Patent ID: 7557077
Filing Date: 2009-07-07
Classification: C11D

Abstract:
1. A process for improving the properties of a composition for caring for articles made of textile fibers in aqueous or wet medium, comprising the step of adding to said composition at least one nonionic polysaccharide, for preventing the degradation of said articles and in an amount for protecting the colors of said articles and/or for affording said articles crease-resistance and/or softening properties, wherein said polysaccharide is soluble under the working conditions of said composition, and has a native skeleton consisting essentially of: a main chain comprising similar or different anhydrohexose units, and branches comprising at least one anhydropentose and/or anhydrohexose unit, wherein the anhydrohexose and/or anhydropentose units of the native skeleton are modified with at least one nonionic group, further wherein said polysaccharide has a degree of modification MS of the anhydrohexose and/or anhydropentose units with said nonionic group or groups of at least 0.001.