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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 03, 2004
Filed:
Apr. 04, 2002
Noriaki Ushio, Wakayama, JP;
Atsushi Yamamoto, Wakayama, JP;
Shuji Tagata, Wakayama, JP;
Nobuyuki Ogura, Wakayama, JP;
Kao Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Provided is a transparent softener composition having a high softening effect and imparting good feeling to clothes. The composition comprises (a) a compound having one group selected from an amino group and a quaternary ammonium group and one hydrocarbon group having 8 to 36 carbon atoms in its molecule, (b) an anionic surfactant having a hydrocarbon group having 14 to 36 carbon atoms and a —SO M group and/or a —OSO M group [M: counter ion] in its molecule, (c) an organic solvent having a log P of 0.2 to 3.0 and water, wherein (a)/(b) is a specified molar ratio, or comprises (a″) a compound having one group selected from an amino group and a quaternary ammonium group and one hydrocarbon group having 8 to 36 carbon atoms in its molecule and (b″) an anionic surfactant having a hydrocarbon group having 8 to 36 carbon atoms and a —SO M group and/or a —OSO M group (M: counter ion) in its molecule wherein at least one of (a″) and (b″) contains a hydrocarbon group selected from (1) a hydrocarbon group having one or more unsaturated bonds and 8 to 36 carbon atoms and (2) a branched alkyl group having 8 to 36 carbon atoms.