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(11) EP 0 313 144 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
18.10.1989 Bulletin 1989/42

(43) Date of publication A2:
26.04.1989 Bulletin 1989/17

(21) Application number: 88202244.5

(22) Date of filing: 07.10.1988
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)4C11D 3/395, C11D 3/12, C11D 3/20
(84) Designated Contracting States:
CH DE ES FR GB IT LI NL SE

(30) Priority: 23.10.1987 GB 8724900

(71) Applicants:
  • UNILEVER N.V.
    3013 AL Rotterdam (NL)

    CH DE ES FR IT LI NL SE 
  • UNILEVER PLC
    London EC4P 4BQ (GB)

    GB 

(72) Inventors:
  • Emery, William Derek
    Wirral Merseyside L62 6BP (GB)
  • Barnes, Stephen George
    South Wirral L66 6AL (GB)
  • Sims, Peter Stanford
    Cheshire CH3 5UX (GB)

(74) Representative: Bryant, Tracey et al
Unilever PLC Patent Division Colworth House Sharnbrook
Bedford MK44 1LQ
Bedford MK44 1LQ (GB)


(56) References cited: : 
   
       


    (54) Non-phosphorus detergent bleach compositions


    (57) Non-phosphorus aluminosilicate built detergent bleach composition having really effective cleaning and stain removal performances at low wash temperatures of 40°C and below, comprising at least one detergent-active material selected from anionic, nonionic, amphoteric, zwitterionic detergent compounds and soaps and mixtures thereof, and

    (a) from about 15% to about 40% by weight of a water-­insoluble aluminosilicate cation-exchange material;

    (b) from about 1% to about 15% by weight of citric acid or an alkali metal citrate;

    (c) from about 5% to about 35% by weight of an inorganic peroxide compound; and

    (d) from about 1% to about 10% by weight of a peroxybenzoic acid bleach precursor.







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