IP Library Granted Patent US 10,138,446
Granted Patent B2
US 10,138,446 · App. 15/192,176 · Granted Nov 27, 2018

Cleaning product

Inventors: Wesley Yvonne Pieter Boers (Antwerpen, BE); Peter Vancampenhout (Berg, BE); Denis Alfred Gonzales (Brussels, BE); Aicha Dkidak (Brussels, BE); Jean-Luc Philippe Bettiol (Etterbeek, BE)
Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
C11D17/0043B08B3/003B08B3/08C11D1/29C11D1/75C11D1/83C11D1/94C11D3/2068C11D3/43C11D11/0023C11D17/041
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Patent No.
US 10,138,446
App. No.
15/192,176
Granted
Nov 27, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

A cleaning product having a spray dispenser and a cleaning composition suitable for spraying and foaming, the composition housed in the spray dispenser wherein the composition contains: i) 2 to 15% by weight of a surfactant system comprising an alkyl ethoxylated sulfate anionic surfactant and a specific co-surfactant; and ii) a specific glycol ether solvent.

Claims (33)

1. A cleaning product comprising a spray dispenser and a cleaning composition suitable for spraying and foaming, the composition housed in the spray dispenser wherein the composition comprises:

i) about 2 to about 15% by weight of a surfactant system comprising an alkyl ethoxylated sulfate anionic surfactant and a co-surfactant selected from the group consisting of amphoteric surfactant, zwitteronic surfactant and mixtures thereof;

ii) a glycol ether solvent selected from the group consisting of glycol ethers of Formula I: R1O(R2O)nR3, Formula II: R4O(R5O)nR6 and mixtures thereof wherein

R1 is a linear or branched C4, C5 or C6 alkyl, a substituted or unsubstituted phenyl,

R2 is ethyl or isopropyl, R3 is hydrogen or methyl and n is 1, 2 or 3

R4 is n-propyl or isopropyl, R5 is isopropyl, R6 is hydrogen or methyl and n is 1, 2 or 3;

iii) bicarbonate; and

iv) an alkanol amine.

2. A product according to claim 1 wherein the alkyl ethoxylate sulfate has an average degree of ethoxylation of from about 2 to about 5.

3. A product according to claim 1 wherein the co-surfactant is an amphoteric surfactant comprising amine oxide surfactant.

4. A product according to claim 1 wherein the ethoxylated sulfate anionic surfactant and the co-surfactant are present in a weight ratio of about 4:1 to about 1:1.

5. A product according to claim 1 wherein the composition comprises from about 1% to about 7% by weight of the composition of the glycol ether solvent.

6. A product according to claim 1 wherein the glycol ether solvent is selected from the group consisting of dipropylene glycol n-butyl ether, propyleneglycol n-butyl ether and mixtures thereof.

7. A product according to claim 1 wherein the composition has a pH from about 10.5 to about 11.5 as measured at 10% solution in distilled water at 20° C. and a reserve alkalinity of from about 0.1 to about 1 expressed as g NAOH/ 100 ml of composition at a pH of 10.

8. A product according to claim 1 wherein the composition has a reserve alkalinity of from about 0.1 to about 0.5 expressed as g NAOH/ 100 ml of composition at a pH of 10.

9. A product according to claim 1 wherein the surfactant system and the solvent are in a weight ratio of from about 4:1 to about 1:1.

10. A product according to claim 1 wherein the composition comprises at least 5% by weight of the composition of the surfactant system.

11. A product according to claim 1 wherein the composition has a pH of from about 10 to about 11.5 as measured in a 10% solution in distilled water at 20° C., a reserve alkalinity of from about 0.1 to about 0.3, expressed as g NAOH/100 ml of composition at a pH of 10, the composition comprising:

i) about 4 to about 10% by weight of the composition of an alkyl ethoxylated sulfate, the alkyl ethoxylated sulfate having an average degree of ethoxylation of about 3;

ii) about 1 to about 5% by weight of the composition of amine oxide surfactant; and

iii) about 3% to about 8% by weight of the composition of glycol ether solvent.

12. A product according to claim 1 wherein the composition further comprises a chelant.

13. A product according to claim 1 wherein the composition further comprises a builder.

14. A product according to claim 1 wherein the composition further comprises a further solvent selected from the group consisting of C2-C4 alcohols, C2-C4 polyols, poly alkylene glycol and mixtures thereof.

15. A product according to claim 1 wherein the composition has a high shear viscosity (at 10,000 s−1) of from about 1 to about 20 mPa·s at 20° C. as measured using the viscosity test method defined herein.

16. A product according to claim 1 wherein the composition has a low shear (100 s−1) to high shear viscosity ratio of from about 10:1 to about 1.5:1 at 20° C. as measured using the viscosity test method defined herein.

17. A product according to claim 1 wherein the composition comprises a rheology modifier.

18. A method of cleaning soiled dishware using the product according to claim 1 comprising the steps of:

a) optionally pre-wetting the soiled dishware;

b) spraying the cleaning composition onto the soiled dishware;

c) optionally adding water to the soiled dishware during a period of time;

d) optionally scrubbing the dishware; and

e) rinsing the dishware.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 21, 2016
From: BOERS, WESLEY YVONNE PIETER; VANCAMPENHOUT, PETER; GONZALES, DENIS ALFRED; DKIDAK, AICHA; BETTIOL, JEAN-LUC PHILIPPE
To: THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY
Reel/Frame 040393/0302 →
Priority Claims (1)
EP 15176541 · Jul 13, 2015 · regional
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20170015962A1 · Jan 19, 2017