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• the present invention relates to cleaning compositions for hard-surfaces. More specifically, the compositions of the present invention give optimal performance in removing limescale-containing stains typically found in a kitchen or in a bathroom.
• Tap water contains a certain amount of solubilized ions which upon water evaporation eventually deposit as salts such as calcium carbonate on surfaces which are often in contact with said water, resulting in an unaesthetic aspect of said surfaces. This limescale formation and deposition phenomenon is even more acute in places where water is particularly hard.
• liquid acidic limescale removal compositions do not perform equally well on all limescale-containing stains, particularly on limescale-containing stains which can be found in bathrooms or in kitchens, i.e., on stains containing mineral deposits like calcium and/or magnesium carbonate but also high amount of organic deposits such as greasy soap scum. Indeed, the presence of such greasy soap scum is detrimental to the limescale removal performance of acidic compositions.
• liquid acidic limescale removal compositions have been formulated that comprise on top of the acid, a surfactant to deliver effective cleaning on organic soils.
• a surfactant to deliver effective cleaning on organic soils.
• EP-A-496 188 discloses acidic compositions comprising maleic acid and nonionic surfactants for the cleaning of limescale-containing bathroom-type stains.
• limescale removal compositions with better performance in several respects including improved greasy soap scum cleaning performance and excellent limescale removal performance.
• an acidic liquid composition comprising an acid and a particular surfactant system, namely an amine oxide according to the formula R1R2R3NO, wherein each of R1, R2 and R3 is independently a saturated or unsaturated, substituted or unsubstituted, linear or branched alkyl group of from 1 to 30 carbon atoms, and an amine according to the formula RR'R''N, wherein R is a saturated or unsaturated, substituted or unsubstituted, linear or branched alkyl group of from 1 to 30 carbon atoms, and wherein R' and R'' are independently saturated or unsaturated, substituted or unsubstituted, linear or branched alkyl groups of from 1 to 30 carbon atoms or hydrogen.
• a particular surfactant system namely an amine oxide according to the formula R1R2R3NO, wherein each of R1, R2 and R3 is independently a saturated or unsaturated, substituted or unsubstituted, linear or branched
• compositions of the present invention comprising an acid, e.g., maleic acid alone or together with a second acid
• said surfactant system provides significantly improved greasy soap scum cleaning performance as well as improved limescale removal performance, as compared to the same compositions but with another surfactant, for example a nonionic surfactant, instead of said surfactant system, this even at a lower total surfactant level.
• the present invention also encompasses the use of an amine, as described herein, and/or of an amine oxide, as described herein, in an acidic liquid composition, to improve the greasy soap scum cleaning performance of said composition.
• EP-A-601 990 discloses an acidic composition
• an acidic composition comprising an acid for example maleic acid together with a thickening system comprising from 0.5% to 15% by weight of the total composition of a mixture of a nonionic surfactant and a cationic surfactant. No amine oxides or amines are disclosed.
• the compositions contain from 1% to 50% by weight of an amine oxide and an acidifying agent having a pKa of less than 6. No primary, secondary or tertiary amines are disclosed.
• GB 1 240 469 discloses a hard-surface cleaning composition which has a pH of not more than 7 and comprises (a) an inorganic or organic acid, or an acidic salts (5% to 95%), (b) a cationic surfactant (0.01% to 10%), and (c) a covalent compound other than (b) and which contains oxygen or a halogen and at least one hydrocarbon chain having at least four carbon atoms.
• the cationic surfactants disclosed are C8-24 amine oxides. No tertiary, secondary or primary amines are disclosed.
• Sulphamic acid is mentioned amongst the weak inorganic acids. No primary, secondary or tertiary amines are disclosed.
• GB 2 106 927 discloses liquid thickened toilet bowl cleaners comprising a non volatile water soluble organic acid, a surfactant (e.g., amine oxide), and a cellulose ether, said composition having a pH of 2.2 to 3.5. No primary, secondary or tertiary amines are disclosed.
• EP-A-253 676 discloses a thickened aqueous composition comprising at least one acidic salt, e.g., maleic acid (0.01%-30%), and a thickening agent (0.1% to 10%) which is at least one of the compounds selected from the group consisting of amine or amine oxide surfactants. No mixture of amine and amine oxide surfactants is expressly described, nor exemplified. EP-A-253 676 does not refer to the removal of limescale-containing stains like those found in bathrooms or in kitchens.
• the present invention is a liquid acidic composition
• a surfactant system comprising from 0.01% to 10% by weight of the total composition of an amine oxide according to the formula R1R2R3NO, wherein each of R1, R2 and R3 is independently a saturated or unsaturated, substituted or unsubstituted, linear or branched alkyl group of from 1 to 30 carbon atoms, and from 0.01% to 10% by weight of the total composition of an amine according to the formula RR'R''N, wherein R is a saturated or unsaturated, substituted or unsubstituted, linear or branched alkyl group of from 1 to 30 carbon atoms, and wherein R' and R'' are independently saturated or unsaturated, substituted or unsubstituted, linear or branched alkyl groups of from 1 to 30 carbon atoms, or hydrogen.
• the present invention also encompasses a process of treating hard-surfaces soiled by limescale-containing stains wherein an acidic liquid composition according to the present invention is applied in its neat form or in diluted form, onto said surfaces, then left to act onto said surfaces and then removed by rinsing.
• the present invention further encompasses the use, of a surfactant system comprising an amine oxide according to the formula R1R2R3NO, wherein each of R1, R2 and R3 is independently a saturated or unsaturated, substituted or unsubstituted, linear or branched alkyl group of from 1 to 30 carbon atoms, and/or an amine according to the formula RR'R''N, wherein R is a saturated or unsaturated, substituted or unsubstituted, linear or branched alkyl group of from 1 to 30 carbon atoms, and wherein R' and R'' are independently saturated or unsaturated, substituted or unsubstituted, linear or branched alkyl groups of from 1 to 30 carbon atoms, or hydrogen, in an acidic limescale removal composition, to improve the greasy soap scum cleaning performance of said composition.
• a surfactant system comprising an amine oxide according to the formula R1R2R3NO, wherein each of R1, R2 and R3
• compositions according to the present invention are designed for removing limescale deposits.
• they comprise as a first essential ingredient an acid.
• the acids to be used herein may be any inorganic or organic acid well-known to those skilled in the art, or mixtures thereof.
• Said compositions may comprise up to 80 % by weight of the total composition of said acid, or mixtures thereof.
• compositions of the present invention comprise maleic acid.
• the compositions according to the present invention comprise from 0.1% to 45% by weight of the total composition of maleic acid, preferably from 1% to 25% and more preferably from 8% to 20%. This percentage is calculated on the basis of the molecular weight of the acid form, but maleic anhydride is equally convenient for use in the compositions according to the present invention. Indeed maleic anhydride is generally cheaper and it is transformed into the acid form when incorporated in an aqueous medium.
• maleic acid is used alone as the acid of the acidic compositions of the present invention.
• a second acid is added on top of said maleic acid.
• Said second acid is desired to strengthen the limescale removal performance.
• the second acids to be used herein which are particularly efficient to remove limescale on many surfaces, have their first pKa not exceeding 5, more preferably not exceeding 3, and most preferably not exceeding 2.
• said acids can be organic or inorganic acids.
• Particularly suitable to be used herein are sulphonic acid derivatives including alkyl sulphonic acids and aryl sulphonic acids.
• Suitable aryl sulphonic acids for use herein are according to the formula : wherein R 1 , R 2 , R 3 , R 4 and R 5 are each H or SO 3 H, or linear or branched C 1 -C 4 alkyl chain; or mixtures thereof.
• Preferred acids having a first pKa not exceeding 5 to be used herein are sulphamic acid, sulphuric acid, aryl sulphonic acids, alkyl sulphonic acids, or mixtures thereof, more preferred are sulphamic acid, sulphuric acid, benzene sulphonic acid or mixtures thereof and highly preferred is sulphamic acid.
• compositions of the present invention comprise from 0.1% to 25% by weight of the total composition of a second acid which has a first pKa not exceeding 5, or mixtures thereof, preferably from 0.1% to 20%, more preferably from 0.1% to 10% and most preferably from 0.1% to 7%.
• compositions according to the present invention comprise as a second essential ingredient a surfactant system comprising an amine oxide, as described hereinafter, and an amine, as described hereinafter.
• Suitable amine oxides to be used herein are according to the following formula R 1 R 2 R 3 NO wherein each of R1, R2 and R3 is independently a saturated or unsaturated, substituted or unsubstituted, linear or branched alkyl groups of from 1 to 30 carbon atoms, and preferably of from 1 to 20 carbon atoms.
• Particularly preferred amine oxides to be used according to the present invention are amine oxides having the following formula R 1 R 2 R 3 NO wherein R1 is a saturated or unsaturated, substituted or unsubstituted, linear or branched alkyl group of 1 to 30 carbon atoms, preferably of 8 to 20 carbon atoms, more preferably of 6 to 16, most preferably of 8 to 14, and wherein R2 and R3 are independently substituted or unsubstituted, linear or branched alkyl groups of from 1 to 4 carbon atoms, preferably of from 1 to 3 carbon atoms, and more preferably are methyl groups, or mixtures thereof.
• Suitable amine oxides for use herein are for instance coconut dimethyl amine oxides, C12-C16 dimethyl amine oxides. Said amine oxides may be commercially available from Hoechst, Stephan, AKZO (under the trade name Aromox®) or FINA (under the trade name Radiamox®).
• compositions of the present invention comprise from 0.01% to 10% by weight of the total composition of said amine oxide, or mixtures thereof, preferably from 0.1% to 5% and more preferably from 0.1% to 3%.
• Suitable amines to be used herein are according to the following formula RR'R''N wherein R is a saturated or unsaturated, substituted or unsubstituted, linear or branched alkyl groups of from 1 to 30 carbon atoms, and preferably of from 1 to 20 carbon atoms and wherein R' and R'' are independently saturated or unsaturated, substituted or unsubstituted, linear or branched alkyl groups of from 1 to 30 carbon atoms or hydrogen.
• Particularly preferred amines to be used according to the present invention are amines having the following formula RR'R''N wherein R is a saturated or unsaturated, linear or branched alkyl group of 1 to 30 carbon atoms, preferably of 8 to 20 carbon atoms, more preferably of 6 to 16, most preferably of 8 to 14 and wherein R' and R'' are independently substituted or unsubstituted, linear or branched alkyl groups of from 1 to 4 carbon atoms, preferably of from 1 to 3 carbon atoms, and more preferably are methyl groups, or mixtures thereof.
• Suitable amines for use herein are for instance C12 dimethyl amine, coconut dimethyl amine, C12-C16 dimethyl amine. Said amines may be commercially available from Hoechst under the trade name Genamin®, AKZO under the trade name Aromox® or Fina under the trade name Radiamox®.
• compositions of the present invention comprise from 0.01% to 10% by weight of the total composition of said amine, or mixtures thereof, preferably from 0.1% to 5% and more preferably from 0.1% to 3%.
• the preferred liquid acidic compositions herein comprise said amine and said amine oxide in a weight ratio of said amine to said amine oxide of 10:1 to 1:10, preferably of 5:1 to 1:5 and most preferably of 1:1 to deliver optimum physical stability and optimum greasy soap scum cleaning.
• the surfactant system according to the present invention allows to lower the surface tension and to improve the wettability of the surfaces being cleaned with the liquid acidic compositions of the present invention.
• the presence of said surfactant system in the liquid acidic compositions of the present invention helps to solubilize the soils and to improve the streaking profile of the acids.
• an acidic liquid composition of the surfactant system according to the present invention, i.e., an amine oxide, as described herein, and an amine, as described herein, provides improved greasy soap scum cleaning performance as well as improved limescale removal performance, as compared to the greasy soap scum cleaning performance and limescale removal performance obtained with the same composition but with another surfactant like a nonionic surfactant, e.g. an alcohol ethoxylate (Dobanol® 91-8), instead of said surfactant system, this even at significantly lower total surfactant level.
• a nonionic surfactant e.g. an alcohol ethoxylate (Dobanol® 91-8
• the addition of an amine, as defined herein, and/or of an amine oxide, as defined herein, in a liquid acidic composition provides improved greasy soap scum cleaning performance, as compared to the same composition without any surfactant, or to the same composition but with another surfactant, e.g. a nonionic surfactant, this while providing excellent limescale removal performance.
• the present invention also encompasses the use, in an acidic liquid limescale removal composition, of a surfactant system comprising an amine, as defined herein, and/or an amine oxide, as defined herein, to improve the greasy soap scum cleaning performance of said composition.
• compositions according to the present invention are preferably aqueous. Accordingly, the compositions according to the present invention comprise from 10% to 95% by weight of the total composition of water, preferably from 50% to 90%, most preferably from 70% to 85%.
• compositions according to the present invention are liquid acidic compositions. Accordingly, the compositions according to the present invention have a pH as is below 3, preferably in the range of from 0.1 to 2.5, more preferably of from 0.1 to 2, and most preferably of from 0.3 to 1.5.
• the acidic liquid compositions of the present invention are physically stable, i.e. that no phase separation occurs when stored in rapid aging test (RAT) at 50 °C for 10 days or at 2 °C for 2 months.
• RAT rapid aging test
• compositions according to the present invention may further comprise a variety of other ingredients including other surfactants, colorants, bactericides, thickeners, dyes, chelants, pigments, solvents, stabilizers, perfumes, corrosion inhibitors and the like.
• compositions according to the present invention may further comprise other surfactants or mixtures thereof.
• the compositions according to the present invention may comprise up to 30% by weight of the total composition of said other surfactant or mixtures thereof on top of the surfactant system of the present invention, more preferably from 0.05% to 10%, more preferably from 0.1% to 8%, and most preferably from 0.1% to 3%.
• All types of surfactants may be used in the present invention including nonionic, anionic, cationic, amphoteric or zwitterionic surfactants. It is also possible to use mixtures of such surfactants without departing from the spirit of the present invention.
• Suitable nonionic surfactants to be used herein are alkoxylated alcohol nonionic surfactants which can be readily made by condensation processes which are well-known in the art. However, a great variety of such alkoxylated alcohols, especially ethoxylated and/or propoxylated alcohols is also conveniently commercially available. Surfactants catalogs are available which list a number of surfactants, including nonionics.
• preferred alkoxylated alcohols for use herein are nonionic surfactants according to the formula RO(E)e(P)pH where R is a hydrocarbon chain of from 2 to 24 carbon atoms, E is ethylene oxide and P is propylene oxide, and e and p which represent the average degree of, respectively ethoxylation and propoxylation, are of from 0 to 24.
• the hydrophobic moiety of the nonionic compound can be a primary or secondary, straight or branched alcohol having from 8 to 24 carbon atoms.
• Preferred nonionic surfactants for use in the compositions according to the invention are the condensation products of ethylene oxide with alcohols having a straight alkyl chain, having from 6 to 22 carbon atoms, wherein the degree of ethoxylation is from 1 to 15, preferably from 5 to 12.
• Such suitable nonionic surfactants are commercially available from Shell, for instance, under the trade name Dobanol® or from Shell under the trade name Lutensol® . These nonionics are preferred because they have been found to allow the formulation of a stable product without requiring the addition of stabilisers or hydrotopes. When using other nonionics, it may be necessary to add hydrotopes such as cumene sulphonate or solvents such as butyldiglycolether.
• Suitable anionic surfactants for use herein are according to the formula R 1 SO 3 M wherein R 1 represents a hydrocarbon group selected from the group consisting of straight or branched alkyl radicals containing from 6 to 24 carbon atoms and alkyl phenyl radicals containing from 6 to 15 carbon atoms in the alkyl group.
• M is a salt forming cation which typically is selected from the group consisting of sodium, potassium, ammonium, and mixtures thereof.
• Suitable anionic surfactants can be represented by the water-soluble salts of an alkyl sulfate or an alkyl polyethoxylate ether sulfate wherein the alkyl group contains from 6 to 24 carbon atoms, and preferably from 1 to 30 ethoxy groups for the alkyl polyethoxylate ether sulfates.
• Suitable cationic surfactants to be used herein include derivatives of quaternary ammonium, phosphonium, imidazolium and sulfonium compounds.
• Preferred cationic surfactants for use herein are according to the formula R 1 R 2 R 3 R 4 N + X - , wherein X is a counteranion, R 1 is a C 8 -C 20 hydrocarbon chain and R 2 , R 3 and R 4 are independently selected from H or C 1 -C 4 hydrocarbon chains.
• R 1 is a C 10 -C 18 hydrocarbon chain, most preferably C 12 , C 14, , or C 16
• R 2 , R 3 and R 4 are all three methyl
• X is halogen, preferably bromide or chloride, most preferably bromide.
• cationic surfactants are lauryl trimethyl ammonium bromide, stearyl trimethyl ammonium bromide (STAB), cetyl trimethyl ammonium bromide (CTAB) and myristyl trimethyl ammonium bromide (MTAB). Highly preferred herein are lauryl trimethyl ammonium salts.
• a cationic surfactant according to the formula R 1 R 2 R 3 R 4 N + X - , wherein X is a counteranion, R 1 is a C 8 -C 12 hydrocarbon chain and R 2 , R 3 and R 4 are independently selected from H or C 1 -C 4 hydrocarbon chains, and preferably of lauryl trimethyl ammonium salts, in a liquid acidic composition, allows to improve the limescale removal performance of said composition.
• another aspect of the present invention is the use of a cationic surfactant according to the formula R 1 R 2 R 3 R 4 N + X - , wherein X is a counteranion, R 1 is a C 8 -C 12 hydrocarbon chain and R 2 , R 3 and R 4 are independently selected from H or C 1 -C 4 hydrocarbon chains, preferably of lauryl trimethyl ammonium salts, in a liquid acidic composition, to improve the limescale removal performance of said composition.
• Suitable zwitterionic surfactants contain both cationic and anionic hydrophilic groups on the same molecule at a relatively wide range of pH's.
• the typical cationic group is a quaternary ammonium group, although other positively charged groups like phosphonium, imidazolium and sulfonium groups can be used.
• the typical anionic hydrophilic groups are carboxylates and sulfonates, although other groups like sulfates, phosphonates, and the like can be used.
• R 1 -N + (R 2 )(R 3 )R 4 X - wherein R 1 is a hydrophobic group; R 2 and R 3 are each C 1 -C 4 alkyl, hydroxy alkyl or other substituted alkyl group which can also be joined to form ring structures with the N; R 4 is a moiety joining the cationic nitrogen atom to the hydrophilic group and is typically an alkylene, hydroxy alkylene, or polyalkoxy group containing from 1 to 4 carbon atoms; and X is the hydrophilic group which is preferably a carboxylate or sulfonate group.
• Preferred hydrophobic groups R 1 are alkyl groups containing from 8 to 22, preferably less than 18, more preferably less than 16 carbon atoms.
• the hydrophobic group can contain unsaturation and/or substituents and/or linking groups such as aryl groups, amido groups, ester groups and the like.
• the simple alkyl groups are preferred for cost and stability reasons.
• each R 2 is either a hydrogen (when attached to the amido nitrogen), short chain alkyl or substituted alkyl containing from one to 4 carbon atoms, preferably groups selected from the group consisting of methyl, ethyl, propyl, hydroxy substituted ethyl or propyl and mixtures thereof, preferably methyl
• each R 3 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen and hydroxy groups and each n is a number from 1 to 4, preferably from 2 to 3, more preferably 3, with no more than one hydroxy group in any (C(R 3 ) 2 ) moiety.
• the R 1 groups can be branched and/or unsaturated.
• R 2 groups can also be connected to form ring structures.
• a surfactant of this type is a C 10 -C 14 fatty acylamidopropylene(hydroxypropylene)sulfobetaine that is available from the Sherex Company under the trade name "Varion CAS sulfobetaine”®.
• Suitable amphoteric surfactants are surfactants which are similar to the zwitterionic surfactants but without the quaternary group. However, they contain an amine group that is protonated at the low pH of the composition to form cationic group and they may also possess an anionic group at these pHs.
• compositions according to the present invention are particularly suitable for treating hard-surfaces soiled by limescale-containing stains.
• limescale-containing stains it is meant herein any pure limescale stains, i.e., any stains composed essentially of mineral deposits as well as limescale-containing stains typically found, for example, in a kitchen or in a bathroom, i.e., stains which contain not only mineral deposits like calcium and/or magnesium carbonate but also soap scum (e.g., calcium stearate) and grease.
• compositions of the present invention exhibit excellent limescale removing performance when used to treat any types of surfaces soiled by limescale-containing stains comprising not only pure limescale deposits but also at least 10% by weight of the total stain of organic deposits like soap scum and grease, preferably more than 30%.
• surfaces can be found in bathrooms, kitchens, but also in appliances including large appliances such as automatic dish washers and/or washing machines.
• the present invention encompasses a process of treating hard-surfaces soiled by limescale-containing stains wherein an aqueous acidic liquid composition according to the present invention is applied in its neat form or in diluted form, onto said surfaces, then left to act onto said surfaces and then removed by rinsing.
• the expression "used in diluted form” herein includes dilution by the user. Typical dilution levels are of from 0.5% to 50% by weight of the composition.
• treating includes removing limescale deposits while being safe to the surfaces treated as well as cleaning greasy soap scum stains due to the presence of said surfactant system.
• compositions I II III IV V VI Maleic acid 10 -- 7 2 10 8 Sulphamic acid 2 10 1 4 -- -- Citric acid -- -- -- -- 2 -- C12 dimethyl amine 0.5 -- -- 0.8 -- -- coconut dimethyl amine -- 0.4 -- -- 1 -- C12-C16 dimethyl amine -- -- 0.5 -- -- -- -- coconut dimethyl amine oxide 0.5 0.4 -- -- 0.5 1 C12-C16 dimethyl amine oxide -- -- 0.5 0.4 -- -- -- C8 dimethyl amine -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 1 LTAB* -- -- 0.5 -- -- 0.4 Waters & Minors -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
• compositions of the above examples exhibit excellent limescale removal performance as well as outstanding greasy soap scum cleaning performance when used to clean limescale-containing stains found in a kitchen and in a bathroom, this both when used neat or in diluted form.

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