EP0280550A3 - Fabric-softening composition - Google Patents

Fabric-softening composition Download PDF

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Publication number: EP0280550A3
Authority: EP; European Patent Office
Prior art keywords: fabric; softening composition; softening; composition
Prior art date: 1987-02-27
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.): Granted

Application number

EP88301628A

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EP0280550A2 (en

EP0280550B1 (en

Inventor

Eunice Sheila Blackmore

Brian William Topping

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Unilever PLC

Unilever NV

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Unilever PLC

Unilever NV

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1987-02-27

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1988-02-25

Publication date

1989-03-29

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1988-02-25 Application filed by Unilever PLC, Unilever NV filed Critical Unilever PLC

1988-08-31 Publication of EP0280550A2 publication Critical patent/EP0280550A2/en

1989-03-29 Publication of EP0280550A3 publication Critical patent/EP0280550A3/en

1990-10-24 Application granted granted Critical

1990-10-24 Publication of EP0280550B1 publication Critical patent/EP0280550B1/en

2008-02-25 Anticipated expiration legal-status Critical

Status Expired - Lifetime legal-status Critical Current

Classifications

- D—TEXTILES; PAPER
- D06—TREATMENT OF TEXTILES OR THE LIKE; LAUNDERING; FLEXIBLE MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- D06M—TREATMENT, NOT PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE IN CLASS D06, OF FIBRES, THREADS, YARNS, FABRICS, FEATHERS OR FIBROUS GOODS MADE FROM SUCH MATERIALS
- D06M15/00—Treating fibres, threads, yarns, fabrics, or fibrous goods made from such materials, with macromolecular compounds; Such treatment combined with mechanical treatment
- D06M15/19—Treating fibres, threads, yarns, fabrics, or fibrous goods made from such materials, with macromolecular compounds; Such treatment combined with mechanical treatment with synthetic macromolecular compounds
- D06M15/21—Macromolecular compounds obtained by reactions only involving carbon-to-carbon unsaturated bonds
- D06M15/327—Macromolecular compounds obtained by reactions only involving carbon-to-carbon unsaturated bonds of unsaturated alcohols or esters thereof
- C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
- C11—ANIMAL OR VEGETABLE OILS, FATS, FATTY SUBSTANCES OR WAXES; FATTY ACIDS THEREFROM; DETERGENTS; CANDLES
- C11D—DETERGENT COMPOSITIONS; USE OF SINGLE SUBSTANCES AS DETERGENTS; SOAP OR SOAP-MAKING; RESIN SOAPS; RECOVERY OF GLYCEROL
- C11D10/00—Compositions of detergents, not provided for by one single preceding group
- C11D10/04—Compositions of detergents, not provided for by one single preceding group based on mixtures of surface-active non-soap compounds and soap
- C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
- C11—ANIMAL OR VEGETABLE OILS, FATS, FATTY SUBSTANCES OR WAXES; FATTY ACIDS THEREFROM; DETERGENTS; CANDLES
- C11D—DETERGENT COMPOSITIONS; USE OF SINGLE SUBSTANCES AS DETERGENTS; SOAP OR SOAP-MAKING; RESIN SOAPS; RECOVERY OF GLYCEROL
- C11D1/00—Detergent compositions based essentially on surface-active compounds; Use of these compounds as a detergent
- C11D1/02—Anionic compounds
- C11D1/04—Carboxylic acids or salts thereof
- C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
- C11—ANIMAL OR VEGETABLE OILS, FATS, FATTY SUBSTANCES OR WAXES; FATTY ACIDS THEREFROM; DETERGENTS; CANDLES
- C11D—DETERGENT COMPOSITIONS; USE OF SINGLE SUBSTANCES AS DETERGENTS; SOAP OR SOAP-MAKING; RESIN SOAPS; RECOVERY OF GLYCEROL
- C11D1/00—Detergent compositions based essentially on surface-active compounds; Use of these compounds as a detergent
- C11D1/86—Mixtures of anionic, cationic, and non-ionic compounds
- C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
- C11—ANIMAL OR VEGETABLE OILS, FATS, FATTY SUBSTANCES OR WAXES; FATTY ACIDS THEREFROM; DETERGENTS; CANDLES
- C11D—DETERGENT COMPOSITIONS; USE OF SINGLE SUBSTANCES AS DETERGENTS; SOAP OR SOAP-MAKING; RESIN SOAPS; RECOVERY OF GLYCEROL
- C11D3/00—Other compounding ingredients of detergent compositions covered in group C11D1/00
- C11D3/0005—Other compounding ingredients characterised by their effect
- C11D3/001—Softening compositions
- C11D3/0015—Softening compositions liquid
- D—TEXTILES; PAPER
- D06—TREATMENT OF TEXTILES OR THE LIKE; LAUNDERING; FLEXIBLE MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- D06M—TREATMENT, NOT PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE IN CLASS D06, OF FIBRES, THREADS, YARNS, FABRICS, FEATHERS OR FIBROUS GOODS MADE FROM SUCH MATERIALS
- D06M13/00—Treating fibres, threads, yarns, fabrics or fibrous goods made from such materials, with non-macromolecular organic compounds; Such treatment combined with mechanical treatment
- D06M13/322—Treating fibres, threads, yarns, fabrics or fibrous goods made from such materials, with non-macromolecular organic compounds; Such treatment combined with mechanical treatment with compounds containing nitrogen
- D06M13/46—Compounds containing quaternary nitrogen atoms
- C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
- C11—ANIMAL OR VEGETABLE OILS, FATS, FATTY SUBSTANCES OR WAXES; FATTY ACIDS THEREFROM; DETERGENTS; CANDLES
- C11D—DETERGENT COMPOSITIONS; USE OF SINGLE SUBSTANCES AS DETERGENTS; SOAP OR SOAP-MAKING; RESIN SOAPS; RECOVERY OF GLYCEROL
- C11D1/00—Detergent compositions based essentially on surface-active compounds; Use of these compounds as a detergent
- C11D1/38—Cationic compounds
- C11D1/62—Quaternary ammonium compounds
- C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
- C11—ANIMAL OR VEGETABLE OILS, FATS, FATTY SUBSTANCES OR WAXES; FATTY ACIDS THEREFROM; DETERGENTS; CANDLES
- C11D—DETERGENT COMPOSITIONS; USE OF SINGLE SUBSTANCES AS DETERGENTS; SOAP OR SOAP-MAKING; RESIN SOAPS; RECOVERY OF GLYCEROL
- C11D1/00—Detergent compositions based essentially on surface-active compounds; Use of these compounds as a detergent
- C11D1/66—Non-ionic compounds
- C11D1/662—Carbohydrates or derivatives
- C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
- C11—ANIMAL OR VEGETABLE OILS, FATS, FATTY SUBSTANCES OR WAXES; FATTY ACIDS THEREFROM; DETERGENTS; CANDLES
- C11D—DETERGENT COMPOSITIONS; USE OF SINGLE SUBSTANCES AS DETERGENTS; SOAP OR SOAP-MAKING; RESIN SOAPS; RECOVERY OF GLYCEROL
- C11D1/00—Detergent compositions based essentially on surface-active compounds; Use of these compounds as a detergent
- C11D1/66—Non-ionic compounds
- C11D1/667—Neutral esters, e.g. sorbitan esters
- C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
- C11—ANIMAL OR VEGETABLE OILS, FATS, FATTY SUBSTANCES OR WAXES; FATTY ACIDS THEREFROM; DETERGENTS; CANDLES
- C11D—DETERGENT COMPOSITIONS; USE OF SINGLE SUBSTANCES AS DETERGENTS; SOAP OR SOAP-MAKING; RESIN SOAPS; RECOVERY OF GLYCEROL
- C11D1/00—Detergent compositions based essentially on surface-active compounds; Use of these compounds as a detergent
- C11D1/66—Non-ionic compounds
- C11D1/72—Ethers of polyoxyalkylene glycols
- C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
- C11—ANIMAL OR VEGETABLE OILS, FATS, FATTY SUBSTANCES OR WAXES; FATTY ACIDS THEREFROM; DETERGENTS; CANDLES
- C11D—DETERGENT COMPOSITIONS; USE OF SINGLE SUBSTANCES AS DETERGENTS; SOAP OR SOAP-MAKING; RESIN SOAPS; RECOVERY OF GLYCEROL
- C11D1/00—Detergent compositions based essentially on surface-active compounds; Use of these compounds as a detergent
- C11D1/66—Non-ionic compounds
- C11D1/74—Carboxylates or sulfonates esters of polyoxyalkylene glycols
- C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
- C11—ANIMAL OR VEGETABLE OILS, FATS, FATTY SUBSTANCES OR WAXES; FATTY ACIDS THEREFROM; DETERGENTS; CANDLES
- C11D—DETERGENT COMPOSITIONS; USE OF SINGLE SUBSTANCES AS DETERGENTS; SOAP OR SOAP-MAKING; RESIN SOAPS; RECOVERY OF GLYCEROL
- C11D1/00—Detergent compositions based essentially on surface-active compounds; Use of these compounds as a detergent
- C11D1/66—Non-ionic compounds
- C11D1/75—Amino oxides

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Organic Chemistry (AREA)
Textile Engineering (AREA)
Treatments For Attaching Organic Compounds To Fibrous Goods (AREA)

EP19880301628 1987-02-27 1988-02-25 Fabric-softening composition Expired - Lifetime EP0280550B1 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number	Priority Date	Filing Date	Title
GB8704711		1987-02-27
GB878704711A GB8704711D0 (en)	1987-02-27	1987-02-27	Fabric softening composition

Publications (3)

Publication Number	Publication Date
EP0280550A2 EP0280550A2 (en)	1988-08-31
EP0280550A3 true EP0280550A3 (en)	1989-03-29
EP0280550B1 EP0280550B1 (en)	1990-10-24

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ID=10613088

Family Applications (1)

Application Number	Title	Priority Date	Filing Date
EP19880301628 Expired - Lifetime EP0280550B1 (en)	1987-02-27	1988-02-25	Fabric-softening composition

Country Status (12)

Country	Link
EP (1)	EP0280550B1 (en)
JP (1)	JPS63282373A (en)
KR (1)	KR910009652B1 (en)
AU (1)	AU614073B2 (en)
BR (1)	BR8800833A (en)
CA (1)	CA1291302C (en)
DE (1)	DE3860842D1 (en)
ES (1)	ES2018338B3 (en)
GB (1)	GB8704711D0 (en)
MY (1)	MY103215A (en)
TR (1)	TR24515A (en)
ZA (1)	ZA881382B (en)

Families Citing this family (22)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number	Priority date	Publication date	Assignee	Title
GB8818593D0 (en) *	1988-08-04	1988-09-07	Albright & Wilson	Fabric conditioners
GB8914054D0 (en) *	1989-06-19	1989-08-09	Unilever Plc	Fabric softening composition
JP2641110B2 (en) *	1990-12-19	1997-08-13	大日精化工業株式会社	Softener composition
US5484540A (en) *	1991-03-08	1996-01-16	The Procter & Gamble Company	Concentrated fabric softening compositions
GB9106308D0 (en) *	1991-03-25	1991-05-08	Unilever Plc	Fabric softening composition
GB9115255D0 (en) *	1991-07-15	1991-08-28	Unilever Plc	Fabric softening composition
US5409621A (en) *	1991-03-25	1995-04-25	Lever Brothers Company, Division Of Conopco, Inc.	Fabric softening composition
WO1992019714A1 (en) *	1991-04-30	1992-11-12	The Procter & Gamble Company	Fabric softener containing substituted imidazoline and highly ethoxylated compounds
WO1993024603A2 (en) *	1992-06-02	1993-12-09	Unilever N.V.	Liquid cleaning products
PL182112B1 (en) *	1994-04-07	2001-11-30	Unilever Nv	Fabric softening composition
US5503756A (en) *	1994-09-20	1996-04-02	The Procter & Gamble Company	Dryer-activated fabric conditioning compositions containing unsaturated fatty acid
NZ286025A (en) *	1995-03-01	1997-04-24	Colgate Palmolive Co	Laundry detergent concentrates; contains nonionic surfactant and water insoluble oil with a hydrophilic polar group, converts to liquid crystal phase dispersion on dilution
US6221828B1 (en)	1999-02-12	2001-04-24	Kao Corporation	Detergent composition comprising an alkylpolyglycoside, a germicide, and a fatty acid salt
GB9930430D0 (en) *	1999-12-22	2000-02-16	Unilever Plc	A method of preparing fabric softening compositions
GB0014891D0 (en) †	2000-06-16	2000-08-09	Unilever Plc	Fabric softening compositions
KR100591100B1 (en) *	2000-06-26	2006-06-19	주식회사 코오롱	A spinfinish oil for thermo-plastic synthetics yarn
MX342414B (en)	2010-10-22	2016-09-28	Unilever Nv	Improvements relating to fabric conditioners.
BR112013013376A2 (en)	2010-12-03	2016-09-06	Unilever Nv	aqueous tissue conditioning composition and use of hydrophobic agent in an aqueous tissue conditioning composition to increase viscosity
CN103228774A (en)	2010-12-03	2013-07-31	荷兰联合利华有限公司	Fabric conditioners
US9150822B2 (en)	2010-12-03	2015-10-06	Conopco, Inc.	Fabric conditioners
US10487292B2 (en) *	2016-08-31	2019-11-26	The Procter & Gamble Company	Fabric enhancer composition
US20190264136A1 (en) *	2018-02-28	2019-08-29	The Procter & Gamble Company	Fabric enhancer composition

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DE2822891A1 (en) *	1977-05-30	1978-12-07	Procter & Gamble Europ	TEXTILE TREATMENT PRODUCTS
FR2440433A1 (en) *	1978-11-03	1980-05-30	Unilever Nv	FABRIC SOFTENING COMPOSITION AND PROCESS FOR PREPARING THE SAME
EP0013780A1 (en) *	1979-01-11	1980-08-06	THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY	Concentrated fabric softening composition
EP0082457A2 (en) *	1981-12-18	1983-06-29	Hoechst Aktiengesellschaft	Concentrated fabric-softening agents
EP0122141A2 (en) *	1983-04-08	1984-10-17	Unilever Plc	Fabric softening compositions
EP0123999A2 (en) *	1983-04-22	1984-11-07	Henkel Kommanditgesellschaft auf Aktien	Ready-made textile softener concentrate

1987
- 1987-02-27 GB GB878704711A patent/GB8704711D0/en active Pending
1988
- 1988-02-22 KR KR1019880001811A patent/KR910009652B1/en not_active IP Right Cessation
- 1988-02-22 CA CA000559492A patent/CA1291302C/en not_active Expired - Lifetime
- 1988-02-23 AU AU12067/88A patent/AU614073B2/en not_active Expired
- 1988-02-24 MY MYPI88000181A patent/MY103215A/en unknown
- 1988-02-25 ES ES88301628T patent/ES2018338B3/en not_active Expired - Lifetime
- 1988-02-25 EP EP19880301628 patent/EP0280550B1/en not_active Expired - Lifetime
- 1988-02-25 DE DE8888301628T patent/DE3860842D1/en not_active Expired - Lifetime
- 1988-02-26 TR TR88/0159A patent/TR24515A/en unknown
- 1988-02-26 ZA ZA881382A patent/ZA881382B/en unknown
- 1988-02-26 BR BR8800833A patent/BR8800833A/en not_active IP Right Cessation
- 1988-02-26 JP JP63044066A patent/JPS63282373A/en active Pending

Patent Citations (6)

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DE2822891A1 (en) *	1977-05-30	1978-12-07	Procter & Gamble Europ	TEXTILE TREATMENT PRODUCTS
FR2440433A1 (en) *	1978-11-03	1980-05-30	Unilever Nv	FABRIC SOFTENING COMPOSITION AND PROCESS FOR PREPARING THE SAME
EP0013780A1 (en) *	1979-01-11	1980-08-06	THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY	Concentrated fabric softening composition
EP0082457A2 (en) *	1981-12-18	1983-06-29	Hoechst Aktiengesellschaft	Concentrated fabric-softening agents
EP0122141A2 (en) *	1983-04-08	1984-10-17	Unilever Plc	Fabric softening compositions
EP0123999A2 (en) *	1983-04-22	1984-11-07	Henkel Kommanditgesellschaft auf Aktien	Ready-made textile softener concentrate

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Publication number	Publication date
AU614073B2 (en)	1991-08-22
CA1291302C (en)	1991-10-29
KR880010184A (en)	1988-10-07
ZA881382B (en)	1989-10-25
EP0280550A2 (en)	1988-08-31
JPS63282373A (en)	1988-11-18
EP0280550B1 (en)	1990-10-24
AU1206788A (en)	1988-09-01
DE3860842D1 (en)	1990-11-29
GB8704711D0 (en)	1987-04-01
BR8800833A (en)	1988-10-04
ES2018338B3 (en)	1991-04-01
MY103215A (en)	1993-05-29
TR24515A (en)	1991-11-12
KR910009652B1 (en)	1991-11-25

Publication	Publication Date	Title
EP0293885A3 (en)	1990-06-13	Antibiotic-polymer compositions
GB8721936D0 (en)	1987-10-28	Composition
EP0280550A3 (en)	1989-03-29	Fabric-softening composition
GB8701642D0 (en)	1987-03-04	Detergent composition
GB2208516B (en)	1991-10-23	Detergent composition
ZA88637B (en)	1988-08-02	Fire-resitant composition
GB2212170B (en)	1991-05-29	Detergent composition
EP0292963A3 (en)	1990-01-10	Fiber-treatment composition
ZA882423B (en)	1989-12-27	Detergent composition
GB2203336B (en)	1990-12-19	Composition
HUT51856A (en)	1990-06-28	Mollusquicid composition
GB8715191D0 (en)	1987-08-05	Composition
EG18594A (en)	1993-08-30	Shampo composition
GB8702613D0 (en)	1987-03-11	Compositions
GB8730205D0 (en)	1988-02-03	Detergent composition
ZA883402B (en)	1990-01-31	Detergent composition
ZA885139B (en)	1990-03-28	Detergent composition
EP0279457A3 (en)	1989-02-22	Detergent composition
GB8716065D0 (en)	1987-08-12	Laundry composition
JPS6460631A (en)	1989-03-07	Polyfluoroalkoxyphosphazene composition
GB8701962D0 (en)	1987-03-04	Detergent composition
GB8700466D0 (en)	1987-02-11	Teat-treating compositions
GB2211197B (en)	1992-01-15	Detergent composition
PL268805A1 (en)	1989-05-16	Bituminuous composition
IE852667L (en)	1987-10-30	Composition

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