Claims
- 1. A heavy duty detergent composition comprising:
- (a) about 20 to about 75% by weight of a surfactant selected from the group consisting of soap, nonionic surfactant, anionic surfactant, ampholytic surfactant, zwitterionic surfactant, cationic surfactant and mixtures thereof; and
- (b) about 0.01 to 10% by weight of a water-soluble or water-dispersible copolymer comprising a UV-absorbing monomer (absorbing in the 280-400 monomer range) and a hydrophilic group;
- wherein said copolymer has the formula: ##STR5## wherein R is a difunctional aryl group or a difunctional straight or branched alkyl chain having 4 to 16 carbons;
- R.sub.1 is hydrogen, an aliphatic group having 1-20 carbons, an aryl, alkaryl, a secondary amine, an alkali metal sulfonate, an alkali metal carboxylate, an alkyl ether or a halogen atom;
- R.sub.2 is a straight or branch chain alkoxy group having 1 to 16 carbons, an aryl or a substituted aryl group;
- R.sub.3 is a straight or branch chain alkyl group having 1 to 16 carbons;
- R.sub.4 is a UV-absorbing monomer absorbing in the UVB (280-320 nm) and/or UVA (320-400 nm) range;
- x is selected such that the hydrophobe is present at 0-49.9 mol % of the polymer;
- y is selected such that the R.sub.2 group is present at 0-49.9 mol % of the polymer;
- z is selected such that the (OR.sub.3).sub.n group is present at 0 to 49.9 mol % of the polymer wherein n is an integer between about 12 and 200;
- w is selected such that R.sub.4 is present at 0.05 to 99.9 mol % of the polymer;
- and w plus z equal at least 0.05 to 99.9 mol % of the polymer;
- and w plus z equal at least 0.05 mol %.
- 2. A composition according to claim 1, wherein R is a difunctional benzene or naphthalene.
- 3. A composition according to claim 1, wherein R.sub.1 is hydrogen or a straight chain alkyl group having 1 to 12 carbon atoms.
- 4. A composition according to claim 1, wherein R.sub.2 is an alkoxy group having 1-4 carbons.
- 5. A composition according to claim 1 wherein R is ##STR6## and R.sub.1 is hydrogen.
- 6. A composition according to claim 1 wherein R.sub.2 is --OCH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 --.
- 7. A composition according to claim 1, wherein R.sub.3 is --CH.sub.3 CH.sub.2 --.
- 8. A composition according to claim 1 wherein R.sub.4 is ##STR7##
- 9. A composition according to claim 1 wherein
- R is ##STR8## R.sub.2 =--OCH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 --; R.sub.3 =--CH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 --; and
- R.sub.4 is a highly conjugated and/or poly(ene)-based derivative and/or aromatic based derivative bearing a difunctional group.
- 10. A composition according to claim 1 wherein
- R is ##STR9## R.sub.2 =--OCH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 --; R.sub.3 =--CH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 --; and ##STR10##
- 11. A composition according to claim 1 prepared by polymerizing a mixture of dimethyl terephthalate, ethylene glycol, polyethylene glycol of MW 200-3000 and methyl 4-aminobenzoate.
- 12. A composition according to claim 1 comprising:
- from about 20 to 75% by weight of a detergent active compound, wherein the detergent active includes 1 to 40% of an anionic surfactant selected from the group consisting of alkyl benzene sulfonates, alkyl sulfates, and alkyl ethoxy sulfates in combination with 1 to 40% of a nonionic surfactant selected from the group consisting of alcohol alkoxylates, alkyl phenol alkoxylates, alkyl polyglucosides, and alkyl glycerol ethers; and
- from 0 to 30% of a detergent builder selected from the group consisting of alkali metal salts of citric acid, copolymers of acrylic and maleic acid, oxydisuccinate, tartrate monosuccinate/tartrate disuccinate, C.sub.8 to C.sub.18 carboxylic acids, zeolites, condensed phosphates, and combinations thereof.
- 13. A composition according to claim 15 comprising:
- ______________________________________C.sub.9 -C.sub.20 [C.sub.11.5 Average] Alkyl 25 to 30%Benzene SulfonateC.sub.12 -C.sub.15 Alcohol Ethoxylate (9 E.O.) 10 to 14%Sodium Citrate 2 H.sub.2 O 2 to 15%Sodium Borate 10 H.sub.2 O 3 to 8%Glycerol 3 to 8%Proteolytic Enzyme 0.1 to 2%Detergent Adjuncts 0.1 to 10%Water balance to 100%.______________________________________
- 14. A powdered detergent composition comprising:
- (a) about 17 to about 75% by weight of a surfactant selected from the group consisting of soap, nonionic surfactant, anionic surfactant, ampholytic surfactant, zwitterionic surfactant, cationic surfactant and mixtures thereof; and
- (b) about 0.1 to 10% by weight of a water-soluble, or water dispersible copolymer comprising a UV-absorbing monomer (absorbing in the 280-400 nm range) and a hydrophilic group.
- 15. A composition according to claim 14 comprising: a) from 1 to about 40% anionic surfactant selected from the group consisting of alkali metal or ammonium salts of alkyl benzene sulfonates, alkyl sulfates, alkyl ether sulfates; b) from 1 to about 40% of a nonionic surfactant selected from the group consisting of alkyl alkoxylates, alkylphenol alkoxylates, alkyl polyglucosides, and alkyl glycerol ethers; c) from 5 to about 70% of a detergent builder selected from the group consisting of sodium tripolyphosphate, sodium aluminosilicates, sodium C.sub.8 -C.sub.18 alkyl carboxylates, poly(acrylic acid) and copolymers of acrylic and maleic acid, alkyl ether carboxylates, citric acid and combinations thereof; d) from 2 to about 40% of an alkalinity buffer selected from the group consisting of sodium silicate, sodium carbonate, and organic amines; and e) from 0 to about 40% sodium sulfate.
- 16. A composition according to claim 1, wherein the copolymers further comprises a hydrophobic group.
- 17. A fabric softener composition comprising:
- (a) about 6.25 to about 75% by weight of a cationic ammonium salt selected from the group consisting of alkyl or alkaryl quaternary ammonium salts, alkylpyridium salts and substituted imidazolinium salts; and
- (b) about 0.1 to 10% by weight of a water-soluble or water dispersible copolymer comprising a UV-absorbing monomer (absorbing in the 280-400 nm range) and a hydrophilic group.
- 18. A composition according to claim 17, comprising from 2 to about 40% of a mixture comprising: a) from 1 to about 95% of a cationic ammonium salt selected from the group consisting of alkyl or alkaryl quaternary ammonium salts, alkylpyridinium salts, and substituted imidazolinium salts; b) from 0 to about 95% of primary, secondary or tertiary amines; c) from 0 to about 95% of the condensation product of a C.sub.8 to C.sub.18 alkyl carboxylic acid and an alkylpolyamine; and d) from 0 to about 40% of a polysiloxane or alkyl, alkoxy, or alkylamine modified polysiloxane.
- 19. A composition according to claim 18, wherein the cationic softener is an ester-linked quaternary material having the formula ##STR11## wherein each R.sub.1 group is independently selected from C.sub.1-4 alkyl, alkenyl or hydroxyalkyl group, each R.sub.2 group is independently selected from the group consisting of C.sub.12-24 alkyl or alkenyl groups; T is ##STR12## and n is an integer from 0-5.
- 20. A composition according to claim 17 comprising:
- (a) from about 6.25 to 40% of a fabric softening or antistatic agent selected from the group consisting of cationic alkyl or alkaryl ammonium salts, alkyl pyridinium salts, alkyl amines, clays and poly silixanes; and
- (b) from 2 to about 90% of a dispersing agent selected from the group consisting of urea, ammonium carbonate, ethoxylated alkanols, polyethylene glycols, and block copolymers of a polyethylene glycol and polypropylene glycol.
Parent Case Info
This is a continuation application of Ser. No. 07/731,596, filed Jul. 17, 1991 now abandoned.
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