Cleaning compositions containing a polyetheramine

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9388368-B2
Application number	US-201414498225-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 26, 2014
Priority date	Sep 26, 2014
Publication date	Jul 12, 2016
Grant date	Jul 12, 2016

Abstract

The present invention relates generally to cleaning compositions and, more specifically, to cleaning compositions containing a polyetheramine that is suitable for removal of stains from soiled materials.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A cleaning composition comprising:
from about 1% to about 70%, by weight of the composition, of a surfactant which comprises one or more surfactants selected from the group consisting of anionic surfactants, cationic surfactants, nonionic surfactants, zwitterionic surfactants, and amphoteric surfactants; and
from about 0.1% to about 10%, by weight of the composition, of a polyetheramine of Formula (I):

wherein each of k 1 , k 2 , k 3 , and k 4 is independently selected from 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, or 6, each of A 1 , A 2 , A 3 , A 4 , A 59 A 6 , A 7 , A 8 , A 9 , A 10 , A 11 , and A 12 is independently selected from a linear or branched alkylene group having from about 2 to about 18 carbon atoms or mixtures thereof, x≧1, y≧1, w≧1, and z≧1, and the sum of x+y+w+z is in the range of from about 4 to about 100, x′≧1, y′≧1, w′≧1, and z′≧1, and the sum of x′+y′+w′+z′ is in the range of from about 4 to about 100, and each of Z 1 , Z 2 , Z 3 , and Z 4 is independently selected from OH, NH 2 , NHR′, or NR′R″, where R′ and R″ are independently selected from alkylenes having 2 to 6 carbon atoms, and wherein at least one of Z 1 , Z 2 , Z 3 , and Z 4 is NH 2 .

2. The cleaning composition of claim 1 , wherein in said polyetheramine of Formula (I), each of k 1 , k 2 , k 3 , and k 4 is independently selected from 0, 1, or 2.

3. The cleaning composition of claim 1 , wherein each of k 1 , k 2 , k 3 , and k 4 is 1.

4. The cleaning composition of claim 1 , wherein in said polyetheramine of Formula (I), each of A 1 , A 2 , A 3 , A 4 , A 5 , A 6 , A 7 , A 8 , A 9 , A 10 , A 11 , and A 12 is independently selected from a linear or branched alkylene group having from about 2 to about 10 carbon atoms.

5. The cleaning composition of claim 1 , wherein in said polyetheramine of Formula (I), each of A 1 , A 2 , A 3 , A 4 , A 5 , A 6 , A 7 , A 8 , A 9 , A 10 , A 11 , and A 12 is independently selected from a linear or branched alkylene group having from about 2 to about 4 carbon atoms.

6. The cleaning composition of claim 1 , wherein in said polyetheramine of Formula (I), at least one of A 1 , A 2 , A 3 , A 4 , A 5 , A 6 , A 7 , A 8 , A 9 , A 10 , A 11 , and A 12 is a linear or branched butylene group.

7. The cleaning composition of claim 1 , wherein in said polyetheramine of Formula (I), the sum of x+y+w+z is in the range of from about 4 to about 30.

8. The cleaning composition of claim 1 , wherein in said polyetheramine of Formula (I), the sum of x′+y′+w′+z′ is in the range of from about 4 to about 30.

9. The cleaning composition of claim 1 , wherein said polyetheramine of Formula (I) has a weight average molecular weight of from about 350 to about 1000 grams/mole.

10. The cleaning composition of claim 1 , wherein said polyetheramine of Formula (I) has a weight average molecular weight of from about 400 to about 800 grams/mole.

11. The cleaning composition of claim 1 , wherein said cleaning composition comprises from about 0.2% to about 5%, by weight of the composition, of the polyetheramine of Formula (I).

12. The cleaning composition of claim 1 further comprising from about 0.001% to about 1% by weight of an enzyme.

13. The cleaning composition of claim 12 , wherein said enzyme is selected from the group consisting of lipase, amylase, protease, mannanase, and combinations thereof.

14. The cleaning composition of claim 1 further comprising from about 0.1% to about 10% by weight of an additional amine selected from polyetheramines, oligoamines, triamines, diamines, or a combination thereof.

15. A method of pretreating or treating a soiled fabric comprising contacting the soiled fabric with the cleaning composition of claim 1 .

Assignees

• Procter & Gamble

Inventors

• Loughnane Brian Joseph
• Hulskotter Frank
• Scialla Stefano
• Ebert Sophia Rosa
• Ludolph Bjoern
• Wigbers Christof
• Eidamshaus Christian

Classifications

• C11D3/386

  Preparations containing enzymes {, e.g. protease or amylase} · CPC title

• C11D3/30

  Amines; Substituted amines {; Quaternized amines} · CPC title

• C11D1/88

  Ampholytes; Electroneutral compounds {(C11D1/002, C11D1/004, C11D1/008 take precedence)} · CPC title

• C11D3/044

  Hydroxides or bases · CPC title

• C11D3/3723 Primary

  Polyamines or polyalkyleneimines · CPC title