Cleaning compositions for solid surfaces – auxiliary compositions – Cleaning compositions or processes of preparing – Liquid composition
Reexamination Certificate
2001-08-06
2001-12-18
Ogden, Necholus (Department: 1751)
Cleaning compositions for solid surfaces, auxiliary compositions
Cleaning compositions or processes of preparing
Liquid composition
C510S426000, C510S470000, C510S503000, C510S505000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06331515
ABSTRACT:
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to liquid cleaning composition which changes color, when a surface containing thereon is cleaned.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The prior art is replete with light duty liquid detergent compositions containing nonionic surfactants in combination with anionic and/or betaine surfactants wherein the nonionic detergent is not the major active surfactant. In U.S. Pat. No. 3,658,985 an anionic based shampoo contains a minor amount of a fatty acid alkanolamide. U.S. Pat. No. 3,769,398 discloses a betaine-based shampoo containing minor amounts of nonionic surfactants. This patent states that the low foaming properties of nonionic detergents renders its use in shampoo compositions non-preferred. U.S. Pat. No. 4,329,335 also discloses a shampoo containing a betaine surfactant as the major ingredient and minor amounts of a nonionic surfactant and of a fatty acid mono- or di-ethanolamide. U.S. Pat. No. 4,259,204 discloses a shampoo comprising 0.8 to 20% by weight of an anionic phosphoric acid ester and one additional surfactant which may be either anionic, amphoteric, or nonionic. U.S. Pat. No. 4,329,334 discloses an anionic-amphoteric based shampoo containing a major amount of anionic surfactant and lesser amounts of a betaine and nonionic surfactants.
U.S. Pat. No. 3,935,129 discloses a liquid cleaning composition containing an alkali metal silicate, urea, glycerin, triethanolamine, an anionic detergent and a nonionic detergent. The silicate content determines the amount of anionic and/or nonionic detergent in the liquid cleaning composition. However, the foaming properties of these detergent compositions are not discussed therein.
U.S. Pat. No. 4,129,515 discloses a heavy duty liquid detergent for laundering fabrics comprising a mixture of substantially equal amounts of anionic and nonionic surfactants, alkanolamines and magnesium salts, and, optionally, zwitterionic surfactants as suds modifiers.
U.S. Pat. No. 4,224,195 discloses an aqueous detergent composition for laundering socks or stockings comprising a specific group of nonionic detergents, namely, an ethylene oxide of a secondary alcohol, a specific group of anionic detergents, namely, a sulfuric ester salt of an ethylene oxide adduct of a secondary alcohol, and an amphoteric surfactant which may be a betaine, wherein either the anionic or nonionic surfactant may be the major ingredient.
The prior art also discloses detergent compositions containing all nonionic surfactants as shown in U.S. Pat. Nos. 4,154,706 and 4,329,336 wherein the shampoo compositions contain a plurality of particular nonionic surfactants in order to affect desirable foaming and detersive properties despite the fact that nonionic surfactants are usually deficient in such properties.
U.S. Pat. No. 4,013,787 discloses a piperazine based polymer in conditioning and shampoo compositions which may contain all nonionic surfactant or all anionic surfactant.
U.S. Pat. No. 4,450,091 discloses high viscosity shampoo compositions containing a blend of an amphoteric betaine surfactant, a polyoxybutylenepolyoxyethylene nonionic detergent, an anionic surfactant, a fatty acid alkanolamide and a polyoxyalkylene glycol fatty ester. But, none of the exemplified compositions contain an active ingredient mixture wherein the nonionic detergent is present in major proportion which is probably due to the low foaming properties of the polyoxybutylene polyoxyethylene nonionic detergent.
U.S. Pat. No. 4,595,526 describes a composition comprising a nonionic surfactant, a betaine surfactant, an anionic surfactant and a C
12
-C
14
fatty acid monoethanolamide foam stabilizer.
The present invention teaches that cleaning compositions that are formed using FD&C Red 40 dye in the presence of sodium bisulfite are reddish peach in color, when the composition is first made. At a pH of 9 these cleaning compositions are color stable but at a pH of about 5 to about 7 the cleaning composition is not color stable and a color change from reddish peach to yellow occurs. Accordingly, when a surface containing acid thereon is cleaned with the instant composition, the liquid cleaning composition change in color from a reddish peach color to a yellow color.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
It has now been found that a liquid cleaning composition that changes color as the pH of the cleaning composition changes from an initial pH of about 9 to a pH of about 5 to 7 can be formulated with a surfactant, sodium bisulfite, a red dye and water.
Accordingly, one object of this invention is to provide novel, high liquid cleaning composition containing a surfactant, a red dye, sodium bisulfite and water which changes from a reddish peach color at an initial pH of 9 to a yellow color at a pH of 5 to 7, when a surface containing acid thereof is cleaned with the instant cleaning composition.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a liquid cleaning composition which changes from a reddish peach color at an initial pH of 9 to a yellow color at a pH of 5 to 7 when a surface containing acid thereon is cleaned with the instant cleaning composition which comprises approximately by weight:
(a) 0 to 40%, more preferably 2% to 40% of at least one surfactant selected from the group consisting of anionic surfactants, ethoxylated nonionic surfactants, amine oxide surfactants, C12-C14 fatty acid monoalkanol amides such as lauryl/myristyl mono ethanol amide, alkyl poly glucoside surfactants and zwitterionic surfactants and mixtures thereof;
(b) 0.0001% to 0.001% of a red dye selected which is a FD&C Red No. 40 dye and can further include a D&C Acid Dye No. 33;
(c) 0.04% to 0.12% of sodium bisulfite; and
(d) the balance being water, wherein the composition does not contain a preservative selected from the group consisting of Dowicil 75 which has the structure of:
which is manufactured by Dow Chemical and DMDM hydantoin having the structure of:
which is manufactured by Lonza under the tradename of Glydant and mixtures thereof, and wherein the composition has CIE values under D65 illumination at a pH of 9 of L* of about 91 to about 92, more preferably about 91.1 to about 91.8; a* of about 18 to about 19; more preferably about 18.25 to about 18.75; and b* of about 6.4 to about 7.4, more preferably about 6.6 to about 7.2 and under D65 illumination at a pH of 5 of L* of about 97.8 to about 98.8, more preferably 98.0 to about 98.6, a* of about −7.2 to about −6.2, more preferably about −7.0 to about 6.4, and b* of about 25 to about 26, more preferably about 25.2 to about 25.8.
Suitable water-soluble non-soap, anionic surfactants include those surface-active or detergent compounds which contain an organic hydrophobic group containing generally 8 to 26 carbon atoms and preferably 10 to 18 carbon atoms in their molecular structure and at least one water-solubilizing group selected from the group of sulfonate, sulfate and carboxylate so as to form a water-soluble detergent. Usually, the hydrophobic group will include or comprise a C
8
-C
22
alkyl, alkyl or acyl group. Such surfactants are employed in the form of water-soluble salts and the salt-forming cation usually is selected from the group consisting of sodium, potassium, or magnesium, with the sodium and magnesium cations again being preferred.
Examples of suitable sulfonated anionic surfactants are the well known higher alkyl mononuclear aromatic sulfonates such as the higher alkyl benzene sulfonates containing from 10 to 16 carbon atoms in the higher alkyl group in a straight or branched chain, C
8
-C
15
alkyl toluene sulfonates and C
8
-C
15
alkyl phenol sulfonates.
A preferred sulfonate is linear alkyl benzene sulfonate having a high content of 3-(or higher) phenyl isomers and a correspondingly low content (well below 50%) of 2-(or lower) phenyl isomers, that is, wherein the benzene ring is preferably attached in large part at the 3 or higher (for example, 4, 5, 6 or 7) position of the alkyl group and the content of the isomers in which the benzene ring is attached in the 2 or 1 positi
Berta Jodie
Fuller Robert
Gambogi Joan
Colgate-Palmolive Co.
Nanfeldt Richard E.
Ogden Necholus
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