Patent ID: 6020296
Filing Date: 2000-02-01
Classification: A01N,C11D

Abstract:
A cleaning composition comprising:(a) 0.5 to 8 wt. % of an ethoxylated/butoxylated nonionic surfactant;(b) 0.1 wt. % to 20 wt. % of a non soap anionic surfactant wherein the anionic surfactant is a C.sub.8 -C.sub.15 paraffin benzene sulfonate or a C.sub.10 -C.sub.20 alkane sulfonate;(c) 0.1 to 10 wt. % of an amine oxide surfactant;(d) 0.05% to 2% of a fatty acid;(e) 0.4 to 10 wt. % of a water insoluble hydrocarbon, essential oil or a perfume; and(f) the balance being water, wherein the composition does not contain any C.sub.12 -C.sub.14 alkyl monoalkanol amides, C.sub.12 -C.sub.14 alkyl dialkanol amides, betains or a cosurfactant which is a water soluble lower alkanol of 2 to 6 carbon atoms, a polypropylene glycol of 2 to 18 propoxy units, a monoalkyl ether of a lower glycol of the formula RO(X).sub.n H wherein R is C.sub.1-4 alkyl and X is CH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 O, CH(CH.sub.3)CH.sub.2 O or CH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 O, and n is from 1 to 4, a monoalkyl ester of the formula R.sup.1 O(X).sub.n H where R.sup.1 is C.sub.2-4 acyl and X and n are as immediately previously described, an aryl substituted lower alkanol of 1 to 4 carbon atoms, propylene carbonate, an aliphatic mono-, di-, or tricarboxylic acid of 3 to 6 carbon atoms, a mono-, di- or tri-hydroxy substituted aliphatic mono-, di-, or tricarboxylic acid of 3 to 6 carbon atoms, a higher alkyl ether poly-lower alkoxy carboxylic acid of the formula R.sup.2 O(X).sub.n YCOOH, wherein R.sup.2 is C.sub.9-15 alkyl, n is from 4 to 12, and Y is CH.sub.2, C(O)R.sup.3 or ##STR7## wherein R.sup.3 is a C.sub.1-3 alkylene, or a lower alkyl mono-, di-, or tri-ester of phosphoric acid, wherein the lower alkyl is of 1 to 4 carbon atoms.