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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 05, 1996
Filed:
Dec. 07, 1994
Barbara Thomas, Princeton, NJ (US);
Steven Adamy, Hamilton, NJ (US);
Guy Broze, Grace-Hollogne, BE;
Ammanuel Mehreteab, Piscataway, NJ (US);
Frank Bala, Jr, Middlesex, NJ (US);
Myriam Mondin, Seraing, BE;
Myriam Loth, Saint-Nicolas, BE;
Colgate-Palmolive Co., Piscataway, NJ (US);
Abstract
An improvement is described in microemulsion compositions which are more friendly to the environment and contain an anionic sulfate surfactant, an esterfied polyethoxyether surfactant, a cosurfactant, at least one hydrocarbon, and water which can comprise the use of a water-insoluble odoriferous perfume as the essential hydrocarbon in a proportion sufficient to form a dilute o/w microemulsion composition preferably containing, by weight, 0.1% to 8% of an anionic sulfate surfactant, 1% to 50% of a cosurfactant, 1% to 20% of an ethoxylated glycerol type compound, 0.4% to 20% of perfume and the balance being water.