Abstract:
A solid detergent composition is provided including an effective amount of a cleaning agent to provide soil removal and a binding agent dispersed throughout the solid detergent composition. The vbinding agent comprises a result of mixing alkali metal carbonate, alkali metal bicarbonate, and water. The binding agent preferably includes alkali metal sesquicarbonate. A method for solidifying a detergent composition is provided.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a solid cleaning composition including effective amounts of solvent for removing soil, such as greasy or oily soil.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a solid enzyme cleaning composition in which the enzyme is stable in the presence of mixtures of carbonate and bicarbonate at alkaline pH, and methods employing this composition. The enzyme cleaning composition preferably employs weight ratios of carbonate and bicarbonate to stabilize one or more enzymes in a solid, a concentrate, and/or a use composition, and at temperatures higher than ambient.
Abstract:
An interactive dispenser (10), used to provide a powdered, liquid or personal use or care chemical, can provide a message prompted by the proximity of a user to a sensor. Proximity, as it relates to this invention, relates to the nearness of a user to a sensor, either mounted in a remote location or mounted on the dispenser that prompts the dispenser to provide a message for the user. The message can be provided in a visual message such as an electronic scroll, an aural message derived from an electronic voice synthesizer.
Abstract:
A solid heavy duty laundry detergent composition having a zero phosphorus content is disclosed that has the capability of effectively conditioning service water. The detergent composition comprises a source of alkalinity, a water-conditioning vinyl polymer with pendant carboxyl groups, a water-conditioning copolymer of acrylic acid and itaconic acid, and at least one nonionic surfactant.