EP1492863A1 - Textile cleaning agent which is gentle on textiles - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention relates to a liquid cleaning agent, a mild detergent, a liquid detergent and a non-aqueous liquid detergent, said products containing constituents for reducing fluffing and being designed in such a way that they are gentle on textiles. The invention also relates to a method and the use of said products for reducing fluffing and pilling on textile fabric.

Description

 "Textile-friendly textile cleaning agent"

The invention relates to a liquid textile cleaning agent, a mild detergent, a liquid detergent and a non-aqueous liquid detergent containing at least one lint reduction component. Furthermore, the invention relates to the use of lint reduction components in liquid textile cleaning agents and the use of mild detergents, liquid detergents and non-aqueous liquid detergents to reduce the formation of fluids and the formation of pills in textile fabrics. The invention further relates to a method for reducing lint formation.

Modern textile cleaning places high demands on the items to be cleaned. The frequent washing of garments in an automatic washing machine and the subsequent drying in a tumble dryer is associated with a high mechanical load on the fabric. The frictional forces often damage the textile fabric, recognizable by the formation of fluff and pills. With each washing or drying cycle, but also by wearing the clothing, there is further abrasion and / or breakage of tiny fibers on the surface of the textile fabrics. The conventional textile cleaning agents are unable to reduce this damage to the fabric or are merely trying to eliminate the textile damage that has arisen.

WO 99/16956 AI describes the removal of fluff or pills by using cellulases. The cellulases digest microfibers protruding from the textile fabrics and thus ensure a smooth and therefore pill-free textile surface.

The object of the present invention is therefore to reduce the formation of fluff and pills in textile fabrics, in particular the reduction of this formation during textile cleaning

Surprisingly, it was found that the use of certain lint reduction components in textile cleaning agents can considerably reduce the formation of lint and pills in textile fabrics.

The present invention therefore relates in a first embodiment to a liquid textile cleaning agent containing at least one lint reduction component in which at least 90% of the particles have a particle size of less than 100 μm, selected from the group consisting of a) biological polymers and / or b) hydrogels and /or c) the synthetic polymers and / or

selected from the group of silicone oil emulsions with an average droplet size below 50 μm.

The invention in a second embodiment relates to a mild detergent containing at least one lint reduction component in which at least 90% of the particles have a particle size smaller than 100 μm, selected from the group of a) biological polymers and / or b) hydrogels and / or c ) of synthetic polymers and / or

selected from the group of silicone oil emulsions with an average droplet size below 50 μm and wherein it additionally contains at least one plasticizer component.

In a third embodiment, the invention relates to a liquid detergent containing at least one lint reduction component in which at least 90% of the particles have a particle size of less than 100 μm, selected from the group consisting of a) biological polymers and / or b) hydrogels and / or c ) of synthetic polymers and / or

selected from the group of silicone oil emulsions with an average droplet size below 50 μm and wherein it contains anionic surfactants in amounts of up to 30% by weight, in each case based on the total agent.

In a fourth embodiment, the invention relates to a non-aqueous liquid detergent containing at least one lint reduction component in which at least 90% of the particles have a particle size of less than 100 μm, selected from the group consisting of a) biological polymers and / or b) hydrogels and / or c) the synthetic polymers and / or

selected from the group of silicone oil emulsions with an average droplet size below 50 μm and wherein it contains nonionic surfactants in an amount of up to 35% by weight, based in each case on the total agent. In the context of this invention, mild detergents are understood to mean those textile cleaning agents which additionally condition the textile fabrics to be cleaned. For the purposes of this invention, conditioning is to be understood as the finishing treatment of textile fabrics, fabrics, yarns and fabrics. The conditioning gives the textiles positive properties, such as an improved soft feel, increased gloss and color brilliance, refreshing the scent, reducing the creasing behavior and the static charge, as well as facilitating ironing behavior. Furthermore, the conditioning in the context of this invention leads to a gentle treatment of the textiles, ascertainable from a reduced formation of fluff and pills. Delicates are preferred for cleaning delicate textiles such as linen, wool, silk or cotton.

Liquid detergents in the context of this invention are liquid to gel-type textile cleaning agents at 20 ° C., which can be used universally.

Non-aqueous liquid detergents in the context of this invention are liquid to gel-type textile cleaning agents which have a low water content and can be packaged in portions in water-soluble casings.

In the context of the present invention, the term “non-aqueous” is to be understood as meaning agents which contain only small amounts of free water, ie water which is not bound as water of crystallization or in any other way. Since even non-aqueous solvents and raw materials (especially such technical qualities) have certain water contents, completely water-free agents can only be produced on an industrial scale with great effort and high costs. In the “non-aqueous” compositions of the present invention, small amounts of free water are therefore tolerable, which are below 15% by weight, preferably below 10% by weight, particularly preferably below 5% by weight, based in each case on the finished composition. lie.

As an essential component, the liquid textile cleaning agents or mild detergents or liquid detergents or non-aqueous liquid detergents according to the invention contain at least one lint reduction component, in which at least 90% of the particles have a particle size smaller than 100 μm, selected from the group of a) biological polymers and / or b) hydrogels and / or c) the synthetic polymers and / or

selected from the group of silicone oil emulsions with an average droplet size below 50 microns. The fluff reduction components are present in the liquid textile detergents or mild detergents or liquid detergents or non-aqueous liquid detergents as finely divided polymer particles or polymer emulsions or polymer dispersions which have a substantivity to textile fabrics or textile fibers. In a preferred embodiment, the lint reduction components are in the form of water-insoluble polymers. Particularly preferred, because of their good biodegradability and their excellent performance in reducing lint formation, the lint reduction components are selected from the group of biological polymers. In the context of this invention, biological polymers are also polymers that are only partially of biological or biotechnological origin. However, preference is given to those biological polymers in which at least 60%, preferably at least 80% and in particular at least 90% of the molecular weight is of biological or biotechnological origin. Particularly preferred biological polymers are selected from the group of celluloses. Microcrystalline cellulose of natural origin, for example Arbocel ^® BE 600-10, Arbocel ^® BE 600-20 and Arbocel ^® BE 600-30 ex Rettenmaier or biotechnological origin, for example Cellulon ^® ex Kelco, are extremely preferred. Microbiologically fermented celluloses, as described, for example, in US Pat. No. 6,329,192 B1, are also suitable for use as a lint reduction component.

Cellulose derivatives are also suitable for use as lint reduction components. Examples are the alkylated and / or hydroxyalkylated polysaccharides, cellulose ethers, for example hydroxypropylmethyl cellulose (HPMC), ethyl (hydroxyethyl) cellulose (EHEC), hydroxypropyl cellulose (HPC), methyl cellulose (MC), propyl cellulose (PC), carboxymethyl methyl cellulose (CMMC), hydroxybutyl cellulose (HBC), Hydroxybutylmethylcellulose (HBMC), Hydrdoxyethylcellulose (HEC), Hydroxyethylcarboxymethylcellulose (HECMC), Hydroxyethylethylcellulose (HEEC), Hydroxypropylcellulose (HPC), Hydroxypropylcarboxymethylcellulose (HPCMC), Hydroxyethylmethylcellulose (HEMCMC), Hydroxyethylmethylcellulose (HEMC) MHEPC) and mixtures thereof, methylcellulose, methylhydroxyethylcellulose and methylhydroxypropycellulose, hydroxypropylcellulose and slightly ethoxylated MC or mixtures of the above being preferred. Further examples are mixtures of cellulose ethers with carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC).

For the reduction of lint formation and also for the pulling behavior of the cellulose derivatives, it has proven to be advantageous that at least 90% of the particles have a particle size smaller than 100 μm, preferably smaller than 50 μm, particularly preferably smaller than 20 μm. Hydrogels are furthermore suitable as lint reduction components, hydrogels made from biological polymers being particularly preferred. Since hydrogels are water-based systems based on hydrophilic but water-insoluble polymers that exist as a three-dimensional network, the particles on the textile surface after the drying process are much smaller and are usually only a tenth or less of their original volume. The tiny particles are therefore no longer recognizable to the naked eye.

All hydrogels that are present in fine particles are suitable as hydrogel dispersions. Particularly suitable are hydrogels in which at least 90% of the particles have a particle size smaller than 100 μm, preferably smaller than 50 μm, particularly preferably smaller than 20 μm. Hydrogels in which at least 90% of the particles have a particle size of less than 500 nm are particularly suitable. Natural polymers such as agarose, gelatin, curdlan, alginates, pectinates, carageenans, chitosans are suitable as hydrogels.

An improved absorption behavior of the hydrogel particles during the textile cleaning process can additionally be achieved by their cationic modification. Networks are formed primarily via covalent bonds or via electrostatic, hydrophobic or dipole, dipole interactions.

The production of micro- and nanoscale hydrogels is state of the art and has already been described in numerous publications.

The formation of nanoscale hydrogel particles can take place via microemulsion polymerization of a water / oil emulsion stabilized in most cases with emulsifiers by homogenization using high-pressure homogenizers or rotor-stator homogenizers. The aqueous phase contains the dispersed polymers or monomers.

Furthermore, the lint reduction components can be selected from the group of synthetic polymers, such as, for example. Polyacrylates, polymethacrylates, polyacrylamides or polymethacrylamides, polyurethanes, polyvinylpyrrolidones, polyvinyl alcohols, polyvinyl acetate and / or their partial hydrolysates or their copolymers are used. The synthetic polymers can be added to the agents according to the invention as finely divided powders or dispersions or, in a preferred embodiment, can also be present as hydrogels.

The polycarboxylates have proven to be particularly suitable. These are, for example, the alkali metal salts of polyacrylic acid or polymethacrylic acid, for example those with a relative molecular weight of 500 to 1,000,000 g / mol, preferably 1,000 to 70,000 g / mol. Suitable polymers are, in particular, polyacrylates, which preferably have a molecular weight of 12,000 to 30,000 g / mol.

Also suitable are copolymeric polycarboxylates, in particular those of acrylic acid with methacrylic acid or of acrylic acid or methacrylic acid with maleic acid. Copolymers of acrylic acid with maleic acid which contain 50 to 90% by weight of acrylic acid and 50 to 10% by weight of maleic acid have proven to be particularly suitable. Their relative molar mass, based on free acids, is generally 2,000 to 70,000 g / mol, preferably 15,000 to 50,000 g / mol and in particular 30,000 to 40,000 g / mol.

The (co) polymeric polycarboxylates can be used either as a powder or as an aqueous solution. Commercially available, the preferred products are either in the form of aqueous solutions with solids contents of, for example, 30 to 40% or are spray-dried powders with a solids content of, for example, 90% by weight. The products of the Norasol ^R series and the products of the Acrysol ^R series from BASF and Rohm & Haas can be used, for example.

Here, too, it has proven to be advantageous for the lint reduction if the preferably water-insoluble polymers are in finely divided form. At least 90% of the particles preferably have a particle size of less than 100 μm, preferably less than 50 μm, particularly preferably less than 20 μm.

Another important group of lint reduction components are silicone oils.

The following silicone oils with the formulas I to III have been found to be particularly suitable components. CH ₃

(CH ₃ ) ₃ - Sß— (SιO) _x -S <CH,) ₃

Formula IR where R = phenyl or CC ₅ alkyl, particularly preferably methyl and x = 5 to 100,000.

CH ₃ CH ₃ Formula II (CH ₃ ) - siθ- (Siθ _{) x} - (Siθ) _y -Si (CH ₃ ) ₃

CH ₃ R2 where R ² = linear or branched alkyl having 6 to 50 carbon atoms and where the linkage with the Si atom takes place via an Si-OC or an Si-C bond, or a linear or branched aminoalkyl radical with x = 0 to 10,000 and y = 1 to 10,000.

CH ₃ CH ₃ CH ₃

Formula III R ⁵ (Siθ) - (Siθ) _z -Si-R ⁴

CH, CH, CH, wherein R ⁴ and R ⁵ independently of one another represent linear or branched alkyl groups having 6 to 50 carbon atoms. The links to the Si atoms are made via C-Si or CO-Si bonds. The number z is between 1 and 10,000. The silicones functionalized with amino groups, such as, for example, aminopolydimethylsiloxanes, are particularly suitable. Advantageously, the silicone oil derivatives can also carry ammonium groups since these support the pull-up behavior on textile fabrics and yarns.

The silicone oils are advantageously in the form of emulsions in which the mean droplet size is below 50 μm.

The conditioning agents according to the invention contain the fluff components in amounts of 0.005 to 15% by weight, preferably 0.01 to 10% by weight, particularly preferably 0.1 to 7% by weight and in particular 0.5 to 5% by weight .-%, each based on the entire average.

In a preferred embodiment, the liquid textile cleaning agents or mild detergents or liquid detergents or non-aqueous liquid detergents according to the invention additionally contain nonionic surfactants. The use of nonionic surfactants not only increases the washing performance of the agents according to the invention, but also supports the dispersion and homogeneous distribution of the lint reduction component (s). Preferred nonionic surfactants are alkoxylated, advantageously ethoxylated and / or propoxylated, in particular primary alcohols with preferably 8 to 18 carbon atoms and an average of 1 to 12 mol ethylene oxide (EO) and / or 1 to 10 mol propylene oxide (PO) per mol alcohol, used. Particularly preferred are C ₆ -C ₆ alcohol alkoxylates, advantageously ethoxylated and / or propoxylated C ₁₀ -C ₁₅ alcohol alkoxylates, in particular Ci ₂ -C ₁₄ alcohol alkoxylates, with a degree of ethoxylation between 2 and 10, preferably between 3 and 8, and / or a degree of propoxylation between 1 and 6, preferably between 1, 5 and 5. The alcohol radical can preferably be linearly or particularly preferably methyl-branched in the 2-position or contain linear and methyl-branched radicals in the mixture, as are usually present in oxo alcohol radicals. However, alcohol ethoxylates with linear residues of alcohols of native origin with 12 to 18 carbon atoms, for example from coconut, palm, tallow or oleyl alcohol, and an average of 2 to 8 EO per mole of alcohol are particularly preferred. The preferred ethoxylated alcohols include, for example, -C ₂ -alcohols with 3 EO or 4 EO, C ₉ . _ι alcohol with 7 EO, C ₁₃ . ₁₅ alcohols with 3 EO, 5 EO, 7 EO or 8 EO, C ₁₂ . ₁₈ -alcohols with 3 EO, 5 EO or 7 EO and mixtures of these, such as mixtures of Cι ₂ . ₁₄ -alcohol with 3 EO and C ₁₂ . ₁₈ alcohol with 5 EO. The specified degrees of ethoxylation and propoxylation represent statistical averages, which are a whole for a specific product or can be a fractional number. Preferred alcohol ethoxylates and propoxylates have a narrow homolog distribution (narrow range ethoxylates / propoxylates, NRE / NRP). In addition to these nonionic surfactants, fatty alcohols with more than 12 EO can also be used. Examples of this are tallow fatty alcohol with 14 EO, 25 EO, 30 EO or 40 EO.

Also suitable are alkoxylated amines, advantageously ethoxylated and / or propoxylated, in particular primary and secondary amines with preferably 1 to 18 carbon atoms per alkyl chain and an average of 1 to 12 mol ethylene oxide (EO) and / or 1 to 10 mol propylene oxide (PO ) per mole of amine.

The end-capped alkoxylated fatty amines and fatty alcohols have proven to be particularly advantageous, particularly for use in the non-aqueous formulations according to the invention. The terminal hydroxyl groups of the fatty alcohol alkoxylates and fatty amine alkoxylates are etherified in the end-capped fatty alcohol alkoxylates and fatty amine alkoxylates by dC _∑ o -alkyl groups, preferably methyl or ethyl groups.

In addition, as further nonionic surfactants, alkyl glycosides of the general formula RO (G) _x , e.g. B. as compounds, especially with anionic surfactants, are used in which R is a primary straight-chain or methyl-branched, in particular in the 2-position methyl-branched aliphatic radical having 8 to 22, preferably 12 to 18 C atoms and G is the symbol that stands for a glycose unit with 5 or 6 carbon atoms, preferably for glucose. The degree of oligomerization x, which indicates the distribution of monoglycosides and oligoglycosides, is any number between 1 and 10; x is preferably 1.2 to 1.4.

Another class of preferably used nonionic surfactants, which are 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 with 1 to 4 carbon atoms in the alkyl chain, in particular fatty acid methyl esters, as they are are described, for example, in Japanese patent application JP 58/217598 or which are preferably produced by the process described in international patent application WO-A-90/13533.

So-called gemini surfactants can be considered as further surfactants. These are generally understood to mean those compounds which have two hydrophilic groups and two hydrophobic groups per molecule. These groups are usually separated from one another by a so-called “spacer”. This spacer is usually a carbon chain which should be long enough that the hydrophilic groups are at a sufficient distance, so that they can act independently of each other. Such surfactants are generally characterized by an unusually low critical micelle concentration and the ability to greatly reduce the surface tension of the water. In exceptional cases, however, the term gemini surfactants means not only dimeric but also trimeric surfactants.

Suitable gemini surfactants are, for example, sulfated hydroxy mixed ethers according to German patent application DE-A-43 21 022 or dimer alcohol bis- and trimeral alcohol trisulfates and ether sulfates according to international patent application WO-A-96/23768. End group-capped dimeric and trimeric mixed ethers according to German patent application DE-A-195 13 391 are distinguished in particular by their bi- and multifunctionality. The end-capped surfactants mentioned have good wetting properties and are low-foaming, so that they are particularly suitable for use in machine washing or cleaning processes.

Gemini-polyhydroxy fatty acid amides or poly-polyhydroxy fatty acid amides, as described in international patent applications WO-A-95/19953, WO-A-95/19954 and WO-A-95/19955, can also be used.

Other suitable surfactants are polyhydroxy fatty acid amides of the following formula,

R ⁵

I R-CO-N- [Z] in the RCO for an aliphatic acyl radical having 6 to 22 carbon atoms, R ⁵ for hydrogen, an alkyl or hydroxyalkyl radical with 1 to 4 carbon atoms and [Z] for a linear or branched polyhydroxyalkyl radical with 3 up 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 following formula

R ⁶ -OR ⁷

I R-CO-N- [Z] in which R represents a linear or branched alkyl or alkenyl radical having 7 to 12 carbon atoms, R ^{6 represents} a linear, branched or cyclic alkyl radical or an aryl radical having 2 to 8 carbon atoms and R ^{7 represents} a linear, branched or cyclic alkyl radical or an aryl radical or an oxy-alkyl radical having 1 to 8 carbon atoms, C 1 -C 4 -alkyl or phenyl radicals being preferred and [Z] being a linear polyhydroxyalkyl radical whose alkyl chain is substituted by at least two hydroxyl groups, or alkoxylated, preferably ethoxylated or propoxylated, derivatives of this rest.

[Z] is preferably obtained by reductive amination of a reduced sugar, for example glucose, fructose, maltose, lactose, galactose, mannose or xylose. The N-alkoxy- or N-aryloxy-substituted compounds can then be converted, for example according to the teaching of international application WO-A-95/07331, into the desired polyhydroxy fatty acid amides by reaction with fatty acid methyl esters in the presence of an alkoxide as catalyst.

In a preferred embodiment, the liquid textile cleaning agents contain alkoxylated fatty alcohols, particularly preferably ethoxylated and / or propoxylated fatty alcohols.

For mild detergents, it has proven advantageous if nonionic surfactants selected from the group of alkoxylated fatty alcohols and / or alkyl glycosides, in particular mixtures of alkoxylated fatty alcohols and alkyl glycosides, are used.

In a preferred embodiment, the mild detergents according to the invention contain nonionic surfactants in amounts of up to 30% by weight, preferably from 5 to 25% by weight, particularly preferably from 10 to 20% by weight, in each case based on the total agent ,

In a preferred embodiment, the liquid detergents according to the invention have nonionic surfactants in amounts of up to 30% by weight, preferably from 5 to 20% by weight, in particular from 10 to 15% by weight, in each case based on the total composition.

In a preferred embodiment, the non-aqueous liquid detergents according to the invention have nonionic surfactants in an amount of up to 35% by weight, preferably from 15 to 25% by weight, in each case based on the total composition.

Furthermore, in a preferred embodiment, the liquid textile cleaning agents or mild detergents or liquid detergents or non-aqueous liquid detergents according to the invention can additionally contain anionic surfactants. Through the use of anionic surfactants, the dirt release behavior of the agents according to the invention during the Washing process significantly increased without significantly affecting the fluff reduction components.

Anionic surfactants used are, for example, those of the sulfonate and sulfate type. The surfactants of the sulfonate type are preferably C ₉ . ₁₃ -Alkylbenzenesulfonates, olefin sulfonates, ie mixtures of alkene and hydroxyalkanesulfonates and disulfonates such as are obtained, for example, from C ₂ -i8 monoolefins with terminal or internal double bonds by sulfonation with gaseous sulfur trioxide and subsequent alkaline or acidic hydrolysis of the sulfonation products receives. Alkanesulfonates made from C ₁₂ are also suitable. ₁₈ -alkanes can be obtained, for example, by sulfochlorination or sulfoxidation with subsequent hydrolysis or neutralization. The esters of α-sulfofatty acids (ester sulfonates), for example the α-sulfonated methyl esters of hydrogenated coconut, palm kernel or tallow fatty acids, are also suitable.

Other suitable anionic surfactants are sulfonated fatty acid glycerol esters. Fatty acid glycerol esters are to be understood as meaning the mono-, di- and triesters and their mixtures as obtained in the production by esterification of a monoglycerol with 1 to 3 moles of fatty acid or in the transesterification of triglycerides with 0.3 to 2 moles of glycerol become. Preferred sulfonated 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.

The alk (en) yl sulfates are the alkali and, in particular, the sodium salts of the sulfuric acid half esters of C ₁₂ -C ₁₈ fatty alcohols, for example from coconut fatty alcohol, tallow fatty alcohol, lauryl, myristyl, cetyl or stearyl alcohol or the C ₁₀ -C ₂₀ oxo alcohols and those half-esters of secondary alcohols of this chain length are preferred. Also preferred are alk (en) yl sulfates of the chain length mentioned which contain a synthetic, petrochemical-based straight-chain alkyl radical which have a degradation behavior analogous to that of the adequate compounds based on oleochemical raw materials. The C ₁₂ -C ₁₆ alkyl sulfates and C ₂ -C ₅ alkyl sulfates and C ₄ - C ₁₅ alkyl sulfates are preferred for washing technology reasons. In addition, 2,3-alkyl sulfates, which are produced for example in accordance with US Patent No. 3,234,258 or 5,075,041 and can be obtained as commercial products from Shell Oil Company under the name DAN ^®, are suitable anionic surfactants.

The sulfuric acid monoesters of straight-chain or branched C ₇ ethoxylated with 1 to 6 mol of ethylene oxide. ₂₁ alcohols, such as 2-methyl-branched C ₉ n alcohols with an average of 3.5 moles of ethylene oxide (EO) or C ₁₂ -ι ₈ fatty alcohols with 1 to 4 EO, which are referred to as fatty alcohol ether sulfates suitable and particularly preferred anionic surfactants in the context of this invention. Other suitable anionic surfactants are also the salts of alkylsulfosuccinic acid, which are also referred to as sulfosuccinates or as sulfosuccinic acid esters and which are monoesters and / or diesters of sulfosuccinic acid with alcohols, preferably fatty alcohols and especially ethoxylated fatty alcohols. Preferred sulfosuccinates contain C _{B. 1B} - fatty alcohol residues or mixtures thereof. Particularly preferred sulfosuccinates contain a fatty alcohol residue which is derived from ethoxylated fatty alcohols, which are nonionic surfactants in themselves. Again, sulfosuccinates, the fatty alcohol residues of which are derived from ethoxylated fatty alcohols with a narrow homolog distribution, are particularly preferred. It is also possible to use alk (en) ylsuccinic acid with preferably 8 to 18 carbon atoms in the alk (en) yl chain or salts thereof. Soaps are particularly suitable as further anionic surfactants. Saturated fatty acid soaps are suitable, such as the salts of lauric acid, myristic acid, palmitic acid, stearic acid, hydrogenated erucic acid and behenic acid, and in particular soap mixtures derived from natural fatty acids, for example coconut, palm kernel or tallow fatty acids. The anionic surfactants, including the soaps, can be in the form of their sodium, potassium or ammonium salts and also as soluble salts of organic bases, such as mono-, di- or tri-ethanolamine. The anionic surfactants are preferably in the form of their sodium or potassium salts, in particular in the form of the sodium salts. For the non-aqueous liquid detergents according to the invention, however, the ammonium salts, in particular the salts of organic bases, such as, for example, isopropylamine, are preferred.

Another class of anionic surfactants is the class of ether carboxylic acids which is accessible by reacting fatty alcohol ethoxylates with sodium chloroacetate in the presence of basic catalysts. They have the general formula: R ¹⁰ 0- (CH ₂ -CH ₂ -O) p-CH ₂ -COOH with R ⁰ = Cι-Cι ₈ and p = 0.1 to 20. Ether carboxylic acids are water hardness sensitive and have excellent Surfactant properties. Production and application are, for example, in soaps, oils, fats, waxes 101, 37 (1975); 115, 235 (1989) and Tenside Deterg. 25, 308 (1988).

In a preferred embodiment, the textile cleaning agents according to the invention contain anionic surfactants, preferably selected from the group consisting of fatty alcohol sulfates and / or fatty alcohol ether sulfates and / or alkylbenzenesulfonates and / or soaps.

In a preferred embodiment, the mild detergents according to the invention contain anionic surfactants in amounts below 10% by weight, preferably below 5% by weight and in particular below 1% by weight, in each case based on the total agent. In a preferred embodiment, the liquid detergents according to the invention contain anionic surfactants in amounts of up to 30% by weight, preferably up to 25% by weight, particularly preferably from 5 to 20% by weight, in particular from 8 to 15% by weight , each based on the total mean.

In a preferred embodiment, the non-aqueous liquid detergents according to the invention contain anionic surfactants in amounts of up to 60% by weight, preferably from 20 to 50% by weight, in particular from 30 to 45% by weight, in each case based on the total composition.

Furthermore, in a preferred embodiment, the liquid textile cleaning agents or mild detergents or liquid detergents or non-aqueous liquid detergents according to the invention can additionally contain complexing agents. Complexing agents improve the stability of the agents and protect, for example, against the decomposition of certain ingredients of wash-active formulations catalyzed by heavy metals.

The group of complexing agents includes, for example, the alkali metal salts of nitrilotriacetic acid (NTA) and their derivatives and alkali metal salts of anionic polyelectrolytes such as polyacrylates, polymaleates and polysulfonates. Low molecular weight hydroxycarboxylic acids such as citric acid, tartaric acid, malic acid or gluconic acid and their salts are also suitable. These preferred compounds include, in particular, organophosphonates such as, for example, 1-hydroxyethane-1,1-diphosphonic acid (HEDP), aminotri (methylenephosphonic acid) (ATMP), diethylenetriamine-penta (ethylenephosphonic acid) (DTPMP or DETPMP) and 2-phosphonobutane-1 , 2,4-tricarboxylic acid (PBS-AM), which are mostly used in the form of their ammonium or alkali metal salts.

In a preferred embodiment of the liquid textile cleaning agents or mild detergents or liquid detergents or non-aqueous liquid detergents according to the invention, the complexing agents are present in an amount of up to 10% by weight, preferably from 0.01 to 5% by weight, particularly preferably from 0.1 to 2 and in particular from 0.3 to 1.0% by weight, based in each case on the total agent.

Furthermore, in a preferred embodiment, the liquid textile cleaning agents or delicate detergents or liquid detergents or non-aqueous liquid detergents according to the invention can additionally contain enzymes.

Enzymes support the washing processes in a variety of ways, especially in removing badly bleachable contaminants, such as protein stains. Particularly suitable enzymes are those from the classes of hydrolases such as proteases, esterases, lipases or lipolytically active enzymes, amylases, cellulases or other glycosyl hydrolases and mixtures of the enzymes mentioned. All of these hydrolases help to remove stains such as protein, fat or starchy stains and graying in the laundry. Cellulases and other glycosyl hydrolases can also help to retain color and increase the softness of the textile by removing pilling and microfibrils. Oxireductases can also be used to bleach or inhibit the transfer of color. Enzymes obtained from bacterial strains or fungi such as Bacillus subtilis, Bacillus licheniformis, Streptomyceus griseus and Humicola insolens are particularly suitable. Proteases of the subtilisin type and in particular proteases which are obtained from Bacillus lentus are preferably used. Enzyme mixtures, for example from protease and amylase or protease and lipase or lipolytically active enzymes or protease and cellulase or from cellulase and lipase or lipolytically active enzymes or from protease, amylase and lipase or lipolytically active enzymes or protease, lipase or lipolytically active enzymes and cellulase, but in particular protease and / or lipase-containing mixtures or mixtures with lipolytically active enzymes of particular interest. Known cutinases are examples of such lipolytically active enzymes. Peroxides or oxidases have also proven to be suitable in some cases. Suitable amylases include in particular α-amylases, iso-amylases, pullulanases and pectinases. Cellobiohydrolases, endoglucanases and β-glucosidases, which are also called cellobiases, or mixtures thereof, are preferably used as cellulases. Since different types of cellulase differ in their CMCase and avicelase activities, the desired activities can be set by targeted mixtures of the cellulases.

The enzymes can be adsorbed or coated as a shaped body on carriers in order to protect them against premature decomposition.

In a preferred embodiment, the liquid textile cleaning agents according to the invention contain enzymes, preferably selected from the group of proteases and / or amylases and / or cellulases.

In a preferred embodiment, the mild detergents according to the invention contain cellulase, preferably in an amount of 0.005 to 2% by weight, particularly preferably 0.01 to 1% by weight, in particular 0.02 to 0.5% by weight, each based on the total mean. In a preferred embodiment, the liquid detergents according to the invention contain protease and / or amylase, particularly preferably any mixtures of protease and amylase.

In a preferred embodiment, the non-aqueous liquid detergents according to the invention contain enzymes, preferably selected from the group of proteases and / or amylases and / or cellulases, particularly preferably any mixtures of proteases, amylases and cellulases.

The liquid textile cleaning agents or mild detergents or liquid detergents or non-aqueous liquid detergents according to the invention advantageously have a viscosity of 50 to 5000 mPas, particularly preferably 50 to 3000 mPas and in particular 500 to 1500 mPas (measured at 20 ° C. with a rotary viscometer (Brookfield RV, spindle 2) at 20 rpm (rpm: revolutions per minute)).

In preferred embodiments, the liquid textile cleaning agents or delicate detergents or liquid detergents or non-aqueous liquid detergents according to the invention contain one or more solvents.

Solvents which can be used in the agents according to the invention come, for example, from the group of mono- or polyhydric alcohols, alkanolamines or glycol ethers, provided that they are miscible with water in the concentration range indicated. The solvents are preferably selected from ethanol, n- or i-propanol, butanols, glycol, propane or butanediol, glycerol, diglycol, propyl or butyl diglycol, hexylene glycol, ethylene glycol methyl ether, ethylene glycol ethyl ether, ethylene glycol propyl ether, ethylene glycol mono-n-butyl ether , Diethylene glycol methyl ether, diethylene glycol ethyl ether, propylene glycol methyl, ethyl or propyl ether, butoxy propoxy propanol (BPP), dipropylene glycol monomethyl or ethyl ether, diisopropylene glycol monomethyl or ethyl ether, methoxy, ethoxy - Or butoxytriglycol, 1-butoxyethoxy-2-propanol, 3-methyl-3-methoxybutanol, propylene glycol t-butyl ether and mixtures of these solvents.

Some glycol ethers are available under the trade names Arcosolv ^® (Arco Chemical Co.) or Cellosolve ^® , Carbitol ^® or Propasol ^® (Union Carbide Corp.); these also include, for example, ButylCarbitol ^® , HexylCarbitol ^® , MethylCarbitol ^® , and Carbitol ^® itself, (2- (2-ethoxy) ethoxy) ethanol. The choice of the glycol ether can be easily made by those skilled in the art based on its volatility, water solubility, weight percent of the total, and the like. Pyrrolidone solvents, such as N-alkylpyrrolidones, for example N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone or NC ₈ -C ₂ -alkylpyrrolidone, or 2-pyrrolidone, can also be be set. Also preferred as the sole solvent or as part of a solvent mixture are glycerol derivatives, in particular glycerol carbonate.

The alcohols which can be used as a cosolvent in the present invention include liquid polyethylene glycols with a low molecular weight, for example polyethylene glycols with a molecular weight of 200, 300, 400 or 600. Other suitable cosolvents are other alcohols, for example (a) lower Alcohols such as ethanol, propanol, isopropanol and n-butanol, (b) ketones such as acetone and methyl ethyl ketone, (c) C ₂ -C ₄ polyols such as a diol or a triol, for example ethylene glycol, propylene glycol, glycerol or mixtures thereof. From the class of diols, 1,2-octanediol is particularly preferred.

In a preferred embodiment, the agents according to the invention can contain one or more water-soluble organic solvents. Water-soluble is understood here to mean that the organic solvent in the amount contained is soluble in an optionally aqueous medium.

In a preferred embodiment, the conditioning agent according to the invention contains one or more solvents from the group comprising C to C ₄ monoalcohols, C ₂ to C ₆ glycols, C ₃ to C ₂ glycol ethers and glycerol, in particular ethanol. The C ₃ to C ₁₂ glycol ethers according to the invention contain alkyl or alkenyl groups with less than 10 carbon atoms, preferably up to 8, in particular up to 6, particularly preferably 1 to 4 and extremely preferably 2 to 3 carbon atoms.

Preferred Ci- to C ₄ monoalcohols are ethanol n-propanol, / so-propanol, and te / ϊ-butanol. Preferred C ₂ -C ₆ -glycols are ethylene glycol, 1, 2-propylene glycol, 1, 3-propylene glycol, 1, 5-pentanediol, neopentyl glycol and 1, 6-hexanediol, in particular ethylene glycol and 1, 2-propylene glycol. Preferred C ₃ to C ₁₂ glycol ethers are di-, tri-, tetra- and pentaethylene glycol, di-, tri- and tetrapropylene glycol, propylene glycol monotertiary butyl ether and propylene glycol monoethyl ether as well as the solvents butoxydiglycol, butoxyethanol, butoxyisopropanol, butoxypropanol, butyl designated according to INCI. Ethoxydiglycol, ethoxyethanol, ethyl hexanediol, isobutoxypropanol, isopentyldiol, 3-methoxybutanol, methoxyethanol, methoxyisopropanol and methoxymethylbutanol.

Particularly preferred solvents are ethanol, 1, 2-propylene glycol and dipropylene glycol and their mixtures, in particular ethanol and isopropanol. In a preferred embodiment, the mild detergents according to the invention contain up to 95% by weight, particularly preferably 20 to 90% by weight and in particular 50 to 80% by weight of one or more solvents, preferably water-soluble solvents and in particular water.

In a preferred embodiment, the liquid detergents according to the invention contain up to 90% by weight, particularly preferably 20 to 85% by weight and in particular 50 to 80% by weight of one or more solvents, preferably water-soluble solvents and in particular water.

In a preferred embodiment, the non-aqueous liquid detergents according to the invention contain organic solvents in amounts of up to 50% by weight, preferably up to 45% by weight, in particular from 20 to 40% by weight, in each case based on the total composition.

In addition to the aforementioned. Components can contain the liquid textile cleaning agents or mild detergents or liquid detergents or non-aqueous liquid detergents plasticizer components according to the invention. The use of additional plasticizer components has proven to be extremely advantageous, especially for mild detergents. The plasticizer components condition the textile fabrics during the washing process, so that an additional conditioning rinse is no longer necessary. The use of plasticizer components has proven particularly useful when washing delicate textiles such as silk, wool or linen, which are washed and ironed at low temperatures. The plasticizer components make ironing the textiles easier and reduce the static charge of the textile materials.

Examples of fabric softening components are quaternary ammonium compounds, cationic polymers and emulsifiers, such as are used in hair care products and also in textile finishing agents.

Suitable examples are quaternary ammonium compounds of the formulas (I) and (II),

where in (I) R and R ^{1 are} an acyclic alkyl radical having 12 to 24 carbon atoms, R ^{2 is} a saturated CC alkyl or hydroxyalkyl radical, R ^{3 is} either R, R ¹ or R ² or is an aromatic radical. X ^" stands for either a halide, methosulfate, Methophosphate or phosphate ion and mixtures of these. Examples of cationic compounds of the formula (I) are didecyldimethylammonium chloride, ditallow dimethylammonium chloride or dihexadecylammonium chloride.

Compounds of formula (II) are so-called ester quats. Esterquats are characterized by excellent biodegradability. Here R ^{4 represents} an aliphatic alkyl radical having 12 to 22 carbon atoms with 0, 1, 2 or 3 double bonds; R ⁵ stands for H, OH or O (CO) R ⁷ , R ⁶ independently of R ^{5 stands} for H, OH or O (CO) R ⁸ , where R ⁷ and R ⁸ each independently represent an aliphatic alkyl radical with 12 to 22 carbon atoms with 0, 1, 2 or 3 double bonds, m, n and p can each independently have the value 1, 2 or 3. X ^" can be either a halide, methosulfate, methophosphate or phosphate ion and mixtures thereof. Preferred are compounds which are O (CO) R ⁷ for R ⁵ and alkyl radicals having 16 to 18 carbon atoms for R ⁴ and R ⁷ Compounds in which R ^{6 is} also OH are particularly preferred, and examples of compounds of the formula (II) are methyl-N- (2-hydroxyethyl) -N, N-di (tallow acyl-oxyethyl) ammonium methosulfate , Bis- (palmitoyl) -ethyl-hydroxyethyl-methyl-ammonium-methosulfate or methyl-N, N-bis (acyloxyethyl) -N- (2-hydroxyethyl) -ammonium methosulfate. Quaternized compounds of the formula (II) are used which have unsaturated alkyl chains, the acyl groups are preferred, the corresponding fatty acids have an iodine number between 5 and 80, preferably between 10 and 60 and in particular between 15 and 45 and which have a cis / trans isomer ratio (in% by weight) of greater than 30 : 70, preferably greater than 50: 50 and in particular g have more than 70:30. Commercial examples are the methylhydroxyalkyldialkoyloxyalkylammonium methosulfates sold by Stepan under the trademark Stepantex ^® or the products from Cognis known as Dehyquart ^® . the Goldschmidt-Witco products known as Rewoquat ^® . Further preferred compounds are the diesterquats of the formula (III), which are available under the name Rewoquat® W 222 LM or CR 3099 and, in addition to the softness, also ensure stability and color protection.

R ²¹ and R ²² each independently represent an aliphatic radical having 12 to 22 carbon atoms with 0, 1, 2 or 3 double bonds. In addition to the quaternary compounds described above, other known compounds can also be used, such as quaternary imidazolinium compounds of the formula (IV),

where R ^{9 is} H or a saturated alkyl radical with 1 to 4 carbon atoms, R ¹⁰ and R ¹¹ independently of one another each represent an aliphatic, saturated or unsaturated alkyl radical with 12 to 18 carbon atoms, R ¹⁰ alternatively also for O (CO) R ²⁰ , where R ²⁰ denotes an aliphatic, saturated or unsaturated alkyl radical having 12 to 18 carbon atoms, and Z denotes an NH group or oxygen and X ^"is an anion. q can assume integer values between 1 and 4. Further suitable quaternary compounds are represented by Formula (V) described

R13 H

R12 - N Li - (CH ₂ ) _r - CI - 0 (C0) R15 X (V);

R14 CH ₂ - 0 (C0) R16

where R ¹² , R ¹³ and R ⁴ independently of one another represent a C ₄ alkyl, alkenyl or hydroxyalkyl group, R ¹⁵ and R ¹⁶ each independently represent a Cβ ₂₈ alkyl group and r is a number between 0 and 5 is.

In addition to the compounds of the formulas (I) and (II), it is also possible to use short-chain, water-soluble, quaternary ammonium compounds, such as trihydroxyethylmethylammonium methosulfate or the alkyltrimethylammonium chlorides, dialkyldimethylammonium chlorides and trialkylmethylammonium chlorides, e.g. Cetyltrimethylammonium chloride, stearyltrimethylammonium chloride, distearyldimethylammonium chloride, lauryldimethylammonium chloride, lauryldimethylbenzylammonium chloride and tricetylmethylammonium chloride.

Protonated alkylamine compounds which have a plasticizing effect and the non-quaternized, protonated precursors of the cationic emulsifiers are also suitable.

The quaternized protein hydrolyzates are further cationic compounds which can be used according to the invention. Suitable cationic polymers include the polyquaternium polymers as described in the CTFA Cosmetic Ingredient Dictionary (The Cosmetic, Toiletry and Fragrance, Inc., 1997), in particular the polyquaternium-6, polyquaternium-7, polyquaternium- also known as merquats. 10-polymers (Ucare Polymer IR 400; Amerchol), polyquaternium-4 copolymers, such as graft copolymers with a cellulose skeleton and quaternary ammonium groups which are bonded via allyldimethylammonium chloride, cationic cellulose derivatives, such as cationic guar, such as guar-hydroxypropyltriammonium chloride, and similar quaternary chloride Guar derivatives (eg Cosmedia Guar, manufacturer: Cognis GmbH), cationic quaternary sugar derivatives (cationic alkyl polyglucosides), eg the commercial product Glucquat ^® 100, according to CTFA nomenclature a "Lauryl Methyl Gluceth-10 Hydroxypropyl Dimonium Chloride", copolymers of PVP and dimethylaminomethacrylate, copolymers of vinylimidazole and vinylpyrrolidone, aminosilicone polymers and copol Ymere.

Also replaceable are polyquaternized polymers (eg Luviquat Care from BASF) and also cationic biopolymers based on chitin and their derivatives, for example the polymer available under the trade name Chitosan ^® (manufacturer: Cognis).

Also suitable according to the invention are cationic silicone oils such as, for example, the commercially available products Q2-7224 (manufacturer: Dow Corning; a stabilized trimethylsilylamodimethicone), Dow Corning 929 emulsion (containing a hydroxylamino-modified silicone, which is also referred to as amodimethicone) , SM-2059 (manufacturer: General Electric), SLM-55067 (manufacturer: Wacker) Abil ^® -Quat 3270 and 3272 (manufacturer: Goldschmidt-Rewo; diquartary polydimethylsiloxane, Quaternium-80), and silicone quat Rewoquat ^® SQ 1 (Tegopren ^® 6922, manufacturer: Goldschmidt-Rewo).

Compounds of the formula (VI) which can also be used are

the alkylamidoamines can be in their non-quaternized or, as shown, their quaternized form. R ¹⁷ can be an aliphatic alkyl radical having 12 to 22 carbon atoms with 0, 1, 2 or 3 double bonds, s can assume values between 0 and 5. R ¹⁸ and R ¹⁹ are each independently H, C ₁ _ ₄ alkyl or hydroxyalkyl. Preferred compounds are fatty acid amidoamines such as that known under the name Tego Amid ^® S 18 Stearylamidopropyldimethylamine or the 3-tallowamidopropyltrimethylammonium methosulfate available under the name Stepantex ^® X 9124, which are characterized not only by a good conditioning effect but also by a color transfer inhibiting effect and especially by their good biodegradability. Particularly preferred are alkylated quaternary ammonium compounds, of which at least one alkyl chain is interrupted by an ester group and / or amido group, in particular N-methyl-N (2-hydroxyethyl) - N, N- (ditalgacyloxyethyl) ammonium methosulfate and / or N-methyl -N (2-hydroxyethyl) -N, N- (palmitoyloxyethyl) ammonium methosulfate.

The most suitable nonionic plasticizers are polyoxyalkylene glycerol alkanoates, as described in British Patent GB 2,202,244, polybutylenes, as described in British Patent GB 2,199,855, long-chain fatty acids as described in EP 13 780, ethoxylated fatty acid ethanolamides as described in EP 43 547, alkyl polyglycosides, in particular sorbitan mono, di and triester, as described in EP 698 140 and fatty acid esters of polycarboxylic acids, as described in German Patent DE 2,822,891.

In a preferred embodiment, the mild detergents according to the invention contain cationic surfactants, preferably alkylated quaternary ammonium compounds, of which at least one alkyl chain is interrupted by an ester group and / or amido group.

The use of esterquats of the above-mentioned formula II has proven to be particularly advantageous and effective. In particular ester quats of the formula [(CH ₃ ) ₂ N ⁺ (CH CH ₂ OC (O) -R) ₂ ] X ^" or [(HO CH ₂ CH ₂ ) (CH3) N ⁺ (CH ₂ CH ₂ OC (0) -R) ₂ ] X ^' with R = linear saturated or unsaturated alkyl radical having 11 to 19, preferably 13 to 17 carbon atoms In a particularly preferred embodiment, the fatty acid radicals are tallow fatty acid radicals. X ^' is either a halide, for example Chloride or bromide, methophosphate or phosphate ion, preferably from methosulfate ion, and mixtures of these.

Also preferred are the quaternary ammonium compounds of the aforementioned formula V.

In particular in combination with the esterquats and / or the aforementioned ammonium compounds of the formula V, the lint-reducing and crease-reducing as well as the pill-reducing effects have proven to be particularly intensive, especially when microcrystalline cellulose, as described above, is used as the lint-reducing component. In particular, N-methyl-N (2-hydroxyethyl) -N, N- (ditalgacyloxyethyl) ammonium methosulfate or N-methyl-N (2-hydroxyethyl) -N, N- (dipalmitoylethyl) ammonium methosulfate are preferred.

In a further preferred embodiment, the mild detergents according to the invention contain plasticizer components in an amount of up to 15% by weight, preferably from 0.1 to 10% by weight, particularly preferably from 0.5 to 7% by weight and in particular from 1 to 3 wt .-%, each based on the total agent.

In addition to the aforementioned components, the liquid textile cleaning agents or mild detergents or liquid detergents or non-aqueous liquid detergents according to the invention can contain pearlescent agents. Pearlescent agents give the textiles an additional sheen and are therefore preferably used in the mild detergents according to the invention.

Examples of suitable pearlescent agents are: alkylene glycol esters; Fatty acid alkanol amides; partial glycerides; Esters of polyvalent, optionally hydroxy-substituted carboxylic acids with fatty alcohols having 6 to 22 carbon atoms; Fatty substances, such as, for example, fatty alcohols, fatty ketones, fatty aldehydes, fatty ethers and fatty carbonates, which have a total of at least 24 carbon atoms; Ring opening products of olefin epoxides with 12 to 22 carbon atoms with fatty alcohols with 12 to 22 carbon atoms, fatty acids and / or polyols with 2 to 15 carbon atoms and 2 to 10 hydroxyl groups and mixtures thereof.

Furthermore, the liquid textile cleaning agents or mild detergents or liquid detergents or non-aqueous liquid detergents according to the invention can additionally contain thickeners. The use of thickeners in the liquid detergent according to the invention has proven to be particularly advantageous. To increase consumer acceptance, the use of thickeners has proven particularly useful for liquid detergent in the form of a gel. The thickened consistency of the agent simplifies the application of the agent directly to the stains to be treated. This prevents a run, as is usual with low-viscosity agents.

Polymers derived from nature that are used as thickeners are, for example, agar agar, carrageenan, tragacanth, acacia, alginates, pectins, polyoses, guar flour, carob bean flour, starch, dextrins, gelatin and casein.

Modified natural products come primarily from the group of modified starches and celluloses, examples include carboxymethyl cellulose and cellulose ethers, hydroxyethyl and propyl cellulose and core meal ether. A large group of thickeners that are widely used in a wide variety of applications are the fully synthetic polymers such as polyacrylic and polymethacrylic compounds, vinyl polymers, polycarboxylic acids, polyethers, polyimines, polyamides and polyurethanes.

Thickeners from said Substanzkiassen are widely available commercially and are sold for example under the trade name Acusol ^® -820 (methacrylic acid (stearyl alcohol-20 EO) ester-acrylic acid copolymer, 30% in water, Rohm & Haas), Dapral ^® -GT-282-S (alkyl polyglycol ether, Akzo), Deuterol ^® polymer 11 (dicarboxylic acid copolymer, Schönes GmbH), Deuteron ^® -XG (anionic heteropolysaccharide based on β-D-glucose, D-manose, D-glucuronic acid , Schönes GmbH), Deuteron ^® -XN (non-ionic polysaccharide, Schönes GmbH), Dicrylan ^® -Deickener-O (ethylene oxide adduct, 50% in water / isopropanol, Pfersse Chemie), EMA ^® -81 and EMA ^® -91 ( Ethylene-maleic anhydride copolymer, Monsanto), thickener QR-1001 (polyurethane emulsion, 19 to 21% in water / diglycol ether, Rohm & Haas), Mirox ^® -AM (anionic acrylic acid-acrylic acid ester copolymer dispersion, 25% ig in Wasser, Stockhausen), SER-AD-FX-1100 (hydrophobic urethane polymer, Servo Delden), Shellflo ^® -S (h High molecular weight polysaccharide, stabilized with formaldehyde, Shell) and Shellflo ^® -XA (xanthan biopolymer, stabilized with formaldehyde, Shell) are available.

A preferred polymeric polysaccharide thickener is xanthan, a microbial anionic heteropolysaccharide that is produced by Xanthomonas campestris and some other species under aerobic conditions and has a molecular weight of 2 to 15 million g / mol. Xanthan is formed from a chain with β-1, 4-bound glucose (cellulose) with side chains. The structure of the subgroups consists of glucose, mannose, glucuronic acid, acetate and pyruvate, the number of pyruvate units determining the viscosity of the xanthan.

Xanthans and modified xanthans can be used with particular advantage on account of their extensive acid stability and oxidation stability.

Xanthan l

Basic unit of xanthan

In a preferred embodiment, the liquid detergents according to the invention additionally contain thickeners, preferably in amounts of up to 10% by weight, particularly preferably up to 5% by weight, in particular from 0.1 to 1% by weight, in each case based on the total Medium.

Furthermore, the liquid textile cleaning agents or mild detergents or liquid detergents or non-aqueous liquid detergents according to the invention can additionally contain odor absorbers and / or color transfer inhibitors. The use of color transfer inhibitors has proven particularly useful for the fine and liquid detergents according to the invention. The use of odor absorbers has proven to be very helpful for the deodorization of malodorous recipe components, such as amine-containing components, but also for the sustainable deodorization of the washed textiles.

In a preferred embodiment, the agents according to the invention optionally contain 0.1% by weight to 2% by weight, preferably 0.2% by weight to 1% by weight, of color transfer inhibitor, which in a preferred embodiment of the invention is a polymer from vinyl pyrrolidone, vinyl imidazole, vinyl pyridine N-oxide or a copolymer of these. Are usable. Both the polyvinylpyrrolidones known from European patent application EP 0 262 897 with molecular weights of 15,000 to 50,000 and the polyvinylpyrrolidones known from international patent application WO 95/06098 with molecular weights over 1,000,000, in particular from 1,500,000 to 4,000,000 , the N-vinylimidazole / N-vinylpyrrolidone copolymers known from the German patent applications DE 28 14 287 or DE 38 03 630 or the international patent applications WO 94/10281, WO 94/26796, WO 95/03388 and WO 95/03382 known from German patent application DE 28 14 329 polyvinyloxazolidones, the copolymers based on vinyl monomers and carboxamides known from European patent application EP 610 846, the polyesters and polyamides containing pyrrolidone groups known from international patent application WO 95/09194, the grafted polyamidoamines and polyethyleneimines known from international patent application WO 94/29422, the polymers known from German patent application DE 43 28 254 with amide groups from secondary amines, the polyamine N-oxide polymers known from international patent application WO 94/02579 or European patent application EP 0 135 217, derived from European patent application EP 0 584 738 known polyvinyl alcohols and the copolymers known from European patent application EP 0 584 709 based on acrylamidoalkenylsulfonic acids. However, it is also possible to use enzymatic systems comprising a peroxidase and hydrogen peroxide or a substance which supplies hydrogen peroxide in water, as are known, for example, from international patent applications WO 92/18687 and WO 91/05839. The addition of a mediator compound for peroxidase, for example an acetosyrinone known from international patent application WO 96/10079, a phenol derivative known from international patent application WO 96/12845 or a phenotiazine known from international patent application WO 96/12846 or Phenoxazine is preferred in this case, it also being possible to use the above-mentioned polymeric color transfer inhibitor active ingredients. For use in compositions according to the invention, polyvinylpyrrolidone preferably has an average molecular weight in the range from 10,000 to 60,000, in particular in the range from 25,000 to 50,000. Among the copolymers, those of vinylpyrrolidone and vinylimidazole in a molar ratio of 5: 1 to 1: 1 with an average molecular weight in the range from 5,000 to 50,000, in particular 10,000 to 20,000, are preferred.

Preferred deodorant substances for the purposes of the invention are one or more metal salts of an unbranched or branched, unsaturated or saturated, mono- or polyhydroxylated fatty acid with at least 16 carbon atoms and / or a resin acid with the exception of the alkali metal salts and any mixtures thereof.

A particularly preferred unbranched or branched, unsaturated or saturated, mono- or poly-hydroxylated fatty acid with at least 16 carbon atoms is ricinoleic acid. A particularly preferred resin acid is abietic acid.

Preferred metals are the transition metals and the lanthanoids, in particular the transition metals of the groups Villa, Ib and llb of the periodic table, and lanthanum, cerium and Neodymium, particularly preferably cobalt, nickel, copper and zinc, extremely preferably zinc. The cobalt, nickel and copper salts and the zinc salts have a similar effect, but the zinc salts are preferred for toxicological reasons.

One or more metal salts of ricinoleic acid and / or abietic acid, preferably zinc ricinoleate and / or zinc abietate, in particular zinc ricinoleate, are to be used as advantageous and therefore particularly preferred as deodorising substances.

Cyclodextrins, as well as any mixtures of the aforementioned metal salts with cyclodextries, preferably in a weight ratio of 1:10 to 10: 1, particularly preferably from 1: 5 to 5: 1 and in particular, have been found to be further suitable deodorant substances in the sense of the invention from 1: 3 to 3: 1. The term “cyclodextrin” includes all known cyclodextrins, i.e. both unsubstituted cyclodextrins with 6 to 12 glucose units, in particular alpha-, beta- and gamma-cyclodextrins and their mixtures and / - or their derivatives and / or their mixtures.

The liquid textile cleaning agents or mild detergents or liquid detergents or non-aqueous liquid detergents according to the invention can additionally contain further surfactants, for example amphoteric surfactants.

The amphoteric surfactants (zwitterionic surfactants) which can be used according to the invention include betaines, amine oxides, alkylamidoalkylamines, alkyl-substituted amino acids, acylated amino acids or the like. Biosurfactants, of which betaines are particularly preferred in the context of the teaching according to the invention.

Suitable betaines are the alkylbetaines, the alkylamidobetaines, the imidazoliniumbetaines, the sulfobetaines (INCI Sultaines) and the phosphobetaines and preferably satisfy formula I,

R ¹ - [CO-X- (CH ₂ ) _n ] _x -N ⁺ (R ² ) (R ³ ) - (CH ₂ ) _rn - [CH (OH) -CH ₂ ] _y -γ- (I) in R ¹ is a saturated or unsaturated C _6-22 -alkyl radical, preferably C _8-18 -alkyl radical, preferably a saturated C _10-16 alkyl group, for example a saturated Cι ₂ -ι ₄ alkyl radical,

X NH, NR ⁴ with the C 4 alkyl radical R ⁴ , O or S, n is a number from 1 to 10, preferably 2 to 5, in particular 3, x 0 or 1, preferably 1,

R ² , R ³ independently of one another are a C 1 -C 4 -alkyl radical, optionally hydroxy-substituted, such as, for example, a hydroxyethyl radical, but in particular a methyl radical, m is a number from 1 to 4, in particular 1, 2 or 3, y 0 or 1 and

Y COO, S0 ₃ , OPO (OR ⁵ ) O or P (O) (OR ⁵ ) O, where R ^{5 is} a hydrogen atom H or a -C - alkyl radical.

The alkyl and alkyl amido betaines, betaines of formula I with a carboxylate group (Y ^~ = COO ^" ) are also called carbobetaines.

Preferred amphoteric surfactants are the alkylbetaines of the formula (Ia), the alkylamido betaines of the formula (Ib), the sulfobetaines of the formula (Ic) and the amidosulfobetaines of the formula (Id),

R ¹ -N ⁺ (CH ₃ ) ₂ -CH ₂ COO ^" (la)

R ¹ -C0-NH- (CH ₂ ) ₃ -N ⁺ (CH ₃ ) ₂ -CH ₂ C00- (Ib)

R ¹ -N ⁺ (CH ₃ ) 2-CH ₂ CH (OH) CH ₂ Sθ3 ^" (Ic)

R ¹ -CO-NH- (CH ₂ ) ₃ -N ⁺ (CH ₃ ) ₂ -CH ₂ CH (OH) CH ₂ Sθ ₃ - (Id) in which R ^{1 has} the same meaning as in formula I.

Particularly preferred amphoteric surfactants are the carbobetaines, in particular the carbobetaines of the formula (Ia) and (Ib), most preferably the alkylamidobetaines of the formula (Ib).

Examples of suitable betaines and sulfobetaines are the following compounds named according to INCI: Almondamidopropyl betaine, apricotamidopropyl betaine, avocadamidopropyl betaine, Babassuamidopropyl betaine, behenamidopropyl betaine, behenyl betaine, betaine, canolamidopropyl betaine, caprylic / capramidopropyl betaine, carnitine, cocitine, cetin , Cocamidopropyl Betaine, Cocamidopropyl Hydroxysultaine, Coco-Betaine, Coco-Hydroxysultaine, Coco / Oleamidopropyl Betaine, Coco-Sultaine, Decyl Betaine, Di-hydroxyethyl Oleyl Glycinate, Dihydroxyethyl Soy Glycinate, Dihydroxyethyl Stearyl Glycinate, Dihydroxyethyl Tallow Glycinyl, PGeth -Betaine, Erucamidopropyl Hydroxysultaine, Hydrogenated Tallow Betaine, Isostearamidopropyl Betaine, Lauramidopropyl Betaine, Lauryl Betaine, Lauryl Hydroxysultaine, Lauryl Sultaine, Milkamidopropyl Betaine, Mink- amidopropyl Betaine, Myristamidopropyl Betaine, Myristyl Betaine, Oleamidopropyl Betaine, Oleamidopropyl Betaine, Oleamidopropyl Betaine, Oleamidopropyl Betaine roxysultaine, Oleyl Betaine, Olivamidopropyl Betaine, Palmamidopropyl Betaine, Palmitamidopropyl Betaine, Palmitoyl Carnitine, Palm Kernelamidopropyl Betaine, Polytetrafluoroethylene Acetoxypropyl Betaine, Ricinoleamidopropyl Betaine, Sesamidopropyl Betaine, Soyamidopropyl Betaine, Stearearamidopropyl Betaine, Stearearamidopropyl Betaine, Stearamidamidyl Betaine, Betaine , Tallow Dihydroxyethyl Betaine, Undecylenamidopropyl Betaine and Wheat Germamidopropyl Betaine. The amine oxides suitable according to the invention include alkylamine oxides, in particular alkyldimethylamine oxides, alkylamidoamine oxides and alkoxyalkylamine oxides. Preferred amine oxides satisfy formula II

R ⁶ R ⁷ R ⁸ N ⁺ -0- (II)

R ⁶ - [CO-NH- (CH ₂ ) _w ] zN ⁺ (R ⁷ ) (R ⁸ ) -O- (II) in which R ^{6 is} a saturated or unsaturated Cβ- _∑ -ralkyl radical, preferably C ₈ .i ₈ -Alkylrest, in particular a saturated C ₁₀ - ₁₆ alkyl radical, for example a saturated Cι- ₂ -alkyl radical, which in the alkylamidoamine oxides via a carbonylamidoalkylene group -CO-NH- (CH ₂ ) _z - and in the alkoxyalkylamine oxides via an oxaalkylene group -O- (CH ₂ ) _z - is bonded to the nitrogen atom N, where z for a number from 1 to 10, preferably 2 to 5, in particular 3, R ⁷ , R ⁸ independently of one another is a C 1-4 alkyl radical, optionally is hydroxy-substituted, such as a hydroxyethyl radical, in particular a methyl radical.

Examples of suitable amine oxides are the following compounds named in accordance with INCI: Almondamidopropylamine Oxide, Babassuamidopropylamine Oxide, Behenamine Oxide, Cocamidopropyl Amine Oxide, Cocamidopropylamine Oxide, Cocamine Oxide, Coco-Morpholine Oxide, Decylamine Oxide, Decyltetradecylamine Oxide, Diaminopyrimethyl Oxide Oxide, Dioxopoxymethyl Oxide Oxide, Diaminopyrimethyl Oxide Oxide, Diaminopyrimethyl Oxide Oxide, , Dihydroxyethyl C9-11 Alkoxypropylamine Oxide, Dihydroxyethyl C12-15 Alkoxypropylamine Oxide, Dihydroxyethyl Cocamine Oxide, Dihydroxyethyl Lauramine Oxide, Dihydroxyethyl Stearamine Oxide, Dihydroxyethyl Taliowamine Oxide, Hydrogenated Palm Kernel Amine Oxide, Hydrogenated Tallowamine Oxide, Hydroxyethyl Hydroxyethyl Hydroxyethyl Alkoxypropylamine Oxide, Isostearamidopropylamine Oxide, Isostearamidopropyl Morpholine Oxide, Lauramidopropylamine Oxide, Lauramine Oxide, Methyl Morpholine Oxide, Milkamidopropyl Amine Oxide, Minkamidopropylamine Oxide, Myristamidopropylamine Oxide, Myristamine Oxide, Myristyl / Cetyl Amine Oxide, Oleamidopropylamine Oxide, Oleamine Oxide, Olivamidopropylamine Oxide, Palmitamidopropylamine Oxide, Palmitamine Oxide, PEG-3 Lauramine Oxide, Potassium Dihydroxyethyl Cocamine Oxide Phosphate, Potassium Trisphosphonomethylamine Oxide, Sesamidopropylamine Oxide, Soyamidopropylearide, Oxamido Propyl, Amamide Oxide, Amide Tallowamidopropylamine Oxide, Tallowamine Oxide, Undecylenamidopropylamine Oxide and Wheat Germamidopropylamine Oxide.

The alkylamidoalkylamines (INCI alkylamido alkylamines) are amphoteric surfactants of the formula (IM), R ⁹ -CO-NR ¹⁰ - (CH ₂ ) rN (R ¹¹ ) - (CH ₂ CH ₂ θ) _r (CH ₂ ) _k - [CH ( OH)] | -CH ₂ -Z-OM (III) in which R ^{9 is} a saturated or unsaturated C ₂₂ alkyl radical, preferably C ₈ . ₁₈ -alkyl radical, preferably a saturated C ₁₀ -ι ₆ alkyl radical, for example a saturated

C ₁₂ . ₁₄ -alkyl radical, R ^{10 is} a hydrogen atom H or a -CC alkyl radical, preferably H, i is a number from 1 to 10, preferably 2 to 5, in particular 2 or 3,

R ^{11 is} a hydrogen atom H or CH ₂ COOM (to M su), j is a number from 1 to 4, preferably 1 or 2, in particular 1, k is a number from 0 to 4, preferably 0 or 1,

I 0 or 1, where k = 1 if I = 1,

Z CO, S0 ₂ , OPO (OR ¹² ) or P (0) (OR ¹² ), where R ^{12 is} a C 1-4 alkyl radical or M

(see below), and M is a hydrogen, an alkali metal, an alkaline earth metal or a protonated one

Alkanolamine, e.g. protonated mono-, di- or triethanolamine.

Preferred representatives satisfy the formulas purple to llld,

R ⁹ -CO-NH- (CH ₂ ) ₂ -N (R ¹¹ ) -CH ₂ CH ₂ θ-CH ₂ -COOM (purple)

R ⁹ _Cθ-NH- (CH ₂ ) ₂ -N (R ¹ VCH ₂ CH ₂ O-CH ₂ CH ₂ -COOM (IIIb)

R ⁹ -CO-NH- (CH ₂ ) ₂ -N (R ¹¹ ) -CH ₂ CH ₂ O-CH ₂ CH (OH) CH ₂ -Sθ ₃ M (never)

R ⁹ -CO-NH- (CH ₂ ) ₂ -N (R ¹¹ ) -CH ₂ CH ₂ θ-CH ₂ CH (OH) CH ₂ -OPθ ₃ HM (llld) in which R ¹ and M have the same meaning as in formula (III).

Exemplary alkylamido alkylamines are the following compounds named according to INCI: Caproamphodipropionate, Disodium caprylic loamphodiacetate Cocoamphodipropionic Acid, Cocobetainamido amphopropionates, DEA-Cocoamphodipropionate, Disodium Caproamphodiacetate, disodium, Disodium Capryloamphodipropionate, Disodium Cocoamphocarboxyethyl- hydroxypropylsulfonate, Disodium Cocoamphodiacetate, Disodium Cocoamphodipropionate, Disodium Isostearoamphodiacetate, Disodium isostearoamododropateate, disodium laureth-5 carboxyamphodiacetate, disodium lauroamphodiacetate, disodium lauroamphodipropionate, disodium PPG-2-isodecamate, disodium steaphodateate Sodium caproamphoacetate, sodium caproamphohydroxypropyl sulfonate, sodium caproamphopropionate, sodium capryloamphoacetate, sodium capryloamphohydroxypropyl sulfonate, Sodium Capryloampho-propionate, Sodium Cocoamphoacetate, Sodium Cocoamphohydroxypropylsulfonate, Sodium Cocoamphopropionate, Sodium Cornamphopropionate, Sodium Isostearoamphoacetate, Sodium Isostearoamphopropionate, Sodium Lauroamphoophoametolate Sodium Lauroamphoacetamate, Phosphorus Acetate propionate, sodium Myristoamphoacetate, Sodium Oleoamphoacetate, Sodium Oleoampho- hydroxypropylsulfonate, Sodium Oleoamphopropionate, Sodium Ricinoleoamphoacetate, Sodium Stearoamphoacetate, Sodium Stearoamphohydroxypropylsulfonate, phopropionate Sodium Stearoam-, Sodium Tallamphopropionate, Sodium Tallowamphoacetate, lenoamphoacetate Sodium Undecy-, Sodium Undecylenoamphopropionate, Sodium Wheat Germamphoacetate and Trisodium Lauroampho PG Acetate Chloride Phosphate.

Preferred alkyl-substituted amino acids according to the invention (INCI alkyl-substituted amino acids) are monoalkyl-substituted amino acids according to formula (IV),

R ¹³ -NH-CH (R ¹⁴⁾ - (CH _{2) u} COOM '(IV) in which R ¹³ is a saturated or unsaturated C _6-22 -alkyl radical, preferably C ₈ -ι ₈ -alkyl radical, preferably a saturated C _10-16 alkyl group, for example a saturated C ₁₂ .ι ₄ alkyl, R ¹⁴ is a hydrogen atom H or a C ^ alkyl group, preferably H, u is a number from 0 to 4, preferably 0 or 1, in particular 1, and

M 'is a hydrogen, an alkali metal, an alkaline earth metal or a protonated alkanolamine, e.g. protonated mono-, di- or triethanolamine,

alkyl-substituted imino acids according to formula (V),

R ¹⁵ -N - [(CH ₂ ) _v -COOM "] ₂ (V) in which R ^{15 is} a saturated or unsaturated C _{6. 22} alkyl radical, preferably C _{8. 18} alkyl radical, in particular a saturated C _{10. 6} Alkyl radical, for example a saturated C ₁₂ .i4 alkyl radical, v is a number from 1 to 5, preferably 2 or 3, in particular 2, and

M "is a hydrogen, an alkali metal, an alkaline earth metal or a protonated alkanolamine, e.g. protonated mono-, di- or triethanolamine, where M" may have the same or two different meanings in the two carboxy groups, e.g. Can be hydrogen and sodium or twice sodium is

and mono- or dialkyl-substituted natural amino acids according to formula (VI),

R ¹⁶ -N (R ¹⁷⁾ -CH (R ¹⁸⁾ COOM '' (VI) in which R ¹⁶ is a saturated or unsaturated C _6-22 -alkyl radical, preferably C ₈ .. ₈ -alkyl radical, preferably a saturated C _{10 16-} alkyl radical, for example a saturated C _{12 .4} -alkyl radical, R ^{17 is} a hydrogen atom or a C 1-4 alkyl radical, optionally substituted by hydroxyl or amine, for example a methyl, ethyl, hydroxyethyl or amine propyl radical, R ^{18 is} the radical of one of the 20 natural α-amino acids H ₂ NCH (R ¹⁸ ) COOH, and M "'is a hydrogen, an alkali metal, an alkaline earth metal or a protonated alkanolamine, for example protonated mono-, di- or triethanolamine.

Particularly preferred alkyl-substituted amino acids are the aminopropionates according to formula (IVa)

R ¹³ -NH-CH ₂ CH ₂ COOM '(IVa) in which R ¹³ and M' have the same meaning as in formula (IV).

Exemplary alkyl-substituted amino acids are the following compounds named in accordance with INCI: aminopropyl lauryl glutamine, cocaminobutyric acid, cocaminopropionic acid, DEA lauraminopropionate, disodium cocaminopropyl iminodiacetate, disodium dicarboxyethyl cocopropylenediamine, disodium lauriododipropionate, disodium stiminodiaminodipinate, disodium stearinodinodipodate, disodium stearinodipinate, disodium stearinodinodiphenate, disodium stearinodipinate , Lauryl Diethylenediaminoglycine, Myristaminopropionic Acid, Sodium C12-15 Alkoxypropyl Iminodipropionate, Sodium Cocaminopropionate, Sodium Lauraminopropionate, Sodium Lauriminodipropionate, Sodium Lauroyl Methylaminopropionate, TIΞA-Lauraminopropionate and TEA-Myristaminopropionate.

Acylated amino acids are amino acids, especially the 20 natural α-amino acids, which carry the acyl residue R ¹⁹ CO of a saturated or unsaturated fatty acid R ¹⁹ COOH on the amino nitrogen atom, where R ^{19 is} a saturated or unsaturated C ₆ . ₂₂ -alkyl radical, preferably C ₈ . ₁₆ is alkyl group, for example a saturated C ₁₂ .. ₄ alkyl radical - ₁₈ alkyl radical, preferably a saturated C _{10 degrees.} The acylated amino acids can also be used as alkali metal salt, alkaline earth metal salt or alkanolammonium salt, for example mono-, di- or triethanolammonium salt. Exemplary acylated amino acids are the acyl derivatives summarized according to INCI under amino acids, for example sodium cocoyl glutamate, lauroyl glutamic acid, caprylyl glycine or myristoyl methylalanine.

In a preferred embodiment, the total surfactant content, without the amount of fatty acid soap, is below 55% by weight, preferably below 50% by weight, particularly preferably between 38 and 48% by weight, in each case based on the total composition.

The liquid textile cleaning agents or mild detergents or liquid detergents or non-aqueous liquid detergents according to the invention can additionally contain further detergent detergents. Additives contain, for example from the group of builders, bleaching agents, bleach activators, electrolytes, pH-adjusting agents, fragrances, perfume carriers, fluorescent agents, dyes, foam inhibitors, graying inhibitors, anti-crease agents, antimicrobial agents, germicides, fungicides, antioxidants, antistatic agents, ironing assistants , optical brighteners, anti-redeposition agents, viscosity regulators, anti-shrink agents, corrosion inhibitors, preservatives, phobing and impregnating agents.

The agents according to the invention can contain builders.

All builders commonly used in detergents and cleaning agents can be incorporated into the agents according to the invention, in particular thus zeolites, silicates, carbonates, organic cobuilders and - where there are no ecological prejudices against their use - also the phosphates.

Suitable crystalline, layered sodium silicates have the general formula NaMSi _x 0 _{2x +} ι »H ₂ 0, 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. Such crystalline layered silicates are described, for example, in European patent application EP-A-0 164 514. Preferred crystalline layered silicates of the formula given are those in which M represents sodium and x assumes the values 2 or 3. In particular, both β- and δ-sodium disilicate Na ₂ Si ₂ 0 ₅ • yH ₂ 0 are preferred, with β-sodium disilicate being able to be obtained, for example, by the method described in international patent application WO-A-91/08171.

Amorphous sodium silicates with a module Na ₂ 0: Si0 ₂ of 1: 2 to 1: 3.3, preferably from 1: 2 to 1: 2.8 and in particular from 1: 2 to 1: 2.6, can also be used are delayed in dissolving and have secondary washing properties. The delay in dissolution compared to conventional amorphous sodium silicates can be caused in various ways, for example by surface treatment, compounding, compacting / compression 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 in X-ray diffraction experiments do not provide sharp X-ray reflections as are typical for crystalline substances, but at most one or more maxima of the scattered X-rays which have a width of several degree units of the diffraction angle. However, it can very well lead to particularly good builder properties if the silicate particles deliver washed-out or even sharp diffraction maxima in electron diffraction experiments. This is to be interpreted sc that the products have microcrystalline areas of size 10 to a few hundred nm, values up to max. 50 nm and in particular up to max. 20 nm are preferred. Such so-called X-ray amorphous silicates, which also have a delay in dissolution compared to conventional water glasses, are described, for example, in German patent application DE-A-44 00 024. Compacted / compacted amorphous silicates, compounded amorphous silicates and over-dried X-ray amorphous silicates are particularly preferred.

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. However, zeolite X and mixtures of A, X and / or P are also suitable. Commercially available and can preferably be used in the context of the present invention, for example a co-crystallizate of zeolite X and zeolite A (approx ), which is sold by CONDEA Augusta SpA under the brand name VEGOBOND AX ^® and is represented by the formula nNa ₂ 0 • (1-n) K ₂ 0 • Al ₂ 0 ₃ • (2 - 2.5) Si0 ₂ • ( 3.5 - 5.5) H ₂ O can be described. Suitable zeolites have an average particle size of less than 10 μm (volume distribution; measurement method: Coulter Counter) and preferably contain 18 to 22% by weight, in particular 20 to 22% by weight, of bound water. The zeolites can also be used as over-dried zeolites with lower water contents and are then suitable due to their hygroscopicity for removing unwanted traces of free water.

It is of course also possible to use the generally known phosphates as builder substances, provided that such use should not be avoided for ecological reasons. The sodium salts of orthophosphates, pyrophosphates and in particular tripolyphosphates are particularly suitable.

Organic builder substances which can be used as cobuilders and which of course also serve to regulate viscosity are, for example, the polycarboxylic acids which can be used in the form of their sodium salts, polycarboxylic acids being understood to mean those carboxylic acids which carry more than one acid function. For example, these are citric acid, adipic acid, succinic acid, glutaric acid, malic acid, tartaric acid, maleic acid, fumaric acid, sugar acids, aminocarboxylic acids, nitrilotriacetic acid (NTA) and their descendants, and mixtures of these. Preferred salts are the salts of polycarboxylic acids such as citric acid, adipic acid, succinic acid, glutaric acid, tartaric acid, sugar acids and mixtures of these.

The acids themselves can also be used. In addition to their builder effect, the acids typically also have the property of an acidifying component and thus serve also for setting a lower and milder pH value of detergents or cleaning agents. Citric acid, succinic acid, glutaric acid, adipic acid, gluconic acid and any mixtures thereof can be mentioned in particular. Other acidifiers that can be used are known pH regulators such as sodium hydrogen carbonate and sodium hydrogen sulfate.

Polymeric polycarboxylates are also suitable as builders, for example the alkali metal salts of polyacrylic acid or polymethacrylic acid, for example those with a relative molecular weight of 500 to 70,000 g / mol.

For the purposes of this document, the molecular weights given for polymeric polycarboxylates are weight-average molecular weights M _{w of} the particular acid form, which were determined in principle by means of gel permeation chromatography (GPC), using a UV detector. The measurement was made against an external polyacrylic acid standard, which provides realistic molecular weight values due to its structural relationship to the polymers investigated. This information differs significantly from the molecular weight information in which polystyrene sulfonic acids are used as standard. The molar masses measured against polystyrene sulfonic acids are generally significantly higher than the molar masses specified in this document.

Suitable polymers are, in particular, polyacrylates, which preferably have a molecular weight of 2,000 to 20,000 g / mol. Because of their superior solubility, the short-chain polyacrylates with molecular weights of 2,000 to 10,000 g / mol, and particularly preferably 3,000 to 5,000 g / mol, can in turn be preferred from this group. Suitable polymers can also comprise substances which consist partly or completely of units of vinyl alcohol or its derivatives.

Also suitable are copolymeric polycarboxylates, in particular those of acrylic acid with methacrylic acid and of acrylic acid or methacrylic acid with maleic acid. Copolymers of acrylic acid with maleic acid which contain 50 to 90% by weight of acrylic acid and 50 to 10% by weight of maleic acid have proven to be particularly suitable. Their relative molecular weight, based on free acids, is generally 2,000 to 70,000 g / mol, preferably 20,000 to 50,000 g / mol and in particular 30,000 to 40,000 g / mol. The (co) polymeric polycarboxylates can be used either as an aqueous solution or preferably as a powder.

To improve the solubility in water, the polymers can also contain allylsulfonic acids, such as, for example, in EP-B-0 727 448 allyloxybenzenesulfonic acid and methallylsulfonic acid, as monomers.

Also particularly preferred are biodegradable polymers made up of more than two different monomer units, for example those which according to DE-A-43 00 772 Monomeric salts of acrylic acid and maleic acid as well as vinyl alcohol or vinyl alcohol derivatives or according to DE-C-42 21 381 as monomer salts of acrylic acid and 2-alkylallylsulfonic acid and sugar derivatives.

Further preferred copolymers are those which are described in German patent applications DE-A-43 03 320 and DE-A-44 17 734 and which preferably contain acrolein and acrylic acid / acrylic acid salts or acrolein and vinyl acetate as monomers.

Also to be mentioned as further preferred builder substances are polymeric aminodicarboxylic acids, their salts or their precursor substances. Particularly preferred are polyaspartic acids or their salts and derivatives, of which it is disclosed in German patent application DE-A-19540 086 that, in addition to cobuilder properties, they also have a bleach-stabilizing effect. Polyvinylpyrrolidones, polyamine derivatives such as quaternized and / or ethoxylated hexamethylene diamines are also suitable.

Other suitable builder substances are polyacetals, which can be obtained by reacting dialdehydes with polyolcarboxylic acids which have 5 to 7 carbon atoms and at least 3 hydroxyl groups, for example as described in European patent application EP-A-0 280 223. Preferred polyacetals are obtained from dialdehydes such as glyoxal, glutaraldehyde, terephthalaldehyde and their mixtures and from polyol carboxylic acids such as gluconic acid and / or glucoheptonic acid.

Also suitable as organic builder substances are dextrins, for example oligomers or polymers of carbohydrates, which can be obtained by partial hydrolysis of starches. The hydrolysis can be carried out by customary processes, for example acid-catalyzed or enzyme-catalyzed. They are preferably hydrolysis products with average molar masses in the range from 400 to 500,000 g / mol. A polysaccharide with a dextrose equivalent (DE) in the range from 0.5 to 40, in particular from 2 to 30, is preferred, DE being a customary measure of the reducing action of a polysaccharide compared to dextrose, which has a DE of 100 , is. Both maltodextrins with a DE between 3 and 20 and dry glucose syrups with a DE between 20 and 37 as well as so-called yellow dextrins and white dextrins with higher molar masses in the range from 2,000 to 30,000 g / mol can be used. A preferred dextrin is described in British patent application 94 19 091.

The oxidized derivatives of such dextrins are their reaction products with oxidizing agents which are capable of oxidizing at least one alcohol function of the saccharide ring to the carboxylic acid function. Such oxidized dextrins and processes for their preparation are known, for example, from European patent applications EP-A-0 232 202, EP-A-0427 349, EP-A-0472 042 and EP-A-0 542496 and the international ones Patent applications WO-A-92/18542, WO-A-93/08251, WO-A-93/16110, WO-A-94/28030, WO-A-95/07303, WO-A-95/12619 and WO -A-95/20608 known. An oxidized oligosaccharide according to German patent application DE-A-196 00 018 is also suitable. A product oxidized to Cβ of the saccharide ring can be particularly advantageous. Oxydisuccinates and other derivatives of disuccinates, preferably ethylenediamine disuccinate, are further suitable cobuilders. Ethylene diamine N, N'-disuccinate (EDDS), the synthesis of which is described, for example, in US Pat. No. 3,158,615, is preferably used in the form of its sodium or magnesium salts. Also preferred in this context are glycerol disuccinates and glycerol trisuccinates, as described, for example, in US Pat. Nos. 4,524,009, 4,639,325, in European patent application EP-A-0 150 930 and in Japanese patent application JP-A-93/339 896 become. Suitable amounts for use in formulations containing zeolite and / or silicate are 3 to 15% by weight.

Other useful organic cobuilders are, for example, acetylated hydroxycarboxylic acids or their salts, which may also be in lactone form and which contain at least 4 carbon atoms and at least one hydroxyl group and a maximum of two acid groups. Such cobuilders are described, for example, in international patent application WO 95/20029.

The agents according to the invention can optionally builders in amounts of 1 to 30 wt .-%, preferably 10 to 25 wt .-%. The non-aqueous liquid detergents according to the invention advantageously contain water-soluble builders as builders, preferably from the group of the oligo- and polycarboxylates, the carbonates and the crystalline and / or amorphous silicates. Among these compounds, the salts of citric acid have proven to be particularly suitable, the alkali and, in particular, the sodium salts being preferred.

The agents according to the invention, in particular the non-aqueous liquid detergents according to the invention, can contain bleaching agents.

Among the compounds which serve as bleaching agents and supply H ₂ 0 ₂ in water, sodium percarbonate, sodium perborate tetrahydrate and sodium perborate monohydrate are of particular importance. Further usable bleaching agents are, for example, peroxopyrophosphates, citrate perhydrates and H ₂ O-providing peracid salts or peracids, such as persulfates or persulfuric acid. The urea peroxohydrate percarbamide, which can be described by the formula H ₂ N-CO-NH ₂ Η ₂ 0 ₂ , can also be used. In particular when using the agents for cleaning hard surfaces, for example in automatic dishwashing, they can, if desired, also use bleaches from the group of organic contain bleaches, although their use is also possible in principle for detergents. Typical organic bleaching agents are the diacyl peroxides, such as dibenzoyl peroxide. Other typical organic bleaching agents are peroxy acids, examples of which include alkyl peroxy acids and aryl peroxy acids. Preferred representatives are the peroxybenzoic acid and its ring-substituted derivatives, such as alkylperoxybenzoic acids, but also peroxy-α-naphthoic acid and magnesium monoperphthalate, the aliphatic or substituted aliphatic peroxyacids, such as peroxylauric acid, peroxystearic acid, ε-phthalimidoperimoycapidoxyhex, phthalate o-carboxybenzamidoperoxycaproic acid, N-nonenylamide operadipic acid and N-none-nylamidopersuccinate, and aliphatic and araliphatic peroxydicarboxylic acids, such as 1, 12-diperoxycarboxylic acid, 1, 9-diperoxyazelaic acid, diperoxysebacic acid, diperoxydalsyl acid, 4-diperoxydiacid, 2-diperoxydiacid, 2-diperoxydiacid, 2-diperoxydiacid, 4-diperoxyacid, diacid, N, N-terephthaloyl-di (6-aminopercaproic acid) can be used. The agents according to the invention can particularly preferably contain phthalimidoperoxyhexanoic acid (PAP). The bleaches can be coated to protect them against premature decomposition.

The agents according to the invention can contain bleach activators.

Bleach activators which can be used are compounds which, under perhydrolysis conditions, give aliphatic peroxocarboxylic 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 number of carbon atoms mentioned and / or optionally substituted benzoyl groups. Multi-acylated alkylenediamines, in particular tetraacetylethylene diamine (TAED), acylated triazine derivatives, in particular 1,5-diacetyl-2,4-dioxohexahydro-1,3,5-triazine (DADHT), acylated glycolurils, in particular tetraacetylglycoluril (TAGU), are preferred. N-acylimides, especially N-nonanoylsuccinimide (NOSI), acylated phenolsulfonates, especially n-nonanoyl- or isononanoyloxybenzenesulfonate (n- or iso-NOBS), carboxylic acid anhydrides, especially phthalic anhydride, acylated polyhydric alcohols, especially triacetyl acetyl, triacetyl acetyl, especially triacetyl acetyl, acetic acid triacetyl acetic acid, triacetyl acetyl, especially triacetyl acetyl , 2,5-diacetoxy-2,5-dihydrofuran and the enol esters known from German patent applications DE 196 16 693 and DE 196 16 767 as well as acetylated sorbitol and mannitol or their mixtures described in European patent application EP 0 525 239 (SORMAN ), acylated sugar derivatives, especially pentaacetylglucose (PAG), pentaacetylfructose, tetraacetylxylose and octaacetyllactose as well as acety lated, optionally N-alkylated glucamine and gluconolactone, and / or N-acylated lactams, for example N-benzoylcaprolactam, which are known from international patent applications WO 94/27970, WO 94/28102, WO 94/28103, WO 95/00626, WO 95 / 14759 and WO 95/17498 are known. The hydrophilic known from German patent application DE 196 16 769 Substituted acylacetals and the acyl lactams described in German patent application DE 196 16 770 and international patent application WO 95/14075 are also preferably used. The combinations of conventional bleach activators known from German patent application DE 44 43 177 can also be used. Another class of preferred liquid bleach activators are the liquid imide bleach activators of the formula below.

The agents according to the invention can contain electrolytes.

A wide range of different salts can be used as electrolytes from the group of inorganic salts. Preferred cations are the alkali and alkaline earth metals, preferred anions are the halides and sulfates. From a manufacturing point of view, the use of NaCl or MgCl ₂ in the agents according to the invention is preferred. The proportion of electrolytes in the agents according to the invention is usually 0.5 to 5% by weight.

The agents according to the invention can contain pH adjusting agents.

In order to bring the pH of the agents according to the invention into the desired range, the use of pH adjusting agents can be indicated. All known acids or alkalis can be used here, provided that their use is not prohibited for application-related or ecological reasons or for reasons of consumer protection. The amount of these adjusting agents usually does not exceed 2% by weight of the total formulation.

The agents according to the invention can contain colorants and fragrances.

Colorants and fragrances are added to the agents according to the invention in order to improve the aesthetic impression of the products and, in addition to the washing or cleaning performance, to provide the consumer with a visually and sensorially "typical and unmistakable" product. Individual fragrance compounds, for example the synthetic products of the ester, ether, aldehyde, ketone, alcohol and hydrocarbon type, can be used as perfume oils or fragrances. Fragrance compounds of the ester type are, for example, benzyl acetate, phenoxyethyl isobutyrate, p-tert-butylcyclohexyl acetate, linalyl acetate, dimethylbenzylcarbyl acetate, phenylethyl acetate, linalylbenzoate, benzyl formate, ethylmethylphenylglycinate, allylcyclohexyl benzylatepylpionate, and The ethers include, for example, benzyl ethyl ether, the aldehydes include, for example, the linear alkanals with 8-18 C atoms, citral, citronellal, citronellyloxyacetaldehyde, cyclamenaldehyde, hydroxycitronellal, lilial and bourgeonal, and the ketones include, for example, the jonones, o-isomethyl ionone and methyl cedryl ketone , the alcohols anethole, citronellol, eugenol, geraniol, linalool, phenylethyl alcohol and terpineol, the hydrocarbons mainly include the terpenes such as limonene and pinene. However, preference is given to using mixtures of different fragrances which together create an appealing fragrance. Perfume oils of this type can also contain natural fragrance mixtures such as are obtainable from plant sources, for example pine, citrus, jasmine, patchouly, rose or ylang-ylang oil. Also suitable are muscatel, sage oil, chamomile oil, clove oil, lemon balm oil, mint oil, cinnamon leaf oil, linden blossom oil, juniper oil, vetiver oil, olibanum oil, galbanum oil and labdanum oil as well as orange blossom oil, nero-liol, orange peel oil and sandalwood oil.

The agents according to the invention can contain UV absorbers.

The agents can contain UV absorbers, which absorb onto the treated textiles and improve the lightfastness of the fibers and / or the lightfastness of the other formulation components. UV absorbers are understood to mean organic substances (light protection filters) which are able to absorb ultraviolet rays and release the absorbed energy in the form of longer-wave radiation, for example heat. Compounds which have these desired properties are, for example, the compounds and derivatives of benzophenone with substituents in the 2- and / or 4-position which are effective by radiation-free deactivation. Substituted benzotriazoles, such as, for example, the water-soluble benzenesulfonic acid 3- (2H-benzotriazol-2-yl) -4-hydroxy-5- (methylpropyl) monosodium salt (Cibafast ^® H), are phenyl-substituted acrylates (cinnamic acid derivatives) in the 3-position. , optionally with cyanogamps in the 2-position, salicylates, organic Ni complex and natural substances such as umbelliferone and the body's own urocanoic acid. The biphenyl and, above all, stilbene derivatives described, for example in EP 0728749 A and are available as Tinosorb FD ^{® ®} or Tinosorb FR ex Ciba commercially. The UV-B absorbers that may be mentioned are 3-benzylidene camphor or 3-benzylidene norcampher and its derivatives, for example 3- (4-methylbenzylidene) camphor, as described in EP 0693471 B1; 4-aminobenzoic acid derivatives, preferably 2-ethylhexyl 4- (dimethylamino) benzoate, 2-octyl 4- (dimethylamino) benzoate and amyl 4- (dimethylamino) benzoate; Esters of cinnamic acid, preferably 2-ethylhexyl 4-methoxycinnamate, propyl 4-methoxycinnamate, isoamyl 4-methoxycinnamate, 2-ethylhexyl 2-cyano-3,3-phenylcinnamate (octocrylene); Esters of salicylic acid, preferably salicylic acid 2-ethylhexyl ester, salicylic acid 4-isopropylbenzyl ester, salicylic acid homomethyl ester; Derivatives of benzophenone, preferably 2-hydroxy-4-methoxybenzophenone, 2-hydroxy-4-methoxy-4'-methylbenzophenone, 2,2'-dihydroxy-4-methoxybenzophenone; Esters of benzalmalonic acid, preferably di-2-ethylhexyl 4-methoxybenzmalonate; Triazine derivatives, such as, for example, 2,4,6-trianilino- (p-carbo-2'-ethyl-1'-hexyloxy) -1, 3,5-triazine and octyl triazone, as described in EP 0818450 A1 or dioctyl Butamido Triazone (Uvasorb® HEB); Propan-1,3-diones such as 1- (4-tert-butylphenyl) -3- (4'methoxyphenyl) propane-1,3-dione; Ketotricy- clo (5.2.1.0) decane derivatives, as described in EP 0694521 B1. Also suitable are 2-phenylbenzimidazole-5-sulfonic acid and its alkali, alkaline earth, ammonium, alkylammonium, alkanoiammonium and glucammonium salts; Sulfonic acid derivatives of benzophenones, preferably 2-hydroxy-4-methoxybenzophenone-5-sulfonic acid and their salts; Sulfonic acid derivatives of 3-benzylidene camphor, such as 4- (2-oxo-3-bornylidenemethyl) benzene-sulfonic acid and 2-methyl-5- (2-oxo-3-bomylidene) sulfonic acid and their salts. Derivatives of benzoylmethane, such as 1- (4'-tert-butylphenyl) -3- (4'-methoxyphenyl) propane-1,3-dione, 4-tert-butyl, are particularly suitable as typical UV-A filters -4'- methoxydibenzoylmethane (Parsol 1789), 1-phenyl-3- (4'-isopropylphenyl) propane-1, 3-dione and enamine compounds as described in DE 19712033 A1 (BASF). The UV-A and UV-B filters can of course also be used in mixtures. In addition to the soluble substances mentioned, insoluble light-protection pigments, namely finely dispersed, preferably nanoized metal oxides or salts, are also suitable for this purpose. Examples of suitable metal oxides are, in particular, zinc oxide and titanium dioxide and, in addition, oxides of iron, zirconium, silicon, manganese, aluminum and cerium and mixtures thereof. Silicates (talc), barium sulfate or zinc stearate can be used as salts. The oxides and salts are already used in the form of the pigments for skin-care and skin-protecting emulsions and decorative cosmetics. The particles should have an average diameter of less than 100 nm, preferably between 5 and 50 nm and in particular between 15 and 30 nm. They can have a spherical shape, but it is also possible to use particles which have an ellipsoidal shape or shape which differs from the spherical shape in some other way. The pigments can also be surface-treated, ie hydrophilized or hydrophobicized. Typical examples are coated titanium dioxides such as titanium dioxide T 805 (Degussa) or Eusolex® T2000 (Merck). Silicones, and in particular trialkoxy-octylsilanes or simethicones, are particularly suitable as hydrophobic coating agents. Micronized zinc oxide is preferably used. Further suitable UV light protection filters can be found in the overview by P. Finkel in SÖFW-Journal 122, 543 (1996).

The UV absorbers are usually used in amounts of from 0.01% by weight to 5% by weight, preferably from 0.03% by weight to 1% by weight.

The agents according to the invention can contain anti-crease agents.

Since textile fabrics, in particular made from rayon, wool, cotton and mixtures thereof, may tend to crease because the individual fibers are sensitive to bending, kinking, pressing and squeezing transversely to the fiber direction, the compositions can contain synthetic anti-crease agents. These include, for example, synthetic products based on of fatty acids, fatty acid esters, fatty acid amides, alkylol esters, alkylolamides or fatty alcohols, which are mostly reacted with ethylene oxide, or products based on lecithin or modified phosphoric acid esters.

The agents according to the invention can contain graying inhibitors. Graying inhibitors have the task of keeping the dirt detached from the fiber suspended in the liquor and thus preventing the dirt from being re-absorbed. For this purpose, water-soluble colloids of mostly organic nature are suitable, for example glue, gelatin, salts of ether sulfonic acids of starch or cellulose or salts of acidic sulfuric acid esters of cellulose or starch. Water-soluble polyamides containing acidic groups are also suitable for this purpose. Soluble starch preparations and starch products other than those mentioned above can also be used, e.g. degraded starch, aldehyde starches, etc. Polyvinylpyrrolidone can also be used. However, cellulose ethers such as carboxymethyl cellulose (sodium salt), methyl cellulose, hydroxyalkyl cellulose and mixed ethers such as methyl hydroxyethyl cellulose, methyl hydroxypropyl cellulose and methyl carboxymethyl cellulose are preferred.

In a particularly preferred embodiment, the non-aqueous liquid detergents according to the invention are present as a portion in a completely or partially water-soluble coating. The non-aqueous portions of liquid detergent make it easier for the consumer to dose.

The non-aqueous liquid detergents can be packaged, for example, in foil bags. Foil bags made of water-soluble foil make it unnecessary for the consumer to tear open the packaging. In this way, it is convenient to dose a single portion measured for a wash cycle by inserting the bag directly into the washing machine or by throwing the bag into a certain amount of water, for example in a bucket, a bowl or in the hand wash basin or sink. possible. The foil pouch surrounding the washing portion dissolves without residue when a certain temperature is reached. Detergents packaged in bags made of water-soluble film are also described in large numbers in the prior art. For example, the older patent application DE 198 31 703 discloses a portioned detergent or cleaning agent preparation in a bag made of water-soluble film, in particular in a bag made of (optionally acetalized) polyvinyl alcohol (PVAL), in which at least 70% by weight of the particles of the Detergent or cleaning agent preparation have particle sizes> 800 μm.

There are already numerous processes in the prior art for producing water-soluble detergent portions, which are included in the context of this application. The best known processes are the tubular film processes with horizontal and vertical sealing seams. The thermoforming process, as described for example in WO-A1 00/55068, is also suitable for the production of plastic bags or dimensionally stable detergent portions.

The water-soluble casings do not necessarily have to consist of a film material, but can also be dimensionally stable containers that can be obtained, for example, by means of an injection molding process.

A known process for the production of water-soluble hollow injection moldings containing detergents and / or cleaning agents is described, for example, in WO-A1 01/36290.

Furthermore, methods are known in the prior art for producing water-soluble capsules from polyvinyl alcohol or gelatin, which in principle offer the possibility of providing capsules with a high degree of filling. The methods are based on the fact that the water-soluble polymer is introduced into a shaping cavity. The capsules are filled and sealed either synchronously or in successive steps, in the latter case being filled through a small opening. Methods in which the filling and sealing run in parallel are described, for example, in WO 97/35537. The capsules are filled by means of a filling wedge which is arranged above two counter-rotating drums which have spherical half-shells on their surface. The drums carry polymer tapes that cover the spherical half-shell cavities. Sealing takes place at the positions where the polymer tape of one drum meets the polymer tape of the opposite drum. At the same time, the filling material is injected into the capsule that forms, the injection pressure of the filling liquid pressing the polymer tapes into the spherical half-shell cavities.

A process for the production of water-soluble capsules in which the filling and then the sealing is carried out is disclosed in WO 01/64421. The manufacturing process is based on the so-called Bottle-Pack ^® method, as described, for example, in German Offenlegungsschrift DE 14 114 69. Here, a tube-like preform is guided into a two-part cavity. The cavity is closed, the lower tube section being sealed, then the tube is inflated to. Formation of the capsule shape in the cavity, filled and finally sealed.

The shell material used for the production of the water-soluble portion is preferably a water-soluble polymer thermoplastic, particularly preferably selected from the group (optionally partially acetalized) polyvinyl alcohol, polyvinyl alcohol copolymers, polyvinylpyrrolidone, polyethylene oxide, gelatin, cellulose and their derivatives, starch and their Derivatives, blends and composites, inorganic salts and mixtures of the materials mentioned, preferably hydroxypropylmethyl cellulose and / or polyvinyl alcohol blends. The polyvinyl alcohols described above are commercially available, for example under the trade name Mowiol ^® (Clariant). In the present invention, particularly suitable polyvinyl alcohols are, for example, Mowiol ^® 3-83, Mowiol ^® 4-88, Mowiol ^® 5- 88, Mowiol ^® 8-88 and Clariant L648. Further polyvinyl alcohols which are particularly suitable as material for the hollow bodies are the

Other polyvinyl alcohols suitable as a material for the covering are ELVANOL ^® 51-05, 52-22, 50-42, 85-82, 75-15, T-25, T-66, 90-50 (trademark of Du Pont), ALCOTEX ^® 72.5, 78, B72, F80 / 40, F88 / 4, F88 / 26, F88 / 40, F88 / 47 (trademark of Harlow Chemical Co.), Gohsenol ^® NK-05, A-300, AH-22, C -500, GH-20, GL-03, GM-14L, KA-20, KA-500, KH-20, KP- 06, N-300, NH-26, NM11Q, KZ-06 (trademark of Nippon Gohsei KK ). The water-soluble thermoplastic used to prepare the portion according to the invention can additionally comprise polymers selected from the group comprising acrylic acid-containing polymers, polyacrylamides, oxazoline polymers, polystyrene sulfonates, polyurethanes, polyesters, polyethers and / or mixtures of the above polymers.

It is preferred if the water-soluble thermoplastic used comprises a polyvinyl alcohol whose degree of hydrolysis is 70 to 100 mol%, preferably 80 to 90 mol%, particularly preferably 81 to 89 mol% and in particular 82 to 88 mol%.

It is further preferred that the water-soluble thermoplastic used comprises a polyvinyl alcohol whose molecular weight is in the range from 10,000 to 100,000 gmol ^"1 , preferably from 11,000 to 90,000 gmol ^{" 1} , particularly preferably from 12,000 to 80,000 gmol ^"1 and in particular from 13,000 to 70,000 gmol ^"1 lies.

It is further preferred if the thermoplastics in amounts of at least 50% by weight, preferably at least 70% by weight, particularly preferably at least 80% by weight and in particular at least 90% by weight, in each case based on the weight of the water-soluble polymeric thermoplastic. The polymeric thermoplastics can contain plasticizers, ie plasticizers, to improve their machinability. This can be particularly advantageous if polyvinyl alcohol or partially hydrolyzed polyvinyl acetate has been selected as the polymer material for the portion. Glycerin, triethanolamine, ethylene glycol, propylene glycol, diethylene or dipropylene glycol, diethanolamine and methyldiethylamine have proven particularly useful as plasticizers.

It is advantageous if the polymer thermoplastics in amounts of at least> 0% by weight, preferably of ≥ 10% by weight, particularly preferably of ≥ 20% by weight and in particular of ≥ 30% by weight, in each case based on the weight of the wrapping material.

Another object of the invention is the use of one or more lint reduction components ^) in which at least 90% of the particles have a particle size smaller than 100 μm, preferably smaller than 50 μm, particularly preferably smaller than 20 μm, selected from the group the a) biological polymers and / or b) hydrogels and / or c) the synthetic polymers and / or

selected from the group of silicone oil emulsions with an average droplet size below 50 μm are present in a liquid textile cleaning agent to reduce the formation of fluff.

Another object of the invention is the use of a liquid textile cleaning agent according to the invention or a mild detergent according to the invention or a liquid detergent according to the invention or a non-aqueous liquid detergent according to the invention to reduce the formation of fluff and / or to reduce the pill formation of textile fabrics.

Another object of the invention is a method for reducing the lint formation of textile fabrics by bringing textile fabrics into contact with a liquid textile cleaning agent according to the invention or a mild detergent according to the invention or a liquid detergent according to the invention or a non-aqueous liquid detergent according to the invention in a textile cleaning process.

The agents according to the invention are produced by simple mixing and stirring of the individual components, which is familiar to the person skilled in the art. Example

Liquid detergents according to the invention are, for example, E1 to E3, the compositions of which are shown in Table 1.

Table 1

; C ₁ 16-fatty alcohol-1 4-glucosid

^Ibl Dimethylpolysiloxaπ-emulsifier mixture ex Dow

^{| c |} C1 ₂ 14 ether sulfate with 2 EO ex Cognis

^{| dl} C, 2 18-fatty alcohol + 7 EO ex Cognis

^{| βl} methacrylic acid (stearyl alcohol-20-EO) ester-acrylic acid copolymer ex Cognis ^ι Diethylenetπaminpentamethylenphosphonsaure- a salt ex Monsanto

^{α | |} microcrystalline cellulose (average fiber length 18 μm) ex Rettenmaier

Table 2 shows the formulation of the mild detergent E4 according to the invention.

Table 2

^{| hl} N-methyl-N (2-hydroxyethyl) -N, N- (dιtalgacyloxyethyl) ammonium methosulfate ex Stepan ^lkl biotechnologically produced microcellulose ex Kelco Table 3 shows a non-aqueous liquid detergent E5 according to the invention.

Table 3

The agents E1 to E5 according to the invention showed reduced lint formation and pill formation in comparison to agents not according to the invention which did not contain any lint reduction component.

Claims

Pate nta ns sp

1. Liquid textile cleaning agent containing at least one lint reduction component in which at least 90% of the particles have a particle size smaller than 100 μm, selected from the group of a) biological polymers and / or b) hydrogels and / or c) synthetic polymers and / or selected from the group of silicone oil emulsions with an average droplet size below 50 μm.

2. Composition according to claim 1, characterized in that it contains at least one lint reduction component in which at least 90% of the particles have a particle size less than 50 microns, particularly preferably less than 20 microns, selected from the group of a) biological polymers and / or b) hydrogels and / or c) the synthetic polymers.

3. Composition according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the lint reduction component is a microcrystalline cellulose, preferably a microcrystalline cellulose, resulting from a microbiological fermentation process.

4. Composition according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the lint reduction component is a hydrogel, selected from the group of natural polymers, preferably agarose, gelatin, curdlan, alginates, pectinates, carageenan and any mixtures thereof.

5. Composition according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the lint reduction component selected from the group of synthetic polymers, preferably the polyacrylates, polymethacrylates, polyacrylamides, polymethacrylamides, polyurethanes, polyvinylpyrrolidones, polyvinyl alcohols, polyvinyl acetate and / or their partial hydrolyzates or their copolymers, in particular Acrylic acid-maleic acid copolymers, as well as any mixtures thereof.

6. Composition according to claim 5, characterized in that the synthetic polymers are present as hydrogels.

7. Composition according to one of claims 1 to 6, characterized in that the content of the lint reduction component 0.005 to 15 wt .-%, preferably 0.01 to 10 wt .-%, particularly preferably 0.1 to 7 wt .-% and is in particular 0.5 to 5% by weight, in each case based on the total agent.

8. Composition according to one of claims 1 to 7, characterized in that it additionally contains nonionic surfactants, preferably alkoxylated fatty alcohols, particularly preferably ethoxylated and / or propoxylated fatty alcohols.

9. Composition according to one of claims 1 to 8, characterized in that it contains anionic surfactants, preferably selected from the group of fatty alcohol sulfates and / or fatty alcohol ether sulfates and / or alkylbenzenesulfonates and / or soaps.

10. Agent according to one of claims 1 to 9, characterized in that it contains complexing agents.

11. Agent according to one of claims 1 to 10, characterized in that it contains enzymes, preferably selected from the group of proteases and / or amylases and / or cellulases.

12. Composition according to one of claims 1 to 11, characterized in that it has a viscosity of 50 to 5000 mPas, particularly preferably from 50 to 3000 mPas and in particular from 500 to 1500 mPas (measured at 20 ° C with a rotary viscometer (Brookfield RV , Spindle 2) at 20 rpm).

13. mild detergent according to one of claims 1 to 12, characterized in that it additionally contains at least one plasticizer component.

14. mild detergent according to claim 13, characterized in that it is a plasticizer component cationic surfactants, preferably alkylated quaternary ammonium compounds, of which at least one alkyl chain is interrupted by an ester group and / or amido group, especially N-methyl-N (2-hydroxyethyl) -N , N- (Ditalgacyloxyethyl) ammonium methosulfate or N-methyl-N (2-hydroxyethyl) -N, N- (dipalmitoylethyl) ammonium methosulfate, contains.

15. mild detergent according to one of claims 13 or 14, characterized in that it contains the plasticizer component in an amount up to 15 wt .-%, preferably from 0.1 to 10 wt .-%, particularly preferably from 0.5 to 7 wt .-% and in particular from 1 to 3 wt .-%, each based on the total agent.

16. mild detergent according to one of claims 13 to 15, characterized in that it cellulase, preferably in an amount of 0.005 to 2 wt .-%, particularly preferably from 0.01 to 1 wt .-%, in particular from 0.02 to 0.5 wt .-%, each based on the total agent contains.

17. mild detergent according to one of claims 13 to 16, characterized in that it contains nonionic surfactants selected from the group of alkoxylated fatty alcohols and / or alkyl glycosides.

18. mild detergent according to claim 17, characterized in that there are nonionic surfactants in amounts of up to 30 wt .-%, preferably from 5 to 25 wt .-%, particularly preferably from 10 to 20 wt .-%, each based on the total means.

19. mild detergent according to one of claims 13 to 18, characterized in that it contains anionic surfactants in amounts below 10% by weight, preferably below 5% by weight and in particular below 1% by weight, in each case based on the total means.

20. mild detergent according to one of claims 13 to 19, characterized in that it additionally contains a pearlescent agent.

21. Delicates according to one of claims 13 to 20, characterized in that it contains up to 95% by weight, particularly preferably 20 to 90% by weight and in particular 50 to 80% by weight of one or more solvents, preferably water-soluble solvents and especially water.

22. Liquid detergent according to one of claims 1 to 12, characterized in that it contains anionic surfactants in amounts of up to 30% by weight, preferably up to 25% by weight, particularly preferably from 5 to 20% by weight, in particular from 8 to 15% by weight, based in each case on the total composition.

23. Liquid detergent according to claim 22, characterized in that it contains nonionic surfactants in amounts of up to 30% by weight, preferably from 5 to 20% by weight, in particular from 10 to 15% by weight, in each case based on the total composition , contains.

24. Liquid detergent according to one of claims 22 or 23, characterized in that it is up to 90 wt .-%, particularly preferably 20 to 85 wt .-% and in particular 50 to 80 wt .-% of one or more solvents, preferably water-soluble solvents and especially water.

25. Liquid detergent according to one of claims 22 to 24, characterized in that it additionally contains thickeners, preferably in amounts of up to 10% by weight, particularly preferably up to 5% by weight, in particular from 0.1 to 1% by weight. -%, based in each case on the entire average.

26. Liquid detergent according to one of claims 22 to 25, characterized in that it contains enzyme, preferably protease and / or amylase.

27. Liquid detergent according to one of claims 22 to 26, characterized in that it contains additives selected from the group of odor absorbers and / or color transfer inhibitors.

28. Non-aqueous liquid detergent according to one of claims 1 to 12, characterized in that it has nonionic surfactants in an amount of up to 35% by weight, preferably from 15 to 25% by weight, in each case based on the total composition.

29. Non-aqueous liquid detergent according to claim 28, characterized in that it contains anionic surfactants in amounts up to 60% by weight, preferably from 20 to 50% by weight, in particular from 30 to 45% by weight, in each case based on the total Means, contains.

30. Non-aqueous liquid detergent according to one of claims 28 or 29, characterized in that the total surfactant content, without the amount of fatty acid soap, is below 55% by weight, preferably below 50% by weight, in each case based on the total agent ,

31. Non-aqueous liquid detergent according to one of claims 28 to 30, characterized in that it contains organic solvents in amounts of up to 50% by weight, preferably up to 45% by weight, in particular from 20 to 40% by weight, in each case based on the whole means.

32. Non-aqueous liquid detergent according to one of claims 28 to 31, characterized in that it contains enzymes, preferably selected from the group of proteases and / or amylases and / or cellulases.

33. Non-aqueous liquid detergent according to one of claims 28 to 32, characterized in that it is present as a portion in a completely or partially water-soluble coating.

34. Non-aqueous liquid detergent according to claim 33, characterized in that the completely or partially water-soluble coating one or more materials selected from the group (optionally partially acetalized) polyvinyl alcohol, polyvinyl alcohol copolymers, polyvinyl pyrrolidone, polyethylene oxide, gelatin, cellulose and their derivatives, Starch and its derivatives, blends and composites, inorganic salts and mixtures of the materials mentioned, preferably hydroxypropylmethyl cellulose and / or polyvinyl alcohol blends.

35. Use of one or more lint reduction component (s) in which at least 90% of the particles have a particle size smaller than 100 μm, selected from the group consisting of a) biological polymers and / or b) hydrogels and / or c) synthetic ones Polymers and / or selected from the group of silicone oil emulsions with an average droplet size below 50 μm are present in a liquid textile cleaning agent to reduce the formation of fluff.

36. Use of a liquid textile cleaning agent according to one of claims 1 to 12 or a mild detergent according to one of claims 13 to 21 or a liquid detergent according to one of claims 22 to 27 or a non-aqueous liquid Detergent according to one of claims 28 to 34 for reducing the formation of lint of textile fabric.

37. Use of a liquid textile cleaning agent according to any one of claims 1 to 12 or a mild detergent according to any one of claims 13 to 21 or a liquid detergent according to any one of claims 22 to 27 or a non-aqueous liquid detergent according to any one of claims 28 to 34 to reduce the pill formation of the textile fabric ,

38. A method for reducing the lint formation of textile fabrics by bringing textile fabrics into contact with a liquid textile cleaning agent according to one of claims 1 to 12 or a mild detergent according to one of claims 13 to 21 or a liquid detergent according to one of claims 22 to 27 or a non-aqueous liquid detergent according to one of claims 28 to 34 in a textile cleaning process.