ES2255711T3 - DRY CLEANING COMPOSITION, PROCEDURE AND ASSOCIATED KIT. - Google Patents

Abstract

SOME COMPOSITIONS FOR DRY DOMESTIC CLEANING ARE DESCRIBED THAT ARE USEFUL FOR DRY CLEANING OF TEXTILES AND FABRICS IN NON-COMMERCIAL ENVIRONMENTS. SUCH COMPOSITIONS ARE MOST POSSIBLE IN CONTACT WITH THE Dirty FABRIC OR TEXTILE DURING THEIR TURNED IN A DOMESTIC CLOTHES DRYER. COMPOSITIONS CLEANERS CONTAINING A PROPORTION water main, and further include small amounts of alcohol alkoxylate nonionic surfactant, an anionic selected from alkyl sulfosuccinates, sulfosuccinates alkyl sulfosuccinates alkylamide, SULFOSUCINAMATO alkyl and salts DERIVATIVES THEREOF ORGANIC SOLVENTS SELECTED BETWEEN ETERES OF ALCOHOL AND GLYCOL, AS WELL AS OPTIONAL COMPONENTS AMONG THOSE THAT ARE FLUOROTENSIOACTIVE, PH REGULATING AGENTS, FRAGRANCES, FRAGRANCE SOLUBILIZERS, AND CONSERVANTS. SOME PROCESSES FOR DRY DOMESTIC CLEANING ARE ALSO DESCRIBED USING SUCH CLEANING COMPOSITIONS, AND USED GAMES TO PRACTICE DRY HOUSE CLEANING OPERATION USING SUCH COMPOSITIONS.

Description

Dry cleaning composition, procedure and associated kit

The present invention relates to compositions cleaning that are useful in dry cleaning items Textiles and clothing. More particularly, the present invention relates to cleaning compositions useful in the dry cleaning of textile articles and clothing in a non-commercial environment, particularly in a domestic environment.

Various techniques have also been proposed in the art. procedures for individual dry cleaning of garments of dressing in a domestic installation, that is, at home. These include compositions, apparatus and procedures described in the following patent documents: United States patents 3,432,253; 4,336,024; PCT patent application WO 91/14038; patent United States 5,238,587; EP European patent application 0429172; as well as the United Kingdom patent 1598911.

Although these prior art documents illustrate various alternative approaches to provide techniques for dry cleaning of clothing in an environment Domestic, each of these techniques is not exempt from inconveniences and limitations, addressing these limitations and being solved by the invention of the present applicants.

Therefore, among the objects of the invention is provide an improved dry cleaning formulation that will You can use it in a domestic dry cleaning operation or at home. Such formulations are characterized by good efficacy while which simultaneously present surprisingly low amounts of volatile organic solvents; said new formulations and enhanced are particularly adapted for use in a domestic dry cleaning operation since these are characterized by small amounts of solvents volatilizable.

Another object of the invention is to provide a domestic dry cleaning kit comprising a bag container in combination with new and improved formulations which can be arranged in a support device that are suitable for use in the practice of a dry cleaning process in a domestic environment

In addition, the present invention includes among its objects improved procedures for dry cleaning in a domestic environment, in particular dry cleaning in a clothes dryer, said procedure including the stage of apply the new and improved formulations to the textile article and / or dirty garment and then shake on a drum said textile article and / or garment that is contained in a bag  container that can be closed in a drying apparatus.

In accordance with the present invention, provides a dry cleaning composition according to claim 1

Composite liquid cleaning compositions to the present invention that are suitable for use in compositions  Dry cleaning include specific amounts of one or more nonionic surfactants, of which alcohols are preferred alkoxylated and water-soluble nonionic alkoxylated phenols, many of which are known in the art and are available in preparations of nonionic surfactants. Such surfactants Nonionics are known in the art and include one or more phenols. alkoxylates, such as ethoxylated phenols, as well as alcohols ethoxylated and / or propoxylated formed by condensation of a alkylphenol or an aliphatic alcohol with ethylene oxide and / or enough propylene. Such ethoxylated alcohols, alcohols Propoxylated and ethoxylated phenols, are well known and can be form by condensation of an alkylphenol, an aliphatic alcohol or mixtures thereof, with sufficient ethylene oxide to produce a compound that has a polyoxyethylene. Preferably, the number of ethylene oxide units are present in a sufficient quantity to guarantee solubility of the compound in an aqueous composition of this invention or in any one of its dilutions More preferably, ethoxylated alcohols and phenols they are produced by condensation of approximately 4-16 (more preferably 8-13), moles of ethylene oxide with 1 mole of the main compound (es ie, alkylphenol or aliphatic alcohol). As is known by the skilled in the art, the number of moles of ethylene oxide that they condense with one mole of main compound depends on the weight molecular of the hydrophobic portion of the condensation product. The main compounds that can be combined with the oxide of Ethylene may include one or more of the following:

(TO)

a alkyl phenol having about 1-15, and preferably 7-10, carbon atoms (saturated or unsaturated) in the alkyl group [including phenol, methylphenol (cresol), ethylphenol, hexylphenol, octylphenol, decylphenol, nonylphenol, dodecylphenol and the like]; Y

(B)

a primary, tertiary or secondary aliphatic alcohol that has about 10-20, and preferably 11-15, carbon atoms, (including alcohol decyl, dodecyl alcohol, tridecyl alcohol, alcohol hexadecyl, octadecyl alcohol and the like).

Illustrative examples of these surfactants of ethoxylated phenols and / or nonionic ethoxylated alcohols soluble in Preferred water includes one or more of the available forms under the commercial name of NEODOL, currently commercially available from Shell Oil Company; TERGITOL, in the currently available commercially from Union Carbide and POLYTERGENT, currently commercially available from Olin Chemical Co., and IGEPAL, currently available as commercial of Rh \ hat {o} ne-Poulenc Co. Examples specific to such useful nonionic surfactants include NEODOL 25-3, which is known to be a primary alcohol linear C 12 -C 15 linear condensed with 3 moles of ethylene oxide per mole of alcohol; NEODOL 25-7, which is known to be a linear primary alcohol C 12 linear C 15 condensed with 7 moles of ethylene oxide per mole of alcohol; NEODOL 25-9, that is known to be a linear primary alcohol C 12 linear C 15 condensed with 9 moles of ethylene oxide per mole of alcohol; NEODOL 25-12, that is known to be a linear primary alcohol C 12 linear C 15 condensed with 12 moles of ethylene oxide per mole of alcohol; TERGITOL 15-S-7, which is known to be a random C 11 -C 15 alcohol secondary condensed with 7 moles of ethylene oxide per mole of alcohol; TERGITOL 15-S-9, which is known to be an alkoxypolyethylene oxethanol which can be represented by the formula C 11-15 H 23-31 O (CH 2 CH 2 O) X H which has a degree of ethoxylation at an average mol / mol of 8.9, POLYTERGENT SL-22, which is known to be an alcohol linear aliphatic alkoxylated; POLYTERGENT SL-62, which It is also believed to be an alkoxylated linear aliphatic alcohol, as well as mixtures thereof. Alkoxylated Alkuliphenols Example they include commercially available currently with the trade name IGEPAL, and described as octyl and nonolfenoles. Specific compositions include: IGEPAL CA-210 described as an ethoxylated octylphenol which has an average of 1.5 ethoxy groups per molecule and IGEPAL CA-420 described as an ethoxylated octylphenol which has an average of 3 ethoxy groups per molecule.

Other surfactant or ionic compositions Useful items that can be used include those currently available commercially with the trade name SURFYNOL of Air Products & Chemicals, Inc. (Allentown, PA) and that includes a diversity of acetyl diols and acetyl diols, as well as others. From this series of products are used very advantageously SURFYNOL 61 described as dimethylhexanol, SURFYNOL 104 described  for being tetramethyl decinodiol, and SURFYNOL 104A which is described by be tetramethyl decinodiol dissolved in 2-ethylhexanol.

Preferably, the surfactant constituent does not ionic is an alkoxylated alcohol constituent that even more preferably it is one or more surfactant compositions of primary and secondary ethoxylated alcohols.

The non-ionic surfactant compositions and, in in particular, the nonionic alkoxylated alcohol constituents Preferred are included in dry cleaning compositions domestic in an amount that varies from 0.01 to 0.15 percent in weight, based on the total weight of the compositions of Domestic dry cleaning.

The compositions according to the invention include an anionic surfactant constituent that is selected alkyl sulfosuccinates, alkyl ether sulfosuccinates, alkylamide sulfosuccinates, alkyl sulfosuccinamates, as well as forms Salinas thereof. Usually, the alkyl or acyl radical in these compounds comprise a carbon chain containing 12 at 20 carbon atoms. Many are known in the art anionic surfactants and are available in a variety of suppliers, including available materials commercial at the moment with the commercial name ALKASURF (Rh \ hat {o} ne-Poulenc Co., Princeton NJ) as well as those commercially available today with the name MONAWET commercial (Mona Industries, Paterson NJ). As an example Illustrative, these include the following: ALKASURF SS-MA-80, which is described as being a sodium dihexyl sulphosuccinate, ALKASURF SS-NO, which is described as being N-alkyl sulfosuccinamate tetrasodium, ALKASURF SS-O, which is described as being dioctyl sodium sulfosuccinate, ALKASURF SS-OA-HE that is described as being a oleil amido polyethylene glycol-2-sulfosuccinate disodium, ALKASURF SS-TA, described as being Sodium N-octadecyl sulfosuccinamate, ALKASURF SS-L7DE, which is described as being an ester sodium sulphosuccinate from lauryl diethanolamide, ALKASURF SS-L9ME, which is described as being an ester Sodium Monoethanolamide Sodium Sulphosuccinate, ALKASURF SS-L-HE, described by being sodium diisobutyl sulphosuccinate, MONAWET MB-45, described as being sodium diisobutyl sulphosuccinate, MONAWET MM-80, described as being dihexyl sulfosuccinate sodium, MONAWET MO-65-150, which described as being dioctyl sodium sulfosuccinate, MONAWET MO-70 and MONAWET MO-80, described both for being dioctyl sodium sulfosuccinate, MONAWET MT, described for being sodium ditridecyl sulphosuccinate, MONAWET SNO-35, described as being a tetrasodium salt of N- (1,2-dicarboxyethyl) -N-octadecyl sulfosuccinimate, as well as MONAWET TD-30, described for being an ethoxylated fatty alcohol, acid half ester sulfosuccinic

Usually the surfactant constituent anionic is a single surfactant, or a mixture of such surfactants, and that is included in the cleaning compositions Domestic dry in an amount that varies from 0.01 to 2.5 per weight percent, based on the total weight of the composition of domestic dry cleaning. Most preferably, the constituent Anionic surfactant is used in an amount ranging from 0.01 to about 2.0 percent by weight and, most preferably, of 0.01 to 1.0 percent by weight.

Optionally, but in some cases of form desirable, liquid household cleaning compositions of according to the invention include a surfactant constituent fluoridated Desirably, the inclusion of said constituent fluorinated surfactant improves the wetting of clothing or textile items that are being treated improving penetration of the domestic liquid dry cleaning compositions. Be they can use any of a series of compositions of known and desirably fluorinated surfactants are preferred those that produce low foaming. Such compositions of Useful fluorinated surfactant generally contain at least one Fluoro rest. Naturally, mixtures of two or more may be used. fluorinated surfactants.

Many constituents are known in the art useful fluorinated surfactants. As a non-limiting example, these include fluorinated and perfluorinated alkyl carboxylates, alkyl fluorinated and perfluorinated alkoxylates, fluorinated alkyl esters, perfluorinated alkyl sulfonates, quaternary alkylammonium iodides fluorinated and perfluorinated, alkylpolyoxyethylene fluorinated alcohols, as well as salt forms thereof, especially ammonium salts,  of alkali and alkaline earth metals.

A useful fluorinated surfactant example is commercially available today with the name commercial FLUORAD that includes among other diverse materials perfluoroalkyl sulfonates, perfluoroalkyl carboxylates, as well as salts thereof, and fluorinated alkyl esters. One of sayings Materials is FC 170C (3M Company, Minneapolis MN), which is described for being a fluorinated polyoxyethylene ethanol alkyl. This material

Other useful fluorinated surfactants include the currently available commercially with the name Commercial ZONYL (E.l. DuPont De Nemours & Co., Wilmington FROM).

When present, the constituent fluorinated surfactant is in an amount of up to about 1% by weight, although it is desirably present in only minor amounts, usually in an amount of up to about 0.01% by weight and even less. So typical, it has been found that the surfactant composition fluorinated is effective in dilutions of 1 to 5000 ppm (parts per million) based on the total weight of dry cleaning compositions domestic liquids and effective amounts of approximately 100 - 2500 ppm.

Compositions according to the invention include an organic solvent constituent that is selected from water soluble alcohols and / or glycol ethers. Example water-soluble alcohols are preferably a (lower alkyl) monohydroxylated alcohol which includes, but is not limited thereto, C 1-6 straight and branched chain alcohols which are preferred. Such alcohols are known in the art per se and are commercially available. Any water soluble alcohol, in particular the preferred C 1-6 alcohols, can be used and incorporated into the domestic dry cleaning compositions described herein and are desirably selected so as to exhibit good solubility. aqueous, effective as a solvent for the removal of certain stains and it is particularly desirable that they are volatile so that once applied to the garment or dirty textile article, they quickly volatilize from them.

The organic solvent constituent of domestic dry cleaning compositions described in the The present specification may also be an ether solvent constituent of glycol. As the preferred solvent constituent glycol ether according to the present invention are soluble glycol ethers in water according to the general structure R_ -O-R_ -OH, wherein R a is an alkoxy of 1 to 20 carbon atoms, or aryloxy of at least 6 carbon atoms, and R b is a condensate ether such as a propylene glycol and / or ethylene glycol having one to ten units of glycol monomer. Other examples of solvents particularly preferred include methyl ether of propylene glycol, dipropylene glycol methyl ether, methyl ether of tripropylene glycol, propylene glycol isobutyl ether, ether ethylene glycol methyl, ethylene glycol ethyl ether, ether ethylene glycol butyl, diethylene glycol phenyl ether, phenol propylene glycol ether and mixtures thereof. Glycol ethers example that can be used very advantageously as Solvent constituent is one or more of the solvents in the group consisting of diethylene glycol methyl ether, ether ethylene glycol n-butyl ether diethylene glycol n-butyl, hexyl ether of ethylene glycol, diethylene glycol hexyl ether and mixtures of same. These materials are commercially available in the currently with the trade name DOWANOL of Dow Chemical Co. (Midland MI); ARCOSOLV of Atlantic Richfield Co., as well as CARBITOL or CELLOSOLVE, both of Union Carbide Corp. (Danbury CT).

The organic solvent constituent can be one or more water soluble alcohols, one or more constituents glycol ether solvent, or mixtures of one or more alcohols and one or more glycol ethers. The organic solvent constituent is usually included in dry cleaning compositions domestic in an amount that varies from 1 to 5 percent by weight, based on the total weight of dry cleaning compositions Households described herein.

When the organic solvent constituent includes one or more glycol ether solvent constituents, it preferably used in an amount sufficient to solubilize sufficiently the domestic dry cleaning compositions of so that it is not viscous or jelly-like, but more well, it has a flow viscosity similar to the alcohols of lower alkyl or water. Usually the possibility of forming A composition that has such a viscous or gelatinous nature is minority due to the fact that a substantial proportion of the composition is water, however, such a possibility is possible and is desirable to avoid it, since the characteristics of minor viscosity are particularly beneficial when the compositions Domestic dry cleaning are provided in a container or dispenser that includes a pump or dispensing nozzle. In addition, lower viscosity characteristics facilitate the absorption of the domestic dry cleaning composition between fibers of a textile article or garment. The characteristic of desired low viscosity can be achieved in part by a careful selection of one or more glycol ether solvents with particular attention to its water solubility characteristics, as well as its molecular weights. For example, a formulation within the scope of the present invention may have a reduced viscosity by including a greater amount of lower molecular weight glycol ether solvent. The same time, care should be taken in the selection of solvents of glycol ether to ensure good properties of spot solubilization, including those normally associated with higher molecular weight glycol ethers desirably ensuring that these are also included in the cleaning compositions Dry domestic. Thus, taking into account these considerations, the selection of a good glycol ether solvent constituent is can perform by known experimental evaluation techniques by those skilled in the art.

As indicated above, the compositions of according to the invention they have an aqueous nature since the Water forms the majority constituent. The water is preferably free of any undesirable impurity such as organic or inorganic compounds, especially mineral salts that are present in hard water that can reduce the efficiency of one or more of the essential constituents according to the invention, as well as any other optional component that may be included. Water is added up to a sufficient quantity to provide 100% by weight of the cleaning composition. So desirable, water forms at least about 90% by weight and, more desirably about 92% by weight of the total weight of the domestic dry cleaning compositions described in the present memory

As indicated above, the compositions of Domestic dry cleaning according to the invention can understand one or more of the following optional components, not exceeding the total weight of such optional constituents approximately 2% by weight of the total weight of the composition, plus preferably, not exceeding approximately 1% by weight and, most preferable, less than about 1% by weight based on weight Total composition. Such optional constituents may be one or more of the following: coloring agents, fragrances (already whether natural or synthetically produced), enhancers of fragrance and / or fragrance solubilizers, adjusting agents pH such as acids or bases and, especially pH buffers and preservatives As an example, although not limited to same, commercially available compositions useful as preservatives for household dry cleaning compositions which are described herein include the marketed under the trade names KATHON (Rohm & Haas Co, Philadelphia PA), DOWICIL (Dow Chemical Co, Midland MI), BUSAN (Buckman Laboratories, Memphis TN) and DANTOGARD (Lonza Chemical Co., Fairlawn NJ).

It has been found surprisingly by inventors that the compositions of the present invention are excellent cleaners that work well as a composition of cleaning for use in a dry cleaning procedure domestic as described in more detail below. This is particularly surprising since water is found to be the majority constituent of the composition, and that is only present a minor amount of surfactants and others solvents, having observed even good cleaning effects in dry. It has also been found by the inventors that compositions of the present invention leave few, although general no residue or residual marks on the garments of dress treated; residues or fences that are known in the art and which are typically attributed to the surfactants contained in said prior art compositions. It has also found that the compositions of the present invention are good general cleaning compositions in a wide diversity of textile items such as wool, cotton, synthetic fibers such as rayon and silk, which is particularly difficult to clean dry.

The compositions of the present invention are they can produce simply by mixing measured quantities of individual constituents to form a homogeneous mixture with the same. This can be done by well known techniques and preferably performed in a single paddle mixer, stirrer or other apparatus for mixing low shear liquids in order to avoid undesirable foaming of the compositions.

According to one aspect of the procedure according to the invention, a stained garment is treated applying an effective amount of the cleaning composition directly on the surface of the garment. This is can perform in one or more of the following ways and said application can take place in a number of ways and using a series of devices. For example, according to an embodiment of the invention, the cleaning composition is provided to the consumer in a conventional dispenser such as a container sprayer, pressure application container, spray or other dispensing container Thus, the application of the Cleaning composition is possible by pumping required from the spray container, alternatively by pressing and dispensing the cleaning composition of the application package by pressure or in another alternative by spraying from the container Pressure spray cleaning composition. After it has applied to the surface of one or more garments to treat a effective amount of the cleaning composition, the garment treated is then inserted into a bag container The garment can be introduced alone or in combination with other items to which the cleaning composition in a similar way, or in combination with other items that have not contacted the composition cleaning according to the invention. Then, the container bag to keep one or more items in it and Then the container bag with its contents is introduced the inside of a household drying apparatus. Later on describe in more detail various constructions for the bag container that can be closed.

Optionally, stains can be cleaned located separately by the consumer using a composition stain remover before application of the cleaning composition liquid described herein. Such compositions Stain removers include those known in the art, and include by example one or more of the compositions cited in the patents of The prior art indicated above. You can use a Stain remover composition advantageously for cleaning stains difficult to remove as well as spots located on the garment of dressing that is.

A stain remover composition particularly Advantageous is one that comprises the following constituents: 0.1-10% by weight of non-ionic alkoxylated alcohol; 0.1-10% by weight of mono- and dialcanol amide nonionic alkoxylated; 0.1-3.5% by weight of anionic surfactant, especially one or more selected from alkyl sulfosuccinates, alkyl ether sulfosuccinates, alkylamide sulfosuccinates, alkyl sulfosuccinamates, as well as their forms Salinas; 0-1% by weight of fluorinated surfactant; 0.01-7% by weight of alcohol solvent, especially water miscible alcohols; 0.01-30% by weight of glycol ether solvent, especially miscible glycol ethers in Water; rest up to 100% by weight of water. Optionally, you are Stain remover compositions may include up to about 2% by weight of one or more conventional additives such as acids, bases, pH buffers, coloring agents, fragrances and the like. Desirably, these stain remover compositions comprise the less about 70% by weight of water. This composition advantageous stain remover is very effective in removing stains located, leaving no visible deposits or residues when used before and in combination with the cleaning composition being describing herein, and contains a proportion relatively minor volatile organic compounds post that these stain remover compositions desirably contain the less about 70% by weight of water.

Typically, according to the procedures of according to the invention, the drying apparatus includes those that they have a rotating drum that rotates around an axis horizontal, although in some cases it includes a rotating drum around a vertical axis or another non-horizontal axis, and these They can also be used. Usually, those who have a drum that revolves around an approximately horizontal axis. Said drum that rotates approximately horizontal guarantees a good cleaning effect on the drum to the item in the container bag closed and helps an efficient and uniform distribution of the cleaning composition between the surfaces of the garments of Dress up they are trying.

After the introduction of the bag container in the drying apparatus, the drying apparatus and optionally heated for a while enough to allow agitation in the drum of the garment of dress and that the cleaning composition is distributed over the garment or textile items that are being treated. How alternative procedure and depending on the available modes of operation of the drying apparatus, after the introduction of the closed container bag containing clothing items to treat, the rotating drum is put into operation to operate for several minutes without applying heat to the drum swivel, which allows agitation in the drum of the bag container and distribution of cleaning compositions of the present invention more evenly in clothing in the closed container bag before volatilization appreciable of the cleaning compositions. After this stage process, the drying apparatus can be operated to apply heat to the rotating drum and its contents in order to volatilize at least a majority portion of the composition of cleaning. Then you can remove the treated garments and optionally undergo further treatment steps such as ironing, bending and the like. Garments or items Treated textiles are typically wet to the touch after This stage of treatment.

If desired, clothing and items textiles so treated can be treated with a composition of treatment of fabrics such as a softening composition of Sprayable fabrics or an antistatic composition.

The liquid cleaning compositions that described herein are advantageously used in a dry cleaning procedure at home where they are arranged one or more clothing or textile items inside a container bag with a quantity of the compositions, then the bag is closed and inserted into a dryer clothes and the container bag and its contents are shaken in a drum to ensure the distribution of the cleaning composition liquid in clothing or textile items. Cleaning dry in the dryer and the cleaning system shown in the Figure 1 includes a container bag that has an opening conveniently located on one side. With reference to the container bag, this can be made of a material that is a vapor impermeable material such as a plastic material or polymeric such as a sheet or film that is sewn, as well as of certain nonwoven fabrics and shaped materials, such as TYVEK (DuPont Corp., Wilmington DE) and the like. That bag container is typically closed or one or more are held ends in order to form said container bag, and You can use any conventional means for your production. Saying closing or holding means includes for example sewn, glued, fusion bonding, as well as other conventionally known means.  It is further understood that although it can be used in construction from the container bag a vapor impermeable material, it it is understood that said bag does not need to be totally airtight in itself and that the escape of vapors or gases inside, such as from the outer bag, such as the interior space of a clothes dryer. Said escape of vapors can be produced by the seams of said bag container, particularly when sewn seams are present, as well as from the closable opening. As an alternative, the bag container can be made of a material that is permeable to  steam such as a woven or nonwoven textile material, which can be of natural or synthetically produced fibers, as well as mixtures of two or more different materials. Both materials vapor permeable as non-vapor permeable materials they can be a single layer material or it can be a multilayer construction such as two or more layers of materials different stratified exactly matching. Examples of it  include a first layer of a nonwoven material that is used in the innermost layers of the container bag, which in turn is laminated with a nonwoven material such as a layer of polymeric film that desirably provides a layer vapor impermeable barrier to the container bag. One second Example of construction of multilayer container bag includes a first innermost layer that is a fibrous material, such as a non-woven material and a second layer exactly coinciding with the same of a material similar to the synthetic waterproof paper nonwoven such as the TYVEK material used to form the outside of the container bag. Said construction provides the advantage of having a waterproof vapor container which has a tough outer layer that in turn increases life of operation of said container bag. In addition, the material exterior made in TYVEK or similar material can be printed easily using known techniques that allow printing of a legend, logo or instructions for use on the surface outside of the container bag. A third preferred material of construction in the manufacture of a container bag is a stratified two or three layer construction, in which the layer First and most internal of the container bag is of a material nonwoven fibrous such as a synthetically produced fiber which in turn is attached to a second polymeric textile material linked by centrifugation (or not filament tissue), which imparts resistance to said construction of the container bag. So optional, although desirable, a third layer of a fibrous material nonwoven is attached to the remaining face of the textile material polymer linked by centrifugation and thus forms the outside of the container bag The fibrous material used in the formation of this third layer can be the same synthetically produced fiber of the first innermost layer or it can be of a fiber different.

An additional and more preferred material of construction for the manufacture of the container bag is a Bistratified material impermeable to vapor or poorly permeable to vapor that has on its first layer a polymeric film that is attached to a second layer of a bound nonwoven textile material by polymeric centrifugation. Both the polymeric film and the nonwoven textile material linked by centrifugation can be produce by a variety of polymers and copolymers known in the technique that include, for example, nylon, poly (alkylene terephthalates), rayon, as well as polyalkylenes, polyethylene being especially advantageous, polypropylene and polybutylene, due to its low cost and easy manufacture in vapor impermeable films as well as materials nonwoven textiles. The union between these layers can lead to carried out practically by known means, including for example, the heat bonding, resin bonding that may require the use of a bonding material or intermediate film to the first layer of film and second layer of film, as well as procedures of ultrasonic bonding that provides an effective bonding between these two materials and that can be put into practice to produce an attractive wavy appearance of the final material. From according to this more preferred embodiment, the container bag is build so that the first film layer forms the inside of the container bag and, thus, the second layer of film It forms the outside of the container bag. A first advantage of This most preferred container bag construction is that the layer Inner film of the bag is waterproof and does not absorbent of the liquid cleaning composition and so it is maximum cleaning efficiency of these compositions available for clothes or other textile items that are treated in the procedure according to the invention. A second advantage of the preferred construction is the observation of the authors of the invention that said container bag waves sufficiently during the agitation in the drum and the warming it finds in the drying apparatus, while allowing the escape of vapors produced or retained in the container bag is produced at an acceptable speed. A third advantage presented by the preferred construction is the durability of said container bag since the non-woven film layer that forms the outside of the bag is tear resistant and at the same time Soft touch features of this layer make the bag especially attractive from the point of view of the consumer.

Other advantageous building materials for the manufacture of bags 1 containers that are realizations especially preferred alternatives that have a material Bistratified vapor impermeable or little vapor permeable which it has on its first layer a polymeric film, which is attached to a second layer of a textile material include for example: a first vapor impermeable layer of a copolymer film for a film formed from a mixture of polymers that include, by example: poly (ethylene terephthalate) - poly (butylene terephthalate); poly (terephthalate from ethylene) - rayon which in turn are attached to a second layer of a polymeric nonwoven textile material which may be for example: rayon, and textile materials of polyethylene or polypropylene Heat blown or centrifuged. Such materials of construction useful for the manufacture of bags 1 containers that can be produced from these just mentioned include: a first layer of a polyalkylene film, such as polyethylene or polypropylene bonded to a second layer of a textile material based on a mixture of rayon and poly (ethylene terephthalate); and, a first layer of a poly (alkylene terephthalate) film, attached to a second layer of a rayon textile material.

It will be understood that in any of the aforementioned constructions that include one or more polymeric materials, minor amounts of conventional additives may be included in conventional amounts that include but are not limited thereto: colorants, thermal stabilizers, ultraviolet radiation stabilizers and materials of filling. Such are known per se in the art.

Both the first and second layers they can be of the same or different thickness, and it is required only that the Container bag formed of these materials be flexible. Do not However, the most desirable is that the thickness of both the first as the second layer is less than about 20 thousandths of inch, more desirably the thickness of the first layer preferably steam impermeable is 5 thousandths of an inch and minors, especially 3 thousandths of an inch and minors, while the thickness of the second layer and any other layer is approximately 5 thousandths of an inch and smaller.

The dimensions of the container bag and its internal volume can vary considerably. However, it is preferred that the container bag be large enough to contain at least one garment or textile article to be treated, although preferably 2-3 such garments, as well as the absorbent medium described herein, while at the same time it is not too large and therefore it is inconvenient to use in a domestic drying apparatus. Advantageously, the container bag has a volume of approximately
75 liters or less, with sizes of approximately 50 liters and approximately 30 liters being preferred.

The opening of the container bag is located conveniently at one end of the container bag, but it can Be located anywhere. The opening can be a simple groove or discontinuity in the construction material of the bag or can take a more complex form such as to include a folding flap to close the bag or you can also use a closing means Suitable closing and clamping means can be any closure means known in the art that include, although the following are not limited to them: closures of zipper, hook and loop type closure systems (VELCRO®), buttons, clips, snaps, snap button, strips adhesives, as well as plastic closure elements that can repeatedly closed such as two strips, one in each margin of the opening when pressed together are interconnected forming a flexible closure. Such plastic closure elements that can be closed repeatedly known in the technique dedicated to plastic bags and sacks and are often referred to as ZIP-LOCK® type closures. Closing means Suitable also include the use of a simple rope traction to close the opening, the use of a single "tape wire reinforced type closure "to close the opening as well such as the use of one or more closing means in combination with a flap. Other known closure means can also be used. conventionally although not stated herein. Agree with convenient placement of the opening in, or near, the end of the container bag, the closure means is placed in or around the end of the bag as illustrated in Figure 1. It is only required that the selected closure means can be fixed on the construction material used to make the bag container, and that this form a relatively secure closure. Is desirable that the container bag can be closed repeatedly to provide a closure to the liquid in order to minimize the losses of liquid cleaning composition out of said bag and in the dryer, which in turn guarantees that a maximum is imparted cleaning effect on clothing or other textile materials They are treated.

In a container bag construction, you can it is desirable to use a fibrous material to form the surface more internal of the container bag since said material fibrous is suitable for retaining and trapping particles that can be released from the garment or textile item that is cleaned and / or absorb the cleaning composition provided therein. It may be desired that said container bag is suitable for the washed by the consumer. After a washing operation, the trapped / retained particles, spots, as well as any Residual cleaning composition can be removed from the bag container as such, being able to be reused in a later dry cleaning operation.

In an alternative embodiment of the procedure according to the present invention the cleaning compositions they are used in combination with a dispensing container, or other container, which contains the cleaning composition, as well as a absorbent sheet Said absorbent sheets can be produced at from any flexible fibrous or cellular material that have sufficient thermal stability to use in a dryer. For example, such sheets may be materials. nonwovens such as those with fibers bound in a fiber structure formed in a band and / or those comprising fibrous mats in which the fibers are distributed in a random arrangement. Said fibrous structures may be fibers. natural that include wool, silk, cotton, linen, hemp, sisal, ramie or can be produced synthetically such as fibers of synthetically spun polymers. Examples of such fibers Synthetics include rayon, cellulose, polyvinyl derivatives, polyolefins, polyesters, as well as polyamides. Naturally it they can use mixtures of two or more different fibers in production of such nonwoven materials. Preferably, such sheets are strong enough to resist tearing or separation when used in a clothes dryer as described in the procedure described herein. These sheets, when used, they can have any dimension but they are with preference sheets that have an area of at least one centimeter square or larger Sheets with larger areas, that is, those that they have at least 50 square centimeters and larger are preferred from the point of view of ease of use and handling. Such larger sheets are generally preferred to carry out the domestic dry cleaning procedures described in This memory. These can be easily separated from the garment of treated dress and easily discarded. From this perspective, it is evident then that a sheet too large such that it can resist the drum agitation operation of garments dress that are treated and / or store to agglutinate or wrap during the tumble dryer operation of the clothes dryer is Desirably avoid. Since a function of the sheet is act as an absorbent substrate for the cleaning composition and / or act as a transport vehicle in which the composition cleaning absorbed on the surface of the sheet can shake and finally get back in touch with a region different from the garment or textile material in question. TO the view of the above is preferable then that a sheet is used of intermediate size and / or a plurality of intermediate sheets, with preference those that have an area of at least approximately 50 square centimeters.

In accordance with another aspect of the invention, provides an optionally kit-shaped system that includes a container bag as described above, an amount of the liquid cleaning composition as described herein memory and a dispensing medium. Said dispensing means it can be a sphere-shaped dispenser that can be separated in hemispheres and that includes in one of the hemispheres a container for containing the cleaning composition described in the present in a measured quantity. The container also includes a fluid communication medium such as one or more perforations, preferably small perforations and / or a semipermeable wall or closing lid that allows the flow of the cleaning composition from inside the container to the outside of the dispenser so that it can be in contact with the garment or textile article. The advantage of such a dispenser is that it can Produce well as a single-use dispenser and discard after a single dry cleaning operation or you can be produced as a refillable and multi-purpose dispenser in the that the consumer can fill the dispenser between operations of dry cleaning The dispenser can also be produced as a refillable dispenser.

In yet another embodiment of the invention, provides a system, optionally in kit form that includes a container bag as described above, an amount of liquid cleaning composition as described herein memory and a dispensing vessel. The vessel of dispensing can take a variety of forms, including a diversity of known devices that include bottles that can close repeatedly with or without dispensing elements such as manually pumped dispensers, flasks or flasks supplied with flow routing nozzles, as well as those supplied with caps that can be closed repeatedly. Aerosol dispensing containers can also be use. The dispensing containers can also be of the type known single opening, including sealed bags or containers in those that the integrity of the container is destroyed once it has been opened and the complete contents have been expelled for use after the opening. These include, for example, sealed bags of single-layer or multi-layer constructions, in particular constructions that use one or more polymeric films, as well as single opening ampoules, flasks or vials of a single single opening that once opened are not designed to return to close easily. Single-use dispensing containers they are used advantageously since they allow the packaging of controlled amounts of cleaning compositions that are describe herein that will be used later by the consumer.

In accordance with another aspect of the invention, provides an optionally kit-shaped system that includes a container bag as described above, an amount of liquid cleaning composition as described herein memory and a dispensing medium.

An example dispensing medium is one that is formed of a porous material that is suitable to impregnate with the liquid cleaning composition according to the invention. In a aspect according to this embodiment, the porous dispenser can be one or more spherical or other shaped dispensers generally spherical formed of a porous material that is adapted to retain the cleaning composition inside, even when subject to sudden movement and agitation such as the experienced in a drying apparatus, releasing its cleaning composition impregnated Of course they can be produced and others are useful configurations such as disks, cubes or other geometries, not However, spherical geometry is preferred because it is less likely that is clogged or trapped by garments or textile items in the drum during the cleaning process in which it is present in the container bag, which ensures the probability that produce a more uniform release of the cleaning composition to garments and textile articles. Said dispenser that is of Porous nature allows the flow of the cleaning composition from inside to outside the dispenser, that is, its surface such that it can release the cleaning composition to the garment or textile article by physical contact with same. The materials that can be used for the production of said porous dispenser include foamed polymeric materials which are elastic and flexible, as well as certain constructions porous but less elastic formed of polymeric materials, such as those that can be formed by sintering material polymeric Useful polymers for such constructions may be based on virtually any polymer that can conform to said porous dispensing means, of which are used advantageously polyolefins and polyamides, especially polyalkylenes which include polyethylene, polybutylene and polypropylene. The middle of Porous dispensing can be produced by sintering an amount of pulverized polymer particles, such as pellets, powders, granules or the like under appropriate conditions for agglomerate the polymer particles to a shaped article that does not However it retains a porous nature. A polymer especially useful for this purpose is a polyolefin such as a polyethylene high density that is readily available commercially to a reasonable cost and that can be easily sintered forming said porous dispenser. However, it is understood that They can use other polymers.

The advantage of said porous dispensing means is that it can be produced well as a single dispenser use and discard after a single dry cleaning operation or it can be produced as a refillable and multi-purpose dispenser in which the consumer can fill the dispenser between dry cleaning operations re-impregnating the porous dispenser with the cleaning composition such as immersing the dispenser in a volume of said composition of cleaning. Such systems include a container bag such as the described above, an amount of liquid cleaning composition such as the one described herein and a dispensing medium porous.

According to another aspect of the invention, an optionally kit-shaped system is provided that includes a container bag that has an inner surface absorbent as described above, an amount of composition of liquid cleaning as described herein. From according to said system, the liquid cleaning composition is provides the absorbent interior of the container bag and also one or more textile items or garments to be treated according to the procedure described herein. The absorbent interior that is advantageously a fibrous or plush material acts both distributing the liquid cleaning composition to the garments as trapping or retaining the dirt lost from the garments treated.

As used throughout this memory descriptive and in the claims, the use of the terms "clothing" and "textile articles" are used to describe for example finished items such as pants, shirts, blouses, scarves, other articles of clothing, clothing, coats and the like In the case of the first term, while in the case of the last term, textile articles already produced but not have been produced in the form of individual articles or articles Finished such as items of clothing or clothing are intended that are identified by the last term. In any case, since the present invention applies equally and is useful without distinction or reference to both textile articles and / or garments of dress, it is understood that they are interchangeable terms with regarding cleaning operations and cleaning compositions in accordance with the present invention.

The term "dryer" or "drying apparatus" should mean a rotary dryer that is usually typical of a domestic rotary dryer. The only requirement is that the drum is configured to retain garments and / or textile items inside, be rotatable and that the inside of the drum can be heated to at least the temperature at which the lower point constituent volatilizes boiling Household clothes dryers, as well as commercial clothes dryers, particularly those of rotary type and more particularly, those that rotate
around a non-vertical axis it is clearly understood that they are within the scope of the present invention.

As used throughout this report descriptive and claims, references to "parties in weight "and" weight percentage "and" weight% "are considered interchangeable and represent the percentage by weight of a particular constituent with reference to a total composition in which it is included, considering that said total composition It has 100 parts by weight. According to the description immediately above, all the constituents of each of the formulations described in the following examples are given in parts by weight and are based on 100 parts by weight of a particular formulation, to unless indicated otherwise.

Examples

To demonstrate the compositions according to the invention, various formulations were prepared having the constituents indicated in Table 1 below, in which the amounts are given in percent by weight of each constituent respective.

The preparation of the formulations led to out in a routine way, which generally agreed With the following protocol. In a large beaker of glass placed on a magnetic stirrer was added less than the total amount, or the total amount of deionized water. The water temperature, as well as that of the other constituents was approximately room temperature (approximately 20 ° C). Be the stirrer was activated and quantities were added to the water measures of each of the constituents. Although the order of Addition is not considered important, usually surfactants They were added first. After the addition of the constituent In the end, the contents of the beaker were stirred over a period of 5 to 15 minutes to ensure a mixture homogeneous and the production of a uniform formulation. Each of the formulations were observed to be stable to storage over a period of weeks and months.

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TABLE 1

Constituent Ex 1 Ex 2 Ex 3 Ex 4 Ex 5 Ex 5A Ex 6 Ex 7 Ex 8 PolyTergent SL-62 0.10 0.10 0.10 0.10 0.10 0.10 0.10 0.074 0.074 PolyTergent SL-22 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.015 0.015 Surfynol 104A - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Surfynol 61 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Zonyl FS300 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Ethanol 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 3.0 2.0 Monawet SNO-35 0.16 0.16 0.16 0.16 0.16 0.16 0.16 0.16 0.16 Kathon CG / ICP - - 0.05 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Kathon CG / ICP II - - - - 0.05 - - - - - - - - - - - - Busan 1504 - - - - - - 0.10 - - - - - - - - - - Dowicil 75 - - - - - - - - 0.10 - - - - - - - - Dantogard Plus - - - - - - - - - - 0.10 - - - - - - Water deionized rest rest rest rest rest rest rest rest rest until until until until until until until until until 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100

TABLE 1

Constituent Ex 9 ** Ex 10 ** Ex eleven** Ex 12 Ex 13 Ex 14 * Ex fifteen* PolyTergent SL-62 0.10 0.10 0.10 0.10 0.10 0.10 0.10 PolyTergent SL-22 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.02 Surfynol 104A 0.12 - - - - - - - - - - - - Surfynol 61 - - 0.06 - - - - - - - - - - Zonyl FS300 - - - - 0.15 - - - - - - - - Ethanol 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 5.0 Monawet SNO-35 - - - - - - 0.16 0.16 0.16 0.16 Kathon CG / ICP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Kathon CG / ICP II - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Busan 1504 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Dowicil 75 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Dantogard Plus - - - - - - - - - - 0.1 0.15 Fragrance - - - - - - - - - - 0.2 0.2 Water deionized rest rest rest rest rest rest rest until 100 up to 100 up to 100 until 100 up to 100 up to 100 up to 100 *  \ begin {minipage} [t] {145mm} The composition of Ex. 14 and Ex. 15 also included 0.193% anhydrous sodium citrate and 0.004 acid citric anhydrous as buffers \ end {minipage} ** Does not belong to the invention

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The specific identities of the constituents indicated in Table 1 above are presented below in the Table 2.

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TABLE 2

PolyTergent SL-62 alkoxylated linear aliphatic alcohol [100% by weight of active ingredients] PolyTergent SL-22 alcohol linear aliphatic alkoxylated [100% by weight of ingredients assets] Surfynol 104A nonionic surfactant [50% by weight of ingredients assets] Surfynol 61 nonionic surfactant [100% by weight of ingredients assets] Zonyl FS300 fluorinated surfactant [50-100% by weight of active ingredients] Monawet SNO-35 a tetrasodium salt of N- (1,2-dicarboxyethyl) -N- (octadecyl sulfosuccinamate [35% by weight of active ingredients] Kathon CG / ICP, Kathon CG / ICP registered preservative composition Busan 1504 preservative composition registered Dowicil 75 registered preservative composition Dantogard Plus preservative composition registered

TABLE 2 (continued)

fragrance fragrance composition registered ethanol ethanol [100% by weight of active ingredients] deionized water deionized water

Using the example formulations described with detail in Table 1 the cleaning tests were carried out with In order to evaluate its effectiveness.

Cleaning example one

According to the following general protocol, carried out an evaluation of the formulation properties according to Example 6.

A clean 100% off-white silk blouse stained with 0.003 grams of a lipstick composition. Be let the stain dry for 15 minutes to simulate a real staining state of the consumer. It was then deposited a disposable paper towel on a hard surface not absorbent and the stain facing the paper towel was placed. An amount of one was applied to the silk cloth surface stain remover composition according to stain remover composition particularly advantageous using an end dispenser absorbent in a way that simulates rubbing with a brush to impart a linear rubbing action. In this way, the portion majority of the stain remover composition was supplied on site  of the stain and minor amounts of the stain remover at the edges outside the stain. In this way, it provided a "smooth" application of the composition stain remover. It will be appreciated that a model was not applied to the blouse circular or swirl application in order to minimize the possibility of tissue deformation. The stain remover composition it was applied in such a way that a substantial portion of the stain lipstick was lost and transferred to the paper towel and The blouse was inspected. It was observed that a minor amount of lipstick was still present in the position of the stain.

Immediately afterwards, a quantity of the formulation according to Example 6 to wet evenly the area of the lipstick stain and the garment was supplied treated inside a container bag formed of a material vapor impermeable. The bag was closed and inserted inside of a domestic dryer that rotated horizontally. He put on said device in operation to operate in a cycle "delicate" for 30 minutes and the container bag and its Content were extracted. The silk blouse that had an appearance wet general was then hung on a hanger and left dry off.

Inspection of the position of the treated stain revealed no visible stain or residue.

The silk blouse so treated could be ironed Gently after cleaning to remove wrinkles from the garment.

It is understood that other ones can be used stain remover compositions instead of the one used before. Be It is further understood that the procedure as described could be carried out on a garment or textile article without a stain treatment stage in which a general cleaning and sanitizing effect.

Cleaning example 2

The effectiveness of the composition of liquid cleaning according to the invention and the procedure described above in a process in which a desired main objective It was the "sanitized" of a garment.

According to this example, two were used identical ladies blouses made in a mixture of acetate 60% / 40% rayon. It was placed inside a first bag container formed of a vapor impermeable polymeric film from a single layer a small amount, that is, "two jets" of a manual gun dispenser, of an acid composition 0.2% aqueous isovaleric that was provided to simulate the smell bodily. In a second container bag, an amount was disposed identical to the aqueous acid composition. Then you they arranged each of the blouses inside each one of them container bags that were then closed. He let the blouses will remain in these bags for a period of 10 minutes; this allowed the conditioning of the blouses with the acidic composition so that the blouses acquired a bad odor.

As a "comparative" example, one of the blouses, was introduced in a second new container bag of the same construction of polymeric waterproof vapor film of a layer that closed next. Next, this container bag and its contents inside a device domestic drying that was operated for 20 minutes in a "delicate" cycle; No heat was applied. The container bag is removed, the contained blouse was also removed and the blouse on a hard surface from which it could be compared by a group of experts regarding their appearance and characteristics of odor.

The second blouse was removed from the bag that it contained the acid composition and was introduced into a new container bag of the same film construction Single layer vapor impermeable polymeric that was used to produce the blouse of the comparative example. In this container bag a compressible polymer foam cube of approximately 6.35 cm2 that had been arranged with 30.03 grams of a liquid composition according to Example 12, after which closed the container bag. In a manner analogous to described with reference to the blouse of the comparative example, is they inserted the container bag and its contents inside a drying apparatus that was operated for 20 minutes in the same "delicate" cycle after which the container bag and its contents. During this stage, it was observed that the container bag presented undulations and its content was effectively agitated on the drum in it.

After opening the container bag, it was removed the blouse of said container bag and was deployed next to the comparative example blouse to compare its characteristics visual and odoriferous The foam cube was extracted and determined that after 20 minutes of treatment in the drum, this one had released approximately 59% of the cleaning composition domestic liquid dry that had originally contained, to know 17.69 grams of its liquid cleaning composition, which it was evident from the appearance of the blouse that was wet touch.

These two blouses were compared; and it was observed that the blouse treated with the composition according to Example 12 had a significantly reduced level of bad smell when compared to First blouse control.

Cleaning example 3

An evaluation of the properties was carried out of the liquid cleaning compositions according to the formulation of Example 13 according to the following general protocol.

A clean white rayon blouse was applied in a position 3 grams of the stain remover composition particularly advantageous described above, which was applied with a pipette. The stain remover formulation was allowed to spread and thus formed a wet circular area. Then the stain remover formulation rubbing on it using a absorbent paper wipe so that it is guaranteed to look good sandwiched between the fibers of the white rayon blouse.

Next, a small amount of a liquid cleaning composition according to Example 13 to this wet area as well as in the surrounding area with a container of manual application with a spray dispenser container manually pumpable so that the area treated by the Stain remover formulation as its surrounding proximity.

Next, the blouse so treated was inserted inside a container bag that is formed of a monolayer polymeric material that had closed and this and its Contents were inserted into a domestic dryer. The dryer is it operated in a short program for 30 minutes in which it observed that the bag was undulating and the rayon blouse It stirred effectively inside.

The bag was then removed and the blouse and watched. The blouse was wet to the touch and it was observed that there were no appreciable yellowing or residual deposits in the area of application of the stain remover composition.

Cleaning example 4

It was carried out according to the following general protocol an evaluation of the properties of the formulation according to Example 14 that was used in the procedure described before.

A sweater was deployed on a hard surface clean red knitted with a fiber content of 70% of wool, 20% angora and 10% nylon and indicated by the manufacturer "dry cleaning only" on its label. Be they applied 0.2 grams of a liquid makeup composition, 0.0015 grams of a lipstick composition, 0.10 bouquets of a tomato sauce composition and 0.10 grams of a composition of salad dressing to four non-contiguous regions of the jersey. These spots were allowed to dry on the garment overnight.

As a control evaluation a garment was stained same as described above, that is, a "control jersey" of the same way and they were allowed to dry overnight likewise you are spots

The next morning, the control garment was sent to a conventional dry cleaning facility where treated in accordance with conventional procedures and returned later.

The other jersey was deployed with the surface stained down on a paper towel arrangement absorbent and, through the front, or back side of the jersey from the stained areas, a sufficient amount of one was applied stain remover composition according to stain remover composition Especially preferred described above. This composition Stain remover was applied using an absorbent end dispenser in a mode that simulates rubbing with a brush to impart a linear rubbing action; the application of the composition Stain remover continued until it was observed that virtually all the stains had been removed from the stained and transferred garment to the clean paper towel that acted as absorbent substrate and stain retainer. It will be appreciated that spot cleaning using the stain remover composition across the front of the jersey did not force the migration of dirt or stain through the tissue, but rather forced the stains directly from the Jersey surface to the surface of the paper towel.

Then a foam cube was arranged compressible polymer of approximately 6.35 cm2 which is had arranged with 29.83 grams of a cleaning composition liquid according to Example 14 described above. This composition of Liquid cleaning was ideally suited for the cleaning process Domestic dry described herein. This cube is applied lightly in the regions of the areas where it had been applied the stain remover composition, particularly at its periphery in order to "soften" these wetted areas. Immediately afterwards the bucket and the red treated jersey were inserted in this way in a bag containing a material that is not permeable to steam that then closed. The container bag and its contents are then inserted inside a cleaning device in domestic dry that was then operated in a cycle "delicate" for 20 minutes allowing stirring in Red jersey drum and polymeric foam bucket with the liquid cleaning composition retained during this interval. During this time, no heat was applied to the new bag or its contained by the drying apparatus and it was observed that the bag container was expanding or waving which allows agitation in Effective foam bucket drum and contained red jersey.

Then the container bag was removed from the drying apparatus, its contents were also extracted and examined. It was observed that 53% by weight of (or 15.76 grams) of the liquid cleaning composition of Example 14 had been released of the bucket during the treatment process. The Visual appearance and smell characteristics of this red jersey cleaned in this way. It was appreciated that they were not obvious shrinkage  or color change in this garment, but it was wet to the touch. It was also observed that each of the four spots formed by liquid makeup, lipstick, tomato sauce and dressing salad had been completely removed and they were also not appreciable residuals or residual fronts of the composition of stain remover. Although the jersey was slightly damp to the touch, this one did not need ironing and could be hung for drying in a conventional clothesline. No unpleasant smell was observed.

This jersey was compared with the control jersey that had been cleaned by a dry cleaning facility conventional. In this garment neither shrinkage or color change and the four spots had been removed so effective.

For comparison, it can be appreciated then that the use of liquid compositions and procedures that described herein are comparable very favorably with that provided by a cleaning device Conventional dry, although notably the compositions and Procedures of the invention can be practiced by a consumer in a much shorter period of time and in the Convenient and hygienic approved environment of your own appliance dried

Cleaning example 5

It was performed according to the following protocol general an evaluation of the properties of the formulation according to Example 14 which was used in the procedure described above.

It was deployed on a smooth and hard surface a clean white blouse that had an acetate fiber content at 60% and 40% rayon and indicated by the manufacturer "only dry cleaning "on its label. Over four regions do not adjacent to the jersey 0.2 grams of a composition was applied liquid makeup, 0.0015 grams of a bar composition lips, 0.10 grams of a tomato sauce composition and 0.10 grams of a salad dressing composition. It was left that you are spots will dry on the garment overnight.

As a control evaluation, it was stained in the same way a clean white blouse identical to that described above, that is, a "control blouse" and the spots were also allowed to dry overnight.

The next morning the control blouse was sent to a conventional dry cleaning facility in which processed according to conventional procedures and returned later.

The other blouse was deployed with the surface stained down on a paper towel arrangement absorbent and, through the front, or back side of the jersey from the stained areas, a sufficient amount of one was applied stain remover composition according to stain remover composition especially advantageous described above. This composition Stain remover was applied using an absorbent end dispenser in a mode that simulates rubbing with a brush to impart a linear rubbing action; the application of the composition Stain remover continued until it was observed that virtually all the stains had been removed from the stained and transferred garment to the clean paper towel that acted as absorbent substrate and stain retainer. It will be appreciated that spot cleaning using the stain remover composition across the front of the jersey did not force the migration of dirt or stain through the tissue, but rather forced the stains directly from the Jersey surface to the surface of the paper towel.

Then a foam cube was arranged compressible polymer of approximately 6.35 cm2 which is had arranged with 29.61 grams of a cleaning composition liquid according to Example 14 described above. This composition of Liquid cleaning was ideally suited for the cleaning process Domestic dry described herein. This cube is applied lightly in the regions of the areas where it had been applied the stain remover composition, particularly at its periphery in order to "soften" these wetted areas. Immediately afterwards the cube and the blouse treated with it were inserted mode in a bag containing a non-vapor permeable material which then closed. The container bag and its contents are then inserted inside a cleaning device in domestic dry that was then operated in a cycle "delicate" for 20 minutes allowing stirring in drum of both the blouse and the polymer foam cube with the liquid cleaning composition retained during this interval. During this time, no heat was applied to the new bag or its contained by the drying apparatus and it was observed that the bag container was expanding or waving which allows agitation in Effective drum of the foam cube and the blouse contained.

Then the container bag was removed from the drying apparatus, its contents were also extracted and examined. It was observed that 57% by weight of (or 16.81 grams) of the liquid cleaning composition of Example 14 had been released of the bucket during the treatment process. The visual appearance and smell characteristics of this blouse clean like this. It was appreciated that they were not obvious shrinkage or  Color change in this garment, but it was wet to the touch. It was also observed that each of the four spots formed by liquid makeup, lipstick, tomato sauce and dressing salad had been basically completely removed and that also not there were easily appreciable waste or residual fronts of the stain remover composition. Although the blouse was wet, almost wet to the touch, it did not need ironing and could be hung to drying on a conventional clothesline. No smell was observed unpleasant.

This blouse was compared with the control blouse that had been cleaned by a dry cleaning facility conventional. There was no shrinkage in this control blouse or color change and the four spots had also been removed effectively.

As in the previous Example, it can be seen easily that the use of liquid compositions and Procedures described herein are comparable very favorably with that provided by a conventional dry cleaning apparatus, although notably the Compositions and methods of the invention can be brought to the practice by a consumer in a much longer period of time Short and in the convenient and hygienic environment approved of its own drying apparatus

Claims (13)

1. A domestic dry cleaning composition consisting of:

0.01 - 0.15%

by weight of non-ionic surfactant,

0.01 - 2.5%

by weight of anionic surfactant selected from alkyl sulfosuccinates, alkyl ether sulfosuccinates, alkylamide sulfosuccinates, alkyl sulfosuccinamates, as well as their forms Salinas,

0 - 1%

by weight of fluorinated surfactant,

1.0 - 5.0%

by weight of organic solvent selected from glycol alcohols and ethers,

0 - 2%

by weight of one or more optional constituents selected from; agents to adjust the pH, fragrance and fragrance enhancer, or a preservative,

rest up to 100% water. 2. The composition of domestic dry cleaning according to claim 1, wherein the nonionic surfactant is a water-soluble nonionic alkoxylated phenol. 3. The composition of domestic dry cleaning according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the nonionic surfactant it is a primary alcohol or non-ionic alkoxylated secondary alcohol soluble in water. 4. The composition of domestic dry cleaning according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the nonionic surfactant It is present in an amount of 0.1 to 0.15 percent by weight. 5. The composition of domestic dry cleaning according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the anionic surfactant is present in an amount of 0.01 to about 2.0 per weight percent, preferably 0.01 to about 1.0. 6. The composition of domestic dry cleaning according to claim 1 or 2, which comprises a surfactant fluoridated 7. The composition of domestic dry cleaning according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the organic solvent It is present in an amount of 1.0 to 3.0 percent by weight. 8. The composition of domestic dry cleaning according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the water forms at least approximately 90% by weight of the total composition. 9. A dry cleaning procedure Domestic item of a textile or clothing item comprising the stages of: contacting an amount of a domestic dry cleaning composition according to any one of claims 1 to 8, with the textile article or garment during drum agitation in a drying apparatus
fallen 10. The method according to claim 9, comprising the additional process stage of: pre-treat a stain with a composition stain remover before contacting an amount of one Domestic dry cleaning composition according to any of the claims 1 to 8 with the article of clothing or article textile. 11. The method according to claim 10 which includes the additional process steps of: insert the textile article or garment in the inside of a container bag, provide a quantity of the composition of domestic dry cleaning inside the container bag, close the container bag, insert the container bag containing the textile article or garment inside a drying device
I give operate the drying apparatus to stir in drum and distribute the dry cleaning composition over the surface of the textile article or garment contained in the container bag 12. The method according to claim 11, in which a dry cleaning composition is provided domestic according to claim 1 to an inner surface absorbent container bag. 13. A domestic dry cleaning kit that includes a container bag, a quantity of the composition of cleaning according to any one of claims 1 to 8 and a means of dispensing to dispense the cleaning composition to the textile items or clothing.