Patent ID: 6887836

Claim:
Home care formulation comprising a) at least one dicarboxy functionalized polyorganosiloxane having formula (I) X(R 4 R 5 Si O) p (R 6 A Si O) q Yâ€ƒâ€ƒ(I) wherein X represents a triorganosiloxyl end group of formula R 1 R 2 R 3 SiOâ€”, or a Z end group wherein Z represents â€”OH; Y represents a triorganosilyl end group of formula â€”SiR 3 R 2 R 1 or a W end group wherein W represents â€”H; R 1 to R 6 , which may be identical or different, each represents a linear or branched C1-C8 alkyl or phenyl radical; A represents a dicarboxy acid radical of formula wherein B represents an alkylene residue having from 2 to 30 carbon atoms, optionally substituted by one or more alkyl radicals having from 1 to 30 carbon atoms, Râ€² represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl radical having from 1 to 30 carbon atoms, and E is nil or is an alkylene residue having from 1 to 5 carbon atoms, optionally substituted by one or more alkyl radicals having from 1 to 30 carbon atoms; and M is H, an alkyl group having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms optionally substituted with hydroxy or alkoxy groups, or a cation selected from the group consisting of alkali metal, alkaline earth metal, and substituted or non substituted ammonium, piperidinium or alkanolamine; p is an average value ranging from 0 to 1000; q is an average value ranging from 1 to 100; and the ratio of the number of Z and W end groups to the total number of X and Y end groups is from 0/100 to 75/100 and b) at least one surfactant and at least one additive or active agent selected from detergent adjuvants or builders, auxiliary cleaning agents, acidic cleaning agents, metal chelating agents, calcium-sequestering agents, hydrotropic agents, bleaching agents, abrasives, biocidal or antimicrobial agents, corrosion inhibitors, enzymes, anti-redeposition agents, anti-color transfer agents, and soil-release agents, wherein the amounts of polyorganosiloxane, surfactant and additive or active agent are effective to clean, rinse, repair, care for, or treat industrial, domestic or communal hard surfaces or textile article surfaces.