Abstract:
Granules are provided that are useful for oxidizing applications when the granules are dissolved in the presence of an active oxygen source. These granules include a salt having the structure of formula (I), wherein A, R1, R2, R3, Y and Z are as defined in the disclosure. The salt is carried by, coated with, or admixed with a solid particulate such as silica gel, silicic acid, silicate, aluminum oxide, clay, aluminum silicate, or mixtures thereof.
Abstract:
The present invention provides an apparatus for surface cleaning, in which a first liquid, which includes an oxidizing agent, and a second liquid, which includes a builder or a chelating agent, are initially maintained separately. The apparatus is constructed to facilitate delivery of these two liquids such that they are combined to form an admixture during delivery to a surface to be treated. Either or both of the first and second liquids include a pH-adjusting agent, which is present in an amount such that when the liquids are so delivered, the resulting admixture is maintained at a pH sufficient for cleaning efficacy and stability of the oxidizing agent. The present invention also provides a composition produced by a process of maintaining the two above-mentioned liquids separately and forming an admixture thereof during delivery to a surface to be treated.
Abstract:
The invention is a hard surface abrasive scouring cleanser having no significant syneresis, undue viscosity or yield stress increase, stably suspends abrasives, and has excellent rinsing characteristics. Furthermore, the present invention provides a stably suspended abrasive scouring cleanser which uses relatively small amounts of surfactants, thus lowering the total cost of producing these cleansers. The lesser amount of surfactant also affords the cleanser a milder feel and lower unaesthetic surfactant odor, while also requiring lower levels of fragrance. The absence of solvents results in a less irritating product as well. In one aspect the invention comprises, in aqueous solution: (a) a cross-linked polyacrylate; (b) at least one nonionic surfactant; (c) a pH adjusting agent; and (d) a calcium carbonate abrasive. In a further aspect the invention comprises, in aqueous solution: (a) a cross-linked polyacrylate thickener; (b) a mixed surfactant system which comprises one anionic surfactant and an amine oxide nonionic surfactant; (c) a pH adjusting agent; (d) a hydrotrope; and (e) a particulate abrasive.
Abstract:
The invention provides liquid cleaning or bleaching compositions containing compounds having the structure of Formula (I) wherein A is a saturated ring formed by five atoms in addition to the N1 atom, the five saturated ring atoms being four carbon atoms and a heteroatom, the substituent R1 bound to the N1 atom of the Formula (I) structure including either (a) a C1-24 alkyl or alkoxylated alkyl where the alkoxy is C2-4, (b) a C4-24 cycloalkyl, (c) a C7-24 alkaryl, (d) a repeating or nonrepeating alkoxy or alkoxylated alcohol, where the alkoxy unit is C2-4, or (e) -CR2R3CN where R2 and R3 are each H, a C1-24 alkyl, cycloalkyl, or alkaryl, or a repeating or nonrepeating alkoxyl or alkoxylated alcohol where the alkoxy unit is C2-4, the R2 and R3 substituents are each H, a C1-24 alkyl, cycloalkyl, or alkaryl, or a repeating or nonrepeating alkoxyl or alkoxylated alcohol where the alkoxy unit is C2-4, and wherein Y is a generally anionic counterion and Z is in the range of 0 to 10. Additional, adjunct materials commonly found in liquid cleaning and bleaching compositions can be added.
Abstract:
An abrasive-free cleaning composition is provided which includes, in aqueous solution, a bleach, a colloidal thickener, and a source of divalent ionic calcium. The composition further includes at least one surfactant effective to provide cleaning activity and, in association with the colloidal thickener, thickening. The composition also includes an electrolyte/buffer effective to promote an environment in which the thickener and surfactant associate to provide thickening. The cleaning composition has desirable viscosity and rheological properties, and demonstrates significant viscosity stability, phase stability and bleach stability. The cleaning composition maintains these desirable properties under typical storage conditions as well as over extended times and at elevated temperatures. The figure compares the viscosity stability of the provided cleaning compositions with a composition which does not contain ionic calcium. A method of preparing an abrasive-free cleaning composition and a method of cleaning a substrate with an abrasive-free cleaning composition are also provided.
Abstract:
The present invention provides an apparatus for surface cleaning, in which a first liquid, which includes an oxidizing agent, and a second liquid, which includes a builder or a chelating agent, are initially maintained separately. The apparatus is constructed to facilitate delivery of these two liquids such that they are combined to form an admixture during delivery to a surface to be treated. Either or both of the first and second liquids include a pH-adjusting agent, which is present in an amount such that when the liquids are so delivered, the resulting admixture is maintained at a pH sufficient for cleaning efficacy and stability of the oxidizing agent. The present invention also provides a composition produced by a process of maintaining the two above-mentioned liquids separately and forming an admixture thereof during delivery to a surface to be treated.
Abstract:
An improved cleaning composition is provided for shower and tub surfaces which is of the "shower rinsing" type, requiring no scrubbing, wiping, or immediate rinsing. The composition comprises: (a) a glycoside surfactant, the total amount of said surfactant being present in a cleaning effective amount; (b) a chelating agent, said chelating agent present in an amount effective to enhance bathroom soil removal in said composition; and (c) the remainder, water. A solvent such as isopropyl alcohol may also be added. The employment of a glycoside surfactant, especially one having an HLB value of greater than 13, remarkably improves the performance of such a shower rinsing composition both with respect to surface appearance streaking and filming and also bathroom soil and soap scum removing ability.
Abstract:
The present invention concerns a thickened viscoelastic cleaning formulation comprising, in aqueous solution: (a) an active cleaning compound; and (b) a viscoelastic thickening system comprising a tetradecyldialkylamine oxide and a hydrophobic organic counterion, wherein the formulation has a viscosity of at least 500 cP at 20 DEG C. The present invention is characterized as a means for reducing the characteristic "bleach odor" found in hypochlorite cleaning compositions of the prior art, particularly those which are volatilized upon dispensing. The compositions of the present invention may further be formulated to have utility as a hard surface cleaner, or as a drain opener.
Abstract:
The invention provides an aqueous, hard surface cleaner with significantly improved residue removal and substantially reduced filming/streaking, said cleaner comprising: (a) an effective amount of at least one organic solvent with a vapor pressure of at least 0.001 mm Hg at 25 DEG C, and mixtures of such solvents; (b) an effective amount of at least one semi-polar nonionic surfactant, said surfactant having structure (I) wherein R is C5-20 alkyl, R and R are both C1-4 alkyl, (a), or -(CH2)p-OH, although R and R do not have to be equal, and n is 1-5, and p is 1-6; (c) an effective amount of a buffering system which comprises a nitrogenous buffer which will result in a pH of greater than 6.5; and (d) the remainder as substantially all water.
Abstract:
Aqueous cleaning compositions and methods of use are disclosed with a thickening agent including an alkyl ether sulfate surfactant forming about 0.1 to about 10% by wt. of the composition, a solvent selected from the class consisting of terpene derivatives including a functional group and tertiary alcohols forming about 0.01 to about 10% by wt. of the composition and an electrolyte component in an amount effective for enhancing thickening effects of the alkyl ether sulfate surfactant and solvent. The electrolyte component preferably includes a hypochlorite of an alkali metal and more preferably at least one additional multivalent electrolyte, the additional multivalent electrolyte most preferably being sodium carbonate. With the electrolyte component including a hypochlorite, additional electrolytes and the solvent are selected to be bleach stable, the solvent also preferably being a fragrance for the composition.