Claims
- 1. A cleaning wipe for hard surfaces which comprises approximately:(a) 20 wt. % to 30 wt. % of a nonwoven fabric which consists of 60-95% wood pulp fibers, 2.5 to 20% viscous fibers, 2.5 to 20% polyester fibers; and (b) 70 wt. % to 80 wt. % of a liquid cleaning composition being impregnated in said nonwoven fabric, wherein said liquid cleaning composition comprises: (i) 0.5 wt. % to 8 wt. % of at least one ethoxylated nonionic surfactant; (ii) 0.5 wt. % to 10 wt. % of a C1-C4 alkanol; (iii) 0.5 wt. % to 8 wt. % of a cosurfactant; (iv) 0.25 wt. % to 15 wt. % of an anionic surfactant (v) 0.25 wt. % to 5 wt. % of a zwitterionic surfactant (vi) 0.1 wt. % to 2 wt. % of a disinfecting agent selected from the group consisting of triclosan and a preservative and triclosan; and (vii) the balance being water, wherein the composition has a pH of about 5.5 to about 7.
- 2. The cleaning wipe of claim 1, wherein said anionic surfactant is a paraffin sulfonate.
- 3. The cleaning wipe of claim 2, wherein said C1-C4 alkanol is ethanol or isopropanol.
- 4. The cleaning wipe of claim 3, wherein said cosurfactant is a glycol ether.
- 5. The cleaning wipe of claim 2, wherein said glycol ether is propylene glycol N-butyl ether.
- 6. The cleaning wipe of claim 1, wherein said cosurfactant is glycol ether.
- 7. The cleaning wipe of claim 6, wherein said glycol ether is propylene glycol N-butyl ether.
RELATED APPLICATION
This application is a continuation in part application of U.S. Ser. No. 9/904,342 filed Jul. 12, 2001 now U.S. Pat. No. 6,346,506.
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