Colgate Palmolive Company

Eric Ewbank

Dominique Tummers

Jean Massaux

Isabelle Leonard

Ericka Breuer

Eric Thibert

Catherine Collard

Hoai-Chau Cao

Didier Dormal

Nathalie Dastbaz

Genevieve Jonlet

The present invention relates to a cleaning composition containing a zwitterionic surfactant, a glycol ether cosurfactant, a hydrophilizing polymer and water.

Cleaning composition containing a hydrophilizing polymer

An acidic hard surface liquid detergent with desirable cleansing and antibacterial properties comprises a C anionic surfactant, nonionic surfactants, a cosurfactant, water insoluble hydrocarbon, essential oil or perfume, a hydroxy aliphatic acid and/or salicylic acid and water.

Acidic all purpose liquid cleaning compositions

A perfume-containing water-in-oil microemulsion is provided which is capable of being mixed with an aqueous fabric softener base composition to provide perfume thereto. The use of the defined microemulsion enables the addition of perfume as well as other cosmetic attributes to an aqueous base composition under conditions of low shear while avoiding any problems of gelation or physical instability in the finished fabric softener product.

Water-in-oil microemulsion for providing cosmetic attributes to fabric softening base composition

A stable, pourable and water dispersible liquid fabric softening composition is provided comprising (a) from about 2% to about 25% of one or more fabric softening compounds selected from among quaternary ammonium compounds and amine compounds; (b) from 0 to about 10% of a co-softening ingredient; and (c) from about 0.02% to about 3% of a defined fatty alcohol ethoxylate-diurethane polymer as a thickener to provide commercially desirable viscosities without adversely affecting the physical stability of the composition. The balance of the composition is comprised of water and optional ingredients such as an acid, an emulsifier and adjuvants.

Liquid fabric softening compositions containing a fatty alcohol

A stable, pourable and water dispersible fabric softener composition is described comprised of up to 35%, by weight, of (i) an amidoamine compound such as bis(tallow amidoethyl)-2-hydroxyethyl amine or an amidoquaternary ammonium compound; and (ii) a diacid polymeric fatty ester quaternary ammonium compound as described.

Liquid rinse cycle fabric softening compositions containing diacid

An aqueous heavy duty liquid detergent composition of controlled viscosity is disclosed. The composition comprises a homogeneous mixture of at least one water soluble anionic organic detergent, at least one detergent builder, an oxidized polysaccharide viscosity control agent, an optional salt of an acrylic polymer as a supplementary viscosity control agent, an optional clay fabric softener and water. The composition is characterized as having a considerably lower initial viscosity than compositions which do not contain the viscosity modifier and exhibit a stability or even a diminution of the initial low viscosity after prolonged storage. As a result, heavy duty liquid detergent compositions having good flowability and stability are provided.

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Kraainem, Belgium

Eric Ewbank