Laundry Cleaning Composition With Cellulose Boosters for Stain Removal
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Solution Overview
Problem
There is a need for eco-friendly cleaning compositions that provide enhanced cleaning efficacy, particularly in laundry applications, while maintaining a good environmental profile and effective stain removal.
Innovation Solution
A laundry cleaning composition comprising 10 to 80% by weight of a surfactant, at least 5% by weight of a water-soluble cellulose-containing compound, and cleaning boosters such as sequestrants, soil release polymers, or anti-redeposition polymers, which are combined to enhance stain removal and cleaning performance.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Object-affected harmful factors
If conventional detergent products are used, then cleaning efficacy is maintained, but environmental impact increases due to non-biodegradable ingredients
Solution Approach 1:
The patent changes the chemical composition parameters by replacing conventional non-biodegradable ingredients with biodegradable alternatives. Specifically, it uses cellulose-containing compounds (5-50% by weight) as the primary cleaning agent instead of traditional synthetic detergents, maintaining cleaning efficacy while improving environmental compatibility. The formulation includes biodegradable surfactants and enzymes that break down into harmless substances after use.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent creates a composite cleaning formulation combining multiple biodegradable components: cellulose-containing compounds, biodegradable surfactants, enzymes, and natural additives. This composite approach leverages the synergistic effects of different biodegradable materials to achieve cleaning performance comparable to conventional detergents while ensuring complete environmental degradation.
2Object-affected harmful factors
If biodegradable ingredients are used, then environmental profile is improved, but cleaning efficacy decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges multiple biodegradable cleaning mechanisms into a single formulation: cellulose-containing compounds for bulk cleaning, biodegradable surfactants for emulsification and wetting, enzymes for specific stain breakdown, and chelating agents for water softening. This combination creates a synergistic effect that achieves superior cleaning efficacy while maintaining biodegradability.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replicates the functional performance of conventional non-biodegradable detergents using biodegradable analogs. It copies the cleaning mechanism by using cellulose derivatives that mimic the surfactant properties of traditional detergents, and employs biodegradable enzymes to replicate the stain-removal function of synthetic additives.
3Object-affected harmful factors
If renewable materials are used, then eco-friendliness is enhanced, but cleaning performance may be compromised
Solution Approach 1:
The patent incorporates biodegradable pre-treatment enzymes and cellulose compounds that prepare stains for removal before the main washing action. These preliminary agents penetrate and loosen stains, making them more susceptible to removal by the biodegradable surfactants and enzymes during the wash cycle, thereby enhancing overall stain removal performance.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent utilizes biodegradable oxidizing agents such as hydrogen peroxide and oxygen-based bleach that provide strong cleaning and stain removal power. These oxidants break down organic stains through oxidation while decomposing into water and oxygen, maintaining the eco-friendly profile while delivering effective stain removal performance.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The composition achieves improved stain removal efficacy and maintains an eco-friendly profile by utilizing renewable materials, providing a stable liquid cleaning solution with synergistic cleaning boosters.
Implementation Method 1
a water-soluble cellulose containing compound... having a solubility at least 0.5% by weight in distilled water at 25° C.
Implementation Method 2
10 to 80% by weight of a surfactant... providing improved stain removal benefit
Implementation Method 3
a cleaning booster selected from sequestrant... combinations thereof
Implementation Method 4
a cleaning booster selected from... soil release polymer... and anti-redeposition polymer
Implementation Method 5
a cleaning booster selected from... anti-redeposition polymer... combinations thereof
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AI summary
The present invention is in the field of cleaning compositions. More particularly, the present invention relates to a laundry cleaning composition for providing improved cleaning benefit. enhanced stain removal benefit. There is a need for a ‘eco-friendly’ cleaning composition having cleaning boosters that provides enhanced cleaning efficacy It provides a laundry cleaning composition providing enhanced. It is found that a cleaning composition comprising specific amount of a water-soluble cellulose containing compound along with select cleaning boosters provides a stable liquid cleaning composition that has a good ‘eco-friendly’ profile and provides improved stain removal benefit. The present invention further describes a unit does product and a process for cleaning a substrate involving the cleaning composition.