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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:
Mar. 25, 2003
Filed:
Aug. 27, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Richard O. Ruhr, Buffalo, MN (US);
Nathan D. Peitersen, Eagan, MN (US);
Assignee:
Ecolab Inc., St. Paul, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C11D 1/75 ; C11D 1/72 ; C11D 3/43 ; C11D 3/44 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C11D 1/75 ; C11D 1/72 ; C11D 3/43 ; C11D 3/44 ;
Abstract
A low foaming surfactant blend for use in highly alkaline conditions including at least one C to C alkyl polyglucoside, at least one amine oxide, at least one polycarboxylated alcohol alkoxylate, and at least one alcohol alkoxylate. The blend may combined with other optional ingredients including a source of alkalinity, water conditioning agents, a source of chlorine, silicates, solvents, high foam amine oxides, other surfactants, and so forth to form a cleaning concentrate. The concentrate may be diluted to use solutions with water.