WO1999041351A1

WO1999041351A1 - Washing and cleaning agent shaped body with bleaching agent

Info

Publication number: WO1999041351A1
Application number: PCT/EP1998/006474
Authority: WO
Inventors: Gerhard Blasey; Christian Block; Monika Böcker; Heinke Jebens; Hans-Friedrich Kruse; Andreas Lietzmann; Antoni Machin; Fred Schambil
Original assignee: Henkel Kommanditgesellschaft Auf Aktien
Priority date: 1998-02-16
Filing date: 1998-10-13
Publication date: 1999-08-19
Also published as: DE19806200A1; PL342343A1; CN1284991A; JP2002503761A; EP1056833A1; SK12022000A3; ATE213768T1; HUP0100727A2; ES2173640T3; EP1056833B1; CA2315298A1; DE59803243D1

Abstract

The invention relates to washing and cleaning agent shaped body containing bleaching agent. Said shaped bodies are characterized by elevated hardness and decomposition speed when the bleaching agent contained therein have a mean particle size of over 0.4 mm. Preferably, less than 30 % of the weight of the bleaching agent are particles with sizes under 0.4 mm.

Description

1 "Detergent tablets with bleach"

The present invention relates to detergent tablets. which contain bleach. In particular, the invention relates to moldings such as detergent tablets, detergent tablets, bleach tablets or water softener tablets with bleach.

Detergent and cleaning agent compositions in the form of moldings, in particular tablets, have long been known in the prior art and have been widely described, although this form of supply has so far not been of outstanding importance on the market. The reason for this is that, in addition to a number of advantages, the form in which the shaped body is offered also has disadvantages which impair production and use, as well as consumer acceptance. The main advantages of moldings such as the fact that the consumer does not have to measure the required amount of product, the higher density and thus the reduced packaging and storage costs, and an aesthetic aspect that should not be underestimated are offset by disadvantages such as the dichotomy between acceptable hardness and sufficiently rapid disintegration and Dissolution of the moldings and numerous technological difficulties in production and packaging put into perspective.

In particular, the dichotomy between a sufficiently hard molded body and a sufficiently fast disintegration time is a central problem. Since sufficiently stable, that is to say shape and break-resistant molded articles can only be produced by relatively high compression pressures, there is a strong compression of the molded article components and consequent delayed disintegration of the molded article in the aqueous liquor and thus to a slow release of the active substances in the Washing or cleaning process. The delayed disintegration of the moldings has the further disadvantage that conventional detergent tablets cannot be washed in via the induction chamber of household washing machines, since the tablets cannot be taken in quickly enough 2

Secondary particles disintegrate that are small enough to be washed into the washing drum from the dispensing chamber.

To overcome the dichotomy between hardness, i.e. Transport and handling stability, and easy disintegration of the moldings, many solutions have been developed in the prior art. A particularly well-known approach from the pharmaceutical industry and extended to the field of detergent tablets is the incorporation of certain disintegration aids which facilitate the access of water or which swell or develop gas or other forms upon access of water. Other proposed solutions from the patent literature describe the compression of premixes of certain particle sizes, the separation of individual ingredients from certain other ingredients, and the coating of individual ingredients or of the entire shaped body with binders.

For example, EP-A-0 522 766 (Unilever) discloses moldings made from a compact, particulate detergent composition containing surfactants, builders and disintegration aids (for example based on cellulose), at least some of the particles being coated with the disintegration agent, which is both binder and also shows disintegration effects when the moldings are dissolved in water. This document also indicates the general difficulty of producing moldings with adequate stability and good solubility at the same time. The particle size in the mixture to be pressed should be above 200 μm, the upper and lower limits of the individual particle sizes should not differ from one another by more than 700 μm.

Further documents which deal with the production of detergent tablets are EP-A-0 716 144 (Unilever), which describes tablets with an external shell made of water-soluble material, and EP-A-0 711 827 (Unilever), which contain a citrate with a defined solubility as an ingredient.

The use of binders, which may have an explosive effect (in particular polyethylene glycol), is disclosed in EP-A-0 711 828 (Unilever), which describes detergent tablets which are formed by pressing a particulate 3

Detergent compositions are produced at temperatures between 28 ° C and the melting point of the binding material, always pressing below the melting temperature. From the examples in this document it can be seen that the moldings produced in accordance with their teaching have higher breaking strengths when compression is carried out at elevated temperature.

Detergent tablets in which individual ingredients are present separately from others are also described in EP-A-0 481 793 (Unilever). The detergent tablets disclosed in this document contain sodium percarbonate, which is spatially separated from all other components that could influence its stability.

In none of the cited documents of the prior art, which deal with detergent tablets, the physical nature of individual ingredients, in particular bleach, is given particular importance. None of the documents mentioned deals with the improvement of the solubility of detergent tablets through the targeted use of bleaching agents within certain particle size ranges.

The present invention is therefore based on the object of providing detergent tablets which contain bleaching agents and have a high hardness and have excellent disintegration properties. These laundry detergent and cleaning product tablets should also be able to be metered through the induction chamber without the consumer suffering disadvantages as a result of residues in the induction chamber and too little detergent in the detergent solution. In addition to these properties specific to the moldings, the washing and cleaning performance of the moldings according to the invention should also be exemplary.

The invention relates to detergent tablets made of compressed particulate detergent and detergent, comprising bleach, builder (s) and optionally further detergent and detergent components in which the bleach has an average particle size above 0.4 mm. 4

In the context of the present invention, the average particle size is a computational size which results from the multiplication of the percentage of a sieve fraction by the mesh size of the sieve. The individual values of such mean values can vary widely if, for example, extremely small and extremely large particles are present side by side. In the context of the present invention, however, it is preferred that the particle size distribution of the bleaching agent does not vary widely, but rather is relatively narrow around the mean. In particular, fine fractions should be largely excluded, so that detergent tablets are preferred in the context of the present invention in which the bleaching agent is substantially free of particles with sizes below 0.2 mm.

In the context of the present invention, “substantially free” means contents below 2% by weight, preferably below 1% by weight and in particular below 0.5% by weight.

It is not only preferred in the context of the present invention that dust and fine fractions of the bleaching agent are largely absent, the content of particles with a size below 0.4 mm should also be kept as small as possible. Preference is given to detergent tablets in which the bleach contains less than 30% by weight, preferably less than 20% by weight and in particular less than 10% by weight, of particles having a size below 0.4 mm.

As a result, the proportion of larger bleach particles should be as high as possible. Here again, it is preferred if the particles of the bleaching agent are not only larger than 0.4 mm, but significantly larger, for example larger than 0.8 mm. Here again, detergent tablets are preferred in which the bleaching agent has more than 10% by weight, preferably more than 20% by weight and in particular more than 30% by weight of particles of a size above 0.8 mm.

Nevertheless, the bleach should of course not be incorporated in the form of coarse lumps in the detergent tablets of the present invention. From a practical point of view, particle sizes of the bleaching agent below 2.0 mm have proven successful, it being preferred if this is in the washing and 5

Bleach contained in detergent tablets is substantially free of particles larger than 1.6 mm.

To develop the desired bleaching performance, the detergent tablets of the present invention contain one or more bleaches. Among the compounds which serve as bleaching agents and supply H ₂ O ₂ in water, sodium perborate tetrahydrate and sodium perborate monohydrate are of particular importance. Further bleaching agents that can be used are, for example, sodium percarbonate, peroxypyrophosphates, citrate perhydrates and H ₂ O ₂ -supplying peracidic salts or peracids, such as perbenzoates, peroxophthalates, diperazelaic acid, phthaloiminoperic acid or diperdodecanedioic acid. Depending on the desired product, the bleaching agents are used in varying amounts in the detergent tablets according to the invention. Usual contents are between 5 and 50% by weight, preferably between 10 and 40% by weight and in particular between 15 and 35% by weight, in each case based on the entire molded body.

In the case of bleaching agents, the content of these substances in the shaped bodies also depends on the intended use of the shaped bodies. While conventional universal detergents in tablet form contain between 5 and 30% by weight, preferably between 7.5 and 25% by weight and in particular between 12.5 and 22.5% by weight of bleaching agent, the contents of bleaching agent or bleach booster tablets are between 15 and 50% by weight, preferably between 22.5 and 45% by weight and in particular between 30 and 40% by weight.

In the context of the present invention, particularly preferred bleaching agents are sodium perborate or sodium percarbonate. Sodium perborate monohydrate is used with particular preference.

In addition to the bleach, the detergent tablets according to the invention can contain bleach activator (s), which is preferred in the context of the present invention. Bleach activators are incorporated into detergents and cleaning agents to help with washing at temperatures of 60 ° C and 6 including an improved bleaching effect. Can be used as bleach activators

Compounds which, under perhydrolysis conditions, give aliphatic peroxocarboxylic acids with 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. Preferred are multiply acylated alkylenediamines, in particular tetraacetylethylenediamine (TAED), acylated triazine derivatives, in particular 1,5-diacetyl-2,4-dioxohexahydro-1,3,5-triazine (DADHT), acylated glycolurils, in particular tetraacetylglycoluril (TAGU), N- Acylimides, in particular N-nonanoylsuccinimide (NOSI), acylated phenolsulfonates, in particular n-nonanoyl- or isononanoyloxybenzenesulfonate (n- or iso-NOBS), carboxylic acid anhydrides, in particular phthalic anhydride, acylated polyhydric alcohols, in particular triacetyloxy and 2,5-diacetyloxy and 2,5-glycolacetyl, ethylene glycol 2,5-dihydrofuran.

In addition to the conventional bleach activators or in their place, so-called bleach catalysts can also be incorporated into the moldings. These substances are bleach-enhancing transition metal salts or transition metal complexes such as, for example, Mn, Fe, Co, Ru or Mo salt complexes or carbonyl complexes. Mn, Fe, Co, Ru, Mo, Ti, V and Cu complexes with N-containing tripod ligands as well as Co, Fe, Cu and Ru amine complexes can also be used as bleaching catalysts.

The moldings according to the invention each contain, based on the entire mold, between 0.5 and 30% by weight, preferably between 1 and 20% by weight and in particular between 2 and 15% by weight, of one or more bleach activators or bleach catalysts. These amounts can vary depending on the intended use of the moldings produced. For example, bleach activator contents of between 0.5 and 10% by weight, preferably between 2 and 8% by weight and in particular between 4 and 6% by weight are common in typical universal detergent tablets, while bleach tablets have definitely higher contents, for example between 5 and 30% by weight, preferably between 7.5 and 25% by weight and in particular between 10 and 20% by weight. The person skilled in the art is not restricted in his freedom of formulation and can in this way bleach more or less 7

Make detergent tablets, detergent tablets or bleach tablets by varying the levels of bleach activator and bleach.

A particularly preferred bleach activator is N, N, N ', N'-tetraacetylethylenediamine, which is widely used in detergents and cleaning agents. Accordingly, preferred detergent tablets are characterized in that tetraacetylethylenediamine is used as the bleach activator in the amounts mentioned above.

In addition to the ingredients mentioned, the detergent tablets according to the invention can contain further ingredients, the amounts of which depend on the intended use of the tablets. For example, substances from the groups of surfactants, builders and polymers are particularly suitable for use in the detergent tablets according to the invention. Here too, the person skilled in the art will have no difficulty selecting the individual components and their amounts. For example, a universal detergent tablet will contain higher amounts of surfactant (s), while bleach tablets may even be dispensed with. The amount of builders) used also varies depending on the intended use.

All of the builders usually used in detergents and cleaning agents can be present in the detergent tablets 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 O ₂ χ ₊₁ 'H ₂ O, where M is sodium or hydrogen, x is a number from 1.9 to 4 and y is a number from 0 to 20 and preferred values for x is 2, 3 or 4. 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 disilicates Na ₂ Si ₂ θ ₅ 'yH ₂ O are preferred, 8 where β-sodium disilicate can be obtained, for example, by the method described in international patent application WO-A-91/08171.

Amorphous sodium silicates with a Na ₂ O: SiO ₂ modulus of 1: 2 to 1: 3.3, preferably 1: 2 to 1: 2.8 and in particular 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 as meaning 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. 80% by weight zeolite X. ), which is sold by CONDEA Augusta SpA under the brand name VEGOBOND AX ^® 9 and by the formula

nNa ₂ O ^• (ln) K ₂ O ^• Al ₂ O ₃ ^• (2 - 2.5) SiO ₂ ^" (3.5 - 5.5) H ₂ O

can be described. The zeolite can be used both as a builder in a granular compound and can also be used for a type of "powdering" of the entire mixture to be compressed, usually using both ways of incorporating the zeolite into the premix. 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.

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.

The amount of builder is usually between 10 and 70% by weight, preferably between 15 and 60% by weight and in particular between 20 and 50% by weight. Again, the amount of builders used depends on the intended use, so that bleach tablets can have higher amounts of builders (for example between 20 and 70% by weight, preferably between 25 and 65% by weight and in particular between 30 and 55% by weight) ), for example detergent tablets (usually 10 to 50% by weight, preferably 12.5 to 45% by weight and in particular between 17.5 and 37.5% by weight).

Usable organic builders are, for example, the polycarboxylic acids that can be used in the form of their sodium salts, such as citric acid, adipic acid, succinic acid, glutaric acid, tartaric acid, sugar acids, aminocarboxylic acids, nitrilotriacetic acid (NTA), as long as such use is not objectionable for ecological reasons, and mixtures of these. Preferred salts are the salts of polycarboxylic acids such as 10

Citric acid, adipic acid, succinic acid, glutaric acid, tartaric acid, sugar acids and mixtures of these.

Preferred detergent tablets further contain one or more surfactant (s).

Anionic, nonionic, cationic and / or amphoteric surfactants or mixtures of these can be used in the detergent tablets according to the invention. Mixtures of anionic and nonionic surfactants are preferred from an application point of view. The total surfactant content of the moldings is 5 to 60% by weight, based on the weight of the moldings, with surfactant contents above 15% by weight being preferred.

Anionic surfactants used are, for example, those of the sulfonate and sulfate type. As surfactants of the sulfonate type, preference is given to C 1 -C 8 -alkyl benzenesulfonates, olefin sulfonates, ie mixtures of alkene and hydroxyalkanesulfonates and disulfonates, such as those obtained from C ₁₂ -C ₈ monoolefins with an end or internal double bond by sulfonation Gaseous sulfur trioxide and subsequent alkaline or acidic hydrolysis of the sulfonation products. Also suitable are alkanesulfonates which consist of Cι ₂ . 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 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 sulfated fatty acid glycerol esters are the sulfonation products of saturated fatty acids with 6 to 22 carbon atoms, for example caproic acid. 11

Caprylic acid, capric acid, myristic acid, lauric acid, palmitic acid, stearic acid or behenic acid.

As alk (en) yl sulfates are the alkali and in particular the sodium salts of the sulfuric acid semiesters of the C ₂ -C ₈ 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 similar to that of the adequate compounds based on oleochemical raw materials. The C ₁₂ - Ci ₆ alkyl sulfates and C ₂ -C ₅ alkyl sulfates and C ₄ -C ₄ alkyl sulfates are preferred for washing technology reasons. 2,3-Alkyl sulfates, which are produced, for example, in accordance with US Pat. Nos. 3,234,258 or 5,075,041 and can be obtained as commercial products from the Shell Oil Company under the name DAN, are also suitable anionic surfactants.

The sulfuric acid monoesters of straight-chain or branched C ₇ ethoxylated with 1 to 6 mol of ethylene oxide. ₂ -Alcohols, such as 2-methyl-branched C ₉ -n alcohols with an average of 3.5 moles of ethylene oxide (EO) or -C ₂ -ι ₈ fatty alcohols with 1 to 4 EO, are suitable. Because of their high foaming behavior, they are used in cleaning agents only in relatively small amounts, for example in amounts of 1 to 5% by weight.

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 _8- ι ₈ fatty alcohol residues or mixtures thereof. Particularly preferred sulfosuccinates contain a fatty alcohol residue which is derived from ethoxylated fatty alcohols, which in themselves are nonionic surfactants (description see below). In turn, there are sulfosuccinates whose fatty alcohol residues differ from ethoxylated fatty alcohols with a narrow homolog distribution Derive 12, 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 from natural fatty acids, e.g. Coconut, palm kernel or tallow fatty acids, derived soap mixtures.

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 triethanolamine. The anionic surfactants are preferably in the form of their sodium or potassium salts, in particular in the form of the sodium salts.

The nonionic surfactants used are preferably alkoxylated, advantageously ethoxylated, in particular primary alcohols having preferably 8 to 18 carbon atoms and an average of 1 to 12 moles of ethylene oxide (EO) per mole of alcohol, in which the alcohol radical can be linear or preferably methyl-branched in the 2-position or may 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 -C ₄ alcohols with 3 EO or 4 EO, C ₉ . _u alcohol with 7 EO, Cι ₃ . ₁₅ -alcohols with 3 EO, 5 EO, 7 EO or 8 EO, C ₁₂ -ιs alcohols with 3 EO, 5 EO or 7 EO and mixtures of these, such as mixtures of Cι ₂ -ι ₄ - alcohol with 3 EO and Cι _2- i ₈ alcohol with 5 EO. The degrees of ethoxylation given represent statistical averages, which can be an integer or a fraction for a specific product. Preferred alcohol ethoxylates have a narrow homolog distribution (narrow range ethoxylates, NRE). In addition to these nonionic surfactants, too 13

Fatty alcohols with more than 12 EO can be used. Examples of this are tallow fatty alcohol with 14 EO, 25 EO, 30 EO or 40 EO.

In addition, alkyl glycosides of the general formula RO (G) _x can also be used as further nonionic surfactants, in which R denotes a primary straight-chain or methyl-branched, in particular methyl-branched aliphatic radical having 8 to 22, preferably 12 to 18, C atoms and G is the symbol for a glycose unit with 5 or 6 carbon atoms, preferably for glucose. stands. 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, such as them 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.

Nonionic surfactants of the amine oxide type, for example N-coconut alkyl-N, N-dimethylamine oxide and N-tallow alkyl-N, N-dihydroxyethylamine oxide, and the fatty acid alkanolamides can also be suitable. The amount of these nonionic surfactants is preferably not more than that of the ethoxylated fatty alcohols, in particular not more than half of them.

Other suitable surfactants are polyhydroxy fatty acid amides of the formula (I),

R ^J

R-CO-N- [Z] (I) 14 in which RCO stands for an aliphatic acyl radical with 6 to 22 carbon atoms, R * for hydrogen, an alkyl or hydroxyalkyl radical with 1 to 4 carbon atoms and [Z] for a linear or branched polyhydroxyalkyl radical with 3 to 10 carbon atoms and 3 to 10 hydroxyl groups . The polyhydroxy fatty acid amides are known substances which can usually be obtained by reductive amination of a reducing sugar with ammonia, an alkylamine or an alkanolamine and subsequent acylation with a fatty acid, a fatty acid alkyl ester or a fatty acid chloride.

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

R * -OR ²

I.

R-CO-N- [Z] (II)

in which R represents a linear or branched alkyl or alkenyl radical having 7 to 12 carbon atoms, R ^{1 represents} a linear, branched or cyclic alkyl radical or an aryl radical having 2 to 8 carbon atoms and R ^{2 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 propylated, derivatives thereof 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, by reaction with fatty acid methyl esters in the presence of an alkoxide as catalyst into the desired polyhydroxy fatty acid amides. 15

In the context of the present invention, detergent tablets are preferred which contain anionic (s) and non-ionic (s) surfactant (s), with application technology advantages being able to result from certain quantitative ratios in which the individual classes of surfactants are used.

For example, detergent tablets are particularly preferred in which the ratio of anionic surfactant (s) to nonionic surfactant (s) is between 10: 1 and 1:10, preferably between 7.5: 1 and 1: 5 and in particular between 5: 1 and 1: 2.

From an application point of view, it can be advantageous if certain classes of surfactant are present in some phases of the detergent tablets or in the entire tablet, i.e. in all phases, are not included. Another important embodiment of the present invention therefore provides that at least one phase of the shaped body is free from nonionic surfactants.

Conversely, the content of individual phases or the entire molded body, i.e. all phases, certain surfactants have a positive effect. The introduction of the alkyl polyglycosides described above has proven to be advantageous, so that detergent tablets are preferred in which at least one phase of the tablets contains alkyl polyglycosides.

Similar to nonionic surfactants, the omission of anionic surfactants from individual or all phases can result in detergent tablets which are more suitable for certain fields of application. For this reason, detergent tablets in which at least one phase of the tablet is free from anionic surfactants are also conceivable within the scope of the present invention.

In order to facilitate the disintegration of highly compressed moldings, disintegration aids, so-called tablet disintegrants, can be incorporated into them in order to shorten the disintegration times. According to Römpp (9th edition, vol. 6, p. 4440) and Voigt "textbook 16 of pharmaceutical technology "(6th edition, 1987, pp. 182-184) understood auxiliaries which ensure the rapid disintegration of tablets in water or gastric juice and the release of the pharmaceuticals in an absorbable form.

These substances, which are also referred to as "explosives" due to their effectiveness, increase their volume when water enters, whereby on the one hand the intrinsic volume increases (swelling), and on the other hand a pressure can be generated by the release of gases, which breaks the tablet into smaller particles disintegrates. Well-known disintegration aids are, for example, carbonate / citric acid systems, although other organic acids can also be used. Swelling disintegration aids are, for example, synthetic polymers such as polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP) or natural polymers or modified natural products such as cellulose and starch and their derivatives, alginates or casein derivatives.

Preferred detergent tablets contain 0.5 to 10% by weight, preferably 3 to 7% by weight and in particular 4 to 6% by weight of one or more disintegration auxiliaries, in each case based on the weight of the tablet.

Disintegrants based on cellulose are used as preferred disintegrants in the context of the present invention, so that preferred detergent tablets have such a disintegrant based on cellulose in amounts of 0.5 to 10% by weight, preferably 3 to 7% by weight and in particular 4 contain up to 6 wt .-%. Pure cellulose has the formal gross composition (C ₆ H _! Oθ ₅ ) _n and, formally speaking, represents a ß-1,4-polyacetal of cellobiose, which in turn is made up of two molecules of glucose. Suitable celluloses consist of approximately 500 to 5000 glucose units and consequently have average molecular weights of 50,000 to 500,000. Cellulose-based disintegrants which can be used in the context of the present invention are also cellulose derivatives which can be obtained from cellulose by polymer-analogous reactions. Such chemically modified celluloses include, for example, products from esterifications or etherifications in which hydroxyl hydrogen atoms have been substituted. But also celluloses, in which the hydroxyl groups against functional groups that do not have an oxygen atom 1? are bound, replaced, can be used as cellulose derivatives. In the

The group of cellulose derivatives includes, for example, alkali celluloses, carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC), cellulose esters and ethers and aminocelluloses. The above

Cellulose derivatives are preferably not used alone as disintegrants

Cellulose base used, but used in a mixture with cellulose. The content of cellulose derivatives in these mixtures is preferably below 50% by weight. particularly preferably below 20% by weight, based on the disintegrant

Cellulose base. Pure cellulose which is free of cellulose derivatives is particularly preferably used as the cellulose-based disintegrant.

The cellulose used as disintegration aid is preferably not used in finely divided form, but is converted into a coarser form, for example granulated or compacted, before being added to the premixes to be compressed. Detergent tablets which contain disintegrants in granular or, if appropriate, cogranulated form are described in German patent applications DE 197 09 991 (Stefan Herzog) and DE 197 10 254 (Henkel) and in international patent application PCT / EP 98/1203 (Henkel) . These documents can also be found in more detail on the production of granulated, compacted or cogranulated cellulose disintegrants. The particle sizes of such disintegrants are usually above 200 μm, preferably at least 90% by weight between 300 and 1600 μm and in particular at least 90% by weight between 400 and 1200 μm. The above and described in more detail in the documents cited coarser disintegration aids, are preferred as disintegration aids and are commercially available, for example under the name of Arbocel ^® TF-30-HG from Rettenmaier available in the present invention.

Microcrystalline cellulose can be used as a further cellulose-based disintegrant or as a component of this component. This microcrystalline cellulose is obtained by partial hydrolysis of celluloses under conditions which only attack and completely dissolve the amorphous areas (approx. 30% of the total cellulose mass) of the celluloses, but the crystalline areas (approx. 70%) Leave 18 undamaged. A subsequent disaggregation of the microfine celluloses produced by the hydrolysis provides the microcrystalline celluloses, which have primary particle sizes of approximately 5 μm and can be compacted, for example, into granules with an average particle size of 200 μm.

Detergent tablets, which additionally contain a disintegration aid, preferably a cellulose-based disintegration aid, preferably in granular, cogranulated or compacted form, in amounts of 0.5 to 10% by weight, preferably 3 to 7% by weight and in particular of 4 to 6% by weight, based in each case on the weight of the shaped body, are particularly preferred in the context of the present invention.

In addition to the constituents mentioned, bleach, bleach activator, builder, surfactant and disintegration aid, the detergent tablets according to the invention can contain further ingredients from the group of dyes, fragrances, optical brighteners, enzymes, foam inhibitors, silicone oils, anti-redeposition agents, graying inhibitors, which are common in detergents and cleaning agents. Color transfer inhibitors and corrosion inhibitors included.

In order to improve the aesthetic impression of the detergent tablets according to the invention, they can be colored with suitable dyes. Preferred dyes, the selection of which does not pose any difficulty to the person skilled in the art, have a high storage stability and are insensitive to the other ingredients of the compositions and to light, and have no pronounced substantivity to textile fibers, in order not to dye them.

Preferred for use in the laundry detergent tablets according to the invention are all colorants which can be oxidatively destroyed in the washing process, and also mixtures thereof with suitable blue dyes, so-called blue toners. It has proven to be advantageous to use colorants which are soluble in water or at room temperature in liquid organic substances. Are suitable 19 for example anionic colorants, for example anionic nifroso dyes. A possible colorant is, for example, naphthol green (Color Index (CI) Part 1: Acid Green 1; Part

2: 10020), which is available as a commercial product, for example as Basacid Green 970 from BASF, Ludwigshafen, and mixtures of these with suitable blue dyes. Pigmosol Blau 6900 (CI 74160) is another colorant. Pigmosol ^® Green 8730 (CI 74260), Basonyl ^® Red 545 FL (CI 45170), Sandolan ^®

Rhodamine EB400 (CI 45100), Basacid ^® Yellow 094 (CI 47005), Sicovit ^® Patent Blue 85 E 131 (CI 42051), Acid Blue 183 (CAS 12217-22-0, CI Acidblue 183), Pigment Blue 15 (CI 74160) , Supranol ^® Blue GLW (CAS 12219-32-8, CI Acidblue 221)), Nylosan ^® Yellow N-7GL SGR (CAS 61814-57-1, CI Acidyellow 218) and or Sandolan ^® Blue (CI Acid Blue 182, CAS 12219-26-0).

When choosing the colorant, it must be noted that the colorants do not have too strong an affinity for the textile surfaces and especially for synthetic fibers. At the same time, when choosing suitable colorants, it must also be taken into account that colorants have different stabilities against oxidation. In general, water-insoluble colorants are more stable to oxidation than water-soluble colorants. Depending on the solubility and thus also on the sensitivity to oxidation, the concentration of the colorant in the washing or cleaning agents varies. In the case of colorants which are readily water-soluble, e.g. the above

(R) dϊ) called basacid green or the above-mentioned sandolan blue, colorant concentrations are typically chosen in the range from a few 10 ² to 10 ³ % by weight. In the case of those which are particularly preferred on account of their brilliance, but less well water-soluble pigment dyes, for example the pigmosol dyes mentioned above, the suitable concentration of the colorant in washing or cleaning agents, on the other hand, is typically a few 10 ^"3 to 10 ^{" 4} % by weight.

The moldings can contain optical brighteners of the type of derivatives of diaminostilbenedisulfonic acid or their alkali metal salts. Salts of 4,4'-bis (2-anilino-4-morpholino-l, 3,5-triazinyl-6-amino) stilbene-2,2'-disulfonic acid or, for example, are suitable 20 similarly structured compounds which carry a diethanolamino group, a methylamino group, an anilino group or a 2-methoxyethylamino group instead of the morpholino group. Brighteners of the substituted diphenylstyryl type may also be present, for example the alkali salts of 4,4'-bis (2-sulfostyryl) diphenyl, 4,4'-bis (4-chloro-3-sulfostyryl) diphenyl, or 4- (4-chlorostyryl) -4 '- (2-sulfostyryl) diphenyl. Mixtures of the aforementioned brighteners can also be used. The optical brighteners are used in the detergent tablets according to the invention in concentrations between 0.01 and 1% by weight, preferably between 0.05 and 0.5% by weight and in particular between 0.1 and 0.25% by weight. %, each based on the entire molded body, used.

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 softness, 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, linalyl benzoate, benzyl formate, ethyl methylphenyl glycinate, allylcyclohexyl benzylatepylpionate, allylcyclohexyl propyl pionate. 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, oc-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 produce 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, 21

Cinnamon leaf oil, linden blossom oil, juniper berry oil, vetiver oil, olibanum oil, galbanum oil and

Labdanum oil as well as orange blossom oil, neroliol, orange peel oil and sandalwood oil.

The fragrance content of the laundry detergent tablets according to the invention is usually up to 2% by weight of the total formulation. The fragrances can be incorporated directly into the agents according to the invention, but it can also be advantageous to apply the fragrances to carriers which increase the adhesion of the perfume to the laundry and ensure a long-lasting fragrance of the textiles due to a slower fragrance release. Cyclodextrins, for example, have proven useful as such carrier materials, and the cyclodextrin-perfume complexes can additionally be coated with further auxiliaries.

Suitable enzymes are those from the class of proteases, lipases, amylases, cellulases or mixtures thereof. Enzymes obtained from bacterial strains or fungi such as Bacillus subtilis, Bacillus licheniformis and Streptomyces griseus 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 of protease and amylase or protease and lipase or protease and cellulase or of cellulase and lipase or of protease, amylase and lipase or protease, lipase and cellulase, but in particular mixtures containing cellulase, are of particular interest. Peroxidases or oxidases have also proven to be suitable in some cases. The enzymes can be adsorbed on carriers and / or embedded in coating substances in order to protect them against premature decomposition. The proportion of enzymes, enzyme mixtures or enzyme granules in the shaped bodies according to the invention can be, for example, about 0.1 to 5% by weight, preferably 0.1 to about 2% by weight.

In addition, the laundry detergent and cleaning product tablets may also contain components which have a positive influence on the oil and fat washability from textiles (so-called soil repellents). This effect becomes particularly clear when a textile is soiled that has already been washed several times beforehand with a detergent according to the invention which contains this oil and fat-dissolving component. To The preferred oil- and fat-dissolving components include, for example, nonionic cellulose ethers such as methyl cellulose and methyl hydroxypropyl cellulose with a proportion of methoxyl groups from 15 to 30% by weight and of hydroxypropoxyl groups from 1 to 15% by weight, in each case based on the nonionic cellulose ether, and the polymers of phthalic acid and / or terephthalic acid or their derivatives known from the prior art, in particular polymers of ethylene terephthalates and / or polyethylene glycol terephthalates or anionically and / or nonionically modified derivatives thereof. Of these, the sulfonated derivatives of phthalic acid and terephthalic acid polymers are particularly preferred.

The production of washable and cleaning-active molded articles is carried out by applying pressure to a mixture to be pressed, which is located in the cavity of a press. In the simplest case of molded article production, which is simply called tableting below, the mixture to be tabletted is directly, i.e. pressed without prior granulation. The advantages of this so-called direct tableting are its simple and inexpensive application, since no further process steps and consequently no further plants are required. However, these advantages are offset by disadvantages. For example, a powder mixture that is to be tabletted directly must have sufficient plastic deformability and have good flow properties; furthermore, it must not show any tendency to segregate during storage, transport and filling of the die. These three requirements are extremely difficult to master with many substance mixtures, so that direct tableting is not often used, particularly in the production of detergent tablets. The usual way of producing detergent tablets is therefore based on powdery components (“primary particles”) which are agglomerated or granulated by suitable processes to form secondary particles with a larger particle diameter. These granules or mixtures of different granules are then mixed with individual powdery additives and fed to the tableting.

Detergent tablets preferred in the context of the present invention are formed by pressing particulate premixes 23 obtained at least one surfactant-containing granulate and at least one subsequently admixed powdery component. The surfactant-containing granules can be produced using conventional granulation processes such as mixer and plate granulation, fluidized bed granulation, extrusion, pelletizing or compacting. It is advantageous for the later detergent tablets if the premixes to be pressed have a bulk density that comes close to that of conventional compact detergents. In particular, it is preferred that the premix to be pressed has a bulk density of at least 500 g / 1, preferably at least 600 g / 1 and in particular above 700 g / 1. Another advantage can result from a narrower particle size distribution of the surfactant granules used. In the context of the present invention, detergent tablets are preferred in which the granules have particle sizes between 10 and 4000 μm, preferably between 100 and 2000 μm and in particular between 600 and 1400 μm.

It is further preferred that the subsequently admixed component (s) comprise the bleaching agent in the particle size distribution according to the invention mentioned.

Before the particulate premix is pressed into detergent tablets, the premix can be "powdered" with finely divided surface treatment agents. This can be advantageous for the nature and physical properties of both the premix (storage, pressing) and the finished detergent tablets. Finely divided powdering agents are well known in the art, mostly zeolites, silicates or other inorganic salts being used. However, the premix is preferably “powdered” with finely divided zeolite, zeolites of the faujasite type being preferred. In the context of the present invention, the term “faujasite-type zeolite” denotes all three zeolites which form the faujasite subgroup of the zeolite structure group 4 (compare Donald W. Breck: “Zeolite Molecular Sieves”, John Wiley & Sons, New York , London, Sydney, Toronto, 1974, page 92). In addition to the zeolite X, zeolite Y and faujasite and mixtures of these compounds can also be used, the pure zeolite X being preferred. 24

Mixtures or cocrystallizates of zeolites of the faujasite type with other zeolites, which do not necessarily have to belong to the zeolite structural group 4, can be used as powdering agents, it being advantageous if at least 50% by weight of the powdering agent from a zeolite of faujasite -Type exist.

In the context of the present invention, detergent tablets are preferred which consist of a particulate premix containing granular components and subsequently admixed pulverulent substances, the or one of the subsequently admixed pulverulent components being a zeolite of the faujasite type with particle sizes below 100 μm, is preferably below 10 μm and in particular below 5 μm and makes up at least 0.2% by weight, preferably at least 0.5% by weight and in particular more than 1% by weight of the premix to be pressed.

The finely divided processing components with the particle sizes mentioned above can be dry mixed into the premix to be pressed. However, it is also possible and preferred to "stick" them to the surface of the coarser particles by adding small amounts of liquid substances. These powdering processes are widely described in the prior art and are familiar to the person skilled in the art. Non-ionic surfactants or aqueous solutions of surfactants or other detergent ingredients can be used, for example, as liquid components which are suitable for promoting the adhesion of the powdering agents. In the context of the present invention, it is preferred to use perfume as the liquid adhesion promoter between the finely divided powdering agent and the coarse-grained particles.

To produce the moldings according to the invention, the premixes are compacted in a so-called die between two punches to form a solid compact. This process, which is briefly referred to below as tabletting, is divided into four sections: metering, compression (elastic deformation), plastic deformation and ejection. 25th

The tableting takes place in commercially available tablet presses, which in principle include

Single or double stamps can be equipped. In the latter case, not only is the upper stamp used to build up pressure, the lower stamp also moves towards the upper stamp during the pressing process, while the upper stamp presses down. For small production quantities, eccentric tablet presses are preferably used, in which the punch or stamps are fastened to an eccentric disc, which in turn is mounted on an axis with a certain rotational speed. The movement of these rams is comparable to that of a conventional four-stroke engine. The pressing can take place with one upper and one lower punch, but several punches can also be attached to one eccentric disk, the number of die holes being correspondingly increased. The throughputs of eccentric presses vary depending on the type from a few hundred to a maximum of 3000 tablets per hour.

For larger throughputs, rotary tablet presses are selected in which a larger number of dies is arranged in a circle on a so-called die table. The number of matrices varies between 6 and 55 depending on the model, although larger matrices are also commercially available. Each die on the die table is assigned an upper and lower stamp, with the pressing pressure being active only by the upper or lower die. Lower stamp, but can also be built up by both stamps. The die table and the stamps move around a common vertical axis, the stamps being brought into the positions for filling, compression, plastic deformation and ejection by means of rail-like curved tracks during the rotation. Wherever a particularly serious lifting or lowering of the punches is required (filling, compacting, ejecting), these cam tracks are supported by additional low-pressure pieces, low-tension rails and lifting tracks. The die is filled via a rigidly arranged feed device, the so-called filling shoe, which is connected to a storage container for the premixes. The pressing pressure on the respective premix can be individually adjusted via the pressing paths for the upper and lower punches, the pressure building up by the rolling of the punch shaft heads past adjustable pressure rollers. 26

Rotary presses can also be equipped with two or more filling shoes to increase the throughput. For the production of two-layer and multi-layer molded bodies, several filling shoes are arranged one behind the other without the slightly pressed first layer being ejected before further filling. With suitable process control, jacket and dot tablets can also be produced in this way, which have an onion-shell-like structure, the top side of the core or the core layers not being covered in the case of the dot tablets and thus remaining visible. Rotary tablet presses can also be equipped with single or multiple tools, so that, for example, an outer circle with 50 and an inner circle with 35 holes can be used simultaneously for pressing. The throughputs of modern rotary tablet presses are over one million molded articles per hour.

Tableting machines suitable within the scope of the present invention are available, for example, from the companies Apparatebau Holzwarth GbR, Asperg, Wilhelm Fette GmbH, Schwarzenbek, Hofer GmbH, Weil, KILIAN, Cologne, KOMAGE, Kell am See, KORSCH Pressen GmbH, Berlin, Mapag Maschinenbau AG, Bern (CH) and Courtoy NV, Halle (BE / LU). For example, the hydraulic double pressure press HPF 630 from LAEIS, D. is particularly suitable.

The shaped bodies can be manufactured in a predetermined spatial shape and size, whereby they always consist of several phases, i.e. Layers, inclusions or cores and rings exist. Practically all practical configurations can be considered as the spatial shape, for example, the design as a board, the bar or bar shape, cubes, cuboids and corresponding spatial elements with flat side surfaces, and in particular cylindrical configurations with a circular or oval cross section. This last embodiment covers the presentation form from the tablet to compact cylinder pieces with a ratio of height to diameter above 1.

The portioned compacts can each be designed as separate individual elements that correspond to the predetermined dosage of the detergents and / or cleaning agents. However, it is also possible to form compacts, 27 which connect a plurality of such mass units in one compact, the portioned smaller units being easy to separate, in particular by predetermined predetermined breaking points. For the use of textile detergents in machines of the type customary in Europe with horizontally arranged mechanics, the portioned compacts as tablets, in cylinder or cuboid form can be expedient, with a diameter / height ratio in the range from about 0.5: 2 to 2: 0.5 is preferred. Commercial hydraulic presses, eccentric presses or rotary presses are suitable devices, in particular for the production of such pressed articles.

The spatial shape of another embodiment of the molded body is adapted in its dimensions to the detergent dispenser of commercially available household washing machines, so that the molded body can be metered directly into the dispenser without metering aid, where it dissolves during the dispensing process. Of course, the detergent tablets can also be used without problems using a dosing aid.

Another preferred multi-phase molded body that can be produced has a plate-like or panel-like structure with alternately thick long and thin short segments, so that individual segments of this "multi-phase lock" are broken off at the predetermined breaking points, which represent the short thin segments and can be entered into the machine. This principle of the "bar-shaped" shaped body detergent can also be realized in other geometric shapes, for example vertically standing triangles, which are connected to one another only on one of their sides along the side. For optical reasons, it makes sense to design the triangular base that connects the individual segments as one phase, while the triangle tip forms the second phase. Different coloring of both phases is particularly attractive in this embodiment.

After pressing, the detergent tablets have a high stability. The breaking strength of cylindrical shaped bodies can be measured 28 of the diametrical fracture stress can be detected. This can be determined according to

2R σ = • nDt

Herein σ stands for diametral fracture stress (DFS) in Pa, P is the force in N that leads to the pressure exerted on the molded body that causes the molded body to break, D is the molded body diameter in meters and t the height of the molded body.

29 examples

For the production of detergent tablets containing bleach, a surfactant granulate was mixed with other processing components and pressed into tablets on an eccentric tablet press. The bleaching agent (sodium perborate monohydrate) added via the processing components had different particle size distributions depending on the molded article series. The composition of the surfactant granules is given in Table 1 below, the composition of the premix to be vesφress (and thus the composition of the molded article) can be found in Table 2. Table 3 shows the particle size distributions of the perborate monohydrate used in the different molded articles.

Table 1: Surfactant granules [% by weight]

C ₉ .ι ₃ alkylbenzenesulfonate 18.4

C 12-18 fatty alcohol sulfate 4.9

Cι ₂ . ₁₈ fatty alcohol with 7 EO 4.9

Soap 1.6

Sodium carbonate 18.8

Sodium silicate 5.5

Zeolite A (anhydrous active substance) 31.3

optical brightener 0.3

Na-hydroxyethane-1,1-diphosphonate 0.8

Acrylic acid-maleic acid copolymer 5.5

Water, salts rest

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Table 2: Premix [% by weight]

Granular surfactant 65.2

Sodium perborate monohydrate 16.0

Tetraacetylethylenediamine 7.3

Foam inhibitor 3.5

Enzymes 2.5

Perfume 0.5

Zeolite A 1.0

Cellulose * 4.0

compacted cellulose (particle size: 90% by weight> 400 μm)

Table 3: Sodium perborate monohydrate: particle size distribution [% by weight]

El VI V2 V3

> 1.6 mm <1 - - -

> 0.8 mm 40 - 60 2 - -

> 0.4 mm 30 - 60 55 33 -

> 0.2 mm <10 40 60 90

<0.2 mm <1 <5 <8 10

mean particle size [mm] 0.54-0.62 0.32 0.26 0.19

The hardness of the tablets was measured by deformation of the tablet to break, the force acting on the side surfaces of the tablet and the maximum ICraft that the tablet withstood.

To determine the tablet disintegration, the tablet was placed in a beaker with water (600 ml of water, temperature 30 ° C.) and the time until the tablet disintegrated completely. 31

For the wash-in test, two tablets were placed in the wash-in chamber of a commercially available washing machine and the washing program started. After this

During the wash-in phase, the wash-in chamber was pulled out and visually assessed.

If clear residues can be seen in the chamber, the tablets were rated as non-disposable.

The individual premixes were pressed into series of tablets using an eccentric tablet press. By varying the pressure, two different hard series of tablets were produced.

The experimental data of the individual tablet series are shown in Table 4:

Table 4: Detergent tablets [physical data]

Tablet El El 'VI VI' V2 V2 'V3 V3'

Tablet hardness [N] 25 35 25 35 25 35 25 35

Tablet disintegration [s] 6 10 18 55 24 70 35 63

Wash-in yes yes yes no yes no no no

In addition to the outstanding physical properties of the molded bodies El and El 'according to the invention, they additionally have an improved cleaning performance on enzymatically removable soils (egg, blood, cocoa).

Claims

32 claims

1. washing and cleaning agent molded body made of compressed particulate washing and cleaning agent, comprising bleach, builder (s) and optionally further washing and cleaning agent components, characterized in that the bleaching agent has an average particle size above 0.4 mm.

2. Washing and cleaning agent molded article according to claim 1, characterized in that the bleaching agent is substantially free of particles with sizes below 0.2 mm.

3. Detergent and shaped article according to one of claims 1 or 2, characterized in that the bleaching agent has less than 30% by weight, preferably less than 20% by weight and in particular less than 10% by weight, particles of a size below 0 , 4 mm.

4. washing and cleaning agent shaped body according to one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the bleaching agent more than 10 wt .-%, preferably more than 20 wt .-% and in particular more than 30 wt .-% particles of a size above 0 , 8 mm.

5. Detergent and shaped article according to one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that the bleaching agent is substantially free of particles with sizes above 1.6 mm.

6. Detergent form according to one of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that sodium perborate or sodium percarbonate, in particular sodium perborate monohydrate, is used as the bleaching agent.

7. washing and cleaning agent shaped body according to one of claims 1 to 6, characterized in that the shaped body further contains one or more bleach activator (s). 33

8. washing and cleaning agent molded article according to one of claims 1 to 7, characterized in that the molded article further contains one or more surfactant (s).

9. washing and cleaning agent shaped body according to one of claims 1 to 8, characterized in that they were obtained by Veφressen a particulate premix of at least one surfactant-containing granules and at least one subsequently admixed powdery component.

10. Detergent and molded article according to claim 9, characterized in that the granules were produced using conventional granulation processes such as mixer and plate granulation, fluidized bed granulation, extrusion, pelletizing or compacting.

11. Detergent and molded article according to one of claims 9 or 10, characterized in that the granules have particle sizes between 10 and 4000 microns, preferably between 100 and 2000 microns and in particular between 600 and 1400 microns.

12. Detergent and molded article according to one of claims 9 to 11, characterized in that the powder (s) component (s) subsequently mixed in comprise the bleaching agent.

13. Detergent and molded article according to one of claims 9 to 12, characterized in that the premix to be veφressende a bulk density of at least 500 g / 1, preferably at least 600 g / 1 and in particular above 700 g / 1.

14. Detergent form according to one of claims 1 to 13, characterized in that it additionally contains a disintegration aid, preferably a cellulose-based disintegration aid, preferably in granular, cogranulated or compacted form, in amounts of 0.5 to 10% by weight. %, 34 preferably from 3 to 7 wt .-% and in particular from 4 to 6 wt .-%, each based on the molded body weight.

15. Washing and cleaning agent molded article according to one of claims 1 to 14, further comprising one or more substances from the group of enzymes, pH regulators, fragrances, perfume carriers, fluorescent agents, dyes, foam inhibitors, silicone oils, anti-redeposition agents, optical brighteners, graying inhibitors, color transfer inhibitors and corrosion inhibitors.