WO2009071373A1

WO2009071373A1 - Detergent or cleaning agent having care effects

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Publication number: WO2009071373A1
Application number: PCT/EP2008/063812
Authority: WO
Inventors: Rene-Andres Artiga Gonzalez; Andreas Bauer; Tobias Segler; Jürgen HILSMANN; Mario Sturm; Karl-Heinz Scheffler; Daniel Tigges
Original assignee: Henkel Ag & Co. Kgaa
Priority date: 2007-12-07
Filing date: 2008-10-15
Publication date: 2009-06-11
Also published as: DE102007059296A1

Abstract

The invention relates to granulates containing silicone oil for detergents and cleaning agents, allowing an improved softness of the laundry, serving to protect the fibers and from wrinkling, promoting the smoothing of the fibers, and facilitating ironing.

Description

Washing or cleaning agent with care effect

The present invention relates to silicone oil-containing granules which comprise at least 50% by weight of thermoplastic polymer. It also relates to detergents or cleaners, such

Contain granules. Moreover, it concerns a

Process for the preparation of such granules and also a textile washing process.

In addition, it relates to the use of silicone oil-containing granules in textile laundering.

At least since 1907, when Persil® was the first self-acting laundry detergent, laundry detergents and home care products have been among those consumer goods that are particularly useful in making people's lives easier, better and more beautiful.

Since then, there has been a continuing effort to improve detergents or cleaning agents, so that modern laundry detergents or cleaning products have generally achieved excellent cleaning performance.

Despite all the progress already made, the goal of detergent manufacturers is to improve the quality of their products.

An important challenge in this general context is the provision of detergents or cleaners having textile-care properties. The consumer desires in particular those washing or cleaning agents which are e.g. when cleaning textiles not only wash them purely, but also maintain the textiles to be cleaned, so that this example. get a pleasantly soft grip.

The specific object of the present invention was therefore to provide solid detergents or cleaners having textile-care properties.

This object is achieved by the subject invention, namely a silicone oil-containing granules for the field of application of detergents and cleaning agents, which contains at least 50 wt .-% thermoplastic polymer, based on the total granules.

The granules according to the invention make it possible, via the silicone oil contained, to provide solid, very readily flowable detergents or cleaners with textilpflegenden properties, because the use of such granules in solid detergents or cleaning agents allows an improved soft feel of the laundry, serves the fiber and crease protection, promotes the Faserglättung and also allows easy ironing. The granules of the invention allow a simple, stable and uniform incorporation of silicone oils in detergents and cleaners, which is otherwise very difficult, since it is problematic evenly, especially in small quantities, to incorporate highly viscous silicone oils in a solid detergent matrix, so that the solid wash - Or detergent remains a free-flowing solid. Clumping does not occur in connection with the granules according to the invention even after prolonged storage.

In a preferred embodiment of the invention, the granules according to the invention 1-35 wt .-%, preferably 5-30 wt .-%, advantageously 10-25 wt .-% silicone oil, wt% based on the total granules. An optimum amount of silicone oil based on the granules, is 20 wt .-%.

Suitable silicone oils include polydialkyl or alkyl-aryl-Slioxane, wherein the alkyl groups preferably have 1 to 5 carbon atoms (that is, polydimethylsiloxane (C-ι-C ₅ alkyl) - or - (C-ι-C ₅ alkyl aryl) siloxane, preferably polydimethylsiloxane) and may be fully or partially fluorinated.

Particularly suitable silicones are polydimethyl siloxanes having a viscosity at 25 ⁰ C in the range of advantageously 1 ^■ 10 ^"4 to 20 ^■ 10 ^-2 m ² / s, preferably not more than 12 ^■ 10 ^-2 m ² / s and advantageously in the range of 10 ^■ 10 ^"4 to 50 ^■ ^{10" 4} m ² / s. fluorinated silicones, having a viscosity of advantageously at least 1 ^■ 10 ^"4 m ² / s, are also useful.

Preferred silicone oils have predominantly linear character and are preferably polydialkylsiloxanes in which the alkyl group is usually methyl.

Cationic (modified) or amino functional silicone oils are preferred.

Particularly suitable cationic silicone oils are the commercially available products Q2-7224 (manufactured by Dow Corning, a stabilized trimethylsilylamodimeth-icon), Dow Corning 929 emulsion (containing a hydroxylamino-modified silicone, also referred to as amodimethicones), SM- 2059 (manufacturer: General Electric), SLM-55067 (manufacturer: Wacker) Abil ^® -Quat 3270 and 3272 (manufacturer: Goldschmidt-Rewo; diquaternary polydimethylsiloxanes, quaternium-80), and Silicone quat Rewoquat ^® SQ 1 (Tegopren ^® 6922, Manufacturer : Goldschmidt-Rewo). If the granules according to the invention contain at least 60% by weight, in particular at least 70% by weight of thermoplastic polymer, based on the total granulate, then another preferred embodiment of the invention is present. A useful upper limit for the thermoplastic polymer is, for example, 99% by weight, preferably 95% by weight, advantageously 90% by weight, based on the total granules.

The thermoplastic polymer forms the matrix for the silicone oil contained and optional further ingredients. According to a preferred embodiment of the invention, the thermoplastic polymer is selected from the group comprising polyolefins, vinyl polymers, polyamides, polyesters, polyethers, polyacetals, polycarbonates, linear polyurethanes and ionomers.

When the thermoplastic polymer is selected from the group comprising cellulose mixed esters, cellulose ethers, polyphenylene oxide, polysulfone, polyvinyl acetal, polyethylene, polypropylene, poly-1-butene, poly-4-methyl-1-pentene, ionomers, polyvinyl chloride, polyalkylene glycol, polyvinylidene chloride, polymethyl methacrylate, Polyacrylonitrile, polystyrene, polyacetal, polyvinyl alcohol, polyvinyl acetate, poly-p-xylylene, linear polyurethanes, so is a further preferred embodiment of the invention. Particularly preferred is the use of polyvinyl alcohol, polyalkylene glycol and polyesters.

If the glass transition temperature T _{G of} the thermoplastic polymer in the range -2O ⁰ C to 200 ⁰ C, preferably 2O ⁰ C to 100 ⁰ C, so it is a preferred embodiment of the invention. The temperature specification refers in particular to standard pressure of 760 Torr.

The glass transition temperature is phenomenologically characterized by the conversion of a more or less hard polymer sample into a flowable melt.

Furthermore, it is preferred that the thermoplastic polymer is water-soluble or water-dispersible. This also corresponds to a preferred embodiment of the invention.

A particularly preferred matrix material for the granules and thus particularly suitable thermoplastic polymer are polyalkylene glycols and so it corresponds to a further preferred embodiment of the invention, when the thermoplastic polymer comprises polyethylene glycols, polypropylene glycols and / or polytetramethylene glycols, preferably with an average molar mass (calculated from the OH Number according to DIN 53240)> 1000, advantageously> 4000, more advantageously> 6000, in particular> 8000 g / mol. A reasonable upper limit may be, for example, 1500 g / mol. The calculation method from the OH number according to DIN 53240 is an established one and conventional method and is used by major raw material manufacturers, such as BASF AG for labeling their polyethylene glycol brands, such as the Pluriol® E brands.

Preference for use polyethylene glycols are, for example, "Pluriol® E 8000 E" having an average molecular weight of 8000 g / mol (the clear melting point is about 63 ⁰ C) or "Pluriol E 6000 powder" with an average molecular weight of 6000 g / mol (the clear melting point of about 55 ⁰ C), both available from the BASG AG. These polyethylene glycols are particularly preferred thermoplastic polymers in the context of the invention.

It is preferred to use those thermoplastic polymers which at a temperature up to 2O ⁰ C, preferably up to 25 ⁰ C, more advantageously up to 3O ⁰ C, even more advantageous up to 35 ⁰ C, in particular at a temperature up to 4O ⁰ C. or even up to 45 ⁰ C are substantially solid and only in a further increase in temperature (ie due to supply of thermal energy), for example to about 45 ⁰ C or eg to about 5O ⁰ C or eg to above 55 ⁰ C, in the flowable state go over (eg into a more or less viscous "melt").

The particle size d _{50 of} the granules according to the invention is in a preferred embodiment of the invention in the range 0.05 to 2.0 mm, preferably 1, 0 to 2.0 mm. The lower limit of the grain size d ₅₀ may also be 0.1 mm or 0.5 mm. d ₅₀ represents the median value. The median value is defined as the particle size below and above which in each case 50% of the particle quantity lie.

The granules according to the invention serve, as has already been shown, above all the textile care and improve the softness of the laundry. They serve to protect against fibers and wrinkles, promote fiber-smoothing and facilitate ironing.

It is also possible to further improve the potential of the granules according to the invention by incorporating further ingredients.

Contain the granules of the invention further

(a) additional textile care substances, preferably cationic surfactants, in particular esterquats,

(b) skin care ingredients, preferably plant-based ingredients, e.g. Almond oil, green tea extract or aloe vera preparations,

(c) fragrances and / or (c) dyes is thus another preferred embodiment of the invention. Esterquat is the known collective name for cationic surface-active compounds having preferably two hydrophobic groups which are linked via ester bonds with a quaternized di (tri) ethanolamine or an analogous compound.

Aloe vera preparations, in particular extracts, are obtainable from the thickened juice from the leaves of various Aloe species (Liliaceae). The leaves of the aloe vera, furthermore Aloe barbadensis Miller or the aloe vulgaris (INCI reference: aloe extract) are preferably used.

It is particularly preferred if the granules according to the invention contain fragrances, for example 0.1-15 wt .-%, preferably 0.5-10 wt .-%, advantageously 1-5 wt .-% fragrances, based on the total granules , It has unexpectedly been found that the granules according to the invention enable a particularly good and also efficient scenting of textiles (for example prolonging the scent effect) by way of textile washing. This could possibly be due to the fact that the silicone oil, which deposits on the textile, supports the deposition and adhesion of the fragrances on the textile. Conversely, it was found entirely unexpectedly that the use of fragrances in the granules according to the invention also improves the deposition of the silicone oil on the textiles in the textile washing. Because of this mutual interaction, it is particularly advantageous to use fragrances in the granules according to the invention. This is also advantageous because it has been found, quite surprisingly, that the fragrances in the granules according to the invention can be stored in a particularly stable manner, i. they are there even after prolonged storage extremely stable and protected from decomposition. This also applies to adverse conditions such. elevated storage temperature. The use of a granulate according to the invention for the protection of a

Perfumes against an aggressive medium, in particular a (preferably alkaline) detergent matrix, is therefore a further subject of the invention.

Adhesive-resistant fragrances are particularly suitable here. Adhesive-resistant fragrances which are advantageously usable in the context of the present invention are, for example, the essential oils such as angelica root oil, aniseed oil, arnica blossom oil, basil oil, Bayöl, Champacablütenöl, Edeltannenöl, Edeltannenzapfenöl, Elemiöl, eucalyptus oil, fennel oil, spruce alder oil, galbanum oil, geranium oil, ginger grass oil, guaiac wood oil , Gurijar balm oil, helichrysum oil, ho oil, ginger oil, iris oil, cajeput oil, calamus oil, chamomile oil, camphor oil, kanaga oil, cardamom oil, cassia oil, pine needle oil, copaϊva balsam oil, coriander oil, spearmint oil, caraway oil, cumin oil, lemongrass oil, musk kernel oil, myrrh oil, clove oil, neroli oil, niaouli oil , Olibanum Oil, Origanum Oil, Palmarosa Oil, Patchouli Oil, Peru Balsam Oil, Petitgrain Oil, Pepper Oil, Peppermint Oil, Pimento Oil, Pine Oil, Rose Oil, Rosemary Oil, Sandalwood Oil, Celery Oil, Star Aniseed Oil, Thuja Oil, Thyme Oil, Verbena Oil, Vetiver Oil, Juniper berry oil, wormwood oil, wintergreen oil, ylang-ylang oil, hyssop oil, cinnamon oil, cinnamon oil and cypress oil.

But also the higher-boiling or solid fragrances of natural or synthetic origin are particularly suitable and can be used in the context of the present invention advantageously as adherent fragrances or fragrance mixtures. These compounds include the following compounds and mixtures thereof: ambrettolide, α-amylcinnamaldehyde, anethole, anisaldehyde, anisalcohol, anisole, methyl anthranilate, acetophenone, benzylacetone, benzaldehyde, ethyl benzoate, benzophenone, benzyl alcohol, borneol, bornyl acetate, α-bromostyrene, n -Decylaldehyde, n-dodecylaldehyde, eugenol, eugenol methyl ether, eucalyptol, farnesol, fenchone, fenchyl acetate, geranyl acetate, geranyl formate, heliotropin, heptincarboxylic acid methyl ester, heptaldehyde, hydroquinone dimethyl ether, hydroxycinnamaldehyde, hydroxycinnamyl alcohol, indole, iron, isoeugenol, isoeugenol methyl ether, isosafrole, jasmon , Camphor, Karvakrol, Karvon, p-cresol methyl ether, coumarin, p-methoxyacetophenone, methyl-n-amyl ketone, methyl anthranilate, p-methylacetophenone, methylchavikole, p-methylquinoline, methyl-naphthyl ketone, methyl-n-nonylacetaldehyde, methyl-n nonyl ketone, Muskon, β-naphthol ethyl ether, β-naphthol methyl ether, nerol, nitrobenzene zol, n-nonylaldehyde, nonyl alcohol, n-octylaldehyde, p-oxy-acetophenone, pentadecanolide, β-phenylethyl alcohol, phenylacetaldehyde dimethyl acetal, phenylacetic acid, pulegone, safrole, salicylic acid isoamyl ester, salicylic acid methyl ester, salicylic acid hexyl ester, cyclohexyl salicylate, santalol, skatole, terpineol, Thymen, thymol, γ-undelactone, vanilin, veratrum aldehyde, cinnamaldehyde, cinnamyl alcohol, cinnamic acid, cinnamic acid ethyl ester, cinnamic acid benzyl ester.

Among the more volatile fragrances, which can also be used advantageously in the context of the present invention, include in particular the lower-boiling fragrances natural or synthetic origin, which can be used alone or in mixtures. Examples of more readily volatile fragrances are alkyl isothiocyanates (alkyl mustard oils), butanedione, limonene, linalool, linayl acetate and propionate, menthol, menthone, methyl-n-heptenone, phellandrene, phenylacetaldehyde, terpinyl acetate, citral, citronellal. Regardless, all the usual fragrances are used.

The granules according to the invention advantageously have (based on a 2 wt .-% - aqueous solution of the granules at 25 ⁰ C) a pH of preferably 2 to 9, preferably 2.5 to 7.

The granules according to the invention are intended in particular for use in detergents or cleaners.

Another object is therefore a washing or cleaning agent containing granules according to the invention, as described above, in amounts of 0.1-20 wt .-%, based on the total washing or cleaning agent. Useful upper limits for the granules contained in the washing or cleaning agent can also be 15% by weight, 10% by weight or 5% by weight, based on the total washing or cleaning agent. It has surprisingly been found that granules according to the invention provide good fabric care effects even in very small amounts, for example of 0.5% by weight or 1% by weight, based on the total washing or cleaning agent, ie the softening of the laundry is noticeable improve and serve the fiber and crease protection, promote the fiber smoothing and enable an ironing facilitation. Particular preference is therefore given to an inventive washing or cleaning agent containing granules according to the invention, as described above, in amounts of 0.1-3 wt .-%, based on the total detergent or cleaning agent. This corresponds to a very particularly preferred embodiment of the invention.

Detergents or cleaning agents according to the invention which additionally contain anionic, nonionic and / or cationic surfactants, in particular a mixture of anionic and nonionic surfactants, wherein the total agent is preferably 0.1 wt .-% to 50 wt .-%, in particular 10 wt. % to 40 wt .-% surfactant, correspond to a preferred embodiment of the invention.

If the washing or cleaning agent according to the invention contains alkylbenzenesulfonate, preferably linear alkylbenzenesulfonate (LAS), advantageously in amounts of 0.1-25% by weight, more preferably 1-20% by weight, in particular in amounts of 5-15% by weight. %, based on the total agent, so again there is a preferred embodiment of the invention.

Other suitable anionic surfactants which may also be used are e.g. Alkanesulfonates (eg secondary C13-C18 alkanesulfonate), methyl ester sulfonates (eg α-C12-C18 methyl ester sulfonate) and α-olefin sulfonates (eg α-C14-C18 olefinsulfonate), alkyl sulfates (eg C12-C18 fatty alcohol sulfate) and alkyl ether sulfates (eg C12-C14 fatty alcohol 2EO ether sulfate) and / or soaps. Further suitable anionic surfactants will be described below.

Likewise, it corresponds to a further preferred embodiment of the invention, when the washing or cleaning agent comprises nonionic surfactant, in particular alkoxylated fatty alcohol, in particular in amounts of 0.01 to 20 wt.%, Based on the total agent. The combined use of alkylbenzenesulfonate with nonionic surfactant is most preferred. Further suitable nonionic surfactants are alkylphenol polyglycol ethers (APEO), (ethoxylated) sorbitan fatty acid esters (sorbitans), alkyl polyglucosides (APG), fatty acid glucamides, fatty acid ethoxylates, amine oxides, ethylene oxide-propylene oxide block polymers, polyglycerol fatty acid esters and / or fatty acid alkanolamides. Other suitable nonionic surfactants will be described below.

In addition, the washing or cleaning agent according to the invention may advantageously comprise enzymes, preferably amylase, pectinase, carbonic anhydrase, tannase, lipase, mannanase, protease and / or cellulase, in particular in amounts of 0.00001-5% by weight, based on the entire means. This corresponds to a preferred embodiment of the invention. Preferably usable enzymes are described in more detail below.

Furthermore, it is very particularly preferred that the washing or cleaning agent according to the invention contains a builder system, preferably a zeolite-containing builder system, preferably comprising zeolite in amounts of> 5 wt .-%, more preferably> 10 wt .-%, more preferably> 15 wt. %, in particular> 20 wt .-% is contained, wt .-% based on the total agent. A reasonable upper limit of zeolite may e.g. at 60 wt .-%, 50 wt .-% or 40 wt .-%, based on the total agent. This corresponds to a preferred embodiment of the invention.

For the purposes of the invention, the term "builder system" also encompasses those "systems" which consist only of a single builder, such as e.g. Zeolite. It is preferred, however, that at least 2 substances with a builder effect be used, e.g. Zeolite in combination with soda, or similar.

It is likewise particularly preferred if the washing or cleaning agent according to the invention contains a soluble builder system, preferably comprising soda, silicate, citrate and / or polycarboxylates, advantageously in amounts of from 0.1 to 50% by weight, based on the total agent , This corresponds to a preferred embodiment of the invention. If such a soluble builder system is included, it is most preferred that only minor amounts of insoluble builders, such as, in particular, zeolite, e.g. <5 wt .-% to 0.1 wt .-% are included, especially in such a case, no insoluble builder is included.

It is likewise possible for the washing or cleaning agent according to the invention to comprise a phosphate-containing builder system, wherein phosphate is preferably present in amounts of 1-40% by weight, in particular 5-30% by weight, based on the total agent. After another preferred embodiment, however, the washing or cleaning agent according to the invention is free of phosphates.

Preferred builders or builder systems will be described in more detail below.

Preferred inventive washing or cleaning agents may> advantageously have a pH of 7.5, measured in a 2% solution of the composition in water at 2O ⁰ C. However, the pH may be after another embodiment, <7.5.

The washing or cleaning agent according to the invention may advantageously also be in the form of a shaped body, in particular in tablet form.

Another object of the invention is a textile washing process using a washing or cleaning agent according to the invention, wherein the washing temperature <6O ⁰ C, preferably <4O ⁰ C. Even higher washing temperatures are possible, but at the indicated wash temperature ranges, particularly good fabric care results are achieved.

The textile washing process can be carried out either manually or automatically, ie in an automatic washing machine.

Another object of the invention is therefore the use of a washing or cleaning agent according to the invention, as described above, in the manual or automatic textile laundry for textile care.

Although the granules according to the invention can also be used as textile aftertreatment agents, the use as a constituent of a fully-fledged washing or cleaning agent is preferred.

If this use according to the invention is directed to the textile washing of cotton-based textiles, synthetic fiber-based, preferably polyester, and / or blended fabric-based, in particular polyester-cotton blended fabrics, a preferred embodiment of the invention is provided. The fabric care effect according to the invention is to be found in particular on cotton-based textiles, synthetic fiber-based, preferably polyester, and / or blended fabric-based, in particular polyester-cotton blended fabrics. The detergents or cleaning agents which can be used according to the invention and which can be present, for example, in particular as pulverulent solids, in post-compacted particle form, can in principle also contain all known ingredients customary in such agents. As has already been shown, the compositions according to the invention may in particular be builders, surface-active surfactants, bleaching agents based on organic and / or inorganic peroxygen compounds, bleach activators, water-miscible organic solvents, enzymes, sequestering agents, electrolytes, pH regulators and other auxiliaries, such as optical brighteners, grayness inhibitors, foam regulators and dyes and fragrances.

As has already been stated, the washing or cleaning agents according to the invention can comprise one or more surfactants, in particular anionic surfactants, nonionic surfactants and mixtures thereof, as well as cationic, zwitterionic and amphoteric surfactants.

Suitable nonionic surfactants are in particular alkyl glycosides and ethoxylation and / or propoxylation of alkyl glycosides or linear or branched alcohols each having 12 to 18 carbon atoms in the alkyl moiety and 3 to 20, preferably 4 to 10 alkyl ether groups. Furthermore, corresponding ethoxylation and / or propoxylation of N-alkyl-amines, vicinal diols, fatty acid esters and fatty acid amides, which correspond to said long-chain alcohol derivatives with respect to the alkyl moiety, and of alkylphenols having 5 to 12 carbon atoms in the alkyl radical.

As nonionic surfactants it is possible to use preferably alkoxylated, advantageously ethoxylated, in particular primary, alcohols having preferably 8 to 18 C atoms and on average 1 to 12 moles of ethylene oxide (EO) per mole of alcohol in which the alcohol radical is linear or preferably methyl-branched in the 2-position may contain linear or methyl-branched radicals in the mixture, as they are usually present in Oxoalkoholresten. In particular, however, alcohol ethoxylates with linear radicals of alcohols of natural origin having 12 to 18 carbon atoms, for example of coconut, palm, tallow or oleyl alcohol, and on average 2 to 8 EO per mole of alcohol are preferred. The preferred ethoxylated alcohols include, for example, C ₁₂ -C ₁₄ -AlkOhOIe with 3 EO or 4 EO, C ₉ -C ₁₁ -AlkOhOIe with 7 EO, C ₁₃ -C ₁₅ alcohols with 3 EO, 5 EO, 7 EO or 8 EO, C ₁₂ -C ₁₈ -alcohols with 3 EO, 5 EO or 7 EO and mixtures of these, such as mixtures of C ₁₂ -C ₁₄ -alcohol with 3 EO and C ₁₂ -C ₁₈ -alcohol with 7 EO. The degrees of ethoxylation given represent statistical means which, for a particular product, may be an integer or a fractional number. Preferred alcohol ethoxylates have a narrow homolog distribution (narrow rank ethoxylates, NRE). In addition to these nonionic surfactants, fatty alcohols with more than 12 EO can also be used. examples Examples of these are (TaIg) fatty alcohols with 14 EO, 16 EO, 20 EO, 25 EO, 30 EO or 40 EO. In particular, agents for use in mechanical processes can usually be used extremely low-foam compounds. These include preferably C ₂ -C ₁₈ -alkylpolyethylene glycol polypropylene glycol ethers having in each case up to 8 mol of ethylene oxide and propylene oxide units in the molecule. However, it is also possible to use other known low-foam nonionic surfactants, such as, for example, C ₂ -C ₁₈ -alkylpolyethyleneglycol-polybutylene glycol ethers having up to 8 mol of ethylene oxide and butylene oxide units in the molecule as well as end-capped alkyl polyalkylene glycol mixed ethers. Also particularly preferred are the hydroxyl-containing alkoxylated alcohols, as described in European Patent Application EP 0 300 305, so-called hydroxy mixed ethers. The nonionic surfactants also include alkyl glycosides of the general formula RO (G) _x , in which R is a primary straight-chain or methyl-branched, in particular 2-methyl-branched aliphatic radical having 8 to 22, preferably 12 to 18 carbon atoms and G is a Glykoseeinheit with 5 or 6 C-atoms, preferably for glucose. The degree of oligomerization x, which indicates the distribution of monoglycosides and oligoglycosides, is an arbitrary number - which, as a variable to be determined analytically, may also assume fractional values - between 1 and 10; preferably x is 1, 2 to 1, 4. Also suitable are polyhydroxy fatty acid amides of the formula (III) in which R ^{1 is} CO for an aliphatic acyl radical having 6 to 22 carbon atoms, R ^{2 is} hydrogen, an alkyl or hydroxyalkyl radical having 1 to 4 carbon atoms and [Z] is a linear or branched polyhydroxyalkyl radical having 3 to 10 carbon atoms and 3 to 10 hydroxyl groups:

R ²

R ¹ -CO-N- [Z] (III)

The polyhydroxy fatty acid amides are preferably derived from reducing sugars having 5 or 6 carbon atoms, in particular from glucose. The group of polyhydroxy fatty acid amides also includes compounds of the formula (IV)

R ⁴ -OR ⁵

I (IV)

R ³ -CO-N- [Z]

in the R ^{3 is} a linear or branched alkyl or alkenyl radical having 7 to 12 carbon atoms, R ^{4 is} a linear, branched or cyclic alkylene radical or an arylene radical having 2 to 8 carbon atoms and R ^{5 is} a linear, branched or cyclic alkyl radical or a Aryl radical or an oxy-alkyl radical having 1 to 8 carbon atoms, wherein C-ι-C ₄ alkyl or phenyl radicals are preferred, and [Z] is a linear polyhydroxyalkyl radical whose alkyl chain is substituted with at least two hydroxyl groups, or alkoxylated, preferably ethoxylated or propoxylated derivatives of this group. [Z] is also obtained here preferably by reductive amination of a sugar such as glucose, fructose, maltose, lactose, galactose, mannose or xylose. The N-alkoxy- or N-aryloxy-substituted compounds can then be converted into the desired polyhydroxy fatty acid amides, for example by reaction with fatty acid methyl esters in the presence of an alkoxide as catalyst. Another class of preferred nonionic surfactants which can be used either as the sole nonionic surfactant or in combination with other nonionic surfactants, in particular together with alkoxylated fatty alcohols and / or alkyl glycosides, are alkoxylated, preferably ethoxylated or ethoxylated and propoxylated fatty acid alkyl esters, preferably with 1 to 4 carbon atoms in the alkyl chain, especially fatty acid methyl ester. Nonionic surfactants of the amine oxide type, for example N-cocoalkyl-N, N-dimethylamine oxide and N-tallowalkyl-N, N-dihydroxyethylamine oxide, and the fatty acid alkanolamides may also be suitable. The amount of these nonionic surfactants is preferably not more than that of the ethoxylated fatty alcohols, especially not more than half thereof. Other suitable surfactants are so-called gemini surfactants. These are generally understood as meaning those compounds which have two hydrophilic groups per molecule. These groups are usually separated by a so-called "spacer". This spacer is typically a carbon chain that should be long enough for the hydrophilic groups to be spaced sufficiently apart for them to 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, the term gemini surfactants not only such "dimer", but also corresponding to "trimeric" surfactants understood. Suitable gemini surfactants are, for example, sulfated hydroxy mixed ethers or dimer alcohol bis- and trimer tris sulfates and ether sulfates. End-capped dimeric and trimeric mixed ethers are characterized in particular by their bi- and multi-functionality. Thus, 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. However, it is also possible to use gemini-polyhydroxy fatty acid amides or poly-polyhydroxy fatty acid amides. Also suitable are the sulfuric acid monoesters of the straight-chain or branched C ₇ -C ₂ -substituted alcohols ethoxylated with from 1 to 6 mol of ethylene oxide, such as 2-methyl-branched C ₉ -C ₁₁ -alcohols having on average 3.5 mol of ethylene oxide (EO) or C ₁₂ C ₁₈ fatty alcohols with 1 to 4 EO. The anionic surfactants which can preferably be used also include the salts of

Alkyl sulfosuccinic acid, which are also referred to as sulfosuccinates or as sulfosuccinic acid ester, and the monoesters and / or diesters of sulfosuccinic acid with alcohols, preferably fatty alcohols and in particular ethoxylated fatty alcohols. Preferred sulfosuccinates contain C ₈ to C ₁₈ fatty alcohol residues or mixtures of these. Particularly preferred sulfosuccinates contain a fatty alcohol residue derived from ethoxylated fatty alcohols, which by themselves are nonionic surfactants. Sulfosuccinates, whose fatty alcohol residues are derived from ethoxylated fatty alcohols with a narrow homolog distribution, are again particularly preferred. Likewise, it is also possible to use alk (en) ylsuccinic acid having preferably 8 to 18 carbon atoms in the alk (en) yl chain or salts thereof. Suitable further anionic surfactants are fatty acid derivatives of amino acids, for example N-methyltaurine (Tauride) and / or N-methylglycine (sarcosides). Particularly preferred are the sarcosides or the sarcosinates and here especially sarcosinates of higher and optionally monounsaturated or polyunsaturated fatty acids such as oleyl sarcosinate. As further anionic surfactants are particularly soaps into consideration. Particularly suitable are saturated fatty acid soaps, such as the salts of lauric acid, myristic acid, palmitic acid, stearic acid, hydrogenated erucic acid and behenic acid and, in particular, soap mixtures derived from natural fatty acids, for example coconut, palm kernel or tallow fatty acids. Together with these soaps or as a substitute for soaps, it is also possible to use the known alkenylsuccinic acid salts.

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

Suitable quantities of surfactants have already been mentioned above. They are present in washing or cleaning agents according to the invention, for example in proportions of preferably 5 wt .-% to 50 wt .-%, in particular from 8 wt .-% to 30 wt .-%, wt .-% based on the total agent ,

A washing or cleaning agent according to the invention may preferably contain at least one water-soluble and / or water-insoluble, organic and / or inorganic builder. The water-soluble organic builder substances include polycarboxylic acids, in particular citric acid and sugar acids, monomeric and polymeric aminopolycarboxylic acids, in particular methylglycinediacetic acid, nitrilotriacetic acid and ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid and polyaspartic acid, polyphosphonic acids, in particular aminotris (methylenephosphonic acid), Ethylenediaminetetrakis (methylenephosphonic acid) and 1-hydroxyethane-1, 1-diphosphonic acid, polymeric hydroxy compounds such as dextrin and polymeric (poly) carboxylic acids, in particular the accessible by oxidation of polysaccharides or dextrins Polycarboxyla- te, polymeric acrylic acids, methacrylic acids, maleic acids and copolymers thereof which may also contain small amounts of polymerizable substances without carboxylic acid functionality in copolymerized form. The molecular weight of the homopolymers of unsaturated carboxylic acids is generally between 3,000 and 200,000, of the copolymers between 2,000 and 200,000, preferably 30,000 to 120,000, each based on the free acid. A particularly preferred acrylic acid-maleic acid copolymer has a molecular weight of from 30,000 to 100,000. Commercially available products are, for example, Sokalan® CP 5, CP 10 and PA 30 from BASF. Suitable, although less preferred, compounds of this class are copolymers of acrylic acid or methacrylic acid with vinyl ethers, such as vinylmethyl ethers, vinyl esters, ethylene, propylene and styrene, in which the proportion of the acid is at least 50% by weight. It is also possible to use terpolymers which contain two unsaturated acids and / or salts thereof as monomers and also vinyl alcohol and / or an esterified vinyl alcohol or a carbohydrate as the third monomer as water-soluble organic builder substances. The first acidic monomer or its salt is derived from a monoethylenically unsaturated C ₃ -C ₈ -carboxylic acid and preferably from a C ₃ -C ₄ -monocarboxylic acid, in particular from (meth) acrylic acid. The second acidic monomer or its salt may be a derivative of a C ₄ -C ₈ -dicarboxylic acid, with maleic acid being particularly preferred, and / or a derivative of an alkylsulfonic acid which is substituted in the 2-position by an alkyl or aryl radical , Such polymers generally have a molecular weight between 1,000 and 200,000. Further preferred copolymers are those which preferably have as monomers acrolein and acrylic acid / acrylic acid salts or vinyl acetate. The organic builder substances can be used, in particular for the preparation of liquid agents, in the form of aqueous solutions, preferably in the form of 30 to 50 percent by weight aqueous solutions. All of the acids mentioned are generally used in the form of their water-soluble salts, in particular their alkali metal salts.

Such organic builders may be used according to a preferred embodiment of the invention and, if desired, may be present in amounts of up to 40% by weight, more preferably up to 25% by weight, and preferably from 1% to 8% by weight. Quantities close to the stated upper limit are preferably used in paste-form or liquid, in particular water-containing, agents according to the invention.

As water-soluble inorganic builder materials are in particular alkali metal silicates, alkali metal carbonates and alkali metal phosphates, which in the form of their alkaline, neutral or acidic sodium or potassium salts may be considered. Examples of these are trisodium phosphate, tetra sodium diphosphate, disodium dihydrogen diphosphate, pentasodium triphosphate, so-called sodium hexametaphosphate, oligomeric trisodium phosphate with degrees of oligomerization of from 5 to 1000, in particular from 5 to 50, and the corresponding potassium salts or mixtures of sodium and potassium salts. As water-insoluble, water-dispersible inorganic builder materials, in particular crystalline or amorphous alkali metal aluminosilicates, in amounts of up to 50 wt .-%, preferably not more than 40 wt .-% and in liquid agents, in particular from 1 wt .-% to 5 wt .-%, be used. Among these, preferred are the detergent grade crystalline sodium aluminosilicates, particularly zeolite A, P and optionally X, alone or in mixtures, for example in the form of a cocrystal of zeolites A and X (Vegobond® AX, a commercial product of Condea Augusta SpA) , Amounts near the above upper limit are preferably used in solid, particulate agents. In particular, suitable aluminosilicates have no particles with a particle size greater than 30 .mu.m and preferably consist of at least 80% by weight of particles having a size of less than 10 .mu.m. Their calcium binding capacity, which can be determined according to the specifications of the German patent DE 24 12 837, is generally in the range of 100 to 200 mg CaO per gram.

Suitable substitutes or partial substitutes for the said aluminosilicate are crystalline alkali silicates which may be present alone or in a mixture with amorphous silicates. The alkali metal silicates useful as builders in the compositions according to the invention preferably have a molar ratio of alkali metal oxide to SiO _{2 of} less than 0.95, in particular of 1: 1, 1 to 1: 12, and may be amorphous or crystalline. Preferred alkali metal silicates are the sodium silicates, in particular the amorphous sodium silicates, with a molar ratio of Na ₂ O: SiO ₂ of 1: 2 to 1: 2.8. The crystalline silicates which may be present alone or in admixture with amorphous silicates, are crystalline layer silicates with the general formula Na ₂ Si _x O y are used _{2x + 1} H ₂ O, in which x, known as the modulus, an integer of 1, 9 to 22, in particular 1, 9 to 4 and y is a number from 0 to 33 and preferred values for x are 2, 3 or 4. Preferred crystalline phyllosilicates are those in which x in the abovementioned general formula assumes the values 2 or 3. In particular, both β- and δ-sodium disilicates (Na ₂ Si ₂ O ₅ y H ₂ O) are preferred. Also prepared from amorphous alkali silicates, practically anhydrous crystalline alkali silicates of the abovementioned general formula in which x is a number from 1, 9 to 2.1, can be used in inventive compositions. In a further preferred embodiment of the composition according to the invention, a crystalline sodium layer silicate with a modulus of 2 to 3 is used, as can be prepared from sand and soda. Crystalline sodium silicates with a modulus in the range of 1.9 to 3.5 are used in a further preferred embodiment of compositions according to the invention. Crystalline layer-form silicates of formula (I) given above are sold by Clariant GmbH under the trade name Na-SKS, eg Na-SKS-1 (Na ₂ Si ₂₂ O ₄₅ XH ₂ O, Kenyaite), Na-SKS-2 (Na ₂ Si ₁₄ O ₂₉ XH ₂ O, magadiite), Na-SKS-3 (Na ₂ Si ₈ O ₁₇ XH ₂ O) or Na-SKS-4 (Na ₂ Si ₄ O ₉ XH ₂ O, Makatite). Of these, especially Na SKS-5 are (α-Na ₂ Si ₂ 0 _5), Na-SKS-7 (.beta.-Na ₂ Si ₂ 0 _5, natrosilite), Na-SKS-9 (NaHSi ₂ O ₅ 3H ₂ O), Na-SKS-10 (NaHSi ₂ O ₅ 3H ₂ O, kanemite), Na-SKS-11 (t-Na ₂ Si ₂ 0 ₅₎ and Na-SKS-13 (NaHSi ₂ O _5), but especially Na-SKS-6 (5-Na ₂ Si ₂ O ₅ ). In a preferred embodiment of the composition according to the invention, a granular compound of crystalline phyllosilicate and citrate, of crystalline phyllosilicate and of the above-mentioned (co-) polymeric polycarboxylic acid, or of alkali silicate and alkali metal carbonate, such as, for example, commercially available under the name Nabion® 15, is used ,

Builder substances may preferably be present in the detergents or cleaners according to the invention in amounts of up to 75% by weight, in particular 5% by weight to 50% by weight, based on the total agent.

Peroxygen compounds which are suitable for use in detergents or cleaners according to the invention are, in particular, organic peracids or persalts of organic acids, such as phthalimidopercaproic acid, perbenzoic acid or salts of diperdodecanedioic acid, hydrogen peroxide and inorganic salts which release hydrogen peroxide under the washing conditions, to which perborate, percarbonate, persilicate and / or or persulfate such as caroate. If solid peroxygen compounds are to be used, they can be used in the form of powders or granules, which can also be enveloped in a manner known in principle. If an agent according to the invention contains peroxygen compounds, they are present in amounts of preferably up to 50% by weight, in particular from 5% by weight to 30% by weight. The addition of small amounts of known bleach stabilizers such as phosphonates, borates or metaborates and metasilicates and magnesium salts such as magnesium sulfate may be useful.

As bleach activators, it is possible to use compounds which, under perhydrolysis conditions, give aliphatic peroxycarboxylic acids having preferably 1 to 10 C atoms, in particular 2 to 4 C atoms, and / or optionally substituted perbenzoic acid. Suitable substances are those which carry O- and / or N-acyl groups of the stated C atom number and / or optionally substituted benzoyl groups. Preference is given to polyacylated alkylenediamines, in particular tetraacetylethylenediamine (TAED), acylated triazine derivatives, in particular 1,5-diacetyl-2,4-dioxohexahydro-1,3,5-triazine (DADHT), acylated glycolurils, in particular tetraacetylglycoluril (TAGU), N- Acylimides, in particular N-nonanoylsuccinimide (NOSI), acylated phenolsulfonates, in particular n-nonanoyl or isononanoyloxybenzenesulfonate (n- or iso-NOBS), carboxylic anhydrides, in particular phthalic anhydride, acylated polyhydric alcohols, in particular triacetin, ethylene glycol diacetate, 2,5-diacetoxy- 2,5-dihydrofuran and Enol esters and also acetylated sorbitol and mannitol or mixtures thereof (SORMAN), acylated sugar derivatives, in particular pentaacetylglucose (PAG), pentaacetyl fructose, tetraacetylxylose and octaacetyl lactose as well as acetylated, optionally N-alkylated glucamine and gluconolactone, and / or N-acylated lactams, for example N- benzoyl. The hydrophilic substituted acyl acetals and the acyl lactams are also preferably used. Combinations of conventional bleach activators can also be used. Such bleach activators can, in particular in the presence of the abovementioned hydrogen peroxide-supplied bleach, in the usual amount range, preferably in amounts of from 0.5 wt .-% to 10 wt .-%, in particular 1 wt .-% to 8 wt .-%, based on However, total agent, be included, missing when using percarboxylic acid as the sole bleach, preferably completely.

In addition to the conventional bleach activators or in their place, sulfone imines and / or bleach-enhancing transition metal salts or transition metal complexes may also be present as so-called bleach catalysts.

Suitable enzymes which can be used in the washing or cleaning agents according to the invention are, in particular, those from the class of amylases, proteases, lipases, cutinases, pullulanases, hemicellulases, cellulases, oxidases, laccases, pectinases, carbonic anhydrases, mannanases, tannases and peroxidases and mixtures thereof , Particularly suitable are from fungi or bacteria, such as Bacillus subtilis, Bacillus licheniformis, Bacillus lentus, Streptomyces griseus, Humicola lanuginosa, Humicola insolens, Pseudomonas pseudoalcaligenes, Pseudomonas cepacia or Coprinus cinereus derived enzymatic agents. The enzymes may be adsorbed to carriers and / or embedded in encapsulants to protect against premature inactivation. They are preferably present in the detergents or cleaners according to the invention in amounts of up to 5% by weight, in particular from 0.2% by weight to 4% by weight. If the agent of the invention contains protease, it preferably has a proteolytic activity in the range of about 100 PE / g to about 10,000 PE / g, in particular 300 PE / g to 8000 PE / g. If several enzymes are to be used in the agent according to the invention, this can be carried out by incorporation of the two or more separate or in a known manner separately prepared enzymes or by two or more enzymes formulated together in a granule.

In order to establish a desired pH, which does not naturally result from the mixture of the other components, the compositions according to the invention may contain system and environmentally acceptable acids, in particular citric acid, acetic acid, tartaric acid, malic acid, lactic acid, glycolic acid, succinic acid, glutaric acid and / or adipic acid, but also mineral acids, especially particular sulfuric acid, or bases, in particular ammonium or alkali hydroxides. Such pH regulators may be present in the compositions according to the invention in amounts of preferably not more than 20% by weight, in particular from 1.2% by weight to 17% by weight.

Graying inhibitors have the task of keeping suspended from the textile fiber dirt suspended in the fleet. Water-soluble colloids of mostly organic nature are suitable for this purpose, for example starch, glue, gelatin, salts of ether carboxylic acids or ether sulfonic acids of starch or of cellulose or salts of acidic sulfuric acid esters of cellulose or starch. Also, water-soluble polyamides containing acidic groups are suitable for this purpose. Furthermore, other than the above-mentioned starch derivatives can be used, for example aldehyde starches. Preference is given to using cellulose ethers, such as carboxymethylcellulose (Na salt), methylcellulose, hydroxyalkylcellulose and mixed ethers, such as methylhydroxyethylcellulose, methylhydroxypropylcellulose, methylcarboxymethylcellulose and mixtures thereof, for example in amounts of from 0.1 to 5% by weight, based on the compositions become.

Detergents or cleaning agents according to the invention may contain, for example, derivatives of diaminostilbenedisulfonic acid or their alkali metal salts as optical brighteners, although they are preferably free from optical brighteners for use as color detergents. For example, salts of 4,4'-bis (2-anilino-4-morpholino-1, 3,5-triazinyl-6-amino) stilbene-2,2'-disulphonic acid or compounds of similar construction which are used instead of the morpholino group carry a diethanolamino group, a methylamino group, an anilino group or a 2-methoxyethylamino group. Further, brighteners of the substituted diphenylstyrene type may 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). Mixtures of the aforementioned optical brightener can be used.

In particular, when used in mechanical processes, it may be advantageous to add conventional foam inhibitors to the compositions. As foam inhibitors are, for example, soaps of natural or synthetic origin, which have a high proportion of C ₁₈ -C ₂₄ fatty acids. Suitable non-surfactant foam inhibitors are, for example, organopolysiloxanes and mixtures thereof with microfine, optionally silanized silica and paraffins, waxes, microcrystalline waxes and mixtures thereof with silanated silicic acid or bis-fatty acid alkylenediamides. It is also advantageous to use mixtures of various foam inhibitors, for example those of silicones, paraffins or waxes. Preferably, the foam inhibitors, in particular silicone and / or paraffin-containing foam inhibitors, to a granular, water-soluble or dispersible Vehicle bound. In particular, mixtures of paraffins and bistearylethylenediamide are preferred.

The preparation of solid detergents or cleaners according to the invention offers no difficulties and can be carried out in a known manner, for example by spray drying or granulation, with enzymes and any further thermally sensitive ingredients such as bleach being optionally added separately later and the silicone oil-containing granules according to the invention being separate be added, for example be mixed with the otherwise finished detergent.

For the production of compositions according to the invention having an increased bulk density, in particular in the range from 650 g / l to 950 g / l, e.g. a method comprising an extrusion step may also be preferred.

For the preparation of compositions according to the invention in tablet form, which may be monophasic or multiphase, monochromatic or multicolor and in particular consist of one or more layers, in particular two layers, the procedure is preferably such that all constituents - if appropriate one per layer - in one Mixer mixed together and the mixture by means of conventional tablet presses, such as eccentric or rotary presses, pressed with compressive forces in the range of about 50 to 100 kN, preferably at 60 to 70 kN. Particularly in the case of multilayer tablets, it may be advantageous if at least one layer is pre-compressed. This is preferably carried out at pressing forces between 5 and 20 kN, in particular at 10 to 15 kN. This gives fracture-resistant, yet sufficiently rapidly soluble tablets under application conditions with fracture and flexural strengths of normally 100 to 200 N, but preferably above 150 N. Preferably, a tablet produced in this way has a weight of 10 g to 50 g, in particular 15 g up to 40 g. The spatial form of the tablets is arbitrary and can be round, oval or angular, with intermediate forms are also possible. Corners and edges are advantageously rounded. Round tablets preferably have a diameter of 30 mm to 40 mm. In particular, the size of rectangular or cuboid-shaped tablets, which are introduced predominantly via the metering device, for example the dishwasher, is dependent on the geometry and the volume of this metering device. Exemplary preferred embodiments have a base area of (20 to 30 mm) x (34 to 40 mm), in particular of 26x36 mm or 24x38 mm.

Another object of the invention is a process for the preparation of silicone oil-containing granules according to the invention, wherein in a mixer, a melt of the thermoplastic Polymer mixed with a silicone oil and the mixture then solidifies by cooling to solidify.

Particularly suitable mixers are all mixers which are capable of thorough mixing of flowing to highly viscous media.

Mechanical mixers with positive mixing material movement are generally particularly suitable, in particular so-called single-shaft dissolvers or multi-shaft dissolvers are suitable.

In a single-shaft dissolver, a vertical, centric shaft to which a toothed or dissolver disc is attached rotates in a mixing vessel.

A multi-shaft dissolver rotates several top-driven vertical shafts to which tooth or dissolver discs are attached. Due to the interlocking arrangement special shear rates can be built and thus particularly effective mixing effects can be achieved.

Also suitable are so-called in-line mixers. These operate on the rotor-stator principle and consist of closely spaced metal sprockets, one of which rotates rapidly (e.g., up to 25,000 rpm) while the other is rigid. As a result, a pumping effect is generated, which sucks in a highly viscous liquid and presses through the openings in the rings (dispersion by shearing). A commonly used form is the Ultra-Turrax®.

The melt of the thermoplastic polymer is obtained by supplying thermal energy. Such is known to the person skilled in the art.

The cooling may be passive or active, preferably active. Passive cooling corresponds to cooling down in the room air. Active cooling uses a cooling device, e.g. a cooling belt or chill rolls.

It should be noted that the miscibility of thermoplastic polymer and silicone oil may be low, but at least dispersions or pseudo-mixtures can be prepared by the co-fusing at least applicable in the context of the invention with success.

If further ingredients are added, they are preferably added together with the silicone oil to the melt. According to a preferred embodiment of the invention, the mixture is placed on a cooling belt and there is solidified (by cooling), in particular pastilized, scrapped or transferred into strips.

Particularly preferred cooling belts are steel belt coolers. Here, the molten product is mixed with a suitable feeding device, such as e.g. a Rotoformer, an overflow weir or a Streifengießer, abandoned on the steel strip. The steel strip has excellent thermal conductivity and can dissipate the heat released during cooling and solidification. The steel belt underside may e.g. from below with a cooling medium, e.g. be cooled with water. There is thus no contact between the cooling medium and the product and thus no contamination, so that the product is not changed in its composition. The use of such a cooling belt allows the production of pastilles, strips, strip granules, scales and webs, which is referred to as granules in the context of the invention. A Rotoformer is the preferred feeding device, if the final product should have a well-defined shape and size and it should also be as dust-free and very free-flowing. Suitable plants, in particular Rotoform plants, are available, for example, from the Sandvik Group operating worldwide (for example Sandvik Process Systems, Fellbach, Germany).

Claims

claims:

1. Silicone oil-containing granules for the field of use of detergents and cleaners, characterized in that they contain at least 50 wt .-% thermoplastic polymer, based on the total granules.

2. Granules according to claim 1, characterized in that they contain 1-30 wt .-%, preferably 5-25 wt .-%, advantageously 10-20 wt .-% silicone oil, based on the total granules.

3. Granules according to any one of claims 1-2, characterized in that they contain 0.1-15 wt .-%, preferably 0.5-10 wt .-%, advantageously 1-5 wt .-% fragrances, based on the entire granules.

4. Granules according to any one of claims 1-3, characterized in that the thermoplastic polymer is selected from the group comprising polyolefins, vinyl polymers, polyamides, polyesters, polyethers, polyacetals, polycarbonates, linear polyurethanes and ionomers, in particular selected from the group comprising Cellulose mixed esters, cellulose ethers, polyphenylene oxide, polysulfone, polyvinyl acetal, polyethylene, polypropylene, poly-1-butene, poly-4-methyl-1-pentene, ionomers, polyvinyl chloride, polyalkylene glycol, polyvinylidene chloride, polymethyl methacrylate, polyacrylonitrile, polystyrene, polyacetal, polyvinyl alcohol, Polyvinyl acetate, poly-p-xylylene, linear polyurethanes.

5. Granules according to any one of claims 1-4, characterized in that the glass transition temperature of the thermoplastic polymer in the range -2O ⁰ C to 200 ⁰ C, preferably 2O ⁰ C to 100 ° C.

6. Granules according to any one of claims 1-5, characterized in that the thermoplastic polymer comprises polyethylene glycols, polypropylene glycols and / or polytetramethylene glycols, preferably with an average molar mass (calculated from the OH number according to DIN 53240)> 1000, advantageously> 4000, more advantageously> 6000, in particular> 8000 g / mol.

7. Granules according to any one of claims 1-6, characterized in that the grain size d ₅₀ in the range 0.05 - 2.0 mm, preferably 1, 0 - 2.0 mm.

8. Granules according to any one of claims 1-7, characterized in that they continue

(c) contain dyes.

9. washing or cleaning agent containing granules according to one of the preceding claims in amounts of 0.1-20 wt .-%.

10. washing or cleaning agent according to claim 9, characterized in that it additionally contains anionic, nonionic and / or cationic surfactants, in particular a mixture of anionic and nonionic surfactants, wherein the total agent is preferably

0.1 wt .-% to 50 wt .-%, in particular 10 wt .-% to 40 wt .-% surfactant.

11. Washing or cleaning agent according to claim 9 or 10, characterized in that it contains alkylbenzenesulfonate, preferably linear alkylbenzenesulfonate (LAS), advantageously in amounts of 0.1 to 25 wt.%, More preferably 1 to 20 wt.% , in particular in amounts of 5-15 wt .-%, based on the total agent.

12. A process for the preparation of granules according to any one of claims 1-8, characterized in that one mixes a melt of the thermoplastic polymer with a silicone oil in a mixer and then brings the mixture by cooling to solidify.

13. The method according to claim 12, characterized in that the mixture is placed on a cooling belt and there is solidified, in particular pastilized, scrapped or transferred into strips.

14. textile washing process, characterized by the use of an agent according to any one of claims 1-11, wherein the wash temperature <6O ⁰ C, preferably <4O ⁰ C.

15. Use of a composition according to any one of claims 1-11 in the manual or automatic textile laundry for textile care, in particular in the textile washing of textiles on cotton-based, synthetic fiber-based, preferably polyester, and / or blended fabric base, in particular polyester cotton blend.