Fabric care compositions containing a polyetheramine

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9850452-B2
Application number	US-201514864921-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 25, 2015
Priority date	Sep 25, 2014
Publication date	Dec 26, 2017
Grant date	Dec 26, 2017

Abstract

Fabric care compositions, and more specifically, fabric care compositions that include a surfactant system, silicone, and a polyetheramine. Methods of making and using such compositions.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A fabric care composition comprising:
a surfactant system, wherein the surfactant system comprises anionic surfactant and nonionic surfactant in a weight ratio of from about 1.1:1 to about 4:1;
from about 0.1% to about 30%, by weight of the fabric care composition, of a silicone selected from the group consisting of non-functionalized siloxane polymers, functionalized siloxane polymers, and mixtures thereof; and
from about 0.1% to about 10% of a polyetheramine of Formula (I):

wherein each of R 1 -R 6 is independently selected from H, alkyl, cycloalkyl, aryl, alkylaryl, or arylalkyl, wherein at least one of R 1 -R 6 different from H,
each of A 1 -A 6 is independently selected from linear or branched alkylenes having 2 to 18 carbon atoms, each of Z 1 -Z 2 is independently selected from OH or NH 2 , wherein at least one of Z 1 -Z 2 is NH 2 , wherein the sum of x+y is in the range of 2 to about 200, wherein x≧1 and y≧1, and the sum of x 1 +y 1 is in the range of 2 to about 200, wherein x 1 ≧1 and y 1 ≧1.

2. The fabric care composition of claim 1 wherein in said polyetheramine of Formula (I), each of Z 1 -Z 2 is NH 2 .

3. The fabric care composition of claim 1 wherein in said polyetheramine of Formula (I), x+y is in the range of 2 to about 20 and x 1 +y 1 is in the range of 2 to about 20.

4. The fabric care composition of claim 1 wherein in said polyetheramine of Formula (I), x+y is in the range of about 3 to about 20 and x 1 +y 1 is in the range of about 3 to about 20.

5. The fabric care composition of claim 1 wherein in said polyetheramine of Formula (I), each of A 1 -A 6 is independently selected from ethylene, propylene, or butylene.

6. The fabric care composition of claim 1 wherein in said polyetheramine of Formula (I), each of A 1 -A 6 is propylene.

7. The fabric care composition of claim 1 wherein in said polyetheramine of Formula (I), each of R 1 , R 2 , R 5 , and R 6 is H and each of R 3 , and R 4 is independently selected from C1-C16 alkyl or aryl.

8. The fabric care composition of claim 1 , wherein in said polyetheramine of Formula (I), each of R 1 , R 2 , R 5 , and R 6 is H and each of R 3 , and R 4 is independently selected from a butyl group, an ethyl group, a methyl group, a propyl group, or a phenyl group.

9. The fabric care composition of claim 1 , wherein in said polyetheramine of Formula (I), each of R 1 , and R 2 is H and each of R 3 , R 4 , R 5 , and R 6 is independently selected from an ethyl group, a methyl group, a propyl group, a butyl group, a phenyl group, or H.

10. The fabric care composition of claim 1 , wherein in said polyetheramine of Formula (I), R 3 is an ethyl group, R 4 is a butyl group, and each of R 1 , R 2 , R 5 , and R 6 is H.

11. The fabric care composition of claim 1 , wherein said polyetheramine has a weight average molecular weight of about 290 to about 1000 grams/mole.

12. The fabric care composition of claim 1 , wherein said polyetheramine has a weight average molecular weight of about 300 to about 450 grams/mole.

13. The fabric care composition of claim 1 , wherein the silicone is a functionalized siloxane polymer selected from the group consisting of aminosilicone, silicone polyether, polydimethyl siloxane (PDMS), cationic silicones, silicone polyurethane, silicone polyureas, and mixtures thereof.

14. The fabric care composition of claim 13 , wherein the silicone is a functionalized siloxane polymer comprising aminosilicone.

15. The fabric care composition of claim 1 , wherein the silicone is a non-functionalized siloxane polymer selected from polyalkyl silicone, phenyl silicone, or mixtures thereof.

16. The fabric care composition of claim 15 , wherein the non-functionalized siloxane polymer comprises a polyalkyl silicone, wherein the polyalkyl silicone comprises polydimethyl siloxane (PDMS).

17. The fabric care composition of claim 1 , wherein the silicone is selected from the group consisting of aminosilicone, polydimethyl siloxane (PDMS), and mixtures thereof.

18. The fabric care composition of claim 1 , wherein said silicone is added to the composition in the form of a nanoemulsion, wherein the average particle size of said nanoemulsion is from about 20 nm to about 1000 nm.

19. The fabric care composition of claim 1 , wherein said composition further comprises a laundry adjunct selected from the group consisting of an external structuring system, cationic deposition aid polymer, enzymes, perfume microcapsules, soil release polymers, hueing agents, polymeric dispersing agents, additional amines, and mixtures thereof.

20. The fabric care composition of claim 19 , wherein said polymeric dispersing agent comprises alkoxylated polyalkylenimines.

21. The fabric care composition of claim 1 , wherein said weight ratio of anionic surfactant to nonionic surfactant is from about 1.5:1 to about 2.5:1.

22. The fabric care composition of claim 1 , wherein said fabric care composition comprises less than 0.1%, by weight of the composition, of fatty acid.

23. The fabric care composition of claim 1 , wherein said anionic surfactant comprises linear alkyl benzene sulfonate (LAS) and alkyl ether sulfate (AES).

24. The fabric care composition of claim 23 , wherein said LAS and said AES are present in a weight ratio of from about 0.5:1 to about 1.5:1.

25. The fabric care composition of claim 1 , wherein said composition comprises from about 1% to about 70%, by weight of the composition, of said surfactant system.

26. The fabric care composition of claim 1 , wherein said composition is encapsulated in a water-soluble film.

27. A method of pretreating or treating a fabric comprising contacting the fabric with the fabric care composition of claim 1 .

28. The method of claim 27 , wherein the contacting occurs in the presence of water, where said water and said fabric care composition form a wash liquor, and wherein the concentration of said silicone in said wash liquor is from about 20 ppm to about 400 ppm.

29. The method of claim 27 , wherein said contacting occurs during a washing step, and wherein said washing step is followed by a rinse step, wherein during said rinse step, said fabric is contacted with a fabric softening composition, wherein said fabric softening composition comprises a fabric softening active.

30. A fabric care composition comprising:
from about 1% to about 70%, by weight of said composition, of a surfactant system, wherein the surfactant system comprises anionic surfactant and nonionic surfactant in a weight ratio of from about 1:1 to about 4:1;
from about 0.1% to about 10%, by weight of the fabric care composition, of a silicone selected from the group consisting of aminosilicone, silicone polyether, polydimethyl siloxane (PDMS), cationic silicones, silicone polyurethane, silicone polyureas, and mixtures thereof; and
from about 0.1% to about 10% by weight of a polyetheramine having the following structure:

Assignees

• Procter & Gamble

Inventors

• Fossum Renae Dianna
• Hulskotter Frank
• Vetter Nicholas David
• Scialla Stefano
• Loughnane Brian Joseph
• Waun Amy Eichstadt
• Ebert Sophia
• Ludolph Bjoern
• Wigbers Christof
• Maas Steffen
• Aguilera-Mercado Bernardo M
• Barrera Carola

Classifications

• C11D3/3723

  Polyamines or polyalkyleneimines · CPC title

• C11D3/001 Primary

  Softening compositions · CPC title

• C11D1/83 Primary

  Mixtures of non-ionic with anionic compounds · CPC title

• C11D3/373

  containing silicones · CPC title

• C11D1/8305

  containing a combination of non-ionic compounds differently alcoxylised or with different alkylated chains · CPC title