JPH03153619A - Fiber conditioning composition containing solubilizable poly lower alkylene - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To obtain the subject composition, comprising a cationic surface active fiber conditioning agent, a water-insoluble poly-lower alkylene and its solubilizer and raised in conditioning effects. CONSTITUTION: This fiber conditioning composition comprises (A) a cationic surface active fiber conditioning agent, e.g. a quaternary ammonium salt, (B) a water-insoluble poly-lower alkylene and an oxidized poly-lower alkylene which are a solid in the original state, preferably polyethylene or polypropylene and (C) a solubilizer for the composition B capable of making the component B dispersible in water in the presence of the component A and water, preferably a hydrocarbon which has 150-1,000, especially 500-600 molecular weight and is a liquid in the original state. The conditioning effects of the component A are significantly raised by the solubilized component B. The composition is especially useful as a shampoo for hair conditioning containing the composition in an aqueous medium containing an anionic synthetic organic surfactant or detergent.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION Field of the Invention The present invention relates to fiber conditioning compositions. More specifically, the present invention provides a shampoo containing a liquefied polylower alkylene, which leaves the hair after washing with the shampoo in a more appropriate conditioned state (<good hair flow, good hair manageability, electrostatic charge, etc.). The present invention relates to the shampoo composition that maintains the shampoo composition at a low level of oxidation.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION Textile conditioning compositions, e.g. compositions for treating laundered textile materials, including softeners to impart a softer texture to laundered fabrics and to prevent static charges from forming after drying in an automatic washer/dryer. contains cationic condidi β-Jung agents such as quaternary ammonium halides, and quaternary ammonium compounds of this type are also included in hair rinses. Polyethylene is also incorporated as a lubricant in compositions for treating fibrous materials (including human hair). Mineral oil is also used as a lubricant and polishing agent for fibrous materials, including hair. Similarly,
Substances of this type are also incorporated into shampoos, some of which are based on anionic synthetic organic surfactants. However, the present invention is believed to be novel in that it disperses normally water-insoluble polylower alkylenes in water by using a normally liquid hydrocarbon, such as mineral oil, in the presence of a cationic surfactant fiber conditioning agent. It has not previously been known that scales can be solubilized or liquefied prior to the preparation of conditioning compositions of this type, in which dispersed polylower alkylenes (e.g., polyethylene) are present in the presence of cationic surfactant fiber conditioning agents. It has not been known that scales can significantly improve the conditioning of fibrous materials (particularly human hair) after treatment with synthetic organic surfactant shampoos (eg, anionic synthetic organic surfactant shampoos).

According to the present invention, the present invention comprises a cationic surfactant fiber conditioning agent, a normally water-insoluble polylower alkylene and/or an oxidized polylower alkylene, and a solubilizing agent for said polylower alkylene, said solubilizing agent makes the poly-lower alkylene water-dispersible in the presence of a cationic surfactant fiber conditioning agent and water, such that the dispersed polylower alkylene significantly enhances the fiber conditioning effect of the cationic surfactant fiber conditioning agent. A composition is provided.

The present invention also provides said compositions in the form of anionic synthetic organic surfactant shampoos, uses of said compositions (and shampoos), and processes for their production.

The cationic surfactant fiber conditioning agent that is the primary conditioning agent in the fiber conditioning composition is preferably a quaternary ammonium salt, although other cationic surfactant compounds having fiber conditioning properties can also be used, at least in part. Thus, imidazolinium salts and betaines and U.S. Pat.
Cationic materials such as those described in US Pat.
For example, complexes with citric acid) can also be used. Such composites are described in U.S. patent application Ser. No. 06/916,067;
No. 06/916068 and No. 06/916069. Suitable quaternary ammonium salts have the formula, R
1R2R", R1N"X- (wherein at least one R
is lower alkyl, at least one is higher alkyl, and the rest are higher and/or lower alkyl). Preferably, R1 is lower alkyl having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, R2 and R3 are higher alkyl having io to 40 carbon atoms, R4 is the lower alkyl or the higher alkyl, and X is a halide, Salt-forming anions such as lower alkanol sulfates or lower carboxylic acid radicals (eg, chloride, bromide, methosulfate, ethosulfate, acetate). Lower alkyl is generally 1-3
or 4 carbon atoms, preferably 1 or 2 carbon atoms, more preferably methyl. Higher alkyl has 10 to 40 carbon atoms, preferably 12 to 18.20 or 22 carbon atoms, more preferably 14 or 16 to 18 or 22 carbon atoms, e.g. have The anion is preferably a halogen such as chlorine, bromine or iodine, with chlorine and bromine being preferred, and chlorine being more preferred.

The number of lower alkyls will preferably be 1 or 2 and the number of higher alkyls will generally be 2 or 3. The total number of carbon atoms in the quaternary ammonium salt is at least 30. We have found that preferably at least 34 is desirable. Most preferably, the quaternary ammonium salt will contain three higher alkyls and one lower alkyl and will be a chloride. The preferred higher alkyl is cetyl, the preferred lower alkyl is methyl, and the preferred quaternary ammonium halide is tricetylmethylammonium chloride. However, other quaternary ammonium halides such as distearyldimethylammonium chloride, dilauryldimethylammonium bromide, stearylcetyldimethylammonium chloride, and others as at least part of the fiber conditioning cationic surfactant component of the present composition. It is also within the scope of this invention to use hair conditioning cationic surfactants of:

The second fiber conditioning component of the composition is a normally solid water-insoluble polylower alkylene. Polymers of this type have a solubility of less than 1 g/100 ml water, often less than O,Ig/100 ml water. In an aqueous medium, even when present in very finely divided form, it imparts little conditioning effect to the textile materials (eg human hair) to which aqueous compositions of this type are applied. It also has a similarly low conditioning activity from other media suitable for applying to textile materials for conditioning. However, in the present composition, when used with a normally liquid hydrocarbon such as mineral oil, the water-insoluble polylower alkylene becomes activated and acts in conjunction with the cationic surfactant fiber conditioning agent also present in the composition. , which surprisingly enhances the fiber conditioning effect of this type of cationic conditioning agent.

The second conditioning agent may be, for example, a hydrocarbon polymer having 1 to 5 carbon atoms and having a molecular weight of 100.
0 to 10,000 or more, various polylower alkylenes that have been found to improve the conditioning performance of cationic conditioning agents may be used;
The polymers are generally polyesters of ethylene or propylene, the linear methylene groups being believed to have varying degrees of branching, and typically having a molecular weight of 1000.
~8000, preferably 1000-4000, more preferably 2000-2500, most preferably 2000 or 2100. In other words, it would be around 2000. Oxidized forms of these polyalkylene polymers can also be used, and these can produce larger hydrocarbons with terminal carboxyl groups. Polymers of this type, particularly the most suitable, are anionic synthetic organic surfactants that can be used in the presence of liquefied proportions of mineral oil or other relatively low molecular weight hydrocarbons (usually liquid) or equivalent solubilizers of polylower alkylenes. Or it could be dispersed in an aqueous medium containing a detergent.

The polylower alkylene solubilizer makes the polymer water-dispersible in the presence of a cationic surfactant fiber conditioning agent and further in the presence of an anionic synthetic organic surfactant or detergent. With the use of solubilizers,
The normally solid water-insoluble polylower alkylene will be solubilized so that it will be dispersed and suspended in the aqueous medium without phase separation or precipitation of the polymer.

Also, surprisingly, the presence of the solubilizer significantly enhances the fiber conditioning effect of the cationic surfactant, presumably due to the enhanced effect of the second conditioning agent. The solubilizing agent is preferably a normally liquid hydrocarbon;
Its molecular weight is 150-1000, preferably 300-5
More preferably OO1 is 400-700, most preferably 500-6001, for example 550, that is, about 550.

Hair conditioning compositions can be in any form and can be used in a variety of conditioning applications. Preferably, it is in liquid form in an aqueous medium, but other useful forms may be used. Thus, it can be in gel, paste, cream, foam or aerosol form, and also in solid form (bar).
may be dispersed in water or other aqueous medium during use.

Suitable compositions of the invention typically include synthetic organic detergents (eg.

It is a shampoo containing anionic detergent) and water.

Optionally, amphoteric, zwitterionic or nonionic detergents or surfactants are utilized in place of or in conjunction with anionic detergents in such shampoos.

A wide variety of suitable detergents include McCalcheon's D
etergels sod emulsifiers.

North American Edition 369g
It is listed in 4.

Suitable anionic detergents (also described in the above documents) are referred to as "sulfated" or "sulfonated". These carbon atoms are 8 to 22, preferably 10 to 18, more preferably 10 to 16, and most preferably 12 to 18.
16 or 18 water-soluble lipophilic sulfates and/or sulfonates. Among such anionic detergents, mention may be made, for example, of higher alkyl sulfates, paraffin sulfonates, olefin sulfonates, monoglyceride sulfates, higher fatty alcohol lower alkoxy sulfates, and linear higher alkylbenzenesulfonyl-1-. The most suitable higher alkyl sulfates are those having 12 to 16 carbon atoms, and the most suitable higher alkyl lower alkoxy sulfates are those having 16 to 1 carbon atoms.
8, in which the higher alkyl is lauryl and there are 2 or 3 ethoxy groups per mole. However, such alkyls preferably contain 12 to 16 carbon atoms and have an alkoxyne content of 1 to 2 per mole.
There may be 0, for example 2 to 6 Etchin groups. The preferred higher fatty alcohol sulfate is lauryl sulfate, and a particularly preferred higher fatty alcohol polylower alkoxy sulfate is sulfated di- or triethoxylated lauryl alcohol. Most preferably, the anionic detergent is a mixture of higher alkyl sulfates and higher alkyl ether sulfates, with one or the other being present in a greater proportion, and the ratio of the amounts of these components generally being 1.
It will be in the range of 0:1 to 1:10 or 7:1 to 1, for example 1:58 and 5:1.

Anionic detergents are used in the form of their water-soluble salts, usually containing alkali metals (e.g. sodium, potassium), ammonium, amines (e.g. dimethylamine, trimethylamine), or lower alkanolamines (e.g. triethanolamine, jetanol). amine, monoethanolamine).

Examples of useful detergents are ammonium lauryl sulfate,
Sodium lauryl jetoxy sulfate, ammonium lauryl triethoxy sulfate, sodium C
3゜olefin sulfonate, sodium C14 paraffin sulfonate, sodium cocomoglyceride sulfate, triethanolamine cetyl sulfate,
and dimethylamine myristyl sulfate.

However, for best results, higher alkyl sulfates or mixtures of higher alkyl ether sulfates (e.g., lauryl sulfate and lauryl jetoxy or triethoxy sulfate) are utilized. It is preferred that in the mixture the higher alkyl sulfate is present in a greater proportion and the ammonium or triethanolamine anionic detergent salt is also present in a greater proportion.

The water used in the aqueous compositions of the present invention (including suitable shampoos) is preferably deionized water with a hardness of 10 ppm or less, calculated as cal/rum carbonate, although other waters may be used depending on the circumstances. Can be used. It is preferred to use irradiated deionized water to eliminate microorganisms from the compositions of the invention. Various mixing vessels, tanks, pipes and containers will also be kept meticulously clean.

In addition to the necessary ingredients of the conditioning compositions of the present invention and the shampoos of their preferred embodiments, they include various adjuvants that may impart desirable properties to such compositions. Those known in the art or which the inventors and their fellow researchers have determined will have the desired effect when incorporated into the present compositions.

Such adjuvants, inter alia, paraffins, petrolatum, microwaxes and isoparaffins (all of which act as soluble hydrocarbons, supplementing mineral oils): to improve the hair conditioning effect of textile treatment compositions such as shampoos. Useful US patent application cycle 0
Higher fatty acid esters of lower alcohols, lower fatty acid esters of higher alcohols, higher fatty acid esters of higher alcohols as described in No. 7/369361: Thickeners such as lower alkyl cellulose, hydroxy lower alkyl cellulose, xanthan gum. Gums (which also act as stabilizers); foam modifiers and improvers such as betaine, higher fatty acid triglycerides, lower alkanolamides (e.g. cocoamidopropyl betaine, c18-xa acid triglycerides, lauric monoethanolamide) ; pearlescent agents, such as ethylene glycol mono- and distearates; auxiliary conditioning agents, such as silicones, amine-substituted silicones (
antidandruff agents such as zinc pyrithione; viscosity modifiers such as propylene glycol, sodium chloride; Preservatives and antioxidants: antifreeze, e.g. ethylene glycol; sequestering agents,
e.g. EDTA; pH regulators, e.g. citrate, citric acid; colorants (dyes and dispersible pigments); and solvents,
Examples include ethanol and impropatol.

The proportions of the various components of the compositions of the present invention are such that the ia fiber conditioning effect is significantly enhanced. This improvement in the fiber conditioning effect of the conditioning composition is due to the fact that the proportion of the cationic surfactant fiber conditioning agent is the fiber conditioning proportion, and the proportion of the normally solid water-insoluble polyethylene is such that the proportion of the cationic surfactant fiber conditioning agent increases when the polyethylene is dispersed in water. The proportion of the liquid hydrocarbon or mixture thereof is sufficient to enhance the fiber conditioning effect of the conditioning agent, and the proportion of the liquid hydrocarbon or mixture thereof is sufficient to liquefy the normally solid polyethylene and to liquefy it in the presence of the quaternary ammonium salt in the above amount and water. is obtained when the proportion is sufficient to make it water-dispersible. Hair conditioning mi containing anionic synthetic organic detergent
products, and containing this kind of anionic detergent and water/Yanbu, the proportion of the anionic detergent is the surfactant proportion, but depending on the intended use, it is often the cleaning proportion, and the proportion of water is the proportion of the shampoo. would be sufficient to form a dispersion medium as in the case.

In shampoo, the proportion of each ingredient is generally
10-25.30 or 35% lipophilic sulfate 8 and/or sulfonate, preferably 8-20%, more preferably 10-15% alcohol sulfate or alcohol ether sulfate and 1-5% alcohol ether sulfate. phate or alcohol sulfate, even more preferably 10 or 11 to 13 or 14% alkyl sulfate and 1 to 4% alkyl ether sulfate, such as 12.5% ammonium lauryl sulfate and 2.5% sodium. It would be lauryl jetoxyether sulfate. The corresponding proportion of cationic hair conditioning agent or quaternary ammonium salt is generally 0.1-3%, preferably 0.2-2%, more preferably 0.3-1 or 1.5%, even more preferably It is 0.3 to 0.7%, most preferably 0.4 to 0.6%, for example about O, S%. The normally solid polyethylene content is generally 0.1
or 0.2-5%, preferably 0°2-1.5 or 2%, more preferably 0.2 or 0.5-1%, most preferably 0.3 or 0.5-0.9% , for example 0.
It would be around 4% or 0.75%. The concentration range of mineral oil is generally 0.1-10%, preferably 0.2-8%,
More preferably 0.5-6%, most preferably 0°7-6%
It is about 5%, for example 1% or 4%. The content of total adjuvants is generally 0.1-30%, preferably 0.5-20%
, more preferably 3 to 15%. The water content is generally 50-95%, preferably 60 or 70-90%, most preferably 65-80%, for example around 73%.

For non-aqueous compositions, the required ingredients cationic conditioner polylower alkylene and mineral oil are in the same relative proportions, and the aqueous medium is omitted or substituted in whole or in part with other solvents or liquid medium (e.g., ethanol, propatool). Replace with

The proportion of various auxiliaries or other non-essential ingredients (present together or in various combinations) is 0.1-2%
, preferably 0.1-1%, more preferably 0. i~0
, 5%, e.g. about 0.25% or 0.3%, of isoparaffins having 10 to 18 carbon atoms, preferably 12 to 16 carbon atoms, more preferably 13 to 14 carbon atoms;
0.1-2%, preferably (11-1%, more preferably 0.1-0.5%, such as about 0.35% or 0°4
% of 20 to 60 carbon atoms, preferably 2 carbon atoms
Paraffin having 0 to 50, more preferably 20 to 40 carbon atoms; 0.05 to 1.5%, preferably 0.2 to 1%
, more preferably 0.4-0.8%, e.g. about 0.6%
a cellulosic thickener, preferably a hydroxy lower alkyl cellulose thickener, more preferably hydroxyethylcellulose or a mixture of hydroxyethylcellulose; 0.5-6%, preferably 2-5%, more preferably 2-4%, For example, about 3.5% higher fatty acid lower alkanolamide (higher fatty acids have 12 to 18 carbon atoms, lower alkanols have 2 to 3 carbon atoms), preferably higher fatty acid monoethanolamide, more preferably laurin. Monoethanolamide or laurin-myristic monoethanolamide: 0.5-1.5%, preferably O,S-1%, more preferably 0.7-0°9
°b1 for example about 0.8% lower alkylene glycol higher fatty acid esters, preferably ethylene glycol higher fatty acid diesters, such as ethylene glycol distearate; 0.1-1%, preferably 0.1-0.6%;
More preferably 0.2 to 0.5%, for example about 0.4%, higher fatty acid esters of higher fatty alcohols, preferably C1□-1° C+Z-+S higher fatty acid esters of fatty alcohols, more preferably C1°1 ．． CLa-11 fatty acid esters of fatty alcohols, such as stearyl stearate; 0.3-2%, preferably 0.5-1.5%,
More preferably 0.5-1%, for example about 0.8% Cl
a363゜acid triglyceride: 0.2-1%, preferably 0.3-0.7%, more preferably 0゜4-0.6%
, such as about 0.5 or 1% preservative or antioxidant; up to 0.5 or 1%, preferably up to 0.3% alkali metal chloride, preferably sodium chloride; and pH up to 0.1%. Ether citric acid or alkali metal citrate as regulator (pH 5.0-8.0)
1 preferably from 6.0 to 7.01, for example about 6.5).

As mentioned above, the fiber conditioning and hair conditioning compositions of the present invention can be in a variety of physical forms, but the preferred form is a liquid, and the preferred embodiment of the present invention is a hair conditioning shampoo. Commercially acceptable scale type compositions should be chemically and physically stable and should not degrade to an unacceptable extent, separate or settle upon storage, and should not undergo undesirable viscosity changes. It is. The shampoo of the present invention has a strength of 1000 to 1 soo at room temperature (25°C).

It has a desired viscosity in the centipoise range, preferably from 3000 to 5000 cp, more preferably from about 3500 to 4000 cp at said temperature. The shampoos of the present invention do not settle upon storage and substantially maintain their improved hair conditioning properties. Also, although the viscosity remains approximately the same as during Nyangu manufacturing, it is expected that some shampoos will increase in viscosity soon after manufacturing, thereby imparting the desired working viscosity to the product.

compared to a control in which both polyethylene and mineral oil were removed.
Improved hair conditioning is readily noticed by randomly selected users of the conditioning composition or nyanpu, with improved combability, wet or dry combability, manageability of the hair, and reduced static charge. Retention (which is related to the unpleasant scattering of hair) can be examined with standard methods of evaluation. After washing with the composition of the invention, users of the shampoo notice that it combs better both wet and dry, and is less prone to static charge build-up and unpleasant flyaways than the control. Probably. Also,
Scientific tests have shown that after treating the hair with the conditioning composition of the invention or after washing with the shampoo of the invention, the force required to comb a standard head of hair is less than that of a control used for the same purpose. proves to be smaller than the case. Additionally, the hair flyaway also appears to be less than when washing the hair with the control product. Such results can be confirmed by panel testing, in which several experienced appraisers use both the experimental and control products in a blind test to determine the combability,
Evaluate them in terms of static electricity and ease of tying your hair.

The use of the compositions (including shampoos) of the present invention need not differ from the conventional use of hair conditioning compositions and shampoos. Conditioning agents are applied in standard amounts at room temperature or at slightly elevated temperatures and left in contact with the hair for varying amounts of time, depending on the degree of conditioning desired. Generally, conditioning agents and hair are between 15 and 50'
C, preferably at a temperature of 20 to 40°C for 30 seconds to 1
0 minutes, preferably 1 to 5 minutes. The amount of composition applied generally ranges from 0.1 to 25 g, often 0.1 to 25 g, based on the non-aqueous and non-solvent (non-alcoholic) components of the composition.
It will be in the range 2-10g, frequently 0.5-2g. The usage amount for Nyanpu is 0.5 per use.
~50g, L often 2-15 or 20g, often 5
It will be in the range of ~log. The applied composition is worked through the hair with a brush and/or comb, and then washed off, left on a strand of hair, or partially wiped off with a towel. When using a shampoo to wash and condition hair, leave it on the hair as an aqueous foam for a sufficient period of time (usually 1 to 5 minutes) to provide satisfactory conditioning of the hair, then rinse it with water. Rinse it off, then comb your hair while it's damp, blow-dry it, and then use a brush or comb to style it as you want.

To produce the composition of the present invention (including shampoo),
No special measures are required, but in order to obtain the best stability of shampoos and aqueous products during storage and during use, water-soluble lipophilic sulfates B and and/or forming a dispersion of the sulfonate and adjuvant in water, dissolving a cationic conditioning agent (e.g., quaternary ammonium halide) in liquid mineral oil at elevated temperature (70-90'C) along with the normally solid polyethylene. or dispersed, and it may be most desirable to mix the two solutions and/or dispersions together to form a stable dispersion. If auxiliary agents are present, those that dissolve and/or disperse in water are mixed with the aqueous phase material, and those that do not dissolve or disperse in the aqueous medium (e.g., paraffins, isoparaffins, microwaxes)
is mixed with the three lipophilic substances mentioned above or added to the mixture of aqueous substance and lipophilic substance before or after cooling to room temperature. Generally, the perfume is added to the mixed ingredients after cooling to avoid its loss due to volatilization or decomposition of the ingredients upon heating. Blending the ingredients indiscriminately without following Method J above will result in an unstable product that will separate or precipitate during storage; They tend to exhibit poorer conditioning properties than stable conditioning compositions and shampoos.

The following examples illustrate the invention without limiting it. All parts are by weight and all temperatures are in °C unless otherwise specified.

Example 1 Ingredient book Natrosol” 2501IR**Natro
sol 330PA Ammonium Lauryl Sulfate Sodium Lauryl Ether Sulfate Laurin Monoethanolamide Ethylene Glycol Distearate Stearyl Stearate Propylene Glycol, USP Syncrowax 11' tlGc-L+B
r1tolT1'150 ÷+AC polyethylene 9 people (full score 117℃, MW 2000-4000)++Tricetylmethylammonium decachloride 10+++Germab
en? '' II Colorant (dye 1 and/or water dispersible class t4) Sodium chloride citric acid irradiated deionized water stain A (invention) B (control) 0.45 0.45 0.15 0.15 12.50 12.50 2.50 2.50 3.50 3.50 Q, 75 0.75 0.35 0.35 0.50 0.50 0.75 0.75 4.00 0.4 0.50 0. 50 0.10 0.10 0.01 72,44 0.50 0゜50 0.10 0.10 0,01 ?6.84 100,00 100,00 Hydroxyethylcellulose ([lerc++Ies Corp.) Zero zero hydroxyethyl cellulose (Hercules Carp.) This book this book ether group = jetoxy zero zero * book C 3636 acid triglyceride (Crodx
Corp. )+mineral oil, MW400-800 (W:tctp/Petreca Carp.)(+
Polyethylene homopolymer, MW2000-4000,
Dropping point 1 1 7'O (Allied Signal
.

10c. ) + Senju trademark name is PC-90 (Sberex
Cbemicxl Cotp. ) +++ Preservative (Sl
lon Laboratories, Inc. ) Prescription A
Conditioning compositions include mixing together the water-soluble and water-dispersible materials of Formulation A with all or substantially all of the water of Formulation A, and if not all of the water is used at this stage, the remainder of the water. (add to the mix of heated aqueous part and heated lipophilic melt or dispersion); polyethylene, mineral oil,
Prepared by heating paraffin wax and other "liquid" hydrocarbons together to about 80°C; and mixing the heated premix together with stirring for 10 minutes; and stored at elevated temperature for 1 month. A stable shampoo was obtained that did not separate or settle even after storage for at least one year at room temperature. This shampoo was tested for conditioning properties by at least five experienced conditioning reviewers.

Panel testers examined hair washed with the shampoo, rinsed with water, and dried for various conditioning properties, including wet and dry combability, static electricity, flyaways, and manageability. I evaluated the hair.

A control shampoo (B) having the same formulation as Formula A shampoo but without polyethylene and mineral oil and with water added instead was prepared in a similar manner. Both groups of acids are about 6.
It had a pH of 5 and a viscosity of about 3500 or 4000 centipoise at 25°C. Hair that was washed, rinsed and dried with the control shampoo was evaluated by panel test members in the same manner as was done with Composition A, and these ratings were compared to hair that was washed, rinsed and dried with the control shampoo. compared with the evaluation of Panel testing members found that the conditioning benefits obtained from Hekumi Parabola were significantly superior to those obtained from Composition B. l
When evaluated numerically on a scale from 5 to 5 (the higher the number, the better the conditioning effect), the B treatment had a rating of about 2 and the A treatment had a rating of about 5.

Example 2 Bottom portion Ammonium lauryl sulfate ◇ Sodium lauryl ether sulfate Coconut ethanolamide Natrosol 250HR Natrosol 330P^ Ethylene glycol distearate stearyl stearate Propylene glycol, USP Syncrowax IIGc-L ◇B) Halafine wax (melting point: 36°C ) Brit
o1150 A)◇1AC polyethylene 617A 0)◇◇(N1sopar”M L chloride lycetyl methyl ammonium Germaben I+ Sodium chloride, crystalline citric acid (or if pl+ is too acidic,
Sodium citrate) Irradiated deionized water fragrance post 250 2.50 3.50 0.45 0.15 0.75 0.35 0.50 0.75 0.35! , 00 0.75 0.25 0.50 0.50 0.10 01 7, L 3.1 0.75 100,00 ◇ Sodium lauryl jetoxy or triethoxy ether sulfate ◇ OC2゜. Straight chain paraffin◇(〉()Polyethylene homopolymer, MW2000~
4000 ◇◇◇◇C13-11 Isoparaffin A shampoo of the above formulation was prepared in the same manner as the shampoo of Example 1, and the lipophilic melt contained polyethylene, mineral oil, paraffin wax and isoparaffin. The resulting shampoo has a pH of approximately 6.5 and a temperature of 25°C.
It has a viscosity of approximately 3500 or 4000 centipoise and is stable on storage, retaining its initial improved hair conditioning properties and exhibiting no sedimentation, separation, or other deterioration when stored for up to one year. Ta.

When tested against a control shampoo of the same formulation except without polyethylene, it had significantly better hair conditioning properties.

Comparing hair washed with a control shampoo and hair washed with a shampoo formulated according to the invention, it was found that the hair was easier to comb in wet and dry conditions, easier to manage, less static electricity, and less flyaways. Overall evaluation.

In the above formulation, the anionic detergent is varied, its proportions are varied, and supplementary hair conditioning agents are added. And it is confirmed that the presence of polyethylene, when solubilized by mineral oil, desirably improves the conditioning properties of hair conditioning shampoos. Example 1
The inventive products of and 2 are believed to be significantly improved over prior art conditioning shampoos of this type primarily due to the presence of a poly-lower alkylene conditioning agent along with mineral oil and a cationic conditioning surfactant. Differences in conditioning are not only ascertained by instrumental measurements or experienced observers, but are also apparent to the average consumer user of this type of product. After shampooing, the hair combs noticeably better when wet and dry.

It also makes it easier to styt or comb the hair, at least in part because there is less static build-up and the hair is less prone to repel each other.
Repulsion causes unpleasant splashing).

Although the compositions described in Examples 1 and 2 are hair conditioning shampoos, the invention is also applicable to fiber conditioner formulations and hair conditioning compositions other than shampoos. Thus, products of this type can be used for conditioning other natural fibers (eg cotton, linen, wool) and synthetic fibers (eg nylon, polyester, acrylic, acetate). Alternatively, the necessary components of the compositions of Examples 1 and 20, cationic conditioner, polyethylene and mineral oil, may be used as solutions in alcohol or other suitable solvents or converted into gels or other suitable forms, e.g. Spray it on your hair, apply it as a liquid and brush it on.
or when applied by rubbing into the hair as a gel, clearly the hair is conditioned by such application. If this type of application is made from an aqueous system, if mineral oil and other soluble hydrocarbons are excluded from the composition (in which case the polyethylene will not be dispersed or emulsified to a satisfactory degree, shampoos suitable for use) results in better conditioning than those with no

Example 3 The formulations of Examples 1 and 2 were changed, and the resulting shampoo contained the necessary ingredients anionic surfactant, cationic surfactant conditioner, polyethylene, and solubilized liquid hydrocarbon (
By eliminating various adjuvants from the formulation, so as to contain only mineral oil) and water, the resulting nyanpu has a lower viscosity than desired, but is still usable enough for washing and conditioning hair. It is possible. If the mineral oil is removed from this formulation, polyethylene cannot be dispersed or emulsified in this system. Instead of the above mineral oil,
When polyethylene is solubilized using other mineral oils, lighter or heavier, or other normally liquid hydrocarbons, improved conditioning is seen over similar compositions that do not contain such solubilizers. , such other hydrocarbons are often cosmetically unacceptable and may be toxic. Mineral oil is considered non-toxic, helps add shine to hair after shampooing, and often acts as a good solubilizer for polyethylene. Due to these properties,
Mineral oil can be a very suitable solubilizing agent in the compositions of the invention.

By substituting any of the various required ingredients of the example conditioning compositions and shampoos with other ingredients listed in the specification, for example, the anionic detergent can be replaced with triethanolamine lauryl sulfate, sodium myristyl sulfate, potassium cetyl sulfate, etc. phate, triethanolamine myristyl jetoxysulfate, sodium C, paraffin sulfonate, ammonium C
Replace polyethylene with finsulfonate, triethanolamine cocomoglyceride sulfate, or mixtures thereof, in the molecular weight range 1000-1.
0,000 higher or lower molecular weight polyethylenes (e.g., A11ied Signxl's AC polyethylenes 6A, 7A, HA and 725, and E
astmia Chemical Corporation
on's E-12, -th and -43, MY 181
1111.23008 and 4500), replace the mineral oil with a molecular weight of about 550 or higher or lower (#L high 1000, minimum 150), or replace the cationic surfactant, at least in part, with distearyl chloride. The desired conditioning and cleansing effects are similarly obtained when modifying the composition of the invention by replacing dimethylammonium, trilaurylmethylammonium chloride, stearylcetyldimethylammonium chloride or dilauryldiethylammonium chloride, and the desired conditioning and cleansing effects are similarly obtained by replacing polyethylene and mineral oils. If the combination exists, the conditioning/cleansing effect will be greater than if the combination does not exist. Preferably,
In addition to, or instead of, the other optional conditioning agents listed above, U.S. Pat.
No. 63347, No. 4601902, No. 47042
No. 72, and No. 474.9732, as well as our patent application entitled "Fiber Conditioning Compositions Comprising Amino Silicone Conditioning Agents" dated the same date as this application. Preferably, the amount of amine silicone hair conditioning agent will be from 0.05 to 3%, preferably from 1 to 2%, based on the shampoo composition. In the formulation of various foundation compositions. , the proportions of the ingredients can be varied and can be increased or decreased by 10%, 20% and 30% as long as they are within the ranges indicated in the specification and improved conditioning effects are obtained. Can be done.

The patents, books, publications, and applications mentioned herein are hereby incorporated by reference.

Although the invention has been described in connection with illustrations and embodiments thereof, it is not intended to be so limited as it will be obvious to those skilled in the art that substitutions and equivalents may be utilized without departing from the invention. do not have.

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[Scope of Claims] 1. A cationic surfactant fiber conditioning agent, a normally solid water-insoluble polylower alkylene and/or an oxidized polylower alkylene, and a solubilizer for the polymer, wherein the solubilizer is a cationic fiber conditioning agent. A fiber conditioning composition in which the liquid and water are rendered water-dispersible in the presence of a surfactant fiber conditioning agent and water, so that the resulting solubilized polylower alkylene significantly enhances the fiber conditioning effect of the cationic surfactant fiber conditioning agent. thing. 2. A fiber conditioning proportion of a quaternary ammonium salt fiber conditioning agent; a proportion sufficient to enhance the fiber conditioning effect of the quaternary ammonium salt when the polyethylene is liquefied to be dispersible in water.
a normally solid, water-insoluble polyethylene; and a solubilizing agent for the polyethylene, which serves to render the polyethylene water-dispersible in the presence of a quaternary ammonium salt and water, in a solubilizing proportion of a hydrocarbon or hydrocarbon mixture. The fiber conditioning composition of claim 1, comprising; 3. Hair conditioning proportion of quaternary ammonium salt hair conditioning agent; surfactant proportion of anionic synthetic organic surfactant; enhances the fiber conditioning effect of quaternary ammonium salt when polyethylene is solubilized to be dispersible in water a sufficient proportion of water-insoluble polyethylene; and a solubilizing agent for the polyethylene, which serves to render the polyethylene water-dispersible in the presence of a quaternary ammonium salt, an anionic synthetic organic surfactant, and water. 2. The hair conditioning composition of claim 1, comprising: a normally liquid hydrocarbon or hydrocarbon mixture. 4, 8-25% of water-soluble lipophilic sulfates and/or sulfonates (containing 8-20 carbon atoms in the lipophilic group); 0.1-3% of the formula R^1R^2R^3R^ 4N
^+X^- quaternary ammonium halide (in the formula, R^
1 is lower alkyl having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, R^2 and R^3 are higher alkyl having 10 to 40 carbon atoms, R^4 is the lower alkyl or higher alkyl, and X is a halogen); 0.2-5% polyethylene (usually solid at room temperature); 0.1-10
4. The hair conditioning composition of claim 3, wherein the hair conditioning composition is a shampoo comprising: % mineral oil (liquid at room temperature); 0.1-30% adjuvant; and 50-95% water. 5, 8-20% water-soluble lipophilic sulfates and/or sulfonates (containing 8-18 carbon atoms in the lipophilic group, the salt-forming cation being ammonium, lower alkanol ammonium or alkali metal); 0 .2～
2% quaternary ammonium halide (total of carbon atoms is at least 30 and X is chlorine or bromine);
0.2-2% normally solid polyethylene (its molecular weight ranges from 1000-5000); 0.2-8% mineral oil (its molecular weight ranges from 150-1000);
5. The shampoo of claim 4, comprising: 0.5-20% adjuvant; and 60-90% water. 6, 8-20% water-soluble lipophilic sulfates or mixtures thereof (containing 10-18 carbon atoms in the lipophilic group);
0.3-1% quaternary ammonium halide (R^1 is alkyl having 1 or 2 carbon atoms, R^2, R^
3 and R^4 are each alkyl of 12 to 22 carbon atoms, and the total number of carbon atoms is at least 34)
; 0.2-1.5% normally solid polyethylene (its molecular weight ranges from 1000 to 4000); 0.5-1.5%;
6% mineral oil (the molecular weight of which is in the range 300-800); 3-15% adjuvants; and 65-80% water, with a viscosity in the range 1000-15000 centipoise at 25°C; Claim 5, wherein the pH is in the range of 5 to 8.
Shampoo as described. 7. 10-15% C10-18 alcohol sulfate; 1-5% C10-18 alcohol ether sulfate; 0.3-0.7% quaternary ammonium chloride (R ^1 is methyl, R^2, R
^3 and R^4 are each alkyl having 12 to 18 carbon atoms); 0.5 to 1% normally solid polyethylene whose molecular weight ranges from 1000 to 3500
; 0.7-5% mineral oil (its molecular weight ranges from 400-700); 3-15% adjuvant; 65-80% water; and has a viscosity of 3000-8000 centipoise at 25°C. 7. The shampoo according to claim 6, wherein the shampoo has a pH of 6 to 7. 8, 8-25% of water-soluble lipophilic sulfates and/or sulfonates (containing 8-20 carbon atoms in the lipophilic group); 0.1-3% of formula R^1R^2R^3R^ 4N
^+X^- quaternary ammonium halide (in the formula, R^
1 is lower alkyl having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, R^2 and R^3 are higher alkyl having 10 to 40 carbon atoms, R^4 is the lower alkyl or higher alkyl, and X is a halogen); 0.2-5% polyethylene (usually solid at room temperature); 0.1-10
% oil (liquid at room temperature); 0.1-2% paraffins having 20-60 carbon atoms; 0.1-2% isoparaffins having 10-18 carbon atoms; 0.05-1. 5% cellulose thickener; 0.5-6% higher fatty acid lower alkanolamide; 0.5-1.5% lower alkylene glycol higher fatty acid ester; 0.1-1% higher fatty acid alcohol Fatty acid ester; 0.3-2% C
_1_8_-_3_6 acid triglyceride; 0.2-1%
preservative; up to 1.0% alkali metal chloride; and 5
4. The hair conditioning composition of claim 3, which is a shampoo comprising: 0-90% water. 9, 8-35% water-soluble lipophilic sulfates or mixtures thereof (containing 10-18 carbon atoms in the lipophilic group);
0.3-1% quaternary ammonium halide (wherein R
^1 is alkyl having 1 or 2 carbon atoms, R^2
, R^3 and R^4 each have 12 to 22 carbon atoms
is an alkyl of R^1, R^2, R^3 and R^
the sum of 4 carbon atoms is at least 34); 0.2
~2% normally solid polyethylene (its molecular weight is 10
00-4000); 0.5-6% mineral oil (
Its molecular weight ranges from 300 to 800); 0.1 to
1% paraffin having 20 to 50 carbon atoms; 0.1 to 1
% of isoparaffins having 12 to 16 carbon atoms; 0.2 to
1% cellulose thickener; 2-5% higher fatty acid lower alkanolamide; 0.5-1% ethylene glycol higher fatty acid ester; 0.1-0.6% higher fatty acid ester of higher fatty alcohol; 0.5-1.5% C
_1_8_-_3_6 acid triglyceride; 0.3-0.
Contains 7% preservative; up to 0.5% alkali metal chloride; and 65-80% water; and has a viscosity of 1000 at 25°C.
9. The shampoo of claim 8, wherein the shampoo is in the range of ~10,000 centipoise. 10, 10-15% C10-18 alcohol sulfate; 0-5% C10-18 higher alcohol ether sulfate; 0.3-0.7%
Quaternary ammonium chloride (wherein R^1 is methyl, R^2, R^3 and R^4 each have 1 carbon atom
2-18 alkyl); 0.2-1.0% normally solid polyethylene (its molecular weight is 2000-350
0.7-5% mineral oil, the molecular weight of which is in the range 400-700; 0.1-0.5% paraffins having 20-40 carbon atoms; 0.1-0 .5% isoparaffins having 13 to 14 carbon atoms; 0.4 to 0.8
% hydroxy lower alkyl cellulose thickener; 2-4
% higher fatty acid monoethanolamide; 0.5-1% ethylene glycol higher fatty acid diester; 0.2-0
．． 5% higher fatty acid ester of higher fatty alcohol; 0
．． Contains 5-1% C_1_8_-_3_6 acid triglyceride; 0.4-0.6% preservative; up to 0.5% sodium chloride; 65-80% water; and has a viscosity of 3 at 25°C.
10.000 to 8000 centipoise.
Shampoo as described. 11. About 12.5% ammonium lauryl sulfate; about 2.5% sodium lauryl diethoxy ether sulfate; about 0.5% tricetylmethylammonium chloride; about 0.8% normally solid polyethylene (
about 1% mineral oil (average molecular weight about 550); about 0.4% paraffins having 20 to 40 carbon atoms; about 0.3% isoparaffins having 13 to 14 carbon atoms; about 0 .6% hydroxymethylcellulose or a mixture of hydroxymethylcelluloses; about 3.5% lauric monoethanolamide; about 0.8% ethylene glycol distearate; about 0.4% stearyl stearate; about 0.8 % C_1_8_-_3_6 acid triglyceride; about 0.5% preservative; up to about 0.5% sodium chloride; and about 73% water; and having a viscosity of about 3500 centipoise at 25°C. 10. Shampoo according to item 10. 12. A method of conditioning hair comprising applying a conditioning proportion of the composition of claim 1 to the hair and combing the hair with a brush and/or comb to distribute the composition into the hair. 13. The conditioning composition contains a hair conditioning proportion of a quaternary ammonium salt hair conditioning agent; a surfactant proportion of an anionic synthetic organic surfactant; when the polyethylene is liquefied so that it can be dispersed or emulsified in water, a sufficient proportion of water-insoluble polyethylene to enhance the hair conditioning effect;
and a solubilizing agent for polyethylene, which contains a solubilizing proportion of a normally liquid, hydrocarbon material that serves to render the polyethylene water-dispersible in the presence of a quaternary ammonium salt, an anionic synthetic organic surfactant, and water. or hydrocarbon mixtures;
13. The method of claim 12, wherein the amount of conditioning composition applied to the hair in one conditioning session ranges from 0.5 to 2 g. 14. Washing the hair with the shampoo according to claim 4 in the amount of hair washing,
Washing and conditioning the hair with shampoo, consisting of rinsing and drying the hair after washing with shampoo, thereby leaving the hair in a conditioned state due to the conditioning effects of the combination of quaternary ammonium halides, polyethylene and mineral oil. Method. 15. Shampoo contains 8-20% water-soluble sulfates or mixtures thereof (containing 10-18 carbon atoms in the lipophilic group); 0.3-1% quaternary ammonium halides (
In the formula, R^1 is alkyl having 1 or 2 carbon atoms, and R^2, R^3 and R^4 each have 1 carbon atom.
0.2 to 1.5% normally solid polyethylene (its molecular weight ranges from 1000 to 4000); 6% mineral oil (its molecular weight is 300-80
0); 3 to 15% adjuvant; and 65 to
80% water; with a viscosity in the range of 1000-15000 centipoise and a pH in the range of 5-8 at 25°C, the hair is left in contact with the shampoo for 1-5 minutes, rinsed with water and dampened. 15. The method of claim 14, comprising combing in situ, drying, and then combing or brushing. 16. Shampoo has 10-15% carbon atoms 10-1
8 alcohol sulfate; 1-5% carbon atom number 1
0-18 alcohol ether sulfate; 0.3-
0.7% quaternary ammonium chloride (wherein R^1 is methyl and R^2, R^3 and R^4 are each alkyl having 12 to 22 carbon atoms); 0.2~ 1.0
% normally solid polyethylene (its molecular weight is 2000
~3500); 0.7-5% mineral oil (its molecular weight ranges from 400-700); 0.1-1%
paraffins having 20 to 60 carbon atoms; 0.1 to 1% isoparaffins having 10 to 18 carbon atoms; 0.4 to 0.
8% hydroxy lower alkyl cellulose thickener; 2~
4% higher fatty acid monoethanolamide 0.5-1% ethylene glycol higher fatty acid diester; 0.2-0
．． 5% higher fatty acid ester of higher fatty alcohol; 0
．． Containing 5-1% C_1_8_-_3_6 acid triglyceride; 0.4-0.6% preservative; 0.2-0.4% sodium chloride; 65-80% water;
Viscosity in the range of 00 to 8000 centipoise and 6 to 7
2 per use of the shampoo.
16. The method of claim 15, wherein the method is applied to the user's hair and scalp in an amount of ˜15 g. 17. Forming a dispersion or emulsion of water-soluble lipophilic sulfates and/or sulfonates and adjuvants in water at elevated temperatures and dissolving and/or dissolving quaternary ammonium halides and normally solid polyethylene in mineral oil at elevated temperatures.
5. A method for making a fiber conditioning shampoo according to claim 4, comprising dispersing or dispersing said two premixes to form a stable dispersion or emulsion. 18. Shampoo has 10-15% carbon atoms 10-1
8 alcohol sulfate; 1-5% carbon atom number 1
0-18 alcohol ether sulfate; 0.3-
0.7% formula R^1R^2R^3R^4N^+Cl^-
Quaternary ammonium chloride (wherein R^1 is methyl, R^2, R^3 and R^4 each have 1 carbon atom
2-18 alkyl); 0.2-1.0% normally solid polyethylene (its molecular weight is 1000-350
0.7-5% mineral oil (its molecular weight ranges from 400-700); 0.1-0.5% paraffin having 20-40 carbon atoms; 0.1-5% 0.5% C13-14 isoparaffins; 0.4-0.
8% hydroxy lower alkyl cellulose thickener; 2~
4% higher fatty acid monoethanolamide; 0.5-1%
Ethylene glycol higher fatty acid diester; 0.2~
0.5% higher fatty acid ester of higher fatty alcohol;
0.5-1% C_1_8_-_3_6 acid triglyceride; 0.4-0.6% preservative; up to 0.5% sodium chloride; 65-80% water;
The viscosity ranges from 0 to 8000 centipoise; the two premixes are at a temperature of 70 to 90°C during mixing, and they are stirred together at said temperature for 5 minutes to 1 hour and then cooled to room temperature; The dispersion or emulsion is a stable, non-separating and non-sedimenting form with a viscosity of 1000-10000 centipoise and 6-7 centipoise at 25°C.
, and has greater post-shampoo conditioning power than an identical control composition prepared without admixing quaternary ammonium chloride, polyethylene and mineral oil at elevated temperatures using the method described herein. 17. The method described in 17.