IP Library Granted Patent US 7,588,647
Granted Patent B2
US 7,588,647 · App. 11/167,691 · Granted Sep 15, 2009

Aqueous detergent concentrates for rough, especially profiled tiles and flags

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Patent No.
US 7,588,647
App. No.
11/167,691
Granted
Sep 15, 2009
Kind
B2
Abstract

The invention relates to aqueous detergent concentrates based on nonionic, anionic, amphoteric surfactants, with or without the use of customary auxiliaries and additives, said concentrates comprising as cleaning enhancers at least one sorbitan ester of the general formula (I) where R can be an optionally branched, optionally substituted and/or heteroatom-containing saturated or unsaturated acyl radical having 6 to 22 carbon atoms, R 1 and R 2 independently of one another can be hydrogen or R, Alk is at least one radical from the group consisting of ethylene-, isopropylene-, and butylene-, and a, b and c independently of one another can be values between 0 to 25, where the sum of a+b+c=0 to 25.

Claims (29)

1. An aqueous detergent concentrate comprising, apart from water, as a cleaning enhancer, from 0.1 to 10 parts by weight of sorbitan ester(s) of the general formula (I)

wherein

R is a saturated or unsaturated acyl radical having 8 carbon atoms, and

R 1 and R 2 independently of one another are hydrogen or R.

2. The aqueous detergent concentrate as claimed in claim 1 , where said saturated or unsaturated acyl radical is branched, substituted, contains a heteroatom or contains a mixture thereof.

3. The aqueous detergent concentrate as claimed in claim 1 , wherein R is an optionally branched, optionally substituted saturated or unsaturated hydrocarbon radical.

4. The aqueous detergent concentrate as claimed in claim 1 , wherein R 1 or R 2 is hydrogen.

5. The aqueous detergent concentrate as claimed in claim 1 , wherein R is an optionally branched, optionally substituted saturated or unsaturated hydrocarbon radical, and R 1 and R 2 are hydrogen.

6. The aqueous detergent concentrate as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising,

from 0.1 to 10 parts by weight of at least one anionic surfactant,

from 0.0 to 20 parts by weight of at least one nonionic surfactant,

from 0.0 to 10 parts by weight of at least one amphoteric/zwitterionic surfactant, and

from 0.1 to 10 parts by weight of customary auxiliaries and additives.

7. The aqueous detergent concentrate as claimed in claim 6 , comprising as cleaning enhancers sorbitan esters in which R is an optionally branched, optionally substituted saturated or unsaturated hydrocarbon radical, and R 1 and R 2 are hydrogen.

8. A process of cleaning rough fine stoneware comprising applying to said fine stoneware an aqueous detergent concentrate, said concentrate comprising, apart from water, as a cleaning enhancer, from 0.1 to 10 parts by weight of sorbitan ester(s) of the general formula (I)

wherein

R is a saturated or unsaturated acyl radical having 8 carbon atoms, and

R 1 and R 2 independently of one another are hydrogen or R.

9. The process as claimed in claim 8 , where said saturated or unsaturated acyl radical is branched, substituted, contains a heteroatom or contains a mixture thereof.

10. The process as claimed in claim 8 , wherein R is an optionally branched, optionally substituted saturated or unsaturated hydrocarbon radical.

11. The process as claimed in claim 8 , wherein R 1 or R 2 is hydrogen.

12. The process as claimed in claim 8 , wherein R is an optionally branched, optionally substituted saturated or unsaturated hydrocarbon radical, and R 1 and R 2 are hydrogen.

13. The process as claimed in claim 8 , further comprising,

from 0.1 to 10 parts by weight of at least one anionic surfactant,

from 0.0 to 20 parts by weight of at least one nonionic surfactant,

from 0.0 to 10 parts by weight of at least one amphoteric/zwitterionic surfactant, and

from 0.1 to 10 parts by weight of customary auxiliaries and additives.

14. The process as claimed in claim 13 , comprising as cleaning enhancers sorbitan esters in which R is an optionally branched, optionally substituted saturated or unsaturated hydrocarbon radical, and R 1 and R 2 are hydrogen.

15. A process as claimed in claim 8 , wherein said rough fine stoneware comprises profiled tiles and/or flags of fine stoneware.

Assignments (4)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Sep 9, 2025
From: EVONIK DEGUSSA GMBH
To: EVONIK OPERATIONS GMBH
Reel/Frame 072195/0478 →
MERGER Recorded Feb 26, 2014
From: EVONIK GOLDSCHMIDT GMBH
To: EVONIK DEGUSSA GMBH
Reel/Frame 032335/0326 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Feb 22, 2010
From: GOLDSCHMIDT GMBH
To: EVONIK GOLDSCHMIDT GMBH
Reel/Frame 024016/0789 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 27, 2005
From: MULLER, FELIX; PEGGAU, JORG
To: GOLDSCHMIDT GMBH
Reel/Frame 016734/0465 →