Classifications

• • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
  • C11—ANIMAL OR VEGETABLE OILS, FATS, FATTY SUBSTANCES OR WAXES; FATTY ACIDS THEREFROM; DETERGENTS; CANDLES
  • C11D—DETERGENT COMPOSITIONS; USE OF SINGLE SUBSTANCES AS DETERGENTS; SOAP OR SOAP-MAKING; RESIN SOAPS; RECOVERY OF GLYCEROL
  • C11D3/00—Other compounding ingredients of detergent compositions covered in group C11D1/00
  • C11D3/0005—Other compounding ingredients characterised by their effect
  • C11D3/0052—Gas evolving or heat producing compositions
• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
  • A61L—METHODS OR APPARATUS FOR STERILISING MATERIALS OR OBJECTS IN GENERAL; DISINFECTION, STERILISATION OR DEODORISATION OF AIR; CHEMICAL ASPECTS OF BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS OR SURGICAL ARTICLES; MATERIALS FOR BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS OR SURGICAL ARTICLES
  • A61L11/00—Methods specially adapted for refuse
• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
  • A61L—METHODS OR APPARATUS FOR STERILISING MATERIALS OR OBJECTS IN GENERAL; DISINFECTION, STERILISATION OR DEODORISATION OF AIR; CHEMICAL ASPECTS OF BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS OR SURGICAL ARTICLES; MATERIALS FOR BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS OR SURGICAL ARTICLES
  • A61L9/00—Disinfection, sterilisation or deodorisation of air
  • A61L9/015—Disinfection, sterilisation or deodorisation of air using gaseous or vaporous substances, e.g. ozone
  • A61L9/04—Disinfection, sterilisation or deodorisation of air using gaseous or vaporous substances, e.g. ozone using substances evaporated in the air without heating
  • A61L9/05—Disinfection, sterilisation or deodorisation of air using gaseous or vaporous substances, e.g. ozone using substances evaporated in the air without heating specially adapted to be released by contact with a liquid, e.g. for toilets
• • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
  • C11—ANIMAL OR VEGETABLE OILS, FATS, FATTY SUBSTANCES OR WAXES; FATTY ACIDS THEREFROM; DETERGENTS; CANDLES
  • C11D—DETERGENT COMPOSITIONS; USE OF SINGLE SUBSTANCES AS DETERGENTS; SOAP OR SOAP-MAKING; RESIN SOAPS; RECOVERY OF GLYCEROL
  • C11D17/00—Detergent materials or soaps characterised by their shape or physical properties
  • C11D17/0043—For use with aerosol devices
• • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
  • C11—ANIMAL OR VEGETABLE OILS, FATS, FATTY SUBSTANCES OR WAXES; FATTY ACIDS THEREFROM; DETERGENTS; CANDLES
  • C11D—DETERGENT COMPOSITIONS; USE OF SINGLE SUBSTANCES AS DETERGENTS; SOAP OR SOAP-MAKING; RESIN SOAPS; RECOVERY OF GLYCEROL
  • C11D3/00—Other compounding ingredients of detergent compositions covered in group C11D1/00
  • C11D3/48—Medical, disinfecting agents, disinfecting, antibacterial, germicidal or antimicrobial compositions
• • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
  • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
  • Y10S—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
  • Y10S422/00—Chemical apparatus and process disinfecting, deodorizing, preserving, or sterilizing
  • Y10S422/90—Decreasing pollution or environmental impact

Definitions

• the method involves forming a layer of foam on 3 1 2 (J/ 63 H h 21/55 X the surface of the water in a toilet bowl before using the am1 on 2,796,399 6/1957 Sanders Cl. al; 21/605 R x 2,907,627 10/1959 Cummings 2l/60.5 A 6 Claims, No Drawings onon SEALIING METHOD BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1 Field of the Invention
• the present invention relates to a deodorizing composition and more particularly to a composition having an odor sealing effect which is especially useful in odorless distribution, deposition, and/or discharging of malodorous products and materials of disagreeable or offensive smell such as excrements, and to a method of deodorizing such products and materials.
• the known odor modifiers are not able to prevent bad odors to spread and dissipate throughout the space immediately when they are formed or originate.
• Another object of the present invention is to provide a composition for preventing dissipation and spreading of disagreeable and bad odors.
• compositions which contain foamforming agents and especially agents which form foam with water and on contact with water.
• foamforming agents and especially agents which form foam with water and on contact with water.
• Such compositions produce, when introduced into the toilet bowl, a foam pad or cushion which covers and encloses the excrements, seals the same, and prevents dissipation of the odor into the surrounding atmosphere.
• a composition can also contain disinfecting and cleaning agents.
• the composition according to the present invention contains vigorously foaming, surface-active agents which are substantially stable against hydrolysis and which, if required for specific purposes, can also be granulated.
• the most preferred agents for this purpose are anionic and amphoteric surface-active agents, such as alkyl sulfonates, alkyl aryl sulfonates, aryl sulfonates, or the respective sulfates, betaines, saponins, or protein hydrolyzation products, or mixtures of such agents which have strongly foaming properties.
• the water soluble salts and especially the alkali metal and ammonium salts of organic reaction products with sulfuric acid which contain an alkyl radical with 8 to 22 carbon atoms and a sulfonic acid or sulfuric acid ester group are particularly useful.
• anionic synthetic detergents are the sodium and potassium alkyl sulfates especially those which are obtained by sulfatizing of higher alcohols with 8 to 18 carbon atoms.
• Such alcohols are obtained, for instance, by reduction ofthe glycerides of tallow or coconut oil; the sodium or potassium alkyl benzene sulfonates in which the alkyl group can be a straight chain or branched alkyl radical with 9 to 15 carbon atoms, especially with 12 to l4 carbon atoms; sodium or potassium alkyl glycerol ether sulfonates, especially ethers of higher alcohols obtained from tallow or coconut oil; sodium coconut oil fatty acid monoglyceride sulfates or sulfonates; sodium or potassium salts of sulfuric acid esters of the reaction product of onemole of a higher fatty alcohol such as tallow or coconut oil alcohols with from I to 6 moles of ethylene oxide; sodium or potassium alkyl phenol ethylene oxide ether sulfonates with l to 10 ethylene oxide units per molecule in which the alkyl radical contains 8 to l2 carbon atoms; sodium or potassium salts of the fatty acid
• sulfosuccinic acid such as its salts can be used especially successfully.
• anionic agents are, for instance, tri-ethanolamine lauryl sulfate, the linear alkyl benzene sulfonate sold under the trademark LANITOL F" by the firm Arkansas Co., Inc., sodium lauryl sulfate, the diethanolamide of coconut fatty acids.
• Suitable amphoteric compounds are the alkyl betaines and the sulfo betaines whereby the most effective agents are the octyl sulfo succinates or the hexyl sulfo succinates.
• anionic surfactants which are distinguished by their excellent foaming power, as they are listed, for instance, under the heading Surfactants" in Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology” by Kirk-Othmer, second edition, published by Interscience Publishers of New York, vol. l9, pages 507 to 593, have proved to be use ful foaming agents, especially those agents the functions of which are indicated in the Tables given in said chapter by F and Ff.
• foaming power-increasing agents which dissolve with the formation of gas in the presence of an acid foaming agent.
• foaming power-increasing agents are the carbonates and bicarbonates of alkali metals or of ammonium.
• fatty alcohols or alkanolamides which are known for their foam-stabilizing activity.
• foam-stabilizing agents are, for instance, the amides of fatty acids with 8 to 20 carbon atoms such as lauric acid, oleic acid, stearic acid amides or the corresponding ethanolamides.
• Suitable fatty alcohols are those which have a chain length of 10 to 14 carbon atoms.
• fillers such as water soluble starch or modified starches, for instance, starches which have been partly oxidized by heating or are hydrolyzed by reaction with an acid or an enzyme can be admixed.
• Any disinfectant agent which does not react with the surface-active agent foaming agent and the other components of the compositions can be used.
• suitable agents for this purpose are, for instance, hexachlorophene or products of the type of chlorinated phenol ethers.
• Other useful agents are, for instance trichloro carbanilide, undecylenic acid monoethanolamide; the phenolic polyoxy methylene derivative sold under the trademark MOVlN DC by Far benfabriken Bayer of Leverkusen, Germany; and others.
• the compo sitions may contain an acid component, for instance, an inorganic or organic acid such as hydrochloric acid, phosphoric acid, sulfuric acid, citric acid, tartaric acid, gluconic acid, and others, or the acid salts of such acids, for instance, sodium bisulfate.
• an acid component for instance, an inorganic or organic acid such as hydrochloric acid, phosphoric acid, sulfuric acid, citric acid, tartaric acid, gluconic acid, and others, or the acid salts of such acids, for instance, sodium bisulfate.
• the amount of the acid additive added is preferably sufficient to set free carbon dioxide from the added carbonates or bicarbonates whereby a small excess of the acid agent is usually required to achieve the desired cleaning effect.
• a composition capable of forming foam on contact with water can contain, for instance, a fatty alcohol sulfate, sodium bicarbonate, an organic acid and, if desired, starch.
• the composition can be in liquid form, in the form of a powder, or in granulated or compressed form.
• sprayable foam-forming compositions for instance, aerosols, the surface active agents and the other additives are placed together with compressed air, carbon dioxide, or other propellants into pressure'resistant containers.
• composition according to the present invention can also be applied to a sheet-like carrier, for instance, to paper which is wet-tear proof, or the paper may be impregnated therewith.
• a sheet-like carrier for instance, to paper which is wet-tear proof, or the paper may be impregnated therewith.
• Aerosol-type compositions are composed as follows:
• coconut fatty acid polydiethanolamide obtained by condensing one mole of coconut fatty acid with 2 moles of diethanolamine
• EXAMPLE 16 22.20 parts of the anionic surfactant sold under the trademark STElNAPOL FLM by the firm REWO which is a di and triamine salt of tallow alcohol sulfonate with lauric acid ethanolamidc as foam-stabilizing agent,
• a conventional propellant for instance, a halogenated hydrocarbon and especially a fluorinated hydrocarbon, which is resistant to corrosion and hydrolysis, into corrosionproof aerosol cans, for instance, aluminum or stainless steel containers.
• Suitable propellants are, for instance, dichloro difluoro methane, trichloro monofluoro methane, monochloro difluoro methane l,2 -dichloro-l 1,2,2 tetrafluoro ethane, 1,1-dichlorol ,2,2.2 tetrafluoro ethane, octafluoro cyclobutane, decafluoro butane, or hydrocarbon propellents such as propane, isobutane, n-butane, or nonliquefied propellents such as carbon dioxide, nitrogen.
• the solutions obtained according to Example 1 can also be applied from stationary systems which operate like dry-foam fire-extinguishers.
• the above described solutions of Examples la, lb, and 1c are diluted with water in the proportion of about l 10.
• the resulting solutions are converted into the desired foam cushions by means of such non-inflammable gases which do not react with their components, for instance, with carbon dioxide, compressed air, and the like.
• EXAMPLE 2 Fluid-fluid composition.
• Component A 20 percent aqueous ammonium carbonate solution.
• Component B 24 parts of p-dodecyl phenyl sulfonic acid 12 parts of 40 percent cumene sulfonate (pisopropyl phenyl sulfonate),
• the solution B is prepared by mixing its components in the order given and homogenizing the mixture by heating to about 30 C.
• the components A and B are filled separately into suitable containers.
• about 30 cc. of solution A and 30 cc. of solution B are discharged from their containers and are combined with each other.
• EXAMPLE 3 Pulverulent-liquid composition Component A. Solid sodium bicarbonate. Component B. 24 parts of pdodeeylphenyl sulfonic acid,
• the components A and B are separately provided.
• about 30 g. to 70 g, of component B are poured over about 8 g. to 10 g. of component A.
• EXAMPLE 4 Powder or, respectively, granulated composition.
• a fatty alcohol of a mean chain length of 10 to 14 carbon atoms 0.3 parts of a fatty alcohol of a mean chain length of 10 to 14 carbon atoms.
• the components are mixed with each other and with conventional binding and expanding agents.
• the resulting mixture is compressed to tablets of 20 g. to 40 g. each, Placing one of these tablets into the toilet bowl produces the desired odor-sealing foam cushion.
• Suitable binding and expanding agents are, for instance, highly voluminous, finely divided silica or silicates, such as magnesium silicate or finely comminuted talc.
• solid organic compounds which are inert with respect to, and are not affected by, the other components of the tablets or the like shaped bodies and which are soluble in water or at least are swellable therein, such as urea, starch and starch reaction products, agar, and others can also be used for this purpose.
• compositions according to the present invention for eliminating bad odors on using toilets for instance, consists in placing a predetermined amount (single unit portion) into the toilet bowl before using it. if the composition is used as a spray or a liquid, addition of water is not required for forming the foam cushion. If solid compositions are used, their solubility is sufficient to produce the desired foam cushion with the water present in the toilet bowl.
• the step which comprises placing a composition containing a foam-forming agent into the toilet bowl before using it, thereby forming a foam cushion, the preformed foam cushion enveloping and sealing the discharged excrements on subsequently using the toilet so as to eliminate bad odors.
• composition placing a composition into the toilet bowl before using the toilet, said composition forming a foam by the interaction of an acidic agent and an agent yielding a gas on contact with said acidic agent, and
• the acidic agent is an agent selected from the group consisting of an inorganic acid, an organic acid, and an acid salt of said acids
• the agent yielding a gas with said acidic agent is an agent selected from the group consisting of an alkali metal carbonate, an alkali metal bicarbonate, ammonium carbonate, and ammonium bicarbonate.
• the steps which comprise a. spraying a composition into the toilet bowl before using the toilet, said composition being an aerosol composition, said aerosol composition containing a vigorously foaming surface active agent and a propellant, and
• the vigorously foaming surface active agent is an agent selected from the group consisting of an anionic surface active agent and an amphoteric surface active agent and the propellant is a propellant selected from the group consisting of a hydrocarbon propellant, a halogenated hydrocarhon propellant, carbon dioxide, and nitrogen.
• the vigorously foaming surface active agent is an agent selected from the group consisting of an alkyl sulfonate, an alkyl aryl sulfonate, an aryl sulfonate, an alkyl sulfate, an alkyl aryl sulfate, an aryl sulfate, and a betaine while the propellant is a fluorinated hydrocarbon.

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