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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 10, 2004
Filed:
Sep. 11, 2001
Applicant:
Inventor:
Robin Gibson Hall, Newcastle upon Tyne, GB;
Assignee:
The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C11D 3/08 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C11D 3/08 ;
Abstract
The present invention relates to detergent compositions which comprise low levels of inorganic sulphate filler salts, but instead high levels of carbonate salts and a system to counter balance the carbonate. This system comprises a floculating agent and a clay. Preferably only very low levels of an inorganic sulphate salt are present. Preferably, also other salts or silicates are present, including phosphates and/or zeolites.