Foaming Dish Spray Composition for Low-Waste Cleaning
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Solution Overview
Problem
Traditional dishwashing methods under running water often require excessive detergent, longer mixing times, and increased rinsing, leading to inefficiencies and increased effort, especially when dealing with lightly soiled or heavily soiled items, and there is a need for a product that can effectively clean a variety of soils with minimal effort and quick results.
Innovation Solution
A hand dishwashing product featuring a spray dispenser with a foaming composition containing a surfactant system, glycol ether solvent, and cyclic diamine, which provides strong, long-lasting suds, effective cleaning of tough soils, and reduced scrubbing effort, while minimizing overspray and inhalation risks.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If detergent is delivered to a sponge under running water, then cleaning can be performed, but excessive detergent is used requiring more rinsing
Solution Approach 1:
The cleaning composition is pre-formulated in the spray dispenser with the exact amount of surfactant system needed, eliminating the need for users to manually dose detergent. The composition is ready-to-use upon spraying, ensuring optimal detergent quantity is applied from the start.
Solution Approach 2:
The spray dispenser automatically delivers the correct amount of cleaning composition when triggered, requiring no manual measurement or dosing by the user. The system self-regulates the detergent delivery quantity, preventing both under-dosing and over-dosing.
2Productivity
If detergent is mixed with water in a sponge, then cleaning can proceed, but time is required for mixing slowing down the process
Solution Approach 1:
The cleaning composition is pre-mixed and homogenized during manufacturing, with all ingredients including surfactant system, glycol ether solvent, and cyclic diamine thoroughly combined. This eliminates the need for on-site mixing by the user, allowing immediate use upon spraying.
Solution Approach 2:
The manual mixing action previously required in sponges is replaced by a spray mechanism that atomizes and distributes the pre-mixed composition. The mechanical mixing step is eliminated entirely, substituting it with a simpler spray application process.
3Ease of operation
If spray composition spreads to surrounding atmosphere, then application is easy, but product is wasted and inhalation risks increase
Solution Approach 1:
The composition parameters are optimized to achieve the right balance between sprayability and containment. The surfactant system concentration (5-15%) and the presence of glycol ether solvent create a composition that sprays effectively but minimizes excessive atomization and drift to surrounding areas.
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 product enables faster and easier cleaning of dishware by providing strong, long-lasting suds that effectively remove a range of soils with minimal effort, reducing scrubbing and rinsing time, and minimizing waste and inhalation risks, making it suitable for both lightly and heavily soiled items.
Implementation Method 1
from 5 to 15%, preferably from about 7 to about 12% by weight of the composition of a surfactant system
Implementation Method 2
a glycol ether solvent selected from the group consisting of glycol ethers of Formula I: R1O(R2O)nR3, Formula II: R4O(R5O)nR6
Implementation Method 3
a cyclic diamine of Formula (I): wherein two of the Rs, are selected from the group consisting of NH2, (C1-C4)NH2 and mixtures thereof
Data Source
AI summary
A cleaning product comprising a spray dispenser and a cleaning composition suitable for spraying and foaming, the composition housed in the spray dispenser wherein the composition comprises: i)from about 5 to about 15% by weight of the composition of a surfactant system; and ii) a glycol ether solvent selected from the group consisting of glycol ethers of Formula I: RIO(R2O)nR3, Formula II: R4O(R5O)nR6 and mixtures thereof wherein R1 is a linear or branched C4, C5 or C6 alkyl or a substituted or unsubstituted phenyl, R2 is ethyl or isopropyl, R3 is hydrogen or methyl and n is 1, 2 or 3 R4 is n-propyl or isopropyl, R5 is isopropyl, R6 is hydrogen or methyl and n is 1, 2 or 3 and and a specific cyclic diamine.