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EP 0 330 379 A3 |
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EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION |
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Date of publication A3: |
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18.04.1990 Bulletin 1990/16 |
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Date of publication A2: |
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30.08.1989 Bulletin 1989/35 |
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Date of filing: 16.02.1989 |
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Designated Contracting States: |
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BE DE ES FR GB IT NL SE |
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Priority: |
26.02.1988 GB 8804588
10.03.1988 GB 8805745
29.09.1988 GB 8822919
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Applicant: The British Petroleum Company p.l.c. |
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London EC2Y 9BU (GB) |
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Inventors: |
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- Jeffrey, Gareth Charles
Sunbury-on-Thames
Middlesex TW16 7LN (GB)
- Shaw, Geraldine Anne Maria
Sunbury-on-Thames
Middlesex TW16 7LN (GB)
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Representative: Krishnan, Suryanarayana Kalyana et al |
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BP INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
Patents & Agreements Division
Chertsey Road
Sunbury-on-Thames
Middlesex TW16 7LN
Sunbury-on-Thames
Middlesex TW16 7LN (GB) |
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Cleansing compositions |
(57) This invention relates to a water dispersible formulation which contains at least
one ether alcohol, water and a hydrocarbon present in a single phase in a percent
weight ratio range of ether alcohol (90-50) : water (2-36) : hydrocarbon (25-0.9),
wherein the ether alcohol is of the formula
R¹O(RO)
nH (I)
in which R is a C₁-C₄ alkylene group, n is at least 1, and R¹ is a C₁-C₄ alkyl or
an aryl group.
The formulation is suitable for cleansing drill cuttings, rock cuttings, electronic
components, army tanks, ships tanks and the like, and for removal of oils, waxes,
greases and rosin precipitates from soiled surfaces.