Manual spray cleaner and protectants
View Patent ↗A manual spray cleaner for removing dirt and stains from fabrics and carpets comprising a spray bottle having two separate chambers and a single dispensing spray outlet for dispensing controlled amounts of liquids from each of the chambers. One of the chambers has a fabric/carpet cleaning composition therein and the other chamber has an oxidizing composition that enhances the cleanability of the fabric/carpet cleaning composition. The fabric/carpet cleaning composition and the oxidizing composition are simultaneously drawn from their respective chambers and mixed together at the time that they are dispensed from the spray bottle. At least one of the oxidizing composition and the fabric/carpet cleaning composition includes a fabric/carpet protectant. The two compositions are mixed before or after they are sprayed from the bottle. The two compositions can be pressurized with an aerosol propellant or drawn from their respective chambers by a mechanical pump.
1. A kit for removing dirt and stains from fabrics and carpets comprising:
a cleaning composition comprising at least one polysiloxane-based anti-soil agent and at least one methacrylate-based anti-stain agent;
an oxidizing composition that enhances the cleanability of the cleaning composition; and
a container having:
a first chamber;
a second chamber; and
a dispensing system having a single dispensing spray outlet for dispensing controlled amounts of fluids from each of the first and second chambers;
wherein the cleaning composition is stored in one of the first and second chambers and the oxidizing composition is stored in the other of the first and second chambers, and
wherein the dispensing system is configured to simultaneously dispense the cleaning composition and the oxidizing composition from their respective chambers, mix the cleaning composition and the oxidizing compositions together, and dispense a mixture of the cleaning composition and the oxidizing composition from the container.
2. A kit according to claim 1 wherein the dispensing system is adapted to mix the cleaning composition and the oxidizing composition together at least one of in the single dispensing spray outlet before they are sprayed from the dispensing spray outlet and at a surface of the fabric or carpet after they are sprayed from the dispensing spray outlet.
3. A kit according to claim 1 wherein the dispensing system includes at least one of aerosol propellants in each of the first and second chambers to pressurize the fluid in each of the first and second chambers and a mechanical pump for drawing fluid from each of the first and second chambers for dispensing the cleaning composition and the oxidizing composition from their respective first and second chambers.
4. A kit according to claim 1 wherein the cleaning composition further comprises at least one of a surfactant, a fragrance and combinations thereof and the oxidizing composition comprises at least one of deionized water, a peroxide compound, a stabilizer, an anti-soil agent, an anti-stain agent and combinations thereof.
5. A kit according to claim 4 wherein the cleaning composition further includes a pH adjusting agent to maintain a pH in the cleaning composition between 7.5 and 12.0 in order to trigger release of oxygen in the oxidizing composition.
6. A kit according to claim 5 wherein the pH of oxidizing composition is in the range of about 1.5 to about 8.5.
7. A kit according to claim 1 wherein the oxidizing composition comprises hydrogen peroxide.
8. A kit according to claim 1 wherein each of the first and second chambers further comprises an aerosol propellant, an outlet with a valve assembly to control a flow of fluid through the outlet, and a dip tube connected to the valve assembly for dispensing fluid under pressure from each of the first and second chambers.
9. A kit according to claim 8 wherein the one of the first and second chambers storing the oxidizing composition is made from one of aluminum, steel and zinc-plated steel and has a coating of a material inert to a peroxide compound in the oxidizing composition on an inner wall of the one of the first and second chambers that is in contact with the oxidizing composition.
10. A kit according to claim 8 wherein the one of the first and second chamber storing the oxidizing composition is formed in part by a cup, and the outlet for the one of the first and second chambers is positioned in the cup, and the cup is formed of at least one of aluminum, steel and zinc-plated steel and has a coating of a material inert to a peroxide compound in the oxidizing composition.
11. A kit according to claim 8 wherein the aerosol propellant for the one of the first and second chambers storing the oxidizing composition is a fluorinated hydrocarbon and the aerosol propellant for the other of the first and second chambers storing the cleaning composition is dimethyl ether and the valves for the first and second chambers have at least one orifice.
12. A kit according to claim 1 wherein the cleaning composition further comprises at least one organic solvent selected from the group consisting essentially of glycol ethers, terpenes and mixtures thereof.