 Inorganic carrier oxidation catalysts Organic polymer Perfume 1 Water-soluble glass oxidation catalysts Organic polymer Perfume 1 Organic polymer surfactant PEEA polymer Perfume 1 Organic polymer surfactant Organic polymer Perfume 1 Inorganic carrier surfactant Organic polymer Perfume 1 Water-soluble glass surfactant Organic polymer Perfume 1 Organic polymer sulfopolymer PEEA polymer Perfume 1 Organic polymer sulfopolymer Organic polymer Perfume 1 Inorganic carrier sulfopolymer Organic polymer Perfume 1 Water-soluble glass sulfopolymer Organic polymer Perfume 1 Water-soluble glass sulfopolymer
• the metering devices according to the invention are suitable for the metering of washing or cleaning-active substances in washing or cleaning processes. Washing or cleaning methods in which a metering device according to the invention is used for the metering of active ingredients are therefore a further subject of the present application, wherein the use of metering devices according to the invention in automatic cleaning methods is particularly preferred.
• dosing devices according to the invention are particularly suitable for dosing washing or cleaning active ingredients washing or cleaning processes in which the metering device and the active substance compositions contained in it to temperatures between 30 and 150 ° C are heated.
• Method for metering active ingredients characterized in that a metering device according to the invention is heated to temperatures between 30 and 150 ° C, are therefore preferred.
• the metering devices according to the invention are preferably used in the interiors of buildings, vehicles or technical equipment.
• An inventive method characterized in that the dosage of the active ingredients takes place indoors of buildings, vehicles or technical equipment is therefore preferred.
• the metering devices according to the invention are used in rooms which are subject to change in humidity, that is to say in rooms with strongly fluctuating air humidity.
• the interiors of dishwashers, textile washing machines or textile driers are referred to as "alternating wet rooms”.
• An inventive method characterized in that the dosage of the active ingredients in interior spaces of textile washing machines, textile driers or dishwashers, is therefore preferred.

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