Patent ID: 6337311
Filing Date: 2002-01-08
Classification: C11D

Abstract:
An all purpose liquid cleaning composition comprising:(a) 0.1 wt. % to 20 wt. % of a nonionic surfactant containing ethoxylate groups; (b) 0.1 wt. % to 5 wt. % of a liquid crystal suppression additive; said liquid crystal, suppression additive being selected from the group consisting of a 1,2-alkanediol having 5 to 10 carbon atoms, a C7-C12 N-alkyl pyrrolidone, a C8-C10 alkene carbonate, n-butyl urea and an organic diester having the structure of RCOOâ€”(C2H4O)nâ€”COR wherein R is C7 to C17 alkyl group and n is a number from 2 to 20; (c) the balance being water, wherein the composition does not contain more than 0.30% of a perfume and does not contain a water insoluble hydrocarbon having 6 to 18 carbons or an essential oil and the composition does not contain an alkali metal carbonate, an alkali metal bicarbonate, choline chloride, polyethylene glycol, polyvinyl pyrrolidone, a fatty or partially esterified ethoxylated polyhydric alcohol, an alkali metal salt of a cyclohexane dicarboxylic acid, an amphoteric/zwitterionic detergent surfactant, an anionic surfactant having the formula R1(C6H3SO3âˆ’)â€”Oâ€”(C6H3SO3âˆ’)R1(nM)++wherein each R1 is an alkyl or alkylene group containing from about 6 to about 12 carbon atoms, and M is a compatible cation and n being selected to provide electrical neutrality and the pH of the composition is acid or neutral.