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US 2011/0030233 A1Published application
Dryer device with end of use indicator
AssigneeThe Dial Corporation
InventorsMengtao Pete He, Debra Park, Joan M. Bergstrom, Pamela Lam, Michael Dreja, Keiran Cornell Hamlett, John F. Billman, Catherine Henwood Todd
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Abstract
The invention discloses an end of use indicator (EUI) with a visual cue and a dryer device thereof. The EUI prompts the consumer to refill a cartridge within a device, replace a cartridge within a device, or replace the device itself. In one exemplary embodiment, the present invention teaches a repetitive use, dryer device with an EUI for the treatment of fabrics in a laundry dryer.
Claims20
A dryer device comprising:
- a porous body member, wherein at least a portion of the body member comprises a reservoir and the body member is free to commingle with clothes tumbling in the dryer;
- a substance contained in the reservoir, wherein the substance migrates through the body member;
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- an end of use indicator coupled to the reservoir, wherein the substance migration induces a visual cue in the end of use indicator.
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A dryer device comprising:
- a porous body member, wherein at least a portion of the body member comprises a reservoir and the body member is free to commingle with clothes tumbling in the dryer;
- a substance contained in the reservoir, wherein the substance migrates through the body member;
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- an end of use indicator coupled to the body member, wherein a visual cue is induced in the end of use indicator independently from the migration of the substance through the body member.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.