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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 1992
Filed:
Feb. 19, 1991
Applicant:
Inventors:
Marten R van Vliet, Haarlem, NL;
Jan E Iburg, Vlaardingen, NL;
Assignee:
Lever Brothers Company, Division of Conopco, Inc., New York, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C11D / ; C11D / ; C11D / ; D06L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
252103 ; 252 95 ; 252156 ; 2521861 ; 25218633 ; 502152 ; 502156 ; 502171 ; 502103 ; 8111 ; 8137 ;
Abstract
A stable and effective manganese complex for use as a peroxy compound bleach catalyst is disclosed, the catalyst being a water-soluble complex of manganese (II), (III), or (IV) or mixtures thereof with a ligand which is a non-carboxylate polyhydroxy compound having at least three consecutive C--OH groups in its molecular structure. Bleaching composition comprising a peroxy compound and the catalyst, as well as process for bleaching substrates using said catalyst are also disclosed. Preferred ligand is sorbitol and preferred catalyst is Mn-sorbitol complex.