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Composition for softening fabrics

CA 1340946 C · Owner: The Sun Products Corporation · Inventors: Evans, David George; Bortolotti, Fabrizio; Kenyon, Ian Roger

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A particulate composition useful in the softening of fabrics from a wash liquor, the composition comprising a fabric softening clay material and a nonionic surfactant system which consists of one or more nonionic surfactants wherein the nonionic surfactant system exists as a cloudy phase, at 1% concentration in water, somewhere in the range of 0°C to 80°C, the weight ratio of the clay to the nonionic surfactant system is from 2:3 to 20:1 and the, moisture content of the composition as measured by the, water loss at 135°C is from 7.5% to 12% by weight.

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  • Granted April 4, 2000. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended April 4, 2017.
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FiledSeptember 25, 1989
GrantedApril 4, 2000
Term endedApril 4, 2017
Patent numberCA 1340946 C
Classification (IPC)C11D3/12 +1 more

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1990199319961999200220052008201120142017Application filedSep 25, 1989Patent grantedApril 4, 2000Term endedApril 4, 2017

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