Patent ID: 8114827

Claim:
A hydrous, cleaning or detergent composition comprising an emulsion having an aqueous phase and an oil phase, the composition comprising based on the whole composition: a) 1 to 50 wt-% of one or more alkalinity source; b) 1 to 60 wt-% of a guerbet alcohol ethoxylate of the formula R 1 —(OC 2 H 4 ) n —OH, wherein R 1 is a branched C 8 to C 20 alkyl group and n is from 2 to 10; c) 1 to 30 wt-% of a linear alkoxylated fatty alcohol of the formula R 2 —(OC 2 H 4 ) x —(OC 3 H 6 ) y —OH, wherein R 2 is a linear C 10 to C 16 group and x is from 3 to 7 and y is from 3 to 7; d) 0.01-10 wt-% of one or more crosslinked or partly crosslinked polyacrylic acid, polymethacrylic acid, and mixtures thereof; e) 1-10 wt-% of a thickener system comprising at least two of the following components: 1) 1-5 wt-% of a polyacrylate; 2) 0-5 wt-% of a swellable phyllosilicate; and 3) 0-2 wt-% of a polyethylene glycol; and the rest up to 100 wt-% water wherein the composition has a viscosity range of from 15,000 to 150,000 mPas at 20° C. measured at 5 and/or 50 revolutions per minute on a Brookfield RVT viscosimeter with spindle 7.