Mary L Frazer

US Patent:

58889604, Mar 30, 1999

Filed:

Jul 16, 1996

Appl. No.:

8/680895

Inventors:

Virginia Lazarowitz - Hatfield PA
Mary Frances Frazer - Phoenixville PA

Assignee:

Henkel Corporation - Gulph Mills PA

International Classification:

C11D 114
C11D 190
C11D 332
C11D 322

US Classification:

510502

Abstract:

A surfactant composition comprising a combination of: (1) a surfactant mixture containing: (a) from about 4 to about 35 wt % actives of a linear alkyl sulfonate; and (b) from about 1 to about 20 wt % actives of an alkyl polyglycoside having the general formula I: R. sub. 1 O(R. sub. 2 O). sub. b (Z). sub. a I wherein R. sub. 1 is a monovalent organic radical having from about 6 to about 30 carbon atoms; R. sub. 2 is divalent alkylene radical having from 2 to 4 carbon atoms; Z is a saccharide residue having 5 or 6 carbon atoms; b is a number having a value from 0 to about 12; a is a number having a value from 1 to about 6, and (2) a foam additive containing a blend of: (c) from about 0. 5 to about 4 wt % actives of an amide having the general formula (II): ##STR1## wherein R. sub. 3 is an alkyl group containing from about 8 to about 18 carbon atoms and each R. sub.