Claims
- 1. A cleaning composition comprising:
- (a) 0.5 to 8 wt. % of an ethoxylated/butoxylated nonionic surfactant;
- (b) 0.1 wt. % to 20 wt. % of a non soap anionic surfactant wherein the anionic surfactant is a C.sub.8 -C.sub.15 paraffin benzene sulfonate or a C.sub.10 -C.sub.20 alkane sulfonate;
- (c) 0.1 to 10 wt. % of an amine oxide surfactant;
- (d) 0.05% to 2% of a fatty acid;
- (e) 0.4 to 10 wt. % of a water insoluble hydrocarbon, essential oil or a perfume; and
- (f) the balance being water, wherein the composition does not contain any C.sub.12 -C.sub.14 alkyl monoalkanol amides, C.sub.12 -C.sub.14 alkyl dialkanol amides, betains or a cosurfactant which is a water soluble lower alkanol of 2 to 6 carbon atoms, a polypropylene glycol of 2 to 18 propoxy units, a monoalkyl ether of a lower glycol of the formula RO(X).sub.n H wherein R is C.sub.1-4 alkyl and X is CH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 O, CH(CH.sub.3)CH.sub.2 O or CH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 O, and n is from 1 to 4, a monoalkyl ester of the formula R.sup.1 O(X).sub.n H where R.sup.1 is C.sub.2-4 acyl and X and n are as immediately previously described, an aryl substituted lower alkanol of 1 to 4 carbon atoms, propylene carbonate, an aliphatic mono-, di-, or tricarboxylic acid of 3 to 6 carbon atoms, a mono-, di- or tri-hydroxy substituted aliphatic mono-, di-, or tricarboxylic acid of 3 to 6 carbon atoms, a higher alkyl ether poly-lower alkoxy carboxylic acid of the formula R.sup.2 O(X).sub.n YCOOH, wherein R.sup.2 is C.sub.9-15 alkyl, n is from 4 to 12, and Y is CH.sub.2, C(O)R.sup.3 or ##STR7## wherein R.sup.3 is a C.sub.1-3 alkylene, or a lower alkyl mono-, di-, or tri-ester of phosphoric acid, wherein the lower alkyl is of 1 to 4 carbon atoms.
- 2. The cleaning composition of claim 1 which further contains a salt of a multivalent metal cation in an amount sufficient to provide from 0.5 to 1.5 equivalents of said cation per equivalent of said anionic surfactant.
- 3. The cleaning composition of claim 2 wherein the multivalent metal cation is magnesium or aluminum.
RELATED APPLICATION
This application is a continuation-in-part application of U.S. Ser. No. 8/974,021 filed Nov. 19, 1997 now abandoned which in turn is a continuation-in-part application of U.S. Ser. No. 8/529,485 filed Sep. 18, 1995 now U.S. Pat. No. 5,716,925 which in turn is a continuation-in-part application of U.S. Ser. No. 8/336,934 filed Nov. 15, 1994 now abandoned which in turn is a continuation-in-part application of U.S. Ser. No. 8/288,638 filed Aug. 10, 1994 now abandoned which in turn is a continuation-in-part application of U.S. Ser. No. 8/155,317 filed Nov. 22, 1993 now abandoned which is a continuation-in-part application of U.S. Ser. No. 8/102,314 filed Aug. 4, 1993 now abandoned.
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"Low Foam Non-ionic Surfactants", Research Disclosure 396009, Apr. 1997, pp. 215-218 (RD '009). |
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