Aqueous Cleaning Composition With Controlled Emulsification And Shine Polymer
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current cleaning compositions often leave visible residues, impact surface shine, and fail to provide long-lasting cleanliness and antimicrobial properties, especially in 'no rinse' applications, leading to streaks and re-soiling.
Innovation Solution
Aqueous cleaning composition with a controlled-emulsification system, shine polymer, and optional antimicrobial agents, which is hydrophilic enough to repel greasy soils and prevent re-deposition, ensuring effective greasy soil removal, shine, and next-time cleaning benefits without visible residues.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If conventional cleaning compositions are used in no-rinse applications, then cleaning action is achieved, but visible residues and surface shine are compromised
Solution Approach 1:
The patent modifies the chemical parameters of the cleaning composition by incorporating specific polymers (vinyl pyrrolidone-vinyl acetate copolymer and/or vinyl pyrrolidone-acrylic acid copolymer) with controlled molecular weights and compositions. These parameter changes enable the formulation to achieve rapid drying and residue-free surfaces in no-rinse applications while maintaining shine quality.
Solution Approach 2:
The invention uses composite material strategies by combining multiple polymer types with specific functional properties. The vinyl pyrrolidone-based polymers provide anti-resoiling and shine properties, while working in conjunction with surfactants and other cleaning agents to achieve both effective cleaning and residue-free surfaces without requiring rinsing.
2Productivity
If cleaning compositions provide strong cleaning action, then soil removal is improved, but surface protection and anti-resoiling properties are reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The patent achieves multi-functionality by incorporating vinyl pyrrolidone-containing polymers that simultaneously provide multiple benefits: they contribute to cleaning efficacy, provide surface shine, deliver anti-resoiling protection, and enable no-rinse application. This single polymer component addresses multiple requirements that would traditionally require separate additives.
Solution Approach 2:
The invention optimizes the molecular weight and composition parameters of the vinyl pyrrolidone polymers to balance cleaning power with surface protection. By controlling these parameters, the formulation achieves effective soil removal while leaving a protective, anti-resoiling residue that enhances surface durability.
3Reliability
If antimicrobial agents are added to cleaning compositions, then sanitation is improved, but visible filming and surface appearance are worsened
Solution Approach 1:
The patent uses vinyl pyrrolidone-containing polymers as intermediary substances that mediate between the antimicrobial agents and the surface. These polymers form a clear, non-visible film that can incorporate and deliver antimicrobial agents while maintaining surface appearance, thus preventing the visible filming that would otherwise result from direct antimicrobial agent application.
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 effectively removes greasy soils, maintains surface shine, and provides antimicrobial protection, ensuring easier and longer-lasting cleanliness with reduced re-soiling and streaking.
Implementation Method 1
a controlled-emulsification system having a turbidity of less than 500, as measured in a homogenized aqueous solution comprising the cleaning composition and 0.003% by weight of the solution of canola oil
Implementation Method 2
The composition is hydrophilic enough to repel greasy soils and prevent re-deposition
Implementation Method 3
a shine polymer comprising at least one monomer comprising a substantially planar 5-7 membered carbon ring
Data Source
AI summary
An aqueous cleaning composition comprising: a) from 0.01 to 0.5% by weight of the composition of a controlled-emulsification system having a turbidity of less than 500, as measured in a homogenized aqueous solution comprising 0.003% by weight of the solution of canola oil and 0.5% by weight of the solution of the controlled-emulsification system; b) a shine polymer comprising at least one monomer comprising a substantially planar 5-7 membered ring, said monomer preferably being selected from the group consisting of vinylpyrrolidone, vinylimidazoline, maleimide, styrene sulfonate and vinylcaprolactam; and c) optionally an antimicrobial agent.