Claims
- 1. A cleaning composition comprising approximately by weight:
- (a) 0.1% to 10% of at least one disinfecting agent , wherein the disinfecting agent is selected from the group consisting of C.sub.8 -C.sub.16 alkyl amines, C.sub.8 -C.sub.16 alkyl benzyl dimethyl ammonium chlorides, C.sub.8 -C.sub.16 dialkyl dimethyl ammonium chlorides, C.sub.8 -C.sub.14 alkyl dimethyl ammonium chloride, dimethyl benzyl alkonium chloride, chlorhexidine and mixtures thereof;
- (b) 0.05% to 6% of a booster agent for said disinfecting agent, wherein said boosting agent is selected from the group consisting of a chelant and a hydroxy containing organic acid and mixtures thereof;
- (c) 0.1% to 10% of an anionic sulfonate surfactant;
- (d) 0.1% to 10% of a water soluble cosurfactant , wherein the cosurfactant is selected from the group consisting of water soluble C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkyl ethers of ethylene glycol, C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkyl ethers of propylene glycol, C.sub.5 -C.sub.7 alkyl ethoxylates having from 1 to 6 ethylene oxide groups and C.sub.5 -C.sub.7 alkyl ethoxylate-propoxylates having 1 to 6 ethylene oxide groups and 0.5 to 3 propylene oxide groups;
- (e) 0.1% to 2.5% of a fatty acid;
- (f) 0.1% to 10% of an ethoxylated nonionic surfactant;
- (g) 0.05% to 3% of a water insoluble organic hydrocarbon, essential oil or a perfume; and
- (h) the balance being water, wherein the composition does not contain a pyrrolidone compound or a C.sub.4 -C.sub.12 alcohol ester of a sulfosuccinic acid, an amphoteric surfactant, a dialkanol amine, or a trialkanol amine.
- 2. The composition according to claim 1, wherein said water soluble cosurfactant is a glycol ether solvent.
- 3. The composition according to claim 2, wherein said glycol ether is propylene glycol N-butyl ether or diethylene glycol n-butyl ether.
- 4. The composition according to claim 1, further including a C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alcohol.
- 5. The composition according to claim 1 further including a surfactant formed from the condensates product of a C.sub.9 -C.sub.18 alkanol and ethylene oxide and propylene oxide.
- 6. The composition according to claim 1, wherein said hydroxy containing organic acid is selected from the group consisting of lactic acid and citric acid and mixtures thereof.
- 7. The composition according to claim 1, wherein said chelant is selected from the group consisting of imino disuccinate, methyl glycine triacetate and glutamic N,N-diacetate and mixtures thereof.
RELATED APPLICATION
This application is a continuation in part application of U.S. Ser. No. 09/342,548 filed Jun. 29, 1999, now abandoned.
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