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US 12,668,760 B2Granted
Machine dishwasher capsule with three compartments
AssigneeConopco, Inc.
InventorsAmanda Jane Adams, Alexandre François Boux De Casson, Marina Mixtro Serrasqueiro
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Abstract
A laundry or machine dish wash product capsule comprising a first compartment containing a first component, a second compartment containing a second component, and a third compartment containing a third component, wherein each of the first compartment and second compartment are separated from each other in a sealing plane.
Claims19
A machine dishwasher capsule comprising:
- a first compartment containing a first component,
- a second compartment containing a second component, and
- a third compartment containing a third component and forming a bulge,
- wherein each of the first compartment, the second compartment and the third compartment are separated from each other in a sealing plane;
- and
- wherein the third compartment is larger than each of the first and second compartments;
- wherein the third compartment has a generally semi-circular shape, wherein a straight line portion of the semi-circular compartment is located on a side of the capsule and extends between two adjacent corners of the capsule,
- wherein a cavity is formed between the first compartment, the second compartment and the third compartment,
- wherein the first component comprises a first liquid content, the second component comprises a second liquid content and the third component comprises a powder content, and
- wherein the first compartment, the second compartment and the third compartment are configured to stack with an adjacent capsule of the same configuration such that the cavity is stacked with the third compartment bulge of the adjacent capsule,
- wherein each of the first component and the second component has a weight of 1.5-2.7 grams, and the third component has a weight of 7-10 grams.
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A machine dishwasher capsule comprising:
- a first compartment containing a first component,
- a second compartment containing a second component, and
- a third compartment with a generally semi-circular shape with a straight line portion located on a side of the capsule and extending between two adjacent corners of the capsule, the third compartment containing a third component and forming a bulge;
- wherein each of the first compartment, the second compartment and the third compartment are separated from each other in a sealing plane;
- and
- wherein the third compartment is larger than each of the first and second compartments;
- wherein a cavity is formed between the first compartment, the second compartment and the third compartment;
- wherein the first compartment, the second compartment and the third compartment are configured to stack with an adjacent capsule of the same configuration such that the cavity is stacked with the third compartment bulge of the adjacent capsule;
- wherein each of the first compartment, the second compartment and third compartment extends at maximum a first distance, a second distance and a third distance, respectively, above the sealing plane, and the third distance being greater that the first distance and the second distance.
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