Classifications

• • 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
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• • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
  • C11—ANIMAL OR VEGETABLE OILS, FATS, FATTY SUBSTANCES OR WAXES; FATTY ACIDS THEREFROM; DETERGENTS; CANDLES
  • C11D—DETERGENT COMPOSITIONS; USE OF SINGLE SUBSTANCES AS DETERGENTS; SOAP OR SOAP-MAKING; RESIN SOAPS; RECOVERY OF GLYCEROL
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  • C11D3/37—Polymers
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  • C11D3/3738—Alkoxylated silicones
• • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
  • D06—TREATMENT OF TEXTILES OR THE LIKE; LAUNDERING; FLEXIBLE MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
  • D06M—TREATMENT, NOT PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE IN CLASS D06, OF FIBRES, THREADS, YARNS, FABRICS, FEATHERS OR FIBROUS GOODS MADE FROM SUCH MATERIALS
  • D06M15/00—Treating fibres, threads, yarns, fabrics, or fibrous goods made from such materials, with macromolecular compounds; Such treatment combined with mechanical treatment
  • D06M15/19—Treating fibres, threads, yarns, fabrics, or fibrous goods made from such materials, with macromolecular compounds; Such treatment combined with mechanical treatment with synthetic macromolecular compounds
  • D06M15/37—Macromolecular compounds obtained otherwise than by reactions only involving carbon-to-carbon unsaturated bonds
  • D06M15/643—Macromolecular compounds obtained otherwise than by reactions only involving carbon-to-carbon unsaturated bonds containing silicon in the main chain
• • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
  • D06—TREATMENT OF TEXTILES OR THE LIKE; LAUNDERING; FLEXIBLE MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
  • D06M—TREATMENT, NOT PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE IN CLASS D06, OF FIBRES, THREADS, YARNS, FABRICS, FEATHERS OR FIBROUS GOODS MADE FROM SUCH MATERIALS
  • D06M15/00—Treating fibres, threads, yarns, fabrics, or fibrous goods made from such materials, with macromolecular compounds; Such treatment combined with mechanical treatment
  • D06M15/19—Treating fibres, threads, yarns, fabrics, or fibrous goods made from such materials, with macromolecular compounds; Such treatment combined with mechanical treatment with synthetic macromolecular compounds
  • D06M15/37—Macromolecular compounds obtained otherwise than by reactions only involving carbon-to-carbon unsaturated bonds
  • D06M15/643—Macromolecular compounds obtained otherwise than by reactions only involving carbon-to-carbon unsaturated bonds containing silicon in the main chain
  • D06M15/6433—Macromolecular compounds obtained otherwise than by reactions only involving carbon-to-carbon unsaturated bonds containing silicon in the main chain containing carboxylic groups

Definitions

• the present invention relates to the use of polysiloxanes for shortening the drying time of laundered fabrics.
• the invention relates to the use of carboxy-modified polysiloxanes in particular mechanical washing process using an aqueous liquor, in particular detergent-containing, to shorten the drying time of washed and then optionally spun textiles.
• the invention further provides a process for shortening the drying time, in particular mechanically laundered textiles, comprising washing soiled textiles in an aqueous wash liquor containing laundry detergent, single or multiple rinsing of the textiles with water and / or an aqueous aftertreatment liquor containing laundry aftertreatment agents , for the removal of the detergent-containing liquor from the textile, wherein a carboxy-modified polysiloxane is part of the wash liquor and / or the aftertreatment liquor, spinning the wash and then drying.
• the carboxy-modified polysiloxanes are used particularly effectively in mechanical processes and / or in the wash liquor; the effect caused by the carboxy-modified polysiloxanes is greater when the fabrics are spun after being contacted with the carboxy-modified polysiloxane.
• the carboxy-modified polysiloxane is used in an aqueous washing agent-containing wash liquor; In this case, it is possible to dispense with the addition of carboxy-modified polysiloxane in the aftertreatment liquor, in particular if no aftertreatment agent such as, for example, a softener is used.
• Preferred textiles to which the use according to the invention refers or which are used in the process according to the invention are those of cellulose-containing material.
• Cellulosic materials from which preferred textiles to be treated are made include cotton, regenerated cellulosic fibers such as modal or lyocel, and blended fabrics of cotton or regenerated cellulose with other apparel-grade materials such as polyester and polyamide.
• Carboxy-modified polysiloxanes are polysiloxanes bearing at least one substituent having at least one carboxy group.
• the position of the carboxy group in the siloxane polymer is not critical; for example, it may be located in a side chain or at one or both ends of the polysiloxane.
• the carboxy groups may be present in the form of the free acid groups or in salt form, for example as alkali metal or ammonium salts, the presence of the carboxy groups in acid form being preferred.
• the carboxy-modified polysiloxane or the acid form of the salt-present carboxy-modified polysiloxane preferably has a carboxyl equivalent of 600 g / mol to 850 g / mol.
• Carboxy-modified Polysiloxanes are commercially available, for example, the di-undecanoic acid-terminated dimethylsiloxane BY 16-750 from Dow Corning.
• the use of the invention achieves a reduced residual moisture content of the laundry after the washing process, in particular after a spin-drying operation following the washing, and thus an overall faster drying of the laundry.
• a tumble dryer with detection of the residual moisture of the laundry results in a lower energy consumption due to the reduced humidity of the introduced into the dryer laundry.
• the use of the invention thus has financial as well as time advantages.
• the process according to the invention is carried out by bringing textiles, in particular cellulose-containing material, into contact with an aqueous preparation containing the carboxy-modified polysiloxane.
• This can be done in the context of an otherwise usual washing process, which is carried out with the aid of a household washing machine.
• the carboxy-modified polysiloxane can be used in an aqueous liquor in the rinsing step, that is to say after the actual washing step; however, it is preferably used in the washing step.
• the carboxy-modified polysiloxane may be part of washing detergents and / or laundry aftertreatment agents, such as fabric softeners, commonly used in machine textile washing processes.
• the concentration of the carboxy-modified polysiloxane in the aqueous liquor of the wash cycle and / or the rinse cycle is preferably 0.1 g / l to 5 g / l, in particular 0.25 g / l to 2.5 g / l.
• the fabric preferably remains in contact with the carboxy-modified polysiloxane-containing liquor during the wash cycle, preferably for a period of 10 minutes to 180 minutes, in particular 20 minutes to 90 minutes.
• the textile When the carboxy-modified polysiloxane is used in the rinse cycle, the textile remains in contact with the carboxy-modified polysiloxane-containing liquor during the post-rinse run, preferably for a period of 1 minute to 30 minutes, in particular 5 minutes to 20 minutes.
• the textile is spun after the rinse cycle, wherein the total spin time under the action of a centrifugal force in the range of 4 kN / kg * m to 6 kN / kg * m is preferably 1 minute to 20 minutes, especially 8 minutes to 12 minutes
• the carboxy-modified polysiloxane is used as constituent of a detergent which contains 2% by weight to 60% by weight, in particular 6% by weight to 30% by weight, of carboxy-modified polysiloxane or as Component of a laundry aftertreatment agent, containing from 3% to 100%, more preferably from 8% to 85% by weight carboxy-modified polysiloxane.
• Laundry or laundry aftertreatment agents which also include laundry care products containing the active ingredient to be used according to the invention or used together or used in the process according to the invention are solid or preferably liquid and may for example be packaged as a single dose (for example packed in bags of water-soluble or water-dispersible Material) are present.
• Examples of concrete agents in which the isoparaffins can be used are liquid detergents and fabric softeners.
• Detergents, laundry aftertreatment or laundry care products may contain customary other constituents of such agents which do not interact in an undesired manner with the carboxy-modified polysiloxane essential to the invention
• a detergent preferably contains synthetic anionic surfactants of the sulfate or sulfonate type, in amounts of preferably not more than 20 wt .-%, in particular from 0.1 wt .-% to 18 wt .-%, each based on the total agent.
• Suitable synthetic anionic surfactants which are particularly suitable for use in such compositions are the alkyl and / or alkenyl sulfates having 8 to 22 C atoms which carry an alkali, ammonium or alkyl or hydroxyalkyl-substituted ammonium ion as counter cation.
• the alkyl and alkenyl sulfates can be prepared in a known manner by reaction of the corresponding alcohol component with a conventional sulfating reagent, in particular sulfur trioxide or chlorosulfonic acid, and subsequent neutralization with alkali metal, ammonium or alkyl or hydroxyalkyl-substituted ammonium bases.
• a conventional sulfating reagent in particular sulfur trioxide or chlorosulfonic acid
• the sulfate-type surfactants which can be used with particular preference include the abovementioned sulfated alkoxylation products of the alcohols mentioned, so-called ether sulfates.
• Such ether sulfates preferably contain from 2 to 30, in particular from 4 to 10, ethylene glycol groups per molecule.
• Suitable anionic surfactants of the sulfonate type include the ⁇ -sulfoesters obtainable by reaction of fatty acid esters with sulfur trioxide and subsequent neutralization, in particular those of fatty acids having 8 to 22 C atoms, preferably 12 to 18 C atoms, and linear alcohols having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, preferably 1 to 4 carbon atoms, derivative sulfonation, as well as the formal saponification resulting from these sulfo fatty acids.
• the anionic surfactants which can be used also include the salts of sulfosuccinic acid esters, which are also referred to as alkylsulfosuccinates or dialkylsulfosuccinates, and which are monoesters or diesters of sulfosuccinic acid with alcohols, preferably fatty alcohols and in particular ethoxylated fatty alcohols.
• Preferred sulfosuccinates contain C 8 to C 18 fatty alcohol residues or mixtures of these.
• Particularly preferred sulfosuccinates contain an ethoxylated fatty alcohol radical, which in itself is a nonionic surfactant.
• sulfosuccinates whose fatty alcohol residues are derive ethoxylated fatty alcohols with restricted homolog distribution, particularly preferred.
• Another synthetic anionic surfactant is alkylbenzenesulfonate in question.
• compositions comprises the presence of nonionic surfactant selected from fatty alkyl polyglycosides, fatty alkyl polyalkoxylates, in particular ethoxylates and / or propoxylates, fatty acid polyhydroxyamides and / or ethoxylation and / or propoxylation products of fatty alkylamines, vicinal diols, fatty acid alkyl esters and / or fatty acid amides and the like Mixtures, in particular in an amount in the range of 2% by weight to 25% by weight.
• nonionic surfactant selected from fatty alkyl polyglycosides, fatty alkyl polyalkoxylates, in particular ethoxylates and / or propoxylates, fatty acid polyhydroxyamides and / or ethoxylation and / or propoxylation products of fatty alkylamines, vicinal diols, fatty acid alkyl esters and / or fatty acid amides and the like Mixtures,
• Suitable nonionic surfactants include the alkoxylates, in particular the ethoxylates and / or propoxylates of saturated or mono- to polyunsaturated linear or branched-chain alcohols having 10 to 22 C atoms, preferably 12 to 18 C atoms.
• the degree of alkoxylation of the alcohols is generally between 1 and 20, preferably between 3 and 10. They can be prepared in a known manner by reacting the corresponding alcohols with the corresponding alkylene oxides.
• Particularly suitable are the derivatives of fatty alcohols, although their branched-chain isomers, in particular so-called oxo alcohols, can be used for the preparation of usable alkoxylates.
• alkoxylates in particular the ethoxylates, primary alcohols with linear, in particular dodecyl, tetradecyl, hexadecyl or octadecyl radicals and mixtures thereof.
• suitable alkoxylation products of alkylamines, vicinal diols and carboxamides, which correspond to the said alcohols with respect to the alkyl part usable.
• the ethylene oxide and / or propylene oxide insertion products of fatty acid alkyl esters and Fettklarepolyhydroxyamide into consideration.
• alkylpolyglycosides which are suitable for incorporation in the compositions according to the invention are compounds of the general formula (G) n -OR 12 , in which R 12 is an alkyl or alkenyl radical having 8 to 22 C atoms, G is a glycose unit and n is a number between 1 and 10 mean.
• the glycoside component (G) n are oligomers or polymers of naturally occurring aldose or ketose monomers, in particular glucose, mannose, fructose, galactose, talose, gulose, altrose, allose, idose, ribose, arabinose, Include xylose and lyxose.
• the oligomers consisting of such glycosidically linked monomers are characterized not only by the nature of the sugars contained in them by their number, the so-called Oligomermaschinesgrad.
• the degree of oligomerization n assumes as the value to be determined analytically generally broken numerical values; it is between 1 and 10, with the glycosides preferably used below a value of 1.5, in particular between 1.2 and 1.4.
• Preferred monomer building block is glucose because of its good availability.
• Nonionic surfactant is preferably included in the compositions in amounts of from 1% to 30% by weight, especially from 1% to 25% by weight, with amounts in the upper part of this range being more likely to be found in liquid agents and particulate agents preferably contain lower amounts of up to 5% by weight.
• soaps suitable being saturated fatty acid soaps, such as the salts of lauric acid, myristic acid, palmitic acid or stearic acid, and soaps derived from natural fatty acid mixtures, for example coconut, palm kernel or tallow fatty acids.
• those soap mixtures are preferred which are composed of 50% to 100% by weight of saturated C 12 -C 18 fatty acid soaps and up to 50% by weight of oleic acid soap.
• soap is included in amounts of from 0.1% to 5% by weight.
• higher amounts of soap can be contained, usually up to 20 wt .-%.
• compositions may also contain betaines and / or cationic surfactants, which, if present, are preferably used in amounts of from 0.5% by weight to 7% by weight.
• betaines and / or cationic surfactants which, if present, are preferably used in amounts of from 0.5% by weight to 7% by weight.
• esterquats are particularly preferred.
• the compositions may contain peroxygen bleaching agents, in particular in amounts ranging from 5% to 70% by weight, and optionally bleach activators, especially in amounts ranging from 2% to 10% by weight.
• the bleaches in question are preferably the peroxygen compounds generally used in detergents, such as percarboxylic acids, for example dodecanedioic acid or phthaloylaminoperoxicaproic acid, hydrogen peroxide, alkali metal perborate, which may be present as tetra- or monohydrate, percarbonate, perpyrophosphate and persilicate, which are generally used as alkali metal salts, in particular as sodium salts.
• Such bleaching agents are present in detergents which comprise a carboxy-modified polysiloxane used according to the invention, preferably in amounts of up to 25% by weight, in particular up to 15% by weight and particularly preferably from 5% by weight to 15% by weight. , in each case based on the total agent available, in particular percarbonate is used.
• the optionally present component of the bleach activators include the commonly used N- or O-acyl compounds, for example, polyacylated alkylenediamines, especially tetraacetylethylenediamine, acylated glycolurils, especially tetraacetylglycoluril, N-acylated hydantoins, hydrazides, triazoles, urazoles, diketopiperazines, sulfurylamides, and cyanurates Carboxylic anhydrides, in particular phthalic anhydride, carboxylic acid esters, especially sodium isononanoyl-phenolsulfonat, and acylated sugar derivatives, in particular pentaacetylglucose, and cationic nitrile derivatives such as trimethylammoniumacetonitrile salts.
• N- or O-acyl compounds for example, polyacylated alkylenediamines, especially tetraacetylethylenediamine, acyl
• the bleach activators may have been coated and / or granulated in a known manner with coating substances, granulated tetraacetylethylenediamine having mean particle sizes of from 0.01 mm to 0.8 mm, granulated 1, with the aid of carboxymethylcellulose. 5-diacetyl-2,4-dioxohexahydro-1,3,5-triazine, and / or in particulate form, trialkylammonium acetonitrile is particularly preferred.
• Such bleach activators are preferably contained in detergents in amounts of up to 8% by weight, in particular from 2% by weight to 6% by weight, based in each case on the total agent.
• the composition contains water-soluble and / or water-insoluble builder, in particular selected from alkali metal aluminosilicate, crystalline alkali metal silicate with modulus above 1, monomeric polycarboxylate, polymeric polycarboxylate and mixtures thereof, in particular in amounts ranging from 2.5 wt .-% to 60 wt .-%.
• water-soluble and / or water-insoluble builder in particular selected from alkali metal aluminosilicate, crystalline alkali metal silicate with modulus above 1, monomeric polycarboxylate, polymeric polycarboxylate and mixtures thereof, in particular in amounts ranging from 2.5 wt .-% to 60 wt .-%.
• the water-soluble organic builder substances include, in particular, those from the class of polycarboxylic acids, in particular citric acid and sugar acids, as well as the polymeric (poly) carboxylic acids, in particular the polycarboxylates obtainable by oxidation of polysaccharides, polymeric acrylic acids, methacrylic acids, maleic acids and mixed polymers thereof, which also small amounts of polymerizable substances without carboxylic acid functionality may contain polymerized.
• the relative molecular mass of the homopolymers of unsaturated carboxylic acids is generally between 5000 g / mol and 200,000 g / mol, that of the copolymers between 2000 g / mol and 200,000 g / mol, preferably 50,000 g / mol to 120,000 g / mol, based on the free acid ,
• a particularly preferred acrylic acid-maleic acid copolymer has a molecular weight of 50,000 g / mol to 100,000 g / mol.
• Suitable, although less preferred, compounds of this class are copolymers of acrylic or methacrylic acid with vinyl ethers, such as vinylmethyl ethers, vinyl esters, ethylene, propylene and styrene, in which the acid content is at least 50% by weight.
• vinyl ethers such as vinylmethyl ethers, vinyl esters, ethylene, propylene and styrene
• the acid content is at least 50% by weight.
• Terpolymers which contain two carboxylic acids and / or salts thereof as monomers and also vinyl alcohol and / or a vinyl alcohol derivative or a carbohydrate as the third monomer may also be used as water-soluble organic builder substances.
• the first acidic monomer or its salt is derived from a monoethylenically unsaturated C 3 -C 8 -carboxylic acid and preferably from a C 3 -C 4 -monocarboxylic acid, in particular from (meth) acrylic acid.
• the second acidic monomer or its salt may be a derivative of a C 4 -C 8 dicarboxylic acid, with maleic acid being particularly preferred.
• the third monomeric unit is formed in this case of vinyl alcohol and / or preferably an esterified vinyl alcohol.
• Preferred terpolymers contain from 60 wt .-% to 95 wt .-%, in particular 70 wt .-% to 90 wt .-% of (meth) acrylic acid and / or (meth) acrylate, particularly preferably acrylic acid and / or acrylate, and maleic acid and / or maleate and 5% to 40%, preferably 10% to 30%, by weight of vinyl alcohol and / or vinyl acetate.
• the weight ratio of (meth) acrylic acid and / or (meth) acrylate to maleic acid and / or maleate is between 1: 1 and 4: 1, preferably between 2: 1 and 3: 1 and in particular 2: 1 and 2.5: 1.
• the second acidic monomer or its salt may also be a derivative of an allylsulfonic acid which is in the 2-position with an alkyl radical, preferably with a C 1 -C 4 -alkyl radical, or an aromatic radical which is preferably derived from benzene or benzene derivatives , is substituted.
• Preferred terpolymers contain from 40% by weight to 60% by weight, in particular from 45 to 55% by weight, of (meth) acrylic acid and / or (meth) acrylate, particularly preferably acrylic acid and / or acrylate, 10% by weight to 30 wt .-%, preferably 15 wt .-% to 25 wt .-% methallylsulfonic acid and / or Methallylsulfonat and as the third monomer 15 wt .-% to 40 wt .-%, preferably 20 wt .-% to 40 wt. % of a carbohydrate.
• This carbohydrate may be, for example, a mono-, di-, oligo- or polysaccharide, mono-, di- or oligosaccharides being preferred, sucrose being particularly preferred.
• the use of the third monomer presumably incorporates predetermined breaking points in the polymer which are responsible for the good biodegradability of the polymer.
• These terpolymers generally have a molecular weight between 1000 g / mol and 200000 g / mol, preferably between 2000 g / mol and 50,000 g / mol and in particular between 3000 g / mol and 10,000 g / mol.
• polycarboxylic acids can be used, in particular for the preparation of liquid agents, in the form of aqueous solutions, preferably in the form of 30 to 50 percent by weight aqueous solutions.
• All the polycarboxylic acids mentioned are generally used in the form of their water-soluble salts, in particular their alkali metal salts.
• Such organic builder substances are preferably present in amounts of up to 40% by weight, in particular up to 25% by weight and particularly preferably from 1% by weight to 5% by weight. Quantities close to the stated upper limit are preferably used in pasty or liquid, in particular hydrous, agents.
• Crystalline or amorphous alkali metal aluminosilicates in amounts of up to 50% by weight, preferably not more than 40% by weight, and in liquid agents, in particular from 1% by weight to 5% by weight, are particularly suitable as water-insoluble, water-dispersible inorganic builder materials.
• the detergent-grade crystalline aluminosilicates especially zeolite NaA and optionally NaX, are preferred. Amounts near the above upper limit are preferably used in solid, particulate agents.
• suitable aluminosilicates have no particles with a particle size greater than 30 .mu.m and preferably consist of at least 80% by weight of particles having a size of less than 10 .mu.m.
• Suitable substitutes or partial substitutes for the said aluminosilicate are crystalline alkali metal silicates which may be present alone or in a mixture with amorphous silicates.
• the alkali metal silicates useful as builders in the compositions preferably have a molar ratio of alkali metal oxide to SiO 2 below 0.95, in particular from 1: 1.1 to 1:12, and may be present in amorphous or crystalline form.
• Preferred alkali metal silicates are the sodium silicates, in particular the amorphous sodium silicates, with a molar ratio of Na 2 O: SiO 2 of 1: 2 to 1: 2.8.
• Such amorphous alkali silicates are commercially available, for example, under the name Portil®. Those with a molar ratio of Na 2 O: SiO 2 of 1: 1.9 to 1: 2.8 are preferably added in the course of the production as a solid and not in the form of a solution.
• the crystalline silicates which may be present alone or in admixture with amorphous silicates, are crystalline layer silicates with the general formula Na 2 Si x O 2x + 1 ⁇ are used yH 2 O, in which x, the so-called module, a number from 1.9 to 4 and y is a number from 0 to 20 and preferred values for x are 2, 3 or 4.
• Preferred crystalline phyllosilicates are those in which x in the abovementioned general formula assumes the values 2 or 3. In particular, both .beta.- and ⁇ -sodium (Na 2 Si 2 O 5 ⁇ y H 2 O) is preferred.
• amorphous alkali silicates practically anhydrous crystalline alkali metal silicates of the above general formula in which x is an integer from 1.9 to 2.1, can be used in the compositions described herein.
• a crystalline sodium layer silicate with a modulus of 2 to 3 is used, as can be prepared from sand and soda. Crystalline sodium silicates with a modulus in the range 1.9 to 3.5 are used in a further preferred embodiment of detergents.
• alkali metal silicates are preferably 1 wt .-% to 50 wt .-% and in particular 5 wt .-% to 35 wt .-%, based on anhydrous active substance. If alkali metal aluminosilicate, in particular zeolite, is present as an additional builder substance, the content of alkali silicate is preferably 1% by weight to 15% by weight and in particular 2% by weight to 8% by weight, based on anhydrous active substance.
• the weight ratio of aluminosilicate to silicate, in each case based on anhydrous active substances, is then preferably 4: 1 to 10: 1. In agents containing both amorphous and crystalline alkali metal silicates, the weight ratio of amorphous alkali metal silicate to crystalline alkali metal silicate is preferably 1: 2 to 2: 1 and especially 1: 1 to 2: 1.
• inorganic builder In addition to the said inorganic builder, other water-soluble or water-insoluble inorganic substances may be contained in the compositions together with it or used in the process according to the invention. Suitable in this context are the alkali metal carbonates, alkali metal bicarbonates and alkali metal sulfates and mixtures thereof. Such additional inorganic material may be present in amounts up to 70% by weight.
• the agents may contain other ingredients commonly used in laundry, laundry aftertreatment, laundry care or cleaning products.
• These optional ingredients include in particular enzymes, enzyme stabilizers, complexing agents for heavy metals, builders, bleaches, builders, electrolytes, nonaqueous solvents, pH adjusters, odor absorbers, deodorizing substances, perfume, perfume carriers, fluorescers, dyes, hydrotropes, foam inhibitors, silicone oils, antiredeposition agents, Graying inhibitors, anti-shrinkage agents, anti-wrinkling agents, color transfer inhibitors, antimicrobial agents, germicides, fungicides, antioxidants, preservatives, corrosion inhibitors, antistatic agents, bittering agents, ironing aids, repellents and impregnating agents, swelling and anti-slip agents, plasticizing components and UV absorbers.
• Solvents that can be used in particular for liquid agents are, in addition to water, preferably those nonaqueous solvents which are water-miscible. These include the lower alcohols, for example, ethanol, propanol, isopropanol, and the isomeric butanols, glycerol, lower glycols, such as ethylene and propylene glycol, and the derivable from said classes of compounds ether.
• Optionally present enzymes are preferably selected from the group comprising protease, amylase, lipase, cellulase, hemicellulase, oxidase, peroxidase, pectinase and mixtures thereof.
• proteases derived from microorganisms such as bacteria or fungi, come into question. It can be obtained in a known manner by fermentation processes from suitable microorganisms.
• Proteases are commercially available, for example, under the names BLAP®, Savinase®, Esperase®, Maxatase®, Optimase®, Alcalase®, Durazym® or Maxapem®.
• the lipase which can be used can be obtained, for example, from Humicola lanuginosa, from Bacillus species, from Pseudomonas species, from Fusarium species, from Rhizopus species or from Aspergillus species.
• Suitable lipases are commercially available, for example, under the names Lipolase®, Lipozym®, Lipomax®, Lipex®, Amano® lipase, Toyo-Jozo® lipase, Meito® lipase and Diosynth® lipase.
• Suitable amylases are commercially available, for example, under the names Maxamyl®, Termamyl®, Duramyl® and Purafect® OxAm.
• the usable cellulase may be a recoverable from bacteria or fungi enzyme, which has a pH optimum, preferably in the weakly acidic to slightly alkaline range of 6 to 9.5.
• Such cellulases are commercially available under the names Celluzyme®, Carezyme® and Ecostone®.
• Suitable pectinases are, for example, under the names Gamanase®, Pektinex AR®, X-Pect® or Pectaway® from Novozymes, under the name Rohapect UF®, Rohapect TPL®, Rohapect PTE100®, Rohapect MPE®, Rohapect MA plus HC, Rohapect DA12L ®, Rohapect 10L®, Rohapect B1L® from AB Enzymes and available under the name Pyrolase® from Diversa Corp., San Diego, CA, USA.
• enzyme stabilizers include amino alcohols, for example mono-, di-, triethanol- and -propanolamine and mixtures thereof, lower carboxylic acids, boric acid, alkali metal borates, boric acid-carboxylic acid combinations, boric acid esters, boronic acid derivatives, calcium salts, for example Ca-formic acid combination, magnesium salts, and / or sulfur-containing reducing agents.
• Suitable foam inhibitors include long-chain soaps, especially behenic soap, fatty acid amides, paraffins, waxes, microcrystalline waxes, organopolysiloxanes and mixtures thereof, which moreover can contain microfine, optionally silanated or otherwise hydrophobicized silica.
• foam inhibitors are preferably bound to granular, water-soluble carrier substances.
• polyester-active soil release polymers include copolyesters of dicarboxylic acids, for example adipic acid, phthalic acid or terephthalic acid, diols, for example ethylene glycol or propylene glycol, and polydiols, for example polyethylene glycol or polypropylene glycol.
• Preferred soil release polymers include those compounds which are formally accessible by esterification of two monomeric moieties, wherein the first monomer is a dicarboxylic acid HOOC-Ph-COOH and the second monomer is a diol HO- (CHR 11 -) a OH, also known as polymeric Diol H- (O- (CHR 11 -) a ) b OH may be present.
• Ph is an o-, m- or p-phenylene radical which can carry 1 to 4 substituents selected from alkyl radicals having 1 to 22 C atoms, sulfonic acid groups, carboxyl groups and mixtures thereof
• R 11 denotes hydrogen
• a is a number from 2 to 6
• b is a number from 1 to 300.
• the molar ratio of monomer diol units to polymer diol units is preferably 100: 1 to 1: 100, in particular 10: 1 to 1:10.
• the degree of polymerization b is preferably in the range of 4 to 200, particularly 12 to 140.
• the molecular weight or the average molecular weight or the maximum of the molecular weight distribution of preferred soil release polyester is in the range of 250 g / mol to 100,000 g / mol, in particular from 500 g / mol to 50,000 g / mol.
• the acid underlying the radical Ph is preferably selected from terephthalic acid, isophthalic acid, phthalic acid, trimellitic acid, mellitic acid, the isomers of sulfophthalic acid, sulfoisophthalic acid and sulfoterephthalic acid and mixtures thereof. If their acid groups are not part of the ester bonds in the polymer, they are preferably in salt form, in particular as alkali or ammonium salt. Among these, the sodium and potassium salts are particularly preferable.
• the soil release-capable polyester may be included in the soil release-capable polyester.
• alkylene and alkenylene dicarboxylic acids such as malonic acid, succinic acid, fumaric acid, maleic acid, glutaric acid, adipic acid, pimelic acid, suberic acid, azelaic acid and sebacic acid.
• the preferred diols HO- (CHR 11 -) a OH include those in which R 11 is hydrogen and a is a number from 2 to 6, and those in which a is 2 and R 11 is hydrogen and the alkyl radicals 1 to 10, in particular 1 to 3 C-atoms is selected.
• R 11 is hydrogen and a is a number from 2 to 6
• R 11 is hydrogen and the alkyl radicals 1 to 10, in particular 1 to 3 C-atoms is selected.
• those of the formula HO-CH 2 -CHR 11 -OH in which R 11 has the abovementioned meaning are particularly preferred.
• diol components are ethylene glycol, 1,2-propylene glycol, 1,3-propylene glycol, 1,4-butanediol, 1,5-pentanediol, 1,6-hexanediol, 1,8-octanediol, 1,2-decanediol, 1, 2-dodecanediol and neopentyl glycol.
• Particularly preferred among the polymeric diols is polyethylene glycol having an average molecular weight in the range from 1000 g / mol to 6000 g / mol.
• the polyesters may also be end-capped, alkyl groups having from 1 to 22 carbon atoms and esters of monocarboxylic acids being suitable as end groups.
• the ester groups bonded via end groups can be based on alkyl, alkenyl and aryl monocarboxylic acids having 5 to 32 carbon atoms, in particular 5 to 18 carbon atoms.
• valeric acid caproic acid, enanthic acid, caprylic acid, pelargonic acid, capric acid, undecanoic acid, undecenoic acid, lauric acid, lauroleinic acid, tridecanoic acid, myristic acid, myristoleic acid, pentadecanoic acid, palmitic acid, stearic acid, petroselinic acid, petroselaidic acid, oleic acid, linoleic acid, linolaidic acid, linolenic acid, levostearic acid, arachidic acid , Gadoleic acid, arachidonic acid, behenic acid, erucic acid, brassidic acid, clupanodonic acid, lignoceric acid, cerotic acid, melissic acid, benzoic acid, which may carry 1 to 5 substituents having a total of up to 25 carbon atoms, in particular 1 to 12 carbon atoms, for example tert-butyl
• the hydroxymonocarboxylic acids may in turn be linked to one another via their hydroxyl group and their carboxyl group and thus be present several times in an end group.
• the number of hydroxymonocarboxylic acid units per end group is in the range from 1 to 50, in particular from 1 to 10.
• polymers of ethylene terephthalate and polyethylene oxide terephthalate in which the polyethylene glycol units have molecular weights of 750 g / mol to 5000 g / mol and the molar ratio of ethylene terephthalate to polyethylene oxide terephthalate is 50:50 to 90:10 used in combination with an essential ingredient of the invention.
• the soil release polymers are preferably water-soluble, the term "water-soluble" being understood to mean a solubility of at least 0.01 g, preferably at least 0.1 g, of the polymer per liter of water at room temperature and pH 8.
• preferred polymers have a solubility of at least 1 g per liter, in particular at least 10 g per liter, under these conditions.
• the laundry care products used as aftertreatment agents may contain additional plasticizer components, preferably cationic surfactants.
• additional plasticizer components preferably cationic surfactants.
• fabric softening components are quaternary ammonium compounds, cationic polymers and emulsifiers, such as those used in hair care products and also in textile saliva.
• Suitable examples are quaternary ammonium compounds of the formulas (II) and (III), wherein in (II) R and R 1 is an acyclic alkyl radical having 12 to 24 carbon atoms, R 2 is a saturated C 1 -C 4 alkyl or hydroxyalkyl radical, R 3 is either R, R 1 or R 2 or is a aromatic residue stands.
• X - is either a halide, methosulfate, methophosphate or phosphate ion and mixtures thereof.
• Examples of cationic compounds of the formula (II) are didecyldimethylammonium chloride, ditallowdimethylammonium chloride or dihexadecylammonium chloride.
• Ester quats are so-called ester quats. Esterquats are characterized by their good biodegradability and are preferred in the context of the present invention.
• R 4 is an aliphatic alkyl radical having 12 to 22 carbon atoms with 0, 1, 2 or 3 double bonds
• R 5 is H, OH or O (CO)
• R 7 is independently of R 5 is H, OH or O (CO) R 8
• R 7 and R 8 are each independently an aliphatic alkyl radical having 12 to 22 carbon atoms with 0, 1, 2 or 3 double bonds.
• m, n and p can each independently be 1, 2 or 3.
• X - may be either a halide, methosulfate, methophosphate or phosphate ion, as well as mixtures of these.
• Examples of compounds of the formula (III) are methyl N- (2-hydroxyethyl) -N, N-di (tallowacyl-oxyethyl) ammonium methosulfate, bis (palmitoyl) -ethyl-hydroxyethyl-methyl-ammonium methosulfate or methyl -N, N-bis (acyloxyethyl) -N- (2-hydroxyethyl) ammonium methosulfate.
• the agents contain the additional plasticizer components in amounts of up to 35% by weight, preferably from 0.1 to 25% by weight, more preferably from 0.5 to 15% by weight and especially from 1 to 10 Wt .-%, each based on the total agent.
• the agents may contain pearlescing agents.
• Pearlescing agents give the textiles an extra shine and are therefore preferably used in mild detergents.
• suitable pearlescing agents are: alkylene glycol esters; fatty acid; partial glycerides; Esters of polybasic, optionally hydroxy-substituted carboxylic acids with fatty alcohols having 6 to 22 carbon atoms; Fatty substances, such as, for example, fatty alcohols, fatty ketones, fatty aldehydes, fatty ethers and fatty carbonates, which in total have at least 24 carbon atoms; Ring opening products of olefin epoxides having 12 to 22 carbon atoms with fatty alcohols having 12 to 22 carbon atoms, fatty acids and / or polyols having 2 to 15 carbon atoms and 2 to 10 hydroxyl groups and mixtures thereof.
• liquid agents may additionally contain thickeners.
• thickening agents are, for example, agar-agar, carrageenan, tragacanth, gum arabic, alginates, pectins, polyoses, guar flour, locust bean gum, starch, dextrins, gelatin and casein, cellulose derivatives such as carboxymethyl cellulose hydroxyethyl and -propylcellulose, and polymeric polysaccharide thickeners such as xanthan gum;
• fully synthetic polymers such as polyacrylic and polymethacrylic compounds, vinyl polymers, polycarboxylic acids, polyethers, polyimines, polyamides and polyurethanes come into question.
• the textile care agents according to the invention comprise thickeners, preferably in amounts of up to 10% by weight, more preferably up to 5% by weight, in particular from
• the agents may additionally contain odor absorbers and / or color transfer inhibitors.
• the agents optionally contain from 0.1% to 2%, preferably from 0.2% to 1%, by weight of color transfer inhibitor which in a preferred embodiment of the invention comprises a vinylpyrrolidone polymer, Vinylimidazole, vinylpyridine N-oxide or a copolymer of these.
• polyvinylpyrrolidones having molecular weights of from 15,000 to 50,000 as well as polyvinylpyrrolidones having molecular weights above 1,000,000, in particular from 1,500,000 to 4,000,000, N-vinylimidazole / N-vinylpyrrolidone copolymers, polyvinyl oxazolidones, copolymers based on vinyl monomers and carboxylic acid amides, pyrrolidone group-containing polyesters and polyamides, grafted polyamidoamines, polyamine-N-oxide polymers, polyvinyl alcohols and copolymers based on acrylamidoalkenylsulfonic acids.
• enzymatic systems comprising a peroxidase and hydrogen peroxide or a substance which produces hydrogen peroxide in water.
• a mediator compound for the peroxidase for example an acetosyringone, a phenol derivative or a phenotiazine or phenoxazine
• Polyvinylpyrrolidone preferably has an average molecular weight in the range from 10 000 to 60 000, in particular in the range from 25 000 to 50 000, for use in compositions according to the invention.
• the copolymers those of vinylpyrrolidone and vinylimidazole in a molar ratio of 5: 1 to 1: 1 having an average molecular weight in the range of 5,000 to 50,000, especially 10,000 to 20,000 are preferred.
• Preferred deodorizing substances are metal salts of an unbranched or branched, unsaturated or saturated, mono- or polyhydroxylated fatty acid having at least 16 carbon atoms and / or a rosin acid with the exception of the alkali metal salts and any desired mixtures thereof.
• a particularly preferred unbranched or branched, unsaturated or saturated, mono- or polyhydroxylated fatty acid having at least 16 carbon atoms is ricinoleic acid.
• a particularly preferred rosin acid is abietic acid.
• Preferred metals are the transition metals and the lanthanides, in particular the transition metals of Groups VIIIa, Ib and IIb of the Periodic Table, and lanthanum, cerium and neodymium, more preferably cobalt, nickel, copper and zinc, most preferably zinc.
• the cobalt, nickel and copper salts and the zinc salts are similarly effective, but for toxicological reasons, the zinc salts are to be preferred. It is advantageous and therefore particularly preferred to use as deodorizing substances one or more metal salts of ricinoleic acid and / or abietic acid, preferably zinc ricinoleate and / or zinc abietate, in particular zinc ricinoleate.
• Cyclodextrins as well as mixtures of the abovementioned metal salts with cyclodextrin, preferably in a weight ratio of from 1:10 to 10: 1, particularly preferably from 1: 5 to 5: 1 and in particular from 1, also turn out to be further suitable deodorizing substances within the meaning of the invention. 3 to 3: 1.
• the term "cyclodextrin” includes all known cyclodextrins, i. both unsubstituted cyclodextrins with 6 to 12 glucose units, in particular alpha-, beta- and gamma-cyclodextrins and also their mixtures and / or their derivatives and / or mixtures thereof.
• Liquid or pasty compositions in the form of common solvents, in particular water, containing solutions are usually prepared by simply mixing the ingredients, which can be added in bulk or as a solution in an automatic mixer.
• the agents are present, preferably in liquid form, as a portion in a completely or partially water-soluble coating. Portioning makes it easier for the consumer to dose.
• the funds can be packed, for example, in foil bags.
• Pouches made of water-soluble film make it unnecessary for the consumer to tear open the packaging. In this way, a convenient dosing of a single, sized for a wash portion by inserting the bag directly into the washing machine or by inserting the bag in a certain amount of water, for example in a bucket, bowl or hand basin, possible.
• the film bag surrounding the washing portion dissolves without residue when it reaches a certain temperature.
• thermoforming process thermoforming process
• the water-soluble envelopes do not necessarily consist of a film material, but can also represent dimensionally stable containers that can be obtained for example by means of an injection molding process.
• a seal takes place.
• the filling material is injected into the forming capsule, wherein the injection pressure of the filling liquid presses the polymer bands in the Kugelschschalenkavticianen.
• a process for the preparation of water-soluble capsules, in which initially the filling and then the sealing takes place, is based on the so-called Bottle-Pack ® method. In this case, a tubular preform is guided into a two-part cavity. The cavity is closed, the lower tube portion is sealed, then the tube is inflated to form the capsule shape in the cavity, filled and finally sealed.
• the shell material used for the preparation of the water-soluble portion is preferably a water-soluble polymeric thermoplastic, more preferably selected from the group (optionally partially acetalized) polyvinyl alcohol, polyvinyl alcohol copolymers, polyvinylpyrrolidone, polyethylene oxide, gelatin, cellulose and derivatives thereof, starch and derivatives thereof, blends and composites, inorganic salts and mixtures of said materials, preferably hydroxypropylmethylcellulose and / or polyvinyl alcohol blends.
• Polyvinyl alcohols are commercially available, for example under the trade name Mowiol ® (Clariant).
• polyvinyl alcohols are, for example, Mowiol ® 3-83, Mowiol ® 4-88, Mowiol ® 5-88, Mowiol ® 8-88 and Clariant L648.
• the water-soluble thermoplastic used to prepare the portion may additionally optionally comprise polymers selected from the group comprising acrylic acid-containing polymers, polyacrylamides, oxazoline polymers, polystyrene sulfonates, polyurethanes, polyesters, polyethers and / or mixtures of the above polymers.
• the water-soluble thermoplastic used comprises a polyvinyl alcohol whose degree of hydrolysis makes up 70 to 100 mol%, preferably 80 to 90 mol%, particularly preferably 81 to 89 mol% and in particular 82 to 88 mol%. It is further preferred that the water-soluble thermoplastic used comprises a polyvinyl alcohol whose molecular weight is in the range from 10,000 to 100,000 gmol -1 , preferably from 11,000 to 90,000 gmol -1 , more preferably from 12,000 to 80,000 gmol -1 and especially from 13,000 to 70,000 gmol -1 lies.
• thermoplastics are used in amounts of at least 50% by weight, preferably of at least 70% by weight, more preferably of at least 80% by weight and in particular of at least 90% by weight, based in each case on the weight the water-soluble polymeric thermoplastic.
• Example 1 Use of carboxy-modified polysiloxane in the washing step
• Textile samples of cotton were for 30 min at 30 ° C with an aqueous wash liquor containing 4.11 g / l of a carboxy-modified polysiloxane-free detergent V1, or containing the same amount of the same detergent and 2.5 g / l carboxy-modified polysiloxane (BY 16-750), then rinsed with water 4 times for 30 seconds each, in a spinner (internal diameter 24 cm) at 1400 rpm for 1 minute or 10 minutes spun and dried in a convection oven at 100 ° C to constant weight (usually for about one hour). The weight of the textile samples was determined before washing, after spinning and after drying.
• the difference between the textile weights after spinning and after drying corresponds to the weight of the amount of water that still adhered to the textile after spinning.
• the weight of the dry textile after the washing process was used to calculate the remaining moisture remaining before drying.
• Table 1 below shows the differences between the residual moistures of the textiles treated in the presence of the carboxy-modified polysiloxane and the residual moisture of the textile treated only with the detergent as averages of triplicate determinations.
• carboxy-modified polysiloxane in the main wash leads to lower moisture contents of washed and spun laundry.
• Example 2 Use of carboxy-modified polysiloxane in the rinsing step
• Textile samples of cotton were for 30 min at 30 ° C with an aqueous wash liquor containing 4.11 g / l of the detergent used in Example 1 V1, washed, rinsed with water 3 times for 30 seconds each and then for 10 minutes with an aqueous rinse liquor containing 3 g / l of a carboxy-modified polysiloxane-free rinse V2 or containing the same amount of the same rinse aid and (0.25 g / l or 2.5 g / l) of carboxy-modified polysiloxane (BY 16-750), spun in a sling (inner diameter 24 cm) at 1400 rpm for 1 minute or 10 minutes and in a convection oven at 100 ° C to dried to constant weight (usually for about one hour).
• the weight of the textile samples was determined before washing, after spinning and after drying.
• the difference between the Textiliisen after spinning and after drying corresponds to the amount of water that still adhered to the textile after spinning.
• the weight of the dry textile after the washing process was used to calculate the residual moisture.
• Table 2 below shows the differences between the residual moistures of the textiles treated in the presence of the carboxy-modified polysiloxane and the residual moisture of the textile treated only with the aftertreatment agent as averages of triplicate determinations.

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