Claims
- 1. A cleansing composition comprising:
- (a) an oxidizing agent containing a monopersulfate salt in an amount of from 35% to 60% by weight;
- (b) a bleaching promoter selected from alkali metal and alkaline earth metal halides, in an amount up to about 20% by weight;
- (c) a perborate salt present in amounts sufficient to inhibit tarnish and corrosion of metal; and
- (d) a compound providing ammonium ion in an amount effective to inhibit evolution from said cleansing composition of chlorine-like odor and taste.
- 2. The composition of claim 1, wherein said perborate salt is selected from alkali metal and alkaline earth metal perborates and mixtures thereof.
- 3. The composition of claim 2, wherein said perborate salt comprises an alkali metal perborate.
- 4. The composition of claim 3, wherein said perborate salt comprises potassium perborate monohydrate.
- 5. The composition of any one of claims 1-3 or 4, wherein said perborate salt is present in amounts of at least 7% by weight.
- 6. The composition of claim 5, wherein said perborate salt is present in amounts ranging from about 7% to about 20% by weight.
- 7. The composition of claim 6, wherein said perborate salt is present in amounts ranging from about 7% to about 10% by weight.
- 8. The composition of claim 7, wherein said perborate salt is present in amounts ranging from about 7.5% to about 8.5% by weight.
- 9. The composition of claim 1, wherein said compound providing ammonium ion is present in an amount sufficient to provide from about 0.09% to about 6% of said ammonium ion, based upon the monovalent form thereof.
- 10. The composition of either claims 1 or 9, wherein said compound providing ammonium ion is selected from ammonium chloride, ammonium sulfate, ammonium citrate, ammonium phosphate and mixtures thereof.
- 11. The composition of claims 1 or 9, wherein said compound providing ammonium ion is present in amounts ranging from about 0.4% to about 3% by weight.
- 12. The composition of claim 10, wherein said compound providing ammonium ion is present in amounts ranging from about 0.4% to about 3% by weight.
- 13. The composition of claim 11, wherein said compound providing ammonium ion is present in amounts ranging from about 1.1% to about 2.2%.
- 14. The composition of claim 12, wherein said compound providing ammonium ion is present in amounts ranging from about 1.1% to about 2.2%.
- 15. The composition of claim 10, wherein said compound providing ammonium ion comprises ammonium chloride.
- 16. The composition of claim 10, wherein said compound providing ammonium ion comprises ammonium citrate.
- 17. The composition of claim 16, wherein said ammonium citrate is present in an amount ranging from about 0.6% to about 6% by weight.
- 18. The composition of claim 10, wherein said compound providing ammonium ion comprises a mixture of ammonium citrate and ammonium sulfate.
- 19. The composition of claim 18, wherein said ammonium citrate and said ammonium sulfate are present in a ratio with respect to each other of from about 2:1 to about 3:1.
- 20. The composition of claim 1, wherein said oxidizing agent comprises an alkali metal of monopersulfate salt.
- 21. The composition of claim 20, wherein said monopersulfate salt comprises potassium monopersulfate.
- 22. The composition of claims 1, 20 or 21, wherein said monopersulfate salt is present in an amount of from 40% to 50% by weight.
- 23. The composition of claim 1, wherein said bleaching promoter comprises an alkali metal halide.
- 24. The composition of claim 23, wherein said halide is selected from the group consisting of chloride, bromide, iodide and mixtures thereof.
- 25. The composition of claim 24, wherein said halide comprises chloride, and said bleaching promoter is sodium chloride.
- 26. The composition of claims 23, 24 or 25, wherein said bleaching promoter is present in an amount of from 10% to 20% by weight.
- 27. The composition of claim 1 further including at least one material selected from the group consisting of builders, sequestrants, detergents, colorants, perfumes, flavorings, excipients, pH stabilizers, tableting agents, disintegrants, and mixtures thereof.
- 28. The composition of claim 28, wherein said builders are selected from the group consisting of alkali metal carbonates, alkali metal phosphates, and mixtures thereof; said sequestrants comprise polyfunctional organic acids, and their alkali metal salts; said pH stabilizers comprise sodium hydroxide; and said colorants comprise at least one food, drug and cosmetic or drug and cosmetic grade dye or lake.
- 29. The composition of claim 29, wherein said builders are selected from sodium carbonate, trisodium phosphate, and mixtures thereof, in a total amount ranging from 20 to 40% by weight; said sequestrants comprise the alkali metal salts of ethylenediamine tetraacetic acid in an amount of from 0.3-3.5% by weight; and said colorants are selected from food, drug and cosmetic grade dyes or lakes having the individual colors blue, red and green, and mixtures thereof in amounts of up to about 0.5% by weight.
- 30. A cleansing composition comprising:
- (a) an oxidizing agent comprising a monopersulfate salt in an amount of from 35% to 60% by weight;
- (b) a bleaching promoter comprising an alkali metal halide in an amount of from 10% to 20% by weight;
- (c) a perborate salt present in an amount of at least 7% by weight to inhibit tarnish and corrosion of metal; and
- (d) a compound providing ammonium ion in an amount effective to inhibit evolution from said cleansing composition of chlorine-like odor and taste, said compound present in an amount sufficient to provide from about 0.09% to about 6% of said ammonium ion, based on its monovalent form.
- 31. The composition of claim 30, wherein said perborate salt is selected from alkali metal and alkaline earth metal perborates and mixtures thereof.
- 32. The composition of claim 31, wherein said perborate salt comprises an alkali metal perborate.
- 33. The composition of claim 32, wherein said perborate salt comprises potassium perborate monohydrate.
- 34. The composition of claims 30-32 or 33, wherein said perborate salt is present in amounts ranging from about 7% to about 20% by weight.
- 35. The composition of claim 34, wherein said perborate salt is present in amounts ranging from about 7% to about 10% by weight.
- 36. The composition of claim 35, wherein said perborate salt is present in amounts ranging from about 7.5% to about 8.5% by weight.
- 37. The composition of claim 30, wherein said compound providing ammonium ion is selected from ammonium chloride, ammonium sulfate, ammonium citrate, ammonium phosphate and mixtures thereof.
- 38. The composition of claim 37, wherein said compound providing ammonium ion comprises ammonium chloride.
- 39. The composition of claim 37, wherein said compound providing ammonium ion comprises ammonium chloride.
- 40. The composition of claim 39, wherein said ammonium citrate is present in an amount ranging from about 0.6% to about 6% by weight.
- 41. The composition of claim 37, wherein said compound providing ammonium ion comprises a mixture of ammonium citrate and ammonium sulfate.
- 42. The composition of claim 41, wherein said ammonium citrate and said ammonium sulfate are present in a ratio with respect to each other of from about 2:1 to about 3:1.
- 43. The composition of any one of claims 30, 37-39 or 41, wherein said compound providing ammonium ion is present in amounts ranging from about 0.4% to about 3% by weight.
- 44. The composition of claim 43, wherein said compound providing ammonium ion is present in amounts ranging from about 1.1% to about 2.2%.
- 45. A cleansing composition exhibiting improved tarnish resistance and reduced evolution of chlorine-like odor and taste when disposed in a solution, comprising:
- (a) an oxidizing agent containing a monopersulfate salt in an amount of from 35% to 60% by weight;
- (b) a bleaching promoter comprising an alkali metal halide in an amount ranging from 10% to 20% by weight;
- (c) a perborate salt in an amount of from 7% to 20%, to inhibit tarnish and corrosion of metal; and
- (d) a compound providing ammonium ion selected from the group consisting of ammonium chloride, ammonium sulfate, ammonium citrate, ammonium phosphate and mixtures thereof, said compound present in an amount sufficient to provide from about 0.09% to about 6% of said ammonium ion based on monovalent ammonium.
- 46. The composition of claim 45, wherein said perborate salt comprises an alkali metal perborate.
- 47. The composition of claim 46, wherein said perborate salt comprises potassium perborate monohydrate.
- 48. The composition of claims 45, 46 or 47, wherein said perborate salt is present in amounts ranging from about 7% to about 10% by weight.
- 49. The composition of claim 48, wherein said perborate salt is present in amounts ranging from about 7.5% to about 8.5% by weight.
- 50. The composition of claim 45, wherein said compound providing ammonium ion comprises ammonium chloride.
- 51. The composition of claim 45, wherein said compound providing ammonium ion comprises ammonium citrate.
- 52. The composition of claim 51, wherein said ammonium citrate is present in amount ranging from about 0.6% to about 6% by weight.
- 53. The composition of claim 45, wherein said compound providing ammonium ion comprises a mixture of ammonium citrate and ammonium sulfate.
- 54. The composition of claim 53, wherein said ammonium citrate and said ammonium sulfate are present in a ratio with respect to each other of from about 2:1 to about 3:1.
- 55. The composition of claims 45, 50, 51, 53 or 54, wherein said compound providing ammonium ion is present in amounts ranging from about 0.4% to about 3% by weight.
- 56. The composition of claim 55, wherein said compound providing ammonium ion is present in amounts ranging from about 1.1% to about 2.2% by weight.
- 57. A tablet useful as a denture cleanser comprising the composition of claims 1, 30 or 45.
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
The present application is a continuation-in-part of my copending Application Ser. No. 251,030, filed Apr. 3, 1981.
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