Patent ID: 6262007
Filing Date: 2001-07-17
Classification: C11D

Abstract:
A self-thickened aqueous cleaning composition having a viscosity of from 50 to 700 cps at 60 rpm shear rate at 20.degree. C., comprising from 1% to 25% by weight of the total composition of an alkyl sulphate anionic surfactant derived from natural coconut oil, from 0.1% to 8% by weight of the total composition of ammonium salts; from 0.5% to 25% by weight of the total composition of a compound of the structure:R.sub.1 --O--[(R.sub.2 O).sub.n (R.sub.3 O).sub.m ]--R.sub.4, wherein:R.sub.1 is a C.sub.1-25 alkyl or alkenyl group;R.sub.2 is a C.sub.2-4 aliphatic hydrocarbon chain;R.sub.3 is a methyl or ethyl monosubstituted C.sub.2 -C.sub.4 aliphatic hydrocarbon chain;R.sub.4 is a C.sub.1-25 alkyl or alkenyl or carboxyl chain, or H;n is an integer of from 1 to 10;m is an integer of from 0 to 20;or mixtures thereof, andfrom 0.01% to 0.5% by weight of the total composition of a capped 1,2-propylene terephthalate polyoxyethylene terephthalate polyester of the formula: ##STR2##wherein n is an integer of from about 12 to 43 and u is an integer of from about 2 to 8, or mixtures thereof.