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Enzyme granules
| Details |
Inventors: Green, Robin John; Key, Michael David; Murray, Keith William;
Assignee: Lever Brothers Company (New York, NY)
Primary Examiner: Naff; David M.
Assistant Examiner:
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Dusyn; Kenneth F., Farrell; James J., Kurtz; Melvin H.
Enzyme granules, particularly for detergent compositions, are prepared having a granule core of solid material carrying an enzyme and a solid coating of plasticized resin free of the enzyme. The plasticized resin can be dextrin or sodium lignosulphonate containing a plasticizer such as glucose, sucrose urea, glycerol or ethylene glycol. The granules are made by spraying the enzyme-containing core with a concentrated aqueous solution of the plasticized resin. |
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DETAILED DESCRIPTION What is claimed is: 1.
An enzyme granule comprising a granule core of solid material carrying an enzyme, said granule having around it a continuous, non-tacky solid coating of plasticised resin substantially free of the enzyme, the resin being selected from the group consisting of dextrin and alkali metal liguosulphonate and having at 20.
degree.
C and at a neutral pH, a solubility in water of at least 50% by weight, and a 50% aqueous solution of the resin at 20.
degree.
C having a viscosity of from 0.
1 to 25 poises.
2.
A granule according to claim 1, in which the plasticised resin comprises dextrin and an effective amount of glucose, sucrose, urea, glycerol or ethylene glycol to plasticise the dextrin.
3.
A granule according to claim 1, in which the plasticised resin comprises sodium lignosulphonate and an effective amount of glucose, sucrose, urea, glycerol, ethylene glycol or diethylene glycol monoethyl ether to plasticise the sodium lignosulphonate.
4.
A granule according to claim 1, in which the plasticised resin is a mixture of from 10 to 90% dextrin and from 90 to 10% sodium lignosulphonate by weight.
5.
A granule according to claim 1, in which the carrier material comprises a detergency builder.
6.
A granule according to claim 5, in which the detergency builder is sodium tripolyphosphate.
7.
A granule according to claim 5, in which the granule core contains as binder a nonionic detergent-active ethylene oxide condensate.
8.
A granule according to claim 5, in which the enzyme is a hydrolase.
9.
A process for preparing a granule as claimed in claim 1, comprising contacting a granule core of solid material carrying an enzyme with an aqueous solution of the plasticised resin and removing any excess water by drying until a continuous film of solid plasticised resin is formed around the granule core.
10.
A process according to claim 9, in which the granule core is contacted by spraying with an aqueous solution containing an amount of the plasticised resin corresponding to a viscosity at the temperature of spray formation of from 0
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