Abstract: Detergent laundry bars which are mild to the hands of the user, have good foaming and use up properties during hand washing of laundry and good processing characteristics preferably including a water soluble salt of an alkylbenzene sulfonate, coco fatty acid sulfate paste. Also within the invention is the process for manufacturing the detergent bars.

Abstract: Detergent laundry bars of improved foaming, better skin feel/mildness and fabric softening properties are provided. These laundry bars are based on alkyl polysaccharide nonionic surfactants with alkyl benzene sulfonate anionic surfactant, detergent builder and filler. Processing into laundry bars which additionally contains high melting higher fatty alcohol sulfate anionic cosurfactant is greatly facilitated by pre-blending the alkyl polysaccharide nonionic surfactant and higher fatty alcohol sulfate cosurfactant prior to feeding the mixture to the mixer and plodder.

Abstract: Detergent laundry bars which are mild to the hands of the user, have good foaming and use up properties during hand washing of laundry and good processing characteristics preferably including a water soluble salt of an alkylbenzene sulfonate, coco fatty acid sulfate paste. Also within the invention is the process for manufacturing the detergent bars.

Abstract: A process for making hard, translucent, high moisture soap bars at 18-27% moisture. These soap bars are produced by varying the conditions of vacuum drying such that the crystalline structure of the soap remains small thereby producing better translucency of the soap pellets. These soap pellets that when compounded through conventional soap finishing equipment produce hard, machinable, high moisture, translucent soap bars.

Abstract: A translucent antibacterial soap is made by a process which includes dissolving a normally solid antibacterial material which is resistant to heat and alkali, e.g., 2,4,4'-trichloro-2'-hydroxy diphenyl ether (THDE), in a mixture of components for making such translucent antibacterial soap, which components include soaps of higher fatty acids in liquid form, such as with water in kettle soap, and converting said mixture to transparent soap cakes, preferably by a process which includes partially drying the mixture, working it and extruding it to a bar form, which bar may be cut to length and pressed into the final desired translucent antibacterial soap cakes.Preferably, the antibacterial compound, in powder form, is dissolved in a superfatting agent, such as mixed tallow fatty acids and coconut oil fatty acids and/or lanolin fatty acids, and then admixed at elevated temperature with the soaps of higher fatty acids that are a major constituent of the soap cakes to be made.

Abstract: Translucent soap cakes, which preferably are transparent, are made from mixed tallow and coconut oil soaps (or equivalents), lanolin soap and/or lanolin fatty acids and/or lanolin and/or other suitable derivative(s) thereof, and mixtures thereof, and water. Soap cakes or tablets of improved translucency (transparency) result when the lanolin soap, lanolin fatty acid, lanolin or suitable derivative thereof, or any mixture thereof is mixed at elevated temperature with substantially all of other soap cake components, except perfume (and possibly some other relatively minor constituents), and the resulting mixture is partially dried at elevated temperature, worked, extruded, cut into blanks and pressed to shape. The translucent soap cakes resulting, which may preferably be superfatted and contain a suitable antibacterial component, lather well, are of stable translucency on storage and are desirably mild to the skin.

Abstract: Translucent soap cakes, which preferably are transparent, are made from mixed tallow and coconut oil soaps (or equivalents), lanolin soap and/or lanolin fatty acids and/or lanolin and/or other suitable derivative(s) thereof, and mixtures thereof, and water. Soap cakes or tablets of improved translucency (transparency) result when the lanolin soap, lanolin fatty acid, lanolin or suitable derivative thereof, or any mixture thereof is mixed at elevated temperature with substantially all of other soap cake components, except perfume (and possibly some other relatively minor constituents), and the resulting mixture is partially dried at elevated temperature, worked, extruded, cut into blanks and pressed to shape. The translucent soap cakes resulting, which may preferably be superfatted and contain a suitable antibacterial component, lather well, are of stable translucency on storage and are desirably mild to the skin.

Abstract: A translucent antibacterial soap is made by a process which includes dissolving a normally solid antibacterial material which is resistant to heat and alkali, e.g., 2,4,4'-trichloro-2'-hydroxy diphenyl ether (THDE), in a mixture of components for making such translucent antibacterial soap, which components include soaps of higher fatty acids in liquid form, such as with water in kettle soap, and converting said mixture to transparent soap cakes, preferably by a process which includes partially drying the mixture, working it and extruding it to bar form, which bar may be cut to length and pressed into the final desired translucent antibacterial soap cakes.Preferably, the antibacterial compound, in powder form, is dissolved in a superfatting agent, such as mixed tallow fatty acids and coconut oil fatty acids and/or lanolin fatty acids, and then admixed at elevated temperature with the soaps of higher fatty acids that are a major constituent of the soap cakes to be made.

Abstract: A process for producing detergent tablets from free flowing spray dried base builder beads comprising inorganic detergent builders. The builder beads comprise alkali metal phosphate, alkali metal silicate and water. The alkali metal phosphate, component includes a hydrated and an anhydrous portion. Relatively large amounts of liquid or liquifiable detergent ingredients such as surface active agents etc. can be applied to the base beads after spray drying, without destroying their free flowing properties. The base beads are suitable for compression into coherent tablets. The resulting tablets are of improved detergency, physical integrity and solubility.

Abstract: A process for producing free flowing spray dried base builder beads comprising inorganic detergent builders. The builder beads comprise alkali metal phosphate, alkali metal silicate and water. The alkali metal phosphate component includes a hydrated and an anhydrous portion. Relatively large amounts of liquid or liquifiable detergent ingredients such as surface active agents etc. can be applied to the base beads after spray drying, without destroying their free flowing properties.

Abstract: A process for producing detergent tablets from free flowing spray dried base builder beads comprising inorganic detergent builders. The builder beads comprise alkali metal phosphate, alkali metal silicate and water. The alkali metal phosphate, component includes a hydrated and an anhydrous portion. Relatively large amounts of liquid or liquifiable detergent ingredients such as surface active agents etc. can be applied to the base beads after spray drying, without destroying their free flowing properties. The base beads are suitable for compression into coherent tablets. The resulting tablets are of improved detergency, physical integrity and solubility.

Abstract: A process for producing free flowing spray dried base builder beads comprising inorganic detergent builders. The builder beads comprise alkali metal phosphate, alkali metal silicate and water. The alkali metal phosphate component includes a hydrated and an anhydrous portion. Relatively large amounts of liquid or liquifiable detergent ingredients such as surface active agents etc. can be applied to the base beads after spray drying, without destroying their free flowing properties.

Abstract: High molecular weight poly(ethylene oxide) is incorporated into soap by first forming a blend of poly(ethylene oxide) and molten higher fatty acids, preferably containing water.

Abstract: Toilet soap bars superfatted with higher fatty acids and containing high molecular weight poly(ethylene oxide).

Abstract: The invention provides a method for producing multi-colored soap, either in chip or bar form including the steps of preparing a soap slurry, solidifying the soap slurry, reducing the solidified soap to particulate form, spraying the solidified soap with a liquid coloring agent and drying the colored particulate soap. The dried particulate soap can be further processed by plodding to form variegated bars or used as soap chips, pellets or ribbons.

Abstract: A high speed continuous process for making variegated soap bars is disclosed. Soap chips and an emulsion of minor soap ingredients are each continuously supplied to a mixer. The output of the mixer is a homogenized and variegated soap mass that is refined, plodded in a vacuum plodder, cut into soap bars and finally pressed.