Patent ID: 6358914
Filing Date: 2002-03-19
Classification: C11D

Abstract:
An enhanced soil release detergent composition comprising:a) a conventional surfactant having one hydrophobic group and one hydrophilic group per molecule; b) a cationic gemini surfactant of the formula: â€ƒwherein R1 independently represents alkyl, hydroxy-substituted alkyl or perfluorinated alkyl of from about 5 to about 22 carbon atoms; R2 represents alkylene, hydroxy-substituted alkylene or alkylaryl of 1 to about 10 carbon atoms and the hydroxy-substituted derivatives thereof or R3â€”Dâ€”R3 wherein R3 independently represents alkylene of from 1 to about 6 carbon atoms and the hydroxy-substituted derivatives thereof as well as aryl, and D represents â€”Oâ€”, â€”Sâ€”, â€”SO2â€”, a polyether group [â€”O(R4)xâ€”] or aryl wherein R4 independently represents alkyl of from about 2 to about 4 carbon atoms with x being a number from 1 to 20 and: X independently represents an alkyl of 1 to 10 carbon atoms and the hydroxy-substituted derivatives thereof and alkylaryl: and Y independently represents an anion; c) a polymeric soil release agent.