Cleaning compositions containing a polyetheramine

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9719052-B2
Application number	US-201514664946-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 23, 2015
Priority date	Mar 27, 2014
Publication date	Aug 1, 2017
Grant date	Aug 1, 2017

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:
a) from about 1% to about 70% by weight of a surfactant selected from the group consisting of anionic surfactants, cationic surfactants, nonionic surfactants, amphoteric surfactants, and mixtures thereof; and
b) from about 0.1% to about 10% by weight of a polyetheramine of Formula (I):

wherein each of R 1 , R 2 , R 3 and R 4 is independently selected from H or a methyl group, provided that only one of R 1 , R 2 , R 3 and R 4 is a methyl group; wherein each of A 1 , A 2 , A 3 , A 4 , A 5 , and A 6 is independently selected from a linear alkylene having 2 to 4 carbon atoms or a branched alkylene having 2 to 4 carbon atoms; wherein at least one of A 1 , A 2 , A 3 , A 4 , A 5 , and A 6 is a linear or branched butylene; wherein each of Z 1 -Z 4 is NH 2 ; wherein the sum of w+x+y+z is from about 2 to about 8, and, wherein w≧0, x≧0, y≧0, and z≧0.

2. The cleaning composition according to claim 1 , wherein at least two of A 1 , A 2 , A 3 , A 4 , A 5 , and A 6 are selected from linear or branched butylene groups.

3. The cleaning composition according to claim 1 , wherein at least four of A 1 , A 2 , A 3 , A 4 , A 5 , and A 6 are selected from linear or branched butylene groups.

4. The cleaning composition according to claim 1 , wherein each of A 1 , A 2 , A 3 , A 4 , A 5 , and A 6 is a linear or branched butylene group.

5. The cleaning composition according to claim 1 , wherein the polyetheramine is selected from the group consisting of:

and mixtures thereof.

6. The cleaning composition according to claim 1 , wherein said polyetheramine has a weight average molecular weight of about 250 to about 700 grams/mole.

7. 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.

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

9. The cleaning composition of claim 6 , wherein said enzyme is selected from lipase, amylase, protease, mannanase, or mixtures thereof.

10. The cleaning composition of claim 1 further comprising from about 0.1% to about 10% by weight of an additional amine.

11. The cleaning composition of claim 8 , wherein said additional amine is selected from oligoamines, triamines, diamines, or a mixture thereof.

12. The cleaning composition of claim 8 , wherein said additional amine is selected from tetraethylenepentamine, triethylenetetraamine, diethylenetriamine, or a mixture thereof.

13. The cleaning composition of claim 1 , wherein said composition is encapsulated in a water-soluble or water-miscible pouch.

14. A method of pretreating or treating a surface comprising contacting the surface with the cleaning composition of claim 1 .

Assignees

• Procter & Gamble

Inventors

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

Classifications

• C11D1/008 Primary

  Polymeric surface-active agents · CPC title

• C11D3/3723 Primary

  Polyamines or polyalkyleneimines · CPC title

• C11D3/38618

  Protease or amylase in liquid compositions only · CPC title

• C11D1/88

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

• C11D3/30

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