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US4861502A - Conditioning agent containing amine ion-pair complexes and composiitons thereof - Google Patents
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US4861502A US07153172 US15317288A US4861502A US 4861502 A US4861502 A US 4861502A US 07153172 US07153172 US 07153172 US 15317288 A US15317288 A US 15317288A US 4861502 A US4861502 A US 4861502A
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Debra S. Caswell
Disclosed are conditioning agents and compositions containing such conditioning agent, said conditioning agent being particles from about 5% to about 95%, by weight of said particles, of an amine-organic anion ion-pair complex and from about 95% to about 5%, by weight of said particles, of an amine-inorganic anion ion-pair complex. The particles have an average diameter of from 10 microns to about 500 microns. These conditioning agents can provide excellent fabric care benefits when applied as part of, or in the presence of, detergent compositions without significantly impairing cleaning performance.
This invention relates to fabric conditioning agents and also to fabric care compositions and detergent compositions containing these fabric conditioning agents.
Other laundry detergent compositions have employed tertiary amines along with anionic surfactants to act as textile softeners. British Pat. No. 1,514,276, Kengon, published June 14, 1978, employs certain tertiary amines with two long chain alkyl or alkenyl groups and one short chain alkyl group. These amines are useful as fabric softeners in detergent compositions when their isoelectric point is such that they are present as a dispersion of negatively charged droplets in the normally alkaline wash liquor, and in a more cationic form at the lower pH of a rinse liquor, and so become substantive to fabrics. The use of such amines, among others, in detergent compositions has also been previously disclosed in British Pat. No. 1,286,054, assigned to Colgate-Palmolive, published Aug. 16, 1972, British Pat. No. 1,514,276, assigned to Unilever, published June 14, 1978, and in U.S. Pat. No. 4,375,416, Crisp et al., issued Mar. 1, 1983.
Another approach to provide anionic detergent compositions with textile softening ability has been the use of smectite-type clays, as described in U.S. Pat. No. 4,062,647, Storm et al., issued Dec. 13, 1977. These compositions, although they clean well, require large contents of clay for effective softening. The use of clay together with a water-insoluble cationic compound in an electrically conductive metal salt as a softening composition adapted for use with anionic, nonionic, zwitterionic and amphoteric surfactants has been described in British Pat. No. 1,483,627, assigned to Proctor & Gamble, published Aug. 24, 1977.
British patent application Nos. 1,077,103 and 1,077,104, assigned to Bayer, published July 26, 1967, disclose amine-anionic surfactant ion-pair complexes useful as antistatic agents. These complexes are applied directly to the fabric from an aqueous carrier. There is no suggestion in either of these references that such complexes could be added to detergent compositions to impart fabric care benefits through-the-wash. In fact, such complexes are delivered in solubilized form and therefore could not be delivered through-the-wash.
Fatty acid-amine ion-pair complexes in granular detergents are disclosed in European patent application No. 133,804, Burckett-St. Laurent et al., published June 3, 1985. While this complex delivers fabric conditioning benefits, the amine-anionic surfactant ion-pair complexes of the present invention provide superior antistatic performance.
More recently, in European patent application, No. 87202159.7 filed Nov. 6, 1987, amine-anionic compound ion-pair complex particles having an average particle diameter of from about 10 microns to about 300 microns were disclosed. These particles provide excellent through-the-wash softening without significantly impairing cleaning performance. Furthermore, European patent application No. 87202159.7 further discloses that ion-pair particles which are made from lower chain length amines impart improved processing characteristics and improved chemical stability in liquid detergents. Still, further improvements in processing characteristics of the particles and, with respect to liquid detergent formulations, improved chemical stability of the ion-pair particles in detergent bases to provide longer shelf-life at low cost, are desirable.
It is an object of the present invention to provide a conditioning agent, fabric care compositions, and detergent compositions, in both liquid and granular formulations, which can be used through-the-wash (i.e., can be added to the wash prior to initiation of the rinse cycle) and provide excellent fabric conditioning benefits without significantly impairing the cleaning performance of detergent or other cleaning compositions, and further, which can be easily processed using conventional equipment for forming particles, e.g., prilling equipment. In particular, ease of consistently forming the conditioning agent in the form of essentially spherical particles within a desired size range is one desirable processing improvement. Another desirable processing improvement is ease of handling, especially with respect to incorporation of the particles into granular compositions. (As used above, the term "fabric care composition" refers to compositions containing at least one conditioning agent useful for fabric care, but not containing a significant amount of fabric cleaning ingredients. The term "detergent composition", as used above refers to compositions containing at least one conditioning agent useful for fabric care and also containing one or more fabric cleaning ingredients.)
It is yet another object of this invention to provide liquid detergent compositions having a fabric conditioner which provides excellent through-the-wash fabric conditioning without significantly impairing cleaning performance and which also has improved chemical stability in liquid detergent compositions.
It is still another object of this invention to provide fabric conditioning particles for liquid detergent compositions which provide excellent through-the-wash fabric conditioning without significantly impairing cleaning performance, and which also are characterized by both improved processing and improved stability in liquid detergent compositions.
The present invention relates to conditioning agents having an average diameter of from about 10 to about 500 microns, said particles comprising: (i) from about 5% to about 95%, by weight of said particles, of an ion-pair complex having the formula: ##STR1## wherein each R1 and R2 can independently be C12 to C20 alkyl or alkenyl, R3 is H or CH3, and A is an organic anion selected from the group consisting of alkyl sulfonates, aryl sulfonates, alkylaryl sulfonates, alkyl sulfates, dialkyl sulfosuccinates, alkyl oxybenzene sulfonates, acyl isethionates, acylalkyl taurates, alkyl ethoxylated sulfates, olefin sulfonates, and mixtures of such anions; and (ii) from about 95% to about 5%, by weight of said particles, of an ion-pair complex having the formula: ##STR2## wherein each R1 and R2 can independently be C12 to C20 alkyl or alkenyl, each R3 is H, CH3, or C2 -C20 alkyl or alkenyl, preferably a H, CH3, or C12 -C20 alkyl or alkenyl, and x corresponds to the molar ratio of the amine to the inorganic anion and the valence of the inorganic anion, x being an integer between 1 and 3, inclusive. B is an inorganic anion such as, but not limited to, sulfate (SO4 -2), hydrogen sulfate (HSO4 -1), nitrate (NO3 -), phosphate (PO4 -3), hydrogen phosphate (HPO4 -2), and dihydrogen phosphate (H2 PO4 -1), and mixtures thereof, preferably sulfate or hydrogen sulfate.
These conditioning agents can be incorporated into liquid and granular fabric conditioning and detergent compositions. Such detergent compositions can additionally contain detergent builders, chelating agents, enzymes, soil release agents, anti-redeposition agents and other detergent components useful for fabric cleaning or conditioning applications.
Specifically, it has been found that incorporation of the amine-inorganic anion ion-pair complex into the fabric care particle surprisingly improves the chemical stability of the fabric care agent in liquid detergent compositions.
Also, it has been found that when R3 of the amine component of the amine-inorganic anion ion-pair complex is H or CH3 incorporation of the amine-inorganic anion ion-pair complex into the particles changes the thermal properties of the material, resulting in a harder material at room temperature. The conditioning particle is therefore more susceptible to reproducible and controlled production (including production by prilling) and handling. This is beneficial for both granular and liquid product formulations.
Especially large increases in chemical stability of the particles in liquid detergent compositions can be attained when R3 of the amine of the amine-inorganic anion ion-pair complex is a C12 -C20 alkyl or alkenyl.
The conditioning agent of the present invention comprises water-insoluble particles having an average diameter of less than about 500 microns, preferably less than about 350 microns, and more preferably less than about 200 microns and more than about 10 microns, preferably more than about 40 microns, and more preferably more than about 50 microns. Said particles are comprised of a combination of certain amine-organic anion ion-pair complexes and certain amine-inorganic anion ion-pair complexes. These particles can be used directly or incorporated into fabric care compositions useful for through-the-wash fabric conditioning, and can also provide fabric conditioning when incorporated into laundry detergent compositions without significantly impairing cleaning performance. The conditioning agent particles of the present invention can also be used for rinse-added or dry-added fabric conditioning.
The complexing of the amine with the organic anion and with the inorganic anion results in ion-pair entities which are chemically distinct from the respective starting materials. Such factors as the type of amine and the type of organic anion or inorganic anion employed, the ratio of the amine to the organic anion and inorganic anion, in addition to the ratio of amine-organic anion ion-pair complex to amine-inorganic anion ion-pair complex can affect the physical properties of the resulting complexes, including the thermal phase transition points which affects whether the complex has a gelatinous (soft) or solidified (hard) character at a particular temperature. These factors are discussed in more detail below.
The amine-organic anion ion-pair complexes can be represented by the following formula: ##STR3## wherein each R1 and R2 can independently be C12 to C20 alkyl or alkenyl, and each R3 is H or CH3. A represents an organic anion and includes a variety of anions derived from anionic surfactants, as well as related shorter chain alkyl or alkenyl compounds which need not exhibit surface activity. A is selected from the group consisting of alkyl sulfonates, aryl sulfonates, alkylaryl sulfonates, alkyl sulfates, dialkyl sulfosuccinates, alkyl oxybenzene sulfonates, acyl isethionates, acylalkyl taurates, alkyl ethoxylated sulfates, and olefin sulfonates, and mixtures of such anions.
The amine-inorganic anion ion-pair complexes can be represented by the following formula: ##STR4## wherein each R1 and R2 can independently be C12 to C20 alkyl or alkenyl, each R3 is H, CH3, or C2 -C20 alkyl or alkenyl, preferably a H, CH3 or C12 -C20 alkyl or alkenyl, and x corresponds to the molar ratio of the amine to the inorganic anion and the valence of the inorganic anion, x being an integer between 1 and 3, inclusive. B is an inorganic anion such as, but not limited to, sulfate (SO4 -2), hydrogen sulfate (HSO4 -1), nitrate (NO3 -), phosphate (PO4 -3), hydrogen phosphate (HPO4 -2), and dihydrogen phosphate (H2 PO4 -1), and mixtures thereof, preferably sulfate or hydrogen sulfate.
In order for the conditioning particles of the present invention to impart their fabric care benefits through the wash they should have an average particle diameter of from about 10 to about 500 microns. Preferably the particles have an average diameter of less than about 350 microns, and more preferably less than about 200 microns, and most preferably less than about 150 microns. Also preferably, the particles have an average diameter of greater than about 40 microns, and more preferably greater than about 50 microns. The term "average particle diameter" represents the mean particle size diameter of the actual particles of a given material. The mean is calculated on a weight percent basis. The mean is determined by conventional analytical techniques such as, for example, laser light diffraction or microscopic determination utilizing a scanning electron microscope. Preferably, greater than 50% by weight, more preferably greater than 70% by weight, and most preferably greater than 90% by weight, of the particles have actual diameters which are less than about 500 microns, preferably less than about 350 microns, and more preferably less than about 200 microns. Also preferably, greater than 50% by weight, more preferably greater than 70% by weight, and most preferably greater than 90% by weight, of the particles have actual diameters which are greater than about 10 microns, preferalby greater than about 40 microns, and more preferably greater than about 50 microns.
The conditioning particles of the present invention contain from about 5% to about 95%, by weight of the particles, of the amine-organic anion ion-pair complex of Formula (1) and from about 95% to about 5% of the amine-inorganic anion ion-pair complex of Formula (2), preferably between about 40% and about 90% of the Formula (1) complex and between about 60% and about 10% of the Formula (2) complex, and more preferably between about 50% to about 80% of the Formula (1) complex and about 50% to about 20% of Formula (2) complex. Particularly for the preferred ion-pair conditioning particles wherein A is a C3 linear alkyl benzene sulfonate (cumene sulfonate), the particles most preferably comprise about 70% of the Formula (1) complex and about 30% of the Formula (2) complex.
In general, incorporation of the Formula (2) amine-inorganic anion ion-pair complex into the conditioning particles provides increased chemical stability when the particles are in the presence of detergent components commonly used as cleaning ingredients in liquid detergent compositions, such as polar solvents, builders, and surfactants, which can form detergent bases which can degrade performance of the conditioning particles.
Chemical stability of the particles increases as R3 of the Formula (2) complex's amine component is increased in alkyl or alkenyl chain length. Increases in R3 chain length of the Formula (2) complex amine component are also associated with decreased solidity (hardness). Accordingly, when the amine component of the Formula (2) complex is a tertiary amine with R3 of the tertiary amine being a C2 -C20 alkyl or alkenyl, preferably a C12 -C20 alkyl or alkenyl, more preferably a C16 -C20 alkyl, especially large increases in chemical stability can be attained. Conditioning particles made with such Formula (2) complexes are particularly useful for liquid detergent compositions. When the amine component of the Formula (2) complex is a secondary amine, i.e., when R3 of the amine is H, or a tertiary amine with R3 being a short chain functionality, preferably, CH3, the conditioning particles tend to have an increased level of solidity (hardness) relative to conditioning particles with higher R3 chain length of the Formula (2) complex. Such conditioning particles tend to have especially good processing characteristics and are useful for both liquid and granular detergent compositions.
The ratio of the Formula (1) complex to Formula (2) complex, wherein R3 of the Formula (2) amine is a H or a short chain alkyl functionality, particularly H or CH3, can also affect whether particles containing these ion-pair complexes have a gelatinous (soft) or solidified (hard) character at a particular temperature. By including proportionately more of the ion-pair complex of Formula (2), the particles tend to become more solidified (hard), and therefore easier to form into particles by prilling or mechanical processing. By including proportionately more of the fabric care active ion-pair complex of Formula (1) in the comelt mixtures, particles made from such comelt mixtures tend to have higher fabric care conditioning performance. Thus, the optimal fabric care conditioning agent formulations will involve a balancing of these factors, and will not necessarily be the same for all applications. Such balancing, however, can be performed by one of ordinary skill in the art without undue experimentation.
Starting amines for the Formula (1) ion-pair complex are of the formula: ##STR5##
wherein each R1 and R2 are independently C12 to C20 alkyl or alkenyl, preferably C16 to C20 alkyl or alkenyl, and most preferably C16 to C20 alkyl, and R3 is H or CH3. Suitable non-limiting examples of starting amines include ditallow amine, ditallow methyl amine, dipalmityl amine, dipalmityl methyl amine, distearyl amine, distearyl methyl amine, diarachidyl amine, diarachidyl methyl amine, palmityl stearyl amine, palmityl stearyl methyl amine, palmityl arachidyl amine, palmityl arachidyl methyl amine, stearyl arachidyl amine, stearyl arachidyl methyl amine, tallow palmityl amine, tallow palmityl methyl amine, tallow stearyl amine, tallow stearyl methyl amine, tallow arachidyl amine, and tallow arachidyl methyl amine. Most preferred are ditallow amine, distearyl amine, ditallow methyl amine and distearyl methyl amine.
The organic anions (A) useful in the ion-pair complex of the present invention are the alkyl sulfonates, aryl sulfonates, alkylaryl sulfonates, alkyl sulfates, alkyl ethoxylated sulfates, dialkyl sulfosuccinates, alkyl oxybenzene sulfonates, acyl isethionates, acylalkyl taurates, and olefin sulfonates.
Most preferred organic anions are benzene sulfonates and C1 -C5 linear alkyl benzene sulfonates (LAS), particularly C1 -C3 LAS.
The organic anions listed above can generally be obtained, in their acid or soluble forms, preferably acid forms, from commercial chemical sources such as Aldrich Chemical Co., Inc. in Milwaukee, Wis., Vista Chemical Co. in Ponca, Okla., and Reutgers-Nease Chemical Co. in State College, Pa. The amines can be obtained from Sherex Chemical Corp. in Dublin, Ohio.
Preferred are complexes formed from the combination of ditallow amine complexed with an aryl sulfonate or C1 -C20 alkylaryl sulfonate, ditallow methyl amine complexed with an aryl sulfonate or a C1 -C20 alkylaryl sulfonate, distearyl amine complexed with an aryl sulfonate or a C1 -C20 alkylaryl sulfonate and distearyl methyl amine complexed with an aryl sulfonate or a C1-20 alkylaryl sulfonate. Even more preferred are those complexes formed from ditallow amine, ditallow methyl amine, distearyl amine or distearly methyl amine complexed with a benzene sulfonate or a C1 -C13 linear alkyl benzene sulfonate (LAS). Even more preferred are complexes formed from ditallow amine, ditallow methyl amine, distearyl amine or distearyl methyl amine complexed with a benzene sulfonate or a C1 -C5 linear alkyl benzene sulfonte. Most preferred are complexes formed from ditallow amine, ditallow methyl amine, distearyl amine or distearyl methyl amine complexed with C1 -C3 LAS.
Starting amines for the Formula (2) ion-pair complexes are of the formula: ##STR6## wherein each R1 and R2 are independently C12 to C20 alkyl or alkenyl, preferably C16 to C20 alkyl or alkenyl, and most preferably C16 to C20 alkyl, and each R3 is H, CH3, or C2 to C20 alkyl or alkenyl, preferably H, CH3, or C12 -C20 alkyl or alkenyl. Suitable non-limiting examples of starting amines for the Formula (2) complexes include ditallow amine, ditallow methyl amine, dipalmityl amine, dipalmityl methyl amine, distearyl amine, distearyl methyl amine, diarachidyl amine, diarachidyl methyl amine, palmityl stearyl amine, palmityl stearyl methyl amine, palmityl arachidyl amine, palmityl arachidyl methyl amine, stearyl arachidyl amine, stearyl arachidyl methyl amine, tallow palmityl amine, tallow palmityl methyl amine, tallow stearyl amine, tallow stearyl methyl amine, tallow arachidyl amine, tallow arachidyl methyl amine, tritallow amine, tripalmityl amine, tristearyl amine, triarachidyl amine, ditallow stearyl amine, distearyl tallow amine, ditallow palmityl amine, dipalmityl tallow amine, ditallow arachidyl amine, diarachidyl tallow amine, distearyl palmityl amine, dipalmityl stearyl amine, distearyl arachidyl amine, diarachidyl stearyl amine, tallow stearyl arachidyl amine, dipalmityl arachidyl amine, diarachidyl palmityl amine, palmityl stearyl arachidyl amine, tallow palmityl stearyl, and tallow palmityl arachidyl.
R3 is preferably a C12 to C20 alkyl or alkenyl, more preferably a C16 to C20 alkyl, for applications wherein the conditioning particles can be utilized in liquid detergent base compositions that are particularly aggressive to ion-pair conditioning particles. Suitable nonlimiting examples of such starting amines are tritallow amine, tripalmityl amine, tristearyl amine, triarachidyl amine, ditallow stearyl amine, distearyl tallow amine, ditallow palmityl amine, dipalmityl tallow amine, ditallow arachidyl amine, diarachidyl tallow amine, distearyl palmityl amine, dipalmityl stearyl amine, distearyl arachidyl amine, diarachidyl stearyl amine, tallow stearyl arachidyl amine, dipalmityl arachidyl amine, diarachidyl palmityl amine, palmityl stearyl arachidyl amine, tallow palmityl stearyl, and tallow palmityl arachidyl. Preferred are tritallow amine and tristearyl amine.
R3 is preferably H and CH3 for applications wherein both high chemical stability and ease of processing and handling are desirable, such as in granular detergent compositions, liquid or granular fabric conditioning compositions, and liquid detergent compositions in which a level of chemical stability which provides commercially acceptable shelf-life without excessive chemical degradation of the particles can be attained.
Suitable nonlimiting examples of amines for Formula (2) complexes wherein R3 is H or CH3 include ditallow amine, ditallow methyl amine, dipalmityl amine, dipalmityl methyl amine, distearyl amine, distearyl methyl amine, diarachidyl amine, diarachidyl methyl amine, palmityl stearyl amine, palmityl stearyl methyl amine, palmityl arachidyl amine, palmityl arachidyl methyl amine, stearyl arachidyl amine, stearyl arachidyl methyl amine, tallow palmityl amine, tallow palmityl methyl amine, tallow stearyl amine, tallow stearyl methyl amine, tallow arachidyl amine, and tallow arachidyl methyl amine. Preferred are ditallow amine, distearyl amine, ditallow methyl amine, and distearyl methyl amine.
The inorganic anion component of the amine-inorganic anion ion-pair complex can be obtained from inorganic acids, including acids having monovalent, divalent, and trivalent anions such as, but not limited to, nitric acid, sulfuric acid, and phosphorous acid. Especially preferred is sulfuric acid. These acids are commonly available from chemical supply companies, including Aldrich Chemical Company, Inc., Milwaukee, Wis., and Sigma Chemical Company, St. Louis, Mo.
The fabric care agent of the present invention comprises particles which contain both the amine-organic anion ion-pair complex of Formula (1) and the amine-inorganic anion ion-pair complex of Formula (2). These two types of ion-pair complexes are physically combined in a way such that particles can be formed which comprise said combination of ion-pair complexes. This can be accomplished by separately forming each type of ion-pair complex, and then physically combining them by mixing the two molten ion-pair complexes together. Another method for providing a mixture of the two types of ion-pair complexes is to form said complexes conjointly, for example by preparing a melt containing the organic anion component, A, the inorganic anion component, B, and a sufficient amount of the amine components to form the desired levels of each type of ion-pair complex.
The amine and organic anion are combined in a molar ratio of amine to anionic compound ranging from about 10:1 to about 1:2, preferably from about 5:1 to about 1:2, more preferably from about 2:1 to 1:2 and most preferably about 1:1. For the preferred amine-inorganic anion ion-pair complexes wherein the inorganic anion is the divalent sulfate anion, the amine and inorganic anion are combined in a molar ratio ranging from about 10:1 to about 1:2, preferably, from about 5:1 to about 1:2, more preferably from about 3:1 to about 1:1, and most preferably about 2:1. The amine quantity indicated in the above ratios is based upon separate preparation of the Formula (1) and Formula (2) ion-pair complexes. Accordingly, when the Formula (1) and Formula (2) ion-pair complexes are formed conjointly, the molar ratio of amine to organic anion to inorganic anion will depend on the preferred ratio of the Formula (1) and Formula (2) complexes. For example, for the highly preferred ditallow amine-C3 LAS/ditallow amine-sulfate comelt utilized in a 70:30 weight ratio of ditallow amine-C3 LAS to ditallow amine-sulfate, the molar ratios of the ditallow amine, C3 LAS and sulfate in the starting materials will be about 5.7:3.7:1.0.
Another method of forming the ion-pair complexes of the conditioning particles is to heat the amine to a liquid state and then add this molten amine component to separate heated acidified aqueous solutions of the organic anion and the inorganic anion and then extract the ion-pair complexes by using a solvent, such as chloroform. Alternatively, the molten amine can be added to a mixture of heated acidified aqueous solutions of the organic anion and inorganic anion, followed by solvent extraction.
The desired particle sizes can be achieved by, for example, mechanically grinding the mixture of ion-pair complexes in blenders (e.g., an Oster® blender) or in large scale mills (e.g., a Wiley® Mill) to the desired particle size range. Preferably, the particles are formed by prilling in a conventional manner, such as by hydraulically forcing a comelt of a mixture of the ion-pair complexes through a heated nozzle. Prior to passage through the nozzle, the comelt should be in a well-mixed condition, for example by continuously circulating the comelt through a loop at sufficient velocity to prevent settling. As an alternative to hydraulically forcing the comelt through the nozzle, air injection can be used to pass the comelt through the nozzle. The particles that result from prilling are preferably spherical and particle diameters within the applicable and preferred ranges of this invention can be obtained. Comelts of complexes which are gelatinous (ie, soft) at room temperature can be mechanically ground to achieve the desired particle size after flash freezing by using, for example, liquid nitrogen. The particles can then be incorporated into a liquid delivery system, such as a detergent base or an aqueous base useful for forming an aqueous dispersion of the particles. Alternately for liquid applications, the comelt can be added to the liquid delivery system, such as a detergent base, and then be formed into particles by high shear mixing.
The complexes can be characterized for the purposes of this invention by their thermal phase transition points. As used hereafter, the thermal phase transition (hereinafter alternately referred to as "transition point") shall mean the temperature at which the complex exhibits softening (solid to liquid crystal phase transition) or melting (solid to isotropic phase transition) whichever occurs first upon heating. The transition point temperatures can be determined by differential scanning colorimetry (DSC) and/or polarized light microscopy. The first transition point of solid particles made from the comelted mixtures of the present invention will preferably be between about 10° C. and about 100° C., more preferably between about 30° C. and about 100° C., and most preferably between about 35° C. and about 80° C.
With respect to the amine-organic anion ion-pair complexes, generally shorter chain length anionic compounds will form complexes with higher transition points than complexes that are identical except for having an anionic compound with a longer chain length. Highly preferred ion-pairs are made with C1 -C13 LAS and benzene sulfonate and generally have transition points in the range of 10° C.-100° C. The amine-organic anion ion-pair complexes made with C6 -C13 LAS generally have first transition points in the range of about 15° C. to about 30° C. and tend to be gelatinous (soft). The amine-organic anion ion-pair complexes made with C1 -C5 LAS and benzene sulfonate (i.e., no alkyl chain) generally have first transition points in the range of about 30° C. to about 100° C. and tend to be solidified (hard), and therefore tend to form comelted amine-organic anion/amine-inorganic anion ion-pair complex mixtures that are more susceptible to prilling, and also, better chemical stability in liquid detergent compositions for a given level of amine-inorganic anion ion-pair complex.
Preferred conditioning particles are made with organic anion components derived from C1 -C3 LAS and have transition points, apart from the amine-inorganic anion ion-pair complex, in the range of about 35° C. to about 100° C.
Preferred amine-organic anion ion-pair complexes include those comprised of a ditallow amine, ditallow methyl amine, distearyl amine or distearyl methyl amine complexed with a C1 to C3 LAS in a 1:1 molar ratio. These complexes have transition points generally between about 35° C. and about 100° C. These preferred amine-organic anion ion-pair complexes are preferably formed into particles also containing ditallow amine, ditallow methyl amine, distearyl amine or distearyl methyl amine complexed with sulfate in a 2:1 molar ratio.
The ideal conditioning particle made from an ion-pair complex mixture is sufficiently large so as to become entrapped in fabrics during washing, and has a transition point which is low enough that at least a substantial part of the particle, preferably the entire particle, will soften or melt at conventional automatic laundry dryer temperatures, but not so low that it will melt during the fabric wash or rinse stages.
The conditioning particles of the present invention can be incorporated into detergent compositions or used in the presence of detergent compositions with little, if any, detrimental effect on cleaning. These conditioning particles provide conditioning benefits across a variety of laundry conditions, including machine or hand washing followed by machine drying and also machine or hand washing followed by line drying. Additionally, these same conditioning agents can be used with a variety of surfactant systems.
The conditioning particles of the present invention are useful for imparting conditioning benefits from a variety of delivery systems. Suitable delivery systems for use include detergent compositions (including granular and liquid detergent compositions), fabric conditioning compositions (including granular and liquid fabric conditioning compositions) which comprise the fabric care agent of the present invention, and fabric care and/or detergent articles adapted to release the conditioning particles upon contact with and/or agitation of the article in water. As used herein, the term "granular composition" shall refer to any dry compositions which contain the conditioning particles of the present invention. This shall include the particles of the conditioning agent of the disclosed sizes in agglomerated form (discussed later) for use in granular (dry) detergents as well as the particles in unagglomerated form. The latter form can alternately be referred to as a powder composition. The conditioning particles of the present invention are also especially useful for liquid detergent compositions, since incorporation of the amine-inorganic anion ion-pair complexes into the particles increase chemical stability of the conditioning particles in the detergent base, relative to particles made essentially of amine-organic anion ion-pair complexes.
While, as described above, the conditioning agent of the present invention may be utilized in dryer-added, wash-added, and rinse-added contexts, of particular benefit is the ability to use the fabric care agent of the present invention in the presence of detergent components without significantly decreasing cleaning performance.
The conditioning particles are typically used herein at levels of about 0.1% to about 20.0%, preferably 0.1% to about 10%, of a detergent composition with which the conditioning particles are used in the presence of, or incorporated in. Detergent composition components are described below.
1. The polyethylene oxide condensates of alkyl phenols. These compounds include the condensation products of alkyl phenols having an alkyl group containing from about 6 to about 12 carbon atoms in either a straight chain or branched chain configuration with ethylene oxide, the ethylene oxide being present in an amount equal to from about 5 to about 25 moles of ethylene oxide per mole of alkyl phenol. Examples of compounds of this type include nonyl phenol condensed with about 9.5 moles of ethylene oxide per mole of phenol; dodecyl phenol condensed with about 12 moles of ethylene oxide per mole of phenol; dinonyl phenol condensed with about 15 moles of ethylene oxide per mole of phenol; and diisooctyl phenol condensed with about 15 moles of ethylene oxide per mole of phenol. Commercially available nonionic surfactants of this type include Igepal™ CO-630, marketed by the GAF Corporation; and Triton™ X-45, X-114, X-100, and X-102, all marketed by the Rohm & Haas Company.
2. The condensation products of aliphatic alcohols with from about 1 to about 25 moles of ethylene oxide. The alkyl chain of the aliphatic alcohol can either be straight or branched, primary or secondary, and generally contains from about 8 to about 22 carbon atoms. Particularly preferred are the condensation products of alcohols having an alkyl group containing from about 10 to about 20 carbon atoms with from about 4 to about 10 moles of ethylene oxide per mole of alcohol. Examples of such ethoxylated alcohols include the condensation product of myristyl alcohol with about 10 moles of ethylene oxide per mole of alcohol; and the condensation product of coconut alcohol (a mixture of fatty alcohols with alkyl chains varying in length from 10 to 14 carbon atoms) with about 9 moles of ethylene oxide. Examples of commercially available nonionic surfactants of this type include Tergitol™ 15-S-9 (the condensation product of C11 -C15 linear alcohol with 9 moles ethylene oxide), Tergitol™ 24-L-6 NMW (the condensation product of C12 -C14 primary alcohol with 6 moles ethylene oxide with a narrow molecular weight distribution), both marketed by Union Carbide Corporation; Neodol™ 45-9 (the condensation product of C14 -C15 linear alcohol with 9 moles of ethylene oxide), Neodol™ 23-6.5 (the condensation product of C12 -C13 linear alcohol with 6.5 moles of ethylene oxide), Neodol™ 45-7 (the condensation product of C14 -C15 linear alcohol with 7 moles of ethylene oxide), Neodol™ 45-4 (the condensation product of C14 -C15 linear alcohol with 4 moles of ethylene oxide), marketed by Shell Chemical Company, and Kyro™ EOB (the condensation product of C13 -C15 alcohol with 9 moles ethylene oxide), marketed by The Procter & Gamble Company.
3. The condensation products of ethylene oxide with a hydrophobic base formed by the condensation of propylene oxide with propylene glycol. The hydrophobic portion of these compounds has a molecular weight of from about 1500 to about 1800 and exhibits water insolubility. The addition of polyoxyethylene moieties to this hydrophobic portion tends to increase the water solubility of the molecule as a whole, and the liquid character of the product is retained up to the point where the polyoxyethylene content is about 50% of the total weight of the condensation product, which corresponds to condensation with up to about 40 moles of ethylene oxide. Examples of compounds of this type include certain of the commercially-available Pluronic™ surfactants, marketed by Wyandotte Chemical Corporation.
5. Semi-polar nonionic surfactants which include water-soluble amine oxides containing one alkyl moiety of from about 10 to about 18 carbon atoms and 2 moieties selected from the group consisting of alkyl groups and hydroxyalkyl groups containing from about 1 to about 3 carbon atoms; water-soluble phosphine oxides containing one alkyl moiety of from about 10 to about 18 carbon atoms and 2 moieties selected from the group consisting of alkyl groups and hydroxyalkyl groups containing from about 1 to about 3 carbon atoms; and water-soluble sulfoxides containing one alkyl moiety of from about 10 to about 18 carbon atoms and a moiety selected from the group consisting of alkyl and hydroxyalkyl moieties of from about 1 to 3 carbon atoms.
6. Alkylpolysaccharides disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 4,565,647, Llenado, issued Jan. 21, 1986, having a hydrophobic group contaning from about 6 to about 30 carbon atoms, preferably from about 10 to about 16 carbon atoms and a polysaccharide, e.g., a polyglycoside, hydrophilic group containing from about 1.5 to about 10, preferably from about 1.5 to about 3, most preferably from about 1.6 to about 2.7 saccharide units. Any reducing saccharide containing 5 or 6 carbon atoms can be used, e.g., glucose, galactose and galactosyl moieties can be substituted for the glucosyl moieties. (Optionally the hydrophobic group is attached at the 2-, 3-, 4-, etc. positions thus giving a glucose or galactose as opposed to a glucoside or galactoside). The intersaccharide bonds can be, e.g., between the one position of the additional saccharide units and the 2-, 3-, 4-, and/or 6-positions on the preceding saccharide units.
Optionally, and less desirably, there can be a polyalkyleneoxide chain joining the hydrophobic moiety and the polysaccharide moiety. The preferred alkyleneoxide is ethylene oxide. Typical hydrophobic groups include alkyl groups, either saturated or unsaturated, branched or unbranched containing from about 8 to about 18, preferably from about 10 to about 16, l carbon atoms. Preferably, the alkyl group is a straight chain saturated alkyl group. The alkyl group can contain up to about 3 hydroxy groups and/or the polyalkyleneoxide chain can contain up to about 10, preferably less than 5, alkyleneoxide moieties. Suitable alkyl polysaccharides are octyl, nonyldecyl, undecyldodecyl, tridecyl, tetradecyl, pentadecyl, hexadecyl, heptadecyl, and octadecyl, di-, tri-, tetra-, penta-, and hexaglucosides, galactosides, lactosides, glucoses, fructosides, fructoses and/or galactoses. Suitable mixtures include coconut alkyl, di-, tri, tetra-, and pentaglucosides and tallow alkyl tetra-, penta-, and hexaglucosides.
wherein R2 is selected from the group consisting of alkyl, alkylphenyl, hydroxyalkyl, hydroxyalkylphenyl, and mixtures thereof in which the alkyl groups contain from about 10 to about 18, preferably from about 12 to about 14, carbon atoms; n is 2 or 3, preferably 2; t is from 0 to about 10, preferably 0; and x is from about 1.3 to about 10, preferably from about 1.3 to about 33, most preferably from about 1.3 to about 2.7. The glycosyl is preferably derived from glucose. To prepare these compounds, the alcohol or alkylpolyethoxy alcohol is formed first and then reacted with glucose, or a source of glucose, to form the glucoside (attachment at the 1-position). The additional glycosyl units can then be attached between their 1-position and the preceding glycosyl units 2-, 3-, 4- and/or 6-position, preferably predominately the 2-position.
B. ANIONIC DETERGENT SURFACTANTS
Anionic detergent surfactants suitable for use in the present invention as detergent surfactants include sulfates and sulfonates such as those generally disclosed in U.S. Pat. 3,929,678, Laughlin et al., issued Dec. 30, 1975, at column 23, line 58 through column 29, line 23 and in U.S. Pat. No. 4,294,710, Hardy et al., issued Oct. 13, 1981, both of which are incorporated herein by reference. Classes of useful anionic surfactants include:
2. Water-soluble salts, preferably the alkali metal, ammonium and alkylolammonium salts, of organic sulfuric reaction products having in their molecular structure of an alkyl group containing from about 10 to about 20 carbon atoms and a sulfonic acid or sulfuric acid ester group. (Included in the term "alkyl" is the alkyl portion of acyl groups.)
Other anionic surfactants include sodium alkyl glyceryl ether sulfonates, especially those ethers of higher alcohols derived from tallow and coconut oil; sodium coconut oil fatty acid monoglyceride sulfonates and sulfates; sodium or potasium salts of alkyl phenol ethylene oxide ether sulfates containing from about 1 to about 10 units of ethylene oxide per molecule and wherein the alkyl groups contain from about 8 to about 12 carbon atoms.
Also included are water-soluble salts of esters of alpha-sulfonated fatty acids containing from about 6 to about 20 carbon atoms in the fatty acid group and from about 1 to about 10 carbon atoms in the ester group; water-soluble salts of 2-acyloxyalkane-1-sulfonic acids containing from about 2 to about 9 carbon atoms in the acyl group and from about 9 to about 23 carbon atoms in the alkane moiety; alkyl sulfates (AS) containing from about 10 to about 20 carbon atoms in the alkyl group; alkyl ethoxylated sulfates (AES) such as those of the formula RO(C2 H4 O)m SO3 M, wherein R is a C10 -C16 alkyl (preferred) or hydroxyalkyl group, m is from about 0.5 to about 4, and M is a compatible cation; water-soluble salts of olefin sulfonates containing from about 12 to about 24 carbon atoms; and beta-alkyloxy alkane sulfonates containing from about 1 to about 3 carbon atoms in the alkyl group and from about 8 to about 20 carbon atoms in the alkane moiety. Useful alkyl ethoxylated sulfates are described in detail in U.S. Pat. No. 4,807,219, to Hughes, issued Mar. 26, 1985, which is incorporated herein by reference. The above surfactants preferably represent from about 10% to about 30%, by weight (on an acid basis) of the composition, more preferably from about 10% to about 20%.
Preferred alkyl ethoxylated sulfate surfactants of the above formula are those wherein the R substituent is a C12 -C15 alkyl group and m is from about 1.0 to about 3. Examples of such materials are C12 -C15 alkyl polyethoxylate (2.25) sulfate (C12-15 E2.25 S); C14-15 E2.25 S; C12-13 E1.0 S; C14-15 E3.0 S; and mixtures thereof.
Particularly preferred surfactants for use in liquid detergent compositions are linear C11 to C13 alkyl benzene sulfonates, alkyl sulfates, and alkylethoxylated sulfates (anionic) and C12 to C13 alkyl polyethoxylated alcohols (nonionic), and mixtures thereof. Previously, for liquid detergent compositions, it was thought that alkyl sulfates (nonethoxylated) and alkyl ethoxylated sulfates should account for less than about 5%, weight basis, of the liquid detergent composition. One reason for this is that these surfactants tend to suspend the conditioning particles, thus detrimentally affecting conditioning particle deposition on fabrics in the wash. Larger particles which would be less subject to suspension could increase buildup of the particles in dryer lint screens. However, as described in U.S. Ser. No. 153,173, "Liquid Detergent Containing Conditioning Agent and High Levels of Alkyl Sulfate/Alkyl Ethoxylated Sulfate", co-filed by Debra Sue Caswell with the present case on Feb. 8, 1988, incorporated by reference herein, it has been surprisingly found that higher levels of nonethoxylated alkyl sulfates and alkyl ethoxylated sulfates can be used and that the presence of such higher levels can increase the chemical stability of the conditioning particles in liquid detergent compositions. Additionally, it has been found that by including the amine-inorganic anion in the conditioning particles, larger particles less subject to suspension could be used without incurring lint screen build-up.
Particularly preferred surfactants for use in granular detergents are the linear C11 -C13 alkyl benzene sulfonates and the C8 -C18 alkyl sulfates and mixtures thereof. Most preferred are mixtures of these two anionic surfactants in a weight ratio of linear alkyl benzene sulfonate to alkyl sulfate is from about 0.5:1 to about 3:1 and more preferably from about 0.5:1 to about 2:1.
Useful water-soluble organic builders for granular and liquid compositions include the various alkali metal, ammonium and substituted ammonium polyacetates, carboxylates, polycarboxylates and polyhydroxysulfonates. Examples of polyacetate and polycarboxylate builders are the sodium, potassium, lithium, ammonium and substituted ammonium salts of ethylenediamine tetraacetic acid, nitrilotriacetic acid, oxydisuccinic acid, mellitic acid, benzene polycarboxylic acids, and citrate. The citrate (preferably in the form of an alkali metal or alkanolammonium salt) is generally added to the composition as citric acid, but can be added in the form of a fully neutralized salt.
Other useful detergency builders include the C10 -C18 alkyl monocarboxylic (fatty) acids and the salts thereof. These fatty acids can be derived from animal and vegetable fats and oils, such as tallow, coconut oil and palm oil. Suitable saturated fatty acids can also be synthetically prepared (e.g., via the oxidation of petroleum or by hydrogenation of carbon monoxide via the Fisher-Tropsch process). Particularly preferred C10 -C18 alkyl monocarboxylic acids are saturated coconut fatty acids, palm kernel fatty acids, and mixtures thereof.
Other detergency builders useful in the present invention, primarily for granular detergent compositions, include the alkali metal silicates, alkali metal carbonates, phosphates, polyphosphates, phosphonates, pollyphosphonic acids, C10-18 alkyl monocarboxylic acids, polycarboxylic acids, alkai metal ammonium or substituted ammonium salts thereof and mixtures thereof. The most preferred builders of this type for use in granular detergent compositions of the present invention are the alkali metal, especially sodium, salts of these compounds.
Na.sub.z ](AlO.sub.2).sub.z (SiO.sub.2).sub.y ].xH.sub.2 O
whereim M is sodium, potassium, ammonium or substituted ammonium, z is from about 0.5 to about 2; and y is 1; this material having a magnesium ion exchange capacity of at least about 50 milligram equivalents of CaCO3 hardness per gram of anhydrous aluminosilicate.
The aluminosilicate ion exchange builder materials are in hydrated form and contain from about 10% to about 28% of water by weight if crystalline, and potentially even higher amounts of water if amorphous. Highly preferred crystalline aluminosilicate ion exchange materials contain from about 18% to about 22% water in their crystal matrix. The preferred crystalline aluminosilicate ion exchange materials are further characterized by a particle size diameter of from about 0.1 micron to about 10 microns. Amorphous materials are often smaller, e.g., down to less than about 0.01 micron. More preferred ion exchange materials have a particle size diameter of from about 0.2 micron to about 4 microns. The crystalline aluminosilicate ion exchange materials are usually further characterized by their calcium ion exchange capacity, which is at least about 200 mg. equivalent of CaCO3 water hardness/g. of aluminosilicate, calculated on an anhydrous basis, and which generally is in the range of from about 300 mg. eq./g. to about 352 mg. eq./g. The aluminosilicate ion exchange materials are still further characterized by their calcium ion exchange rate which is at least about 2 grains Ca++ /gallon/minute/gram/gallon of aluminosilicate (anhydrous basis), and generally lies within the range of from about 2 grains/gallon/minute/gram/gallon to about 6 grains/gallon/minute/gram/gallon, based on calcium ion hardness. Optimum aluminosilicates for builder purposes exhibit a calcium ion exchange rate of at least about 4 grains/gallon/minute/gram/gallon.
The amorphous aluminosilicate ion exchange materials usually ahve a Mg++ exchange capacity of at least about 50 mg. eq. CaCO3 /g. (12 mg. Mg++ /g.) and a Mg++ exchange rate of at least about 1 grain/gallon/minute/gram/gallon. Amorphous materials do not exhibit an observable diffraction pattern when examined by Cu radiation (1.54 Angstrom Units).
Useful aluminosilicate ion exchange materials are commercially available. These aluminosilicates can be crystalline or amorphous in structure and can be naturally-occurring aluminosilicates of synthetically derived. A method for producing aluminosilicate ion exchange materials is disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 3,985,669, Krummel, et al., issued Oct. 12, 1976, incorporated herein by reference. Preferred synthetic crystalline aluminosilicate ion exchange materials useful herein are available under the designations Zeolite A, Zeolite P (B), and Zeolite X. In an especially preferred embodiment, the crystalline aluminosilicate ion exchange material has the formula
Amino carboxylates useful as optional chelating agents in compositions of the invention have one or more, preferably at least two, units of the substructure ##STR13## wherein M is hydrogen, alkali metal, ammonium or substituted ammonium (e.g. ethanolamine) and x is from 1 to about 3, preferably 1. Preferably, these amino carboxylates do not contain alkyl or alkenyl groups with more than about 6 carbon atoms. Operable amine carboxylates include ethylenediaminetetraacetates, N-hydroxyethylethylenediaminetriacetates, nitrilotriacetates, ethylenediamine tetraproprionates, triethylenetetraaminehexaacetates, diethylenetriaminepentaacetates, and ethanoldiglycines, alkali metal, ammonium, and substituted ammonium salts thereof and mixtures thereof.
Amino phosphonates are also suitable for use as chelating agents in the compositions of the invention when at least low levels of total phosphorus are permitted in detergent compositions. Compounds with one or more, preferably at least two, units of the substructure ##STR14## wherein M is hydrogen, alkali metal, ammonium or substituted ammonium and x is from 1 to about 3, preferably 1, are useful and include ethylenediaminetetrakis (methylenephosphonates), nitrilotris (methylenephosphonates) and diethylenetriaminepentakis (methylenephosphonates). Preferably, these amino phosphonates do not contain alkyl or alkenyl groups with more than about 6 carbon atoms. Alkylene groups can be shared by substructures.
Polyfunctionally-substituted aromatic chelating agents are also useful in the compositions herein. These materials comprise compounds having the general formula ##STR15## wherein at least one R is --SO3 H or --COOH or soluble salts thereof and mixtures thereof. U.S. Pat. No. 3,812,044, issued May 21, 1974, to Connor et al., incorporated herein by reference, discloses polyfunctionally-substituted aromatic chelating and sequestering agents. Preferred compounds of this type in acid form are dihydroxydisulfobenzenes and 1,2-dihydroxy-3,5-disulfobenzene or other disulfonated catechols in particular. Alkaline detergent compositions can contain these materials in the form of alkali metal, ammonium or substituted ammonium (e.g. mono-or triethanol-amine) salts.
The cellulosic derivatives that are functional as soil release agents are commercially available and include hydroxyethers of cellulose such as Methocel® (Dow) and cationic cellulose ether derivatives such as Polymer JR-124®, JR-400®, , and JR-30M® (Union Carbide). See also U.S. Pat. No. 3,928,213 to Temple et al., issued Dec. 23, 1975, which is incorporated by reference.
A more preferred soil release agent is a copolymer having random blocks of ethylene terephthalate and polyethylene oxide (PEO) terephthalate. More specifically, these polymers are comprised of repeating units of ethylene terephthalate and PEO terephthalate in a mole ratio of ethylene terephthalate units to PEO terephthalate units of from about 25:75 to about 35:65, said PEO terephthalate units containing polyethylene oxide having molecular weights of from about 300 to about 2000. The molecular weight of this polymeric soil release agent is in the range of from about 25,000 to about 55,000. See U.S. Pat. No. 3,959,230 to Hays, issued May 25, 1976, which is incorporated by reference. See also U.S. Pat. No. 3,893,929 to Basadur issued July 8, 1975 (incorporated by reference) which discloses similar copolymers. Surprisingly, it has been found that these polymeric soil release agents balance the distribution of the fabric care agent of the present invention against a broad range of synthetic fabrics such as polyesters, nylons, poly cottons and acrylics. This more uniform distribution of the fabric care agent can result in improved fabric care qualities.
The foregoing polymers and methods of their preparation are more fully described in European patent application No. 185,417, Gosselink, published June 25, 1986, which is incorporated herein by reference.
If utilized, these soil release agents will generally comprise from about 0.01% to about 5% by weight of the detergent compositions herein, more preferably soil release agents will comprise from about 0.2% to about 3.0% by weight of such compositions.
The compositions of the present invention can also optionally contain water-soluble ethoxylated amines having clay soil removal and anti-redeposition properties. Granular detergent compositions preferably contain from about 0.01% to aobut 10.0% by weight of the water-soluble ethoxylated amines; liquid detergent compositions, preferably about 0.01% to about 5%. These compounds are selected from the group consisting of:
(X-L-)-N-(R.sup.2).sub.2
(2) ethoxylated diamines having the formula: ##STR16##
(4) ethoxylatd amine polymers having the general formula: ##STR18## and
(5) mixtures thereof; wherein A1 is ##STR19## or --O--; R is H or C1 -C4 alkyl or hydroxyalkyl; R1 is C2 -C12 alkylene, hydroxyalkylene, alkenylene, arylene or alkarylene, or a C2 -C3 oxyalkylene moiety having from 2 to about 20 oxyalkylene units provided that no O--N bonds are formed; each R2 is C1 -C4 or hydroxyalkyl, the moiety -L-X, or two R2 together form the moiety --(CH2)r, --A2 --(CH2)s --, wherein A2 is --O-- or --CH2 --, r is 1 or 2, s is 1 or 2, and r+s is 3 or 4; X is a nonionic group, an anionic group or mixture thereof; R3 is a substituted C3 -C12 alkyl, hydroxyalkyl, alkenyl, aryl, or alkaryl group having p usbstitution sites; R4 is C1 -C12 alkylene, hydroxyalkylene, alkenylene, arylene or alkarylene, or a C2 -C3 oxyalkylene moiety having from 2 to about 20 oxyalkylene units provided that no O--O or O--N bonds are formed; L is a hydrophilic chain which contains the polyoxyalkylene moiety --[(R5 O)m (CH2 CH2 O)n ]--, wherein R5 is C3 -C4 alkylene or hydroxyalkylene and m and n are numbers such that the moiety --(CH2 CH2 O)n -- comprises at least about 50% by weight of said polyoxyalkylene moiety; for said monoamines, m is from 0 to about 4, and n is at least about 12; for said diamines, m is from 0 to about 3, and n is at least about 6 when R1 is C2 -C3 alkylene, hydroxyalkylene, or alkenylene, and at least about 3 when R1 is other than C2 -C3 alkylene, hydroxyalkylene or alkenylene; for said polyamines and amine polymers, m is from 0 to about 10 and n is at least about 3; p is from 3 to 8; q is 1 or 0; t is 1 or 0, provided that t is 1 when q is 1; w is 1 or 0; x+y+z is at least 2; and y+z at least 2. The most preferred soil release and anti-redeposition agent is ethoxylated tetraethylenepentamine. Exemplary ethoxylated amines are further described in U.S. Pat. No. 4,597,898, VanderMeer, issued July 1, 1986, incorporated herein by reference. Another group of preferred clay soil removal/anti-redeposition agents are the cationic compounds disclosed in European patent application No. 111,965, Oh and Gosselink, published June 27, 1984, incorporated herein by reference. Other clay soil removal/anti-redeposition agents which can be used include the ethoxylated amine polymers disclosed in European patent application No. 111,984, Gosselink, published June 27, 1984; the zwitterionic polymers disclosed in European patent application No. 112,592, Gosselink, published July 4, 1984; and the amine oxides disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 4,548,744, Connor, issued Oct. 22, 1985, all of which are incorporated herein by reference.
Soil release agents, such as those disclosed in the art to reduce oily staining of polyester fabrics, may also be used in the compositions of the present invention. U.S. Pat. No. 3,962,152, issued June 8, 1976, Nicol et al., incorporated herein by reference, discloses copolymers of ethylene terephthalate and polyethylene oxide terephthalate as soil release agents. U.S. Pat. No. 4,174,305, issed Nov. 13, 1979, Burns et al., incorporated herein by reference, discloses cellulose ether soil release agents.
A more complete disclosure of suitable enzymes can be found in U.S. Pat. No. 4,101,457, Place et al., issued July 18, 1978, and in U.S. Pat. No. 4,507,219, Hughes, issued Mar. 26, 1985, both incorporated herein by reference.
Suitable suspending agents include various clay materials, such as montmorillonite clay, quaternized montmorillonite clays (e.g. Bentone™ 14, available from NL Industries), hectorites (e.g., Laponite™ S, available from La Porte), polysaccharide gums (e.g. xanthan gum available from the Kelco Division of Merck & Co., Inc.), any of several long-chain acyl derivative materials or mixtures of such materials; diethanolamide of a long-chain fatty acid (e.g., PEG 3 lauramide), block polymers of ethylene oxide and propylene oxide (such as Pluronic™ F88 offered by BASF Wyandotte), sodium chloride, ammonium xylene sulfonate, sodium sulfate and polyvinyl alcohol. Other suspending agents found useful are alkanol amides of fatty acids, having from about 16 to about 22 carbon atoms, preferably from about 16 to about 18 carbon atoms. Preferred alkanol amides are stearic monoethanolamide, stearic diethanolamide, stearic monoisopropanolamide and stearic monoethanolamide stearate. 0ther long-chain acyl derivatives include long-chain esters of long-chain alkanol amides (e.g., stearamide DEA distearate, stearamide MEA stearate).
The peroxygen bleaching compounds useful herein include those capable of yielding hydrogen peroxide in an aqueous solution. These compounds are well known in the art and include hydrogen peroxide and the alkali metal peroxides, organic peroxide bleaching compounds such as urea peroxide, and inorganic persalt compounds, such as the alkali metal perborates, percarbonates, perphosphates, and the like. Mixtures of two or more such bleaching compounds can also be used, if desired.
Preferred bleach activators incorporated into compositions of the present invention have the general formula: ##STR20## wherein R is an alkyl group containing from about 1 to about 18 carbon atoms wherein the longest linear chain extending from and including the carbonyl carbon contains from about 6 to about 10 carbon atoms and L is a leaving group, the conjugate acid of which has a pKa in the range of from about 4 to about 13.
Preferred bleach activators are those of the above general formula wherein R is as defined in the general formula and L is selected from the group consisting of: ##STR21## wherein R is as defined above, R2 is an alkyl chain containing from about 1 to about 8 carbon atoms, R3 is H or R2, and Y is H or a solubilizing group. The preferred solubilizing groups are --SO- 3 M+, --COO- M+, --SO- 4 M+, (--N+ R3 4)X- and O--NR2 4 and most preferably --SO- 3 M+ and --COO- M+ wherein R4 is an alkyl chain containing from about 1 to about 4 carbon atoms, M is a cation which provides solubility to the bleach activator, and X is an anion which provides solubility to the bleach activator. Preferably, M is an alkali metal, ammonium or substituted ammonium cation, with sodium and potassium being most preferred, and X is a halide, hydroxide, methylsulfate or acetate anion. It should be noted that bleach activators with a leaving group that does not contain a solubilizing group should be well dispersed in the bleaching solution in order to assist in their dissolution.
More preferred bleach activators are those of the above general formula wherein R is a linear alkyl chain containing from about 5 to about 9 and preferably from about 6 to about 8 carbon atoms and L is selected from the group consisting of: ##STR22## wherein R, R2, R3 and Y are as defined above.
Particularly preferred bleach activators are those of the above general formula wherein R is an alkyl group containing from about 1 to about 12 carbon atoms wherein the longest linear portion of the alkyl chain extending from and including the carbonyl carbon is from about 1 to about 10 carbon atoms and L is selected from the group consisting of: ##STR23## wherein R2 is as defined above and Y is --SO- 3 M+ or --COO- M+ wherein M is as defined above. A particularly preferred bleach activator from the above group is tetraacetyl ethylene diamine which is disclosed in European Patent Application 204,116, Hardy et al., published Dec. 10, 1986 incorporated by reference herein.
Especially preferred bleach activators are those of the above general formula wherein R is a linear alkyl chain containing from about 5 to about 9 and preferably from about 6 to about 8 carbon atoms and L is selected from the group consisting of: ##STR24## wherein R2 is as defined above and Y is --SO3 3 M+ or --COO- M+ wherein M is as defined above.
The more preferred bleach activators have the formula: ##STR25## wherein R is a linear or branched alkyl chain containing from about 5 to about 9 and preferably from about 6 to about 8 carbon atoms and M is sodium or potassium. The most preferred bleach activator is sodium nonyl oxybenzene sulfonate. Sodium nonyloxbenzene sulfonate can also be used in combination with any of the above-described bleach activators, particularly tetraacetyl ethylene diamine.
Bleaching agents can also comprise percarboxylic acids and salts thereof. Suitable examples of this class of agents include magnesium monoperoxyphthalate hexahydrate, the magnesium salt of meta-chloro perbenzoic acid, nonyl amino-6-oxoperoxysuccinic acid and diperoxydodecanedioic acid. Such bleaching agents are disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 4,483,781, Hartman, issued Nov. 20, 1984, U.S. patent application 740,446, Burns et al., filed June 3, 1985 and also in European Patent Application 0,133,354, Banks et al., published Feb. 20, 1985, both of which are incorporated by reference herein.
The clay minerals used to provide fabric conditioning properties in the instant compositions can be described as expandable (swellable), three-layer clays, in which a sheet of aluminum atoms or magnesium atoms lies between two layers of silicone atoms, i.e., aluminosilicates and magnesium silicates, having an ion exchange capacity of at least about 50 meq/100 g. of clay, and preferably at least about 60 meq/100 g. of clay. The term "expandable" as used to describe clays relates to the ability of the layered clay structure to be swollen or expanded on contact with water. The three-layer expandable clays used herein are examples of the clay minerals classified geologically as smectites. Such smectite clays are described in Grim, Clay Mineralogy (2nd, Ed.) pp. 77-79 (1968), and in Van Olphen, An Introduction to Clay Colloid Chemistry, (2nd. Ed.) pp 64-76 (1977), both of which are incorporated by reference herein.
The cation exchange capacity of clays can be measured in several ways, including by electrodialysis, by exchange with ammonium ion followed by titration or by a methylene blue procedure, all of which are fully set forth in Grimshaw, The Chemistry and Physics of Clays, supra at 264-265, incorporated by reference herein.
Barasym LlH 200
It is to be recognized that such smectite minerals obtained under the foregoing tradenames can comprise mixtures of the various discrete mineral entitles. Such mixtures of the smectite minerals are suitable for use herein.
Appropriate clay minerals for use herein can be selected by virtue of the fact that smectites exhibit a true 14 Å x-ray diffraction pattern. This characteristic pattern, taken in combination with exchange capacity measurements performed in the manner noted above, provides a basis for selecting particular smectite-type minerals for use in the compositions disclosed herein.
Liquid compositions of the present invention can contain water and other solvents. Small quantities of low molecular weight primary or secondary alcohols, exemplified by methanol, ethanol, propanol, and isopropanol, are suitable solvents. Liquid compositions may comprise the conditioning particles as the only fabric care agent, or the conditioning particles may be combined with other fabric care agents. The active components of the liquid composition may primarily be fabric conditioning agents, may include detergent ingredients such as those disclosed herein, and may include other cleaning, conditioning, or other ingredients not specifically listed herein.
The conditioning particles of this invention are useful for direct application to fibers or fabrics and as such can be formulated, for example, as aqueous dispersions as the primary or only active fabric conditioning agent without detergent ingredients.
The aqueous dispersion in an aerosol form preferably comprises from about 2% to about 60% of the conditioning particles of the present invention; from about 10% to 50% water; from about 10 to about 30% of a suitable organic solvent; the balance being a suitable propellant. Examples of such propellants are the chlorinated, fluorinated and chlorofluorinated lower molecular weight hydrocarbons. Nitrous oxide, carbon dioxide, isobutane and propane may also be used as propellant gases. These propellants are used at a level sufficient to expel the contents of the container. Suitable organic materials useful as the solvent or a part of a solvent system are as follows: propylene glycol, polyethylene glycol (M.W. 200-600), polypropylene glycol (M.W. 425-2025), glycerine, sorbitol esters, 1,2,6-hexanetriol, diethyl tartrate, butanediol, and mixtures thereof. The balance of the composition comprises a liquid carrier, preferably the carrier is water or a mixture of water and monohydric alcohols.
The conditioning particles of the present invention are useful as aqueous dispersions added to the wash or rinse.
When it is desired to utilize such conditioning particles for use in through-the-wash (ie, wash added) domestic laundering, it is necessary that the particles have an average particle diameter as described hereinabove.
The ratios of water and other solvents in the compositions will be determined in part by the resulting state of the fabric care agent. At ambient temperatures, the conditioning agent must be substantially insoluble in the product, and within the particle size specifications heretofore discussed. This will place restrictions upon the selection of surfactants, builders, solvents and levels of these components in the compositions.
The liquid fabric conditioning and detergent compositions of the present invention can be prepared by conventional methods.
One preferred method for making stable, one-phase liquid detergent compositions is disclosed in U.S. Ser. No. 153,105, Robert Mermelstein and Ronald L. Jacobsen, "Stable Heavy Duty Liquid Detergent Compositions Which Contain a Softener and Antistatic Agent", cofiled with the present case on Feb. 8, 1988, and incorporated by reference herein. In general, said incorporated case discloses a process for making a stable, one-phase liquid detergent composition containing: nonethoxylated alkyl sulfate and/or alkyl ethoxylated sulfate anionic surfactant; the conditioning particles of the present invention; cumene, xylene or toluene sulfonate surfactant, or a mixture thereof; a smectite-type clay softener; and a nonionic surfactant produced by condensing ethylene oxide with a straight or branched alkyl chain containing from about 8 to about 16 carbon atoms, the nonionic surfactant having an HLB of from about 8 to about 15. A stable liquid detergent composition is said to be obtained by mixing the clay ion the liquid base at a high rate of shear, for example at about 150,000 sec-1 with a homogenizer. Suitable homogenizers are available from APV Gaulin, Inc., Everett, Mass.
Granular compositions of the present invention may comprise the conditioning particles as the only fabric conditioning agent, or the conditioning particles may be combined with other fabric conditioning agents. The active components of the granular composition may primarily be fabric conditioning agents, may include detergent ingredients such as those disclosed herein, and may include cleaning, conditioning, or other ingredients not specifically listed herein, in one preferred embodiment for a fabric care compositions, such composition contains the conditioning particles of the present invention and a smectite clay softener, preferably at a weight ratio of ion-pair complex-containing conditioning particles to clay with the range of 2:1 to 1:2, more preferably about 1:1.
Granular detergent compositions embodying the present invention can be formed by conventional techniques, i.e., by slurrying the individual components (with the exception of the ion-pair complexes of the conditioning particles) in water and then atomizing and spray-drying the resultant mixture, or by pan or drum agglomeration of the ingredients. The conditioning particles can then be added directly into the composition.
Compositions of this invention, both liquid and granular formulations, can also be adapted to a thru-the-wash laundry article which comprises the conditioning particles of the present invention with or without other detergent, fabric care or other laundry actives contained within fabric care- and/or detergent containing articles which release the conditioning particles in water. These articles include laminated substrates such as those described in U.S. Pat. No. 4,571,924, issued to Bahrani on Feb. 25, 1986, and U.S. Pat. No. 4,638,907, issued to Behenk et al. on Jan. 27, 1987, which are incorporated by reference herein. Such laminated substrate articles are particularly suitable for granular compositions. Other articles include dissolvable laundry products, such as a dissolvable pouch, which can be used for granular or liquid compositions.
The conditioning particles of the present invention may also comprise nonsilicone waxes in addition to the ion-pair complexes, as disclosed in U.S. Ser. No. 061,063, filed June 10, 1987, incorporated herein by reference.
Particles comprising a combination of the amine-organic anion and amine-inorganic anion ion-pair complexes and nonsilicone waxes can be formed by mixing the three components in molten form and then forming particles by the methods discussed above, said method not being intended to exclude other methods for forming particles comprising the aforesaid components. Exemplary nonsilicone waxes include hydrocarbon waxes, such as paraffin wax, and microcrystalline wax. The weight ratio of ion-pair complex to wax is preferably between about 1:10 and about 10:1.
The conditioning particles of the invention are particularly suitable for laundry use, but are also suitable for other applications, for example, as a hair conditioning component in shampoos and hair conditioning compositions.
______________________________________Code     Ingredient______________________________________C.sub.13 HLAS    C.sub.13 linear alkylbenzene sulfonic acidC.sub.11.4 HLAS    C.sub.11.4 linear alkylbenzene sulfonic acidNl 23-6.5T    C.sub.12-13 alkyl polyethoxylate (6.5 T) available    as Neodol 23-6.5T from Shell T = stripped    of lower ethoxylated fractions and fatty    alcoholNl 25-8T C.sub.12 - C.sub.15 alkyl polyethoxylate (8T)stabilizer    Bentone-14 quaternized montmorillonite clay    obtained from NL IndustriesOBS      sodium nonyl oxybenzene sulfonateDTPA     sodium diethylenetriaminepentaacetatePB1      sodium perborate monohydratePPT      poly(terephthalate propyleneglycol ester)    ethoxylated with about 30 moles of ethylene    oxideSTPP     sodium tripolyphosphate (contains 4%    pyrophosphate)TEPA-E.sub.15-18    tetraethylene pentaimine ethoxylated with    15-18 moles (avg.) of ethylene oxide at each    hydrogen site on each nitrogenDTA      ditallow amineDSA      distearyl amineTAS      sodium tallow alkyl sulfateClay     sodium montmorillonite clayMisc     can include enzymes, enzyme stabilizers,    other phase stabilizers, perfumes, brighten-    ers, dyes, water, other solvents, pH adjust-    ing agents (e.g., monoethanolamine, diethan-    olamine, triethanolamine, KOH, NaOH, NH.sub.4 OH    and salts), suds suppressor, dispersant, and    anti-redeposition agents.______________________________________
This example demonstrates the synthesis and generation of fabric conditioning particles made from a combination of ditallow amine-linear C3 alkylbenzene sulfonate (C3 LAS) ion-pair complex and ditallow amine-sulfate ion-pair complex.
The ditallow amine-C3 LAS ion-pair complex is formed by combining a 1:1 molar ratio of ditallow amine (availble from Sherex Corporation, Dublin, Ohio as Adogen® 240) and cumene sulfonic acid. The acid is slowly added to a 70° C. to 150° C. melt of the amine with agitation to provide a homogeneous fluid. The ditallow amine-sulfate ion-pair complex is separately formed by combining a 2:1 molar ratio of ditallow amine and sulfuric acid. The acid is slowly added to a 70° C. to 150° C. melt of the amine with agitation to provide a homogeneous fluid. A 70:30 weight ratio mixture of the ditallow amine-C3 LAS ion-pair and the ditallow amine-sulfate ion-pair is then formed by combining 70 parts of the former ion-pair complex with 30 parts of the latter ion-pair complex (calculated on a weight basis). The mixture of the two ion pair complexes is kept well mixed by recirculation and hydraulically forced through a heated nozzle to form particles of the complex which have an average diameter of between about 50 and about 200 microns. Particle size can be determined with a Malvern particle size analyzer. Alternately, the mixture can be forced through the nozzle by air injection.
This method of synthesis and generation of the ditallow amine-C3 LAS/ditallow amine-sulfate ion-pair complex conditioning particles can also be used to make other amine-organic anion/amine-inorganic anion ion-pair conditioning particles including, but not limited to, the combinations shown below:
______________________________________ConditioningParticleIon-PairCombination    Amine-Organic Anion                    Amine-Inorganic Anion______________________________________1.       Ditallow amine-C.sub.3 LAS                    Distearyl amine-sulfate2.       Distearyl amine-C.sub.3 LAS                    Distearyl amine-sulfate3.       Distearyl amine-C.sub.3 LAS                    Ditallow amine-sulfate4.       Ditallow amine-C.sub.3 LAS                    Tritallow amine-sulfate5.       Ditallow amine-C.sub.3 LAS                    Tristearyl amine-sulfate6.       Distearyl amine-C.sub.3 LAS                    Tritallow amine-sulfate7.       Distearyl amine-C.sub.3 LAS                    Tristearyl amine-sulfate______________________________________
Inclusion of the amine-inorganic anion ion-pair complex in the conditioning particle combinations of ditallow amine-C3 LAS/ditallow amine-sulfate and Combinations 1-7 above provides improved chemical stability of the particles in detergent compositions. Combinations 4-7 with tristearyl and/or tritallow amines as the amine components of the amine-inorganic anion ion-pair complex, are especially useful for use in liquid detergent compositions containing high levels of surfactants, builders and solvents which are especially aggressive against chemical stability of amine-organic anion ion-pair complexes. The ditallow amine-C3 LAS/ditallow amine-sulfate ion-pair combination and Combinations 1-3, which have secondary amine as the amine components of the amine-inorganic anion ion-pair complex, are especially preferred for reasons of improved processing characteristics due to increased hardness imparted by the amine-sulfate ion-pair.
Substantially similar benefits, though varying in degree, can also be obtained when the amine-organic anion to amine-inorganic anion ion-pair complex ratio is another value (i.e., other than 70:30) within the range of about 95:5 to about 5:95.
Similar benefits can be obtained when benzene sulfonate, C1 -C2 LAS, or C4 -C13 LAS is substituted for C3 LAS as the organic anion, or when phosphate or nitrate is substituted for sulfate in the amine-inorganic anion ion-pair complex (adjusting molar ratios of amine and inorganic acid as appropriate in the manufacture of said ion-pair complex).
These particles can be used as disclosed in the following examples by forming the particles as discussed above and then mixing them with the appropriate fabric care and/or detergent components for both liquid and granular compositions. All such composition can be added to the laundry before or during the wash stage of fabric laundering without significantly impairing cleaning performance, while still providing excellent fabric conditioning. The particles can also be applied to fabrics subsequent to the wash stage, such as during the rinse stage or during drying, and thereby provide effective fabric conditioning.
__________________________________________________________________________         II III IV V  VI  VII                             VIII__________________________________________________________________________C.sub.13 HLAS -- --  -- -- 8.0 -- 8.0C.sub.11.4 HLAS         17.8            --  -- -- --  17.0                             --Sodium C.sub.12 -C.sub.13 alkyl poly-ethoxylate (1.00) sulfate         -- 4.7 9.4                   -- --  -- --Sodium C.sub.14-15 alkyl poly-ethoxylate (2.25) sulfate         -- --  -- -- 12.0                          -- 12.0Nl 23-6.5T    9.0            10.7                21.5                   17 5.0 -- 2.0Nl 25-8T      -- --  -- -- --  7.0                             --C.sub.12-14 fatty acid         -- --  -- -- 11.0                          -- 3.5C.sub.8-15 alkenyl succinate         14.0            --  -- -- --  -- --citric acid   2.0            0.1 0.2                   -- 4.0 9.0                             5.0Ether polycarboxylate         -- --  -- -- --  -- 5.0(TMS/TDS)propanediol   15.0            --  -- -- 8.5 -- 5.0ethanol       -- 3.1 7.3                   7.5                      3.5 -- --DTPA          0.3            0.2 0.2                   -- 0.3 -- 0.3PPT           1.0            --  -- -- 1.0 1.0                             1.0TEPA-E.sub.15-18         1.5            1.5 1.5                   1.5                      2.0 -- 1.5protease enzyme         0.6            0.7 0.7                   0.6                      0.7 0.6                             0.7amylase enzyme         0.3            0.1 0.1                   0.2                      0.2 0.3                             0.2stabilizer    0.7            1.5 0.3                   1.5                      0.7 1.5                             0.7conditioning particles         7.0            7.0 5.0                   7.0                      5.0 7.0                             5.0water and miscellaneous         Balance up to 100%__________________________________________________________________________
Conditioning particles, selected from the ion-pair combinations in the table below in a weight ratio of 70:30 amine-organic anion ion-pair complex to amine-inorganic anion ion-pair complex, are added to the detergent compositions of Examples II-VIII.
______________________________________ConditioningParticleIon-PairCombination    Amine-Organic Anion                    Amine-Inorganic Anion______________________________________1.       Ditallow amine-C.sub.3 LAS                    Ditallow amine-sulfate2.       Ditallow amine-C.sub.3 LAS                    Distearyl amine-sulfate3.       Distearyl amine-C.sub.3 LAS                    Distearyl amine-sulfate4.       Distearyl amine-C.sub.3 LAS                    Ditallow amine-sulfate5.       Ditallow amine-C.sub.3 LAS                    Tritallow amine-sulfate6.       Ditallow amine-C.sub.3 LAS                    Tristearyl amine-sulfate7.       Distearyl amine-C.sub.3 LAS                    Tritallow amine-sulfate8.       Distearyl amine-C.sub.3 LAS                    Tristearyl amine-sulfate______________________________________
The conditioning particles can be made as described in Example I. Incorporation of the amine-inorganic anion ion-pair complex into these conditioning particles improves the chemical stability of the particles in the detergent compositions, particularly after product storage at elevated temperatures. The particles with tritallow amine or tristearyl amine (Combinations 5-8) as the amine component of the amine-inorganic anion ion-pair complex provide especially enhanced chemical stability in detergent compositions. Conditioning particle ion-pair combinations 1-4 are harder and therefore additionally provide the processing benefits of a more consistent product upon prilling in terms of size range and spherical shape, in addition to improved chemical stability and are therefore most highly preferred. The invention herein can also be practiced when the amine-organic anion to amine-inorganic anion ion-pair complex ratio is another value (i.e. other than 70:30) within the range of about 40:60 to about 90:10.
______________________________________Ingredient         Weight Percent______________________________________Sodium C.sub.13 LAS              10.2%Sodium C.sub.14 -C.sub.15 alkyl sulfate              10.2%Sodium tripolyphosphate              47.3%Nl 23-6.5T         0.5%DTPA               0.5%Sodium silicate (1.6 r)              7.2%Sodium sulfate     15.3%Water and misc. ingredients              Balance to 100%              (premix wt. basis)______________________________________
Added to 77.8 parts (weight basis) of this premix are (on a weight basis): 11.8 parts sodium carbonate; 4.8 parts ditallow amine-C3 LAS/ditallow amine-sulfate conditioning particles prepared as described in Example I with an amine-organic anion to amine-inorganic anion ion-pair complex weight ratio of 70:30; and 5.6 parts sodium montmorillonite clay. The detergent composition is thoroughly mixed to ensure even distribution of the components.
The conditioning particles can also be agglomerated using any of a variety of binding agents and techniques. Binding agents must dissolve quickly in the wash liquor. Suitable examples of binding agents include water, or water-soluble salts such as sulfates, carbonates, Dextrin™ glue, or phosphates. Agglomeration of the conditioning particles prior to their addition to the granular detergent premix can minimize segregation of the particles from the remainder of the detergent composition.
Detergent compositions of the present invention can also be obtained when the amine-organic anion to amine-inorganic anion is vried to another ratio between about 40:60 and about 90:10.
Similar benefits can be obtained when the ditallow amine-C3 LAS/ditallow amine-sulfate conditioning particles are replaced with other combinations of ion-pair complexes, including: ditallow amine-C3 LAS/distearyl amine-sulfate; distearyl amine-C3 LAS/distearyl amine-sulfate; and distearyl amine-C3 LAS/ditallow amine sulfate.
The following granular detergent compositions are representative of the present invention and are made as described above in Example IX, except that the detergent of Example XVI is made by pan or drum agglomeration rather than spray-drying. The conditioning particles can be made as described in Example I.
______________________________________     X    XI     XII    XIII XIV  XV   XVI______________________________________NaC.sub.13 LAS       8.1    8.4    6.6  9.4  13.7 3.8  --Sodium C.sub.14-15       8.1    8.4    6.6  9.4  --   --   --alkyl sulfateNl 23-6.5T  0.4    0.3    1.0  0.9  0.3  0.2  20.0Sodium C.sub.14-15       --     --     --   --   --   6.0  --alkyl polyethoxylate(2.25) sulfateSTPP        37.6   38.3   29.3 --   27.7 36.8 50.0TAS         --     --     --   --   --   6.0  --Sodium      5.7    5.9    10.4 1.7  5.5  5.2  10.0Silicate (1.6r)Sodium      12.0   12.4   15.4 4.7  11.4 11.5 1.0CarbonateAlumino-    --     --     --   23.0 --   --   --silicateDTPA        0.4    0.4    1.1  --   --   --   --Sodium      12.2   12.6   0.9  33.3 22.6 16.1 --SulfatePB1         --     --     5.1  --   --   --   --OBS         --     --     6.9  --   --   --   --Clay        5.8    --     4.9  5.8  5.7  5.8  5.8Conditioning       2.6    5.2    4.1  4.9  4.8  4.9  4.9particlesMisc. Ingredients:       Balance to 100%______________________________________
The conditioning particles contain a 70:30 weight ratio of distearyl amine-C3 LAS ion-pair complex to distearyl amine-sulfate ion-pair complex.
These compositions give excellent cleaning as well as excellent static control and softening benefits (without impairing cleaning). The detergent compositions of the present invention can also be obtained when the conditioning particles are replaced with the ditallow amine-C3 LAS/ditallow amine-sulfate ion-pair combination of Example I, or with the alternate ion-pair combinations (1) or (3) of Example I, or mixtures thereof, or when the amine-organic anion/amine-inorganic anion ion-pair complex ratio is varied to another level within the range of about 40:60 to about 90:10.
______________________________________Ingredients              Weight Percent______________________________________SurfactantsSodium C.sub.13 linear alkyl benzene sulfonate                    7.0Sodium C.sub.14-15 alkyl sulfate                    7.0C.sub.12-13 alcohol polyethoxylate 6.5T*                    0.7BuildersSodium tripolyphosphate solids                    28.3Sodium silicate (1.6r)   5.6Sodium carbonate         11.7Conditioning AgentsDistearyl amine-C.sub.3 LAS/distearyl amine-sulfate                    4.9(70:30)Sodium montmorillonite clay (solids)                    5.8Other IngredientsC.sub.12-13 alcohol (dedusting agent)                    0.4Sodium sulfate           19.8Water and miscellaneous  Balance to 100(including brightener, speckles colorant,suds suppressor and perfume)______________________________________ *Alcohol and monoethoxylated alcohol removed.
The first step in the preparation of the detergent composition is the formation of detergent base granules. The surfactants, builders, and sulfate are added to a crutcher, mixed and spray dried in a drying tower. Prior to collection, C12-13 alcohol polyethoxylate 6.5T is sprayed onto the detergent base granules.
Secondly, distearyl amine-C3 LAS/distearyl amine-sulfate (DSA-C3 LAS/DSA-S) conditioning particles having a DSA-C3 LAS to DSA-S weight ratio of 70:30 are formed according to the process generally described in Example I.
Thirdly, the detergent base granules, carbonate, sodium montmorillonite clay, and speckles colorant are put into the mixing drum and dry mixed. Suds suppressor, if any, is also added at this stage. After mixing, both perfume and C12-13 alcohol polyethoxylate 6.5T are sprayed onto the materials.
In the final step, the DSA-C3 LAS/DSA-S conditioning particles are added to the mixing drum containing the detergent base granules, carbonate, clay, and speckles colorant. These components are mixed and then collected.
The resulting detergent composition exhibits excellent cleaning and fabric care benefits such as softness and static control.
The detergent compositions of the present invention can also be obtained when the conditioning particles are replaced with the ditallow amine-C3 LAS/ditallow amine-sulfate ion-pair combination of Example 1, or with the alternate ion-pair combinations (1) or (3) of Example I, or mixtures thereof, or when the amine-organic anion/amine-inorganic anion ion-pair complex ratio is varied to another level within the range of about 40:60 to about 90:10.
Compositions herein are also obtained when the mixed surfactant system is replaced, in whole or in part, with other anionic and/or nonionic surfactants, including, but not limited to, C8-18 alkyl benzene sulfonates, C8-18 alkyl sulfate, C10-22 alkyl ethoxy sulfates, C12-18 alcohol polyethoxylates, amine oxides, and mixtures thereof.
A granular fabric care composition is provided in a laminated substrate. One part of ditallow amine-C3 LAS/ditallow amine-sulfate conditioning particles of about 70 to about 200 microns in average diameter are made as described in Example I, with an amine-organic anion/amine-inorganic anion ion-pair weight ratio of 70:30. These particles are optionally mixed with about one part of a smectite clay. The conditioning particle/clay mixture is contained in a laminated substrate article having single or multiple pouches such as described in U.S. Pat. No. 4,571,924. The laminated substrate article can be placed in the wash cycle, in the presence of a detergent. Optionally detergent ingredients, such as, but not limited to, those described in Examples IX through XVII can be mixed with the conditioning particles. Also optionally, such detergent ingredients can be provided in one or more pouches of the substrate article and the conditioning particles can be provided in one or more other pouches of the substrate article. The substrate article releases the mixture upon agitation during the wash and/or rinse cycles as well as during the machine drying cycle. Alternately, the mixture of clay and conditioning particles can be added to the wash cycle without use of the substrate article. In each of these applications, excellent fabric conditioning without adverse effects upon cleaning performance can be obtained. The detergent compositions of the present invention can also be obtained by substituting ion-pair combinations 1-3 of Example I, or mixtures thereof, for the ditallow amine-C3 LAS/ditallow amine-surface conditioning particles, or by varying the ratio of amine-organic anion/amine-inorganic anion ion-pair complex to another level within the range of about 40:60 to about 90:10.
A heavy duty liquid laundry detergent composition of the preseht invention is as follows.
______________________________________Component                  Weight %______________________________________Sodium C.sub.12-14 alkylethoxy (1) sulfate                      4.7C.sub.12-13 alcohol polyethoxylate (6.5)                      10.8Sodium cumene sulfonate    1.3Prills                     7.1Ditallow amine-C.sub.3 LAS (70%)Ditallow amine-sulfate (30%)Smectite clay (Bentone 14) 1.5Ethanol                    3.1Sodium formate             1.6Calcium formate            0.1Sodium diethylenetriamine pentaacetic acid (DTPA)                      0.2Miscellaneous              3.0(includes protease and amylase enzymes,anti-redeposition agent, dye, and perfume)Water                      Balance to                      100%______________________________________
The process used to make this composition is as follows. Activities are given as weight percent of active in aqueous solution.
______________________________________Step                     Weight %______________________________________1.    Water                  27.5 Ethanol (92% activity) 1.4 Brightener             0.1 DTPA                   0.1 Alkyl ethoxylated sulfate                        10.0 Sodium C.sub.12-14 alkylethoxy(1) sulfate                        47.0% Ethanol                18.6% Na5 DTPA               1.1% Water                  33.3% Sodium formate (30% activity)                        5.3 C.sub.12-13 alcohol polyethoxylate (6.5)                        10.8 Anti-redeposition agent (80% activity)                        1.9 Calcium formate (10% activity)                        1.0 Sodium cumene sulfonate (45% activity)                        3.02.    Clay Slurry in Water   30.03.    Protease enzyme        0.9 Amylase enzyme         0.2 Blue dye               0.4 Perfume                0.54.    Prills (10-500 microns diameter;                        7.1 170 microns, average) Ditallow amine-C.sub.3 LAS (70%) Ditallow amine-sulfate (30%)______________________________________
The ingredients listed in step 1 are added to a mixing tank with a single agitator in the order which they appear above. Before the calcium formate is added, the pH of the mix is lowered to below 9.0 by adding 0.04 parts of citric acid. The clay slurry listed in step 2 is made by mixing the clay into water with an agitator and further dispersing the solids by recycling through a centrifugal pump. After the clay slurry (step 2) has stood for approximately one day, it is added to the mix tank containing the ingredients from step 1. After 1 to 2 days, the pH of the formulation intermediate (steps 1 and 2) is lowered to 7.7 by adding less than 0.04 parts of citric acid. This formulation intermediate is then processed through a Gaulin Homogenizer at a pressure of 6000 pounds per square inch gauge (psig), shear rate of 150,000 sec-1, and for 1 pass. This processing step is critical to activate the clay as an effective suspension agent. Product-making continues by adding the ingredients listed in step 3, in the order in which they appear above, to the formulation intermediate which was processed through the homogenizer. This is done with constant agitation. Finally, the prills described in step 4 are added by hand crutching into the liquid with very little mechanical agitation (greater than 100 rpm).
This formulation is a stable, one phase heavy duty liquid which cleans and controls static well and has a viscosity of about 350 cps at 70° F. (about 21.1° C.), a pH of 7.6, and a yield value of about 39 dynes/cm2.
______________________________________Component                  Weight %______________________________________Sodium C.sub.12-14 alkylethoxy(1) sulfate                      8.5C.sub.12-13 alcohol polyethoxylate (6.5)                      9.7Sodium cumene sulfonate    4.5Prills                     6.4Distearyl amine-C.sub.3 LAS (70%)Distearyl amine-sulfate (30%)Smectite clay (Bentone 14) 1.4Ethanol                    3.4Sodium formate             1.4Calcium formate            0.1Sodium diethylenetriamine pentaacetic acid (DTPA)                      0.4Miscellaneous and water    Balance to(includes anti-redeposition agent                      100%and brighteners)______________________________________
______________________________________Step                     Weight %______________________________________1.    Water                  20.9 Brightener             0.1 DTPA                   0.2 Sodium formate (30% activity)                        4.8 C.sub.12-13 alcohol polyethoxylate (6.5)                        9.7 Anti-redeposition Agent (80% activity)                        1.7 Calcium formate (10% activity)                        0.92.    Clay slurry in water   27.1 (5% clay)3.    Alkyl ehoxylated sulfate                        18.1 Sodium C.sub.12-14 alkylethoxy(1) sulfate                        47.0% Ethanol                18.6% Na5 DTPA               1.1% Water                  33.3% Sodium cumene sulfonate (45%)                        10.04.    Prills (10-500 microns diameter;                        6.4 170 microns average diameter) Distearyl amine-C.sub.3 LAS (70%) Distearyl amine-sulfate (30%)______________________________________
The ingredients listed in step 1 are added to a mixing tank with a single agitator in the order which they appear above. Before the calcium formate is added, the pH of the mix is lowered to below 9.0 by adding 0.04 parts of citric acid. The clay slurry listed in step 2 is made by mixing the clay into water with an agitator. This clay slurry (step 2) is immediately added to the ingredients from step 1. This formulation intermediate is then processed through a Gaulin Homogenizer at a pressure of 6000 psig, shear rate of 150,000 sec-1, and for 1 pass. This processing step is critical to activate the clay as an effective suspension agent. Product making continues by adding the ingredients listed in step 3, in the order which they appear above, to the formulation intermediate which was processed through the homogenizer. The ingredients are hand mixed at this point. Finally, the prills described in step 4 are added and mixed in by hand, followed by mechanical agitation for less than a minute.
The stable one-phase heavy duty liquid will have a viscosity of about 480 cps at 70° F. (about 21.1° C.), a pH of about 9.1, and a yield value of about 146 dynes/cm2.
1. A conditioning agent comprising water-insoluble particles having an average diameter of from about 10 microns to about 500 microns, said particles comprising:
(i) from about 5% to about 95% of an amine-organic anion ion-pair complex having the formula: ##STR26## wherein each R1 and R2 independently is C12 -C20 alkyl or alkenyl, each R3 is H or CH3, and A is an organic anion selected from the group consisting of alkyl sulfonates, aryl sulfonates, alkylaryl sulfonates, alkyl sulfates, dialkyl sulfosuccinates, alkyl oxybenzene sulfonates, acyl isethionates, acylalkyl taurates, alkyl ethoxylated sulfates, and olefin sulfonates, and mixtures of said ion-pair complexes; and
(ii) from about 95% to about 5%, by weight of said particles, of an amine-inorganic anion ion-pair complex having the formula: ##STR27## wherein each R1 and R2 independently is C12 -C20 alkyl or alkenyl, each R3 is H, CH3, or C2 -C20 alkyl or alkenyl, B is an inorganic anion selected from the group consisting or nitrate, sulfate, hydrogen sulfate, phosphate, hydrogen phosphate and dihydrogen phosphate, and x is an integer between 1 and 3, inclusive, and mixtures of said ion-pair complexes.
2. A conditioning agent as in claim 1, wherein said average particle diameter is greater than about 40 microns and less than about 350 microns.
3. A conditioning agent as in claim 2, wherein said average particle size is greater than about 50 microns and less than about 200 microns.
4. A conditioning agent as in claim 1, wherein A is selected from the group consisting of C1 -C20 alkylaryl sulfonates, and aryl sulfonates, and the amine of the amine-organic anion ion-pair complex is selected from the group consisting of ditallow amine, ditallow methyl amine, dipalmityl amine, dipalmityl methyl amine, distearyl amine, distearyl methyl amine, diarachidyl amine, diarachidyl methyl amine, palmityl stearyl amine, palmityl stearyl methyl amine, palmityl arachidyl amine, palmityl arachidyl methyl amine, stearyl arachidyl amine, stearyl arachidyl methyl amine, tallow palmityl amine, tallow palmityl methyl amine, tallow stearyl amine, tallow stearyl methyl amine, tallow aarachidyl amine, and tallow arachidyl methyl amine.
5. A conditioning agent as described in claim 1 wherein the amine of the amine-inorganic anion ion-pair complex is selected from the group consisting of ditallow amine, ditallow methyl amine, dipalmityl amine, dipalmityl methyl amine, distearyl amine, distearyl methyl amine, diarachidyl amine, diarachidyl methyl amine, palmityl stearyl amine, palmityl stearyl methyl amine, palmityl arachidyl amine, palmityl arachidyl methyl amine, stearyl arachidyl amine, stearyl arachidyl methyl amine, tallow palmityl amine, tallow palmityl methyl amine, tallow stearyl amine, tallow stearyl methyl amine, tallow arachidyl amine, tallow arachidyl methyl amine, tritallow amine, tripalmityl amine, tristearyl amine, triarchidyl amine, ditallow stearyl amine, distearyl tallow amine, ditallow palmityl amine, dipalmityl tallow amine, ditallow arachidyl amine, diarachidyl tallow amine, distearyl palmityl amine, dipalmityl stearyl amine, distearyl arachidyl amine, diarachidyl stearyl amine, tallow stearyl arachidyl amine, dipalmityl arachidyl amine, diarachidyl palmityl amine, palmityl stearyl arachidyl, tallow palmityl stearyl and tallow palmityl arachidyl.
6. A conditioning agent as described in claim 4, wherein the amine of the amine-inorganic anion ion-pair complex is selected from the group consisting of ditallow amine, ditallow methyl amine, dipalmityl amine, dipalmityl methyl amine, distearyl amine, distearyl methyl amine, diarachidyl amine, diarachidyl methyl amine, palmityl stearyl amine, palmityl stearyl methyl amine, palmityl arachidyl amine, palmityl arachidyl methyl amine, stearyl arachidyl amine, stearyl arachidyl methyl amine, tallow palmityl amine, tallow palmityl methyl amine, tallow stearyl amine, tallow stearyl methyl amine, tallow arachidyl amine, tallow arachidyl methyl amine, tritallow amine, tripalmityl amine, tristearyl amine, triarchidyl amine, ditallow stearyl amine, distearyl tallow amine, ditallow palmityl amine, dipalmityl tallow amine, ditallow arachidyl amine, diarachidyl tallow amine, distearyl palmityl amine, dipalmityl stearyl amine, distearyl arachidyl amine, diarachidyl stearyl amine, tallow stearyl arachidyl amine, dipalmityl arachidyl amine, diarachidyl palmityl amine, palmityl stearyl arachidyl amine, tallow palmityl stearyl and tallow palmityl arachidyl.
7. A conditioning agent as described in claim 6, wherein said average particle size is greater than about 40 microns and less than about 350 microns.
8. A conditioning agent as described in claim 7, wherein said average particle size is greater than about 50 microns and less than about 200 microns.
9. A conditioning agent as described in claim 8, wherein said particles contain from about 40% to about 90% of said amine-organic anion ion-pair complex and from about 60% to about 10% of said amine-inorganic-anion ion-pair complex.
10. A conditioning agent as described in claim 9, wherein said particles contain from about 50% to about 80% of said amine-organic anion ion-pair complex and from about 50% to about 20% of said amine-inorganic anion ion-pair complex.
11. A conditioning agent as described in claim 1, wherein R3 of the amine-inorganic ion-pair complex is H or CH3.
12. A conditioning agent as described in claim 3, wherein R3 of the amine-inorganic ion-pair complex is H or CH3.
13. A conditioning agent as described in claim 10, wherein R3 of the amine-inorganic ion-pair complex is H or CH3.
14. A conditioning agent as described in claim 11, wherein the amine of the amine-inorganic anion ion-pair complex is selected from the group consisting of ditallow amine, ditallow methyl amine, dipalmityl amine, dipalmityl methyl amine, distearyl amine, distearyl methyl amine, diarachidyl amine, diarachidyl methyl amine, palmityl stearyl amine, palmityl stearyl methyl amine, palmityl arachidyl amine, palmityl arachidyl methyl amine, stearyl arachidyl amine, stearyl arachidyl methyl amine, tallow palmityl amine, tallow palmityl methyl amine, tallow stearyl amine, tallow stearyl methyl amine, tallow arachidyl amine, and tallow arachidyl methyl amine.
15. A conditioning agent as described in claim 1, wherein R3 of the amine-inorganic anion ion-pair complex is a C12 to C20 alkyl or alkenyl.
16. A conditioning agent as described in claim 15, wherein the amine of the amine-inorganic anion ion-pair complex is selected from the group consisting of tritallow amine, tripalmityl amine, tristearyl amine, triarchidyl amine, ditallow stearyl amine, distearyl tallow amine, ditallow palmityl amine, dipalmityl tallow amine, ditallow arachidyl amine, diarachidyl tallow amine, distearyl palmityl amine, dipalmityl stearyl amine, distearyl arachidyl amine, diarachidyl stearyl amine, tallow stearyl arachidyl amine, dipalmityl arachidyl amine, diarachidyl palmityl amine, palmityl stearyl arachidyl, tallow palmityl stearyl and tallow palmityl arachidyl.
17. A detergent composition comprising from about 0.1% to about 20% of the conditioning agent of claim 1 and from about 1% to about 98% of a water-soluble detergent surfactant selected from the group consisting of cationic surfactants, nonionic surfactants, zwitterionic surfactants, amphoteric surfactants, and anionic surfactants, wherein the quantity of said detergent surfactant is exclusive of the quantity of anionic anion present in said ion-pair complex.
18. A detergent composition as in claim 17, wherein said average particle diameter is greater than about 40 microns and less than about 350 microns.
19. A detergent composition as in claim 18, wherein said average particle size is greater than about 50 microns and less than about 200 microns.
20. A detergent composition as described in claim 17 wherein the amine of the amine-inorganic anion ion-pair complex is selected from the group consisting of ditallow amine, ditallow methyl amine, dipalmityl amine, dipalmityl methyl amine, distearyl amine, distearyl methyl amine, diarachidyl amine, diarachidyl methyl amine, palmityl stearyl amine, palmityl stearyl methyl amine, palmityl arachidyl amine, palmityl arachidyl methyl amine, stearyl arachidyl amine, stearyl arachidyl methyl amine, tallow palmityl amine, tallow palmityl methyl amine, tallow stearyl amine, tallow stearyl methyl amine, tallow arachidyl amine, tallow arachidyl methyl amine, tritallow amine, tripalmityl amine, tristearyl amine, triarchidyl amine, ditallow stearyl amine, distearyl tallow amine, ditallow palmityl amine, dipalmityl tallow amine, ditallow arachidyl amine, diarachidyl tallow amine, distearyl palmityl amine, dipalmityl stearyl amine, distearyl arachidyl amine, diarachidyl stearyl amine, tallow stearyl arachidyl amine, dipalmityl arachidyl amine, diarachidyl palmityl amine, palmityl stearyl arachidyl amine, tallow palmityl stearyl and tallow palmityl arachidyl.
21. A detergent composition as in claim 20, wherein A is selected from the group consisting of C1 -C20 alkylaryl sulfonates, and aryl sulfonates, and the amine of the amine-organic anion ion-pair complex is selected from the group consisting of ditallow amine, ditallow methyl amine, dipalmityl amine, dipalmityl methyl amine, distearyl amine, distearyl methyl amine, diarachidyl amine, diarachidyl methyl amine, palmityl stearyl amine, palmityl stearyl methyl amine, palmityl arachidyl amine, palmityl arachidyl methyl amine, stearyl arachidyl amine, stearyl arachidyl methyl amine, tallow palmityl amine, tallow palmityl methyl amine, tallow stearyl amine, tallow stearyl methyl amine, tallow arachidyl amine, and tallow arachidyl methyl amine.
22. A detergent composition as described in claim 21, wherein said particles contain from about 40% to about 90% of said amine-organic anion ion-pair complex and from about 60% to about 10% of said amine-inorganic anion ion-pair complex.
23. A detergent composition as described in claim 22, wherein said particles contain from about 50% to about 80% of said amine-organic anion ion-pair complex and from about 50% to about 20% of said amine-inorganic anion ion-pair complex.
24. A detergent composition as described in claim 21, wherein R3 of the amine-inorganic ion-pair complex is H or CH3.
25. A detergent composition as described in claim 24, wherein A is benzene sulfonate or a C1 -C13 linear alkyl benzene sulfonate.
26. A detergent composition as described in claim 25, wherein A is selected from the group consisting of C1 to C5 linear alkyl benzene sulfonates or benzene sulfonate, the amine of the amine-organic anion ion-pair complex is selected from the group consisting of ditallow amine, distearyl amine, distearyl methyl amine, and ditallow methyl amine, and the amine of the amine-inorganic anion ion-pair complex is selected from the group consisting of ditallow amine, distearyl amine, ditallow methyl amine, and distearyl methyl amine.
27. A detergent composition as described in claim 26, wherein the inorganic anion is sulfate, the organic anion is C1-3 LAS, the amine of the amine-organic and amine-inorganic ion-pair complexes is ditallow amine or distearyl amine and the weight ratio of amine-organic ion-pair complex to amine-inorganic ion-pair complex is from about 50:50 to about 80:20.
28. A detergent composition as in claim 21, wherein R3 of the amine of the amine-inorganic anion ion-pair complex is a C16 -C20 alkyl or alkenyl.
29. A detergent composition as described in claim 28, wherein the amine of the amine-inorganic anion ion-pair complex is selected from the group consisting of tritallow amine and tristearyl amine.
30. A detergent composition as describes in claim 29, wherein A is benzene sulfonate or a C1 -C13 linear alkyl benzene sulfonate.
31. A detergent composition as described in claim 30, wherein A is selected from the group consisting of C1 to C5 linear alkyl benzene sulfonates or benzene sulfonate, and the amine of the amine-organic anion ion-pair complex is selected from the group consisting of ditallow amine, distearyl amine, distearyl methyl amine, and ditallow methyl amine.
32. A detergent composition as described in claim 31, wherein the inorganic anion is sulfate, the organic anion is C1-3 LAS, the amine of the amine-organic anion ion-pair complex is ditallow amine or distearyl amine and the weight ratio of amine-organic ion-pair complex to amine-inorganic ion-pair complex is from about 50:50 to about 80:20.
33. A detergent composition according to claim 21 which additionally comprises a liquid carrier and from about 5% to about 50% of a detergency builder.
34. A detergent composition according to claim 33 wherein the builder component is selected from the group consisting of polyacetates, alkenyl succinates, carbonates, C10 to C18 alkyl monocarboxylic acids, polycarboxylic acids, polymeric carboxylates, polyphosphonic acids, alkali metals, ammonium and substituted ammonium salts thereof, and mixtures thereof.
35. A detergent composition according to claim 33 additionally comprising from about 0.1% to about 10% of a chelating agent.
36. A detergent composition according to claim 35 which further comprises from about 0.025% to about 2% of an enzyme.
37. A detergent composition according to claim 36 which further comprises from about 0.01% to about 5.0% of a clay soil removal and anti-redeposition agent.
38. A detergent composition according to claim 37 additionally comprising from about 0.01% to about 5.0% of a soil release agent.
39. A detergent composition according to claim 38 which further comprises from about 0.1% to about 10.0% of a stabilizing agent.
40. A detergent composition according to claim 33 which further comprises from about 0.1% to about 10.0% of a stabilizing agent.
41. A detergent composition according to claim 24 wherein said composition additionally comprises from about 10% to about 80% of a detergency builder.
42. A detergent composition according to claim 41 wherein the builder component is selected from the group consisting of inorganic phosphates, water-insoluble sodium aluminosilicates, silicates, carbonates, C10 -C18 alkyl monocarboxylic acids, polycarboxylic acids, polymeric carboxylates, polyphosphonic acids, alkali metal, ammonium or substituted ammonium salts thereof, and mixtures thereof.
43. A detergency composition according to claim 41 which further comprises from about 2% to about 15% of a smectite clay softener.
44. A detergent composition according to claim 41 additionally comprising from about 0.1% to about 10% of a chelating agent.
45. A detergent composition according to claim 44 which further comprises from about 0.025% to about 2% of an enzyme.
46. A detergent composition according to claim 45 which further comprises from about 0.01% to about 5.0% of a clay soil removal and anti-redeposition agent.
47. A detergent composition according to claim 46 additionally comprising from about 0.01% to about 5.0% of a soil release agent.
48. A detergent composition according to claim 47, further comprising from about 1% to about 20% of a bleaching agent.
49. A fabric care composition comprising the conditioning agent of claim 1 and a smectite clay softener.
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