Patent ID: 6770617
Filing Date: 2004-08-03
Classification: C11D

Abstract:
A softener composition comprising (&agr;) an amino compound or a quaternary ammonium-having compound, (&bgr;) an anionic surfactant and water, in which (&agr;) and (&bgr;) form a complex with each other, and (&agr;) and (&bgr;) being specified below as (I) or (II), at a mole ratio of (&agr;)/(&bgr;) ranging from 9/1 to 5/5, further comprising an organic solvent having a log P of 0.2 to 3.0 when (&agr;) and (&bgr;) are specified as (I):(I) (a) a compound having one group selected from an amino group and a quaternary ammonium group and one hydrocarbon group having 8 to 36 carbon atoms in its molecule and (b) an anionic surfactant having a hydrocarbon group having 14 to 36 hydrocarbons and a â€”SO3M group and/or a â€”OSO3M group, M being a counter ion, in its molecule, or; (II) (aâ€³) a compound having one group selected from an amino group and a quaternary ammonium group and one hydrocarbon group having 8 to 36 carbon atoms in its molecule and (bâ€³) an anionic surfactant having a hydrocarbon group having 8 to 36 carbon atoms and a â€”SO3M group and/or a â€”OSO3M group, M being a counter ion, in its molecule wherein at least one of (aâ€³) and (bâ€³) contains a hydrocarbon group selected from (1) a hydrocarbon group having one or more unsaturated bonds and 8 to 36 carbon atoms and (2) a branched alkyl group having 8 to 36 carbon atoms.