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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 09, 1997
Filed:
Oct. 06, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Petrus Adrianus Angevaare, Ho-Ho-Kus, NJ (US);
Olaf Beers, Delft, NL;
Peter Robert Garrett, Pantymwyn, GB;
Alla Tartakovsky, W. Orange, NJ (US);
John William Yorke, South Wirral, GB;
Assignee:
Lever Brothers Company, Division of Conopco, Inc., New York, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B08B / ; B08B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
134 252 ; 134 29 ; 252321 ; 252358 ; 510226 ; 510229 ; 510230 ; 510475 ;
Abstract
A method and composition for inhibiting foam formation in automatic dishwashers are described. The composition comprises an anti-foam system having 0.01 to 1% of certain hydrophobic particulate solids combined with 0.01 to 4% of high viscosity hydrocarbon polymers; 1 to 30 wt. % of a bleaching agent; 1 to 40 wt. % of a surfactant; 0.1 to 10 wt. % of an enzyme; and 1 to 75 wt. % of a builder, the composition having a pH of less than about 11.