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(11) EP 0 458 599 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
08.07.1992 Bulletin 1992/28

(43) Date of publication A2:
27.11.1991 Bulletin 1991/48

(21) Application number: 91304603.3

(22) Date of filing: 21.05.1991
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)5: C11D 3/00, C11D 3/37, C11D 17/00, C11D 3/22
(84) Designated Contracting States:
CH DE ES FR GB IT LI NL SE

(30) Priority: 25.05.1990 GB 9011785

(71) Applicants:
  • UNILEVER PLC
    London EC4P 4BQ (GB)

    GB 
  • UNILEVER N.V.
    NL-3013 AL Rotterdam (NL)

    CH DE ES FR IT LI NL SE 

(72) Inventors:
  • Smith, Martin Alan
    Wirral, Merseyside L63 3JW (GB)
  • Willis, Edwin
    Wirral, Merseyside L63 3JW (GB)

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


(56) References cited: : 
   
       


    (54) Fabric treatment composition


    (57) A fabric treatment composition comprising an aqueous base, one or more, fabric-softening materials and an emulsion component, said composition having a structure of lamellar droplets of the fabric-softening material in combination with an emulsion, said composition also comprising a deflocculating polymer comprising a hydrophilic backbone and one or more hydrophobic side chains.
    The deflocculating polymer allows the incorporation of greater amounts of softening materials and/or emulsion components that would otherwise be compatible with the need for a stable, easily dispersible product of acceptable viscosity.





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