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• the present invention relates to compositions for treating stains on laundry items.
• Laundry items can be treated either before or after a conventional laundering process by application of the composition in the region of the stain so that the stain is at least partially released and removal of the stain is made easier.
• Emulsions of solvent-aqueous systems are known to be effective as spot pretreating compositions on both hydrophobic and hydrophilic stains.
• GB-A-2 194 547 published on 9th March 1988, discloses mixtures of n-dodecane with both short-chain (Neodol 91-6) and long chain (Neodol 45-1) nonionics.
• the compositions are in the form of liquid solutions; water-in-oil or oil- in-water microemulsions, or gels. However this application does not disclose compositions which comprise bleach activator material.
• the present invention relates to a cleaning composition which is an oil-in-water or water-in-oil emulsion, or a solution comprising non-aqueous hydrophobic solvent; and anionic or nonionic surfactant.
• the objective of the present invention is achieved by providing a cleaning composition which further comprises a bleach activator so that cleaning performance for bleachable stains is enhanced.
• a bleach activator is at a level of from 0.1% to 10% by weight of the cleaning composition.
• water is at a level of from 5% to 95% by weight of the composition.
• the invention also relates to a method for treating a spot or stain on a textile fabric using the cleaning compositions of the invention.
• Hydrophobic solvents are an essential feature of the compostions of the present invention.
• Preferred hydrophobic solvents are defined in terms of Hansen parameters.
• a hydrophobic solvent as defined herein is considered to be a solvent having Hansen hydrogen bonding cohesion parameter dH below 18 (Joule/cm 3 ) 0 - 5 .
• Preferred hydrophobic solvents have a Hansen hydrogen bonding cohesion parameter dH below 12 (Joule/cm 3 ) 0 - 5 and a Hansen polar parameter dP below 8 (Joule/cm 3 ) ° •5 .
• Preferred solvents for use comprise mixtures of hydrocarbons with a flash point no lower than 70°C, an initial boiling point no lower than 130°C, preferably no lower than 145°C and a solidification point not above 20°C and aliphatic fatty acid esters. More preferred solvents would be alkanes or alkenes with a chain length above C7, and particularly alkanes and alkenes with an average of C8 to C20 atoms. Particularly preferred hydrophobic solvents are deodorised kerosine; solvent naphta; chlorinated hydrocarbons; and terpenes.
• paraffins Even more preferred are paraffins; isoparaffins; naphthenes; aromatics; olefins; 1,1,1-trichloroethane perchloroethylene; methylene chloride; Shellsol SS" mixture (C8-C11 isoparaffin + 5% aliphatic C7 ester) ; D-Limonene; and Glidsafe® supplied by Glidsol.
• Solvents are used in the detergent compositions of the present invention preferably at a level of from 3% to 90%, more preferably from 4% to 45%, and most preferably from 5% to 25% by weight of the detergent composition.
• solvents having a Hansen parameter of dH less than 18 (Joule/cm 3 ) 0 • 5 include glycol ethers, more preferably glycol ethers based upon ethylene oxide, propylene oxide, or mixtures thereof . Particularly preferred are ethylene glycol monoethyl ether; Propylene glycol monomethyl ether; 2-butoxy ethanol; butyl diethylene glycol ether ethanol; butoxytriglycol; butylene glycol; hexylene glycol; and propyl propanol. Such solvents may, and preferably are, used in combination with either short chain surfactants, long chain surfactants, or mixtures thereof.
• short-chain what is meant herein is surfactants which comprise a Cg-C ⁇ i alkyl chain as their hydrophobic portion. Such short-chain surfactants are accordingly those conventionally used in this field, but with a shorter alkyl chain, and can be of any type.
• suitable short chain surfactants for use herein include Cg-C ⁇ alkyl sulfates (C -Ci ⁇ SO ⁇ , alkyl ether sulfates (Cg-C 1;L (OCH 2 CH 2 )eS0 ) , alkyl sulfonates (Cg-C 11 S0 3 ) , alkyl succinates (Cg-C 11 OOCCH2CH 2 COOZ) , alkyl carboxylates (Cg- C ⁇ :L COOM) , alkyl ether carboxylates (Cg-C 1:L (OCH 2 CH 2 ) eCOOM) , alkyl sarcosinates (Cg-C 1;L C0N(CH3)R) , alkyl sulfo succinates (Cg-CnOOCCH(SO3M)CH 2 COOZ) , amine oxides (Cg- C n RR'NO) , glucose amides (Cg-
• e and p are independently from 0 to 20 and e+p>0
• Z is M or R
• M is H or any counterion such as those known in the art, including Na, K,Li, NH4, amine
• X is a polyhydroxyhydrocarbyl having a linear hydrocarbyl chain with at least 3 hydroxyls directly connected to the chain, or an alkoxylated derivative thereof
• R, R' and R' ' are C ⁇ - C5 alkyl groups, possibly functionalized with hydroxyl groups
• R and R' are preferably C j -C3, most preferably methyl
• R' 1 is preferably 2-hydroxyethyl or 2 hydroxypropyl
• G is saccharide, preferably glucose, and g is of from 1.5 to 8.
• compositions according to the present invention may comprise any of the above surfactants alone, or any combination thereof .
• Preferred short chain nonionic surfactants for use herein are alkyl alkoxylates according to the formula Cg- ll (OCH 2 CH 2 ) e (OCH 2 CH 2 CH )pOH, where e and p representing respectively the degree of ethoxylation and propoxyla ion, are independently of from 0 to 20, and that e+p>0.
• Most preferred short chain nonionic surfactants for use herein are those where e and p are such that e+p is from 3 to 10, particularly those where p is 0 and e is 3 to 8.
• most preferred short chain nonionic surfactants for use herein are those where said short chain is a hydrocarbon chain comprising from 7 to 11 carbon atoms.
• Said preferred short chain nonionic surfactants for use herein can be manufactured by the processes well known to the man skilled in the art, such as condensation of the corresponding alcohol and alkylene oxide, but such short chain surfactants are more conveniently commercially available for instance from Sidobre under the trade name Mergital®C4 (C8E04) , from Kolb under the trade names Imbentin® AG/810/050 and AG/810/080 (respectively C8-10EO5 and C8- 10EO8) ; from Shell under the trade name Dobanol 91-2.5 (Cg- C n E02.5) , Dobanol 91-6 (C 9 -C 1:L E06) , Dobanol 91-4-6; from Vista Chemicals Vista 1012-52, from EXXON Asopol 91-4.6.
• Another preferred class of short chain nonionic surfactants are secondary alcohol ethoxylates according to the formula :
• Preferred short chain anionic surfactants for use herein are Cg-C ⁇ alkyl sulfates and Cg-C ⁇ _ ⁇ . alkyl sulfonates, Cg- C]_ ⁇ _ betaines, Cg-C ⁇ i amine oxides and mixtures thereof. Most preferred are the Cg-Cg alkyl sulfates and sulfonates.
• Such short chain anionic surfactants can be made by well known sulphation or sulphonation processes followed by neutralization, but said anionic short chain surfactants are more conveniently commercially available, for instance from Rhone Poulenc under the trade name Rhodapon ® OLS, or from Witco under the trade name Witconate®.
• bleach activators suitable for use in the compositions of the present invention are disclosed in U.S. Patent 4,915,854, issued April 10, 1990 to Mao et al, and U.S. Patent 4,412,934.
• the nonanoyloxybenzene sulfonate (NOBS) and tetraacetyl ethylene diamine (TAED) activators are typical, and mixtures thereof can also be used. See also U.S. 4,634,551 for other typical bleaches and activators useful herein.
• Highly preferred amido-derived bleach activators are those of the formulae:
• R 1 N(R 5 )C(0)R 2 C(0)L or R X C(0)N(R 5 ) R 2 c(O)L wherein R 1 is an alkyl group containing from about 6 to about 12 carbon atoms, R 2 is an alkylene containing from 1 to about 6 carbon atoms, R 5 is H or alkyl, aryl, or alkaryl containing from about 1 to about 10 carbon atoms, and L is any suitable leaving group.
• a leaving group is any group that is displaced from the bleach activator as a consequence of the nucleophilic attack on the bleach activator by the perhydrolysis anion.
• a preferred leaving group is phenyl sulfonate.
• bleach activators of the above formulae include (6-octanamido-caproyl) oxybenzenesulfonate, (6-nonanamidocaproyl) oxybenzenesulfonate, (6-decanamido- caproyl) oxybenzenesulfonate, and mixtures thereof as described in U.S. Patent 4,634,551, incorporated herein by reference.
• acylated citrate esters are of the formula
• R' , R' ' and R' ' ' are independently selected from the group consisting of H, Ci ⁇ g alkyl, Ci ⁇ ig alkenyl, substituted phenyl, unsubstituted phenyl, alkylphenyl, and alkenylphenyl, and R is selected from the group consisting of C ⁇ _ -Cg alkyl, C ⁇ _ -Cg alkenyl, substituted phenyl, unsubstituted phenyl, alkylphenyl, and alkenylphenyl.
• Mixtures of acylated citrate esters are also included herein.
• R', R 1 ' and R 1 ' ' should not all be H in a given molecule.
• R is -Cg alkyl
• R' , R' ' and R' ' ' are selected from the group consisting of H, C ⁇ _4 alkyl, and C ⁇ _4 alkenyl, but R' , R' ' and R' 1 ' are not all H.
• R', R' ' and R' ' ' are methyl or ethyl.
• the acylated citrate esters according to the present invention will react with hydrogen peroxide to yield peracids and citrate esters.
• the peracid generated depends on the R group which is chosen.
• Preferred substituted phenyls are sulphophenyls.
• R is C ⁇ -Cg alkyl.
• acylated citrates which are only partially esterified, i.e. R 1 , R 1 ' or " ' or combinations thereof are H, the only proviso being that not all three of R' , R' ' and R' ' ' can be H in a given molecule.
• R 1 , R 1 ' or " ' or combinations thereof are H
• the only proviso being that not all three of R' , R' ' and R' ' ' can be H in a given molecule.
• the acylated citrate ester is a diester
• it is preferred to have a "central" diester i.e. it is preferred that R 1 ' is not H.
• two of R', R' ' and R' ' ' are H, i.e.
• the acylated citrate ester is a monoester, it is preferred to have a symmetrical monoester, i.e. a central monoester, i.e. it is preferred that R' ' is not H. In the case where monoesters are used, it is preferred that the ester chain be rather long, i.e. up to 18 carbon atoms.
• Preferred acylated citrate esters are selected from the group consisting of acetyl triethyl citrate, octanoyl trimethyl citrate, acetyl trimethyl citrate, nonanoyl triethyl citrate, hexanoyl triethyl citrate, octanoyl triethyl citrate, nonanoyl trimethyl citrate, hexanoyl trimethyl citrate and mixtures thereof.
• Another class of bleach activators comprises the benzoxazin-type activators disclosed by Hodge et al in U.S. Patent 4,966,723, issued October 30, 1990, incorporated herein by reference.
• a highly preferred activator of the benzoxazin-type is:
• Still another class of preferred bleach activators includes the acyl lactam activators, especially acyl caprolactams and acyl valerolactams of the formulae :
• R 6 is H or an alkyl, aryl, alkoxyaryl, or alkaryl group containing from 1 to about 12 carbon atoms.
• Highly preferred lactam activators include benzoyl caprolactam, octanoyl caprolactam, 3 , 5, 5-trimethylhexanoyl caprolactam, nonanoyl caprolactam, decanoyl caprolactam, undecenoyl caprolactam, benzoyl valerolactam, octanoyl valerolactam, decanoyl valerolactam, undecenoyl valerolactam, nonanoyl valerolactam, 3, 5, 5-trimethylhexanoyl valerolactam and mixtures thereof. See also U.S. Patent 4,545,784, issued to Sanderson, October 8, 1985, incorporated herein by reference, which discloses acyl caprolactams, including benzoyl caprolactam, adsorbed into sodium per
• any alkaline materials is suitable for use in the present invention.
• Preferred alkaline materials are selected from the group consisting of potassium hydroxide, sodium hydroxide, ammonium hydroxide, ammonium silicate, sodium bicarbonate, borax, monoethanolamine borate, monoethanolamine triethanolamine, and mixtures thereof.
• the spot treating composition comprises from 0.1% to 10%, preferably 0.5% to 3% by weight of the alkaline material.
• the pH is greater than 8, more preferably greater than 9, and most preferably greater than 10. pH of the neat compositions was measured by means of a portable pH meter from Knick (Portamess 752) .
• long-chain what is meant herein is surfactants having an alkyl chain, the alkyl chain comprising 12, or more than 12 carbon atoms.
• Non-limiting examples of long-chain surfactants useful herein include the conventional C ] _ -C ] _g alkyl benzene sulfonates ("LAS") and primary, branched-chain and random 12 -c 20 alkyl sulfates (“AS”) , the C ⁇ -C Q secondary (2,3) alkyl sulfates of the fo ula CH 3 (CH 2 ) x (CH0S0 3 -M + ) CH 3 and CH 3 (CH 2 ) y (CHOS0 3 -M + )CH 2 CH 3 where x and (y+1) are integers of at least about 7, preferably at least about 9, and M is a water-solubilizing cation, especially sodium, unsaturated sulfates such as oleyl sulfate, the C ⁇ 2 -C ⁇ _ ⁇ alkyl alkoxy sulfates ("AE X S"; especially EO 1-7 ethoxy sulfates), C 1 -
• the conventional nonionic and amphoteric surfactants such as the Ci2 ⁇ c l8 alkyl ethoxylates ("AE") particulary preferred are C 12 -C ⁇ g fatty alcohol polyglycol ethers or ethoxylated primary alcohols with EO 2-7 (especially ethoxylates and mixed ethoxy/propoxy) , C ⁇ 2 -C ] _g betaines and sulfobetaines ("sultaines”) , C ⁇ 2 -C 1 3 amine oxides, and the like, can also be included in the overall compositions.
• the C ⁇ _ -C ⁇ _g N-alkyl polyhydroxy fatty acid amides can also be used.
• Typical examples include the C 12 - C 8 N-methylglucamides . See WO 9,206,154.
• Other sugar- derived surfactants include the N-alkoxy polyhhydroxy fatty acid amides, such as C ⁇ -C]_8 N- (3-methoxypropyl) glucamide.
• the N-propyl through N-hexyl C]_ -Ci8 glucamides can be used for low sudsing.
• 2 -C 2 o conventional soaps may also be used. If high sudsing is desired, the branched-chain C ] _ 2 - C]_g soaps may be used.
• Mixtures of anionic and nonionic surfactants are espicially useful. Other conventional useful surfactants are listed in standard texts.
• a particularly preferred composition according to the present invention comprises from 5% to 50% by weight of a mixed nonionic system comprising first, short-chain nonionic surfactant and second, long-chain nonionic surfactant. More preferably the composition comprises from 10% to 40% by weight of the mixed nonionic surfactant, and most preferably from 15% to 30%.
• the nonionic system preferably has an overall HLB value of from 2 to 16, more preferably from 8 to 14, most preferably from 9 to 10. Furthermore it is preferred that the ratio of first surfactant to second surfactant is from 1:10 to 10:1, more preferably from 1:3 to 3:1, and most preferably about 1:1.
• the detergent composition of the present invention is useful in various known and conventional cleaning methods.
• a preferred cleaning method comprises the steps of applying the detergent composition to the spot or stain; placing an absorbent layer adjacent to the textile fabric in the region of the spot or stain; and applying heat, pressure, or heat and pressure to the textile fabric in the region of the spot or stain; so that some or all of the spot or stain is absorbed into the absorbent layer.
• a still more preferred cleaning method comprises the steps of :
• the application of heat or pressure, or both, may be achieved by any means, but is most preferably achieved by a hand-held device such as an iron.
• a conventional iron having a hot-plate fixed to a body is a highly preferred hand held device.
• the hot-plate is heated most commonly by electrical means, and may have a means for controlling the temperature.
• a supply of water or steam may also be provided by the iron.
• the absorbent layer is placed on a flat surface, such as an ironing board, and the stained or soiled textile fabric is laid flat on top of, and in contact with, the absorbent layer.
• the iron can then be easily applied to the textile fabric in the region of the stain or spot in order to ensure complete, or substantially complete, transfer of the stain or spot into the absorbent layer.
• the iron is preferably operated at a temperature of from 40°C to 200°C, more preferably from 40°C to 180°C.
• An alternative device for applying heat or pressure is a heated roller or any other heated applicator.
• the roller or applicator may also be provided with a supply of the detergent composition.
• Suitable applicators include a steam iron with suction brush attachment, such as that disclosed in EP-A-0 493 348, and a thermoelectric applicator, such as that disclosed in EP-A-0 552 397. Also suitable is a steam iron with atomiser, such as that disclose in EP-A-0 629 736 wherein the detergent composition may optionally be stored in the iron and delivered directly onto the textile fabrics by means of the atomiser.
• hydrophobic stains are first rendered hydrophilic by applying a detergent composition, optionally with a gentle rubbing action.
• Greasy stains which contain hydroxyl groups are deprotoneated at high pH and are thus rendered more easy to solubilize in the detergent solution. Higher pH can also induce soil peptization on some food stains. The stains are in effect broken down, and rendered easier to remove.
• the benefits of high pH can be particularly observed when before or after application of the detergent composition, another composition containing a bleaching species is applied on the stain. Indeed, conventional peroxide bleaching technologies have an increased reactivity with pH. Water is then applied to the stain, again, optionally with a gentle rubbing action. The stain is removed by laying the stained fabric adjacent to an absorbent layer. The stain, which has been rendered more hydrophilic by the treatment, is transferred to the absorbent layer.
• Textile fabrics are any materials made from cloth, including garments such as shirts, blouses, socks, skirts, trousers, jackets, underwear etc, and also including tablecloths, towels, curtains etc.
• the definition of textile fabrics as used herein does not include carpets and similar floor coverings.
• Textile fabrics which are to be used in the present invention are commonly made by weaving or knitting. Many different fibres may be used to produce woven, knitted or other types of textile fabric including synthetic fibres (such as polyester, polyamide, etc.) and natural fibres from plants (such as cotton, hemp) and from animals (such as wool, angora, silk) . Blends of different fibres are also commonly used.
• compositions are expressed as % by weight (unless otherwise stated) .
• Shellsol is a mixture of C8-C11 isoparaffins with 5% aliphatic C7 ester.
• Dobanol is a ethoxylated primary alcohol with an average of 3EO, supplied by Shell.
• Lutensol AE21 is C13-15 ethoxylated alcohol with an average of 21E0.
• Dehydol is a fatty alcohol polyglycol ether octyl with an average of 4E0, supplied by Henkel.
• Alkyl sulphate, C6AS has an average of 6 carbon atoms in the alkyl chain.
• DTPMP is diethylene triamine penta methylene phosphoric acid
• Example 4 the C6-AS was replaced in turn by C8-LAS, C8- ethylhexyl AS, C8-octylsulphonate, C8 dimethylamine oxide, C71E06.5 and sodium cumene sulphonate.
• a set of polycotton swatches (50mm square) were soiled with make-up, chocolate sauce and tomato sauce. The stain was left to age for a day, in the dark, at normal room temperature (ca. 20°C, 60%RH) . Each soiled swatch was cleaned by the following method: 1. The stained area was placed directly upon a strip of absorbent paper (the paper used was the absorbent core of a diaper) .
• Example 2 1 ml of the composition of Example 1 was dripped on to the stained area.
• the stained area was brushed with a conventional electrical toothbrush for 10 seconds (the toothbrush used,
• Step 5. was repeated followed by the further addition of 2ml of distilled water. 8.
• the swatch was dried and smoothed.
• IsoFol 12 is 2 butyloctanol from Condea.

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