Claims
- 1. A foam composition for killing dust mites comprising approximately by weight:
- (a) 0.5% to 10% of a polyacrylate polymer;
- (b) 2% to 10% of a hydrocarbon propellant;
- (c) 0.5% to 5% of pentasodium triphosphate;
- (d) 0.5% to 3% of an ether solvent;
- (e) 0.1% to 5% of benzyl salicylate;
- (f) 0.1% to 5% of a surfactant;
- (g) 0.1% to 3% of a hydrotrope;
- (h) 0.1% to 1% of a perfume; and
- (i) the balance being water, wherein the composition does not contain an alkyl, cyclic or aromatic alcohol, alkanol amine or amide, benzyl benzoate and the composition after application to a treated surface not leaving a pulverulent residue having a mean particle size suitable for ingestion by house mites, said mean particle size being 2 to 100 millimicrons.
- 2. The composition according to claim 1 wherein said surfactant is an anionic surfactant.
- 3. The composition according to claim 2 further including a zwitterionic surfactant.
- 4. The composition according to claim 2 further including a nonionic surfactant.
- 5. The composition according to claim 1, wherein said hydrocarbon propellant is a mixture of propane and isobutane.
- 6. The composition according to claim 1, further including an anticorrision agent.
RELATED APPLICATION
This application is a continuation in part application of U.S. Ser. No. 9/026,497 filed Feb. 19, 1998 now abandoned, which in turn is a continuation in part application of U.S. Ser. No. 8/754,416 filed Nov. 22, 1996 now abandoned.
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Continuation in Parts (2)
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