IP Library Granted Patent US 8,629,093
Granted Patent B2
US 8,629,093 · App. 12/873,401 · Granted Jan 14, 2014

Detergent composition comprising mixture of chelants

Inventors: Regine Labeque (Neder-over-Heenbeek, BE); Eugene Joseph Pancheri (Montgomery, OH)
Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
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Patent No.
US 8,629,093
App. No.
12/873,401
Granted
Jan 14, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present application relates to a compact liquid detergent composition comprising a mixture of chelants suitable for use in laundry cleaning.

Claims (5)

1. A compact liquid detergent composition comprising from 1% to 80% surfactant by weight of the composition, from 7% to 20% water by weight of the composition, and from 0.05% to 5% chelant mixture by weight of the composition, wherein first chelant is sodium salt of Ethylenediamine-N,N′-disuccinic acid, and second chelant is sodium salt of diethylene triamine pentaacetate, wherein the chelant mixture comprises a weight ratio of about 1:1 of the sodium salts of diethylene triamine pentaacetate and Ethylenediamine-N,N′-disuccinic acid, and further wherein the compact liquid detergent composition is encapsulated in a water-soluble pouch.

2. A compact liquid detergent composition according to claim 1 wherein said liquid detergent composition comprises from 0.1% to 4% chelant mixture by weight of the composition.

3. A compact liquid detergent composition according to claim 1 wherein said liquid detergent composition comprises from 0.5% to 2% chelant mixture by weight of the composition.

4. A compact liquid detergent composition according to claim 1 wherein said compact liquid detergent composition comprises an opacifier and an antioxidant.

5. A compact liquid detergent composition according to claim 1 wherein the water-soluble pouch comprises two or more compartments, wherein the second compartment comprises a coloring agent and does not comprise opacifier.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 2, 2010
From: LABEQUE, REGINE; PANCHERI, EUGENE JOSEPH
To: THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY
Reel/Frame 024931/0921 →
Continuity (1)
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