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EP 0 385 562 A3 |
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EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION |
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Date of publication A3: |
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28.08.1991 Bulletin 1991/35 |
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Date of publication A2: |
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05.09.1990 Bulletin 1990/36 |
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Date of filing: 02.01.1990 |
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Designated Contracting States: |
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AT BE CH DE DK ES FR GB GR IT LI LU NL SE |
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Priority: |
03.01.1989 US 292837
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Applicant: Amway Corporation |
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Ada
Michigan 49355-0001 (US) |
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Inventor: |
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- Brouwer, Steven John
Hudsonville
Michigan 49426 (US)
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Representative: Robinson, Anthony John Metcalf et al |
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Kilburn & Strode
30 John Street London, WC1N 2DD London, WC1N 2DD (GB) |
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Laundry detergent composition |
(57) Granulated laundry detergents comprising an admixture of at least one builder, at
least one fluorescer, at least one nonionic surfactant and at least one cationic surfactant
comprising a quaternary ammonium compound in which three of the substituents are lower
alkyl or modified alkyl groups and the fourth substituent comprises a long chain alkyl
or modified alkyl group joined to the nitrogen atom through an electronegative group.
The laundry deterĀgents are effective for removing oily stains with minimal soil redeposition
and do not substantially affect the performance of the anionic fluorescers.