US 11,834,630 B2
Solid free-flowing particulate laundry detergent composition
Anju Deepali Massey Brooker, Newcastle upon Tyne (GB); Melissa Cuthbertson, Tyne & Wear (GB); Mauro Vaccaro, Brussels (BE); Eric San Jose Robles, Newcastle upon Tyne (GB); and Katherine Esther Latimer, Newcastle upon Tyne (GB)
Assigned to The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US)
Filed by The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US)
Filed on Jan. 12, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/146,636.
Application 17/146,636 is a continuation of application No. PCT/US2019/037648, filed on Jun. 18, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 18183124 (EP), filed on Jul. 12, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0130753 A1, May 6, 2021
Int. Cl. C11D 17/06 (2006.01); C11D 3/16 (2006.01); C11D 3/37 (2006.01); C11D 3/50 (2006.01); C11D 1/72 (2006.01); C11D 3/20 (2006.01); C11D 3/48 (2006.01); C11D 11/00 (2006.01)
CPC C11D 17/06 (2013.01) [C11D 1/72 (2013.01); C11D 3/2079 (2013.01); C11D 3/373 (2013.01); C11D 3/3788 (2013.01); C11D 3/48 (2013.01); C11D 11/0017 (2013.01)] 6 Claims
 
1. A solid free-flowing particulate laundry detergent composition comprising a particle,
wherein the particle comprises:
(a) from about 25 wt % to about 80 wt %, by weight of the particle, a continuous phase; and
(b) from about 20 wt % to about 75 wt %, by weight of the particle, a discontinuous phase,
wherein the continuous phase comprises from about 66 wt % to about 100 wt %, by weight of the continuous phase, fatty material,
wherein the fatty material is selected from: fatty acid and/or salts thereof; fatty alcohol; and any combination thereof,
wherein the discontinuous phase comprises:
(i) from about 12 wt % to about 50 wt %, by weight of the discontinuous phase, non-ionic and/or anionic emulsifier surfactant;
(ii) from about 12 wt % to about 50 wt %, by weight of the discontinuous phase, hydrophobized polyethylene glycol polymer;
(iii) from about 25 wt % to about 70 wt %, by weight of the discontinuous phase, silicone and/or petrolatum; and
(iv) from about 0.01 wt % to about 20 wt %, by weight of the discontinuous phase, perfume,
wherein the weight ratio of (i) the non-ionic and/or anionic emulsifier surfactant to (ii) hydrophobized polyethylene glycol polymer present in the discontinuous phase is in the range of from about 0.5:1 to about 2:1.