Patent ID: 6855677

Claim:
A detergent composition comprising: (A) from 10 to 60 wt. % of at least one phosphate ester or a salt thereof represented by the following formula (1): where R 1 represents a linear or branched hydrocarbon group having 8 to 18 carbon atoms, m stands for a number of from 0 to 10 on weight average, X represents a hydrogen atom, an alkali metal atom, ammonium, a basic amino acid residual group, or an alkanolamino group having a hydroxyalkyl group of 2 to 3 carbon atoms, and R 2 represents —(CH 2 —CH 2 O) m —R 1 or X, or a mixture thereof, and (B) at least one glyceryl ether having an alkyl or alkenyl group of 4 to 12 carbon atoms.