Kao Soap Company, Ltd.

Yutaka Minegishi

Haruhiko Arai

Toshiro Nishimura

A softening agent comprising a quaternary ammonium salt is effectively useful for garment fabrics made of natural fibers or synthetic fibers.

Textile softening agent

A fabric softening composition comprising an anionic surfactant and a quaternary ammonium salt having two long chain alkyl or .beta.-hydroxy alkyl groups and one or two hydroxyethyl or hydroxypropyl groups.

Softener composition for fabrics

A fabric softener composition comprising (A) a quaternary ammonium salt having one or two alkyl groups having 11 to 24 carbon atoms and (B) an ether carboxylate, wherein the (A)/(B) mixing molar ratio is from 1/0.5 to 1/1.

A composition for softening fabrics or hair consisting essentially of an aqueous solution or dispersion containing 3 to 20 weight percent of a cationic amine derivative capable of softening fabrics or hair and 0.005 to 1.0 weight percent of a polyoxyalkylene derivative obtained by reacting an adduct of 20 to 300 moles of ethylene oxide, propylene oxide or mixture thereof to a monohydric alcohol, a monothiolmercaptan or an alkylphenol having from 12 to 26 carbon atoms with from 0.5 to 5 equivalents of a diepoxide, per one equivalent of said adduct.

Softener composition for fabrics or hair

A softening agent for woven fabrics consisting essentially of 3 to 20 weight % of a quaternary ammonium salt having the formula ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 are a long chain alkyl group or long chain .beta.-hydroxyalkyl group, R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 are alkyl group, hydroxyalkyl group, benzyl group or a group --(C.sub.2 H.sub.4 O).sub.n H, X is a halogen or a monoalkyl sulfuric acid group, 0.2 to 5% of a polyoxyethyleneoleyl ether having an ethylene oxide average addition mole number of 8 to 200, 0.5 to 10% of urea, and 0.08 to 2% of a water-soluble ammonium salt.

Softening agent for woven fabrics

A liquid softening agent for a woven fabric contains

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Miyashiro, Japan

Yutaka Minegishi