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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 05, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 22, 2016
Applicant:
Ecolab Usa Inc., St. Paul, MN (US);
Inventors:
Dale Curtis Larson, III, Eagan, MN (US);
Mark Dennis Levitt, West St. Paul, MN (US);
Assignee:
ECOLAB USA INC., Saint Paul, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C11D 1/00 (2006.01); C11D 1/04 (2006.01); C11D 3/04 (2006.01); C11D 3/30 (2006.01); C11D 3/20 (2006.01); C11D 1/90 (2006.01); C11D 1/72 (2006.01); C11D 1/66 (2006.01); B08B 3/08 (2006.01); C11D 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C11D 3/2086 (2013.01); B08B 3/08 (2013.01); C11D 1/04 (2013.01); C11D 1/662 (2013.01); C11D 1/72 (2013.01); C11D 1/90 (2013.01); C11D 3/042 (2013.01); C11D 3/044 (2013.01); C11D 3/046 (2013.01); C11D 3/30 (2013.01); C11D 11/0023 (2013.01);
Abstract
A hard surface cleaning composition, namely a bathroom cleaning composition, using partially neutralized citric acid salts and/or fully neutralized ethanolamine citrate salts are disclosed. The cleaning composition is unexpectedly safe to use, environmentally-friendly and efficacious for removal of soap scum and water hardness stains at mildly acidic and/or alkaline pHs. Methods of using the same are disclosed.