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(11)EP 0 309 264 A3

(12)EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88)Date of publication A3:
06.12.1989 Bulletin 1989/49

(43)Date of publication A2:
29.03.1989 Bulletin 1989/13

(21)Application number: 88308844.5

(22)Date of filing:  23.09.1988
(51)International Patent Classification (IPC)4C11D 1/40, C11D 1/86, C11D 1/94
(84)Designated Contracting States:
CH DE ES FR GB IT LI NL SE

(30)Priority: 24.09.1987 GB 8722540

(71)Applicants:
  • UNILEVER PLC
    London EC4P 4BQ (GB)
    Designated Contracting States:
    GB 
  • UNILEVER N.V.
    3013 AL Rotterdam (NL)
    Designated Contracting States:
    CH DE ES FR IT LI NL SE 

(72)Inventors:
  • Kenyon, Ian Roger
    Wirral Merseyside L60 3SW (GB)
  • Smith, Bryan Cecil
    NL-3055 KL Rotterdam (NL)

(74)Representative: Ford, Michael Frederick et al
MEWBURN ELLIS York House 23 Kingsway
London WC2B 6HP
London WC2B 6HP (GB)


(56)References cited: : 
  
      


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    (57) A detergent composition for softening fabrics while maintaining good detergency comprises a fatty amine such as di tallow methyl tertiary amine and a nonionic surfactant with a low cloud point, such as an ethoxylated fatty alcohol with 3 moles of ethylene oxide per molecule.





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