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EP 0 266 124 A3 |
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EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION |
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Date of publication A3: |
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31.05.1989 Bulletin 1989/22 |
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Date of publication A2: |
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04.05.1988 Bulletin 1988/18 |
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Date of filing: 21.10.1987 |
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Designated Contracting States: |
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AT BE CH DE FR GB GR IT LI LU NL SE |
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Priority: |
27.10.1986 US 923379
08.10.1987 US 104474
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Applicant: THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY |
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Cincinnati,
Ohio 45202 (US) |
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Inventor: |
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- Saud, Abel
Cincinnati
Ohio 45229 (US)
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Representative: Brooks, Maxim Courtney et al |
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Procter & Gamble Limited
Whitley Road
Longbenton
Newcastle-upon-Tyne NE12 9TS
Newcastle-upon-Tyne NE12 9TS (GB) |
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process for making a toilet bar |
(57) Personal cleansing compositions comprising alkali metal soap and nonionic guar gum-fatty
acid-alkali metal hydroxide complex and exhbiting improved physical properties, lather
properties, and mildness. The toilet bars comprise alkali metal soap and from about
0.5 to about 8% by weight nonionic guar gum, which guar gum is provided as a pre-reacted
complex prepared by suspending one part by weight guar gum in from about 1 to about
12 parts by weight molten fatty acid and reacting with the suspension from about 0.03
to about 0.2 part by weight alkali metal hydroxide per each part by weight coconut
fatty acid.