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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 05, 1999
Filed:
Jul. 15, 1996
Andrea Lee Motyka, Doylestown, PA (US);
Guy Broaze, Grace-Hollogne, BE;
Alison Kugler, South River, NJ (US);
Colgate-Palmolive Co., New York, NY (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides laundry concentrate compositions comprising a mixture of at least one non-ionic surfactant and at least one water insoluble, polar group--containing oil, wherein the concentrate is characterized by a viscosity in excess of about 10 cps, preferably in excess of 100 cps, and further characterized that, upon dilution with at least about one volume of water per volume of concentrate, the concentrate is converted at least partially into a liquid crystal phase dispersion, providing a diluted concentrate having a viscosity of at least about 50 cps. Preferred concentrates are fabric softeners in the form of a water-in-oil emulsion and also containing a cationic or non-ionic fabric softener.