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(11) EP 0 303 473 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
17.01.1990 Bulletin 1990/03

(43) Date of publication A2:
15.02.1989 Bulletin 1989/07

(21) Application number: 88307412.2

(22) Date of filing: 10.08.1988
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)4D06M 13/46, C11D 1/62, C11D 3/04
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH DE ES FR GB GR IT LI LU NL SE

(30) Priority: 12.08.1987 GB 8719083

(71) Applicant: Albright & Wilson Limited
Oldbury Warley West Midlands B68 0NN (GB)

(72) Inventors:
  • Haughton, Michael Harry
    Workington Cumbria (GB)
  • Martin, Clifford George
    Whitehaven Cumbria CA28 6HY (GB)

(74) Representative: Savidge, Roger Gordon Madgwick et al
ALBRIGHT & WILSON UK LIMITED Patents Department P O Box 3 210-222 Hagley Road
Oldbury, Warley, West Midlands B68 0NN
Oldbury, Warley, West Midlands B68 0NN (GB)


(56) References cited: : 
   
       


    (54) Fabric conditioners


    (57) Dilute dispersions of cationic fabric conditioners in water undergo creaming in the presence of dissolved electrolyte to form concentrated, readily dispersible creams having a spherulitic structure and typically containing from 8 to 50% by weight of fabric conditioner and 1 to 15% by weight of electrolyte.





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