WO2007113326A1 - Solid, textile care composition comprising a water-soluble polymer - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention relates to a solid, textile care composition which comprises a water-soluble carrier, selected from the group including alkali metal, alkaline earth metal and/or ammonium compounds, a water-soluble polymer, a textile care compound and a fragrance. The invention especially relates to a solid, textile care composition wherein the water-soluble carrier is particulate and is coated with a coat from the water-soluble polymer, the textile care compound and the fragrance and to a solid, textile care composition, wherein the water-soluble carrier is coated with the textile care compound and the coated, water-soluble carrier is coated with a coat from the water-soluble polymer and the fragrance. The invention also relates a solid, textile care composition, wherein the water-soluble carrier is particulate, is coated with the textile care compound and the coated, water-soluble carrier is coated with a coat from the water-soluble polymer and the fragrance. The invention finally relates to textile care detergents and cleaning agents which comprise the textile care composition.

Description

 "Solid, textile-care composition with a water-soluble polymer"

The invention relates to a solid, textile-care composition and its use and preparation. Furthermore, the invention relates to a washing or cleaning agent containing the solid, textile-care composition.

Repeated washing often causes textiles to harden and lose their softness. To give textiles their softness / flexibility to give them a pleasant fragrance and / or to improve their antistatic properties, the textiles are treated after the actual washing and cleaning process in a subsequent rinsing process with a fabric softener.

Most fabric softeners on the market are aqueous formulations containing as the main active ingredient a cationic fabric softening compound having one or two long-chain alkyl groups in one molecule. Commonly used cationic fabric softening compounds include, for example, methyl N- (2-hydroxyethyl) -N, N-di (tallowacyloxyethyl) ammonium compounds, methyl N- (2-hydroxyethyl) -N, N-di (tallowacyloxyethyl) ammonium compounds or N, N-dimethyl-N, N-di (tallowacyloxyethyl) ammonium compounds.

These conventional softener formulations can not be used concurrently with the detergent or cleaning agent in the actual washing or cleaning process because of the cationic fabric softening compounds because the cationic fabric softening compounds undesirably interact with the anionic surfactants of the detergents or cleaners. Therefore, an additional flushing process is necessary, but which is time and energy intensive.

Another disadvantage is that conventional softeners do not prevent the deposition of limescale during the rinse on the laundry. additionally The conventional softener often leave unsightly deposits in the dispenser compartment of the washing machine.

Even with other textile-care compounds, problems may arise that require, for example, a separate dosage and / or a separate rinse.

It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a fabric care composition which can be used in the main wash along with detergents or cleansers.

This object is achieved by a solid, textile-care composition comprising a water-soluble carrier, a water-soluble polymer, a textile-care compound and a perfume, wherein the water-soluble carrier is selected from the group consisting of alkali metal, alkaline earth metal and / or ammonium compounds.

With such a fabric care composition, compounds which are to be advantageously used in a washing or cleaning process, but incompatible with other compounds to be used in such a process, can be stored and metered in a simple manner.

Furthermore, it is advantageous that the textile care compound and the perfume are already transported directly to the beginning of the washing process for washing and so can develop their full potential. Furthermore, this solid composition is easier and better to handle than liquid compositions, since no drops remain on the edge of the bottle, which lead to subsequent storage of the bottle to edges on the ground or to unsightly deposits in the region of the closure. The same applies in the event that some of the composition is accidentally spilled during dosing. The spilled composition can also be removed easier and cleaner. The water-soluble carrier preferably comprises alkali metal, alkaline earth metal and / or ammonium salts. These salts may be inorganic salts and / or organic salts. Thus, the water-soluble carrier preferably comprises an organic alkali metal salt, an inorganic alkali metal salt, an organic alkaline earth metal salt, an inorganic alkaline earth metal salt, an organic ammonium salt and / or an inorganic ammonium salt.

These materials are not only inexpensive, but dissolve very well in water. In addition, many of these materials are odorless.

It is most preferred that the water-soluble carrier contain magnesium sulfate. This salt is inexpensive, very soluble in water and odorless.

It is preferable that the solid textile care composition contains 50 to 99% by weight, preferably 75 to 95% by weight, of the water-soluble carrier.

It is further preferred that the textile care products are made of textile-softening compounds, bleaching agents, bleach activators, enzymes, silicone oils, anti-redeposition agents, optical brighteners, grayness inhibitors,

Anti-runners, anti-crease agents, color transfer inhibitors, antimicrobial agents, germicides, fungicides, antioxidants, antistatic agents, ironing aids, repellents and impregnating agents, swelling and anti-slip agents, UV absorbers and mixtures thereof is selected.

It is particularly preferred that the fabric care compound is a fabric softening compound. It is particularly preferred that the fabric softening compound is selected from polysiloxanes, fabric softening clays, cationic polymers and mixtures thereof.

Such a fabric conditioner can be used in the main wash of an automatic washing or cleaning process. The textile-care composition For example, it can be added to the washing machine or the dispensing compartment of a washing machine together with the washing or cleaning agent. This has the advantage that no additional rinse is necessary and no unsightly deposits occur in the dispenser

The use of polysiloxanes and / or cationic polymers as a fabric care compound in the fabric care composition is advantageous because they not only have a softening effect but also enhance the perfume impression on the laundry. The use of softening clays as textile-care compound in the textile-care composition is advantageous because they additionally have a water-softening effect and thus lime deposits are prevented on the laundry. For optimum performance, it may be preferred for a fabric care composition to contain a combination of at least two fabric care compounds.

It is preferred that the water-soluble polymer has a melting or softening point in the range of 48 ° C to 300 ° C, preferably in the range of 48 ° C to 100 ° C. Furthermore, it is preferred that the water-soluble polymer is selected from polyalkylene glycols, polyethylene terephthalates, polyvinyl alcohols and mixtures thereof. These water-soluble polymers function as binders. A preferred water-soluble polymer is polyethylene glycol.

In a preferred embodiment, the fabric care composition contains from 0.1% to 20%, preferably from 1% to 10%, and most preferably from 2% to 7%, by weight of perfume.

In conventional liquid fabric softener compositions containing quaternary ammonium compounds as fabric care compounds, at higher perfume concentration (> 0.4% by weight of perfume in regular fabric softener compositions and> 1% by weight in concentrated fabric softener compositions) there is a problem with the stability of the composition. Both Textile-care compositions according to the invention can easily be incorporated with larger quantities (> 1% by weight) of perfume.

It is particularly preferred that the water-soluble carrier is in particulate form and has at least partially an enclosure of the water-soluble polymer, the fabric-care compound and the perfume.

In an alternative but also particularly preferred embodiment, the water-soluble carrier is in particulate form and is coated with the fabric-care compound. In addition, the coated, water-soluble carrier at least partially on an enclosure of the water-soluble polymer and the perfume.

In this way, different textile care compositions can be obtained in a simple and rapid manner, since, for example, only the composition of the coating must be changed.

In a further alternative embodiment, the water-soluble carrier is in particulate form and has at least a partial coating of the water-soluble polymer and the perfume, the casing or the casing and the non-coated regions of the water-soluble carrier being at least partially impregnated with the textile caring compound is / are coated.

In all three embodiments, it is particularly preferred that the water-soluble carrier has particle sizes in the range of 0.5 to 30 mm, in particular 0.8 to 7 mm and particularly preferably 1 to 3 mm.

Textile-care compositions with particle sizes in the range from 0.8 to 7 mm and particularly preferably in the range from 1 to 3 mm can be metered particularly well and in a targeted manner. In order to improve the performance and / or aesthetic properties of the textile care composition, it may contain additional ingredients, preferably selected from the group consisting of dyes, perfume, fillers, pearlescing agents, skin-care compounds and mixtures thereof.

The invention also relates to the use of a solid, textile-care composition according to the invention for conditioning textile fabrics.

The invention further relates to a process for the preparation of a solid, textile-care composition comprising a particulate water-soluble carrier selected from the group consisting of alkali metal, alkaline earth metal and / or ammonium compounds, a water-soluble polymer, a fabric-care compound and a perfume, wherein the water-soluble polymer is melted, mixed in the molten state with the fabric-care compound and the perfume and placed on the particulate carrier such that it is at least partially enveloped.

The invention also relates to a process for the preparation of a solid, textile-care composition comprising a particulate water-soluble carrier selected from the group consisting of alkali metal, alkaline earth metal and / or ammonium compounds, a water-soluble polymer, a fabric-care compound and a perfume, wherein the water-soluble carrier is coated with the fabric-care compound, the water-soluble polymer is melted, mixed with the perfume in the molten state, and the resulting melt is placed on the coated particulate carrier such that it is at least partially enveloped.

The invention further relates to a process for the preparation of a solid, textile-care composition comprising a particulate water-soluble carrier selected from the group consisting of alkali metal, alkaline earth metal and / or Ammonium compounds, a water-soluble polymer, a fabric-care compound and a perfume, wherein the water-soluble polymer is melted, mixed in the molten state with the perfume, the resulting melt is added to the particulate carrier such that it is at least partially coated and the at least partially coated particulate carrier is coated with the fabric care compound.

Furthermore, the invention relates to a washing or cleaning agent comprising a solid, textile-care composition according to the invention. The invention also relates to a washing or cleaning composition comprising a solid, textile-care composition, which has been prepared by one of the methods according to the invention.

By introducing the textile-care composition according to the invention into a washing or cleaning agent, the consumer is provided with a textile-care washing or cleaning agent ("2in1" washing or cleaning agent) and he does not need to dose two agents Introducing a fabric softening composition into a detergent or cleanser then provides the consumer with a fabric softening detergent ("2in1" detergent or cleanser) and does not need two agents (detergent or fabric softener) dose as well as no separate rinse.

Furthermore, it is not necessary to perfume the washing or cleaning agent and the textile-care composition, but only one of the two agents, preferably the textile-care composition. Not only does this result in lower costs, it is also beneficial for consumers with sensitive skin and / or allergies.

In the following, the invention will be described in more detail, inter alia, by way of examples. The solid textile care composition contains as essential components a water-soluble carrier, a water-soluble polymer, a fabric-care compound and a perfume.

An essential component of the fabric care composition is the water-soluble carrier. This includes alkali metal, alkaline earth metal and / or ammonium compounds. Most preferably, the water-soluble carrier comprises alkali metal, alkaline earth metal or ammonium salts. These salts may be inorganic salts and / or organic salts. Preferred inorganic alkalis or alkaline earth salts include sodium chloride, potassium chloride, calcium chloride, magnesium chloride, sodium sulfate, potassium sulfate, calcium sulfate, magnesium sulfate, sodium hydrogensulfate, potassium hydrogensulfate, sodium (hydrogen) carbonate, potassium (hydrogen) carbonate, calcium carbonate, magnesium carbonate, sodium phosphate, disodium (hydrogen) phosphate, Sodium dihydrogen phosphate, potassium phosphate, dipotassium hydrogen phosphate, potassium dihydrogen phosphate, calcium phosphate, magnesium phosphate, magnesium dihydrogen phosphate, magnesium hydrogen phosphate, sodium nitrate, potassium nitrate, calcium nitrate, magnesium nitrate or their mixed crystals (Sesqui, Trona). Preferred ammonium salts include ammonium chloride, ammonium nitrate and ammonium sulfate. Other suitable compounds which can be used as a water-soluble carrier come from the group of silicates and include, for example, potassium silicates, sodium silicate, water glass or silica gel. Furthermore, organic salts such as the corresponding acetates, tartrates, lactates and / or citrates of the alkali metals or alkaline earth metals or the corresponding organic ammonium salts can be used. Suitable compounds include sodium acetate, potassium acetate, sodium tartrate, potassium tartrate, sodium lactate, potassium lactate, sodium citrate, potassium citrate, magnesium acetate, calcium acetate, magnesium citrate, calcium citrate, magnesium lactate or calcium lactate. It is most preferred that the water-soluble carrier comprises magnesium sulfate.

The water-soluble carrier may also contain mixtures of said materials. It is preferred that the water-soluble carrier is particulate and has particle sizes in the range from 0.5 to 30 mm, in particular 0.8 to 7 mm and particularly preferably 1 to 3 mm.

In this context, a textile care compound is understood to mean any compound which gives textile fabrics treated therewith a beneficial effect, such as, for example, a textile softening effect, crease resistance or the harmful or negative effects which result during cleaning and / or conditioning and / or or wearing, such as fading, graying, stains, etc., may be reduced.

The fabric care composition may include, for example, a fabric softening compound, bleaches, bleach activators, enzymes, silicone oils,

Anti redeposition agents, optical brighteners, grayness inhibitors,

Anti-slump agents, anti-wrinkling agents, color transfer inhibitors, antimicrobial agents, germicides, fungicides, antioxidants, antistatic agents, ironing aids, repellents and impregnating agents, swelling and anti-slip agents, UV absorbers and mixtures thereof. Concrete examples of these fabric-care compounds can be found in the description of the washing or cleaning agent of the invention and can also be used in the solid, textile-care composition.

The fabric conditioning compound is preferably a fabric softening compound and is, for example, a polysiloxane, a fabric softening clay, a cationic polymer, or a blend of at least two of these fabric care compounds. Accordingly, the fabric care composition is preferably a fabric softening composition.

A preferably usable polysiloxane has at least the following structural unit

With

R ¹ = independently of one another CrC ₃₀ alkyl, preferably C _r C ₄ alkyl, in particular

Methyl or ethyl, n = 1 to 5,000, preferably 10 to 2,500, especially 100 to 1,500.

It may be preferred that the polysiloxane additionally has the following structural unit:

mit

With

R ¹ = C ¹ -C 30 -alkyl, preferably C ¹ -C ₄ -alkyl, in particular methyl or ethyl,

Y = optionally substituted, linear or branched dC ₂ o-alkylene, preferably

(CH ₂ ) _m - where m = 1 to 16, preferably 1 to 8, in particular 2 to 4, in particular 3,

R ² , R ³ = independently of one another H or optionally substituted, linear or branched C ₁ -C 30 -alkyl, preferably dC ₃ o-alkyl substituted by amino groups, more preferably - (CH ₂ VNH ₂ with b = 1 to 10, very preferably b = 2, x = 1 to 5000, preferably 10 to 2500, in particular 100 to 1500.

If the polysiloxane has only the structural unit a) with R ¹ = methyl, it is a polydimethylsiloxane. Polydimethylpolysiloxanes are known as efficient textile care compounds.

Suitable polydimethysiloxanes include DC-200 (ex Dow Corning), Baysilone® M 50, Baysilone® M 100, Baysilone® M 350, Baysilone® M 500, Baysilone® M 1000, Baysilone® M 1500, Baysilone® M 2000 or Baysilone® M 5000 (all ex GE Bayer Silicones). However, it may also be preferred that the polysiloxane contains the structural units a) and b). A particularly preferred polysiloxane has the following structure:

(CH 3) 3 Si - [O-Si (CH 3) 2] n - [O-Si (CH 3) {(CH 2) 3 -NH- (CH 2) 2 -NH ₂ }] χ -OSi (CH 3) 3

where the sum n + x is a number between 2 and 10,000.

Suitable polysiloxanes having the structural units a) and b) are for example commercially available under the trade names DC2-8663, DC2-8035, DC2-8203, DC05-7022 or DC2-8566 (all ex Dow Corning). According to the invention also suitable for example the products commercially available Dow Corning ^® 7224, Dow Corning ^® 929 Cationic Emulsion or Formasil 410 (GE Silicones).

A suitable fabric softening clay is, for example, a smectite clay. Preferred smectite clays are beidellite clays, hectorite clays, laponite clays, montmorillonite clays, nontronite clays, saponite clays, sauconite clays, and mixtures thereof. Montmorillonite clays are the preferred softening clays. Bentonites contain mainly montmorillonites and can serve as a preferred source of fabric softening clay. The bentonites can be used as powder or crystals.

Suitable bentonites are sold, for example, under the names Laundrosil® by Süd-Chemie or under the name Detercal by Laviosa.

Suitable cationic polymers include, in particular, those described in "CTFA International Cosmetic Ingredient Dictionary", Fourth Edition, JM Nikitakis, et al, Editors, published by the Cosmetic, Toiletry, and Fragrance Association, 1991 and grouped under the collective name "Polyquaternium" The following are some of the more suitable polyquaternium compounds. POLYQUATERNIUM-1 (CAS number: 68518-54-7)

Definition: {(HOCH ₂ CH ₂ ) ₃ N ⁺ -CH ₂ CH = CHCH ₂ - [N ⁺ (CH ₃ ) ₂ -CH ₂ CH = CHCH ₂ ] _X -

N ⁺ (CH ₂ CH ₂ OH) ₃ HCr] _{x + 2}

POLYQUATERNIUM-2 (CAS number: 63451 -27-4)

Definition: [-N (CH ₃ ) ₂ -CH ₂ CH ₂ CH ₂ -NH-C (O) -NH-CH ₂ CH ₂ CH ₂ -N (CH ₃ ) ₂ -

CH ₂ CH ₂ OCH ₂ CH ₂ -] ₂ ⁺ (Cr) ₂

For example, available as Mirapol® A-15 (ex Rhodia)

Polyquaternium-3

Definition: Copolymer of acrylamide and trimethylammoniumethyl methacrylate methosulfate

POLYQUATERNIUM-4 (CAS number: 92183-41 -0)

Definition: Copolymer of hydroxyethylcellulose and diallyldimethylammonium chloride

For example, available as Celquat® H 100 or Celquat® L200 (ex National Starch)

POLYQUATERNIUM-5 (CAS number: 26006-22-4)

Definition: Copolymer of acrylamide and β-methacrylyloxyethyltrimethylammonium methosulfate.

Available, for example, as Nalco 7113 (ex Nalco) or Reten® 210, Reten® 220,

Reten® 230, Reten® 240, Reten® 1 104, Reten® 1105 or Reten® 1 106 (all ex

Hercules)

POLYQUATERNIUM-6 (CAS Number: 26062-79-3) Definition: Polymer of dimethyldiallylammonium chloride Available, for example, as Merquat® 100 (ex Ondeo-Nalco)

POLYQUATERNIUM-7 (CAS number: 26590-05-6)

Definition: Polymeric quaternary ammonium salt consisting of acrylamide and

Dimethyldiallylammonium chloride monomers.

For example, available as Merquat® 550 or Merquat® S (ex Ondeo-Nalco)

Polyquaternium-8 Definition: Polymeric quaternary ammonium salt of methyl and stearyldimethylaminoethyl methacrylate quaternized with dimethyl sulfate

Polyquaternium-9

Definition: Polymeric quaternary ammonium salt of polydimethylaminoethyl methacrylate quaternized with methyl bromide

POLYQUATERNIUM-10 (CAS Nouns: 53568-66-4; 55353-19-0; 54351-50-7;

81859-24-7; 68610-92-4; 81859-24-7)

Definition: Polymeric quaternary ammonium salt of hydroxyethylcellulose reacted with a trimethylammonium substituted epoxide.

For example, available as Celquat® SC-240 (ex National Starch), UCARE®

Polymer JR-125, UCARE® Polymer JR-400, UCARE® Polymer JR-30M, UCARE®

Polymer LR 400, UCARE® Polymer LR 3OM, Ucare® Polymer SR-10 (all ex

Amerchol)

POLYQUATERNIUM-1 1 (CAS number: 53633-54-8)

Definition: Quaternary ammonium polymer which is formed by reaction of diethyl sulfate with the copolymer of vinylpyrrolidone and dimethylaminoethyl methacrylate. For example, available as Luviquat®PQ 11 PN (ex BASF), Gafquat® 734, Gafquat® 755 or Gafquat® 755N (ex GAF)

POLYQUATERNIUM-12 (CAS number: 68877-50-9)

Definition: Quaternary ammonium polymer salt obtainable by reacting the ethyl methacrylate / abietyl methacrylate / diethylaminoethyl methacrylate copolymer with dimethyl sulfate

POLYQUATERNIUM-13 (CAS number: 68877-47-4)

Definition: Polymeric quaternary ammonium salt obtained by reacting the ethyl methacrylate / oleyl methacrylate / diethylaminoethyl methacrylate copolymer with

Dimethyl sulfate is available

POLYQUATERNIUM-14 (CAS number: 27103-90-8) Definition: Polymeric quaternary ammonium salt of the formula - {- CH ₂ -C- (CH ₃ ) - [C (O) O-CH ₂ CH ₂ -N (CH ₃ ) 3i} x ⁺ [CH ₃ SO ₄ ] _-X

POLYQUATERNIUM-15 (CAS number: 35429-19-7)

Definition: Copolymer of acrylamide and β-methacrylyloxyethyltrimethylammonium chloride

POLYQUATERNIUM-16 (CAS number: 95144-24-4)

Definition: Polymeric quaternary ammonium salt formed from methylvinylimidazolium chloride and vinylpyrrolidone

For example, available as Luviquat® FC 370, Luviquat® Style, Luviquat® FC 550 or Luviquat® Excellence (all ex BASF)

POLYQUATERNIUM-17 (CAS number: 90624-75-2)

Definition: Polymeric quaternary ammonium salt obtainable by reaction of adipic acid and dimethylaminopropylamine with dichloroethyl ether. For example, available as Mirapol® AD-1 (ex Rhodia)

Polyquaternium-18

Definition: Polymeric quaternary ammonium salt, which is obtainable by reaction of azelaic acid and dimethylaminopropylamine with dichloroethyl ether. For example, available as Mirapol® AZ-1 (ex Rhodia)

Polyquaternium-19

Definition: Polymeric quaternary ammonium salt obtained by reaction of

Polyvinyl alcohol with 2,3-epoxypropylamine is available.

Polyquaternium-20

Definition: Polymeric quaternary ammonium salt obtained by reaction of

Polyvinyloctadecylether with 2,3-Epoxypropylamin is available.

POLYQUATERNIUM-21 (CAS number: 102523-94-4)

Definition: polysiloxane / polydimethyldialkylammonium acetate copolymer

For example, available as Abil® B 9905 (ex Goldschmidt-Degussa) POLYQUATERNIUM-22 (CAS number: 53694-17-0)

Definition: dimethyldiallylammonium chloride / acrylic acid copolymer

For example, available as Merquat® 280 (ex Ondeo-Nalco)

POLYQUATERNIUM-24 (CAS number: 107987-23-5)

Definition: Polymeric Quaternary Ammonium Salt from the Reaction of Hydroxyethyl Cellulose with a Lauryldimethyl Ammonium-Substituted Epoxide Available, for example, as Quatrisoft® Polymer LM 200 (ex Amerchol)

Polyquaternium-27

Definition: Block copolymer from the reaction of Polyquaternium-2 with

Polyquaternium-17th

POLYQUATERNIUM-28 (CAS number: 131954-48-8)

Definition: Vinylpyrrolidone / methacrylamidopropyltrimethylammonium chloride copolymer

For example, available as Gafquat® HS-100 (ex GAF)

Polyquaternium-29

Definition: Chitosan, which was reacted with propylene oxide and quaternized with epichlorohydrin

Polyquaternium-30

Definition: Polymeric quaternary ammonium salt of the formula:

- [CH2C (CH3) (C (O) OCH3)] χ- [CH2C (CH3) (C (O) OCH ₂ CH ₂ N ⁺ (CH 3) ₂ CH ₂ COO ^~)] _y -

POLYQUATERNIUM-31 (CAS number: 136505-02-7)

POLYQUATERNIUM-32 (CAS number: 35429-19-7)

Definition: Polymer of N, N, N-trimethyl-2 - [(2-methyl-1-oxo-2-propenyl) oxy] ethanaminium chloride with 2-propenamide

POLYQUATERNIUM-37 (CAS Number: 26161-33-1) Definition: Homopolymer of methacryloyltrimethylchloride For example, available as Synthalen® CR (ex 3V Sigma)

POLYQUATERNIUM-44 (CAS number: 150595-70-5)

Definition: Quaternary ammonium salt of the copolymer of vinylpyrrolidone and quaternized imidazoline

For example, available as Luviquat® Ultracare (ex BASF)

POLYQUATERNIUM-68 (CAS-Number: 827346-45-2)

Definition: Quaternized copolymer of vinylpyrrolidone, methacrylamide,

Vinylimidazole and quaternized vinylimidazole

For example, available as Luviquat® Supreme (ex BASF)

It may be preferred that the fabric care composition contains a fabric softening compound and one or more other fabric care compounds.

The amount of fabric care compound in the fabric care composition is from 0.1% to 15%, and preferably from 2% to 12%, by weight.

Another ingredient of the fabric care composition is the water-soluble polymer. Suitable water-soluble polymers preferably have a melting or softening point in the range from 48 ° C. to 300 ° C. and can comprise polyalkylene glycols, in particular polyethylene glycols, polyethylene terephthalates and / or polyvinyl alcohols. Most preferably, the water-soluble polymers have a melting or softening point in the range of 48 ° C to 100 ° C.

By melting point is meant the transition from a solid state to a liquid (free flowing) state. The softening temperature describes the transition from a solid state to a rubbery to viscous melt. The melting and softening temperatures may each be either a certain temperature or a smaller range within the range of 48 ° C to 300 ° C. Suitable polyalkylene glycols include in particular polyethylene glycols, which are liquid or solid polymers depending on the chain length. From a molecular weight of 3000, the polyethylene glycols are solid substances and are sold as flakes or powders. Hardness and melting range increase with increasing molecular weight. Particularly preferred for the present invention are polyethylene glycols having an average molecular weight between 3,000 and 10,000.

Polyethylene terephthalate is a polyester that is commercially available, for example, in crystalline (opaque white) as well as in amorphous (transparent) form. The melting point of crystalline polyethylene terephthalate is about 260 ° C. Polyethylene terephthalates are thermoformable as thermoplastics under heat in almost any shape. In addition, modified polyethylene terephthalates (such as blends with other polymers or polyethylene terephthalates with incorporated foreign building blocks) can be used.

Polyvinyl alcohols are commercially available as white-yellowish powders or granules with degrees of polymerisation in the range of about 500-2500 (molar masses of about 20,000-100,000 g / mol). The degree of hydrolysis is 98-99 or 87-89 mol% and thus the polyvinyl alcohols still contain a residual content of acetyl groups. The polyvinyl alcohols are characterized by the manufacturer by indicating the degree of polymerization of the starting polymer, the degree of hydrolysis and / or the saponification number. Fully saponified polyvinyl alcohols have a softening temperature of 85 ° C and a melting point of 228 ° C. The corresponding values for partially hydrolyzed (87-89%) products are significantly lower at approx. 58 ° C (softening point) or 186 ° C (melting point).

The water-soluble polymer may also contain a mixture of said materials.

Another essential ingredient of the textile-care composition is the perfume. As perfume oils or perfumes, individual fragrance compounds, such as the synthetic products of the ester type, ethers, aldehydes, ketones, alcohols and Hydrocarbons are used. Preferably, however, mixtures of different fragrances are used, which together produce an attractive fragrance. Such perfume oils may also contain natural fragrance mixtures as are available from plant sources.

The amount of perfume in the textile-care composition is preferably 0.1 to 20 wt .-%, preferably 1 to 10 wt .-% and particularly preferably 2 to 7 wt .-%.

The fabric care composition may optionally contain other ingredients.

To improve the aesthetic impression of the textile-care compound, they can be dyed with suitable dyes. Preferred dyes, the selection of which presents no difficulty to the skilled person, have a high storage stability and insensitivity to the other ingredients of detergents or cleaning agents and to light and no pronounced substantivity to textile fibers so as not to stain them.

Further, the fabric care composition may contain a filler such as silica. The amount of filler may be between 0.1 and 10 wt .-% and is preferably 1 to 5 wt .-%.

The fabric care composition may also contain a pearlescer to increase gloss. Examples of suitable pearlescing agents are ethylene glycol mono- and distearate (for example Cutina AGS from Cognis) and PEG-3-distearate.

Furthermore, the fabric care composition may comprise a skin care compound.

A skin-care compound is understood as meaning a compound or a mixture of compounds which, upon contact of a textile with the detergent, are applied to the textile and confer an advantage on contact of the textile with skin of the skin compared with a textile which has not been treated with the detergent according to the invention. This benefit may include, for example, the transfer of the skin care compound from the textile to the skin, less water transfer from the skin to the textile, or less friction on the skin surface through the textile.

The skin care composition is preferably hydrophobic, may be liquid or solid, and must be compatible with the other ingredients of the solid, fabric care composition. The skin care compound may, for example, be: a) waxes such as carnauba, spermaceti, beeswax, lanolin, derivatives thereof and mixtures thereof; b) Plant extracts, for example vegetable oils such as avocado oil, olive oil, palm oil, palm kernel oil, rapeseed oil, linseed oil, soybean oil, peanut oil, coriander oil, castor oil, poppy seed oil, cocoa oil, coconut oil, pumpkin seed oil, wheat germ oil, sesame oil, sunflower oil, almond oil, macadamia nut oil, apricot kernel oil, hazelnut oil , Jojoba oil or canola oil, chamomile, aloe vera and mixtures thereof; c) higher fatty acids such as lauric acid, myristic acid, palmitic acid, stearic acid, behenic acid, oleic acid, linoleic acid, linolenic acid, isostearic acid or polyunsaturated fatty acids; d) higher fatty alcohols such as lauryl alcohol, cetyl alcohol, stearyl alcohol, oleyl alcohol, behenyl alcohol or 2-hexadecanol, e) esters such as cetyl octanoate, lauryl lactate, myristyl lactate, cetyl lactate, isopropyl myristate, myristyl myristate, isopropyl palmitate, isopropyl adipate, butyl stearate, decyl oleate, cholesterol stearate, glycerol monostearate, glycerol distearate, glycerol tristearate , Alkyl lactate, alkyl citrate or alkyl tartrate; f) hydrocarbons such as paraffins, mineral oils, squalane or squalene; g) lipids; h) vitamins such as vitamins A, C or E or vitamin alkyl esters; i) phospholipids; j) sunscreens such as octyl methoxyl cinnamate and butyl methoxybenzoyl methane; k) silicone oils such as linear or cyclic polydimethylsiloxanes, amino, alkyl,

Alkylaryl- or aryl-substituted silicone oils and I) mixtures thereof include.

The amount of skin-care compound is preferably between 0.01 and 10% by weight, preferably between 0.1 and 5% by weight and very particularly preferably between 0.3 and 3% by weight, based on the solid, textile nourishing composition. It may be that the skin-nourishing compound additionally has a textile care effect.

In a very particularly preferred embodiment, the water-soluble carrier is particulate and at least partially coated with a mixture of the water-soluble polymer, the textile-care compound, the perfume and optionally the further ingredients.

To prepare such a solid, textile-care composition, the water-soluble polymer is first melted and mixed in the molten state with the textile-care compound, the perfume and optionally the other ingredients. Subsequently, the melt is placed on the particulate carrier, so that it is at least partially enveloped.

In a further particularly preferred embodiment, the water-soluble carrier is particulate, coated with the textile-care compound and at least partially coated with a mixture of the water-soluble polymer, the perfume and optionally the other ingredients.

To prepare such a solid, textile-care composition, the particulate carrier is first mixed with the textile-care compound. In the next step, the water-soluble polymer is melted, mixed in the molten state with the perfume and optionally the other ingredients and then the melt is so placed on the treated with the fabric-care compound, particulate carrier so that it is at least partially enveloped. In yet another preferred embodiment, the water-soluble carrier is in particulate form and has at least a partial coating of the water-soluble polymer and the perfume, the casing or wrapper and the non-enveloped regions of the water-soluble carrier being at least partially impregnated with the textile caring compound is / are coated.

To prepare such a solid textile-care composition, the water-soluble polymer is first melted and mixed with the perfume in the molten state. The resulting melt is added to the particulate carrier in such a way that it is at least partially enveloped, and then the at least partially coated particulate carrier is coated with the textile-care compound.

The textile-care composition is suitable in particular for conditioning textile fabrics and is brought into contact with the textile fabrics together with a conventional washing or cleaning agent in the (main) wash cycle of a conventional washing and cleaning process.

Preferred fabric care compositions include an inorganic alkaline earth metal salt as the water-soluble carrier, a fabric softening clay as a fabric care compound, a polyalkylene glycol as a water-soluble polymer, and a perfume.

Further preferred fabric care compositions include an inorganic alkaline earth metal salt as a water-soluble carrier, a fabric softening clay and a polysiloxane as textile care compounds, a polyalkylene glycol as a water-soluble polymer, and a perfume.

Especially preferred fabric care compounds include magnesium sulfate as a water-soluble carrier, a fabric softening clay as a fabric care compound, a polyalkylene glycol as a water-soluble polymer, and a perfume. The fabric care composition can be incorporated into a detergent or cleanser.

For this purpose, a solid detergent or cleaning agent with 0.1 to 20 wt .-%, preferably 1 to 10 wt .-%, of the textile-care composition according to the invention is mixed.

The textile-care washing or cleaning compositions according to the invention contain, in addition to the textile-care composition, surfactant (s), it being possible to use anionic, nonionic, zwitterionic and / or amphoteric surfactants. From an application point of view, preference is given to mixtures of anionic and nonionic surfactants. The total surfactant content of a detergent is preferably below 40% by weight, and more preferably below 35% by weight, based on the total liquid detergent.

The nonionic surfactants used are preferably alkoxylated, advantageously ethoxylated, in particular primary, alcohols having preferably 8 to 18 carbon atoms and on average 1 to 12 moles of ethylene oxide (EO) per mole of alcohol, in which the alcohol radical can be linear or preferably methyl-branched in the 2-position or linear and methyl-branched radicals in the mixture can contain, as they are usually present in Oxoalkoholresten. In particular, however, alcohol ethoxylates with linear radicals of alcohols of natural origin having 12 to 18 carbon atoms, for example of coconut, palm, tallow or oleyl alcohol, and on average 2 to 8 EO per mole of alcohol are preferred. The preferred ethoxylated alcohols include, for example, C ₁ -C ₄ -alcohols with 3 EO, 4 EO or 7 EO, C ₉ . 11-alcohol with 7 EO, Ci ₃ -i ₅ -alcohols with 3 EO, 5 EO, 7 EO or 8 EO, Ci ₂ -i ₈ -alcohols with 3 EO, 5 EO or 7 EO and mixtures of these, such as mixtures from d ₂ -i ₄ -alcohol with 3 EO and Ci ₂ -is-alcohol with 7 EO. The degrees of ethoxylation given represent statistical means which, for a particular product, may be an integer or a fractional number. Preferred alcohol ethoxylates have a narrow homolog distribution (narrow rank ethoxylates, NRE). In addition to these nonionic surfactants, fatty alcohols containing more than 12 EO can also be used become. Examples of these are tallow fatty alcohol with 14 EO, 25 EO, 30 EO or 40 EO. Nonionic surfactants containing EO and PO groups together in the molecule can also be used according to the invention. Here, block copolymers with EO-PO block units or PO-EO block units can be used, but also EO-PO-EO copolymers or PO-EO-PO copolymers. Of course, it is also possible to use mixed alkoxylated nonionic surfactants in which EO and PO units are not distributed in blocks, but randomly. Such products are available by the simultaneous action of ethylene and propylene oxide on fatty alcohols.

In addition, as further nonionic surfactants and alkyl glycosides of the general formula RO (G) _x can be used in which R is a primary straight-chain or methyl-branched, especially in the 2-position methyl-branched aliphatic radical having 8 to 22, preferably 12 to 18 carbon atoms and G is the symbol which represents a glycose unit having 5 or 6 C atoms, preferably glucose. The degree of oligomerization x, which indicates the distribution of monoglycosides and oligoglycosides, is any number between 1 and 10; preferably x is 1, 2 to 1, 4. Alkyl glycosides are known, mild surfactants.

Another class of preferred nonionic surfactants used either as the sole nonionic surfactant or in combination with other nonionic surfactants are alkoxylated, preferably ethoxylated or ethoxylated and propoxylated fatty acid alkyl esters, preferably having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms in the alkyl chain, especially fatty acid methyl esters.

Nonionic surfactants of the amine oxide type, for example N-cocoalkyl N, N-dimethylamine oxide and N-tallow alkyl N, N-dihydroxyethyl amine oxide, and the fatty acid alkanolamides may also be suitable. The amount of these nonionic surfactants is preferably not more than that of the ethoxylated fatty alcohols, especially not more than half thereof.

Further suitable surfactants are polyhydroxy fatty acid amides of the formula (VII) R ¹

I R-CO-N- [Z] (VII)

in which RCO is an aliphatic acyl radical having 6 to 22 carbon atoms, R 1 is hydrogen, an alkyl or hydroxyalkyl radical having 1 to 4 carbon atoms and [Z] is a linear or branched polyhydroxyalkyl radical having 3 to 10 carbon atoms and 3 to 10 hydroxyl groups. The polyhydroxy-fatty acid amides are known substances which can usually be obtained by reductive amination of a reducing sugar with ammonia, an alkylamine or an alkanolamine and subsequent acylation with a fatty acid, a fatty acid alkyl ester or a fatty acid chloride.

The group of polyhydroxy fatty acid amides also includes compounds of the formula (VIII)

R ¹ -OR ²

I R-CO-N- [Z] (VIII)

in the R is a linear or branched alkyl or alkenyl radical having 7 to 12 carbon atoms, R ^{1 is} a linear, branched or cyclic alkyl radical or an aryl radical having 2 to 8 carbon atoms and R ^{2 is} a linear, branched or cyclic alkyl radical or an aryl radical or an oxyalkyl radical having 1 to 8 carbon atoms, wherein C -, _ ₄ alkyl or phenyl radicals are preferred and [Z] is a linear polyhydroxyalkyl radical whose alkyl chain is substituted with at least two hydroxyl groups, or alkoxylated, preferably ethoxylated or pro- poxylated derivatives of this residue.

[Z] is preferably obtained by reductive amination of a sugar, for example glucose, fructose, maltose, lactose, galactose, mannose or xylose. The N-alkoxy- or N-aryloxy-substituted compounds can then be replaced by Reaction with fatty acid methyl esters in the presence of an alkoxide as a catalyst are converted into the desired polyhydroxy fatty acid amides.

The content of nonionic surfactants in the detergents or cleaners is preferably 5 to 30 wt .-%, preferably 7 to 20 wt .-% and in particular 9 to 15 wt .-%, each based on the total detergent or cleaning agent.

As anionic surfactants, for example, those of the sulfonate type and sulfates are used. As surfactants of the sulfonate type are preferably Cg-- ₁₃ - alkylbenzenesulfonates, olefinsulfonates, ie mixtures of alkene and hydroxyalkanesulfonates and disulfonates, such as those from C ₁₂ -is monoolefins with terminal or internal double bond by sulfonating with gaseous sulfur trioxide and subsequent alkaline or acid hydrolysis of the sulfonation products into consideration. Also suitable are alkanesulfonates, from C ₂ - ₁₈ are obtained, for example, alkanes by sulfochlorination or sulfoxidation and subsequent hydrolysis or neutralization. Likewise suitable are the esters of .alpha.-sulfo fatty acids (ester sulfonates), for example the .alpha.-sulfonated methyl esters of hydrogenated coconut, palm kernel or tallow fatty acids.

Further suitable anionic surfactants are sulfated fatty acid glycerol esters. Fatty acid glycerol esters are to be understood as meaning the mono-, di- and triesters and mixtures thereof, as obtained in the preparation by esterification of a monoglycerol with 1 to 3 mol of fatty acid or in the transesterification of triglycerides with 0.3 to 2 mol of glycerol become. Preferred sulfated fatty acid glycerol esters are the sulfonation products of saturated fatty acids having 6 to 22 carbon atoms, for example caproic acid, caprylic acid, capric acid, myristic acid, lauric acid, palmitic acid, stearic acid or behenic acid.

Alk (en) yl sulfates are the alkali and especially the sodium salts of the Schwefelsäurehalbester C ₂ -C ₈ fatty alcohols, for example coconut fatty alcohol, tallow fatty alcohol, lauryl, myristyl, cetyl or stearyl alcohol, or the Cio-C ₂ o-oxo alcohols and those half-esters of secondary alcohols of these chain lengths are preferred. Also preferred are alk (en) ylsulfates of said chain length, which contain a synthetic, produced on a petrochemical basis straight-chain alkyl radical, which have an analogous degradation behavior as the adequate compounds based on oleochemical raw materials. From the washing are the C ₁₂ -C ₆ alkyl sulfates and C ₂ -C ₅ alkyl sulfates and C-ι ₄ -C-i5-alkyl sulfates are preferred. 2,3-alkyl sulfates, which can be obtained as commercial products from Shell Oil Company under the name DAN ^®, are suitable anionic surfactants.

Also, the sulfuric monoesters of ethoxylated with 1 to 6 moles of ethylene oxide straight-chain or branched C ₇ - ₂ i alcohols, such as 2-methyl-branched C ₉ -n-alcohols having an average of 3.5 moles of ethylene oxide (EO) or Ci ₂ -is Fatty alcohols containing 1 to 4 EO are suitable. Due to their high foaming behavior, they are only used in detergents in relatively small amounts, for example in amounts of from 1 to 5% by weight.

Further suitable anionic surfactants are also the salts of alkylsulfosuccinic acid, which are also referred to as sulfosuccinates or as sulfosuccinic acid esters and the monoesters and / or diesters of sulfosuccinic acid with alcohols, preferably fatty alcohols and in particular ethoxylated fatty alcohols. Preferred sulfosuccinates contain Cs-is fatty alcohol residues or mixtures of these. Particularly preferred sulfosuccinates contain a fatty alcohol residue derived from ethoxylated fatty alcohols, which by themselves are nonionic surfactants. Sulfosuccinates, whose fatty alcohol residues are derived from ethoxylated fatty alcohols with a narrow homolog distribution, are again particularly preferred. Likewise, it is also possible to use alk (en) ylsuccinic acid having preferably 8 to 18 carbon atoms in the alk (en) yl chain or salts thereof.

Particularly preferred anionic surfactants are soaps. Suitable are saturated and unsaturated fatty acid soaps, such as the salts of lauric acid, myristic acid, Palmitic acid, stearic acid, (hydrogenated) erucic acid and behenic acid, and in particular from natural fatty acids, for example coconut, palm kernel, olive oil or tallow fatty acids, derived soap mixtures.

The anionic surfactants, including the soaps, may be in the form of their sodium, potassium or ammonium salts and as soluble salts of organic bases, such as mono-, di- or triethanolamine. The anionic surfactants are preferably present in the form of their sodium or potassium salts, in particular in the form of the sodium salts.

The content of preferred detergents or cleaning agents to anionic surfactants is 2 to 30 wt .-%, preferably 4 to 25 wt .-% and in particular 5 to 22 wt .-%, each based on the total washing or cleaning agent.

In addition to the textile-care composition and the surfactants, the detergents or cleaners may contain further ingredients which further improve the performance and / or aesthetic properties of the washing or cleaning agent. In the context of the present invention, preferred washing or cleaning agents additionally comprise one or more substances from the group of builders, bleaches, bleach activators, enzymes, perfumes, perfume carriers, fluorescers, dyes, foam inhibitors, silicone oils, anti-redeposition agents, optical brighteners, grayness inhibitors,

Anti-shrinkage agents, anti-wrinkling agents, color transfer inhibitors, antimicrobial agents, germicides, fungicides, antioxidants, preservatives, corrosion inhibitors, antistatic agents, bittering agents, ironing aids, repellents and impregnating agents, swelling and anti-slip agents, neutral filler salts and UV absorbers.

Suitable builders which may be present in the detergents or cleaners are in particular silicates, aluminum silicates (in particular zeolites), carbonates, salts of organic di- and polycarboxylic acids and mixtures of these substances. Suitable crystalline layered sodium silicates have the general formula NaMSi _x O _{2x +} IH ₂ O, where M is sodium or hydrogen, x is a number from 1, 9 to 4 and y is a number from 0 to 20 and preferred values for x 2.3 or 4 are. Preferred crystalline layered silicates of the formula given are those in which M is sodium and x assumes the values 2 or 3. In particular, both SS and δ-sodium Na ₂ Si ₂ O ^■ yH ₂ O preferred.

It is also possible to use amorphous sodium silicates with a Na ₂ O: SiO ₂ modulus of from 1: 2 to 1: 3.3, preferably from 1: 2 to 1: 2.8 and in particular from 1: 2 to 1: 2.6, which Delayed and have secondary washing properties. The dissolution delay compared with conventional amorphous sodium silicates may have been caused in various ways, for example by surface treatment, compounding, compaction / densification or by overdrying. In the context of this invention, the term "amorphous" is also understood to mean "X-ray amorphous". This means that the silicates do not yield sharp X-ray reflections typical of crystalline substances in X-ray diffraction experiments, but at most one or more maxima of the scattered X-rays which have a width of several degrees of diffraction angle. However, it may well even lead to particularly good builder properties if the silicate particles provide blurred or even sharp diffraction maxima in electron diffraction experiments. This is to be interpreted as meaning that the products have microcrystalline regions of size 10 to a few hundred nm, with values of up to a maximum of 50 nm and in particular up to a maximum of 20 nm being preferred. Particularly preferred are compacted / compacted amorphous silicates, compounded amorphous silicates and overdried X-ray amorphous silicates.

The finely crystalline, synthetic and bound water-containing zeolite used is preferably zeolite A and / or P. As zeolite P, zeolite MAP® (commercial product from Crosfield) is particularly preferred. Also suitable, however, are zeolite X and mixtures of A, X and / or P. Commercially available and Scope of the present invention is preferably usable, for example, also a co-crystallizate of zeolite X and zeolite A (ca. 80 wt .-% zeolite X), which is sold by SASOL under the brand name VEGOBOND AX ^® and by the formula

nNa ₂ O ^■ (1 -n) K ₂ O Al ₂ O ₃ ^■ (2 - 2.5) SiO ₂ ^■ (3.5-5.5) H ₂ O n = 0.90-1.0

can be described. The zeolite can be used as a spray-dried powder or else as undried, still moist, stabilized suspension of its preparation. In the event that the zeolite is used as a suspension, it may contain minor additions of nonionic surfactants as stabilizers, for example 1 to 3 wt .-%, based on zeolite, of ethoxylated Ci ₂ -Ci ₈ - fatty alcohols having 2 to 5 ethylene oxide groups , Ci ₂ -Ci ₄ fatty alcohols having 4 to 5 ethylene oxide groups or ethoxylated isothecanols. Suitable zeolites have an average particle size of less than 10 μm (volume distribution, measuring method: Coulter Counter) and preferably contain 18 to 22% by weight, in particular 20 to 22% by weight, of bound water.

Of course, a use of the well-known phosphates as builders is possible, unless such use should not be avoided for environmental reasons. Particularly suitable are the sodium salts of orthophosphates, pyrophosphates and in particular tripolyphosphates.

Organic builders that may be present in the detergent or cleaning agent include polycarboxylate polymers such as polyacrylates and acrylic acid / maleic acid copolymers, polyaspartates and monomeric polycarboxylates such as citrates, gluconates, succinates or malonates, which are preferably used as the sodium salts.

Among the compounds serving as bleaches in water H ₂ O ₂ , the sodium perborate tetrahydrate and the sodium perborate monohydrate are particular Importance. Other useful bleaching agents are, for example, sodium percarbonate, peroxypyrophosphates, citrate perhydrates and H ₂ O ₂ -producing peracidic salts or peracids, such as perbenzoates, peroxophthalates, diperazelaic acid, phthalo-iminopoic acid or diperdodecanedioic acid.

In order to achieve an improved bleaching effect when washing at temperatures of 60 ° C and below, bleach activators can be incorporated into the detergents or cleaners. As bleach activators, it is possible to use compounds which, under perhydrolysis conditions, give aliphatic peroxycarboxylic acids having preferably 1 to 10 C atoms, in particular 2 to 4 C atoms, and / or optionally substituted perbenzoic acid. Suitable substances are those which carry O- and / or N-acyl groups of the stated C atom number and / or optionally substituted benzoyl groups. Preference is given to polyacylated alkylenediamines, in particular tetraacetylethylenediamine (TAED), acylated triazine derivatives, in particular 1,5-diacetyl-2,4-dioxohexahydro-1,3,5-triazine (DADHT), acylated glycolurils, in particular tetraacetylglycoluril (TAGU), N- Acylimides, in particular N-nonanoylsuccinimide (NOSI), acylated phenolsulfonates, in particular n-nonanoyl or isononanoyloxybenzenesulfonate (n- or iso-NOBS), carboxylic anhydrides, in particular phthalic anhydride, acylated polyhydric alcohols, in particular triacetin, ethylene glycol diacetate and 2,5-diacetoxy- 2,5-dihydrofuran.

In addition to or in place of the conventional bleach activators, so-called bleach catalysts can also be incorporated into the detergents or cleaners. These substances are bleach-enhancing transition metal salts or transition metal complexes such as Mn, Fe, Co, Ru or Mo saline complexes or carbonyl complexes. Mn, Fe, Co, Ru, Mo, Ti, V and Cu complexes with nitrogen-containing tripod ligands and Co, Fe, Cu and Ru ammine complexes can also be used as bleach catalysts. The washing or cleaning agent may contain enzymes in encapsulated form and / or directly in the washing or cleaning agent. Suitable enzymes include in particular those from the classes of hydrolases such as proteases, esterases, lipases or lipolytic enzymes, amylases, cellulases or other glycosyl hydrolases, hemicellulases, cutinases, β-glucanases, oxidases, peroxidases, mannanases, perhydrolases and / or laccases and mixtures of said enzymes in question. All of these hydrolases in the wash contribute to the removal of stains such as proteinaceous, greasy or starchy stains and graying. In addition, cellulases and other glycosyl hydrolases may contribute to color retention and to enhancing the softness of the fabric by removing pilling and microfibrils. Oxireductases can also be used for bleaching or inhibiting color transfer. Particularly suitable are enzymatic active ingredients obtained from bacterial strains or fungi such as Bacillus subtilis, Bacillus licheniformis, Streptomyceus griseus and Humicola insolens. Preferably, subtilisin-type proteases and in particular proteases derived from Bacillus lentus are used. In this case, enzyme mixtures, for example from protease and amylase or protease and lipase or lipolytic enzymes or protease and cellulase or from cellulase and lipase or lipolytic enzymes or from protease, amylase and lipase or lipolytic enzymes or protease, lipase or lipolytic enzymes and cellulase, but in particular protease and / or lipase-containing mixtures or mixtures with lipolytic enzymes of particular interest. Examples of such lipolytic enzymes are the known cutinases. Peroxidases or oxidases have also proved suitable in some cases. Suitable amylases include in particular α-amylases, iso-amylases, pullulanases and pectinases. Cellulases used are preferably cellobiohydrolases, endoglucanases and β-glucosidases, which are also cellobiases, or mixtures thereof. Since different cellulase types differ by their CMCase and avicelase activities, the desired activities can be set by targeted mixtures of the cellulases. The enzymes may be adsorbed to carriers to protect against premature degradation. The proportion of enzymes or enzyme granules directly in the washing or cleaning agent may be, for example, about 0.01 to 5 wt .-%, preferably 0.12 to about 2.5 wt .-%.

However, it may also be preferred, for example in the case of special detergents or cleaners for consumers with allergies and / or sensitive skin, that the washing or cleaning agent contains no enzymes.

In one embodiment, the washing or cleaning agent optionally contains one or more perfumes in an amount of usually up to 10 wt .-%, preferably 0.5 to 7 wt .-%, in particular 1 to 3 wt .-%. The amount of perfume used is also dependent on the type of detergent or cleaning agent. However, it is particularly preferred that the perfume is introduced into the washing or cleaning agent via the fabric softening composition. However, it is also possible for the washing or cleaning agent to contain perfume which is not introduced into the washing or cleaning agent via the textile softening composition.

In order to improve the aesthetic impression of the detergents or cleaners, they may (optionally only partially) be colored with suitable dyes. Preferred dyes, the selection of which presents no difficulty to the skilled person, have a high storage stability and insensitivity to the other ingredients of detergents or cleaning agents and to light and no pronounced substantivity to textile fibers so as not to stain them.

Suitable foam inhibitors which can be used in the detergents or cleaners are, for example, soaps, paraffins or silicone oils, which may optionally be applied to support materials. Suitable soil release polymers, also referred to as "anti-redeposition agents", include, for example, nonionic cellulose ethers such as methyl cellulose and methyl hydroxypropyl cellulose having a methoxy group content of 15 to 30 wt% and hydroxypropyl groups of 1 to 15 wt%, respectively based on the nonionic cellulose ether and the known from the prior art polymers of phthalic acid and / or terephthalic acid or derivatives thereof, in particular polymers of ethylene terephthalates and / or polyethylene and / or polypropylene glycol terephthalates or anionic and / or nonionic modified derivatives thereof. Suitable derivatives include the sulfonated derivatives of the phthalic and terephthalic acid polymers Another class of suitable ZIN release polymers, especially for cotton-containing textiles, are modified, for example alkoxylated and / or quaternized and / or oxidized, polyamines Polyamines are beis For example, polyalkyleneamines such as polyethyleneamines or polyalkylenimines such as polyethylenimines. Preferred examples of this class of soil release polymers are ethoxylated polyethylenimines and ethoxylated polyethyleneamines.

Optical brighteners (so-called "whiteners") may be added to detergents to eliminate graying and yellowing of the treated fabrics which will attract the fiber and cause lightening and fake bleaching by turning invisible ultraviolet radiation into visible longer wavelength convert light, wherein the absorbed from sunlight ultraviolet light is radiated as pale bluish fluorescence and produces the yellow shade of the grayed or yellowed laundry pure white. Suitable compounds originate for example from the substance classes of the 4,4 ^{'diamino-2,2'} stilbenedisulfonic acids (flavonic), ^{4,4'-biphenylene} -Distyryl, Methylumbelliferone, coumarins, dihydroquinolinones, 1, 3- diarylpyrazolines, naphthalimides, benzoxazole, benzisoxazole and benzimidazole systems, and pyrene derivatives substituted by heterocycles. the optical Brighteners are usually used in amounts of between 0% and 0.3% by weight, based on the finished washing or cleaning agent.

Grayness inhibitors have the task of keeping the dirt detached from the fiber suspended in the liquor and thus preventing the dirt from being rebuilt. Water-soluble colloids of mostly organic nature are suitable for this purpose, for example glue, gelatine, salts of ether sulfonic acids or cellulose or salts of acidic sulfuric acid esters of cellulose or starch. Also, water-soluble polyamides containing acidic groups are suitable for this purpose. It is also possible to use soluble starch preparations and starch products other than those mentioned above, for example degraded starch, aldehyde starches, etc. Polyvinylpyrrolidone is also useful. However, preference is given to using cellulose ethers such as carboxymethylcellulose (Na salt), methylcellulose, hydroxyalkylcellulose and mixed ethers such as methylhydroxyethylcellulose, methylhydroxypropylcellulose, methylcarboxymethylcellulose and mixtures thereof in amounts of from 0.1 to 5% by weight, based on the washing or cleaning agents.

In order to effectively suppress dye release and / or dye transfer to other fabrics during washing and / or cleaning of dyed fabrics, the washing or cleaning agent may contain a dye transfer inhibitor. It is preferred that the color transfer inhibitor is a polymer or copolymer of cyclic amines such as vinylpyrrolidone and / or vinylimidazole. Suitable color transfer inhibiting polymers include polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP), polyvinylimidazole (PVI), copolymers of vinylpyrrolidone and vinylimidazole (PVP / PVI), polyvinylpyridine-N-oxide, poly-N-carboxymethyl-4-vinylpyridium chloride, and the like

Mixtures thereof. Particular preference is given to using polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP), polyvinylimidazole (PVI) or copolymers of vinylpyrrolidone and vinylimidazole (PVP / PVI) as color transfer inhibitor. The polyvinylpyrrolidones (PVP) used preferably have an average molecular weight of 2,500 to 400,000 and are commercially available from ISP Chemicals as PVP K 15, PVP K 30, PVP K 60 or PVP K 90 or from BASF as Sokalan® HP 50 or Sokalan® HP 53. The copolymers of vinylpyrrolidone and vinylimidazole (PVP / PVI) used preferably have a molecular weight in the range from 5,000 to 100,000. Commercially available is a PVP / PVI copolymer, for example from BASF under the name Sokalan® HP 56th

The amount of dye transfer inhibitor based on the total amount of the detergent or cleaning agent is preferably from 0.01 to 2% by weight, preferably from 0.05 to 1% by weight, and more preferably from 0.1 to 0.5% by weight. ,

Alternatively, however, it is also possible to use enzymatic systems comprising a peroxidase and hydrogen peroxide or a substance which removes hydrogen peroxide in water as a color transfer inhibitor. The addition of a mediator compound for the peroxidase, for example an acetosyringone, a phenol derivative or a phenotiazine or phenoxazine, is preferred in this case, wherein additionally the above-mentioned polymeric dye transfer inhibitors can be used.

Since textile fabrics, in particular of rayon, rayon, cotton and their mixtures, can tend to wrinkle, because the individual fibers are sensitive to bending, buckling, pressing and squeezing transverse to the fiber direction, the detergents or cleaning agents may contain synthetic crease inhibitors. These include, for example, synthetic products based on fatty acids, fatty acid esters, fatty acid amides, alkylol esters, -alkylolamides or fatty alcohols, which are usually reacted with ethylene oxide, or products based on lecithin or modified phosphoric acid ester.

To combat microorganisms washing or cleaning agents may contain antimicrobial agents. Depending on the antimicrobial spectrum and mechanism of action, a distinction is made between bacteriostats and Bactericides, fungistats and fungicides, etc. Important substances from these groups are, for example, benzalkonium chlorides, alkylarylsulfonates, halophenols and Phenolmercuriacetat, wherein in the inventive washing or cleaning agents can be completely dispensed with these compounds.

The detergents or cleaners according to the invention may contain preservatives, it being preferred to use only those which have no or only a low skin-sensitizing potential. Examples are sorbic acid and its salts, benzoic acid and its salts, salicylic acid and its salts, phenoxyethanol, 3-iodo-2-propynyl butylcarbamate, sodium N- (hydroxymethyl) glycinate, biphenyl-2-ol and mixtures thereof. A suitable preservative is the solvent-free, aqueous combination of diazolidinyl urea, sodium benzoate and potassium sorbate (available as Euxyl® K 500 ex Schuelke & Mayr), which can be used in a pH range up to 7.

In order to prevent undesirable changes to the detergents or cleaners and / or the treated fabrics caused by the action of oxygen and other oxidative processes, the detergents or cleaners may contain antioxidants. This class of compounds includes, for example, substituted phenols, hydroquinones, catechols and aromatic amines, as well as organic sulfides, polysulfides, dithiocarbamates, phosphites, phosphonates and vitamin E.

Increased comfort may result from the additional use of antistatic agents added to the detergents or cleaners. Antistatic agents increase the surface conductivity and thus allow an improved drainage of formed charges. External antistatic agents are generally substances with at least one hydrophilic molecule ligand and give a more or less hygroscopic film on the surfaces. These mostly surface-active antistatic agents can be divided into nitrogen-containing (amines, amides, quaternary ammonium compounds), phosphorus-containing (phosphoric acid esters) and sulfur-containing (alkyl sulfonates, Alkyl sulfates) partition antistatic agents. Lauryl (or stearyl) di- methylbenzylammoniumchloride are suitable as antistatic agents for textile fabrics or as an additive to detergents or cleaners, with an additional Avivageeffekt is achieved.

To improve the rewettability of the treated fabrics and to facilitate the ironing of the treated fabrics, for example, silicone derivatives can be used in the detergents or cleaners. These additionally improve the rinsing behavior of the washing or cleaning agents by their foam-inhibiting properties. Preferred silicone derivatives are, for example, polydialkyl or alkylaryl siloxanes in which the alkyl groups have one to five carbon atoms and are completely or partially fluorinated. Preferred silicones are polydimethylsiloxanes, which may optionally be derivatized and are then amino-functional or quaternized or have Si-OH, Si-H and / or Si-Cl bonds. The viscosities of the preferred silicones are in the range between 100 and 100,000 mPas at 25 ° C., wherein the silicones can be used in amounts of between 0.2 and 5% by weight, based on the total detergent or cleaning agent.

Finally, the detergents or cleaners may also contain UV absorbers which are applied to the treated fabrics and improve the light fastness of the fibers. Compounds having these desired properties are, for example, the compounds which are active by radiationless deactivation and derivatives of benzophenone having substituents in the 2- and / or 4-position. Also suitable are substituted benzotriazoles, phenyl-substituted acrylates (cinnamic acid derivatives) in the 3-position, optionally with cyano groups in the 2-position, salicylates, organic Ni complexes and natural substances such as umbelliferone and the endogenous urocanic acid.

In order to avoid the catalyzed by heavy metals decomposition of certain detergent ingredients, substances can be used, the heavy metals complex. Suitable heavy metal complexing agents are, for example, the alkali metal salts of ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA) or nitrilotriacetic acid (NTA) and alkali metal salts of anionic polyelectrolytes such as polymaleates and polysulfonates.

A preferred class of complexing agents are the phosphonates, which in preferred detergents or cleaners in amounts of 0.01 to 2.5 wt .-%, preferably 0.02 to 2 wt .-% and in particular from 0.03 to 1, 5 wt .-% are included. These preferred compounds include in particular organophosphonates such as 1-hydroxyethane-1, 1-diphosphonic acid (HEDP), aminotri (methylenephosphonic acid) (ATMP), diethylenetriamine penta (methylenephosphonic acid) (DTPMP or DETPMP) and 2-phosphonobutane-1,2 , 4-tricarboxylic acid (PBS-AM), which are used mostly in the form of their ammonium or alkali metal salts.

In addition, neutral fillers such as sodium sulfate or sodium carbonate may be included in the solid detergents or cleaners.

The washing or cleaning agents according to the invention can be used in particular for cleaning and conditioning textile fabrics.

To prepare the detergents or cleaners according to the invention, the washing or cleaning agent without the textile-care compound is firstly prepared by known processes, which may comprise, for example, drying steps, mixing steps, densification steps, shaping steps and / or the subsequent addition of heat-sensitive ingredients ("post-addition") The resulting product is then mixed with a solid textile-care composition, and the mixing step may be followed by further densification and / or shaping steps to produce detergent tablets. Table 1 shows textile care compositions E1 to E4 according to the invention.

Table 1 :

E1 E2 E3 E4

MgSO ₄ crystals (0 0.5 - 3 mm) 82.999 87.999 81, 999 81.999

Bentonite (powder) * 10 5 5 5

Perfume 2 2 2 5

Polydimethylsiloxane - - 6 3

PEG 4000 5 5 5 5

Dye 0.001 0.001 0.001 0.001

^* Laundrosil DGA (ex South Chemistry)

The textile care compositions E1 were prepared by three alternative methods.

To prepare the textile care composition E1 according to Preparation Method A, the polyethylene glycol having an average molecular weight of 4000 (PEG 4000) was melted, and to the melt was added the perfume, the fabric-care clay and the dye. Subsequently, the colored melt was added to the MgSO ₄ crystals.

To prepare the textile care composition E1 according to Preparation Method B, the MgSO ₄ crystals were mixed with the fabric softening clay. The 4000 molecular weight polyethylene glycol (PEG 4000) was melted and the perfume and dye were added to the melt. Subsequently, the colored melt was applied to the coated MgSO ₄ crystals.

To prepare the textile-care composition E1 according to Preparation Method C, the polyethylene glycol having an average molecular weight of 4000 (PEG 4000) was melted and the perfume and the melt were added to the melt Dye given. The colored melt was then added to the MgSO ₄ crystals and the coated MgSO ₄ crystals were powdered with the bentonite powder.

The textile-care compositions E2 to E4 were also prepared according to the three alternative preparation methods A to C.

The textile-care compositions E1 to E4 showed a very good dissolution behavior when in contact with water, regardless of the preparation process, and a softening effect in comparison with water or detergent with respect to textile fabrics treated therewith. In addition, the textile care compositions E1 to E4 were able to reduce the hardness of the water. The determination was carried out with analysis sticks "total hardness test" (Merck) according to the manufacturer's instructions and showed, for example, that the hardness of the water used is lowered from 23 ° dH to 17 ° dH by adding the textile-care composition E1.

To compare the intensity of the scent terry fabric was treated on the one hand only with a solid, commercially available detergent (comparison) and on the other hand with the same detergent and the solid textile-care composition E1 in a washing machine (Miele Novotronic W 985). After hanging drying, the intensity of the scent was determined:

Composition Moist, fresh After 1 day on Washed dry laundry After 7 days dry laundry

Laundry

Comparison 1 1, 3 0.9 0.5

E1 2.2 1, 7 0.9

Rating: 0 = weak to 4 = strong Number of scoring persons: 7 Especially on wet, freshly washed laundry, the solid, textile-care composition E1 showed a significantly higher and longer-lasting fragrance intensity.

Furthermore, the textile-care compositions according to the invention showed a softening effect in comparison with water or detergent. The tissues treated only with detergent or with the textile care composition E1 (prepared according to preparation method C) were tapped and evaluated after treatment and hanging drying after 1 day by a panel consisting of 5 persons (evaluation 0 = hard to 5 = very soft). Fabrics treated with the detergent only received a value of 2.2 while fabrics treated with the textile care composition E1 also received a value of 3.1.

To prepare a washing or cleaning agent according to the invention, a solid, unscented washing or cleaning agent was mixed with 10% by weight (based on the total amount of finished washing or cleaning agent) of the textile-care composition E1.

The washing or cleaning agent according to the invention showed good cleaning and conditioning properties.

Lime deposits on the laundry and / or deposits / residues in the dispensing compartment of the washing machines were not observed either with separate use of the textile-care compound or incorporated in a washing or cleaning agent.

Claims

claims A solid textile care composition comprising a water-soluble carrier, a water-soluble polymer, a fabric-conditioning compound and a perfume, wherein the water-soluble carrier is selected from the group consisting of alkali metal, alkaline earth metal and / or ammonium compounds. 2. Solid, textile-care composition according to claim 1, characterized in that the water-soluble carrier is selected from the group consisting of alkali metal, alkaline earth metal and / or ammonium salts. A solid textile care composition according to claim 1 or claim 2, characterized in that the water-soluble carrier is selected from the group consisting of organic alkali metal salts, inorganic alkali metal salts, organic alkaline earth metal salts, inorganic alkaline earth metal salts, organic ammonium salts and / or inorganic ammonium salts. 4. Solid, textile care composition according to one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the water-soluble carrier is magnesium sulfate. Solid, textile care composition according to any one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that the solid textile care composition contains from 50 to 99% by weight, preferably from 75 to 95% by weight, of the water-soluble carrier. A solid, textile care composition according to any one of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that the textile care of fabric softening compounds, bleaching agents, bleach activators, enzymes, silicone oils, anti redeposition agents, optical brighteners, grayness inhibitors, anti-shrinkage agents, anti-wrinkling agents, color transfer inhibitors , antimicrobial agents, germicides, fungicides, antioxidants, antistatic agents, ironing auxiliaries, repellents and impregnating agents, swelling and anti-slip agents, UV absorbers and mixtures thereof. A solid, textile care composition according to any one of claims 1 to 6, characterized in that the fabric care compound is a fabric softening compound. A solid textile care composition according to claim 7, characterized in that the textile-softening compound is selected from polysiloxanes, fabric softening clays, cationic polymers and mixtures thereof. 9. Solid, textile-care composition according to one of claims 1 to 8, characterized in that the water-soluble polymer has a melting or softening point in the range of 48 ° C to 300 ° C, preferably in the range of 48 ° C to 100 ⁰ C. , having. 10. Solid, textile care composition according to one of claims 1 to 9, characterized in that the water-soluble polymer is selected from polyalkylene glycols, polyethylene terephthalates, polyvinyl alcohols and mixtures thereof. 11. Solid, textile-care composition according to one of claims 1 to 10, characterized in that the amount of perfume 0.1 to 20 wt .-%, preferably 1 to 10 wt .-% and particularly preferably 2 to 7 wt. -% is. A solid textile care composition according to any one of claims 1 to 11, characterized in that the water-soluble carrier is in particulate form and has a coating of the water-soluble polymer, the fabric-care compound and the perfume. 13. A solid, textile-care composition according to any one of claims 1 to 11, characterized in that the water-soluble carrier is in particulate form, coated with the fabric-care compound and the coated, water-soluble carrier comprises a coating of the water-soluble polymer and the perfume. A solid, textile care composition according to any one of claims 1 to 11, characterized in that the water-soluble carrier is in particulate form and has at least a partial coating of the water-soluble polymer and the perfume, the casing or the casing and not coated areas of the water-soluble carrier is / are at least partially coated with the textile-care compound. 15. Solid, textile-care composition according to one of claims 12 to 14, characterized in that the water-soluble carrier particle sizes in the range of 0.5 to 30 mm, in particular 0.8 to 7 mm and particularly preferably 1 to 3 mm , A solid, textile care composition according to any one of claims 1 to 15, characterized in that the solid textile care composition contains additional ingredients, preferably selected from the group consisting of dyes, perfume, fillers, pearlescers, skin care compounds and mixtures it. 17. Use of the solid, textile care composition according to one of claims 1 to 16 for conditioning textile fabrics. 18. A process for preparing a solid, fabric care composition comprising a particulate water-soluble carrier selected from the group consisting of alkali metal, alkaline earth metal and / or ammonium compounds, a water-soluble polymer, a fabric care compound and a perfume, wherein the water-soluble polymer is melted in the molten state with the Textile-care compound and the perfume is mixed and is placed on the particulate carrier so that it is at least partially enveloped. 19. A process for preparing a solid, fabric care composition comprising a particulate water-soluble carrier selected from the group consisting of alkali metal, alkaline earth metal and / or ammonium compounds, a water-soluble polymer, a fabric care compound and a perfume, wherein the water-soluble carrier is coated with the textile-care compound, the water-soluble polymer is melted, mixed in the molten state with the perfume and the resulting melt is added to the coated, particulate carrier so that it is at least partially enveloped. 20. A process for the preparation of a solid textile care composition comprising a particulate water-soluble carrier selected from the group consisting of alkali metal, alkaline earth metal and / or ammonium compounds, a water-soluble polymer, a fabric care compound and a perfume wherein the water-soluble polymer is melted, mixed in the molten state with the perfume, the resulting melt is added to the particulate carrier such that it is at least partially coated and the at least partially coated particulate carrier is coated with the fabric-care compound. 21. A washing or cleaning composition comprising a solid textile care composition according to any one of claims 1 to 16. 22. A laundry or cleaning composition comprising a solid textile care composition prepared according to any one of claims 18 to 20. 23. Use of a washing or cleaning agent according to claim 21 or claim 22 for cleaning and conditioning of textile fabrics.