Claims
- 1. An effervescent cleansing composition in tablet form comprising:
- A. a phosphate salt in an amount of from about 20% to about 45% by weight;
- B. a silicate salt in an amount of up to about 20% by weight; and
- C. at least one perborate salt in an amount of at least 50% by weight:
- wherein at least a portion of said perborate salt is present in a compacted, granulated mixture in an amount effective to facilitate compaction without substantially sticking to tablet forming equipment and with suitable dimensional stability without prolonged disintegration time when placed in solution, said granulated mixture containing from about 0.01% to about 0.70% by weight of said granulated mixture of a polymeric fluorocarbon.
- 2. The composition of claim 1 wherein said phosphate salt comprises an alkali metal phosphate.
- 3. The composition of claim 2 wherein said phosphate salt comprises trisodium phosphate.
- 4. The composition of claims 1, 2 or 3 wherein said phosphate salt is present in an amount of from about 25% to about 40% by weight.
- 5. The composition of claim 1 wherein said silicate salt comprises an alkali metal metasilicate.
- 6. The composition of claim 5 wherein said alkali metal metasilicate comprises sodium metasilicate.
- 7. The composition of claims 5 or 6 wherein said silicate salt is present in an amount of from about 10% to about 20% by weight.
- 8. The composition of claims 5 or 6 wherein said silicate salt has a particle size of from about 1 micron to about 25 microns.
- 9. The composition of claim 1 wherein said perborate salt is selected from the group consisting of alkali metal and alkaline earth metal perborates.
- 10. The composition of claim 9 wherein said perborate salt comprises an alkali metal perborate.
- 11. The composition of claim 10 wherein said alkali metal perborate is selected from the group consisting of alkali metal perborate monohydrates and anhydrous alkali metal perborates.
- 12. The composition of claim 11 wherein said alkali metal perborates comprise sodium perborate.
- 13. The composition of claim 12 wherein said perborate salt is present in an amount of from about 50% to about 70% by weight.
- 14. The composition of claim 13 wherein said perborate is present in an amount of from about 50% to about 65% by weight.
- 15. The composition of claims 1, 13 or 14 wherein said perborate salt includes at least 20% by weight of an anhydrous alkali metal perborate.
- 16. The composition of claim 15 wherein said anhydrous perborate is present in an amount of from about 20% to about 25% by weight.
- 17. The composition of claim 15 wherein said anhydrous perborate comprises anhydrous sodium perborate.
- 18. The composition of claim 16 wherein said anhydrous perborate comprises anhydrous sodium perborate.
- 19. The composition of claim 1 wherein said polymeric fluorocarbon includes at least one fluoroolefin.
- 20. The composition of claim 19 wherein said polymeric fluorocarbon comprises polytetrafluoroethylene.
- 21. The composition of claims 1, 19 or 20 wherein said polymeric fluorocarbon is present in an amount from about 0.33% to about 0.66% by weight.
- 22. The composition of claim 13 wherein said polymeric fluorocarbon includes at least one fluoroolefin.
- 23. The composition of claim 15 wherein said polymeric fluorocarbon includes at least one fluoroolefin.
- 24. The composition of claim 22 wherein said polymeric fluorocarbon comprise polytetrafluoroethylene.
- 25. The composition of claim 23 wherein said polymeric fluorocarbon comprises polytetrafluoroethylene.
- 26. The composition of claim 13 wherein said polymeric fluorocarbon is present in an amount from about 0.33% to about 0.66% by weight.
- 27. The composition of claim 15 wherein said polymeric fluorocarbon is present in an amount from about 0.33% to about 0.66% by weight.
- 28. The composition of claim 22 wherein said polymeric fluorocarbon is present in an amount from about 0.33% to about 0.66% by weight.
- 29. The composition of claim 23 wherein said polymeric fluorocarbon is present in an amount from about 0.33% to about 0.66% by weight.
- 30. The composition of claim 1 further including at least one material selected from the following: builders, detergents, lubricants, sequestrants, perfumes, flavorings, excipients, disintegrants, and mixtures thereof.
- 31. The composition of claim 30 wherein said sequestrant comprises ethylene diamine tetracidic acid and its alkali metal salts, and said builders include sodium carbonate.
- 32. The tablet of claim 1 useful as a denture cleanser comprising the composition of claims 1, 5 or 12.
- 33. The tablet of claim 1 useful as a denture cleanser comprising the composition of claim 4.
- 34. The tablet of claim 1 useful as a denture cleanser comprising the composition of claim 7.
- 35. The tablet of claim 1 useful as a denture cleanser comprising the composition of claim 13.
- 36. The tablet of claim 1 useful as a denture cleanser comprising the composition of claim 15.
- 37. The tablet of claim 1 useful as a denture cleanser comprising the composition of claim 19.
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
The present application is a continuation-in-part of my copending application Ser. No. 297,892, now U.S. Pat. No. 4,362,639 filed Aug. 31. 1981, which is in turn a continuation-in-part of my copending application Ser. No. 251,030, filed Apr. 3, 1981.
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Continuation in Parts (2)
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