Patent ID: 7998919

Claim:
An agent for at least one of cleaning or providing a dirt-repellent treatment of a hard surface, the agent comprising a) a multi-armed silyl polyalkoxylate of the formula (I) (H-A) n -Z-[A-B-Si(OR 1 ) r (R 2 ) 3-r ] m (I) wherein Z denotes an (m+n)-valent residue comprising at least three carbon atoms, A denotes a divalent polyoxyalkylene residue, the m+n polyoxyalkylene residues attached to Z optionally differ from one another, and the A residue is joined to Z via an oxygen atom belonging to Z, and an oxygen atom belonging to A is joined to B or hydrogen; B denotes a chemical bond or a divalent organic residue having 1 to 50 carbon atoms; OR 1 denotes a hydrolyzable group; R 1 and R 2 independently denote a linear or branched alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms; r denotes an integer from 1 to 3; and m denotes an integer >1; and n denotes 0 or an integer ≧1, wherein m+n has a value of 3 to 100; b) a surfactant; c) a solvent selected from the group consisting of water and nonaqueous solvents; and d) optionally, further ingredients conventionally found in surface treatment agents that are compatible with constituents a)-d).