Claims
- 1. A detergent composition comprising the following components (a) and (b) in a (b)/(a) weight ratio within the range of 1/300 to 1/2:
- (a) an alkyl glycoside; and
- (b) a polyhydric alcohol-polyalkylene oxide adduct having an average molecular weight of 300 to 4,000, provided that when the polyhydric alcohol is ethylene glycol, the alkylene oxide is propylene oxide, and wherein component (b) is at least one selected from the group consisting of an ethylene glycol polypropylene oxide adduct, glycerol-polypropylene oxide adduct, sorbitol-polypropylene oxide adduct, pentaerythritol-polyproylene oxide adduct, glycerol-polyethylene oxide adduct, petnaerythritol-polyethylene oxide adduct and trimethylolpropane-polyethylene oxide adduct.
- 2. The detergent composition as claimed in claim 1, wherein the component (a) is an alkyl glycoside of formula (I):
- R.sup.1 (OR.sup.2).sub.x G.sub.y (I)
- wherein R.sup.1 is a straight or branched alkyl or alkenyl group containing 8 to 18 carbon atoms or an alkylphenyl group in which the alkyl moiety may be straight or branched and contains 8 to 18 carbon atoms, R.sup.2 is an alkylene group containing 2 to 4 carbon atoms, G is a residue derived from a reducing sugar containing 5 or 6 carbon atoms, x indicates a mean value and is a number equal to 0 to 5 and y indicates a mean value and is a number equal to 1 to 10.
- 3. The detergent composition as claimed in claim 1, wherein the component (b) is at least one selected from the group consisting of an ethylene glycolpolypropylene oxide adduct, glycerol-polypropylene oxide adduct, sorbitol-polypropylene oxide adduct, pentaerythritol-polypropylene oxide adduct, glycerol-polyethylene oxide adduct, pentaerythritol-polyethylene oxide adduct and trimethylolpropane-polyethylene oxide adduct.
- 4. A detergent composition comprising the following components (a) and (c) in a (c)/(a) weight ratio within the range of 1/300 to 1/2:
- (a) an alkyl glycoside;
- (c) a sulfate ester salt or a phosphate ester salt of a polyhydric alcohol-polyalkylene oxide adduct having an average molecular weight of 400 to 10,000, or mixtures thereof, wherein component (c) is a sulfate ester salt or a phosphate ester salt of an ethylene glycol-polyalkylene oxide adduct, glycerol-polyalkylene oxide adduct, pentaerythritol-polyalkylene oxide adduct, sorbitolpolyalkylene oxide adduct, neopentylglycol-polyalkylene oxide adduct, trimethylolpropane-polyalkylene oxide adduct or mixtures thereof.
- 5. The detergent composition as claimed in claim 4, wherein the component (a) is an alkyl glycoside of formula (I):
- R.sup.1 (OR.sup.2).sub.x G.sub.y (I)
- wherein R.sup.1 is a straight or branched alkyl or alkenyl group containing 8 to 18 carbon atoms or an alkylphenyl group in which the alkyl moiety may be straight or branched and contains 8 to 18 carbon atoms, R.sup.2 is an alkylene group containing 2 to 4 carbon atoms, G is a residue derived from a reducing sugar containing 5 or 6 carbon atoms, x indicates a mean value and is a number equal to 0 to 5 and y indicates a mean value and is a number equal to 1 to 10.
- 6. The detergent composition as claimed in claim 1, wherein said detergent composition further contains a nitrogen-containing surfactant as component (d) in a (d)/(a) weight ratio within the range of 1/300 to 1/2.
- 7. The detergent composition as claimed in claim 6, wherein said component (d) is a tertiary amine oxide, a carbobetaine, a sulfobetaine, a fatty acid alkanolamide, a polyethylene oxide adduct thereof or an amideamino acid type surfactant.
- 8. The detergent composition as claimed in claim 4, wherein said detergent composition further contains a nitrogen-containing surfactant as component (d) in a (d)/(a) weight ratio within the range of 1/300 to 1/2.
- 9. The detergent composition as claimed in claim 8, wherein said component (d) is a tertiary amine oxide, a carbobetaine, a sulfobetaine, a fatty acid alkanolamide, a polyethylene oxide adduct thereof or an amideamino acid type surfactant.
- 10. The detergent composition as claimed in claim 2, wherein R.sup.1 is an alkyl or an alkenyl group which contains 10 to 14 carbon atoms.
- 11. The detergent composition as claimed in claim 2, wherein R.sup.2 is an alkylene group containing 2 or 3 carbon atoms.
- 12. The detergent composition as claimed in claim 1, wherein component (a) is present in an amount of 1 to 60% by weight.
- 13. The detergent composition as claimed in claim 1, wherein component (b) is present in an amount of 0.1 to 10% by weight.
- 14. The detergent composition as claimed in claim 4, wherein component (c) is present in an amount of 0.1 to 10% by weight.
- 15. The detergent composition as claimed in claim 6, wherein component (d) is present in an amount of 0.1 to 10% by weight.
Priority Claims (4)
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63-194871 |
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63-214140 |
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63-219877 |
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63-274353 |
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Parent Case Info
This application is a continuation of application Ser. No. 07/387,769 filed on Aug. 1, 1989 now abandoned.
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