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• • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
  • D06—TREATMENT OF TEXTILES OR THE LIKE; LAUNDERING; FLEXIBLE MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
  • D06L—DRY-CLEANING, WASHING OR BLEACHING FIBRES, FILAMENTS, THREADS, YARNS, FABRICS, FEATHERS OR MADE-UP FIBROUS GOODS; BLEACHING LEATHER OR FURS
  • D06L1/00—Dry-cleaning or washing fibres, filaments, threads, yarns, fabrics, feathers or made-up fibrous goods
  • D06L1/02—Dry-cleaning or washing fibres, filaments, threads, yarns, fabrics, feathers or made-up fibrous goods using organic solvents
  • D06L1/04—Dry-cleaning or washing fibres, filaments, threads, yarns, fabrics, feathers or made-up fibrous goods using organic solvents combined with specific additives

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• the present invention relates to compositions containing an antimicrobial agent for treating fabric articles, especially articles of clothing, linens and drapery, wherein the compositions provide improved cleaning of soils from and/or care of and/or treatment of fabric articles, especially while providing superior garment care for articles sensitive to water as compared to conventional fabric article treating compositions.
• Dry cleaning processes rely on non-aqueous solvents for cleaning. By avoiding water these processes minimize the risk of shrinkage and wrinkling; however, cleaning of soils, particularly water-based and alcohol-based soils, is very limited with these processes. Typically, the dry-cleaner removes such soils by hand prior to the dry-cleaning process. These methods are complex, requiring a wide range of compositions to address the variety of stains encountered, very labor intensive and often result in some localized damage to the treated article.
• the present invention provides compositions which exhibit improved cleaning of soils from and/or care of and/or treatment of fabric articles. These benefits may be delivered to the fabric article treated by the compositions of the present invention while maintaining excellent fabric care properties.
• a fabric article treating composition comprises:
• a surfactant component capable of enhancing soil removal benefits of a lipophilic fluid and/or capable of suspending water in a lipophilic fluid
• composition capable of suspending water in a lipophilic fluid
• a consumable detergent composition comprises:
• a surfactant component capable of enhancing soil removal benefits of a lipophilic fluid and/or capable of suspending water in a lipophilic fluid
• composition capable of suspending water in a lipophilic fluid
• fabric article used herein is intended to mean any article that is customarily cleaned in a conventional laundry process or in a dry cleaning process. As such, the term encompasses articles of clothing, linens, drapery, and clothing accessories. The term also encompasses other items made in whole or in part of fabric, such as tote bags, furniture covers, tarpaulins and the like.
• fabric article treating composition used herein is intended to mean any lipophilic fluid-containing composition containing cleaning and/or care additives that comes into direct contact with fabric articles to be cleaned. It should be understood that the term “fabric article treating composition” encompasses uses other than cleaning, such as conditioning and sizing. Furthermore, optional cleaning adjuncts such as additional surfactants other than those surfactants described above, bleaches, and the like may be added to the “fabric article treating composition”. That is, cleaning adjuncts may be optionally combined with the lipophilic fluid. These optional cleaning adjuncts are described in more detail hereinbelow. Such cleaning adjuncts may be present in the fabric article treating compositions of the present invention at a level of from about 0.01% to about 10% by weight of the fabric article treating composition.
• soil means any undesirable substance on a fabric article that is desired to be removed.
• water-based soils it is meant that the soil comprised water at the time it first came in contact with the fabric article, or the soil retains a significant portion of water on the fabric article.
• water-based soils include, but are not limited to, beverages, many food soils, water soluble dyes, bodily fluids such as sweat, urine or blood, and outdoor soils such as grass stains and mud.
• compositions in accordance with the present invention may be colloidal in nature and/or appear milky. In other examples of compositions in accordance with the present invention, the compositions may be transparent.
• insoluble in a lipophilic fluid means that when added to a lipophilic fluid, a material physically separates from the lipophilic fluid (i.e. settle-out, flocculate, float) within 5 minutes after addition, whereas a material that is “soluble in a lipophilic fluid” does not physically separate from the lipophilic fluid within 5 minutes after addition.
• consumer detergent composition means any detersive composition, that when combined with a discrete lipophilic fluid, results in a fabric article treating composition according to the present invention.
• processing aid refers to any material that renders the consumable detergent composition more suitable for formulation, stability, and/or dilution with a lipophilic fluid to form a fabric article treating composition in accordance with the present invention.
• mixing means combining two or more materials (i.e., more specifically a discrete lipophilic fluid and a detergent composition in accordance with the present invention) in such a way that a homogeneous mixture or stable dispersion or suspension is formed.
• suitable mixing processes are known in the art. Nonlimiting examples of suitable mixing processes include vortex mixing processes and static mixing processes.
• solvent compatibility group means any hydrocarbon, silicone, polyalkylene oxide (ethoxy, propoxy, butoxy, etc. and mixtures) or flurorinated groups.
• Hydrocarbon groups may be linear, cyclic, branched, saturated or unsaturated straight and branched chain linear aliphatic; saturated and unsaturated cyclic aliphatic, including heterocyclic aliphatic; or mononuclear or polynuclear aromatics, including heterocyclic aromatics.
• Polyoxyalkylene groups may comprise of one or more or a mixture of alkoxy repeat units. Silicone and fluorinated groups may consist of one or more or a mixture of repeat units.
• “Functionalized”, as used herein, means the indicated solvent compatibility groups are chemically bonded to the polyol.
• a “functional unit”, as used herein, means one solvent compatibility group used to functionalize the polyol.
• the present invention provides compositions which exhibit improved cleaning of soils (i.e., removal and/or reduction of soils) from and/or care of and/or treatment of fabric articles. These benefits may be delivered to the fabric article treated by the compositions of the present invention while maintaining excellent fabric care properties.
• Lipophilic fluid as used herein means any liquid or mixture of liquid that is immiscible with water at up to 20% by weight of water.
• a suitable lipophilic fluid can be fully liquid at ambient temperature and pressure, can be an easily melted solid, e.g., one that becomes liquid at temperatures in the range from about 0° C. to about 60° C., or can comprise a mixture of liquid and vapor phases at ambient temperatures and pressures, e.g., at 25° C. and 1 atm. pressure.
• the lipophilic fluid herein be non-flammable or, have relatively high flash points and/or low VOC characteristics, these terms having conventional meanings as used in the dry cleaning industry, to equal or, preferably, exceed the characteristics of known conventional dry cleaning fluids.
• Non-limiting examples of suitable lipophilic fluid materials include siloxanes, other silicones, hydrocarbons, glycol ethers, glycerine derivatives such as glycerine ethers, perfluorinated amines, perfluorinated and hydrofluoroether solvents, low-volatility nonfluorinated organic solvents, diol solvents, other environmentally-friendly solvents and mixtures thereof.
• Silicone as used herein means silicone fluids that are non-polar and insoluble in water or lower alcohols.
• Linear siloxanes see for example U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,443,747, and 5,977,040
• cyclic siloxanes are useful herein, including the cyclic siloxanes chosen from octamethyl-cyclotetrasiloxane (tetramer), dodecamethyl-cyclohexasiloxane (hexamer), and preferably decamethyl-cyclopentasiloxane (pentamer, commonly referred to as “D5”).
• a preferred siloxane comprises more than about 50% cyclic siloxane pentamer, more preferably more than about 75% cyclic siloxane pentamer, most preferably at least about 90% of the cyclic siloxane pentamer. Also preferred for use herein are siloxanes that are a mixture of cyclic siloxanes having at least about 90% (preferably at least about 95%) pentamer and less than about 10% (preferably less than about 5%) tetramer and/or hexamer.
• the lipophilic fluid can include any fraction of dry-cleaning solvents, especially newer types including fluorinated solvents, or perfluorinated amines. Some perfluorinated amines such as perfluorotributylamines, while unsuitable for use as lipophilic fluid, may be present as one of many possible adjuncts present in the lipophilic fluid-containing composition.
• Suitable lipophilic fluids include, but are not limited to, diol solvent systems e.g., higher diols such as C 6 or C 8 or higher diols, organosilicone solvents including both cyclic and acyclic types, and the like, and mixtures thereof.
• Non-limiting examples of low volatility non-fluorinated organic solvents include for example OLEAN® and other polyol esters, or certain relatively nonvolatile biodegradable mid-chain branched petroleum fractions.
• Non-limiting examples of glycol ethers include propylene glycol methyl ether, propylene glycol n-propyl ether, propylene glycol t-butyl ether, propylene glycol n-butyl ether, dipropylene glycol methyl ether, dipropylene glycol n-propyl ether, dipropylene glycol t-butyl ether, dipropylene glycol n-butyl ether, tripropylene glycol methyl ether, tripropylene glycol n-propyl ether, tripropylene glycol t-butyl ether, tripropylene glycol n-butyl ether.
• Non-limiting examples of other silicone solvents in addition to the siloxanes, are well known in the literature, see, for example, Kirk Othmer's Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology, and are available from a number of commercial sources, including GE Silicones, Toshiba Silicone, Bayer, and Dow Corning.
• one suitable silicone solvent is SF-1528 available from GE Silicones.
• Non-limiting examples of suitable glycerine derivative solvents for use in the methods and/or apparatuses of the present invention include glycerine derivatives having the following structure:
• R 1 , R 2 and R 3 are each independently selected from: Hydrogen; branched or linear, substituted or unsubstituted C 1 -C 30 alkyl, C 2 -C 30 alkenyl, C 1 -C 30 alkoxycarbonyl, C 3 -C 30 alkyleneoxyalkyl, C 1 -C 30 acyloxy, C 7 -C 30 alkylenearyl; C 4 -C 30 cycloalkyl; C 6 -C 30 aryl; and mixtures thereof.
• Two or more of R 1 , R 2 and R 3 together can form a C 3 -C 8 aromatic or non-aromatic, heterocyclic or non-heterocyclic ring.
• Non-limiting examples of suitable glycerine derivative solvents further include 2,3-bis(1,1-dimethylethoxy)-1-propanol; 2,3-dimethoxy-1-propanol; 3-methoxy-2-cyclopentoxy-1-propanol; 3-methoxy-1-cyclopentoxy-2-propanol; carbonic acid (2-hydroxy-1-methoxymethyl)ethyl ester methyl ester; glycerol carbonate and mixtures thereof.
• Non-limiting examples of other environmentally-friendly solvents include lipophilic fluids that have an ozone reactivity of from about 0 to about 0.31, lipophilic fluids that have a vapor pressure of from about 0 to about 0.1 mm Hg, and/or lipophilic fluids that have a vapor pressure of greater than 0.1 mm Hg, but have an ozone reactivity of from about 0 to about 0.31.
• Non-limiting examples of such lipophilic fluids that have not previously been described above include carbonate solvents (i.e., methyl carbonates, ethyl carbonates, ethylene carbonates, propylene carbonates, glycerine carbonates) and/or succinate solvents (i.e., dimethyl succinates).
• Ozone Reactivity is a measure of a VOC's ability to form ozone in the atmosphere. It is measured as grams of ozone formed per gram of volatile organics. A methodology to determine ozone reactivity is discussed further in W. P. L. Carter, “Development of Ozone Reactivity Scales of Volatile Organic Compounds”, Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association, Vol. 44, Page 881-899, 1994. “Vapor Pressure” as used can be measured by techniques defined in Method 310 of the California Air Resources Board.
• the lipophilic fluid comprises more than 50% by weight of the lipophilic fluid of cyclopentasiloxanes, (“D5”) and/or linear analogs having approximately similar volatility, and optionally complemented by other silicone solvents.
• D5 cyclopentasiloxanes
• the surfactant suitable for use in the present invention has the general formula:
• L and L′ are solvent compatibilizing (or lipophilic) moieties, which are independently selected from:
• M is R 1 3-e X e SiO 1/2 wherein R 1 is independently H, or an alkyl group, X is hydroxyl group, and e is 0 or 1;
• D is R 4 2 SiO 2/2 wherein R 4 is independently H or an alkyl group
• D′ is R 5 2 SiO 2/2 wherein R 5 is independently H, an alkyl group or (CH 2 ) f (C 6 Q 4 ) g O—(C 2 H 4 O) h —(C 3 H 6 O) i (C k H 2k ) j -R 3 , provided that at least one R 5 is (CH 2 ) f (C 6 Q 4 ) g O—(C 2 H 4 O) h —(C 3 H 6 O) i (C k H 2k ) j -R 3 , wherein R 3 is independently H, an alkyl group or an alkoxy group, f is 1-10, g is 0 or 1, h is 1-50, i is 0-50, j is 0-50, k is 4-8; C 6 Q 4 is unsubstituted or substituted; Q is independently selected from H, C 1-10 alkyl, C 2-10 alkenyl, and mixtures thereof; and
• D′′ is R 6 2 SiO 2/2 wherein R 6 is independently H, an alkyl group or (CH 2 ) l (C 6 Q 4 ) m (A) n -[(T) o -(A′) p -] q -(T′) r Z(G) s , wherein 1 is 1-10; m is 0 or 1; n is 0-5; o is 0-3; p is 0 or 1; q is 0-10; r is 0-3; s is 0-3; C 6 Q 4 is unsubstituted or substituted; Q is independently selected from H, C 1-10 alkyl, C 2-10 alkenyl, and mixtures thereof; A and A′ are each independently a linking moiety representing an ester, a keto, an ether, a thio, an amido, an amino, a C 1-4 fluoroalkyl, a C 1-4 fluoroalkenyl, a branched or
• Y and Y′ are hydrophilic moieties, which are independently selected from hydroxy; polyhydroxy; C1-C3 alkoxy; mono- or di- alkanolamine; C1-C4 alkyl substituted alkanolamine; substituted heterocyclic containing O, S, N; sulfates; carboxylate; carbonate; and when Y and/or Y′ is ethoxy (EO) or propoxy (PO), it must be capped with R, which is selected from the group consisting of:
• X is a bridging linkage selected from O; S; N; P; C1 to C22 alkyl, linear or branched, saturated or unsaturated, substituted or unsubstituted, cyclic or acyclic, aliphatic or aromatic, interrupted by O, S, N, P; glycidyl, ester, amido, amino, PO 4 2 ⁇ , HPO 4 ⁇ , PO 3 2 ⁇ , HPO 3 ⁇ , which are protonated or unprotonated;
• u and w are integers independently selected from 0 to 20, provided that u+w ⁇ 1;
• t is an integer from 1 to 10;
• v is an integer from 0 to 10;
• x is an integer from 1 to 20;
• y and z are integers independently selected from 1 to 10.
• Nonlimiting examples of surfactants having the above formula include:
• gemini surfactants including, but are not limited to, gemini diols, gemini amide alkoxylates, gemini amino alkoxylates;
• capped silicone surfactants such as nonionic silicone ethoxylates, silicone amine derivatives
• siloxane-based surfactants can include siloxane-based surfactants.
• the siloxane-based surfactants in this application may be siloxane polymers for other applications.
• the siloxane-based surfactants typically have a weight average molecular weight from 500 to 20,000 daltons. Such materials, derived from poly(dimethylsiloxane), are well known in the art. In the present invention, not all such siloxane-based surfactants are suitable, because they do not provide improved cleaning of soils compared to the level of cleaning provided by the lipophilic fluid itself.
• Suitable siloxane-based surfactants comprise a polyether siloxane having the formula:
• M is R 1 3-e X e SiO 1/2 wherein R 1 is independently H, or a monovalent hydrocarbon group, X is hydroxyl group, and e is 0 or 1;
• M′ is R 2 3 SiO 1/2 wherein R 2 is independently H, a monovalent hydrocarbon group, or (CH 2 ) f (C 6 Q 4 ) g O—(C 2 H 4 O) h —(C 3 H 6 O) i (C k H 2k ) j -R 3 , provided that at least one R 2 is (CH 2 ) f (C 6 Q 4 ) g O—(C 2 H 4 O) h —(C 3 H 6 O) i (C k H 2k ) j -R 3 , wherein R 3 is independently H, a monovalent hydrocarbon group or an alkoxy group, f is 1-10, g is 0 or 1, h is 1-50, i is 0-50, j is 0-50, k is 4-8; C 6 Q 4 is unsubstituted or substituted; Q is independently selected from H, C 1-10 alkyl, C 1-10 alkenyl, and mixtures thereof;
• D is R 4 2 SiO 2/2 wherein R 4 is independently H or a monovalent hydrocarbon group
• D′ is R 5 2 SiO 2/2 wherein R 5 is independently R 2 provided that at least one R 5 is (CH 2 ) f (C 6 Q 4 ) g O—(C 2 H 4 O) h —(C 3 H 6 ) i (C k H 2k ) j -R 3 , wherein R 3 is independently H, a monovalent hydrocarbon group or an alkoxy group, f is 1-10, g is 0 or 1, h is 1-50, i is 0-50, j is 0-50, k is 4-8; C 6 Q 4 is unsubstituted or substituted; Q is independently selected from H, C 1-10 alkyl, C 1-10 alkenyl, and mixtures thereof; and
• D′′ is R 6 2 SiO 2/2 wherein R 6 is independently H, a monovalent hydrocarbon group or (CH 2 ) l (C 6 Q 4 ) m (A) n -[(L) o -(A′) p -] q -(L′) r Z(G) 5 , wherein 1 is 1-10; m is 0 or 1; n is 0-5; o is 0-3; p is 0 or 1; q is 0-10; r is 0-3; s is 0-3; C 6 Q 4 is unsubstituted or substituted; Q is independently selected from H, C 1-10 alkyl, C 1-10 alkenyl, and mixtures thereof; A and A′ are each independently a linking moiety representing an ester, a keto, an ether, a thio, an amido, an amino, a C 1-4 fluoroalkyl, a C 1-4 fluoroalkenyl, a branched
• Examples of the types of siloxane-based surfactants described herein above may be found in EP-1,043,443A1, EP-1,041,189 and WO-01/34,706 (all to GE Silicones) and U.S. Pat. No. 5,676,705, U.S. Pat. No. 5,683,977, U.S. Pat. No. 5,683,473, and EP-1,092,803A1 (all assigned to Lever Brothers).
• Nonlimiting commercially available examples of suitable siloxane-based surfactants are TSF 4446 (ex. General Electric Silicones), XS69-B5476 (ex. General Electric Silicones); Jenamine HSX (ex. DelCon) and Y12147 (ex. OSi Specialties).
• organosulfosuccinate surfactants with carbon chains of from about 6 to about 20 carbon atoms. Most preferred are organosulfosuccinates containing dialkly chains, each with carbon chains of from about 6 to about 20 carbon atoms. Also preferred are chains containing aryl or alkyl aryl, substituted or unsubstituted, branched or linear, saturated or unsaturated groups.
• suitable organosulfosuccinate surfactants are available under the trade names of Aerosol OT and Aerosol TR-70 (ex. Cytec).
• the surfactant component when present in the compositions of the present invention, preferably comprises from about 1% to about 99%, more preferably 2% to about 75%, even more preferably from about 5% to about 60% by weight of the composition.
• the surfactant component preferably comprises from about 0.01% to about 10%, more preferably from about 0.02% to about 5%, even more preferably from about 0.05% to about 2% by weight of the wash liquor.
• antimicrobial agents can be added to the compositions of the present invention. Any antimicrobial agent capable of reducing the level of microbes within the compositions of the present invention can be utilized. It is believed that by reducing the level of the bacteria, potential odiferous compounds resulting from the metabolic activities of the microbes would be reduced. Particularly important microbes to reduce include, but are not limited to; gram positive bacteria such as Staphylococcus aureus and gram positive spore formers, such as Bacillus subtilis; gram negative bacteria such as Escherichia coli; and airborne molds and fungi such as Aspergillus niger, and mixtures thereof.
• gram positive bacteria such as Staphylococcus aureus and gram positive spore formers, such as Bacillus subtilis
• gram negative bacteria such as Escherichia coli
• airborne molds and fungi such as Aspergillus niger, and mixtures thereof.
• any method of delivering the antimicrobial agent to the lipophilic fluid can be utilized.
• the antimicrobial agent is solubilized prior to contacting the lipophilic fluid.
• an insoluble antimicrobial agent in the form of particulates are delivered to the lipophilic fluid.
• Antimicrobial agents of the present invention preferably comprise from about 0.01% to about 20%, even more preferably from about 1% to about 15%.
• antimicrobial agent suitable for fabric care can be used.
• antimicrobial agents include, but are not limited to the following: Acetylsalicylic acid, n-Alkyl (68% C12, 32% C14) dimethyl dimethylbenzyl ammonium, amine acetate, amine hydrochloride, 1-(Alkyl, amino)-3-aminopropane, 1-(Alkyl, amino)-3-aminopropane, 1-(Alkyl, amino)-3-aminopropane diacetate, (as in fatty acids, 1-(Alkyl, amino)-3-aminopropane hydroxyacetate, 1-(Alkyl, amino)-3-aminopropane monoacetate, Alkyl, dimethyl 1-naphthylmethyl ammonium, dimethyl benzyl ammonium chloride, dimethyl benzyl ammonium, dimethyl benzyl ammonium saccharinate, dimethyl dimethylbenzyl ammonium
• Preferred antimicorbial agents are o-phenylphenol, Bromonitropropane diol (Bronopol), Tris (hydroxymethyl)nitromethane, Silicone Quaternary Ammonium salt (Octadecylaminodimethyltrimethoxysilylpropyl ammonium chloride), Silver Zeolite, Benzoimidazole, 2-(4-thiazolyl), Hinokitiol, Propenenitriles, Triclosan (2,4,4′-trichloro-2′ hydroxy diphenyl-ether, Cyclopropyl-N′-(1,1-dimethylethyl)-6-(methylthio)-1,3,5-triazine-2,4-diamine, Zinc Oxide, Benzimidazole, 2-(4-Thiazolyl)-2,6-Dimethyl-1,3-dioxan-4-ol acetate, 1-Aza-3,7-dioxa-5-ethyl,
• the optional non-silicone additive i.e., materials do not contain an Si atom
• a strongly polar and/or hydrogen-bonding head group further enhances soil removal by the compositions of the present invention.
• the strongly polar and/or hydrogen-bonding head group-containing materials include, but are not limited to alcohols, cationic materials such as cationic surfactants, quaternary surfactants, quaternary ammonium salts such as ammonium chlorides (nonlimiting examples of ammonium chlorides are Arquad materials commercially available from Akzo Nobel) and cationic fabric softening actives, nonionic materials such as nonionic surfactants (i.e., alcohol ethoxylates, polyhydroxy fatty acid amides), gemini surfactants, anionic surfactants, zwitterionic surfactants, carboxylic acids, sulfates, sulphonates, phosphates, phosphonates, and nitrogen containing materials.
• nonionic surfactants i.e
• non-silicone additives comprise nitrogen containing materials chosen from primary, secondary and tertiary amines, diamines, triamines, ethoxylated amines, amine oxides, amides and betaines, a nonlimiting example of a betaines is Schercotaine materials commercially available from Scher Chemicals and mixtures thereof.
• alkyl chain contains branching that may help lower the melting point.
• primary alkylamines comprising from about 6 to about 22 carbon atoms are used.
• Particularly preferred primary alkylamines are oleylamine (commercially available from Akzo under the trade name Armeen OLD), dodecylamine (commercially available from Akzo under the trade name Armeen 12D), branched C 16 -C 22 alkylamine (commercially available from Rohm & Haas under the trade name Primene JM-T) and mixtures thereof.
• Suitable cationic materials may include quaternary surfactants, which maybe quaternary ammonium compounds.
• Commercially available agents include Varisoft materials from Goldschmidt.
• compositions according to the present invention may further comprise a polar solvent.
• polar solvents include: water, alcohols, glycols, polyglycols, ethers, carbonates, dibasic esters, ketones, other oxygenated solvents, and mixutures thereof.
• alcohols include: C 1 -C 126 alcohols, such as propanol, ethanol, isopropyl alcohol, etc . . . , benzyl alcohol, and diols such as 1,2-hexanediol.
• the Dowanol series by Dow Chemical are examples of glycols and polyglycols useful in the present invention, such as Dowanol TPM, TPnP, DPnB, DPnP, TPnB, PPh, DPM, DPMA, DB, and others. Further examples include propylene glycol, butylene glycol, polybutylene glycol and more hydrophobic glycols. Examples of carbonate solvents are ethylene, propylene and butylene carbonantes such as those available under the Jeffsol tradename. Polar solvents for the present invention can be further identified through their dispersive ( ⁇ D ), polar ( ⁇ P ) and hydrogen bonding ( ⁇ H ) Hansen solubility parameters.
• the levels of polar solvent can be from about 0 to about 70%, preferably 1 to 50%, even more preferably 1 to 30% by weight of the detergent composition.
• Water when present in the wash fluid fabric article treating compositions of the present invention, may comprise from about 0.001% to about 10%, more preferably from about 0.005% to about 5%, even more preferably from about 0.01% to about 1% by weight of the wash fluid fabric article treating composition.
• Water when present in the detergent compositions of the present invention, preferably comprises from about 1% to about 90%, more preferably from about 2% to about 75%, even more preferably from about 5% to about 40% by weight of the consumable detergent composition.
• compositions of the present invention may further comprise processing aids.
• Processing aids facilitate the formation of the fabric article treating compositions of the present invention, by maintaining the fluidity and/or homogeneity of the consumable detergent composition, and/or aiding in the dilution process.
• Processing aids suitable for the present invention are solvents, preferably solvents other than those described above, hydrotropes, and/or surfactants, preferably surfactants other than those described above with respect to the surfactant component.
• Particularly preferred processing aids are protic solvents such as aliphatic alcohols, diols, triols, etc. and nonionic surfactants such as ethoxylated fatty alcohols.
• Processing aids when present in the fabric article treating compositions of the present invention, preferably comprise from about 0.02% to about 10%, more preferably from about 0.05% to about 10%, even more preferably from about 0.1% to about 10% by weight of the fabric article treating composition.
• Processing aids when present in the consumable detergent compositions of the present invention, preferably comprise from about 1% to about 75%, more preferably from about 5% to about 50% by weight of the consumable detergent composition.
• Some suitable cleaning adjuncts include, but are not limited to, builders, surfactants, other than those described above with respect to the surfactant component, enzymes, bleach activators, bleach catalysts, bleach boosters, bleaches, alkalinity sources, antibacterial agents, colorants, perfumes, pro-perfumes, finishing aids, lime soap dispersants, odor control agents, odor neutralizers, polymeric dye transfer inhibiting agents, crystal growth inhibitors, photobleaches, heavy metal ion sequestrants, anti-tarnishing agents, anti-microbial agents, anti-oxidants, anti-redeposition agents, soil release polymers, electrolytes, pH modifiers, thickeners, abrasives, divalent or trivalent ions, metal ion salts, enzyme stabilizers, corrosion inhibitors, polyamines and/or their alkoxylates, suds stabilizing polymers, solvents, process aids, fabric softening agents, optical brighteners, hydrotropes, suds or foam suppressors, suds or foam
• a fabric article that has been treated in accordance a method of the present invention is also within the scope of the present invention.
• a treated fabric article comprises an analytically detectable amount of at least one compound (e.g., an organosilicone) having a surface energy modifying effect but no antistatic effect; or an analytically detectable amount of at least one compound having a surface energy modifying and/or feel-modifying and/or comfort-modifying and/or aesthetic effect and at least one antistatic agent other than said at least one compound.

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