WO2001000782A1 - Article de nettoyage humide pour surfaces dures - Google Patents

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WO2001000782A1
WO2001000782A1 PCT/US2000/017008 US0017008W WO0100782A1 WO 2001000782 A1 WO2001000782 A1 WO 2001000782A1 US 0017008 W US0017008 W US 0017008W WO 0100782 A1 WO0100782 A1 WO 0100782A1
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Marc Francois Theophile Evers
Laura Galvagno
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    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C11—ANIMAL OR VEGETABLE OILS, FATS, FATTY SUBSTANCES OR WAXES; FATTY ACIDS THEREFROM; DETERGENTS; CANDLES
    • C11D—DETERGENT COMPOSITIONS; USE OF SINGLE SUBSTANCES AS DETERGENTS; SOAP OR SOAP-MAKING; RESIN SOAPS; RECOVERY OF GLYCEROL
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    • C11D—DETERGENT COMPOSITIONS; USE OF SINGLE SUBSTANCES AS DETERGENTS; SOAP OR SOAP-MAKING; RESIN SOAPS; RECOVERY OF GLYCEROL
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  • the present invention relates to a wet wipe, in particular to a wet wipe for hard surface cleaning.
  • the wet wipe incorporates a cleaning composition comprising a 2-alkyl alkanol and a solvent or a mixture thereof.
  • a wet wipe according to the present invention was found to exhibit a streak-free cleaning and/or a cleaning performance benefit.
  • Wet wipes are typically pre-moistened, disposable towelettes which may be utilised in a variety of applications both domestic and industrial and perform a variety of functions.
  • Wet wipes are typically used to wipe surfaces both animate and inanimate, and may provide numerous benefits such as cleaning, cleansing, disinfecting, and skin care benefits.
  • wet wipes are wiping and or cleaning hard surfaces and the application of compositions to hard surfaces, for example kitchen and bathroom surfaces, eyeglasses, shoes and surfaces which require cleaning in industry for example surfaces of machinery or automobiles.
  • WO 89/05114 discloses disposable wipes for hard surface cleaning which are impregnated with a liquid composition.
  • Insufficient wetting means that the cleaning composition forms single droplets on a surface, instead of a film, when applied thereon and/or forms droplets on said surface during drying, resulting in a reduced cleaning performance and/or visible residues (streaks) after drying.
  • the wetting capability and, thus the streak-free cleaning and/or the cleaning performance of said wet wipes incorporating a cleaning composition may be improved.
  • the objective of the present invention is to provide a wet wipe incorporating a cleaning composition showing wetting capabilities and, thus a streak-free cleaning benefit and/or a cleaning performance benefit on a wide range of stains and surfaces whilst delivering an evaporation benefit.
  • a wet wipe incorporating a cleaning composition comprising a 2-alkyl alkanol and a solvent or a mixture thereof.
  • the wet wipe herein may be used to clean hard-surfaces made of a variety of materials like glazed and non-glazed ceramic tiles, vinyl, no-wax vinyl, linoleum, melamine, glass, plastics, plastified wood.
  • a further advantage of the present invention is that the excellent cleaning performance is obtained on different types of stains and soils, including greasy stains, as well as particulate stains, especially particulate greasy stains, greasy soap scum and enzymatic stains.
  • WO 89/05114 discloses disposable impregnated wipes for cleaning hard surfaces impregnated with an aqueous composition comprising at least one water-miscible solvent.
  • a wet wipe incorporating a cleaning composition comprising a 2-alkyl alkanol and a solvent or a mixture thereof is not disclosed.
  • US 4,666,621 discloses pre-moistened wipes for cleaning hard surfaces impregnated with a liquid cleaning solution comprising surfactants and up to 40% of a monohydric aliphatic alcohol of 1 to 6 carbon atoms.
  • a wet wipe incorporating a cleaning composition comprising a 2-alkyl alkanol and a solvent or a mixture thereof is not disclosed.
  • the present invention relates to a wet wipe incorporating a cleaning composition comprising a 2-alkyl alkanol and a solvent or a mixture thereof.
  • said wet wipe is used for wiping various surfaces, preferably hard surfaces.
  • 'wet wipe it is meant herein a substrate which incorporates a cleaning composition as described herein.
  • the substrate is provided by a web, typically as a sheet of material cut from the web.
  • Said web may be made of the sheets of material from which the wipes are produced, preferably cut.
  • the web may be woven or nonwoven, foam, sponge, battings, balls, puffs, films, or tissue paper comprising synthetic and/or man- made fibres, most preferably the web is nonwoven comprising synthetic and/or man-made fibres.
  • the sheet may be produced by any method known in the art.
  • nonwoven material substrates can be formed by dry forming techniques such as air-laying or wet laying such as on a paper making machine.
  • Other nonwoven manufacturing techniques such as melt blown, spun bonded, needle punched and spun laced methods may also be used.
  • a preferred method is air laying.
  • the web is air-laid and non-woven comprising man-made fibres.
  • man-made fibre denotes fibres manufactured from cellulose, either derivative or regenerated. They are distinguished from synthetic fibres which are based on synthetic organic polymers.
  • a derivative fibre as used herein, is one formed when a chemical derivative of a natural polymer, e.g., cellulose, is prepared, dissolved, and extruded as a continuous filament, and the chemical nature of the derivative is retained after the fibre formation process.
  • a regenerated fibre as used herein, is one formed when a natural polymer, or its chemical derivative, is dissolved and extruded as a continuous filament, and the chemical nature of the natural polymer is either retained or regenerated after the fibre formation process.
  • man made fibres include: regenerated viscose rayon and cellulose acetate.
  • Preferred man-made fibres have a fineness of 0.5 dtex to 3.0 dtex, more preferably of 1.0 dtex to 2.0 dtex, most preferably of 1.6 dtex to 1.8 dtex.
  • the preferred man made fibre used for the present invention are Lyocell® fibres that are produced by dissolving cellulose fibres in N-methylmorpholine-N-oxide and which are supplied by Tencel Fibres Europe, UK.
  • Man-made fibres are preferred herein due to their high consumer acceptance and their cheap and typically ecological production.
  • man-made fibres and in particular cellulose derived man-made fibres exhibit a high biodegradability, hence are environment friendly after disposal.
  • the web may comprise man-made fibres at a level of preferably from 5% to 50%, more preferably from 10% to 30%, most preferably from 12% to 25%.
  • the web may further comprise a number of different fibre material as hydrophilic fibre material such as viscose, cotton, or flax and a hydrophobic fibre material such as polyethylene tetraphthalate (PET) or polypropylene (PP) in a ratio of 10%-90% hydrophilic and 90%-10% hydrophobic material by weight.
  • a particularly preferred web comprises 70% wood pulp, 12% man-made fibres and 18% latex binder, preferably a butadiene- styrene emulsion.
  • the web preferably has a weight of at least 20 grrr 2 and preferably less than 150 gnr 2 , and most preferably the base weight is in the range of 20 grrr 2 to 100 gnr 2 , more preferably from 50 gm -2 to 95 gm -2 .
  • the web may have any calliper. Typically, when the web is made by an air laying process, the average web calliper is less than 1.0 mm. More preferably the average calliper of the web is from 0.1 mm to 0.9 mm. The web calliper is measured according to standard EDANA nonwoven industry methodology, reference method # 30.4-89.
  • the web can comprise other components or materials added thereto as known in the art, including binders as specified.
  • the web may also comprise agents to improve the optical characteristics of the web such as opacifying agents, for example titanium dioxide.
  • the web may comprise a non-acrylate binder.
  • binder as used herein describes any agent employed to interlock fibers. Such agents comprise wet strength resins and dry strength resins. It is often desirable particularly for cellulose based materials to add chemical substances known in the art as wet strength resins. A general dissertation on the types of wet strength resins utilised namely in the paper art can be found in TAPPI monograph series No.
  • Preferred binders used to bond non-wovens are polymeric binders, preferably latex binders, more preferably waterbome latex binders. Suitable binders include butadiene-styrene emulsions, ethylene vinyl acetate emulsions, vinyl acetate, vinyl chloride and combinations thereof. Preferred latex binders are made from styrene, butadiene, acrylonitrile-butadiene emulsions or combination thereof.
  • non-acrylate binder encompasses all latex binders that do not comprise acrylic acid or acrylic acid ester or vinyl acetate monomers.
  • Preferred binders according to the present invention include: Butadiene-styrene emulsions, carboxylated styrene-butadiene emulsion, Acrylonitrile-butadiene emulsions, polyacrylamide resins, Polyamide-epichlorohydrin resin, Acrylonitrile- Butadiene-Styrene emulsion, Styrene Acrylonitrile.
  • the most preferred binder according the present invention is a butadiene-styrene emulsion, which can be commercially obtained from the Ameribol Svnpol Corp. as RoweneTM SB 5550.
  • the binder can be applied to the web by any method known in the art. Suitable methods include spraying, printing (e.g. flexographic printing), coating (e.g. gravure coating or flood coating), padding, foaming, impregnation, saturation and further extrusion whereby the composition is forced through tubes in contact with the substrate whilst the substrate passes across the tube or combinations of these application techniques. For example spraying the composition on a rotating surface such as calendar roll that then transfers the composition to the surface of the substrate.
  • the most preferred method for the application of the binder is spraying onto the web. Most preferably the binder is sprayed onto one side of the web in one step of application and onto the other side of the web in a independent step of application.
  • the amount of the binder applied to the web is from 5% to 30%, more preferably from 10% to 25 %, most preferably from 14% to 22%.
  • the amount of binder to be applied largely depends on the kind of web to be treated.
  • the wet wipe comprises a substrate which incorporates a cleaning composition as described herein.
  • a cleaning composition as described herein.
  • incorporates it is meant herein that said substrate or wet wipe is coated or impregnated with a liquid cleaning composition as described herein.
  • the composition can be applied either to one surface of the substrate or both surfaces, preferably both surfaces.
  • the preferred application method is extrusion coating.
  • the composition can also be applied uniformly or non uniformly to the surfaces of the substrate.
  • non uniform it is meant that for example the amount, pattern of distribution of the composition can vary over the surface of the substrate.
  • some of the surface of the substrate can have greater or lesser amounts of composition, including portions of the surface that do not have any composition on it.
  • the composition is uniformly applied to the surfaces of the wipes.
  • the composition is typically applied in an amount of from about 0.5 g to 10 g per gram of substrate, preferably from 1.0 g to 5 g per gram of substrate, most preferably from 2 g to 4 g per gram of dry substrate.
  • the composition can be applied to the substrate at any point after it has been dried.
  • the composition can be applied to the substrate prior to calendering or after calendering and prior to being wound up onto a parent roll.
  • the application will be carried out on a substrate unwound from a roll having a width equal to a substantial number of wipes it is intended to produce.
  • the substrate with the composition applied thereto is then subsequently perforated utilising standard techniques in order to produce the desired perforation line.
  • the cleaning composition of the present invention is formulated as a liquid composition.
  • a preferred composition herein is an aqueous composition and therefore, preferably comprises water more preferably in an amount of from 60% to 98%, even more preferably of from 80% to 97% and most preferably 85% to 97% by weight of the total composition.
  • the pH of the liquid composition according to the present invention may typically be from 0 to 14.
  • the recommended pH range is from 1 to 13, preferably from pH 7 to 12, more preferably from pH 7.0 to 11 and most preferably from pH 8.0 to 10.
  • the compositions herein may further comprise an acid or base to adjust pH as appropriate.
  • a suitable acid for use herein is an organic and/or an inorganic acid.
  • a preferred organic acid for use herein has a pka of less than 6.
  • a suitable organic acid is selected from the group consisting of citric acid, lactic acid, glycoiic acid, succinic acid, glutaric acid and adipic acid and a mixture thereof.
  • a mixture of said acids may be commercially available from BASF under the trade name Sokalan® DCS.
  • a suitable inorganic acid is selected from the group consisting hydrochloric acid, sulphuric acid, phosphoric acid and a mixture thereof.
  • a typical level of such an acid, when present, is of from 0.01 % to 2.0%, preferably from 0.04% to 1.0% and more preferably from 0.05% to 0.8% by weight of the total composition.
  • a suitable base to be used herein is an organic and/or inorganic base.
  • Suitable bases for use herein are the caustic alkalis, such as sodium hydroxide, potassium hydroxide and/or lithium hydroxide, and/or the alkali metal oxides such, as sodium and/or potassium oxide or mixtures thereof.
  • a preferred base is a caustic alkali, more preferably sodium hydroxide and/or potassium hydroxide.
  • Suitable bases include ammonia, ammonium carbonate, K2CO3, Na2C03 and alkanolamines (as e.g. monoethanolamine).
  • Typical levels of such bases when present, are of from 0.01 % to 2.0%, preferably from 0.05% to 1.0% and more preferably from 0.1 % to 0.6% by weight of the total composition.
  • the cleaning composition incorporated onto/into the wet wipes according to the present invention comprises a 2-alkyl alkanol or a mixture thereof.
  • Particularly suitable to be used in the present invention are the 2-alkyl alkanols having an alkyl chain comprising from 6 to 16, preferably from 7 to 13, more preferably from 8 to 12, most preferably from 8 to 10 carbon atoms and a terminal hydroxy group, said alkyl chain being substituted in the ⁇ position (i.e., position number 2) by an alkyl chain comprising from 1 to 10, preferably from 2 to 8 and more preferably 4 to 6 carbon atoms.
  • Isofol ® series such as Isofol® 12 (2-butyl octanol) or Isofol® 16 (2-hexyl decanol) commercially available from Condea.
  • said 2-alkyl alkanol is selected from the group consisting of 2-butyl octanol, 2-hexyl decanol, and a mixture thereof. More preferably said 2-alkyl alkanol is 2-butyl octanol.
  • the cleaning composition herein may comprise up to 5%, preferably from 0.01% to 1.0%, more preferably from 0.05% to 0.5% and most preferably from 0.1 % to 0.2% by weight of the total composition of said 2-alkyl alkanol.
  • the cleaning composition incorporated onto/into the wet wipes according to the present invention comprises a solvent or a mixtures thereof.
  • Solvents for use herein include all those known to the those skilled in the art of hard-surfaces cleaner compositions.
  • Suitable solvent is selected from the group consisting of : ethers and diethers having from 4 to 14 carbon atoms, preferably from 6 to 12 carbon atoms, and more preferably from 8 to 10 carbon atoms; glycols or alkoxylated glycols; alkoxylated aromatic alcohols; aromatic alcohols; alkoxylated aliphatic alcohols; aliphatic alcohols; C8-C14 alkyl and cycloalkyl hydrocarbons and halohydrocarbons; C ⁇ -Ci ⁇ glycol ethers; terpenes; and mixtures thereof.
  • Suitable glycols to be used herein are according to the formula HO-CR1 R2-OH wherein R-
  • Suitable alkoxylated glycols to be used herein are according to the formula R- (A) n -R-
  • Suitable alkoxylated glycols to be used herein are methoxy octadecanol and/or ethoxyethoxyethanol.
  • Suitable alkoxylated aromatic alcohols to be used herein are according to the formula R-(A) n -OH wherein R is an alkyl substituted or non-alkyl substituted aryl group of from 1 to 20 carbon atoms, preferably from 2 to 15 and more preferably from 2 to 10, wherein A is an alkoxy group preferably butoxy, propoxy and/or ethoxy, and n is an integer of from 1 to 5, preferably 1 to 2.
  • Suitable alkoxylated aromatic alcohols are benzoxyethanol and/or benzoxypropanol.
  • Suitable aromatic alcohols to be used herein are according to the formula R-OH wherein R is an alkyl substituted or non-alkyl substituted aryl group of from 1 to 20 carbon atoms, preferably from 1 to 15 and more preferably from 1 to 10.
  • R is an alkyl substituted or non-alkyl substituted aryl group of from 1 to 20 carbon atoms, preferably from 1 to 15 and more preferably from 1 to 10.
  • a suitable aromatic alcohol to be used herein is benzyl alcohol.
  • Suitable alkoxylated aliphatic alcohols to be used herein are according to the formula R-(A) n -OH wherein R is a linear or branched, saturated or unsaturated alkyl group of from 1 to 20 carbon atoms, preferably from 2 to 15 and more preferably from 3 to 12, wherein A is an alkoxy group preferably butoxy, propoxy and/or ethoxy, and n is an integer of from 1 to 5, preferably 1 to 2.
  • Suitable alkoxylated aliphatic linear or branched alcohols are butoxy propoxy propanol (n- BPP), butoxyethanol, butoxypropanol (n-BP), ethoxyethanol, 1- methylpropoxyethanol, 2-methylbutoxyethanol, or mixtures thereof.
  • Butoxy propoxy propanol is commercially available under the trade name n-BPP® from Dow chemical.
  • Butoxypropanol is commercially available from Dow chemical.
  • Suitable aliphatic alcohols to be used herein are according to the formula R-OH wherein R is a linear or branched, saturated or unsaturated alkyl group of from 1 to 20 carbon atoms, preferably from 2 to 15 and more preferably from 5 to 12. With the proviso that said aliphatic branched alcohols is not a 2-alkyl alkanol as described herein above. Suitable aliphatic alcohols are methanol, ethanol, propanol, isopropanol or mixtures thereof.
  • Suitable terpenes to be used herein monocyclic terpenes, dicyclic terpenes and/or acyclic terpenes are : D-limonene; pinene; pine oil; terpinene; terpene derivatives as menthol, terpineol, geraniol, thymol; and the citronella or citronellol types of ingredients.
  • Suitable solvents include butyl diglycol ether (BDGE), hexandiols, butyltriglycol ether, ter amilic alcohol and the like.
  • BDGE is commercially available from Union Carbide or from BASF under the trade name Butyl CARBITOL®.
  • Preferably said solvent is selected from the group consisting of butoxy propoxy propanol, butyl diglycol ether, benzyl alcohol, butoxypropanol, ethanol, methanol, isopropanol, hexandiols and mixtures thereof.
  • said solvent is selected from the group consisting of butoxy propoxy propanol, butyl diglycol ether, benzyl alcohol, butoxypropanol, ethanol, methanol, isopropanol and mixtures thereof. Even more preferably said solvent is selected from the group consisting of butyl diglycol ether, butoxypropanol, ethanol and mixtures thereof.
  • the cleaning composition herein may comprise up to 30%, preferably from 5% to 25%, more preferably from 5% to 20% and most preferably from 10% to 15% by weight of the total composition of said solvent.
  • the solvent comprised in cleaning composition according to the present invention is a volatile solvent or a mixture thereof, preferably a volatile solvent or a mixture thereof in combination with another solvent or a mixture thereof.
  • the Applicant has found that the combination of a 2-alkyl alkanol and a solvent as described herein in a cleaning compositions incorporated onto or into a wet wipe provides acceptable wetting capabilities and thus provides a streak-fee cleaning benefit and/or a cleaning performance benefit on a wide range of stains and surfaces whilst showing an evaporation benefit.
  • wetting it is meant herein that the composition forms a film, instead of single droplets, when applied onto a surface, particularly a hydrophobic surface, and/or does not form droplets on said surface when drying.
  • the wetting capabilities as described herein allow the composition to evenly spread out as a film.
  • the formation of a film of said cleaning composition results in a even distribution of said composition over the surface and thus increases the overall cleaning performance of said cleaning composition (cleaning performance benefit).
  • the wetting capabilities as described herein allow the composition to remain on said surface as a film during drying.
  • the formation of droplets during drying can result in visible residues ("streaks") on said surface.
  • the drying as a film results in the reduction or even the prevention of visible residues after drying (streak-free cleaning benefit).
  • Solvents as discussed herein provide a cleaning performance benefit especially on greasy soils.
  • solvents preferably volatile solvents, as for example ethanol, more preferably volatile solvents in combination with another solvent or a mixture thereof, allow to formulate cleaning compositions showing a fast evaporation profile due to their high volatility (evaporation benefit) resulting in a fast drying of the cleaning composition once it is applied onto a surface.
  • the cleaning compositions of the present invention comprise a surfactant, or mixtures thereof as a highly preferred optional ingredient.
  • Said surfactant may be present in the compositions according to the present invention in amounts of from 0.01 % to 50%, preferably of from 0.1 % to 20%, and more preferably of from 0.5% to 1% by weight of the total composition.
  • Surfactants are desired herein as they further contribute to the cleaning performance benefit of the cleaning compositions of the present invention and/or provide a gloss benefit to the cleaning composition of the present invention. Furthermore, the combination of the 2-alkyl alkanol with a surfactant when present results in an improved wetting, providing a further improved streak-free cleaning and/or cleaning performance benefit.
  • Surfactants for use herein include nonionic surfactants, anionic surfactants, cationic surfactants, amphoteric surfactants, zwitterionic surfactants, and mixtures thereof.
  • nonionic surfactants are the nonionic surfactants.
  • Suitable nonionic surfactants for use herein include a class of compounds which may be broadly defined as compounds produced by the condensation of alkylene oxide groups (hydrophilic in nature) with an organic hydrophobic compound, which may be branched or linear aliphatic (e.g. Guerbet or secondary alcohols) or alkyl aromatic in nature.
  • the length of the hydrophilic or polyoxyalkylene radical which is condensed with any particular hydrophobic group can be readily adjusted to yield a water-soluble compound having the desired degree of balance between hydrophilic and hydrophobic elements.
  • nonionic synthetic detergents for example, a well-known class of nonionic synthetic detergents is made available on the market under the trade names "Pluronic", “Neodol” and “Empilan”. These compounds are formed by condensing ethylene oxide with an hydrophobic base formed by the condensation of propylene oxide with propylene glycol.
  • the hydrophobic portion of the molecule which, of course, exhibits water-insolubility has a molecular weight of from about 1500 to 1800.
  • the addition of polyoxyethylene radicals to this hydrophobic portion tends to increase the water-solubility of the molecule as a whole and the liquid character of the products is retained up to the point where polyoxyethylene content is about 50% of the total weight of the condensation product.
  • nonionic synthetic detergents include :
  • the polyethylene oxide condensates of alkyl phenols, e.g., the condensation products of alkyl phenols having an alkyl group containing from about 6 to 12 carbon atoms in either a straight chain or branched chain configuration, with ethylene oxide, the said ethylene oxide being present in amounts equal to 10 to 25 moles of ethylene oxide per mole of alkyl phenol.
  • the alkyl substituent in such compounds may be derived from polymerised propylene, diisobutylene, octane, and nonane;
  • Examples are compounds containing from about 40% to about 80% polyoxyethylene by weight and having a molecular weight of from about 5000 to about 11000 resulting from the reaction of ethylene oxide groups with a hydrophobic base constituted of the reaction product of ethylene diamine and excess propylene oxide, said base having a molecular weight of the order of 2500 to 3000;
  • Trialkyl amine oxides and trialkyl phosphine oxides wherein one alkyl group ranges from 10 to 18 carbon atoms and two alkyl groups range from 1 to 3 carbon atoms; the alkyl groups can contain hydroxy substituents; specific examples are dodecyl di(2-hydroxyethyl)amine oxide and tetradecyl dimethyl phosphine oxide.
  • alkylpolysaccharides disclosed in U.S. Patent 4,565,647, Llenado, issued January 21 , 1986, having a hydrophobic group containing from about 6 to about 30 carbon atoms, preferably from about 10 to about 16 carbon atoms and polysaccharide, e.g., a polyglycoside, hydrophilic group containing from about 1.3 to about 10, preferably from about 1.3 to about 3, most preferably from about 1.3 to about 2.7 saccharide units.
  • Any reducing saccharide containing 5 or 6 carbon atoms can be used, e.g., glucose, galactose, and galactosyl moieties can be substituted for the glucosyl moieties.
  • the hydrophobic group is attached at the 2-, 3-, 4-, etc. positions thus giving a glucose or galactose as opposed to a glucoside or galactoside.
  • the intersaccharide bonds can be, e.g., between the one position of the additional saccharide units and the 2-, 3-, 4-, and/or 6- positions of the preceding saccharide units.
  • a polyalkyleneoxide chain joining the hydrophobic moiety and the polysaccharide moiety.
  • the preferred alkyleneoxide is ethylene oxide.
  • Typical hydrophobic groups include alkyl groups, either saturated or unsaturated, branched or unbranched containing from about 8 to about 18, preferably from about 10 to about 16, carbon atoms.
  • the alkyl group can contain up to about 3 hydroxy groups and/or the polyalkyleneoxide chain can contain up to about 10, preferably less than 5, alkyleneoxide moieties.
  • Suitable alkyl polysaccharides are octyl, nonyldecyl, undecyldodecyl, tridecyl, tetradecyl, pentadecyl, hexadecyl, heptadecyl, and octadecyl, di-, tri-, tetra-, penta-, and hexaglucosides, galactosides, lactosides, glucoses, fructosides, fructoses and/or galactoses.
  • Suitable mixtures include coconut alkyl, di-, tri-, tetra-, and pentaglucosides and tallow alkyl tetra-, penta-, and hexaglucosides.
  • the preferred alkylpolyglycosides have the formula:
  • R 2 is selected from the group consisting of alkyl, alkylphenyl, hydroxyalkyl, hydroxyalkylphenyl, and mixtures thereof in which the alkyl groups contain from about 10 to about 18, preferably from about 12 to about 14, carbon atoms; n is 2 or 3, preferably 2; t is from 0 to about 10, preferably 0; and x is from about 1.3 to about 10, preferably from about 1.3 to about 3, most preferably from about 1.3 to about 2.7.
  • the glycosyl is preferably derived from glucose. To prepare these compounds, the alcohol or alkylpolyethoxy alcohol is formed first and then reacted with glucose, or a source of glucose, to form the glucoside (attachment at the 1 -position). The additional glycosyl units can then be attached between their 1 -position and the preceding glycosyl units 2-, 3-, 4- and/or 6- position, preferably predominantely the 2- position.
  • condensation products of ethylene oxide with a hydrophobic base formed by the condensation of propylene oxide with propylene glycol are also suitable for use herein.
  • the hydrophobic portion of these compounds will preferably have a molecular weight of from about 1500 to about 1800 and will exhibit water insolubility.
  • the addition of polyoxyethylene moieties to this hydrophobic portion tends to increase the water solubility of the molecule as a whole, and the liquid character of the product is retained up to the point where the polyoxyethylene content is about 50% of the total weight of the condensation product, which corresponds to condensation with up to about 40 moles of ethylene oxide.
  • Examples of compounds of this type include certain of the commercially available Pluronic T M surfactants, marketed by BASF.
  • nonionic surfactants are the condensation products of ethylene oxide with the product resulting from the reaction of propylene oxide and ethylenediamine.
  • the hydrophobic moiety of these products consists of the reaction product of ethylenediamine and excess propylene oxide, and generally has a molecular weight of from about 2,500 to about 3,000. This hydrophobic moiety is condensed with ethylene oxide to the extent that the condensation product contains from about 40% to about 80% by weight of polyoxyethylene and has a molecular weight of from about 5,000 to about 11 ,000.
  • this type of nonionic surfactant include certain of the commercially available Tetronic ⁇ compounds, marketed by BASF.
  • nonionic surfactants for use herein include polyhydroxy fatty acid amides of the structural formula :
  • R 1 is H, C1-C4 hydrocarbyl, 2-hydroxy ethyl, 2-hydroxypropyl, or a mixture thereof, preferably C1-C4 alkyl, more preferably C-j or C2 alkyl, most preferably C-j alkyl (i.e., methyl); and R 2 is a C5-C31 hydrocarbyl, preferably straight chain C7-C19 alkyl or alkenyl, more preferably straight chain CQ-C17 alkyl or alkenyl, most preferably straight chain C-11-C17 alkyl or alkenyl, or mixtures thereof; and Z is a polyhydroxyhydrocarbyl having a linear hydrocarbyl chain with at least 3 hydroxyls directly connected to the chain, or an alkoxylated derivative (preferably ethoxylated or propoxylated) thereof.
  • Z preferably will be derived from a reducing sugar in a reductive amination reaction; more preferably Z is a glycityl.
  • Suitable reducing sugars include glucose, fructose, maltose, lactose, galactose, mannose, and xylose.
  • high dextrose corn syrup can be utilised as well as the individual sugars listed above. These corn syrups may yield a mix of sugar components for Z. It should be understood that it is by no means intended to exclude other suitable raw materials.
  • Z preferably will be selected from the group consisting of -CH2-(CHOH) n -CH2 ⁇ H, -CH(CH2 ⁇ H)-
  • R " 1 can be, for example, N-methyl, N-ethyl, N-propyl, N-isopropyl, N-butyl, N-2-hydroxy ethyl, or N-2-hydroxy propyl.
  • R 2 -CO-N ⁇ can be, for example, cocamide, stearamide, oleamide, lauramide, myristamide, capricamide, palmitamide, tallowamide, etc.
  • Z can be 1-deoxyglucityl, 2-deoxyfructityl, 1-deoxymaltityl, 1-deoxylactityl, 1- deoxygalactityl, 1-deoxymannityl, 1-deoxymaltotriotityl, etc.
  • suitable nonionic surfactants for use herein are polyethylene oxide condensates of alkyl phenols, condensation products of primary and secondary aliphatic alcohols with from about 1 to about 25 moles of ethylene oxide, alkylpolysaccharides, and mixtures thereof.
  • Most preferred are C8-Ci4 alkyl phenol ethoxylates having from 3 to 15 ethoxy groups and C ⁇ -Ci ⁇ alcohol ethoxylates (preferably C ⁇
  • Particularly preferred surfactants include also the anionic surfactants.
  • Suitable anionic surfactants for use herein include alkali metal (e.g., sodium or potassium) fatty acids, or soaps thereof, containing from about 8 to about 24, preferably from about 10 to about 20 carbon atoms.
  • the fatty acids including those used in making the soaps can be obtained from natural sources such as, for instance, plant or animal-derived glycerides (e.g., palm oil, coconut oil, babassu oil, soybean oil, castor oil, tallow, whale oil, fish oil, tallow, grease, lard and mixtures thereof).
  • the fatty acids can also be synthetically prepared (e.g., by oxidation of petroleum stocks or by the Fischer- Tropsch process).
  • Alkali metal soaps can be made by direct soapification of fats and oils or by the neutralisation of the free fatty acids which are prepared in a separate manufacturing process.
  • sodium and potassium salts of the mixtures of fatty acids derived from coconut oil and tallow i.e., sodium and potassium tallow and coconut soaps.
  • tallow is used herein in connection with fatty acid mixtures which typically have an approximate carbon chain length distribution of 2.5% C-14, 29%
  • Suitable anionic surfactants for use herein include water-soluble salts, particularly the alkali metal salts, of organic sulphuric reaction products having in the molecular structure an alkyl radical containing from about 8 to about 22 carbon atoms and a radical selected from the group consisting of sulfonic acid and sulphuric acid ester radicals.
  • these synthetic detergents are the sodium, ammonium or potassium alkyl sulfates, especially those obtained by sulphating the higher alcohols produced by reducing the glycerides of tallow or coconut oil; sodium or potassium alkyl benzene sulfonates, in which the alkyl group contains from about 9 to about 15 carbon atoms, especially those of the types described in U.S.
  • Suitable zwitterionic detergents for use herein comprise the betaine and betaine- like detergents wherein the molecule contains both basic and acidic groups which form an inner salt giving the molecule both cationic and anionic hydrophilic groups over a broad range of pH values.
  • Some common examples of these detergents are described in U.S. Pat. Nos. 2,082,275, 2,702,279 and 2,255,082, incorporated herein by reference.
  • Preferred zwitterionic detergent compounds have the formula:
  • R1 is an alkyl radical containing from 8 to 22 carbon atoms
  • R2 and R3 contain from 1 to 3 carbon atoms
  • R4 is an alkylene chain containing from 1 to 3 carbon atoms
  • X is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen and a hydroxyl radical
  • Y is selected from the group consisting of carboxyl and sulfonyl radicals and wherein the sum of R1 , R2 and R3 radicals is from 14 to 24 carbon atoms.
  • Amphoteric and ampholytic detergents which can be either cationic or anionic depending upon the pH of the system are represented by detergents such as dodecylbeta-alanine, N-alkyltaurines such as the one prepared by reacting dodecylamine with sodium isethionate according to the teaching of U.S. Pat. No. 2,658,072, N-higher alkylaspartic acids such as those produced according to the teaching of U.S. Pat. No. 2,438,091 , and the products sold under the trade name "Miranol", and described in U.S. Pat. No. 2,528,378, said patents being incorporated herein by reference. Additional synthetic detergents and listings of their commercial sources can be found in McCutcheon's Detergents and Emulsifiers, North American Ed. 1980, incorporated herein by reference.
  • Suitable amphoteric surfactants include the amine oxides corresponding to the formula: R R' R" N ⁇ O
  • R is a primary alkyl group containing 6-24 carbons, preferably 10-18 carbons, and wherein R' and R" are, each, independently, an alkyl group containing 1 to 6 carbon atoms.
  • the arrow in the formula is a conventional representation of a semi-polar bond.
  • the preferred amine oxides are those in which the primary alkyl group has a straight chain in at least most of the molecules, generally at least 70%, preferably at least 90% of the molecules, and the amine oxides which are especially preferred are those in which R contains 10-18 carbons and R' and R" are both methyl.
  • Exemplary of the preferred amine oxides are the N-hexyldimethylamine oxide, N-octyldimethylamine oxide, N- decyldimethylamine oxide, N-dodecyl dimethylamine oxide, N- tetradecyldimethylamine oxide, N-hexadecyl dimethylamine oxide, N- octadecyldimethylamine oxide, N-eicosyldimethylamine oxide, N- docosyldimethylamine oxide, N-tetracosyl dimethylamine oxide, the corresponding amine oxides in which one or both of the methyl groups are replaced with ethyl or 2-hydroxyethyl groups and mixtures thereof.
  • a most preferred amine oxide for use herein is N-decyldimethylamine oxide.
  • amphoteric surfactants for the purpose of the invention are the phosphine or sulfoxide surfactants of formula: R R' R" A ⁇ O
  • A is phosphorus or sulphur atom
  • R is a primary alkyl group containing 6- 24 carbons, preferably 10-18 carbons
  • R' and R" are, each, independently selected from methyl, ethyl and 2-hydroxyethyl.
  • the arrow in the formula is a conventional representation of a semi-polar bond.
  • Cationic surfactants suitable for use in compositions of the present invention are those having a long-chain hydrocarbyl group.
  • cationic surfactants include the ammonium surfactants such as alkyldimethylammonium halogenides, and those surfactants having the formula:
  • R 2 is an alkyl or alkyl benzyl group having from 8 to 18 carbon atoms in the alkyl chain
  • each R3 is selected from the group consisting of -CH2CH2-, - CH 2 CH(CH3)-, -CH2CH(CH2 ⁇ H)-, -CH2CH2CH2-, and mixtures thereof
  • each R4 is selected from the group consisting of C1-C4 alkyl, C1-C4 hydroxyalkyl, benzyl ring structures formed by joining the two R4 groups, -CH2CHOH- CHOHCOR6CHOHCH2OH wherein R6 is any hexose or hexose polymer having a molecular weight less than about 1000, and hydrogen when y is not 0
  • R5 is the same as R 4 or is an alkyl chain wherein the total number of carbon atoms of
  • R 2 plus R5 is not more than about 18; each y is from 0 to about 10 and the sum of the y values is from 0 to about 15; and X is any compatible anion.
  • said surfactant is selected from the group consisting of nonionic surfactants, anionic surfactants and mixtures thereof.
  • said surfactant is selected from the group consisting of : polyethylene oxide condensates of alkyl phenols; condensation products of primary and secondary aliphatic alcohols with from about 1 to about 25 moles of ethylene oxide; alkylpolysaccharides; alkyl sulfates; alkyl benzene sulphonates; and mixtures thereof. More preferably, said surfactant is selected from the group consisting of : condensation products of primary and secondary aliphatic alcohols with from about 1 to about 25 moles of ethylene oxide; alkyl benzene sulphonates; and mixtures thereof
  • the cleaning compositions of the present invention comprise a perfume or a mixture thereof as a highly preferred optional ingredient.
  • Suitable perfumes for use herein include materials which provide an olfactory aesthetic benefit and/or cover any "chemical” odour that the product may have.
  • perfume components in these perfumes are to improve the fragrance odour of the product itself, rather than impacting on the subsequent odour of the surface being cleaned.
  • perfume components in these perfumes provide a fresh and clean impression to the surfaces, and it is desirable that these ingredients be deposited and present on the dry surface.
  • Perfume ingredients can be readily solubilized in the compositions, for instance by the nonionic detergent surfactants, when present.
  • the perfume ingredients and compositions suitable to be used herein are the conventional ones known in the art. Selection of any perfume component, or amount of perfume, is based solely on aesthetic considerations.
  • the combination of the 2-alkyl alkanol with a perfume when present results in an improved wetting providing a further improved streak-free cleaning and/or cleaning performance benefit.
  • the high volatility of certain perfumes, when present further improves the evaporation profile of a cleaning composition according to the present invention and thereby provides an improved evaporation benefit resulting in an even faster drying.
  • Suitable perfume compounds and compositions can be found in the art including U.S. Pat. Nos. : 4,145,184, Brain and Cummins, issued March 20, 1979; 4,209,417, Whyte, issued June 24, 1980; 4,515,705, Moeddel, issued May 7, 1985; and 4,152,272, Young, issued May 1 , 1979, all of said patents being incorporated herein by reference.
  • the degree of substantivity of a perfume is roughly proportional to the percentages of substantive perfume material used.
  • Relatively substantive perfumes contain at least about 1 %, preferably at least about 10%, substantive perfume materials.
  • Substantive perfume materials are those odorous compounds that deposit on surfaces via the cleaning process and are detectable by people with normal olfactory acuity.
  • Such materials typically have vapour pressures lower than that of the average perfume material. Also, they typically have molecular weights of about 200 and above, and are detectable at levels below those of the average perfume material.
  • Perfume ingredients useful herein, along with their odour character, and their physical and chemical properties, such as boiling point and molecular weight, are given in "Perfume and Flavor Chemicals (Aroma Chemicals),” Steffen Arctander, published by the author, 1969, incorporated herein by reference.
  • Examples of the highly volatile, low boiling, perfume ingredients are : anethole, benzaldehyde, benzyl acetate, benzyl alcohol, benzyl formate, iso-bornyl acetate, camphene, ciscitral (neral), citronellal, citronellol, citronellyl acetate, para- cymene, decanal, dihydrolinalool, dihydromyrcenol, dimethyl phenyl carbinol, eucaliptol, geranial, geraniol, geranyl acetate, geranyl nitrile, cis-3-hexenyl acetate, hydroxycitronellal, d-limonene, linalool, linalool oxide, linalyl acetate, linalyl propionate, methyl anthranilate, alpha-methyl ionone, methyl nonyl acetaldehy
  • lavandin contains as major components : linalool; linalyl acetate; geraniol; and citronellol. Lemon oil and orange terpenes both contain about 95% of d-limonene.
  • moderately volatile perfume ingredients are : amyl cinnamic aldehyde, iso-amyl salicylate, beta-caryophyllene, cedrene, cinnamic alcohol, coumarin, dimethyl benzyl carbinyl acetate, ethyl vanillin, eugenol, iso-eugenol, flor acetate, heliotropine, 3-cis-hexenyl salicylate, hexyl salicylate, lilial (para- tertiarybutyl-alpha-methyl hydrocinnamic aldehyde), gamma-methyl ionone, nerolidol, patchouli alcohol, phenyl hexanol, beta-selinene, trichloromethyl phenyl carbinyl acetate, triethyl citrate, vanillin, and veratraldehyde.
  • Examples of the less volatile, high boiling, perfume ingredients are : benzophenone, benzyl salicylate, ethylene brassylate, galaxolide (1 ,3,4,6,7,8- hexahydro-4,6,6,7,8,8-hexamethyl-cyclopenta-gama-2-benzopyran), hexyl cinnamic aldehyde, lyral (4-(4-hydroxy-4-methyl pentyl)-3-cyclohexene-10- carboxaldehyde), methyl cedrylone, methyl dihydro jasmonate, methyl-beta- naphthyl ketone, musk indanone, musk ketone, musk tibetene, and phenylethyl phenyl acetate.
  • compositions herein may comprise a perfume or a mixture thereof, in amounts up to 5.0%, preferably in amounts of 0.01 % to 1.5%, more preferably in amounts of 0.05% to 1.0%, even more preferably in amounts of 0.1 % to 0.5%, by weight of the total composition.
  • the wet wipes preferably also comprise an antifoaming agent, preferably in the liquid composition.
  • an antifoaming agent known in the art is suitable for the present invention.
  • Highly preferred antifoaming agents are those comprising silicone.
  • Preferred antifoaming agents may further comprise a fatty acid and/or a capped alkoxylated nonionic surfactant as defined herein after.
  • the amount of antifoaming agent used expressed in weight percent is from 0.01 % to 5%, more preferably from 0.1% to 1 %, most preferably from 0.1% to 0.6 % of the weight of the dry substrate material.
  • compositions herein comprise from 1 • 10 ⁇ 4 % to 10%, preferably from M0 "3 % to 5% and more preferably from 1 - 10 ⁇ 2 % to 5% by weight of the total composition of a fatty acid or a mixture thereof.
  • compositions herein comprise from 1 10 "3 % to 20%, preferably from 1 • 10 "2 % to 10% and more preferably from 5 • 10 "2 % to 5% by weight of the total composition of a capped alkoxylated nonionic surfactant as defined herein or a mixture thereof.
  • compositions herein comprise from 1 - 10 "5 % to 5%, preferably from 1 • 10 "5 % to 1 % and more preferably from 1 • 10 "4 % to 0.5% by weight of the total composition of a silicone or a mixture thereof.
  • the antifoaming agent comprises a silicone and a fatty acid.
  • a weight ratio of fatty acid : silicone of 1 : 1 • 10 ⁇ 5 to 10 :1 and preferably from 1 : ⁇ - ⁇ 0 ⁇ 4 to 1 : 1.
  • the three foam reducing agents described herein are used together.
  • a weight ratio of fatty acid : capped nonionic surfactant: silicone of 1 : M0 3 : M0 ⁇ S to 10:1 :1 and preferably from 1 : M0 2 : M0 "4 to 1 :1 :1.
  • Suitable fatty acids for use herein are the alkali salts of a C8-C24 fatty acid.
  • Preferred fatty acids for use herein contain from 8 to 22 carbon atoms, preferably from 8 to 20 and more preferably from 8 to 18.
  • Suitable fatty acids may be selected from caprylic acid, capric acid, lauric acid, myristic acid, palmitic acid, stearic acid and mixtures of fatty acids suitably hardened, derived from natural sources such as plant or animal esters (e.g., palm oil, coconut oil, soybean oil, castor oil, tallow, ground oil, whale and fish oils and/or babassu oil.
  • Suitable capped alkoxylated nonionic surfactants for use herein are according to the formula: R 1 (0-CH 2 -CH 2 )n-(OR2)m-0-R3
  • is a C8-C24 linear or branched alkyl or alkenyl group, aryl group, alkaryl group, preferably R-
  • R2 is a C- ⁇ -C ⁇ o linear or branched alkyl group, preferably a C2-C10 linear or branched alkyl group, preferably a C3 group;
  • R3 is a C-
  • Suitable silicones for use herein include any silicone and silica-silicone mixtures. Silicones can be generally represented by alkylated polysiloxane materials while silica is normally used in finely divided forms exemplified by silica aerogels and xerogels and hydrophobic silicas of various types. These materials can be incorporated as particulates in which the silicone is advantageously releasably incorporated in a water-soluble or water-dispersible, substantially non-surface- active detergent impermeable carrier. Alternatively, the silicone can be dissolved or dispersed in a liquid carrier and applied by spraying on to one or more of the other components.
  • One preferred antifoaming agent in accordance with the present invention is available from Wacker as Wacker silicone antifoaming emulsion SE 2®.
  • liquid compositions according to the present invention may comprise a variety of other optional ingredients depending on the technical benefit aimed for and the surface treated.
  • Suitable optional ingredients for use herein include builders, chelants, polymers, buffers, bactericides, hydrotropes, colorants, stabilisers, radical scavengers, bleaches, bleach activators, enzymes, soil suspenders, dye transfer agents, brighteners, anti dusting agents, dispersants, dye transfer inhibitors, pigments and/or dyes.
  • Suitable phosphonate chelating agents for use herein may include alkali metal ethane 1 -hydroxy diphosphonates (HEDP), alkylene poly (alkylene phosphonate), as well as amino phosphonate compounds, including amino aminotri(methylene phosphonic acid) (ATMP), nitrilo trimethylene phosphonates (NTP), ethylene diamine tetra methylene phosphonates, and diethylene triamine penta methylene phosphonates (DTPMP).
  • HEDP alkali metal ethane 1 -hydroxy diphosphonates
  • alkylene poly (alkylene phosphonate) alkylene poly (alkylene phosphonate)
  • amino phosphonate compounds including amino aminotri(methylene phosphonic acid) (ATMP), nitrilo trimethylene phosphonates (NTP), ethylene diamine tetra methylene phosphonates, and diethylene triamine penta methylene phosphonates (DTPMP).
  • the phosphonate compounds may be present either in their acid form or as salts of different cations on some or all of their acid functionalities.
  • Preferred phosphonate chelating agents to be used herein are diethylene triamine penta methylene phosphonate (DTPMP) and ethane 1 -hydroxy diphosphonate (HEDP). Such phosphonate chelating agents are commercially available from Monsanto under the trade name DEQUEST®-
  • Polyfunctionally-substituted aromatic chelating agents may also be useful in the compositions herein. See U.S. patent 3,812,044, issued May 21 , 1974, to Connor et al.
  • Preferred compounds of this type in acid form are dihydroxydisulfobenzenes such as 1 ,2-dihydroxy -3,5-disulfobenzene.
  • a preferred biodegradable chelating agent for use herein is ethylene diamine N,N'- disuccinic acid, or alkali metal, or alkaline earth, ammonium or substitutes ammonium salts thereof or mixtures thereof.
  • Ethylenediamine N,N'- disuccinic acids, especially the (S,S) isomer have been extensively described in US patent 4, 704, 233, November 3, 1987, to Hartman and Perkins.
  • Ethylenediamine N,N'- disuccinic acids is, for instance, commercially available under the tradename ssEDDS® from Palmer Research Laboratories.
  • Suitable amino carboxylates for use herein include ethylene diamine tetra acetates, diethylene triamine pentaacetates, diethylene triamine pentaacetate (DTPA),N- hydroxyethylethylenediamine triacetates, nitrilotri-acetates, ethylenediamine tetrapropionates, triethylenetetraaminehexa-acetates, ethanol- diglycines, propylene diamine tetracetic acid (PDTA) and methyl glycine di-acetic acid (MGDA), both in their acid form, or in their alkali metal, ammonium, and substituted ammonium salt forms.
  • PDTA propylene diamine tetracetic acid
  • MGDA methyl glycine di-acetic acid
  • Particularly suitable amino carboxylates to be used herein are diethylene triamine penta acetic acid, propylene diamine tetracetic acid (PDTA) which is, for instance, commercially available from BASF under the trade name Trilon FS® and methyl glycine di-acetic acid (MGDA).
  • PDTA propylene diamine tetracetic acid
  • MGDA methyl glycine di-acetic acid
  • carboxylate chelating agents for use herein include salicylic acid, aspartic acid, glutamic acid, glycine, malonic acid or mixtures thereof.
  • the liquid compositions of the present invention may also comprises a builder or a mixture thereof, as an optional ingredient.
  • Suitable builders for use herein include polycarboxylates and polyphosphates, and salts thereof.
  • the compositions of the present invention comprise up to 20.0 % by weight of the total composition of a builder or mixtures thereof, preferably from 0.1% to 10.0% , and more preferably from 0.5% to 5.0%.
  • Such suitable and preferred polycarboxylates include citrate and complexes of the formula:
  • A is H or OH; B is H or -0-CH(COOX)-CH2(COOX); and X is H or a salt- forming cation.
  • a and B are both H, then the compound is oxydisuccinic acid and its water-soluble salts. If A is OH and B is H, then the compound is tartrate monosuccinic acid (TMS) and its water- soluble salts. If A is H and B is -0-CH(COOX)-CH2(COOX), then the compound is tartrate disuccinic acid (TDS) and its water-soluble salts.
  • TMS monosuccinic acid
  • TDS tartrate disuccinic acid
  • TDS tartrate disuccinic acid
  • Still other ether polycarboxylates suitable for use herein include copolymers of maleic anhydride with ethylene or vinyl methyl ether, 1 , 3, 5-trihydroxy benzene- 2, 4, 6-trisulfonic acid.
  • polycarboxylate builders include the ether hydroxypolycarboxylates represented by the structure :
  • M is hydrogen or a cation wherein the resultant salt is water-soluble, preferably an alkali metal, ammonium or substituted ammonium cation, n is from about 2 to about 15 (preferably n is from about 2 to about 10, more preferably n averages from about 2 to about 4) and each R is the same or different and selected from hydrogen, C-
  • Suitable ether polycarboxylates also include cyclic compounds, particularly alicyclic compounds, such as those described in U.S. Patents 3,923,679; 3,835,163; 4,158,635; 4,120,874 and 4,102,903, all of which are incorporated herein by reference.
  • cyclic compounds are dipicolinic acid and chelidanic acid.
  • suitable polycarboxylates for use herein are mellitic acid, succinic acid, polymaleic acid, benzene 1 ,3,5-tricarboxylic acid, benzene pentacarboxylic acid, and carboxymethyloxysuccinic acid, and soluble salts thereof.
  • carboxylate builders herein include the carboxylated carbohydrates disclosed in U.S. Patent 3,723,322, Diehl, issued March 28, 1973, incorporated herein by reference.
  • carboxylates for use herein, but which are less preferred because they do not meet the above criteria are alkali metal, ammonium and substituted ammonium salts of polyacetic acids.
  • polyacetic acid builder salts are sodium, potassium, lithium, ammonium and substituted ammonium salts of ethylenediamine, tetraacetic acid and nitrilotriacetic acid.
  • polycarboxylates are those also known as alkyliminoacetic builders such as methyl imino diacetic acid, alanine diacetic acid, methyl glycine diacetic acid, hydroxy propylene imino diacetic acid and other alkyl imino acetic acid builders.
  • succinic acid builders include the C5-C20 alkyl succinic acids and salts thereof.
  • a particularly preferred compound of this type is dodecenylsuccinic acid.
  • Alkyl succinic acids typically are of the general formula R-CH(COOH)CH2(COOH) i.e., derivatives of succinic acid, wherein R is hydrocarbon, e.g., C10-C20 a ' or alkenyl, preferably C12-C16 or wherein R may be substituted with hydroxyl, sulfo, sulfoxy or sulfone substituents, all as described in the above-mentioned patents.
  • R is hydrocarbon, e.g., C10-C20 a ' or alkenyl, preferably C12-C16 or wherein R may be substituted with hydroxyl, sulfo, sulfoxy or sulfone substituents, all as described in the above-mentioned patents.
  • Other suitable succinate builders include imino disuccinate, oxodisuccinates, tartrate monosuccinate, tartratedisuccinates and polysuccinates.
  • the succinate builders are preferably used in the form of their water-soluble salts, including the sodium, potassium, ammonium and alkanolammonium salts.
  • succinate builders include laurylsuccinate, myristylsuccinate, palmitylsuccinate, 2-dodecenylsuccinate (preferred), 2- pentadecenylsuccinate, and the like. Laurylsuccinates are the preferred builders of this group, and are described in European Patent Application 86200690.5/0 200 263, published November 5, 1986.
  • useful builders also include sodium and potassium carboxymethyloxymalonate, carboxymethyloxysuccinate, cis-cyclo- hexanehexacarboxylate, cis-cyclopentane-tetracarboxylate, water-soluble polyacrylates and the copolymers of maleic anhydride with vinyl methyl ether or ethylene.
  • polyacetal carboxylates are the polyacetal carboxylates disclosed in U.S. Patent 4,144,226, Crutchfield et al., issued March 13, 1979, incorporated herein by reference. These polyacetal carboxylates can be prepared by bringing together, under polymerisation conditions, an ester of glyoxylic acid and a polymerisation initiator. The resulting polyacetal carboxylate ester is then attached to chemically stable end groups to stabilise the polyacetal carboxylate against rapid depolymerization in alkaline solution, converted to the corresponding salt, and added to a surfactant.
  • Polycarboxylate builders are also disclosed in U.S. Patent 3,308,067, Diehl, issued March 7, 1967, incorporated herein by reference. Such materials include the water-soluble salts of homo- and copolymers of aliphatic carboxylic acids such as maleic acid, itaconic acid, mesaconic acid, fumaric acid, aconitic acid, citraconic acid and methylenemalonic acid.
  • Suitable polyphosphonates for use herein are the alkali metal, ammonium and alkanolammonium salts of polyphosphates (exemplified by the tripolyphosphates, pyrophosphates, and glassy polymeric meta-phosphates), phosphonates.
  • the most preferred builder for use herein is citrate.
  • compositions according to the present invention may further comprise a divalent ion, or mixtures thereof.
  • All divalent ions known to those skilled in the art may be used herein.
  • Preferred divalent ions to be used herein are calcium, zinc, cadmium, nickel, copper, cobalt, zirconium, chromium and/or magnesium and more preferred are calcium, zinc and/or magnesium.
  • Said divalent ions may be added in the form of salts for example as chloride, acetate, sulphate, formate and/or nitrate or as a complex metal salt.
  • calcium may be added in the form of calcium chloride, magnesium as magnesium acetate or magnesium sulphate and zinc as zinc chloride.
  • such ions may be present at a level up to 3 %, preferably from 0.001 % to 1 % by weight of the total composition.
  • liquid compositions herein may also comprise a bleaching component. Any bleach known to those skilled in the art may be suitable to be used herein including any peroxygen bleach as well as a chlorine releasing component.
  • Suitable peroxygen bleaches for use herein include hydrogen peroxide or sources thereof.
  • a source of hydrogen peroxide refers to any compound which produces active oxygen when said compound is in contact with water.
  • Suitable water-soluble sources of hydrogen peroxide for use herein include percarbonates, preformed percarboxylic acids, persilicates, persulphates, perborates, organic and inorganic peroxides and/or hydroperoxides.
  • Suitable chlorine releasing component for use herein is an alkali metal hypochlorite.
  • the composition of the invention are stable in presence of this bleaching component.
  • alkali metal hypochlorites are preferred, other hypochlorite compounds may also be used herein and can be selected from calcium and magnesium hypochlorite.
  • a preferred alkali metal hypochlorite for use herein is sodium hypochlorite.
  • compositions of the present invention that comprise a peroxygen bleach may further comprise a bleach activator or mixtures thereof.
  • bleach activator it is meant herein a compound which reacts with peroxygen bleach like hydrogen peroxide to form a peracid. The peracid thus formed constitutes the activated bleach.
  • Suitable bleach activators to be used herein include those belonging to the class of esters, amides, imides, or anhydrides. Examples of suitable compounds of this type are disclosed in British Patent GB 1 586 769 and GB 2 143 231 and a method for their formation into a prilled form is described in European Published Patent Application EP-A-62 523.
  • Suitable examples of such compounds to be used herein are tetracetyl ethylene diamine (TAED), sodium 3,5,5 trimethyl hexanoyloxybenzene sulphonate, diperoxy dodecanoic acid as described for instance in US 4 818 425 and nonylamide of peroxyadipic acid as described for instance in US 4 259 201 and n-nonanoyloxybenzenesulphonate (NOBS).
  • TAED tetracetyl ethylene diamine
  • NOBS n-nonanoyloxybenzenesulphonate
  • N-acyl caprolactams selected from the group consisting of substituted or unsubstituted benzoyl caprolactam, octanoyl caprolactam, nonanoyl caprolactam, hexanoyl caprolactam, decanoyl caprolactam, undecenoyl caprolactam, formyl caprolactam, acetyl caprolactam, propanoyl caprolactam, butanoyl caprolactam pentanoyl caprolactam or mixtures thereof.
  • a particular family of bleach activators of interest was disclosed in EP 624 154, and particularly preferred in that family is acetyl triethyl citrate (ATC).
  • Acetyl triethyl citrate has the advantage that it is environmental-friendly as it eventually degrades into citric acid and alcohol. Furthermore, acetyl triethyl citrate has a good hydrolytical stability in the product upon storage and it is an efficient bleach activator. Finally, it provides good building capacity to the composition.
  • the wet wipes according to the present invention may be packaged in a box, preferably in a plastic box.
  • the wet wipes are provided in a stacked configuration which may comprise any number of wipes.
  • the stack comprises from 2 to 150, more preferably from 5 to 100, most preferably from 10 to 60 wipes.
  • the wipes may be provided in any configuration folded or unfolded. Most preferably, the wipes are stacked in a folded configuration.
  • the present invention encompasses a process of cleaning a surface, preferably a hard surface, comprising the step of contacting, preferably wiping, said surface with a wet wipe as described herein.
  • said process comprises the steps of contacting parts of said surface, more preferably soiled parts of said surface, with said wet wipe
  • said process after contacting said surface with said wet wipe, further comprises the step of imparting mechanical action to said surface using said wet wipe.
  • mechanical action it is meant herein, agitation of the wet wipe on the surface, as for example rubbing the surface using the wet wipe.
  • Hard-surfaces any kind of surfaces typically found in houses like kitchens, bathrooms, or in car interiors or exteriors, e.g., floors, walls, tiles, windows, sinks, showers, shower plastified curtains, wash basins, WCs, dishes, fixtures and fittings and the like made of different materials like ceramic, vinyl, no-wax vinyl, linoleum, melamine, glass, any plastics, plastified wood, metal or any painted or varnished or sealed surface and the like.
  • Hard-surfaces also include household appliances including, but not limited to, refrigerators, freezers, washing machines, automatic dryers, ovens, microwave ovens, dishwashers and so on.
  • compositions are made by combining the listed ingredients in the listed proportions (weight % unless otherwise specified).
  • the following Examples are meant to exemplify compositions used in a process according to the present invention but are not necessarily used to limit or otherwise define the scope of the present invention.
  • Isofol 12® is 2-butyl octanol commercially available from Condea.
  • Isofol 16® is 2-hexyl decanol commercially available from Condea.
  • C8-AS is octyl sulphate available from Albright and Wilson, under the tradename Empimin® LV 33.
  • A021 is a C12-14 E021 alcohol ethoxylate.
  • Isalchem® AS is a branched alcohol alkyl sulphate commercially available from
  • C 9-11 E05 is a C 9-11 E05 nonionic surfactant commercially available from ICI or Shell.
  • C12.14 E05 is a C12, 14 E05 nonionic surfactant commercially available from
  • C11 E05 is a C11 E05 nonionic surfactant.
  • NaPS is Sodium Paraffin sulphonate commercially available from Huls or Hoechst.
  • NaLAS is Sodium Linear Alkylbenzene sulphonate commercially available from A&W.
  • NaCS is Sodium Cumene sulphonate commercially available from A&W.
  • Isalchem AS® is a C12-13 sulphate surfactant commercially available from
  • Silicone is commercially available from Dow Corning.
  • n-BP is normal butoxy propanol commercially available from Dow Chemicals.
  • BDGE is normal buthyl diglycolether commercially available from Union Carbide or BASF.
  • Ethanol is commercially available from Condea.
  • IPA is isopropanol.
  • cleaning compositions are incorporated on a wet wipe as disclosed herein and provide wetting capabilities resulting in a cleaning benefit and/or a streak- free cleaning benefit whist showing an evaporation benefit.

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L'invention concerne un article humide permettant de nettoyer diverses surfaces, de préférence des surfaces dures, qui incorpore une composition de nettoyage comprenant un 2-alkyl alkanol et un solvant ou un mélange de ces derniers.
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