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Tile and grout cleaner

CA 1088840 A · Owner: Bristol-Myers Squibb Company · Inventors: Bolan, Joseph A.

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A tile and grout cleaning composition is provided which consists essentially of about 1.5 to 7.0 weight percent of a sequesting agent expressed on a free acid basis; about 1.0 to 3.0 weight percent of an alkaline hydroxide; 1.0 to 4.0 weight percent of 2-heptadecyl-1-carboxymethyl- 1-(2-hydroxyethyl)-2-imidazolinium chloride; and the balance is water wherein the composition is capable of existing as a thixotropic gel at room temperature and of forming a water-impermeable outer skin upon application of the composition to the tile or grount surface.

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  • Granted November 4, 1980. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended November 4, 1997.
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FiledJune 7, 1978
GrantedNovember 4, 1980
Term endedNovember 4, 1997
Patent numberCA 1088840 A
Classification (IPC)C11D1/00 +2 more

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1979198119831985198719891991199319951997Application filedJune 7, 1978Patent grantedNov 4, 1980Term endedNov 4, 1997

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