| abstract |
HIGH-FOAMING LIQUID DETERGENT COMPOSITIONS, ADAPTED TO BE PACKAGED IN CONVENTIONAL NON-PRESSURIZED CONTAAINERS AS, FOR EXAMPLE, GLASS BOTTLES AND METAL OR PLASTIC CONTAINERS, COMPRISING SUBSTANTIALLY ANHYDROUS COMPOSITIONS CONTAINING A COMPRESSIBLE WATER-INSOLUBLE GAS, PARTICULARLY IN THE FORM OF AN ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBON OR HALOGENATED HYDROCARBON, DISSOLVED IN AN ORGANIC SOLVENT, SUCH AS PROPYLENE GLYCOL, WHICH ORGAANIC SOLVENT IS ALSO WATERSOLUBLE, AND CERTAIN OTHER AGENTS TO COMPLETE THE LIQUID DETERGENT COMPOSITIONS FOR THEIR INTENDED USES, SUCH AS HAIR SHAMPOOS. WHEN SAID COMPOSITIONS ARE WETTED OR ADMIXED WITH WATER, SAID DISSOLVED COMPRESSIBLE GAS IS DISPLACED FROM SAID ORGANIC SOLVENT AND IS RELEASED RO FORM EXTREMELY PROFUSE OR LARGE AMOUNTS OF FOAMS OR SUDS. |