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(11) EP 0 598 335 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
10.01.1996 Bulletin 1996/02

(43) Date of publication A2:
25.05.1994 Bulletin 1994/21

(21) Application number: 93118271.1

(22) Date of filing: 11.11.1993
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)5: C11D 17/00
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH DE DK ES FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE

(30) Priority: 13.11.1992 GB 9223898
09.12.1992 GB 9225677

(71) Applicant: ALBRIGHT & WILSON LIMITED
Oldbury, Warley, West Midlands B68 0NN (GB)

(72) Inventor:
  • Hawkins, John
    Cleator Moor, Cumbria CA25 5QY (GB)

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


(56) References cited: : 
   
       


    (54) Novel cleaning compositions


    (57) Aqueous based VI phases (ringing gels) are used as laundry pre-spotters, e.g. in stick applicators, and for a variety of cleaning applications. The compositions typically comprise a non-ionic surfactant having an HLB greater than 15, a surfactant having an HLB below 10 and water.






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