Fabric article treating system and method
AssigneeThe Procter & Gamble Company
InventorsShulin Zhang, Trace de Guzman Trajano, Kofi Ofosu-Asante, Joseph Heatherly, Freddy Barnabas, Jamie Childers, Cynthia Bedell, Dean DuVal, Joia Spooner-Wyman
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Abstract
Systems and methods useful for treating a fabric article with a composition comprising polyol-based fabric care materials and a dispersing medium. The dispersing medium is a liquid at room temperature and has a flash point of greater than about 65° C. Specifically, the composition may be dispensed to treat fabric articles in an appliance during the fabric article drying process.
Claims20
A fabric-article treating system comprising:
- (a) a fabric article drying appliance;
- and
- (b) a fabric article treating device removably attached to said drying appliance, said treating device comprising a source for containing a fabric treatment composition and means for dispensing said composition in said drying appliance, said means is in liquid communication with said source;
- wherein said composition comprises a polyol-based fabric care material and a dispersing medium.
A fabric article treating system comprising:
- a) a fabric article drying appliance;
- and
- b) a fabric article treating device included with said drying appliance, said treating device comprising a source for containing a fabric treatment composition and means for dispensing said composition in said drying appliance, said means is in liquid communication with said source;
- wherein said composition comprises a polyol-based fabric care material and a dispersing medium, wherein the polyol-based fabric care material has the following formula:
- P(OH)w−s(OC(O)R1)x(OR2)yR3z(LR4)uXv
- wherein P(OH)w is a polyol,
- R1, R2, R3 and R4 are moieties independently selected from C1-C22 alkyl or C1-C30 alkoxy, linear or branched, cyclic or acyclic, saturated or unsaturated, substituted or unsubstituted;
- L is a linkage, which is an atom selected from O;
- S;
- N;
- P;
- X is a heteroatom-containing functional group, wherein the heteroatom is independently selected from O, N, S, P, Si and F;
- w is an integer selected from 2 to 20;
- x, y, z, u and v are integers independently selected from 0 to w;
- s is the sum of x+y+z+u+v and s≦w.
A fabric article treating system comprising:
- a) a fabric article drying appliance;
- and
- b) a fabric article treating device removably attached to said drying appliance, said treating device comprising a source for containing a fabric treatment composition and means for dispensing said composition in said drying appliance, said means is in liquid communication with said source;
- wherein said composition comprises a polyol-based fabric care material and a dispersing medium, wherein the polyol-based fabric care material has the following formula:
- P(OH)w−s(OC(O)R1)x(OR2)yR3z(LR4)uXv
- wherein P(OH)w is a polyol,
- R1, R2, R3 and R4 are moieties independently selected from C1-C22 alkyl or C1-C30 alkoxy, linear or branched, cyclic or acyclic, saturated or unsaturated, substituted or unsubstituted;
- L is a linkage, which is an atom selected from O;
- S;
- N;
- P;
- X is a heteroatom-containing functional group, wherein the heteroatom is independently selected from O, N, S, P, Si and F;
- w is an integer selected from 2 to 20;
- x, y, z, u and v are integers independently selected from 0 to w;
- s is the sum of x+y+z+u+v and s≦w.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.