Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Composition and method for the treatment of sunscreen stains in textiles
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Application No.: US14993316Application Date: 2016-01-12
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Publication No.: US09670438B2Publication Date: 2017-06-06
- Inventor: Stephen B. Christensen , Jessica R. Bull , Kirsten M. Weeks , Dawn N. Lock , Joanna Ai Pham
- Applicant: Ecolab USA Inc.
- Applicant Address: US MN St. Paul
- Assignee: Ecolab USA Inc.
- Current Assignee: Ecolab USA Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US MN St. Paul
- Agency: Merchant & Gould P.C.
- Main IPC: C11D1/83
- IPC: C11D1/83 ; C11D3/33 ; C11D7/08 ; C11D17/06 ; C11D11/00 ; C11D3/08 ; C11D3/20

Abstract:
A composition having a pH of less than 7 and including one or more surfactants, one or more chelating agents, and one or more acid in an aqueous solvents is used to treat stains on a textile caused by sunscreen lotion. Sunscreen stains in textiles can be reduced to a Δb* of 5 or less as compared to the textile before staining. The method includes preparing a use solution having a pH of less than 7 by applying to the wash solution a solid composition comprising about 15 to about 60 wt-% of surfactants; about 4 to about 18 wt-% chelating agents; and about 10 to about 40 wt-% of an acid or a salt thereof, and washing the textile in the wash solution, where the method is capable or reducing the stain in the textile to a Δb* of 7 or less as compared to the textile before staining.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160222329A1 COMPOSITION AND METHOD FOR TREATMENT OF STAINS IN TEXTILES Public/Granted day:2016-08-04
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